Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out

Chapter 19

A/N: Hey guys, I am so sorry for taking so long to update. My mother was sick in the hospital and then I got sick afterwards. Hopefully this longer chapter will make up for that =D Enjoy!

The sound of curtains being drawn back filled the room, making him snap his eyes open. The blaring sun was hitting his face and burning his eyes as he let out a growl of frustration.

"What the fuck? Close that shit!" Scorpius muffled from under the blankets he pulled up over him.

"Let's go, Mate, you have a lot of work ahead of you today." came Ron's voice.

"What time is it?"

"Uh... I think seven thirty."

"Seven fuckin thirty?" Scorpius shouted. "Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and not get up, thanks. Come back at like eleven," he said as he cuddled deeper into his nice warm bed.

"Ok," Ron said simply before he left the room.

Scorpius raised an eyebrow at how easy it was for his uncle to let him sleep longer. He gave a shrug before he started to settle in for another round of sleep until he heard loud footsteps making their way up the stairs. He could hear his grandmother's voice in the distance and he quickly kicked his blankets off and jumped out of bed and started making it.

"SCORPIUS MALFOY, YOU GET YOUR ARSE-" Molly stopped yelling when she saw he was up already. "Oh, sorry dear, Ronald said you were giving a hard time about getting up."

"Pft, me? Come on Grandma, I've already started making my bed. You know me better than that. I would never choose to sleep longer over getting as much practice in as possible to help our parents."

"Lovely to hear that, Dear," she said with a smile before she grabbed his face and planted a quick kiss on his cheek. "Now come downstairs and have a bite to eat and wake Ellie on your way down."

He nodded and watched her leave his bedroom before he threw himself face down on the bed and let out a loud groan into the blankets. After another minute or so he pulled himself up and headed into the hall and gave a quick knock on his sister's door.

"Ellie! Get up!" he called through the door before leaning lazily against the door frame for a response.

He opened the door and peeked inside to see she wasn't in bed.

"Ellie?" He saw the bathroom door slightly opened and heard the water running and made his way over to it. "Hey, come on, breakfast is-"

He was cut off by the sound of the bathroom door slamming shut just as he was about to push it open the rest of the way. "Ellie?"

"Don't come in!" she called through the door, a bit of panic in her voice.

Scorpius raised an eyebrow at the request and was about to turn away when he stopped. "Are you ok?" He didn't get a response. "Ellie? What's wrong?"

After a few more moments she finally spoke.

"I'm fine, I just... I just need a minute," she said through her heavy breaths.

He was about to pry a bit further when he felt his sock step in something wet coming from under the bathroom door. His eyes wandered over to her bed, her sheets and pillows were soaked, water dripping into a puddle beneath it.

"Ellie, what is going on?" he asked again, this time more aggressively as he grabbed the doorknob and went to turn it but soon found it to be locked.

Just as he was about to grow impatient with her, he composed himself and let out a light sigh. "Ellie, please open the door. I know something is wrong and you know as well as I do that keeping secrets in this family has never worked out for any of us."