Lost - draco malfoy

eleven

- Long White Cross by Pluto -

Ever since Pansy walked in on Draco talking to me the other day, she seemed to have developed a weird obsession with me. She had never really cared about my existence before, but for some reason now she did? I couldn't understand it. I thought that it was her desperately clinging on to her unrequited love for Draco, as she knew he hated me. Knowing Draco, it wasn't the worst idea she had. He got a kick out of me seeing me knocked down. I guess she picked up on that. It would be the only smart thing she would ever think about.

"Bella. Haven't you got somewhere else to be? Like following your big strong boyfriend around? We wouldn't want you to get hurt now would we?" I looked up from my History of Magic book and saw Pansy, she was joined by the insufferable girl that was Millicent Bulstrode. She had chosen to come for me in the middle of the courtyard, in front of everyone. In front of Draco. What a surprise. I wasn't stupid, I knew it was for his entertainment.

Boyfriend. That word made me feel uneasy. Blue wasn't my boyfriend, and I didn't want him to be... was that bad?

I could've got up and walked away, being the bigger person. But instead, I stood up and faced her. "Back. Off" I scowled, standing my ground. She didn't falter at that, instead she smirked and shot a look at Millicent.

Instantly, Millicent grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Pansy. "Yeah, I don't think we will".

Millicent took a step closer to me and before I knew it she clenched her fist and pummeled it into the side of my face. She was so much bigger than me, length and width wise. My face started to burn. Fuck. She was strong. Stronger than me. But, they wanted to fight. And I would give them a fight. I could feel groups of people start to take attention to us, I looked around and saw people looking. Including Draco who was slowly creeping up with Crabbe, Goyle and his other cronies. I didn't care enough to learn their names.

I turned back to Millicent and threw myself at her, pulling at her hair. "Ouch! Bitch!" Pansy moved over to us, trying to pull me off of Millicent as we were both pulling each other's hair, Millicent kicking my shins at the same time. I put up a fight but eventually, Pansy pulled me off of Millicent who then aggressively shoved me on to the cold and hard ground.

Shit. A sudden gush of pain jolted throughout my entire body, and I could hear murmurs among people. Everyone was watching, but no one bothered to step in. I could feel my face burning and my head pounding. I started to try to stand up, but she shoved her fat foot onto my chest, pushing me and holding me down. I could feel my breath caught in my throat, and I spluttered "Get... off... of me." They both laughed "Too bad your boyfriend isn't here to save you."

"Oi. Girls, I think you've done enough haven't you?" I heard Draco say. In the corner of my eye, I saw him standing with his cronies, who were laughing hysterically. "What? Are you serious?" Pansy exclaimed. "She's already down, just give it up. Don't you have anything better to do?" he spat. Millicent maintained her cold stare on me, pushing her foot down harder on my chest, giggling. I grabbed her shoe and tried to pull her off of me, but that caused Pansy to kick me in the side of my head. I could feel her anger. She was angry that Draco wasn't praising her for her efforts. I could feel tears start to prick my eyes. This was humiliating.

Draco pulled Millicent off of me, and pushed her away. He looked down at me for a few seconds, like he was thinking about something, before walking back to his gang. I wondered where my friends were right now. Where was Blue?

"Malfoy? What the fuck are you doing?" laughed Goyle. I struggled, but I finally stood up, to face them. Millicent and Pansy were grinning at me, clearly pleased with themselves. I couldn't believe I let them humiliate me like that "Fuck sakes you two. If you kept at it, you could've been expelled" Malfoy snapped at Millicent and Pansy, who both cowared from him and sheepishly hid behind Crabbe and Goyle. I collected my book, and that was when someone finally stepped in. McGonagall ran towards me, with Hermione, Isadora and Ginny following. "Out of my way!" she exclaimed. It was too late, I felt faint. My head was numb and I started to lose all the feeling in my body. Before anyone could catch me, I fell back onto the ground and passed out.

I had woken up in the hospital wing, with Isadora, Ginny and Hermione sat by my side. My defeat and humiliation had brought them back together, how lovely. Madam Pomfrey had to make sure there was no serious damage. And there wasn't. I was fine if you didn't count the bruises and grazes on my legs, and the bruises on the side of my face. Blue and purple blotches covered my pale and ghostly like skin, they were grotesque looking. My brow bone was swollen, and Pomfrey had to stitch it back up as Pansy had kicked me so hard, blood had been spurting out. At least that was what Isadora nonchalantly informed me. My lip was also swollen, but at least the bleeding had stopped. And three days before the Yule Ball no less. I was going to be bruised at the ball. And I wanted to cry. I looked so ugly. I didn't even want to leave the hospital wing, even though I was all patched up, I felt so hideous. Even though Hermione assured me I wasn't. She had to say that.

I stayed in the hospital wing for a night, Blue visited me in the morning. I wondered why he didn't come to me instantly. If he had been hurt, I would've been the first person by his side.

"I'm going to kill him. I'm going to fucking kill him" He muttered as he paced back and forth in front of my bed. "It wasn't Malfoy, it was Pansy and Millicent" I mumbled, I was still struggling to get my energy back up. "I'm going to kill all of them."

That was the extent of the conversation we had. I just lied down in my bed, staring into space while he sat next to me looking out the window. I knew he wanted to be somewhere else, he wanted to be with his mates. He didn't want to be sitting here in silence with me. I wasn't even his girlfriend, he wasn't obligated to be here I guess. It didn't take him too long before he thought of an excuse and left.

That was when he walked in. Draco. He faltered at the door, slightly shuffling his feet. He looked like he wanted to say something. But he didn't, and walked straight back out. I wondered why he stopped Millicent and Pansy from hurting me further, did he maybe... slightly... kind of... care about me? I immediately dismissed the thought, of course he didn't. He despised me. He didn't want Pansy and Millicent to be expelled, obviously. I don't know why I thought it would be anything else. However, I was curious why he even came to the hospital wing in the first place. I was the only one in there, he had to have been there for me.

I guess I'd never know.