XXXVIII. Roar
"Tell me, Pansy darling, when did I ever give you permission to do that?"
Draco is angry again, with good reason. She bites her lip and stares at the floor, not wanting to look him in the eye. How can she face him when she's acted like she has? He's going to get rid of her now and she'll be ruined forever.
"Pansy, I'm waiting for an answer," Draco sighs through gritted teeth. "When did I ever give you permission to go anywhere near Zabini?"
"You didn't," she mutters at last. "But I didn't do anything! I…" It's a lie, but how else is she expected to get out of the situation with her Draco still belonging to her? Zabini was a mistake: a stupid mistake who had somehow seduced her just like he had seduced most of the other girls in the school.
"You may not have done anything, but you certainly considered it," Draco drawls and Pansy feels her heart skip a beat. So he doesn't know all of it. Thank Merlin, thank Merlin, he isn't going to leave her…. "You seem to have forgotten something very important. You're mine, do you understand?"
Suddenly she realises that he is right, as always. Zabini was a mistake: a stupid mistake who had seduced her just for the fun of it, who doesn't have feelings for her like Draco does. Whatever she had felt around Zabini was a lie; true love was cold and collected like with Draco, not furious and hectic like things had been with Zabini. Why had she ever been so stupid as to go anywhere near Zabini when she has Draco?
She looks up at him and smiles, safe in the knowledge that her angel is still hers.