Lie To Me

Part 42

Draco Malfoy
The pain was awful.
It took over my whole body from the moment I opened my eyes.
An involuntary groan escaped me as I tried to sit up. But as I looked down I was covered with bandages.
I looked round and it was light outside. The sunlight beaming in through the large windows.
I cringed at the amount of light and covered my eyes with my hand.

"Good you're awake." Madam Pomfrey sighed and nodded.
"How long have I been asleep?" I asked.
"You've been out for about a week Mr Malfoy." She sighed.
I put my hand on my forehead, knowing that was one less week to work on the cabinet.
"Miss King has been here every hour of every day. But I forced her to go and eat today. She's seemed very out of it for the past two days. That girl." Pomfrey said, a frown on her face.
I wondered what she meant.
It surprised me that she had stayed with me the entire time. Especially given the air between us.

I was staring at the ceiling when footsteps pulled my eyes to look at the door.
I breathed deeply as I saw Kit walk in, her eyes to the floor.
A frown came to my face as I saw that her eyes were puffy and red, and her cheeks were pale and covered with tear stains. But I was most concerned about the large cut on her cheek.
She wasn't wearing any robes and I imagined she was freezing without them.
"Kit," I groaned and she immediately flicked her eyes up to me.
"Oh my god." She sighed and walked quickly over to me, taking a gentle hold of my hand.
"You look awful."
"Thanks asshole."
"No seriously you look awful. You look ill Kit. You've obviously been crying, there's a massive cut on your face and where are your robes?" I asked and she shook her head.
"It doesn't matter. What matters is making sure that you get back on your feet to finish whatever you need to finish." She sniffled and my eyes went wide for a moment as worry flooded my body.
"H-how-"
"Snape has asked me to help you."
"I don't need-"
"Yes you do. Apparently it's to do with charms and we all know I'm top of the class. So just let me help." She said and I nodded, knowing that I truly could use her help.
"I work everyday when everyone is either at lunch or when everyone is in bed." I sighed and it was her turn to nod. "So, back to you. How'd you get cut?"
"When you and Harry were fighting, a piece of debris hit me." She sighed and the rage filled me immediately, partially at myself and mostly at Potter.
How could we have not realised she was hurt?
I was angry that I let that happen in front of her.
"And the robes?"
"Ruined. I tried to stop the bleeding with bits of my robes. They were soaked in blood and cut up. I haven't been able to get more." She explained.
It made me feel sick knowing that my blood had been on her robes.
It made me realise how bad it must have been.
I'll kill Potter at the first chance I get.
"I'm sorry Kit. It must have been traumatising to see." I sighed and watched her as a stream of tears started to fall.
"I tried. I tried to help you. I couldn't do anything and I'm sorry. I thought you were going to die in front of me and there was nothing I could do." She cried and covered her face with her hands.

I let a few tears fall myself before moving up on the bed.
"Come here." I whispered and she clambered next to me.
She continued to sob and I wrapped my arms around her as best as I could. Her crying was heartbreaking. She was always so strong and always put herself forward as being so cold.
But here she was breaking down in my arms.
A girl I thought hated me was finding comfort in me and cared for me.
I knew we had to talk about what happened at the manor but for now, I was just glad that she was here with me.
But then, I thought about why she was here with me.
"So, why are you here with me?" I asked and she looked up at me with a frown. " I just thought you'd go to Fred for a while."
I watched as her bottom lip started to quiver and her tears built up all over again.
"He broke up with me."