Juliet

Chapter 1

"Do you have to go?"

Juliet slammed her full trunk shut, locked it, and glanced up. Draco stood by her bedroom door, with his arms crossed, and his eyes twinkled sadly. She sighed softly with a smile, and waved her wand towards another box.

"I...," she started, "I really think it's for the best if I do."

Draco walked into the room and sat cross legged on her bare mattress. He played with the hem of her cloak and pouted.

"I don't see why you can't just stay here," he said, "I thought we would be okay now that he isn't around anymore."

"Of course we're okay," Juliet swished her wand and her clothes folded themselves, "It's everyone else that isn't alright with me."

Draco ducked as a pair of shoes sped past him, "You know Mum would love it if you stayed. Dad doesn't really care what you do."

"I have to go Draco," Juliet insisted, "I need to get away from all of this," she waved her arms around, "This has nothing to do with you."

"Then what is it?"

Juliet raked her hand through her hair, "Rodolphus isn't exactly pleased with me. I mean, I didn't do anything to help Mum. I can't ask your parents to stop their friendship with him just because I'm uncomfortable. He isn't even my real father."

Draco pulled out his wand and began to spell piles of clothes into another box, "Where are you going to go anyways?"

"I'm going to go live with Sirius."

"Our mums' cousin?"

Juliet nodded, "He said he would love it if I lived with him. We were both the odd ones out in our family."

"I don't want you to go," Draco mumbled.

Juliet sat down next to him and placed her hand on his shoulder, "You know I adore you. I wouldn't go if I didn't believe it was necessary."

"I know."

"Besides," Juliet bounced back up and pulled out her old school robes, "I'll see you in two months."

Draco snorted, "Don't remind me. It's awful that I have to repeat a year. If I didn't need those blasted N.E.W.T's, I wouldn't be going."

Juliet chuckled darkly, "If it wasn't part of my probation conditions, I wouldn't be going either."

"You'd think, after defeating your own father they wouldn't have tried to arrest you."

She shrugged, "I did a lot more bad than good in their eyes."

"I'm just glad you're not spending the rest of your life in prison."

Juliet smirked, "Too many people defended me but of course, the Ministry had to make me do something. Not only do I have to graduate, I have to go to Hogwarts twice a week to help rebuild."

"That's rubbish."

"I don't mind really," Juliet sighed, "I'm just nervous to step foot where...most of my...family died."

Draco sent her a comforting smile, "It'll be okay. Everyone is going to realize how wrong they are about you and that you don't need to do charitable things to prove you're a good person."

Juliet sealed her last box and looked around her now empty room. So many memories had happened in this room, in this house. She was ready to let go of them and begin a life of her own. Putting her cloak on, she gave Draco one last tight hug.

"I'll see you on the other side."

Draco snorted, "No need to be so dramatic. Oh, and do me a favour? Don't snog Harry to death please."