As the World Caves In

careless whisper

Skye

    A weight has been lifted off my shoulders when I heard George's voice, a faint smile even appeared on my face. I get up from the couch and turn to him "Woah are you okay?" he asks in shock when he sees me. I shake my head which makes George come closer to me and putting his hands around me in a caring way. "I shouldn't do this he'll get mad" I whisper to myself while embracing him. "Who did this to you love?" he asks as he breaks the hug and gently moves my hair so he could take a look at my neck and the red mark that Draco left on it. Then he takes my hand and looks at my wrists. I can see rage in his eyes. I don't answer him, because I still can't comprehend what Dray just did to me. This isn't like him I thought to myself. Maybe I should just talk to him... "Okay if you don't wanna tell me then would you maybe like to go to Hogsmeade? Just the two of us?" he offers. I think for a while "I uhh.. I don't know if that's a good idea..." I say hesitantly and shyly. "I think it might be good for you" Harry chimes in as he smiles at me endearingly. I feel so weak both mentally and physically, grabbing a butterbeer with George actually sounds like fun, it might just be what I need to relax. "You know what? Why not." I smile at the boys warmly. "Great! Let me grab you a sweater and we can go!" he says to me excitedly and runs up to his dorm. A few seconds later he comes back with a green sweater that has his initial (G) in silver and hands it over to me. "Thanks guys!" I say to Harry and Ron after I put the sweater on. 

       George and I head out and because he memorized the secret exits we can easily get out of school and into Honeydukes. We go to Three Broomsticks and grab a couple of butterbeers then sit down in a resty corner. "How are the detentions?" he asks to start the conversation. I try to hide my hand by pulling down the hoodie's sleeve to cover it up. "I'm pretty much used to it by now" I chuckle softly. He grabs my hand, doesn't say anything about the scar that he can probably see, he just holds it lovingly. "So what are you gonna do now you've been expelled?" I ask him as I pull my hand out of his to have a sip of my drink. "Fred and I are going to open a joke shop on Diagon Alley" he says in a good mood. "Woaah that sounds great Georgie!" I smile at him. He giggles and says "You do know that you're the only one out of my friends who call me that?" I blush and turn away from him in embarassment. "I like it" he says in a charming voice as he tries to fix my ruined mascara with his fingers. We lock eyes for a moment and look deeply into each others eyes. But I break the moment "Omm so that must be exciting! Having your own shop I mean. Plus you can leave this pathetic school.. Wish I could do that." I say to him both with excitement and sadness as I play with my rings. " I can't wait for you to visit. You might even get some free stuff after all you helped us test some of them. And don't stress too much about school there's so much more to life" he tries to cheer me up. "By the way your necklace stopped moving or like the snake you know.. What does that mean?" he asks me confused. "Oh it means that I've calmed down. It moves and hisses when I'm upset or have some really strong emotions." I explain to him as I take it off. "But I might not wear it for a while now... Could you maybe hold onto it for me? I don't.. wanna see it" I ask him the favor. "Yeah, for sure" he smiles at me as he puts it in his pocket. He then opens his arms for me so I put my head on his shoulder and he puts his arms around me, I even close my eyes because I feel really peaceful like I haven't been in some time. I notice George moving his head frequently, like he's looking at the door so I get out of his hug and look at the door where I see Draco and Blaise standing "Skye no, don't-" George starts saying but he's too late because I already looked. I think Dray reaches for his wand but Blaise stops him. Draco and I look at each other, I can see that we've both been crying but after we gaze at each other for a couple of seconds I turn back to our table and try to act normal. "Do you want to go?" George asks me. "Did they get in or go out?" I ask him nervously as I look at the table. He turns around to check "They just went out" he says. "Can we wait a little then go back to school using a secret passage or something?" I look at him. "Of course" he says happily. "And could I maybe sleep over at the gryffindor tower? I can crash on the couch" I ask him desperately. "I think the girls can make some space for you" he answers.

     We succesfully get back to Hogwarts without anyone seeing us. We get up to the gryffindor common room "Oh hey Skye!" Hermione greets me as we walk in, the boys have probably already told her what happened earlier. "Hermione! Hi!" I say to her nicely. "Could you guys make some space for Skye so she can sleep here tonight?" George asks her as he takes his scarf off. "Umm yeah sure, let me see what I can do" she says and goes up to the girls' dorms. I still can't decide if she likes me or not. "Told you, it'd be fine" George says as he comes closer to me. Ron, Harry, Hermione, George, Fred and I talk all night, they actually made me forget all about my problems: my family with it's secrets and Draco too. We also did a concoction: put green hair dye in Snape's shampoo. "I'll switch his out to this before I leave school. Our very last prank. This is so sad" Fred pretended to cry which made us all laugh. Slowly we all went to bed "Thank you for today" I turned to George. "Anytime Skye! Anytime." he winks at me then goes up to the dorms. "You guys really are something" Hermione says to me giggling. "What do you mean?" I ask puzzled. "The way he looks at you and cares about you. I mean you must've noticed" she responds. "I.. I guess I hadn't really thought about it"  I lie to her. I did think about George but I can't put him in harms way. And with my family's secrets and death eaters around me I don't want to risk getting together and then losing him, I wouldn't survive that, even the thought of it is killing me. It's easier this way. Staying friends. Even if it hurts... possibly both of us. I'll protect him.