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•TWENTY FOUR•

•TWENTY FOUR•

JASMINE WAS ANXIOUS, TO SAY THE LEAST, Draco was looking even more unwell by the day, and her brother had even started acting strangely. Blaise couldn't tell her anything and Daphne was oblivious.

Jasmine sat at dinner with her friends, picking at her food and not really eating, her friends laughing and talking. Ernie and Justin still wouldn't sit with Jasmine and it was annoying her. They had known her for six years and then all of a sudden they dropped her as if she was nothing.

Jasmine looked up to see Draco walking out of the hall and she had decided enough was enough. He was going to tell her what was going on, and why her brother was acting weird and why nobody would tell her anything.

Jasmine got up without a word and began following her boyfriend out of the hall, Hannah went to rotes but also noticed who had just walked out and decided to leave it knowing that her best friend needed answers.

She followed him out of the hall and into the corridor. "Draco!" She shouted after him, causing him to turn around.

"what's up" He tried to play off how urgently he was walking away.

"don't 'whats up' me can you please tell me what's going on?" Jasmine sighed, her voice softening at the sight of how tired he looked.

"Nothing, Jas. Just go back inside the hall" Draco told her, Jasmine rolled her eyes.

"No! You're acting weird, you have been since the summer. Theo's acting weird. You look like you haven't slept in months, and he's beginning to look the same. I'm going insane trying to come up with reasons why you're acting like this. So will you please just tell me what in merlins name is going on!" Jasmine blurted out, tears welling up in her eyes. She knew that Voldemort must be using him, but to do what she had no idea.

Draco's eyes softened at the sight of his girlfriend practically falling apart in front of him. He walked towards her, taking her hand in his.

"okay, but not here. Come with me" He told her, she nodded and allowed him to lead her to a dead end.

They stood in front of the wall and Jasmine was confused. She looked from Draco, back to the wall, which soon began transforming into a door.

Jasmine gasped as the door took shape. "the room of requirement" Jasmine thought out loud, Draco nodded and opened the door, pulling her into the room.

It was filled to the brim with stuff. Old record players, old books, jewellery, it was quite brilliant really.

Jasmine followed him in, all the way to the back of the room, where they stood in front of a cabinet.

"can you tell me now?" Jasmine asked softly, now that they were out of earshot of anyone else.

Draco nodded, beginning to roll up his sleeves. "I don't want you to leave me, when I show you" Draco spoke, his voice trembling, his eyes not meeting hers.

Jasmine rushed forward to cup his face in her hands, "Draco, I would never leave you. Incase you forgot, we're kind of engaged" she tried to lighten the mood, giving him a small smile.

Draco's eyes shot down to his arms, Jasmine pulling away from him slightly. He rolled his sleeves up to his elbows and cast a counter concealment charm.

As the spell took place, she watched a tattoo appear on his forearm. Jasmines breath hitched in her throat, it wasn't just any tattoo. It was the dark mark. Her heart broke for the boy in front of her, he was just a teenager. The darkest wizard of all time was getting a teenager to do his dirty work. 

Draco looked back up at the girl, who had a tear roll down her face. "oh, Draco" She softly spoke, her eyes leaving the tattoo and meeting his.

Jasmine stepped closer to him and took his arm in her hands, running her fingers over the mark. Draco looked as though he was about to cry too, this was emotional for them both, their worst fears coming true.

"What's he making you do? Please let me help. You don't need to do this by yourself" Jasmine cried, looking up at the boy.

"I won't let you help Jas, I won't let you have this on your conscience" He shook his head, "Just tell me what he's making you do" Jasmine said firmly. "He wants me to kill Dumbledore" Draco spoke and Jasmine's jaw dropped.

"S-seriously?" Jasmine stuttered out, immediately feeling cold and scared.

"I've got to fix this vanishing cabinet and get other death eaters into the castle" Draco explained causing her eyes to widen.

"Do you see now why I didn't want to tell you?" Draco asked, taking her hands in his. Jasmine nodded in response, her hands trembling in his.

"And Theo?" Jasmine asked, wondering if her brother had been involved. "He's expected to take the mark at Christmas, after the wedding." Draco explained, causing her head to spin. Her big brother and her boyfriend. Both death eaters.

"we've managed to keep you out of it. He seems satisfied with having both your father and Theo" Draco added, causing her to nod in response. She was horrified.

"I-I just don't want either of you to get killed" Jasmine stuttered out as Draco pulled her in further to his arms.

"I promised you we'd be alright. Didn't I? Theo and I will be fine" Draco promised again, she nodded, not trusting her voice.

"Jas, I just want to keep you safe. I love you" Draco confessed, his eyes searching hers for any signs of rejection, but he couldn't find any. Jasmine's heart was practically pounding at his words, her breathing becoming heavier.

"Say that again" Jasmine breathed out, looking for any signs that he was lying to her.

"I love you, I'm so in love with you and think I have been for a long time" Draco blurted out, Jasmine moving her hands to her neck and pulling him down to kiss her. 

This was different to all of hers and Draco's kisses. There was a sense of urgency as he explored her mouth.

Jasmine wanted it to go further, but knew they shouldn't. Not with where they were, and not after how emotional the two had been. Jasmine pulled away slowly, the pair breathing heavily. Their lips were swollen, his hair was a mess and her cheeks were pink.

They rested their foreheads together, basking in one another's energy.

"I'm in love with you too"