Ron was distracted most of the day, he barely touched his food, during dinner. He couldn't get this girl out of his head.
He couldn't stop imagining the nightmare she was living. Abusive parents, that were death eaters and that also wanted her to become one, and that will marry her own cousin., and the only person she trusted was death.
While unconsciously playing with his food, Ron took a glance on the Slytherin table, and in less than ten seconds, he spotted her, she had her hair in a loose ponytail, and was just finishing drinking her pumpkin juice.
He didn't realized he had been staring at her for more than a minute until Harry waved a hand in front of him.
Harry made a joke about it, which Ron didn't put attention to it, he just shrugged it off.
"Ron? Are you alright? You have been quiet all day" Harry commented when both guys were in their dorm.
"Yeah, just been thinking, you know" Ron whispered before he fell asleep.
Next morning wasn't as sunny as the past one, it had rained all day, even the fake sky in the Great hall looked like the real one above Howgarts.
Ron slept all night but felt like if he hadn't rested. So he slept through transfigurations, until Professor McGonagall caught him. Harry had barely talked to him, since he snapped at Harry for a comment he said.
Ron turned around to find a particular girl, but she was nowhere to be found, he hadn't seen her all day. He started to wonder if he had dreamt all the day before.
When the class was over he rushed outside for no apparent reason, it had stopped raining, so he walked fast to the black lake and while looking at it, he sat down. He magically dried the grass and lots of thought ran through his mind, until he heard laughter.
He didn't know how much time he had spent thinking. Five minutes? Ten maybe? Or even more?. He didn't know.
He turned his face to the left to see the owners of the laughter. It was Draco Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange.
He stared once again at her, this time with light, showing her features.
Her black hair, was not really black, but a chocolate brown colour, which was below her shoulder, she, thanks God, didn't inherit her mum's messy hair. She was thin, and tall, not as tall as Malfoy but pretty close, maybe a bit shorter than Ron, or same height. He couldn't see well if her eyes were green, or the same colour as Malfoy's, a light grey. When they got nearer, he noticed her nails were painted green, which matched her uniform.
He hadn't noticed how beautiful she really was. He hadn't thought of her since he saw her yesterday because of her beauty, actually he didn't know why he had been thinking about her.
He wondered how such a woman like Bellatrix had had a daughter like the girl in front of her. She looked sweet and innocent, she didn't look like the type that becomes a Death Eater.
Apparently the pair hadn't noticed Ron yet, so he tried to hide behind a tree next to him, in case they got even nearer which they did, and stayed there watching the lake.
"I think this is a good idea after all" he heard Draco said to Bellatrix. "I'm sure you don't want to, and believe me, I don't enjoy that much the idea of marrying you, but if we actually get married, I'll keep you safe, more than anyone could ever do, and I love you so much to risk something happen to you".
"But you are like my brother!" Bellatrix argued, looking directly at Malfoy's eyes. "I can't marry you".
"What? Would you preferred marring someone that hits you, like your father? Or someone that really loves you?" Draco asked her turning her around so he could see her slender face.
"The answer is quite obvious, isn't it?".
"Then everything is set, we will get married in August or something like that next year" Draco said started to face.
"What? Next year? What about when we finish our seventh year not our sixth!" Bellatrix raised her voice a bit.
"We are doing it anyway, so the sooner the better, don't you think?".
"Why the rush? Is not like we are 50 years old" Bellatrix said sarcastically.
"Remember my mission, your mission? What if we don't survive? Let's just get married soon".
"You're crazy" Bellatrix said turning her back to Draco.
"I know you don't want this marriage, neither did I, but think about it, it's a really good option". Draco said attempting to kiss her on the lips but she just turned her head so Draco ended up kissing her right cheek. "Fine" he whispered. "Let's go back to the castle". Draco said grabbing her hand.
When the brown-haired girl and blonde-haired boy were out of sight, Ron went their same way to the castle, digesting all the information he just heard.
