Draco's Charm

8 - Hogsmeade

Saturday morning

"Oh, Merlin! Oh, freaking Salazar," Millie's voice shattered the early morning peace as she kicked open the door to our dorm.

"Huh?" Daphne yawned, stretching her arms lazily.

"Leave us alone, Mills. It's 6 am, I need my beauty sleep," Pansy's voice was muffled as she buried her face in her pillow, attempting to fall back asleep.

I checked the time; it was 6:11 am. I had no intention of waking up this early. We had stayed up until 4 am, attempting to conjure a fictional character from Daphne's favourite Muggle book, which, unfortunately, had not worked.

"Mills, let us sleep," I grumbled, irritation creeping into my voice as I tried to get back to sleep. Millie could be incredibly dramatic at times.

"No!" she screamed again, her voice tinged with tears. She's crying?

I sat up, stretching my arms as I felt genuine concern. Daphne had already rushed from her bed to the floor where Millie sat, crying.

"I- We got high... Me and..." she sniffed, "Theo and I."

"And?" Pansy asked impatiently. Mornings were clearly not her forte.

Millie fell silent, the tension in the room thickening.

''Mills?'' I asked carefully.

She let out a load sob, calming herself while hugging Daphe back.

''He pushed himself on me,'' she whispered.

''What?'' we all said together.

''Did he... Did he rape-'' Daphne cried into their hug on the floor, not being able to finish the sentence.

Pansy and I also made our ways to them and we all hugged while she sobbed.

''No, he didn't.''

Thank Merlin.

''So what happened?'' Pansy pushed.

''He broke up with me,'' her voice broke mid-sentence.

We all gave her apologetic looks.

''But that's not all of it,'' she continued.

''It's not?'' I asked as softly as I could.

I didn't want to be pushy on her, especially if she's not comfortable with opening up.

She took a deep breath.

''This all happened before the party. In the guy's dorm. And when I didn't allow him to... to...''

''You don't have to say it,'' Pansy stroke her arm.

''Thanks... well he broke up with me and left me in their dorm all alone. Then I went through his drawers, looking for something I could destroy, you know out of rage, but I found a Potion with a label 'For fun nights' and I drank it.''

''Where did you go then? We haven't seen you at the party?'' Daphne chipped in.

''Yeah well, turns out, I wasn't supposed to drink it all... I passed out at the end of the Boy's Dormitory hallway.''

''Oh, my poor Millie,'' I hugged her tight.

''Th- The s-story doesn't end,'' she continued, her body shaking and voice breaking.

''I was blacked out behind a corner so I guess nobody noticed me until like 2 hours ago when Malfoy went back to his room. You know his room is in the back since he's a prefect now.''

My whole body stiffened as she said his name. I left the Astronomy tower around 2am.

What was he doing after I left him there?