Arctic Love

Chapter 49: Letters

I look up from the latter to see if Logan is still around. I put the letter in my sweater and hold it close to me so it won't fall out.  

I head up the stairs and go to my room. I close the door behind me and walk over to Dime.

"Can you keep a secret?" I whisper to him.

He steps to the left on the bar in his cage and looks at me.

"I'll take that as a yes," I say

I sit down at my desk and grab a quill and paper.

Dear Harry
I'm so happy to hear from you, what's going on and how can I help. Mikes funeral is on Wednesday, can it wait until after that?
Hope to hear from you soon
Elena

I grab an envelope and seal the letter. I open Dime's cage and he crawls out. I hold out the letter and he takes it in his talon.

"Take it to Harry," I say

I open the window and Dime flys out. I close the window and watch Dime fly away until I can't see him anymore.

"Elena" Logan says coming through the door.

"Hey," I say turning around

"What was the letter about?" He asks coming in and closing the door behind him.

"Just Harry checking in" I lie

"Is he coming to the funeral?" He asks

"I'm not sure, I just sent a letter with Dime to tell him when it was," I say

"Is Malfoy coming?" He asks

"I haven't heard from him," I say

It's true, I haven't talked to Draco since he told me he still loved me. Obviously, he still does, if anything I should be the one to say that I still love him after that night. I left him saying that I would think about what is gonna happen to us and he said he would give me space.

I look down and look at the necklace he gave me long ago. I don't know why I haven't taken it off yet. Maybe I'm hoping we'll get through this. I mean, we got through the first major problem with the baby.

"I expect he will, it's not like he did this" Logan says

"Really?" I say surprise that Logan is defending Draco

"I don't like the guy, but he makes you happy, so I'll tolerate it," he says

"I'm not sure what I'll do about him," I say sitting in my bed.

"I know he talked to you already but I'm sure there were lots he wanted to say that he didn't," Logan says

"How do you know?" I ask

"Because there was a lot I wanted to say to you when Mike died, but I couldn't," he says "it wasn't the right time"

"Ok, thank you," I say "for not hating him I mean"

"No problem," he says sitting beside me. "Just don't bring him home for dinner and we'll be fine"

I laugh and hug Logan. He hugs me back and looks down at me.

"Ok, get some sleep, we'll go flying in the morning, the house is super depressing and I can't stay here all day and do nothing," he says

"Ok, goodnight," I say

Logan gets up and leaves my room. He closes the door behind him and I look at the quill and paper on my desk.

I get up and grab the paper and quill.

Dear Draco

{Draco POV}

"I'm sorry for not giving you an answer. I'm sure you can understand that I was in a terrible place. I'm trying to process this entire thing. I think we should talk in person. We should make it quick, Logan and my mother would start to wonder where I am after about half an hour. I'll talk to you soon
Elena"

I slam the letter down on the dining room table and stand up. I look at my father while he thinks about what I just read to him.

"You destroyed her life!" I yell at him

"Draco, please," mother says

I ignore her and stare at father.

"It's not my fault her silly brother jumped in the way," he says calmly

"You were trying to kill her!" I yell

"I was trying to get rid of that bug of a brother she has that attacked you," he says sternly as he stands up and meets my stare.

"That was not your call to make," I say

"He would have ruined everything! There's no way you could marry her with him alive" he says

"So your solution was to kill him?!" I yell

"I was looking out for you!" He takes a deep breath and looks at me "I will always look after you and the future of this family before all else" he says

"Well now you've ruined it, her family hates us. She hates me"

"Oh please, she wants to see you," he says picking up the letter.

"She wants to see me to tell me she can't ever see me again, she can't even tell her family that's she's seeing me," I say grabbing the letter.

"Then propose to her when she arrives," mother says

"What?" I say turning to see her.

"It'll prove you love her and it will force her to stay," she says

"She wouldn't say yes," I say looking down.

"Who knows, you didn't already have a chance at a child with her, you've been through a lot," she says

"You know?" I ask

"We went to get her to protect the baby, why do you think your father agreed to go with you to find her that morning?" She says

"She miscarried because of Bellatrix. She killed my baby" I say filling with rage.

"Yes we know, she could sense the child when she had Elena with her. She knew immediately when she dropped her that the child would die"mother says

"You knew you killed my child before she did" I say in disbelief.

I throw the letter on the table and leave the dining room.

How am I going to tell Elena? Should I tell her?

I start to walk up the stairs and go down the hall to my room. I take my black jacket off and sit on my bed.

I grab a quill and paper and start writing.

Dear Elena