As the World Caves In

The Art of Letting Go

Skye

     Grimmauld place 12 stands on my coin. So that's where they are. "Could we take the car?" I ask Narcissa timidly. Dray looks at me confused as her mother takes a minute to answer "Shouldn't you ask your father?" I hesitate to answer so Draco steps in to help me. "Please mom, we're in a hurry" he begs with puppy eyes. "Fine but be quick" Narcissa finally says and we smile at her thankfully. I grab Dray's hand and hurry to the car "Aren't we going to the Burrow?" he asks. I open the car door and sit in the passenger seat "You can drive right?" I ask as I'm fastening my seat belt. "Well yeah.. where are we going?" my boyfriend asks concerned. "Grimmauld place 12" I respond while looking at an old map I found in the glove departement. He starts the car and it lifts off the ground. Be there in 10 I write to Georgie. And 10 minutes later we arrive to Grimmauld place. "Where is 12?" I ask Dray considering I missed the number of the house. "I haven't seen it either" he responds as we get out of the car and see both 11 and 13. I look around to see if anyone muggles are near, fortunately they're not so I draw my wand out but in the next moment I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn around to see who it is and see George Weasley standing before me. I open my mouth to say something although I don't know what and I'm also hesitating whether or not I should hug him because our last encounter was really awkward. However before I could've done something he says what appears to be a password which makes another apartment appear between 13 and 11. He looks at me briefly without emotions then walks in. I can feel my heart beating in my throat as my anxiety raises.

     "Does he have to stay?" the red head points to my boyfriend. Dray gets mad but tries to hold  himself back "Yes, he will" I close the argument quickly. "What's one more death eater anyway?" he says sarcastically but his comment makes me feel down. "If you say one more bad word about her I swear-" Draco protects me as he goes closer to the twin but Georgie cuts him off "You can't come in" he says simply and stops Malfoy by putting his hand on the boy's chest. He then turns to me "For some reason Lupin and your classmates still believe you're on our side so.." he continues angry and moves his hand in the direction of the door. "I'll be back in a bit"I turn to Dray. "If you're not I'm going in there" he responds while staring at George threatheningly then kissing me to make him jealous. When I set foot in the house I hear noises, arguing even. I follow George into an other room but as we pass by the living room I see Lupin, Sirius and Harry talking. I catch the chosen boy's gaze but quickly look away and go into the room George just went in. "So what did you want to talk about?" he asks as he sits down on a couch. "Well last time.. umm before I left were you about to say something about Alik?" I ask as I briefly look at George wishing my boyfriend would be here for me to hold my hand and support me. "You should ask someone else about this.." he responds salty as he stands up, wanting to leave. "What's your problem with me?" I ask quietly with tears in my voice. He stops next to me, in the door frame and without looking at me "I love you.. and that's the problem" he says then exits the room. I can't believe he just said that and walked out. Did he call me a death eater in order to try and push me away I wonder. "George!" I shout after him. "You-you... can't say that" I continue heart broken when he looks at me. He scoffs and raises his voice as he says "I have to, okay?! Because I have to let you go, because I can't be with you 'cause you love someone else and you even became someone else for him! You're a fucking death eater for Merlin's sake! " he comes closer to me, a teardrop even falls down my face then people slowly start coming out of rooms and down the stairs to take a look at what's going on. "Is that really how you see me now?" I ask shyly but with anger and as he's centimeters away from me I see that he's fighting to hold back his tears. "It's how I should..." he responds quietly as he's debating whether or not he should touch me. "Skye!" Molly shouts to break the tension between George and I but we're still looking at each other so Mrs. Weasley comes up to me. "Let me make you some tea darling" she says to me and drags me away from George. We go into the kitchen, she sits me down "It's going to be okay darling, he'll calm down" she comforts me but I just stare into nothing. All I have on my mind is that he actually hates me now.

     I hear the others  outside the kitchen telling George off for saying all that to me. Ginny walks in and hugs me tightly "I know you haven't changed" she whispers gently trying to make me feel better. I hug her back as she makes me snap out of it "Thank you" I respond gratefully. "You're here because of your brother right?" Ginny asks as he sits down on a chair next to me and I nod. "Well for one you must've figured out that George went to your house disguised as your brother.." she starts explaining. "Your actual brother did visit us although he didn't stay for long.. He said that there were some death eaters after him but he got rid of them but at a great cost... His injuries were severe but he only came to the Burrow to give you a message: Don't look for me." She finishes with a little sigh. "That's not like Alik. He wouldn't say that" I respond skeptically. "I'm so sorry Skye.." she says empathetically. In the next second I hear banging on the front door. Must be Draco. "I should probably go" I stand up, say goodbye to Ginny and her mother. "Hey are you okay?" Ginny asks worried. "I'll be fine" I lie to her with a smile on my face. I go out to the corridor and see George on the other side of it "Is that what you want?" he asks nodding to the door, meaning Draco. "It doesn't matter what I want Georgie. Not now..." I come up with an answer. "So that's how it is" he scoffs then comes closer to me "But you always have a choice" he caresses my face and wipes the remaining tears off with his thumb. "I didn't... I had to get the dark mark and I'm really sorry you had to be there" I tell him how I feel as the banging on the door gets louder. I close my eyes, take a deep breath and turn around to exit the house. "I'm not. I just didn't want you to be marked for life and live like that" he says and I look back to him. I quickly go up to him and give him a hug "Forgive me" he cries softly then lets me out of his embrace to look at me. "You should be the one to forgive me" I respond but quickly get back to reality. "I have to go" I say quietly with sadness. "I know" he responds with a small smile but behind it is a broken heart, one that I broke.