''It's not like that.'' He circled around me in a flurry and pulled at his hair, making it look even more disheveled. I reached out a hand but froze once I heard excited voices. Draco seized my arm and pushed me towards the stairs. ''Go!'' He hissed, He kept pushing and pushing, and when I tried to speak, he clapped a hand over my mouth so hard I bit my tongue. ''Get below! Go!'' I trembled, but out of anger I did what he said. His lip quivered as he watched me leave. ''But why?'' I whispered weakly to him. I descended on my own time and listened to nothing but silence and approaching footsteps. But he finally looked at me with red, swollen eyes and whispered. ''I have to protect you.''