Colours of the Soul
Chapter 11
Draco's POV
I arrive home and rush into the door. How could i have been so stupid. How in the world was i supposed hide this from mother. The house elves always bring everything out of the ordinary to her. I couldn't burn the thing for Merlins sake , it was Hermione's , she would kill me.
I arrive at my room and pull it out of my pocket and shove it under my pillow. My bed was already made so hopefully they wouldn't look there until tomorrow morning. That would give me some time to mail it back to her. Plus if anyone did find it , there would be no avoiding who's it was. Darn you Granger for putting your blasted name on everything you own.
I sit down on my bed and run my hand threw my hair and take a deep breath. Okay , i would figure this out. How hard could it be to hide a tie for one day. I lean back on my bed my legs dangling over the side. What in Merlins name was I going to do? Why of all people in the world did i have to fall for Hermione Granger. I suppose it wasn't full my fault since she fell for me too. Plus she was my sister best friend and despite everything that had happened I still hadn't told her. I was such an awful brother, i mean how was i even suppose come out and say that.
"Hey Lira, just wanted you to know that I've been snogging your best friend behind your back and we used to hate each other and father is probably going to have me hung in the basement because of it."
Yeah that would go over really well. Lira had enough on her mind , she didn't need my problems on top of it. Then it dawn on me that i didn't have to tell her she already knew. How could i have not noticed it. She asked me if i was going to change before going back to the slytherins , she had seen the tie and she wasn't going to let me go to the slytherin compartment with it on. But since i said i was changing she left it. SHE LET ME GO HOME WITH THE TIE CAUSE SHE KNEW.
Fred and George really were a bad influence on her. She some how found out about Hermione and i and let me go home with the tie as pay back. I guess it served me right because i kept it form her. I wonder where she is now that i think about. She couldn't tell me where she was going even if she she made it somewhere safe.
I look back down at my pillow and see the end of the red and gold tie sticking out form under the pillow and sigh. I push it back under and stand up. I needed a glass of water help me clear my head. I head down to the kitchen and I pass my mother on the way.
"Hello darling , welcome home. Are you all unpacked?"she asks. She was trying to make it seem like it wasn't strange that Lira wasn't here.
"Not yet Mum , I'm just going down to the kitchen for something to drink. Ill finish when i get back up." I tell her. She nods her head and snaps her fingers making two house elves appear.
"Nonsense , you relax and ill get the house elves to unpack everything. Oh and I'll get them to turn over the bed for you. New sheets and all. Don't want those dusty things to sleep on." She insists.
I just nod and continue to make my way down to the kitchen. Once i get there i pour myself a glass and sit down at the table. I take small sips trying to clam myself down. I would figure this out. No one would ever know. I mean Lira figured it out , who knows how. I just had to make sure my father didn't find out. I wasn't even sure how mother would react. She wasn't all for the pure-blood are better than everyone else thinking like father was. Plus i promised Hermione that I wouldn't tell anyone and no one would find out until we had both agreed that it was the right time to tell her friends and mine both.
Im not sure out of the two who would take it harder. Lira being my sister and being friends with all of them may make things a little easier, but i was still scared out of my mind what Weasley or Potter would do knowing i had been snogging there Hermione. Not that it had been just snogging.
It all started around christmas time when she had been my study buddy for around three months. I could tell that i was beginning to get feelings for her but i kept telling myself that it could never happen. She was Hermione Granger and I'm Draco Malfoy , the least likely ever in the existence to end up together.
Yet on christmas eve during the ball i saw her walk in with Victor on her arm and i just wanted to punch him in the face. I couldn't stand seeing her with someone else. Thats when I realized that i couldn't pretend not to have feeling for her anymore. So i chased her down after the ball and I pulled her into a broom closet told how i felt. It wasn't the smoothest of confessions , i stuttered a lot and blushed when she was staring at me so intently. When i was done she just smile and then i just leaned and kissed her. Right then i knew i was a goner but earlier today was when it was official.
I kissed her lightly on the lips once more and pulled away. She looked up at me with her big brown eyes and i just wanted to kiss her again. But we had to leave soon to catch the train. She brings her small hand up to cup my face and smiles at me.
"What exactly is this were doing ,Draco?"She asks me looking down at her feet.
I stand still for a moment. Then i lift her chin up so she's looking at me again. I press my lips to hers and when i pull away i kiss her forehead then pulling her into my chest.
"Falling in love. . ." i answer. She just sighs deeply.
"You make it sound so simple." I squeeze her tight in my arms never wanting to let go.
"Maybe its easier if we pretend it is."I whisper into her ear.
I take another sip of my water and set it on the counter. I begin to make my way back up to my room. On the way there i check the time with the clock on the wall and see that i had gotten quite late. I dreamed about how comfortable my own bed would be tonight. The house elves where even putting new sheet on and everything. Then it dawn on me. The tie was under my pillow and if they remade the bed then . . . OH NO.
I break into a run down the hall and skid to a stop outside my door. I burst threw it and find my mother sitting on the bed with something in her hands. I take a few cautious steps into the room and get closer to her sitting on the bed. She looks up and lets the thing drop out of her hand hanging by her finger.
It was the gold and red tie. I wince.
"Care to explain this?" She asks. Very seldom in my life have i ever been lost for words yet at this moment i had nothing.
"Umm. ."
"Nothing?" She says tilting her head to the side slightly. i just nod my head side to side not sure how to respond.
"Alright then , well its been pressed and ironed. Make sure you send it back to Miss Granger as soon as possible." She states setting it down on my bed. That was it? Thats all she was gonna say. She makes her way to the door way and i think I'm home free when she stops dead. She looks over her shoulder and smiles.
"Oh and be sure you finish all your summer reading , you wouldn't want your father to somehow find out about this now would you." She winks and turns the corner walking down the hall. I collapse on my bed and whisper to myself.
"Well played mother , well played."
Lira's POV
I'm sitting on my bed in the room i shared with ginny reading a book. We were already two weeks into summer and George still hadn't said a word to me. Fred had pretty much forgiven me. He had told me so himself one day. The though that i had one of them back kept me happy for a day or two but whenever i walked into a room George would get up and leave.
I didn't know what to do. I had tried to explain, to get him to see my apologized more times than i could count but still nothing. Fred kept telling me that eventually he would break and forgive me , but at the rate things were going i doubted i would ever look him in the eyes again.
It was crushing me , sometimes when I saw him i just wanted to break down and cry. I had realized my feeling for George on Christmas eve and now all i wanted was for him to say one word to me. How things change.
I continue to reread the same page in my book over and over no being able to concentrate. I think I've finally read it enough time to move on to the next page the door burst open and in walks geroge. Speak of the devil. Although i was confused why he was in our room.
"Hey , have you seen Ginny. I need to ask her something about . . ."George began to say until he looked up and saw who it was.
He stops dead and looks flustered. He hasn't talked to me i weeks and now out of the blue.
"Haven't seen her." I say locking eyes with him.
He quickly turns his head away and looks at the floor. Then Ginny comes walking threw the door seeing us. She looked shocked , i mean we hadn't even been in the same room from longer than a few second all summer. She looks between us realizing that she had walked in at the wrong moment. She begins to slowly back up as we both stare at her.
"Sorry ,I'll just go."
I look up at george and he's still avoiding my gaze. I wanted to cry and hex him at the same time. I slam my book shut and set it on the bed standing up as i did so. I walk over to stand in front of Ginny standing right beside geroge.
"That's okay Ginny , its not like George can have a conversation with his best friend or anything." I say coldly and walk out the door stomping down the stairs.
I just couldn't handle this anymore. I reach the bottom step but i wasn't paying attention and run right into someone. We end up on floor at the bottom of the stairs. I rub my head and open my eyes to see Mrs. Weasley.
"Oh Merlins Bread , Im so sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going." She just smiles and stands up brushing herself off.
"Thats okay darling. And how many times do i have to tell you. Just call me Molly."
I stand up now as well and look her in the eyes. She had a deep brown just like the twins and i could see the kindness in them. Molly was a strange character to me , i mean i was practically a Malfoy and she hated my family yet she let me stay here. I had never really gotten around to asking her why or even thank her for not casting me out onto the street to fend for myself.
"Alright , Molly." I say smiling at her.
She smiles and her eyes smile as well.
"Can i ask you a question?" I say as i follow her into the kitchen that was attached to the living room. She then continues washing the dishes as i suspect she was doing before i knocked her over on her way to the supply closet in the living room. I begin to help her and put the already washed and rinsed dishes into the draining rack.
"Sure, what is it you want to know?" she answers back not looking up from the soppy water.
"Well i was wondering why you have been so nice to me. I mean I'm practically a Malfoy and you hate Malfoys so . . ." i began to ramble on when she turns to me.
"Oh , Dear. You are nothing like your stepfather let me tell you. I would never judge you just by who you parents are. Plus Fred and George seem to like you and I trust their judgement." She then turns back to the dishes and i lean against the counter.
"Well , not really George lately it seems."
"He still ignoring you?"
"Yeah" I say looking down at the floor.
"Well forget about him then. If he's still holding it against you that you were trying to protect your family and yourself because of this blasted secret then he doesn't know what he's missing." She says as if the most normal thing to bash your own son. Then again molly was a strange one.I laugh slightly.
"Yeah , but he's one of my best friends and I cant stand him ignoring me like this. Back at hogwarts the only time we were apart was when we had to go back to our dorms. Now he wont even stay in a room for more than 5 seconds with me."
At this comment Molly drops the dish she was washing and drys her hands on a towel.
'Come here darling." She says as she motion for me to sit down at the table with her. Once we sit down she grabs my hands in hers. She look at me smiling with her eyes like I've noticed she does often.
"Something you have to understand about George is he's more sensitive than Fred." She says.
"Sensitive?" i raise my eyebrows at her.
George would have probably killed her if he heard her say that. He hated that always assumed that he was the weaker of the two brother just because he as the quieter of the too. That wasn't saying much though. She laughs under her breath and takes a deep breath.
"What i mean is. Fred forgave you because he gave you the time to tell him the truth. He was always the one to analyze a situation before acting. He may have been angry right away but once he'd had a day to calm down he realized that he needed to give you a chance to explain yourself before he could decided how he really felt." I nod trying to follow everything she is saying.
Is she saying that i need to make George listen to my side of the story? How in the world was i supposed to do that when he avoids me like a Hungarian Horntail with an attitude problem.
"Now George on the other hand , he has such a kind heart. Just like his brother of course. But he was never the one to analyze and think before acting like Fred. Thats why freds the one who does all the talking when they get into trouble." I nod understanding where she's getting at but i don't see how this helps me?
"I'm sorry i still don't see how this helps me?" I admit.
She lets go of my hands and leans back in her chair.
"Lira , Have you every though that maybe George isn't even mad at you for the secret anymore?" I look at her in confusion.
What other thing could he possibly be mad at me for? She raises her eyebrows at me waiting for an answer.
"George isn't really good at expressing his feelings when he's been hurt or upset. Once in first year Fred played a prank with one of the other boys in there year and George got so angry he didn't talk to him for a week. When in fact he had forgiven him by the end of the night. But he didn't tell fred that. In fact that wasn't even the reason he was upset in the first place. George can be a confusing person at times but I'm sure you'll eventually figure him out."She explains further.
This just confused me more. What was i even supposed to do with this information. She stands up from her chair and goes back over to the sink and i watch her for a few moments thinking over what she said.
She was right , there was no reason why he was still avoiding me after all this time. I had to figure out the real reason he was so mad at me , maybe it was he secret and Molly was wrong but she may not be able to tell who is who sometime but she knows her sons.
"Thanks Molly."i say standing up form the kitchen table.
It was too late to talk to him today but tomorrow i decided i was going to talk to him about all of this if he liked it or not.
"Any time Lira." She says over her shoulder.
I walk into the living room and head up the stairs. I had better get a good nights sleep , i had a feeling tomorrow was going to be a long day. Better yet , this was gonna be a long summer.
Authors Note: So this is also not editted but dont worry as soon as my beta catches up i will be updating and posting the edited version so just bear with my awful grammer etc cause things get interesting after this chapter. Pls pls pls review and tell me what you think and also any theory's i love hearing them.
