What Happened at Malfoy Manor

1 Week Later

                                                                                                      ~1 week later~

Bellatrix hasn't come down to torture me as much, perhaps she doesn't find it fun anymore. Draco has come down more often, but only to give me food. My food used to be brought down by a house elf so I don't know why that stopped. I try to talk to him, ask him questions, etc, but he just mumbles something and then stays completely silent. When he first brought down my food, he gave me the food and left immediately. Now he stays to see that I ate it all. He also keeps looking at me in a peculiar way. I can't quite decipher the look, either. Mainly because when I see him doing it, he looks away. At the moment, I am sitting on the floor, thinking about my dreams of late. In almost all of them Draco appears at some point. I guess it is because I see him everyday.

      "Lovegood. Can I come in?" I hear Draco whisper from the door. How odd, he usually just comes on in.

      "Of course." I say. I hear him open the door, and shut it very quietly. I hear him coming towards me, his wand is lit so he can find me easily.He is right in front of me, and he sits. He has a plastic bag with him, but I can not see what is in it.

      "Um, well. I know it is a bit dirty down here. If I could get you a shower or something I would, but I can't. So I thought the next best thing is clean clothes. They are my mother's, so I don't know how well they will fit you. She won't notice them missing, either. I also brought you a blanket." he says quietly. He starts pulling everything out and hands it all to me. The blanket is thick and warm feeling and the clothing is soft, all of it black.
     "Thank you very much, Draco.  This... This means a lot to me." I say to him. His wand is still lit, and I can see his face perfectly. He has dark circles under his eyes and his face seems much thinner than I ever remember it being at school.

      "It's nothing." he says quietly, and he stands up to leave.

       "Wait! Don't go just yet." I hear myself say as I stand up. I don't want him to leave me down here after doing something so nice. At least, not so soon. He stops walking but he doesn't turn around. A walk around him to his front and I look at his eyes. He looks so pained. I glance at what he gave me and my heart swells. What he did for me, for ME, is so kind and sweet. He doesn't even know me, so why he even did it is beyond me. Quickly, before I even realize what I am doing, I hug him. I wrap my arms around him and I squeeze. He is stiff, so I let go after a couple of seconds and decide to walk back to the blanket and clothing, my back turned to him. What I did was incredibly stupid. What was I thinking? I hear his footsteps, I assume he is leaving now. But instead I hear his footsteps become louder, coming back toward me. I feel his hand wrap around my arm, and yank me around to face him. I look at him in confusion as he drops his wand and flings his arms around me in a hug. I wrap my arms back around him and I smile. I expect him to let go of me in a couple of seconds, but he doesn't. In fact, he holds on to me even tighter, as if whenever he lets go I would fly away and he would never see me again. I feel him start to shake, moving me with him, and I realize that he is crying. He is trying so hard to remain silent, but a sob escapes his mouth and he quickly stops hugging me. He is just standing in front of me now, but I can't see him. His wand is still on the floor, but the light had already faded to complete darkness. I feel air move near the right of my face.

     "Don't tell anyone." Draco breaths into my ear. I am confused and assume he means about him crying and giving me a couple of things, what else could he say that about? I feel his hot breath on my face and he grabs my wrists and kisses me on the lips. He pulls away, quickly gets his wand, and runs out of the dungeon. It was just a quick kiss, but I think there might have been something more behind it. I realize that I am cold so I sit and cover myself with the thick blanket. It is incredibly warm and I snuggle into it. Maybe I am over thinking that kiss. It was hardly one at all. It was nice, though, while it lasted. I think about what I should do now. I can't wait for Draco to come back with food, but that won't be for a while now. I will take a look at my new clothing pieces later. I can't see them that well all the way back here anyway. I decide to lay on the floor covered in my new blanket and daydream. What else can I do here? I daydream about seeing daddy again. I daydream about You-Know-Who finally being defeated. And I daydream about a peculiar boy named Draco Malfoy.