Let it be • Draco Malfoy

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George sits across from me as we eat lunch. He'd been talking about Helios fr a while now, but I was more focused on my book. Of course, I was happy about them finally being together, but I didn't want to hear about everything they got up to. Luna nudged me slightly making me look up at her from my book. She was staring off in the direction of the middle of the hall, so I followed it. my gaze falling on Harry who was making his way over to Katie Bell, who looked a lot better than the last time I'd seen her. George looked at me to where I was string and then turned back to me.

"It's good to see Katie looking so well." He said and I nodded, but quickly something else caught my attention. Draco entered the dining room, making Harry turn to him. But quickly the white haired boy took off, Harry following in pursuit. As I was about to get up, George placed his hand on my own. "Leave it." His voice waslow as he looked at me, I stared at him but simply nodded and took my seat. I looked over to the Gryffindor table to see Ron already staring at me, I smiled at him weakly and he smiled back at me. I quickly turne my attention back to my book, as George carried on with his story about Helios and himself.

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I sat by the side of the hospital bed, it was after hours but Madam Pomfrey let me sit by his bed. I stared down t my book, soaking in the words and trying to let my thoughts take over my judgement. Helios had told me about Draco at dinner, he knew it was better to hear from him than anyone else. Part of me hoped this hdn't anything to do with Harry, but I knew it probably was.

"Why won't you just stay away from me?" Draco asked quietly from the bed, his voice was empty, no emotion in it at all. I looked at him, but he just stared up at the ceiling.

"Why do you push me away so much?" I asked him gently, genuinely curious. It seemed that no matter how much he pushed me away, he still wanted me here.

"Because you'll get hurt, and that's the last thing I want." He answered, there was truth in his voice which made me swallow harshly. I stood up and took a seat on the bed beside him, he still didn't look at me, but I took his hand. He gently held my hand back and I stared down at it.

"You need to stop worrying about me so much and start worrying about yourself." I whispered, my voice serious as he flinched slightly. I took a deep breathe and he looked at me, sitting up slightly. I stood up and sat next to him in the bed. I let my gaze fall on his as I placed my hand on his cheek, he leaned into the contact and I leaned forward and pressed a long kiss to his forehead. "I'm sorry it ended up this way." I whispered and he just closed his eyes tightly shut.

"Miss Lupin." Madam Pomfrey said gently from behind me and I nodded and pulled away. Draco pulled away and gazed at the floor while I stood up. I made my way out of the hospital wing, my stomach turning as I held the invisibility cloak around me. Wishing I could do something to stop Draco feeling the pain he did. I made my way back to the Hufflepuff coming room, I was surprised to see George sitting on the sofa in front of the fire, a blanket wrapped around him as he stared down at a book.

"Hey." He spoke sympathetically as I slumped down beside him, cozying up to him. "I'm guessing it didn't go to well?" He asked and I shrugged.

"Sometimes I wish I never got the letter from Hogwarts, maybe my life would be a lot easier." I sighed and George was silent for a few moments.

"You'd have lived your whole life a lie if you didn't get that letter." He said and I nodded, knowing he was right.

"I would've never met Lupin and Sirius if I hadn't of gotten that letter, never have met Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred and George, Ginny, Luna, Neville. My life would have been very boring thinking about it." I chuckled and George did also.

"Can you imagine a life without Harry Potter? The drama would never match up to what it has." He chuckled further and I laughed loudly. He was right, as much as we loved Harry, our life's would be Birmingham without him. Not that we didn't sympathise with what was going, it was just nice to laugh sometimes with all the bad stuff going on.

"I can't imagine you without Remus. I've never seen you happier than you are with him." George commented and my smile slowly faltered.

"He's like the dad I never got to have, I love him a lot. I'm glad he became such a big part of my life, I'm just sad Sirius isn't here for Harry. I know how much it must have affected them both. Remus lost his best friend and Harry lost his god father." I sighed and George nodded.

"Something's going to happen, isn't it? Something big?" George asked, his voice was shaky. I nodded and swallowed harshly. Scared of my own thoughts.

"I can feel it, deep down. I know for a fact that it's going to shake the whole of the Wizarding world. But,  I hope I'm wrong." I admitted snd George nodded, cuddling closer to me as we held each other, staring at the fire for a sense of comfort.

"I hope so too, Eurydice." He whispered.