"He passed out from lack of energy, I found him on the floor on my way to get a student who collapsed in class." She says very calmly.
I cannot respond, but at least he isn't dead.
"He hasn't been eating." She says.
Still no response comes from me.
"I gave him a drug and he will wake up any minute, the only side effects is a gained sense of confidence, on an unknown scale." She continues.
Later that day after Draco is freed from the hospital wing, he wants to go to the lagoon.
"Why the lagoon?" I ask
"I dunno, I wanna get out there." He says with fake bravado.
So we go, when we get down there he rips his clothes off and all that is left is his boxers. I think he can tell my shock at the scale of his scars, but he looks really embarassed, so I don't bring it up anymore.
I must have been swimming for hours, and for some reason I lose track of Draco, and it is dark, so I cannot exactly tell where he his. I start getting worried about him, so I head back to sure where there is some light. Then I see him, he is holding an oyster shell and scaling deep into his leg, leaving blood. I walk up behind him and lift the shell away from him, and then sit down and hug him tightly once again. I then rub my hands over his scars and he winces slightly so I become more gentle in my touch.
"You are so worth it, you deserve love and happiness, when will you see what I see?" I ask sadly.
He doesn't respond, he just shivers slightly and I wrap him in a towel, and continue to hug him.
"Sometimes I wish we weren't cousins." He says gently.
"Same." I say.
"You are really beautiful O." he says kissing me.
"Not as beautiful as you." I respond.
Should I tell him about the Riddle's? I decide to, because he's so broken, maybe this will help?
I tell him about it and he looks awestruck.
"Let's find these people!" He says and gets up.
That night we ponder over books, and sleep in our new room together and it is such a nice night.
The next morning I awake to birds chirping and I smile over at Draco, who smiles back at me. He has decided to go to class today, for which I am so happy about.