The girls stood at the top of the tower, waiting. She had been waiting in the same place ever since the war... waiting for him. But she knew he would never come back for her... he couldn't.

Pansy Parkinson looked out over the grounds of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, waiting for someone to return to her, knowing he never would. She sighed, blinking back tears, not believing what was occurring around her. Her only love, Draco Malfoy, had left not only her... but the entire world.

Draco had fought against her during unhappy times in the common room, and with her during the war, but she hadn't helped... she hadn't tried to help him, and she missed him.

XxX

"Pansy... Just run!" Draco called as he held back Fineir Greyback,

"I'm not leaving you here!" She shouted back to him, backing away from the struggling pair,

"Go Pansy!"

With Draco's last request Pansy ran, not caring what was going to happen to him, down the stairs and out towards the main gates. However she turned back when she heard Draco's shrieks of pain. She didn't know what to do... help him or save herself! She left the castle grounds, hoping to return some day and be with Draco again, but she knew that he wouldn't be there for her.

XxX

Pansy shook her head, her black hair moving with it as she attempted to remove the image that had made its way before her eyes. It was the image of that had haunted her ever since the night she had first seen it. It was the image of her love enveloped in his mother's arms, his body cold and still. This was the moment that she had realised the worst had occurred and that Draco Malfoy, the Slytherin prince and her one true love... was dead.

Tears welled up in her eyes as the image began to fade and the sound of his voice filled her ears. "Pansy... I love you Pansy... Pansy I love you," was the same declaration that she remembered, but it was so distant now and she knew she was imagining it.

XxX

"No... NO!" Pansy screamed as she rushed over to Narcissa who was holding her son, "No... It isn't true... it can't be true!" Tears fell from her eyes as she stroked the blonde tresses from Draco's face. She leant down and kissed his lips ever so lightly as she used to, when she wanted to wake him up, but she knew this time he would not wake.

"Pansy, let's go," Lucius calmed as he pulled her up from Draco's side, "Leave him now!"

XxX

Pansy's vision blurred further as tears fell down her cheeks rapidly. She missed him so much and had been missing him for as long as she could and cared to remember.

"I love you!" she whispered to nobody and everybody at the same time.

XxX

Pansy was pulled from Draco's side and was escorted from the school grounds. For the first couple of minutes she cried and screamed a little, but she soon calmed down knowing that there was nothing she could do to help him.

Outside the gates, Pansy clambered onto a nearby carriage and sat inside, wanting never to see a sight like that again.

When the carriage pulled up at the station, she hopped down and swapped her seat on the carriage for a seat on the steam train.

XxX

Pansy's hand shook as she wiped the tears from her eyes. She didn't want anyone to know she was crying, it was a sign of weakness for her.

She leant over the safety bar and looked out across the grounds. It was as beautiful as she remembered and there was only one person that was more beautiful than this sight and he was gone.

The wind swept her hair as she climbed over the railing. She braced herself for the fall from the tower. Suddenly the ghost of someone's arms wrapped around her waist , as she tried to forget about the past.

"Pansy," the familiar voice whispered, "Pansy, please don't do this!"

"My mind never stops torturing me!" Pansy shouted as she edged further towards the edge, but the arms pulled her back again.

After 5 minutes of pushing away and being pulled back, Pansy gave up and turned to climb back over the barrier when her eyes locked onto the icy grey ones that were looking down onto her.

"No... No it can't be.... you're supposed to be dead!" She squealed.

"Come back over the barrier and we'll talk," Draco told her... yes, Draco Malfoy had come back to her.

Pansy climbed tentatively back over the barrier again and sat on it, whilst Draco supported her by the waist. "Is it really you?" she asked, trailing a hand down his chiselled chest lightly, afraid he would crumble into dust under her touch.

"Of course it's me Pansy!" Draco whispered, "You didn't think I'd leave you did you?"

"But it's not possible.... You're dead... I saw you with my own two eyes, lying there as cold as ice!" Pansy cried, close to tears once more,

"Pansy... please don't,"

"If it's really you, let me do one thing!" Pansy told him, one hand loosening his shirt buttons. It fell to the floor and the scars on Draco's chest made it evident he was really there.

"I told you it was me didn't I?" Draco said, running a hand through her hair,

"But.... But I thought... Oh my god Draco!" Pansy squealed as she flung her arms around his neck, squeezing him tightly. She had never thought she would see him again. Suddenly something hit her like a bullet to her heart. "Why did you lie to me? You let me believe you were dead for 8 months... WHY THE HELL DID YOU LIE TO ME?"

"I'm sorry but my father made me swear not to tell you Pansy... I wanted to tell you I honestly did!"

"And since when did your father rule your life?"

"Since he realised that if I do something stupid I could die again... then who would be the dark lord's air?"

Pansy stared at Draco. He had told her so many things when they were at school together, but never anything like this.

"You... you aren't... but you told me you wouldn't join them Draco! Don't you care about anything you say... anyone who loves you?"

"But I do care Pansy... I really do care! I told my father to take his stupid death eaters and forget it... but he told me I had no choice!"

"Forget about your bloody father and think about me for a change Draco!" Pansy screamed as she moved away from him.

"Pansy listen to me," Draco said sternly, but his voice was shaky, "I love you will all my heart but if my father said...."

"Here we go with your father ruining your life!"

"JUST LISTEN TO ME!" Draco shouted angrily at her, scaring Pansy half to death. He never shouted at her. When he calmed down he whispered, "I didn't mean t shout Pansy, I honestly didn't mean to!"

Pansy didn't bother to reply... deciding only to leave him alone on the tower, whispering up her breath "I wish you had died that day!"