CHAPTER THREE. Part 1.
Harry stood alone in the astronomy tower facing the direction draco had fled wishing he could understand what exactly just happened, but he decide against it, as he walked to his dorm he couldn't help but picture draco's silver eyes looking at him with happiness, not disgust or loathing or hate, he actually looked happy when he was in harry's arms and the thought of having draco Malfoy in his arms made his heart beat so fast as if he just ran a marathon and his face flush crimson in matter of seconds, he smiled to himself as he thought about the boy but then frowned again when the images of the cuts both old and new on draco's pale skin appeared in his mind, he wondered what he could do to get closer to draco, he wondered if there was a way to get draco to let him in, he sighed knowing that this was going to be a lot harder said than done, especially the getting draco to let him in part, that was going to need some type of magic, nevertheless harry walked back to the Gryffindor towers feeling like a weight has been lifted off his shoulders.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90nb5AUeUz
yet there was something nagging at him, something inside him that kept going back to the image of Draco's bleeding wrist and how he laughed a hollowed laugh and how it felt to Harry when he saw Draco hurting his own body, harry felt like there was a knife in his heart and it twisted painfully every time he remembered the way Draco shook in his arms and the way the blood dripped from his wrist, harry never wanted to see Draco like that again, he wondered just how hard he was going to have to work to gain Draco's trust and how long it was going to take, harry sighed as he got in bed and closed his eyes and wished he had answers for those questions, and with the thought of Draco in his head he went to sleep and for the first time in a long time he slept peacefully.
3RD POV (DRACO)
After the interaction with potter, I couldn't sleep, I kept thinking about the way he held me in his arms and how he didn't yell at me or make fun of me, I couldn't believe that of all the people that could have found out about me cutting it had to be saint potter, I closed my eyes and laid on my bed wishing I knew what would happen the next day, I hope that potter forgets what happened tonight and with that thought, I closed my curtains and cast privacy and silencing charm in case I woke up screaming from a nightmare which I seem to do a lot lately, after doing that I reluctantly drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
Draco woke up with a scream, he felt as though his bones were breaking and rearranging back together just to break again, his whole body was burning, his throat felt as though there was something clogged there, and the air was impossible to get, and he didn't know the cause of it, his throat started to itch then the sensation traveled from his throat to his mouth and teeth, then began spread to his whole body and soon his whole body felt like it was on fire, he screamed and groaned in pain, then the pain started to lessen, yet, just as he thought the pain was diminishing, his lower back felt like it was on fire and he let out a scream so loud he didn't know if it was coming from him or someone else, just as soon as it came the pain was gone and Draco collapsed back on his bed and passed out from exhaustion, but before he did he saw bright green eyes and unruly black locks of hair, "harry?" he mumbled as exhaustion took him over and he collapsed.
IN THE MORNING (WITH DRACO)
I woke up feeling slightly excited though I didn't know why then I remembered last night, I remember potter and how he held me tight, I blushed at the thought and quickly dismissed it, after debating if it was worth leaving my bed to go to classes, I didn't want my education faltering so I had to get out of bed, and that's exactly what I did and went to brush my teeth, after finishing everything I grabbed my robe and I was on my way out but suddenly I had a splitting headache which sent me doubling over and clutching my head in pain, just as suddenly as it came it was gone I was left there bewildered and afraid, what if this was someone jinxing me, no this was a private dorm, none could get in here without my permission, I took a deep breath and started walking to class, the earlier I got there, the better.
As I walked to class I kept thinking back at last night when I had those surges of pain, I didn't know what caused it, but I did know that it wasn't caused by nightmares, no, my nightmares left me in cold sweat and breathing heavily but this was different, I was in immense pain yet I felt safe at the same time, there was something familiar about that pain though I couldn't put my finger on it, I felt like I knew what or who it was, I was so succumbed in my thoughts that I didn't notice there was someone in front of me until we collided and at that very moment I was filled with dread, I didn't know what would happen especially nowadays, every times I bumped into someone or I just breathed, someone always managed to hit me with a spell or try to mentally abuse me, which the almost always succeed, "sorry" I mumbled and walked away hastily keeping my eyes on the ground but the person caught my wrist and stopped me from going anywhere, I didn't dare raise my head to meet their eyes so I concentrated them on the ground, after a few quiet seconds which were getting pretty awkward the person asked "are you ok?" the voice was soft, one that I rarely heard but I remember hearing it yesterday.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡose9VHNnmB
The person I bumped into was non-other than potter, and here he was asking if I was ok, why was he so nice to me? I could never understand that "Y-yeah I'm fine" I said cringing slightly at how fake those words sounded to my ears, usually I was very good at lying to my friends about how I was doing, but the only people I couldn't lie to was my parents and my older brother and two younger siblings, and now I found myself wishing I could disappear because this whole conversation if you could even call it that, well whatever it was it was getting very awkward, "do you need anything" I asked him honestly curious on why he was still holding my wrist and acting like this, though there was no bite to my voice I heard him inhale sharply and that's when I looked at him, he looked like he was hurt? why would he be hurt and why was he still holding my wrist? "can we talk about..?" he finally said after a long period of awkward silence, and I knew exactly what he wanted to talk about, he wanted to talk about the incident last night which I desperately did not want to talk about but I did want to know why he was being so nice to me, it was very unnerving but kind of nice at the same, so instead of refusing like he thought I would , I said "sure, I guess", he looked surprised but then his face broke into a wide grin that lit up his eyes and I could tell that I was blushing because I could feel my face burning, I turned my gaze to the floor and willed my face to stop burning, after a few more seconds I looked up at him and he was smiling softly at me which was not helping my blushing face one bit, " S-so when and where do you want to meet?" he asked stuttering a little which I thought was cute, "is today during lunch a good time" I said trying not to sound so excited by the thought of us being alone together, yet I couldn't keep a hint of excitement out of my voice then I remembered that I couldn't get my hopes up about anything, especially with potter,also , why was he still holding my wrist? " could we meet by the black lake?" he asked looking hopeful and for what? that I did not know, I nodded and looked at him and then looked at my wrists and he followed my gaze and then he dropped my wrist with a blushing face "sorry" he murmured and I nodded, " I have to go to class, see you at lunch then" I said and left without waiting for a response or looking back at him, I made it to class with no incidents and there was no one there yet, like usual I took my seat all the way in the back and waited for the students and the Professor to appear.
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