hi everyone, i've had a huge break from this just because of that pesky thing called life, but I'm back now , hopefully and I have a direction for this story again... please review as it will be greatly appreciated as I'm hoping to do a creative writing minor at uni next year , thanks in advance
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The next morning, I explained to Draco that I had to tell the Weasley's everything, since my parents died they were my only family and the majority of the few friends I had left. I thought it'd be better to face it alone but he insisted on accompanying me, I didn't want to argue because I planned on coming back here after wards and exploring the castle that would one day be my home, an argument would sour that experience.
We got ready in comfortable silence and he graciously turned away whilst I got changed although I had a sneaky suspicion that he could see me in the big mirror that was conveniently directly in front of him. I didn't really mind him seeing me part of me craved the feeling of his skin against mine but the modest part that hadn't been over taken by veela genes blushed cherry red and I hurried to get my dress from our date night back on. Draco then led me to the kitchen where we grabbed some toast quickly and silently both nervous to meet the confrontation that we undoubtedly faced t the burrow.
After giving Narcissa a quick peck on the cheek Draco led me to the front lawn where we apperated to the edge of the burrow, for the first time I looked down at my attire and felt like I was doing the walk of shame. Never the less I marched purposely towards the burrow and opened the front door to Ginny whose face spread into a grin before yelling to the rest of the house "she's back, she's come home" then she noticed Draco "and she brought a ferret in with her" the rest of the burrow suddenly erupted and a herd of Weasleys came thundering down the stairs and into the kitchen, all eyes flashed to the blonde behind me and poorly concealed anger was apparent in everyone except Mr Weasley and Fleur who looked at us with a knowing smile. "Hi, sorry I didn't plan on being away for so long. I have some explaining to do" as I spoke all Weasley eyes left Draco and settled on me some showed surprise and judgement but the anger melted from everyone except Mrs Weasley whose entire body seemed to burn with white hot anger.
I began to retell what had happened over the last two days but was interrupted by molly Weasley screaming "how dare you! How dare you bring him here! He killed my son, Fred is dead because of him and you have the audacity to present him to us and say you understand our anger and mistrust towards him! You want us to lay aside our prejudices to accept him…. I fought in two wars to protect my family from his kind and you just waltzed him through the front door! You are no family of mine, he killed Fred, you remember Fred don't you? My baby boy is dead now because he tried to stop the evil he creates!" and with that she fell to the floor and sobbed into the ground, primal unaltered screams of pain coming from her mouth and filling the silence. For a moment the entire room was silent and then it erupted in movement. Mr Weasley fell to the floor next to his broken wife and tried to hold her together muttering in her ear, Ginny Harry and Ron lead me outside clearly wanting a full explanation, fleur tried to make conversation with a distraught Draco, Bill conjured steaming mugs of tea that followed each person until they took it and began to drink and George sat with his father trying to calm his mother.
Me Ginny Harry Draco and Ron retreated up the hill to finish the conversation and stay out of the way of Mrs Weasley whose pain would probably turn back to anger. Nobody said anything up the hill or when we reached the top and it was up to Draco to break the silence. "Potter, Weasleys I understand this must have come as a shock but due to my veela blood I have fallen in love with Hermione and I intend to spend the rest of my life proving to everyone I am good enough for her. I know you want to protect her but I promise I will never hurt her, I love her" then he pulled me against him and kissed my forehead, Ginny put her hand to her heart clearly touched by our happiness but my best friends were not so content after a moment harry extended his hand towards Malfoy and proposed a fresh start and after a few minutes of looking like he was about to explode and a harsh look from Ginny Ron followed suit. We all smiled and sunk into an uneasy silence as we sat on top of the hill drinking the tea that wouldn't leave us alone, it was disgusting but a way to pass the time. Once all the tea was drunk I could feel Harry and Ron's barriers dropping and we created an easy small talk which continued until the boys got to quidditch, Draco and Ron evidently supported the same team whilst harry preferred their rivals, once the volume began to rise and Ginny got involved I made my way back to the house with the excuse of taking the mugs in.
When I walked through the door Mr Weasley was talking quietly to George whilst Mrs Weasley furiously washed pots and fleur helped bill chop food for dinner. I cleared my throat to grab their attention whilst I made my way towards Molly slowly, "molly I'm sorry you feel this way about Draco I really am but I love him and I know he isn't evil, he hasn't got the dark mark and every evidence of darkness has been ripped from his home." Her gave shifted from angry to curious " I need you molly you're the closest thing I have to a mother and it's tearing me apart that I've caused this pain, I did not mean to hurt you , I should have warned you about him coming I just wanted to escape Ron's anger" Molly chuckled quietly before pulling me into a rib crushing embrace her body still shook with her breakdown and her reply was short and clearly prepared " I don't blame Draco it just hurts , please stay for dinner" I looked at the hopeful faces around the room and agreed that we would stay for dinner. I set to helping Bill make the sauce for the chicken, I had introduced the Weasleys to muggle cooking in my first summer here and now they preferred it to magical cooking.
Half an hour later my friends wandered through the kitchen door and were lead straight to the table by the smell of food, only Draco lingered by the door before coming up behind me to inspect what I was doing. Once dinner was served we all sat down and tried to engage in small talk, Draco stayed quiet besides me no hint of his ego was present, he complemented everyone on the food and told Mrs Weasley what a lovely home she had before inviting everyone to Malfoy manor for a gathering in the near future, all in all it was a successful evening, even after a rocky afternoon. The awkwardness hung above us until dessert was served when everyone seemed to forget there was a slytherin and previous enemy in the room until George looked up at Draco and said "so mate, how did you escape Azkaban? Thought your family were you know who's most loyal servants" Draco looked awkwardly at me begging for help but all I could do was open and close my mouth like a fish. "well" he began shakily "a lot of my life was controlled by my father who supported the dark lord, he wanted me to be just like him but I couldn't do it, I couldn't look into an innocent's eyes and hurt them, Dumbledore helped and Snape of course, I became a spy and fed what little information I could to Dumbledore, I never was or will be a death eater." I stared at him in shock, he had never been this forthcoming with information before and I was hungry to learn all I could before he closed himself off again, after rushed goodbyes me and Draco flooed back to the manor, I was going to learn everything I could about Draco Malfoy tonight and then I was going to lie in his arms all night.