A/N: Two chapters updated today, rather than the usual three. Now I am going to go hide from all of you.
Chapter 28
Draco stormed down the stairs of the Burrow, not happy in the least that the six of them had been exiled here when the trio found out about their collective refusal to fight. He stomped into the kitchen to find the other five looking equally livid.
"It's a set-up," Charlie spat.
"We know it, but convincing anyone else will be the hard part," Gin stated.
"Even Mum refuses to see just how much those three hate us," Fred added. "She says that disliking Draco and Blaise is one thing, but setting us up to be captured or killed is another."
Gin stood and skirted the table joining him in the doorway. "I say we either retreat to the twins flat or go to Hogwarts and hope Dumbledore lets us stay there. Term starts in less than a month, surely he wouldn't object."
Charlie shoved his chair away from the table. "I'll go talk to him now."
Draco pulled out a chair and sat heavily, instinctively pulling Gin into his lap. He'd admitted to himself how much she meant to him, but hadn't as if yet figured out how to tell her. Or Blaise for that matter. It had been easier to own up to his feelings for Blaise once he had admitted his feelings for Gin. If he was reading her right, she felt deeply for the both of them as well, but hadn't yet said anything.
An hour and a half later, Molly stumbled through the back door, bleeding profusely. Blaise and Fred reached her first, helping her in to lie on the couch while he and Gin tried to heal what they could.
"What happened, Mum?" George asked, sitting near her head and shaking visibly.
"Dumbledore is dead, Headquarters is gone, and you have to go to Hogwarts before they come here," she whispered before passing out cold.
"You three go," George ordered, pointing to him, Gin, and Blaise. "We'll heal Mum and follow as soon as we can."
"N-no," Gin murmured. "I'll help you."
Blaise laid a hand on his shoulder. "Draco, you have to take Gin and get to safety. I'll stay here and help the twins. Just go, we'll be fine."
Gin turned her head, burying her face in his neck. "I don't want to lose any of you!"
Draco slowly got to his feet and picked her up as she had begun crying uncontrollably. "You had best get there in one piece and breathing, Blaise. You two as well," he said glaring at the twins. "You made a promise to Gin and I know you well enough to know you'll do everything in your power to keep that promise."
"Go," Blaise urged, kissing Gin's brow. "We'll be along as soon as it's safe to move your mum, Gin."
Draco nearly fell over when George pressed a coin in his hand. "It's a portkey directly into the entrance hall," George explained.
With what felt like the millionth sigh, Draco nodded for George to activate it, taking Gin's hand and twining their fingers together around the portkey.
