𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑷𝒀 𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺 | D. Malfoy

chapter eleven

It had been a week since I freaked out and I had gotten  better. So much better all thanks to one person. Every time I thought about what Smith had said, Draco was there to tell me the opposite. Smith told me I was fat and needed to eat less, Draco told me I should eat whatever I wanted. Smith said I was a worthless mudblood, Draco told me I was worth all the love in the world. 

After a week of this, I decided to remove the glamour. It felt like the biggest decision ever and I was terrified that it might be the wrong thing to do, but I wanted the others to know what happened and didn't want to hide anymore. I was sick of hiding. It was exhausting to keep it up and I didn't care what people thought. I had never really cared about what others thought and now was no different. Besides they had healed a significant amount and didn't look as bad as they used to.

That Saturday morning I got dressed in a t-shirt and jeans, put on my homemade bracelets andmy sneakers without any glamour to hide what lay on my skin. The worst of the bruises where on the ribs and stomach, but my arms and face had their fare share. Today I was going to tell the others what happened. Hopefully they would be happy to no longer be held in the dark about Smith and his reason for being arrested. I would also tell them about the trial. Draco already knew and had volunteered to come immediately. 

Draco looked down at me before we left our room to meet up with the others for breakfast.

"You ready?" he asked me. He knew all about the plan and told me he was proud of me for being brave enough to do this. I had blushed prufously.

"Yeah, but I'm nervous."

He  gestured to his arm as he pulled up his sleeve for me to see that he had removed his glamour as well, to show that he was going to do this with me. I couldn't help but feel reasured. 

"Thank you."

"I'll be with you the entire time, if you don't feel like it anymore we can come back here." I nodded, let out a sigh and opened the bedroom door and began walking down to the common room to meet the others, Draco right beside me.

The moment I stepped foot downstairs all eyes were on me.

"What the hell happened to you!" Blaise was the first one to speak up, shock and worry evident on his face. He walked over to me, looking at my arm covered in bruises. I was about to open my mouth and start explaining when Terry interrupted.

"Malfoy, did you do that to her?" His question made me feel sick, everyone's eyes widened and they all looked over at Draco. Blaise who was closest was shaking his head, but looking at Draco uncertainly.

"No, no of course not! Draco would never hurt me! I was about to tell you, just give me a second..." the thought that people would assume Draco was the one who had hurt me hadn't even crossed my mind since the thought was utterly absurd, but people thought so badly of Draco, I didn't want them to have other reasons for them to dislike him. I was already regretting this.

"I have something to tell you guys. Something I haven't been entirely truthful about." Terry and Blaise perked up, watching me intently since they were the ones who didn't know anything about what had happened. "The reason Smith was arrested is because he hurt me, a lot, as you can see, this was Smiths doing, not Draco.s" I let out a sigh and continued. 

"He was detained when my brother found out over the holidays. He sent a letter to McGonagall telling her what -what he had been doing to me and along with that and Morgan, Pansy and Draco's letter, they arrested him," My voice broke at the end and I had to take a deep breath, grabbing Dracos hand to squeeze. 

"...When I got back from Christmas holiday I was too scared and ashamed to tell anyone I didn't know well enough, but I know now that I probably should have told all of you at once, so as not to keep you in the dark." I paused, not quite sure how to continue and instead watched their reactions. I was so nervous. These were my friends and their opinion mattered more than strangers.