Update/ I understand I haven't updated in a while, but I felt the need to. There are only a few chapters left in this fanfic, so I hope you like it. I know this fan fiction isn't the best, but I have tried. The ones I publish later will be better, I promise. Here I go. [THIS IS NOT THE END! I PROMISE!]
"D-d-draco," Sky said sobbing and hugging him as tight as possible. The very confused Draco hugged his sister as his shirt was getting completely soaked with her tears. She had her face buried between his shoulders and his neck and her sobbing was causing her to shake. Some of her sobs were interrupted by sharply cut breaths or small moans of depression.
The still confused Draco looked at her and said, "What happened?" Draco's face had confusion plastered all over it, but he was very thankful Sky didn't see. She might think he just didn't care or that he just wouldn't understand.
Sky mumbled so that it was barely audible to Draco, "He doesn't love me." She shook her head and gripped the back of his shirt so tightly that her knuckles started to turn white. She pulled on his shirt to let out her anger, and as she did so she let out a very high pitched scream that was interrupted by the loud crying.
"Who? Neville? Dad? Who?" Draco asked still very confused. The answer was obvious, but he only realized this after he had asked and Sky had started screaming Neville's name at the top of her lungs. "Sorry," he said hugging her. "What exactly happened?"
"He-He-He came in to check on me because-" she interrupted herself with a quick breath between her sobbing, "I was t-t-talking in my sleep. I told him thanks and that I loved him-", interrupting herself again with the need to breathe, "He said 'Yeah um okay' and left!" She hugged Draco as tight as possible and started sobbing loudly again. She hated Neville now, especially after all she had sacrificed. He was just being a jerk.
Draco hugged Sky and said, as matter how much he knew he was going to regret it, "Neville loves you, he just… he probably just freaked out a little bit that you told him so randomly." He felt a not twisting in his stomach, because he hated Neville and he always has. Knowing he had to comfort his sister, he choked out, "Neville also probably just got nervous… and he has a different way of showing people he loves them." He smiled falsely, trying to make it seem like he was being honest when he said, "You and Neville are made for each other."
Smiling and nodding, Sky stopped crying. Her eyes trailed up to Draco and she whispered, "Thank you." She said before messing up Draco's hair, "I need to go get some old things before I leave again. You are the best brother ever, love you. But you know, the brother way." She closed the door behind her and went to her room.
Collecting all of her clothes, books, and anything else she needed, she put them all into a suitcase. She looked around her room, but the thing she looked at most was the mirror. She remembered, and noticed, she wasn't the same little girl any more. Her life was about to change, and she had to except it.
She remembered her father looking down at her one day when she was four. She had a smile on her face and he glared at her and said sternly, "No smiling, only smirking." Sky was never what they expected of her, but she liked who she was and she planned to stay that way. She remembered spending hours later that week in front of the mirror practicing a smirk. She just thought to try it again, but she failed, just like when she was younger. Only evil people could truly smirk. Only smart people could pretend.
Laughing, she remembered more about her childhood. She remembered being six and pushing Draco into one of the ponds at the gardens. He was only seven and he believed that there were sharks in the pond, but she showed him otherwise by pushing him in when he was wearing his favorite dress robes. That lead to having "langlock" on her for two hours while they lectured her.
Then, she remembered every other bit of her childhood. Her blonde hair used to be so much longer and curly, but now it was pink and straight. She also had cut it to her shoulders instead of the middle of the back. Not to mention that she also was much taller. She had changed so much, some for the good and some for the worse.
She apparated back to Neville's house and he was sitting in the library staring blankly into the fireplace. She sat down beside him and hugged him tightly. He didn't move. He just sat there. "Okay…" Sky said leaning back in the couch.
Neville sat there for a few minutes and he said, "I understand that Scissors can beat Paper, and I get how Rock can beat Scissors, but there's no way Paper can beat Rock. Is Paper supposed to magically wrap around Rock leaving it immobile? If so, why can't paper do this to scissors? Screw scissors, why can't paper do this to people? Why aren't sheets of college ruled notebook paper constantly suffocating students as they attempt to take notes in class? I'll tell you why, because paper can't beat anybody, a rock would tear that crap up in two seconds. When I play rock/ paper/ scissors, I always choose rock. Then when somebody claims to have beaten me with their paper I can punch them in the face with my ready made fist and say, 'oh, I'm sorry, I thought paper would protect you!'"
"What?" Sky said looking at Neville very confused. She rolled her eyes and said, "I don't care. I would love you even if you were crazy." She hugged him and he hugged her back.
He looked at her with a smile and said, "I love you too." He wrapped his arm around her, causing her to blush. They both smiled at each other and then, before they knew it they were hugging and cuddling. The occasional kiss was shared, but they didn't want to spoil the moment. They were both very happy and it was simply wonderful. The fire flickered shadows onto their faces and onto the walls, and the crackling noises were like tiny firecrackers in a box.
To break the silence, Sky said, "You are perfect, No matter what anyone says." He smiled and said that she was too. Then, they resumed their moment of perfection. It was magnificent and definitely worth it all.
