This Life's Mine (Draco Malfoy X OC Love Story)

Chapter 37

I quickly made my way to the room of requirement after Harry stormed away from me. When I got into the room I heard someone sobbing and I immediately knew it was Draco. I walked over to where I knew the cabinet is, to see it open with a dead bird and Draco sitting next to it with his head in his hands.

"Draco." I whispered, walking over to him wrapping my arms around him.

He wrapped his arms around me and cried into my chest. We sat there for a few minutes as I let him cry it out.

"I killed it. I killed that bird." He whispered, still slightly crying. "If I can't even handle killing a bird then how the hell will I be able to kill Dumbledore?"

"We'll figure it out, love. Don't worry." I whispered to him.

"I'm going to fail Haley. He's going to kill us."

"No he won't. I'll make sure he doesn't kill you." I let go of him so that he's looking at me. "We'll figure something out."

"I guess we'll have to wait and see if my recent plan works." He said, causing me to sigh.   

"The poisoned mead didn't work." I told him, he looked at me surprised that I knew about it.   

"How do you know?"

"Slughorn gave it to Harry and Ron last night. Ron drank it but Harry saved him. I had just been in the hospital wing with them." I explained.

"Fuck." He angrily grunted out. "I Couldn't even kill Weaselbee."         

"We have another problem." I was scared to tell him.

"What else?" he sighed.

"I wasn't just paranoid when we were in Knockturn Alley." He looked at me confused. "We were being followed, by the trio."

"Of course it was them. They're always so nosey." He sneered out.

"Well they saw you inspecting the cabinet there. Harry now knows that it's a vanishing cabinet and he's pretty sure the twin is here." I told him. "He's more convinced now that you're a Death Eater. And he has a map that shows everyone at that moment. He's seen you come in here on it."

"Fuck." He yelled out grabbing his head. "What are we to do then?"

"I think you should take a break from the cabinet for a few days. I'll work on it, he doesn't suspect me anymore." He nodded his head at this.

"Okay, let's do that." He looked up at me. 

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It's been a few days since Draco and I agreed he takes a break from the cabinet. I did another test of it last night, sending the other bird in it. I walked into the great hall ready to tell Draco about it at breakfast but he's nowhere at the Slytherin table. I sighed, deciding to join the trio at the Gryffindor table. I couldn't help but notice Lavender Brown glaring at them causing me to smirk.

"Lavender looks like she's ready to kill." I sat down next to Harry across from the other two. "Is it because of..."

Hermione shook her head at me telling me to stop.

"I'm thrilled to be rid of her." Ron told me. "But I don't remember what happened. These two just said we talked when she visited me."

"You really don't remember anything?" I asked him.

"Well there is something." He said side eyeing Hermione. "But it can't be, I was completely boggled wasn't I."

Hermione agreed with him but I couldn't help but smirk. I noticed Harry is completely ignoring us, glued to the book he was reading.

"What's this?" I asked taking the book.   

I noticed it was an old potions textbook with writing in it, writing that is all too familiar to me. I mean I've only seen it everyday for my whole life. But before I could really read anything Harry took it back.

"It's a textbook belonging to the Half-blood Prince." Hermione explained. "He's obsessed with it, always taking it with him everywhere he goes."

"I'm not obsessed." Harry tried to defend himself.

"Sure." Hermione said before something caught her eye. "Harry, it's Katie. Katie Bell."

Harry and I both turned to see Katie walking down the table. Harry then stood up, grabbing the book and going to talk to her. I couldn't hear what they're saying though but Katie went wide-eyed at something behind Harry.

I turned more to see what she's looking at to find it was none other than Draco. He looked like he was coming to talk to me when he stopped after noticing Katie. He turned to quickly leave the hall and not long after Harry rushed passed us to follow him.

"Shit." I hissed out now standing to follow right behind them.

I ran after them through the corridors to see Harry go into the boys bathroom just ahead of me. That wasn't going to stop me from intervening though. I ran to the door to hear glass breaking and water rushing. I went in to find it flooded and Harry and Draco throwing spells at each other.

"Stop it." I yelled.

Harry turned and threw a spell at me but I ducked in time.

"Haley, leave." He said turning to attack Draco again.

"You're going to kill each other." I pleaded.

At this Draco turned to look at me now noticing that I'm there. I could tell he was about to tell me to leave as well but he didn't get to.

"Sectumsempra." Harry yelled, hitting Draco.

His body was thrown back landing in the puddle of water as I screamed. I noticed his chest and arms started bleeding as I quickly ran to him falling on my knees. I placed his head in my lap as he sobbed in pain. I tried to stop the bleeding but nothing was going to work.

"What the fuck Harry?" I sobbed out as he came into view.

"He's a Death Eater, Haley." Harry yelled back.

"You don't know shit." I screamed. "You believed I was one too before you found out the truth."

"You never know Haley." He continued to yell at me.

"So what? It doesn't make you any better if he dies." I continued crying.

I then noticed Severus walking in behind Harry.

"Help, please help." I called out to him. "I can't lose him dad, please."

Severus knelt down next to us and started healing Draco as I continued to cry.

"Haley, I'm..."

"Fuck off, Harry. Don't talk to me." I yelled out again.

Harry gave me a sad look before walking out.

After a few moments of Severus chanting a spell, Draco is no longer bleeding. He picked Draco up and I quickly stood to follow. Severus took him to the hospital wing, placing him on the bed and told Madame Pomfrey what happened. He then turned to me and came over to quickly hug me.

"Please dad, will he be okay?" I sobbed into his chest.

"Yes, he'll be out for a little bit though." He told me and I nodded my head in understanding. "I take it you don't plan to leave his side anytime soon."

"You know me so well." I sniffled.

"I'll check on you later." He kissed the top of my head. "I have a bathroom to go fix."