Who Am I? (Dramione)

Chapter 9- Talk To Me

Chapter 9- Talk To Me

Athena POV

As we walked I rested my head on Scor's shoulder, my eyes stung from crying and my head felt heavy with information. I smiled as I listened to Orion and Scorpius joke, I turned to look behind me at my parents. They were speaking quietly, the look on my mums face was calm and controlled but my dad's his was different he was looking at my mum intently as she spoke, his eyes never leaving her as they walked. I turned back around as we walked up the stairs and into the castle.

That's when I saw him leaning against the wall just outside the entrance to the great hall. When he heard my brothers voices he looked up, his emerald eyes instantly locking with my grey ones. He stood up straight and took a step towards us and I felt myself start to panic. I froze, my arms slipping from their position linked with my brothers, they turned around looking at me curiously.

"Athena.." James said my name calmly and quietly walking towards me. He stopped when he got to my brother's and was now standing in between them, in the place I'd just been. He was two meters away from me and I felt myself take a step backwards. I couldn't remember a time where I had ever been like this before. So.. so not me. I took a deep breath looking for that Gryffindor courage I was sure I had, somewhere. "Athena can I talk to you?" He said looking at me, waiting for an answer and running his hands through his messy mop of raven hair every few minutes.

"What do you want Potter?" I said hoping I sounded really irritated, which I still kind of was and giving him a stern look. I heard a laugh behind me and turned to look at my mum was shaking her head one hand covering her face. I looked towards my new found dad and it was very clear to me the laugh had come from him if the massive smirk on his face was anything to go by, it was one I'd seen on my brothers a million times. I felt my face crease with confusion before turning back to look at James. He looked sort of shocked and taken back by my tone.

"I just wanted to say sorry for earlier I was a prat. A good looking prat but still a prat." He said grinning at me and I felt my irritation start to boil into anger again. I gave him and angry look before walking up towards him and I watched as my brothers took two big steps away from him.

"You've done it now." I heard Orion whisper, grinning and I turned my angry stare on him and watched as he instantly held his arms up in surrender, backing away from me a little more. I looked back at James, grin gone and was now replaced with a look of slight fright.

"Shove it Potter!" I said angrily before pushing past him and walking quickly away from him, then all of a sudden I was running. Running away from him, from everyone. Why did he make me lose my temper so much and leave me in such a state every time he was around. I ran till I reached the stairs that lead to what I believed was the astronomy tower. I just wanted to hide. Once I eventually reached the top I walked into the class room and over to one of the big windows that looked over the grounds. I rested my head on the cool glass as I sat down in the bay window seat. Then I heard the door open and foot steps coming towards me, I turned and saw the last person I expected to see. Grey meeting grey.

"Athena.." He said looking very unsure of what he was doing, to be honest I didn't even know what he was doing as I looked at him. "Are you okay?" He asked sounding concerned.

"Yes." I said simply and lying before turning to look back out the window. Then I thought of something, my curiosity getting the better of me like usual.

"Why were you laughing before?" I said turning back to look at him. He looked confused for a moment before walking towards me, so he was standing near the same window as me. He smiled as he looked out the window before answering.

"Because in that moment you sounded like me as you said Potter. In that moment you sounded like my daughter." He said never looking away from the window and I couldn't help but look at him waiting for him to look at me. His daughter. "You look like your grandmother, you know. You seem like you have some of her personality to but you definitely have your mothers fire." He said smiling and I couldn't help but hang off his every word, craving to know about my dad, about the rest of my family.

"You look like me though." He said as he turned to look at me and I noticed he was slightly teary. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you and your brothers, Athena or for your mum. I should of fought harder for her and looked harder for her when she disappeared. I should of known something was up when she left." He said looking out the window again, clearly trying to regain composure and I guessed he wasn't one to show to many feelings. It must of been where the boys got it from.

"It's ok, how were you to know and I now know or think mum took every step necessary to make sure no one could find her, could find us." I said giving him a smile, hoping he wouldn't leave. I always thought I'd craved to know my dad but now that I knew who he was I didn't want him to go anywhere.

"I think your probably right, your mum wasn't known as the smartest witch of the age for no reason." He sighed sadly before turning and saying to me. "Come on we should head to your mums dorm I think we all have a lot to talk about." I nodded before starting to walk towards the class room door.

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Hey sorry about the slow update and I'm sorry this chapter just seems so awful, just trying to work out the direction I want to go in and writing while exhausted is killing my brain haha. Anyway enjoy and let me know what you think. Please be kind my brain is fried hahaha. :)