FORBIDDEN LOVE

Ch 13 CHRISTMAS DISASTER

A few days passed and no one knew who took Luna and where they took her.

It was christmas eve, when my world crumbled.

I had received my first letter from Draco. I had written to him the day after we arrived home, and told him that Luna got kidnapped, but we were fine, and that I missed him.

I was in my room alone when a black owl tapped my window.

I opened the letter and recognized Draco's handwriting. I smiled.

I closed the door, sat on my bed and began reading it.

Bella, Lovegood got what she deserved. Her blood-traitor father was being a traitor against the Dark Lord and got punished.

Serves him right.

I am writing to tell you that we can't be together anymore.

I don't love you. I don't know how I let myself be fooled by a blood-traitor like you.

You and your muggle loving family are an insult to the magical world.

Don't ever talk to me again. 

I was shocked. How could he say such things?

How can he not love me anymore?

Until five days ago he told me I was his life. How could he change his mind so quickly?

Something must be wrong. Unless ...Unless it was all a lie. All a pretence since the beginning. He fooled me. Ginny was right! Could that be true? Was he really pretending? Perhaps being instructed to get close to me to see if I would disclose some important information to him, and when they realised that I wouldn't they told him to get it over with. Or perhaps he was tired of pretending, of having to be forced to be around me and said that he would not do it anymore? I was absolutely sure of one thing though, I was never pretending. 

I dropped the letter and realized that I was crying.

The door opened.

I tried to calm myself, but I couldn't. The love of my life left me, he basically told me he never loved me. It was all a sick joke to him. I was broken.

"Bella, honey, what's wrong?"

Ginny hurried forward and kneeled in front of me.

I picked up the letter and handed it to her.

She read it and then eyed me curiously.

"Bella... who is this letter from?" I didn't answer.

"Bella! From who it is?" she demanded.

"Draco Malfoy" I cried.

"Bella, how could you?"

So I told her. I finally told her everything.

How he was mean to me the first day, how broken he was later, how lonely he was always feeling, how much he needed a friend, how I became his friend. How eventually I felt hopelessly in love with him, how we dated, and how now he had broken my heart into pieces.

Ginny just stared at me and when I was done, she hugged me.

"I am so sorry, Bella. I am so sorry, really. But Malfoy is evil, we knew that".

"I know. I should have known better. I shouldn't have let my guard down"

"It's not your fault, Bella, you are a good person, and he took advantage of that" she said kindly.

"But I know better now". I said suddenly angry. 

I know better.

DRACO'S P.O.V.

Two days after I had arrived at the manor, and my father and mother called me to the library.

"Draco, honey, we have to talk" my mother began.

"What is it" I snapped.

"You have to do something for us" my father continued.

What could they possibly want from me now? They had already taken away everything from me when they forced me to become a death eater.

The only thing I had left was Bella. She was the only thing I cared about.

"You have to get married to Astoria Greengrass," my father said bluntly. 

"What? No way in hell! Are you crazy? How could you ask me something like this?" I cried furiously.

"Why not?" my father asked me offended.

"I can't do it. I won't do it!" I shouted.

"Draco, darling. Is there someone else? Are you dating someone?" my mother asked softly. I froze. They couldn't know. They couldn't find out that I was in love with a blood-traitor. They would hurt her. HE would kill her.

"Is she a Slytherin?" My father asked hopefully.

Again I didn't answer.

"Whoever this is, you will break up instantly. You are a shame to this family!! You are going to marry Astoria Greengrass, and that's the end of it!" My father shouted.

"NO!" I yelled.

My father slapped me so hard, that I fell on the ground.

"You will do as I say. Or I shall find who this girl is and kill her myself!" He shouted even louder. 

I had no choice now, Snape knew about me and Bella. He found out, he promised not to tell, but if my father threatened him, he would say everything to him.

At the thought, I was already broke inside. But what choice did I have? It was too risky, I was sure my father had the means to find out who she was. And when he would find out she was a Weasley that would be the end of it. My father despised her family. I had no other choice. 

I was about to break her heart. Meanwhile, mine, hold on to hope that one day I would be able to explain everything and be forgiven. Even though a small part of me told me that it was very unlikely that would happen. I pushed away those thoughts, and I tried to hold back the tears, as I got up and headed to my room, to write a letter that I thought I would never have to write.