Say Something

Chapter 15

I woke up suddenly as a shiver pulsed down my spine. I rubbed my eyes, it was pitch black now, the fire had gone cold. I moved closer to the fireplace and reignited the flames, I rubbed my hands together.

I gasped when I turned back towards Draco and saw that his eyes had opened. He stared at me aloofly, he thought he was dreaming, he thought he had died. I kneeled on the couch in front of him and shook my head at his thoughts.

"Alive and well I'm afraid." I teased.

"Really? Where are we?"

"The Weasley's, and believe it or not, you came to me. What happened Draco? I saw such horrible things, was I just imagining that?"

Draco looked away from my eyes as tears welled up in his. He was reliving the gruesome night he had. I pressed my head against his chest and he wrapped his arms around my back securely. I could feel his tears dropping against my hair. He was still so fearful.

"Shh, it's okay Draco. You're safe now. I won't let anyone hurt you."

"You really mean that, don't you?" Draco whispered.

I sat up and gaped at Draco, he chuckled quietly. "Of course I do Draco, what I saw was absolutely horrible. How could your father do that to you?"

"He was under the Imperius Curse Melody. My father has raised a hand to me as I've grown up but never like that."

"But who would do that? That's just disgustingly wrong and--"

I stopped speaking abruptly as Draco stared at me with grave eyes. The cackling laughter I had heard, I knew exactly who it belonged to, Voldemort.

"But why Draco? Is that his idea of entertainment? What could you have done?"

"It's so complicated Melody, I can't have you know anything about it."

"About what?" I whispered through my tears.

Draco closed his eyes, he couldn't stand to see me cry, especially over him. His hand trembled slightly as he tugged on the sleeve of his shirt. He wasn't sure if he had the willpower to lift his sleeve. I took Draco's hand and held it to my face.

"I love you Draco."

"You shouldn't." He whispered.

Draco tugged forcefully on his sleeve and revealed what nearly every person at Hogwarts suspected he had, a Dark Mark. It was moving so slightly that I thought my eyes were misleading me. Draco had his own eyes snapped shut, he was terrified to see my face. I held his permanently marked arm to my lips and kissed it repeatedly. I was surprised at the warmth of his Dark Mark, I couldn't imagine how it must have felt against his skin. Draco touched my head and I stared into his eyes.

"This doesn't change anything Draco." I whispered as I touched his forehead with mine.

Draco pulled away abruptly and wriggled out of my arms, he stood up and gawked at me as he paced the living room.

"How can this not change everything Melody? You know exactly what I am now. You could get hurt, this is too dangerous. I can't have you hurt even more because of me, possibly killed Melody."

I stood up and held strongly onto Draco's arms. He wanted to pull himself out of my grip again.

"Stop this Draco Malfoy, I love you. I want to help, that's all I've ever wanted. I had my suspicions before and having them confirmed doesn't change anything. I love you."