Authors Note: I know I'm really horrible and inconsistent but I have sort of lost my mojo for this story and it's really been hard to write more. But I will write this and this will probably be the last chapter. Sorry I really had wanted it to go further but this seems like it's the end of the road for this story. There will be an added scene with a lemon, don't worry I keep my promises. But this is the last thing with the plot that I had in mind.
CH 4 Draco's POV
It was hard hearing all the thoughts in Avery's head as we were walking home. I was tempted to explain everything to her but the time did not seem right. I couldn't let this go out of hand too fast.
"How long he will stay with me?," I heard Avery ask herself. It was rude of me to go through her thoughts but it seemed appropriate considering that she had heard a lot of cryptic things. It was strange hearing her wonder how long I would be with her when really I should be wondering how long she will want me around.
I walked her to her door and walked away listening to her thoughts. It hurt like a tidal wave but I could not help her right now. My own thoughts were screaming at me. I apparated home and started getting ready for bed.
I heard a knock on the door and noticed Mother standing there looking at me. I could see that she knew I was upset but that she was too proper to say anything unless I were to bring it up.
"We ran into Parkins at the park," I explained soberly. My tone was distant and my body seemed to not be attached to my body. As a Malfoy I had learned long ago to distance myself from my emotions and this was the perfect time to use the lesson.
"So what are you going to do about it?" Mother asked her voice just as calm and controlled as mine. She wasn't one to yell and be flamboyant about her thoughts but I could detect a hint of disapproval in her words.
"I can't tell her that we are wizards she would go insane, but I can't not tell her and expect her to stay," I said trying to keep my demeanor but I could feel myself slipping. Just like I did that night a while ago. It sucks to be placed in this position again but what else would fate have for me? She seemed to hate me with a passion.
"How do you want this to end?" Mother asked and walked out of the room. I stared around the room for a moment before I remembered what Avery had asked herself, how long would I stay with her. I knew what I had to do but this would be so hard and so wrong for a Malfoy to do and I was going to do it.
I walked out and noticed that it was raining really hard but I knew that I just had to get to her house and talk to Avery about this. As I ran through the rain my mind was going a thousand thoughts a minute, I knew that I could apparate to her house but I didn't want to, for once I wanted to do things the muggle way.
I got to her house faster than I thought, but then again I wasn't really thinking about where I was going or how fast I should have gone. The traffic in the streets didn't matter to me all I knew was that I had to get to her house and talk to her. The rain poured as I stood outside, her lights were off and I didn't want to wake her up but this was important.
I walked calmly to her door with the rain falling down my body. Her doorbell rank and it took a moment to hear someone moving through the house. I watched as one of the lights turned on and as I was examined through the little hole in her door.
It was like I was looking at a princess, she was in baggy sweat pants and a tight tank top but to me she looked wonderful. I couldn't take my eyes away from her face and the small chain necklace around her neck that fell into her shirt.
I shook my head out of the gutter and focused, I had come here to talk to her not to ogle her like a nimrod. She looked to shocked to say anything but that was okay, I came here to do the talking.
"Look Avery I have to tell you something important. Can I come in?" I asked trying to not sound overly distressed I did not want her to think that something horrible had happened to me, I wanted her to know everything about me. She didn't say much but I could notice a different vibe coming off of her, before I looked to deep into her thoughts I decided to stop and just get on with what I wanted to say. She shook out of her reverie and moved to the side letting me inside.
I followed her down a small hall and into a living room. I bet I looked like a total mess and something out of a horror movie but that was what happened. As she sat down I stayed standing.
"This is going to be really hard to explain and I will probably get into a ton of trouble for doing it. But I have to be honest with you, I'm a wizard," I said in a rush, not used to being hesitant or even nervous. I could see that she was shocked and wasn't really focusing to what I was saying so I decided to continue.
"The boarding school that I dread is called Hogwarts and even though Muggles, non magic people, can't see it and know nothing about it, it is where I was forced to spend most of my time. I hated it there, it was like a regular high school, but way worse because at high school you can leave and go home. With breaks, but at boarding school its really hard to take a break. Or even try to be different from who you were on your first day," I rambled on watching as all of this sunk in. I started pacing as I continued to talk.
" I didn't want to tell you because I was worried that you would totally freak out and hate me and think that I was lying or other horrible things. I didn't want you to run away from me which is why I didn't tell you but today I knew that I had to," I looked at her as I stopped pacing and noticed that she was looking at me without any harsh judgment.
"Prove it," she said, those were the two worst words that she could have said but I knew that she would. I nodded my head and pulled out my wand and I turned my hair purple and then blue and green. She stared fascinated. I then changed what I was wearing completely and called her book to me. She didn't say much but nodded her head with every new trick that I did.
"Okay, you can stop now I believe you. Why couldn't you tell me?" she asked looking me dead in the eyes. I could see some distant pain and knew that she wouldn't want me to lie to her.
"By our laws I'm not allowed to perform magic in front of a non magic person. But as you can see I don't really follow our rules." I explained answering her question. She wasn't sad or anything but the curious gaze in her eyes made me expect that I would be here for a while.
I was right, we ended up spending the whole night talking about my side and eventually I let out that I could read her mind as long as she didn't lock me out. I told her about my family and everything that happened in better detail, and she told me about her side. How she had been kicked out of her house and was forced to live with some "friends." Her whole life was laid out in front of me.
The next day we took her things to my apartment and Mother let me know that I had received a letter from the Ministry of Magic and that I was in trouble, but that she had handled it. I helped Avery place her things in my room and we started to get each other all over again. In more then one way.
Authors Note: Sorry guys I shouldn't have made it so short but I didn't think it would be so hard to keep a story going with a non book character. And for me it was really hard. This will be the last real chapter the last chapter that I will add is a Epilogue that has the lemon scene in it.