A/N: Well, this was written faster than the previous chapters! I started this around midnight and stopped writing halfway at 2 in the morning to get some rest and woke up at noon and finished writing it between the hours of noon and five in the afternoon! I was going to post this on the 31st as a birthday present to Harry, but eh, here's to an early birthday present to the Boy Who Lived. :D I should have the next chapter up by Saturday, August 6 as a birthday present to myself, but that's if I don't get distracted along the process of writing the next chapter. Anyways, enjoy and as usual, I do not own anything, just the plot and the OC's of course. :D
I was running down the halls in hopes of getting to the Astronomy Tower before the horror premonition of my past really did come true. I couldn't let Draco murder Professor Dumbledore. If he did it, his innocence would be lost and then there would be no turning back for either of us. I just couldn't let it happen!
"Accio Firebolt!" I exclaimed as my broom appeared and I hopped onto it and flew to the Astronomy Tower, ignoring the yells from teachers telling me to get off my broom and go back to the common room to sleep. They expected a Slytherin to follow the rules? Screw this image of the goody two shoes Slytherin, I was a Slytherin princess dammit and I will not listen to rules right now. Damn I hated Professor McGonagall! If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be in this much of a hurry! I would have been able to talk to Draco to stop this nonsense and come with me rather than follow Lord Voldemort. I felt tears threaten to break out at the thought of losing Draco forever and I know if that ever happened, I would never be able to live with myself. I was able to tell my parents to go into hiding now because I knew I was going to fail this mission and I wanted them to be safe in case it did happen and they agreed, surprisingly. They understood where I was coming from and mum didn't like what Voldemort had planned in the event that we failed. I was able to tell Dumbledore days earlier and he helped them hide in a safe place. Thank goodness for that, now that's one less problem to worry about. I made it to the Astronomy Tower and saw that Draco was still alone, thank goodness.
"Draco...please...don't do this, you can be saved from doing this! You won't have to do the mission anymore!" I exclaimed as he turned around and looked at me in surprise.
"Mindi...you can't be here...you shouldn't have to witness this...please, just go back to the common room," he said as I shook my head.
"No Draco, you know as well as I do that you don't want to do this! I won't have you turn into a murderer just because he threatened to kill our parents...look...I'll do it..." I said as he shook his head.
"No Mindi, you can't! I won't have you turn into a murderer as well! I told you I'd protect you didn't I? Sure, he threatened to kill the loser of this game of his, but I know a way of saving you, just let me do this and I promise you, we'll find a way to stop being Death Eaters after," he said as he pulled me into a hug as the tears broke free.
"Draco...I can't let this happen...I thought that by telling Dumbledore and Snape about my premonition, I would be able to save you...but looks like I couldn't," I said as he kissed the top of my head.
"It was meant to be and you know it...you can't change the future," he said as I cried even more.
"Draco I l..."
I woke up to the sound of furniture being moved as I groaned and sat up looking around to see Draco looking for something in his trunk. Damned idiot, now I don't know what happens next! Well, at least I know how to save my parents before anything happens to them after Voldemort figures out my treachery.
"Draco? What the bloody hell are you doing up so early?" I asked sleepily as I stretched my arms a bit. It's all your fault I couldn't finish my premonition. Well, it would be unusual if I was able to because all my past premonitions have always been disrupted before I figured out what happens. People sure loved waking me up at the wrong time, didn't they?
"First day of a new term, couldn't sleep," he said as I yawned a bit. Just because you couldn't sleep doesn't mean you can disrupt my sleep, you selfish git.
"Does that mean you had to go and disrupt mine? I was having a...no, forget it. It's none of your concern anyways," I said as soon as I remembered that this Draco didn't know of my switch of sides from being a Lord Voldemort follower to being Potter's protector. If he knew, there would be no telling as to what he would do and I can't let him know anyways.
"You had a premonition again and you won't tell me what it was about. This is getting to be a daily routine with us Mindi," he said as I got up and waved my wand to fix the bed as I pulled out the uniform and my robes and headed for the bathroom as I quickly fixed myself up and got dressed then walked out and saw him waiting for me.
"Draco, I can't tell you this time around...if I did...I don't know how you'd react...this isn't a good premonition," I said as I tried to walk away from him and go into the common room or anywhere else but here to think, but he grabbed my wrist and pulled me close.
"Mindi, please...tell me. Maybe I can help you. Maybe we can change it," he said as I rested my head on his shoulder.
"Draco...I'm sorry, but this is the one time where I don't think you can help change anything. Maybe when things are better and this is all over, I'll tell you all the premonitions I've had that I couldn't tell you," I said as I pulled away from his grasp and walked toward the door.
"Do you promise me that?" he said as I looked down at the ground. Well, might as well promise him this. Who knows? Maybe when this is all over, I can tell him everything and we'll remain the best of friends.
"I promise you that once this is all over, I'll show you every single premonition I've had. However, promise me one thing in return," I said as he wrapped his arms around my waist. Why is he doing this to me? Why am I still feeling this way? I needed to get a grip with myself. I broke the engagement for a reason and I can't change my mind now! I need to break free from him or my resolve will die and I might just continue with working for Voldemort and then the world will have no bright future for itself.
"Anything Mindi. I will do anything for you since you promised that," he said as I sighed mentally. Why do you have to do this? Why can't you go back to being a hateful prick so that I can move on from you with peace? Why is nothing ever easy when it comes to you? I need to go and fast before I tell him everything.
"Be happy for me. I broke off our engagement for a reason and that's all I ask for you to promise me. I want you to promise me that whatever happens, you'll be happy," I said as he pulled me closer and kissed the top of my head. Damn it! Stop that!
"Mindi...I.." was all he said before I shushed him.
"Look, I promised to show you my premonitions...it's only fair that you promise me this tiny little thing," I said as he sighed and let go of me.
"Fine, I promise," he said as I nodded and quickly left the room. I would have stayed in the common room, but that's not what I needed right now. What I needed right now was some food and hopefully a breath of fresh air. I quickly ran down to the Great Hall, grabbed a bread roll and a cup of hot chocolate and ran up to the Astronomy Tower. I sighed and looked out at the horizon to see the snowy terrain that surrounded Hogwarts now. It was in this same area that Draco would turn into a murderer if I couldn't change his allegiance. How the hell was I supposed to change his allegiance from serving the Dark Lord to protecting Potter? He hated him to the core! There was no way he'd willingly protect him and yet I was supposed to get him to change allegiances? That's a load of rubbish...I can't even tell him everything that's going on right now. He thinks I'm worried about the mission of killing Dumbledore when I'm actually worried of betraying him and everyone else like this. What am I supposed to do? I sighed and sat down on the area by the window and ate a bit of my bread roll.
"Oh hello Mindi, didn't expect to see you here this early," a voice said as I looked up and saw Hermione standing there with a book in her hand. What was she doing up here?
"Uh, I was just thinking and needed to get away from the rest of my House," I said as she looked out the window and nodded.
"It's okay, I didn't come to chastise you or anything. Just surprised to see you here rather than with your bodyguards," she said as I smiled a bit.
"They're just a bit protective...they still think I'm this all perfect Slytherin princess that's a Death Eater-to-be," I said as she shivered at the title.
"It's horrible...what You-Know-Who is doing. How could he even think of making a teenager into a Death Eater? Has he no conscience?" she asked as I laughed at that.
"Hermione, we're talking about a man who has murdered countless human beings because of blood status. We are talking about a man who killed Potter's parents and attempted to kill him when he was a mere baby because of a prophecy. We are talking about a man who made me and Draco into Death Eaters, gave us a mission to fulfill and threatened not only our lives, but our parents' lives should we fail to succeed and you ask if he has a conscience? If it ever existed, it's long dead now," I said as she looked at my direction and shook her head sadly.
"It was a rhetorical question...I know he has none. But, I know that you have made the right decision in joining the resistance against him, no matter what the consequences may be and even though Harry is unaware of your deed, I know that he's grateful for the support," she said as I smiled a bit and got up, finished with my breakfast and looked at her.
"Well I don't care about his gratefulness, I'm doing this because I know this is the right path, but thank you for making me feel better Hermione. Look, I need to head out before any suspicions are roused. I can't have you near me unless I want you to face Acacia's wrath, so I'll be going now. Have a nice day Hermione," I said as I quickly left the Astronomy Tower and ran into Draco on my way to Ancient Runes. Oh right, he has the same schedule as me...how could I forget that?
"Mindi, where have you been? I didn't see you at breakfast," he said as I forced a smile. I really needed to stop lying to him, but I know I can't do that...not now anyways.
"Last minute studying at the Astronomy Tower. It helps me concentrate when I'm away from noise," I lied as he took my hand and led me away from the classroom. What was he thinking? We have class in five minutes and I don't plan on missing it! He stopped when we were away from the crowd and looked me in the eyes. No, please don't ask me to tell you the truth. I can't do this right now.
"Mindi, tell me the honest truth. I know you're keeping something from me and this something is hurting you. Please, I want to help," he said as I thought of the only way out of this. Merlin, I hated being horrible to him, but what other way could I get him to leave me alone? Besides, we were under the pretenses of me not necessarily hating him, but not on the best of terms with him to the point of me sharing everything with him either. My hair color went back to normal as I glared at him.
"What's it to you anyways Malfoy? So what if I'm keeping something from you? You aren't my fiance anymore so why should I have to tell you anything? I'm capable of handling my own problems by myself and you need to stop acting like this. It's unbecoming for the Slytherin prince to act like such a Gryffindor," I said as I managed to escape being with him and went to class and sat next to a random Ravenclaw that was there already. Draco followed minutes later and had no choice but to sit next to a Hufflepuff as the professor walked in and started class. I tried my best to pay attention to what was being taught, but because it was the first day back, it was only review on what I already memorized so I started doodling on a piece of parchment waiting for class to be over so I can go to Potions and be surrounded by distractions of making a potion or an antidote to a poison of some sort. The bell rang an hour or two tops later as I made my way to Potions before Draco could stop me again. I caught up with Adelia and Acacia as they looked at me in confusion.
"What? Running away from an admirer?" Acacia asked as I forced a smile again and shook my head.
"No, you know Potions is my second favorite class after D.A.D.A," I said as she shook her head and pulled out a mirror and handed it to me. I looked at her in confusion as she sighed.
"Mindi, your hair is a mixture of purple and blue...what happened?" Adelia asked as I saw that what she said was true and changed my hair color back to the dirty blond I had it in.
"Nothing, I don't even know what purple means," I said as they shook their heads and brought me inside to sit with them as we waited for the rest of the class to file in. Of course, we had one more seat at our station and sadly, Draco managed to get it before Blaise got in so he had to settle for a chair in a lab near Draco. As I expected, we were to create an antidote to a poison of some sort and I already knew the how to figure out the antidote problem and quickly got to work.
"Mindi, about earlier..." Draco started as I shushed him.
"Be quiet and get to work! I'm not going to help you," I whispered as he groaned and started on his poison as well.
"Mindi, I need to talk to you," he said minutes later as I concentrated on the antidote. Damn it, I was so close to figuring out what it was and you want to talk to me?
"Later Malfoy, it's class time, not socializing time and I would appreciate it if you'd stop distracting me," I said as I figured it out and started getting the materials for the antidote and started on it.
"Mindi, you're a bloody Slytherin, since when did you give a damn about classes?" he asked as I rolled my eyes. Hm, let's see, since first year!
"I have always given a damn about my classes Malfoy. You forget who you're talking to," I said as I placed the measurements of the various ingredients in and started to stir it accordingly.
"But this is important," he said as I paid him no mind. My marks were important, I'm sure whatever you have to say can wait until the end of class.
"I'm sure it can wait," I said as I was almost done. Just one last ingredient from the cupboard and I'll be finished. I made my way over to the cupboard, got the bit of bezoar and went back to my cauldron and cut a tiny piece of it. So close, just this one last touch and I'm done! This wasn't so challenging after all since I paid attention to Professor Snape our first year. I smiled and was about to put it in had Draco not distracted me right then.
"Mindi! This can't wait," he hissed at me, causing my concentration to falter and for the mixture in the spoon that was in my hand to jerk at the unexpected distraction and was accidentally spilled all over him. Thank goodness it was the antidote rather than the poison that hit him.
"See? Now look at what you have done thanks to your damned distraction!" I hissed back as he looked at himself in disgust. Acacia and Adelia looked at what was going on and tried to mask their laughter by coughing. Class ended as I sighed and waved my wand to clean up the mess and Draco up then left immediately. I couldn't let Draco talk to me so I needed to make sure I was with someone else at all times or if I couldn't help it, avoid him by going to the library. Thankfully it was lunch time and it was easier to avoid being alone with him since we would be with the rest of the group. I made sure to walk with Adelia and Acacia as they talked about their Christmas break and what they did when they weren't over at the manor to hang out with me. We made it to the Great Hall and started eating lunch as my owl flew in and handed me a letter. I looked at the addressee and saw that it was Professor Snape. Hm, I'll read it later, maybe it was about the mission thing again.
"Who's it from?" Adelia asked as I shook my head.
"It's just a letter from mum. Probably asking about my day or something," I said as she shrugged and went back to eating as I finished and went to reading about the lesson that we would be going over for D.A.D.A. I decided that I needed to see what the letter said so I decided to get up and leave. As I did so, Draco did as well, probably taking this chance to talk to me privately.
"Where you off to princess?" Acacia asked as I shook my head.
"Ah I need to go do something," I said as I quickly left the Great Hall with Draco trailing behind. Can't he take a hint that I didn't want to talk to him just yet? Would he stop following me already so I can see what Professor Snape wanted?
"Mindi, can I talk to you now?" he asked as I sighed and turned to face him.
"If I promise to listen to what you have to say tonight, will you leave me alone for now?" I asked as he looked at me.
"This is important and I think we need to talk soon, now would be the best time since we're not surrounded by anyone," he said as I shook my head.
"If you want to talk to me, the only time I'll listen to anything you say is tonight," I said as he sighed and ran his hand through his hair in frustration.
"Fine, but you can't avoid talking to me. Tonight, I don't care if you're tired as hell, we are talking and that's final," he said walking back to the Great Hall as I glared at his retreating figure. How dare he order me around! Ugh, that annoying, arrogant, stuck up Slytherin prince is going to pay soon. I quickly ran to the common room and saw that it was empty. Thank goodness...finally some peace and quiet so I can see what was so important that I was owled by Professor Snape. I pulled out the letter and read:
Mindi,
We need to discuss with Dumbledore as to what to do about Draco's mission with him. Meet us in Dumbledore's office after my class. I know you have break afterwards anyways. Tell no one of this or suspicions will break out.
Snape
I was wondering when this meeting would be. I thought for sure it wouldn't happen what with Dumbledore being gone nearly everyday now. I wonder how he got Dumbledore not to leave this time? The bell rang as I sighed and quickly burned the letter then ran down to class. I sat down in the back of the classroom as Draco followed in minutes later and sat down next to me. Why can't he leave me alone? I already told him I'd listen to whatever he had to say tonight. Did he want me to hex him into oblivion so that I can have peace and quiet or something? Professor Snape came in soon after and started class. I raised my hand from time to time to distract myself from Draco being nearby but nonetheless, it didn't work. It was a good thing that I already studied the material ahead of time I suppose. Class ended and I started to pack up my stuff as Snape droned on about the assignment and reminding people to write it down.
"Mindi, stay after class," he said as I sighed and nodded as Draco looked at me then at Snape.
"What did she do wrong?" Draco asked as Snape looked at him.
"It's none of your concern Draco. Now go enjoy your break and work on that paper I assigned," he said as Draco looked at me then left.
"I'm aware of what the letter said and I could have gone to Dumbledore's office myself," I said as Snape sighed and urged me to go outside so he could lock his classroom and head to Dumbledore's office with me.
"You had a premonition again, didn't you?" he asked as I sighed.
"Of course I did. It's the same premonition now since my birthday. It's always about that day," I said as we started walking to Dumbledore's office, earning me a couple stares from the Slytherins that were nearby. Great, now they thought I was in trouble and Snape was taking me to see Dumbledore. Eh, whatever, like they knew anyways. The rest of the walk was silent and soon we arrived at Dumbledore's office. Snape gave the password as the staircase opened and we then went upstairs to see Dumbledore waiting for us.
"Ah Miss Frey, it's been so long since we last saw each other. I remember you as the little child you were running up to me to share a premonition," he said as he gestured for us to sit down. I took a seat and looked at the ground.
"I can say the same to you Professor. It certainly has been a long time," I said as Snape sat down next to me.
"Albus, she's been having the same premonition for a while now," he said as I looked up.
"Have you now Miss Frey? Would you like to share it with us? Or would you rather just let us take that bit and see for ourselves in the Pensieve?" he asked as I pulled out my wand and put it to my temple as I concentrated on the premonition and pulled it out then got up and walked to the Pensieve. I dropped it in and looked at Snape and Dumbledore.
"I'd prefer to not see it again, so I placed the most recent premonitions concerning this in the Pensieve for you to see," I said as they both got up and walked towards the Pensieve and looked in. I sighed and heard a cry from somewhere, causing me to turn around and saw a phoenix watching me carefully. I smiled a bit and went up to pet the phoenix gently. I waited for them to return from seeing my premonition as I continued to pet the phoenix listening to it coo every now and then. A few minutes later they got out and looked at me.
"Miss Frey, you care about Mr. Malfoy, don't you?" Dumbledore asked as I looked away.
"Of course I do," I said as the phoenix flew from its perch and went outside. I wished I had the kind of freedom that phoenix had, to just fly when I felt uncomfortable in a position that was right now.
"Certainly there's something we can do about this? They're only children Albus and he expects them to murder you or get murdered," Snape said as Dumbledore went back to his chair.
"Severus, you already know what you have to do to avoid Draco from being tainted of murder," he said as I looked at them both in confusion. What? Was there another way?
"You expect too much out of me again Albus, surely we can avoid this altogether?" he asked as Dumbledore shook his head.
"One cannot avoid Death when you are already expecting a visit from Death," he said as I sat back down as well.
"Excuse me, but I can't help but ask as to what you mean by telling Professor Snape of a way for Draco to avoid this. Exactly what do you mean by that?" I asked as Dumbledore looked at me and smiled gently.
"I have asked for Professor Snape to perform the Killing Curse on me before Mr. Malfoy does. I have heard that he made the Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa to protect her son and so I decided to ask him to do it before Mr. Malfoy. That way, you both are clean from murdering me," he said as Snape sighed. Wait, he made the Unbreakable Vow? But if he didn't fulfill his promise, then he'd die too!
"That's if he should fail. You think I won't be affected by this?" he asked as Dumbledore did nothing but smile.
"There's no way to avoid this, is there?" I asked as Dumbledore shook his head.
"No, it's my time Miss Frey. I'm old and did the best for the future of the countless witches and wizards. An old man like me needs a lifetime of rest after a long time of work," he said as I nodded. He had a point I suppose, but I certainly hoped he passed enough knowledge to Potter on how to destroy Voldemort if we had any chance of getting rid of him once and for all.
"Well, if that's all, I suppose I should head back to the common room now to ease the minds of those who think I'm in trouble. Good day Professor," I said as I got up and left the office. I took my time walking back to the common room as I processed what was said in the office. Snape was going to kill Dumbledore before Draco did to save his innocence? I needed to get Draco to change sides now before anything else. I felt bad that Snape would have to kill him off eventually, but if that happened I needed Draco to come join me if not, then I don't know what will happen. I quickly ran to the common room ignoring the stares of the countless idiots who were watching me. Don't they have a life to go be in rather than trying to find out what's wrong with me? Such nosy people really, but it doesn't matter. I finally made it to the common room and gave the password as I went in and saw Draco sitting on the sofa reading a Quidditch magazine. I sighed as he looked up and patted to the spot near him. I sat down next to him and avoided his gaze, losing the courage I had to talk to him about this mission. He seemed to take my silence as something, what it was I had no idea, and pulled me closer to him and wrapped his arm around my waist and stroked my hair gently.
"You're not in trouble are you?" he asked as I rested my head against his shoulder.
"No, they were just trying to convince me to not do this mission and how they could find a way to save me and my parents from dying if I fail," I lied as he kissed the top of my head.
"Mindi, you won't have to. We won't fail, we'll kill him together and we'll both be safe from death for failure. Can't you see that in our premonitions?" he asked as I sighed.
"No, I can't see that. I've only been having repeated premonitions and not of that," I said as I closed my eyes. It was always of me trying to talk some sense into you to not kill Dumbledore. It was always of me yelling at myself for noticing something too late and trying to catch up to you before you killed him. That's the only premonition I've been having so far. Does that mean we'll both die for failing? But I can't let that happen! Sure, I'm fine with dying, but you can't die...you just can't!
"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked as the bell rang, signaling us to go to our last class for the day. I sighed and got up and shook my head.
"No, it's fine. Besides, we have to head to class," I said as he got up and helped me up. He continued to hold my hand as we headed to Transfiguration with him leading the way. Well, I might as well just let him hold my hand. Besides, I was still his friend right? And who knows what will happen to our future so might as well just let it be and try to avoid fighting with him. We made it to class and sat down listening to McGonagall drone on about her lesson as I did my best to take notes and succeeded. Class ended sooner than I thought and we headed to go back to the common room and wait for supper to be called. I immediately got started on my the essays that were assigned today as Draco did as well but looked at me from time to time.
"I suppose now isn't a good time to try and talk to you?" he asked as I finished the D.A.D.A essay and was getting started on my Transfiguration essay.
"No, it isn't. How about after supper?" I asked as he sighed and closed his book. What? Was he finished already with the essays? No, there's no way he could have finished it. Maybe he just gave up and would get a Ravenclaw to do it for him.
"Fine, after supper it is," he said as I looked up from my essay.
"No, you aren't going to harass some Ravenclaw into doing your Transfiguration essay Draco," I said as I passed my notes to him and went back to writing. I wasn't going to make him fail his classes, no matter how entertaining his consequences may be.
"I wasn't going to do that. I was just going to go to get my textbook, but seeing as you passed me your notes, I guess I have no need for it," he said as he looked at my notes and went straight to writing his essay. I sighed and wrote the last bit of the essay and placed it in my backpack and pulled out the book I was reading and started to read. It was silent for the next hour or with the exception of the constant scribbling coming from Draco writing his Transfiguration paper.
"How is it that you understand the material and finish the essays before everyone else?" he asked as I looked up from my book and looked at him then laughed.
"You are seriously asking me that question? Draco, who do you think you're talking to? You're talking to a bookworm and the weird Slytherin girl who has never threatened a Ravenclaw to do my homework and you're asking me how I understand the material? I'm the only Slytherin who pays attention in class," I said as he sighed and finally finished his essay.
"But I do pay attention and do my own homework, but why can you finish essays faster than me?" he asked as I put my book down.
"I suppose it's just because the thoughts come easier for the essays. But hey, at least you finished all your essays...and just in time for supper too," I said as I got up and took my notes and placed it in my bag as well. He got up and took my hand in his as we walked down to the Great Hall for supper.
"Hey we're not killing each other," Adelia said when she saw us then looked at our linked hands then looked at me. I quickly let go of Draco's hand and sat down by her and started eating.
"It's boring now that we're not lunging for each other's throats screaming bloody murder...ah those were the good old days," Acacia said as I sighed.
"It's time for a truce anyways Acacia, I was getting tired of all this fighting between the two of us," I said as Draco looked at me in surprise.
"Really?" he asked as I looked away.
"No, I was worried that I may have no competition in the mission if you got murdered by Acacia due to our feud. It's nothing more than that Draco," I said as he took that as a sign to shut up or forgetting about the promise I made to him about talking later tonight.
"Well hey, this was certainly something to be missed. At least we're all back to being nice to each other without me having to be the bridge in between, right?" Zabini said as Acacia rolled her eyes and slapped his arm gently.
"Oh quit your whining Zabini, no one asked you to be the bridge in between," she said as Zabini laughed.
"But I wanted to," he said as Adelia had stars in her eyes. Probably due to the fact of how the two were acting in front of her. I sighed and finished my meal and ate a bit of dessert. What was it that Draco wanted to talk about with me? Did he catch on to my betrayal? If so, what was I supposed to tell him? Was I supposed to lie to him or tell him the truth? Could I even find it in me to tell him the truth? Maybe we wanted to talk about something else...but what could it be? I thought we already discussed the matter of our engagement, so what else could he want to talk about? Well, looks like I'd have to wait until after dinner to find out. I sighed and didn't feel like finishing my dessert and immediately got up to leave and headed to the common room. There was no way I could avoid Draco any longer so might as well brace myself for any topics that he might discuss and prepare a lie for each. I sighed and gave the password and went in the common room and paced a bit. Just what could he want to talk about? Why did he sound so urgent about it? Maybe it was to ask me for help on how to get the girl he fancied? Ugh, now I can't stand waiting like this! I gave the password and went into the shared dorm and sat down on my bed with my back against the wall and went back to reading where I left off. The door opened minutes later and Draco looked around until his eyes caught me sitting on my bed as he sighed in relief, as to why? Who knows really.
"Mindi, you are here after all," he said as I put my book down.
"Well, I'm here, you're here, now what did you want to talk about that caused me to spill my antidote all over you this morning in Potions because you kept hassling me?" I asked as he sat down on my bed with space between us. Good, don't sit too close to me. I have a harder time forming a coherent thought when you're too close and I need that coherence now if you were going to ask what I think you might ask me.
"Mindi, I ask you for one more thing before I ask you what I'm about to ask," he said as I sighed.
"What? Let me guess, you want me to tell you nothing but the truth? What? Are we in some court case and I'm supposed to uphold to that? Draco, you're asking for too much," I said as he shook his head.
"Please, I just need the truth from you on this. I'm worried about you and I just want the truth," he said as I sighed and looked away.
"Fine, I'll try my best to tell you the truth. Now out with it. What's so damned important?" I asked as he looked away and fiddled with the sleeves on his robes a bit. Oh Merlin, was it something that serious that the ever so calm Draco was losing his cool? What could it be that made him like this?
"Mindi, a..are you betraying us by deciding to help Potter in this war?" he whispered as I looked at him incredulously. How the hell did he find out?
"What are you talking about Draco? Have you gone mental?" I asked as he shook his head and turned to face me. Oh Merlin, he really was serious about this.
"Mindi, are you or are you not betraying us by deciding to help that idiotic git Potter in getting rid of the Dark Lord? Quit avoiding this, I want a straight answer from you," he said as he gripped onto my shoulders forcing me to look him in the eyes. Crap, now he seriously was going to find out. I'm screwed. What do I do now? Tell him the truth or lie? How much did I care for him? Did I care for him enough to tell the truth or would I end up lying to him. Why did he have to find out now? What did I do wrong that made him find out in the first place?
A/N: Gasp! Will she tell him? Or will she lie to save herself from getting yelled at (possibly) by Draco? Find out in the next chapter! Oh but reviews are always nice to see what people guess, so go ahead and review giving me your guesses as to what Mindi might do! You never know, maybe you'll be right :D