Ch 4- On the Wall…
A week had passed since Harmony had found out about Draco's Dark Mark. Harmony tried to avoid Draco at all costs. It's harder than it looks to avoid someone in a castle the size of Hogwarts.
Draco somehow found Harmony and cornered her in a hallway. "Why have you been avoiding me?" he asked, as she tried to walk away.
"I haven't been avoiding…"
"Cut the crap, Harmony. I know that you have. Don't tell me you haven't."
She spun around, "You want to know why I'm avoiding you, Draco?"
He nodded. "Yes, what have I done to cause you to want to run in the other direction?"
She sighed. "Draco, you have the freaking Dark Mark on your arm. That's not something to be proud of!"
"You think I'm proud of this? " He said, pointing to his arm. "You think I'm proud of the fact that I have Voldemort's effing GPS on my arm?"
"I know you, Draco! If not now, you'll be proud of it sooner or later." Harmony replied, defeated.
"What! How can you say that I'll be proud that the Dark Lord knows where I am at all times? Who would ever like that?" Draco retorted.
Harmony looked up at him. "Your parents and your aunt, Draco. All three of them worship Voldemort, how am I to know once I turn my back you won't be there on the ground with them?"
"Because I thought you knew me, obviously you don't." he said, the grey standing out in his eyes.
"Draco, you know I want to believe you but I can't with that on your arm and who's to say that he doesn't have spies on you? You DON'T know that. And frankly as much as I love you, I don't know if I could stand in the middle of you and the Dark Lord. That's not a fight I want in the middle of. I mean come on Draco? If Voldemort ever found out that I was dating you…what would he think of one of his own dating a…"she stopped, "a Mudblood…"
"Harmony! You're not a…"
"Draco, don't. To them, we will always be Mudbloods, it's just what we are, no way around it."
"What, are you on their side now?"
"No! I'm just trying to rationalize with you….it's never been a good idea that we've dated. Even the first year we did, we had to hide it and who knows, maybe even Voldemort already knows and is planning to kill me. I don't know what to think, but maybe…."
"No, I'm not losing you."
"Draco, I think we need to…"
"Harmony, that's never a good idea, we can make it…"
"Draco, you ever think that you and me just aren't meant to be? I mean every year something happens that splits or breaks us up, then we get back together and then something else happens? Don't you think that's a sign from whoever…."
He gripped her arm. "No, it's just a test. All of these stupid things are."
Harmony laughed a little. "One day we'll fail. It must be luck because someone is throwing a whole lot of shit our way."
"It's a good sign, we can handle it…"
Harmony shook her head. "Draco, I can't handle it anymore. I don't want to have to do this but….I think we need a break."
Draco's eyes turned stone gray. "If that's what you want." He replied and walked down the corridor.
"Draco." He never turned around.
What have I done? It was for the best right? She sure hoped so, if not she just made the biggest mistake of her life….
