✓ | IN BETWEEN MINDS | Draco Malfoy

➝ xiv.

beckham is calling you . . .
decline accept

YOU:
...hello?

[silence, shortly followed by something heavy falling on the ground with a thud]

YOU:
vangie, are you okay?
talk to me
you're worrying me

EVANGELINE:
(her words are slurred and mumbled)
i'm here
i'm alive
(a groan as another thud was heard)
but i'm dead

YOU:
jesus christ, how are you not sober yet
you didn't even drink that much
(soft sigh)
did you drink water and wash the makeup off?

EVANGELINE:
yes, a whole plate

YOU:
... do you mean glass?

EVANGELINE:
(giggles)
yes that

YOU:
okay, good girl
and the makeup?

EVANGELINE:
all gone

YOU:
good
are you in bed right now?
scoot over next to the wall so you won't fall off

[the sound of shuffling could be heard, and draco felt his anxiety subside]

EVANGELINE:
(incoherent mumbling)

YOU:
(whispering)
i wish you had called for me to come help . . .
i would've been there for you in a heartbeat

YOU:
are you asleep?

EVANGELINE:
mmm
no, not yet
(breathing turns heavier as though weariness was slowly setting in)

YOU:
(chuckles)
okay, i'll stay on the phone with you until you do

EVANGELINE:
draco?

YOU:
yes, baby
(pause)
fuck, i forgot again
(clears throat)
yes, beckham?

EVANGELINE:
(her breaths could be heard before she murmured)
thank you

YOU:
of course, you don't need to thank me
i- i'm always . . . always going to be here for you
no matter what
(another chuckle, slightly bitter this time)
it's you and me, beckham, remember? you and me against the world

EVANGELINE:
mhmm

[for a few minutes, neither of them spoke as sleep was slowly starting to overtake her]

YOU:
hey, vangie

EVANGELINE:
(it took a while before she responded)
yes?

YOU:
do- do you still . . .
(coughs)
never mind

EVANGELINE:
what is it?

YOU:
no it's nothing

EVANGELINE:
tell me, dummy

YOU:
okay fine
(a soft exhale of breath)
do you still — by any chance, any chance at all — still love me?

[there was a very long pause that followed, and draco was ready to hang up the call with the assumption that she'd finally fallen asleep and he'd never find out]

EVANGELINE:
i'll always love you, draco

[the sound of her tossing and turning on the bed could be heard before the line went dead]

beckham ended the call at 43:20 min . . .

BECKHAM

PUPPY DOG EYES 😻:
hi omg good morning
i drunk dialed u last night OOF
i'm so sorry
that's an f in the chat for me
did i say anything weird?
i sure as hell hope not

YOU:
good morning
nah don't worry ab it, u didn't say shit
u were too drunk u literally just mumbled nonsense💀

PUPPY DOG EYES 😻:
LMFAO really?
okay thank god
that woulda been hella embarrassing

YOU:
go get yo hungover ass sum coffee
get me some on the way too🥱

PUPPY DOG EYES 😻:
u have two hands for a reason
fuck off 😤
brb making coffee

YOU:
sure take ur time

YOU:
i'll always love you too, vangie
message not sent!