Just Him {Draco Malfoy}

33 - Detectives

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— AS ELLA WALKED  back in her room, the only thing she was able to see, was the newspaper and the different headlines; all in a blur.

"Make it stop.", she muttered to herself and pressed her hands against the sides of her head as her feet carried her here and there around her room.

Sudden flashbacks started dotting her vision. The letter she sent, the ice, the first time she looked at Draco and many other moments that seemed to be very important.

Then she fell on the floor accompanied by a loud thud and then all she could hear was a buzzing.
Her eyes closed, her body too weak to respond to anything.

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"Since you decided to associate yourself with Ella, please take care of her as well, Draco.", said Narcissa as she smoothed his tie. Draco nodded slowly and gently took his mother's hands in his. His eyes looked in hers and that's when he noticed that they were glistening. She was holding her tears back.

"I know that... Killing him won't be easy, darling... Uhm, but please, allow yourself to be selfish for once. Do it for your family and Ella... She doesn't deserve any of this..."

"I'm paying for my father's mistakes and she's as well.", he responded coldly and made Narcissa's eyes widen.

"Draco...", her hands fell from his and she took a step back.

"I know, mother, I know. I care about her and at the same time I don't want to put her at risk — I'm sorry, but if I need to be selfish then she needs to be selfish as well."

Narcissa just kept looking at him; she couldn't believe his words. "You want him to kill her? I thought I raised you better than that.", she used the same tone he had used with her.

"After all you went through... You would give him her life just like that—"

"One life for a million.", Draco found his answer quickly.

Narcissa took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a short moment.
"I can understand that from your point of view... But you care about her and I know that you'll change your mind anyway. Do what you think is right. Have a good rest of the year, son."

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"Open the door!"

"There's this spell that allows you to—"

"I'm aware, Hermione. I was just trying to be polite and tried not to disturb the Princess' golden sleep."

"Golden sleep? Are you serious, Ronald? There's water coming from her room."

"Okay you two are annoying the hell out of me. Alohomora."

"Harry! It's her room—", Hermione's words were muffled by the gasp she let out at the sight of all the water coming from the room.

"I told you it was her golden—"
"Shut up, Ron.", said Harry and Ron immediately obeyed and looked at the water that reached his ankles.

Harry took a nervous step towards the open door, keeping his wand in his tight grip. Hermione reached for his forearm and stopped him from walking. He turned around and looked at her.