Chapter 14

Scarlet sat with her knees tucked under her in a corner of the library. Glasses sat perched on her face, in her lap sat her potions book. That's how Draco had found her; he studied her carefully, then smiled when her tongue darted across her lips.
'Hey beautiful," he finally said. "I didn't know you wore glasses."

Scarlet subconsciously touched her face, "I couldn't find my contacts this morning. My mind has been swimming to find out more about my past."

"Well, my dear you look beautiful either way. I brought you some breakfast though since I didn't see you in the great hall this morning." He pulled a plate out from under his robes and much to Scarlet's delight it was full of eggs, toast, and sausage.

"Awe, you shouldn't have." Scarlet playfully kissed his cheek before digging in to the goodness he had brought her. "I've been thinking about what Dumbledore had said, about Voldemort's followers trying to find a way to bring him back again."

"That won't happen Scarlet, Potter destroyed him last year. We both saw it happen, he evaporated under his touch" Draco tried to sooth her worried mind, but she could see the worry behind his eyes.
"The prophecy said I was the changer, because my parents hid me, they died for me Dray."

"And wherever they are they are proud of you. They wanted you to have a normal life without being a teenage bride to a vile man. You didn't take the side of the dark but the side of the light."

"We're quite a pair then." She said looking up from the plate of food.
"What are you talking about Scarlet?"

"Light and Dark, both Snakes though." She laughed.

"You my dear are no snake." Draco said taking her hand and holding it close to his chest.

"I think, if they were alive, my parents would've loved you." She smiled towards him.

Draco could see the sadness behind her eyes, "I would've loved to meet the Scar, You mean a lot to me."

"Dray," she said looking at him calmly, "I'm thinking of leaving."
"leaving?" he asked his voice becoming concerned.
"Once school's finished next month, before going to find work, I want to travel."

Draco's eyes darted back and forth between his hands and her face. A sinking feeling filled his gut and it seemed that loneness found him and was swallowing him whole. "Please don't leave," he said quietly begging.
Scarlet didn't know what to say to him, she opened her mouth but couldn't find the words to utter that she was going to leave. Then she thought "Come with me?" she said quietly.

Two days had passed since their conversation in the library and Draco hadn't said anything to her. She stood next to him in potions and worked diligently. His words swimming in her mind from that day. "You just can't leave Scarlet, too many people care about you that you can't just up and disappear, and expect me to follow." His face was red and he had stormed from the library. She hadn't expected him to react that way towards her and she knew it was wrong to ask him to follow her and in her head she never mentioned that she wouldn't return or not talk to her friends. She reached for the spoon to stir the potion and their hands bumped, she felt her face grow red and her heart beat faster. However she never looked into his face. "Sorry" she muttered.

At lunch that day, Draco ignored her still; she sat at the end of the table with Franco. "What's wrong with my brother?" Franco asked her.
She signed heavily, "We kinda had a fight." She grimaced.
"Over?"
"Well, in order to get my heads right I told him I was going to leave and travel once school is done. I asked him to come with," She replayed the scene in the library to Franco, "and he hasn't talked to me since."
Franco rose and walked to the end of the table, Scarlet watched as he tapped his brother on the shoulder and then punched him.

Draco looked at his brother in shock, "What was that for?" he asked.
"For being a cowardly nut. When a girl says she wants to travel and asks you to go with her, you don't turn that down like a stupid baby. You're afraid that something will happen to her if you leave but dad is gone and mom would want you to be happy. You know she never believed in those purist ways that dad pushed on to her. Why should you stay behind, you don't have anything to protect but Scarlet, and that's what you should be doing." Franco heaved a sigh and then walked back towards Scarlet and grabbed her hand, speechless Scarlet followed him.

They walked until they got to Hogsmeade and went inside The Three Broomsticks. He sat her down at the bar and then went over to her Aunt Rosie, ordering two butterbeers, he went back to her and sat down. "Dirty coward," he whispered, "Scarlet, my brothers a jerk but forgive him; when we were little our parents fought a lot, mom would run away every time and dad would never go off and look for her. Instead he'd go and call his mistress, mom would come back eventually, but by then it'd be too late, he'd have a good time with Mistress B, as we like to call her, get super drunk and usually Draco get the blunt of father's wrath."

"That's terrible," Scarlet sipped on the butterbeer and wept a bit.
"I think Draco's scared that if you leave he'll have nothing to hope for and he'll become like our father."
"I was just giving him time to calm down, I still want to go but I have a good reason, I want to do research on whether or not, he can actually come back. I want to make sure to destroy any way that can possibly bring him back. I don't want to be the cause of world destruction."

"And my brother should understand the way you're feeling right now and not cause you more pain then you are already in. My father is a bastard, but right now Draco is on the path to becoming him and needs to realize it." Franco finished his butterbeer and waited for scarlet to finish hers.

They headed back towards the castle and along the way spotted a patch of red hair heading towards them. "There you are Scarlet; my bother said you'd be here."

Scarlet looked into the face of George Weasley and smiled. "Here I am."
"If you don't mind Franco, I'll be stealing Miss Scarlet here from you."
Franco looked at the two and then smiled, "As long as you have her back before midnight," he said in a sort of fatherly tone that caused them all to laugh.
"Thank you" Scarlet muttered to Franco as she took George's arm and was lead back to Hogsmeade.

Well my Lovelies, the long awaited chapter 14, I'm sorry that it has been forever and I'm happy most kept encouraging the update. This hopefully won't be my last but things have gotten busy with me finally getting into my program at school. I will try my hardest to keep it alive. Until the next chapter, Read and Review and tip your waiter/ waitress.