- This story is AU of course and it's a Draco/OC -

Disclaimer: I own NOTHING from Harry Potter… just my OC's. Thanks a bunch!


…Chapter 12: How Could You?…

It was the middle of December, a few weeks before Christmas and Julie's birthday. Since Julie's been back from California, she hardly been able to spend time with Draco, unless they were in their classes or eating in the Great Hall. She'd either be studying or she'd be in Professor McGonagall's office, talking to her dad and Dumbledore, and she would be in there any chance she could.

...

It was a Friday afternoon, when Julie was headed to Professor Slughorn's Potions class, she bumped into something hard, and heard "What the hell do you think you are doing?"

Julie slowly looked up, with her jaw slightly dropped. "Draco, I'm… I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

"Then maybe next time." he smirked. "You should watch where you're going."

"Why are you being so mean?" Julie asked, on the verge of tears.

Draco glared at her for a few moments, before responding. "Just watch where you're going." and with that, he walked away, leaving Julie a little hurt, and confused, but she would not let herself cry.

As she walked into Professor Slughorn's class, he spoke. "Ah, Miss Dawson, there you are."

"Yeah, sorry, I was…" she stopped mid-sentence, seeing Draco smiling at her. "Um, never mind, Professor."

"Well, have a seat, so we can get ready to start."

Julie slowly went up to her seat and Draco noticed the weird look on her face. "What's wrong, Jules?"

"What?" she shook her head and sat down. "Nothing… nothing's wrong."

"Okay." Draco smiled, then gave Julie a kiss on her cheek, which surprised her a little, but she smiled back at him anyway, as if nothing ever happened.

...

As Julie was walking to the library, to do a little studying, she stopped dead in her tracks, when she saw Draco kissing a Slytherin girl. Taking a deep breath, she walked up to them, with tears in her eyes. "Draco! How could you!"

He glanced over at her with that same smirk he had, when she bumped into him earlier. "I'm a guy, Julie, and I have needs, so how about you go run along."

"Even after what we did? You just want to throw it all away?"

Draco shrugged. "I was bored."

"I can't… I can't believe this."

"Don't cry, Julie, it makes you look like a weak little girl."

All of a sudden, Julie punched Draco in his eye. "Go to hell, you cheating bastard!" then she ran off, crying her eyes out.

On the way to the Gryffindor Tower, she felt a sharp pain in her head, with that same menacing voice saying "Let him go." and "Stay away from him." She had no clue what any of it meant or who it was about, then suddenly, everything turned black.

...

Julie heard familiar voices around her, then blinked her eyes open. Once she focused, she realized that she was in the hospital wing with Harry, Ron, and Hermione staring at her. "What… why am I here?"

"I found you unconscious, laying on the ground." Hermione spoke up.

"Do you know what happened?"

Julie glanced at Harry. "My head was hurting and I don't know what happened after that."

"As long as you're okay." Ron smiled.

A few seconds later, Draco ran in with a worried look on his face. "I just heard, are you okay?"

"You need to leave."

"What?" he was taken aback.

"I don't want you here, Draco… you are nothing but a lying and cheating asshole."

"Jules, what are you talking about?"

"Yeah." Hermione nodded. "What are you talking about?"

Julie crossed her arms over her chest, glaring at Draco. "I found you, kissing some Slytherin girl, then you tell me this bullshit that you have needs and you were bored that what we did meant nothing to you."

"Jules, I promise you, I have no idea what you're talking about and I swear, I wasn't with anyone."

"Draco, I saw you."

"Jules." he started to get closer, but Ron blocked his path. "Get out of my way, Weaslebee… this is between me and my girlfriend."

Julie looked at Draco with tears streaming down her face. "I'm not your girlfriend… anymore."

"You heard her, Malfoy." Ron pushed him a little. "Now, leave Julie alone… for good."

Draco stared at Julie and it killed him, seeing her hurt like this, and he was really confused as to why she'd say all those hurtful things that wasn't even true. "Fine." he said, in a defeated tone. "I'll go." then as he turned around to walk away, he heard Julie sobbing. He sneaked a glance and saw Julie in Harry's arms. "Keep your filthy hands off my girl, Potter."

"Just leave, Malfoy." he replied.

"This isn't over, Jules." Draco said, before walking out.

It took about ten minutes for Julie to calm down and when she did, Hermione shook her head. "I can't believe he'd do that to you."

"I don't want to point out the obvious, but I told you Malfoy couldn't be trusted, didn't I say that?"

"Ron." Julie started. "Spare me the 'I-told-you-so' lecture, I'm not really in the mood for it."

"Hey." he held up his hands in defeat. "Just saying."

Harry noticed the weird look on Julie's face. "What? What are you thinking about?"

"I punched Draco as hard as I could, in his eye… he'd be swollen, wouldn't he?"

"I didn't see anything on his face." Hermione shook her head. "It was completely flawless."

"I wouldn't be surprised if, Malfoy used a spell to get rid of it, so he wouldn't have a messed up face." Ron chuckled, shaking his head. "Unbelievable."

"I should have listened to you guys, but since I didn't, I guess I deserve it."

"No, no, Julie… you don't deserve any of this."

"Hermione, I defended him over and over to all of you and for what? I got an 'I-told-you-so' and a broken heart."

"It's okay, Julie." Harry patted her knee. "All you have to do is move on… Malfoy isn't even worthy of you and you deserve better than that."

"Yeah, you're right." she nodded, then as she rolled into her side, she closed her eyes.

...

Draco couldn't understand what just happened with Julie. There had to be some kind of explanation, but he didn't know what, and he had to prove his innocence to her before it's too late.

Up ahead, he spotted Ginny and went over to her. "Hey, Weasley… I need your help."

"Help?" she raised her eyebrow. "With what?"

"Jules won't talk to me, because she said that she saw me with another girl, but I wasn't. Can you somehow convince her that I didn't do anything with anyone. I would never do anything to hurt her like that, because…" Draco paused for ten seconds and took a deep breath. "I'm in love with her."

Ginny could tell that Draco was telling the truth, so she nodded. "I'll try and talk to Julie, but I can't promise anything."

"You do believe me, right?"

"Yeah." she nodded. "I do… where is she?"

"Hospital wing."

"Okay, I'll go talk to her." Ginny said, before walking away. A few minutes later, she walked into the hospital wing, seeing Harry, her brother, and Hermione crowd Julie's bed. "Hey." she walked to other side of her. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure."

"Wait… are you alright?"

"Yeah." Julie nodded. "I had a bad headache and I blacked out."

"Oh."

"So, what's up?"

Ginny glanced at Ron, Hermione, and Harry before she turned to Julie and too a deep breath. "I just talked to Malfoy."

"What the bloody hell for?" Harry groaned.

"He told me that he wasn't with anyone… and I believe him."

"Are you out of your goddamn mind!" Ron kind of yelled. "He's lying to you."

"No." Ginny shook her head. "I honestly don't think that he is."

"Sis, you fell for that cheating asshole's lies?"

"Ron, you could tell by the look in his eyes that he was telling the truth… Julie, Malfoy is in love with you."

"Ginny, I saw him kissing another girl." Julie paused, trying to keep the tears back. "I'm sorry, but it's over between us."

"That's the spirit." Ron nodded, with a smile.

Julie just shook her head as she got out of the bed. "I'm going for a walk, so I can think."

"Where?" Harry asked.

"Where ever my feet take me."

"See you later, Julie." Hermione waved, then Julie grabbed her wand off the little table next to her, and walked out.

As Julie was walking through the halls, a hand went over her mouth and she got pulled into a broom closet. "Let me go, Draco!" she yelled, then after a few candles lit the room, she pushed him off of her. "Why won't you leave me the hell alone? It's over."

"Please hear me out."

"Why should I? It's just going to be a big fat lie. Do you know how many times I have defended you to my friends? Too fucking many!"

"Okay, but will you just let me explain?"

Julie heavily sighed, crossing her arms over her chest."You got 5 minutes."

"Look, I don't understand what's going on, because none of this makes sense, and I was not with another girl. Since we met, it's been all about you." Draco cupped her face with his hands, looking into her eyes. "The first time I told you that I loved you… it was really late, out on the beach, and we were making love in the water." he let go of her face and held onto her hips. "I meant every word I said to you that night and anytime after that." a tear fell down his cheek and Julie wiped it away. "I love you, Jules."

Julie's eyes widened. "Holy shit."

"What?"

"Can we finish this conversation later? There's something I have to do."

Draco grabbed her arm. "Wait."

"I believe you." she smiled, then whispered something in Draco's ear, before she left the broom closet. Julie was on a mission.