As It Was *Complete*

85. Draco's Choice

"Imma kill him," Theo said, pacing the bedroom.

Astra wasn't sure where to go when she left the house. She didn't want to go to the Burrow and admit to everyone that she was fighting. For one, she would have to fend Harry and Ron off from going over and hexing his ass.

So she chose Pansy's house, where she was met with not one but two shoulders to cry on as Theo was visiting too. So, the three of them were currently locked in Pansy's bedroom as Astra poured her heart out to them. Exactly where they had been for the last few hours.

She told them everything, from him saying that she could get lessons on how to dress and act from Pansy so she didn't embarrass him to last night and this morning. It actually felt good to get it off her chest, and she felt reassured that her friends were just as disappointed in him as she was.

"Get in line!" Pansy snapped. She sat on the bed with Astra with her head against the footboard. "That little...."

"Ferret?" Astra offered smiling. The first smile she had shown all day.

"That is being nice. He is more a weasel!" Theo huffed.

"He just needs to decide what he wants. I know he loved me, but he is embarrassed by me. I mean, it doesn't make me feel great." She frowned as Theo sat down next to her on the bed, making her wobble. "Pansy, what kind of bed is this?"

"Oh, a waterbed," Pansy giggled. "They were all the rage last year. Everyone wanted one. "

"I feel like I am in a boat," Theo groaned. "If I get sea-sick, you only have yourself to blame." He chuckled.

"Or you could blame those three helpings of pancakes you ate?" Pansy wiggled her eyebrows.

"Quiet you, we are trying to help Astra with her issues, not mine," Theo said, rolling his eyes. "So where were we? Oh, yes! Imma kill him!"

"It's fine. Honest. I would rather he take his time now and get his head around everything and make up his mind on what he wants. I mean, there is no point in him staying with me because someone said we were soulmates. I mean, they could be wrong, and I could be keeping him back from his actual soulmate. How awful would that be?"

Pansy stood up. "Nope, I am not having this. Come with me." She pulled Astra to her feet. "Let's go, Theo!" She snapped.

He jumped up. "Where are we going?" He pouted.

"To Malfoy Manor... I know Draco, and I know that he loves you. He adores you. He talks about you all the time. He had been in love with you from August."

"August?" Astra was confused.

"Since that day in Diagon Alley when you didn't fall for his usual charms and stunts. He fell in love with you right there and then, and I knew that I had to do everything to get you together. Not that I needed to because you were perfect for each other. But now, I need to. You need to talk, and I will not rest until I have helped you two lovebirds reconcile."

"Pansy, I don't know if that's -"

She spun around. "You need to talk. This is not going to sort itself out. You need to work it out." She took Astra's hand and then Theo's. "Now I am not the best at Apparating, so Theo will do it."

"Maybe we should use the Floo?" Astra panicked. It was not that it was dangerous to Apparate while pregnant, but it wasn't exactly recommended.

"OK, fine," Pansy said, pushing Astra forward. "You and I are going first, and Theo can follow. Right, babe?"

"I am behind you... like always," he smirked. Astra rolled her eyes. Pansy looked confused. "At least one of you gets it." He chuckled as the girls disappeared.