Warning: All my info on concussions came from research, I've never actually had one so I apologize if its not 100% correct!
***Draco POV***
I laid with Violet, playing with her hair as she slept. I should've urged her to go home after she got sick. If I had, she'd be irritated with me but she wouldn't be hurt. I watched her sleep peacefully as I got lost in my thoughts, reflecting on the last few months here. My father had raised me with pureblood ideals down to the letter, I could waltz as soon as I could walk. I knew when to keep my mouth shut, which was all the time. I knew how to impress ladies and talk business with men. I knew my job was to take over the Malfoy name, become the lord of the manor, take my place on the Wizengamot. He wanted me to take the Dark Mark this summer. Had I not met and fallen in love with Violet I probably would have.
She showed me that half bloods and muggle borns were just as good as purebloods. I hated having to uphold the pureblood ideals in front of everyone at school and my parents because it wasn't me anymore. When my father approached me this summer and demanded I submit to the Dark Lord and take the Dark Mark, I couldn't do it. Something in me broke and I couldn't pretend to be the son Lucius wanted anymore. I agreed to his face but immediately wrote to Dumbledore begging for refuge, giving him the date I was supposed to be marked. The next day my father came to me and presented me with my marriage contract. Astoria Greengrass. She's pretty enough and a kind girl but she isn't Violet.
My mother didn't always agree with everything my father did but she was the ideal pureblood wife. She knew something was up and slipped me my uncle's gringotts key, the blood traitor who left his money to me when he died. It was a sign to me that she had an idea of my plans and approved enough. Dumbledore moved me three days before the next death eater meeting, via portkey to a safe house at my Aunt Andromeda's, the woman my father regularly cursed as a shame on our family tree. I stayed with her for a month before he moved me again. Getting the Prophet that stated I was disowned as the Malfoy heir didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. I knew it was my father's tactic to try to get me to come home and take the dark mark through the threat of financial loss.
I let my mind drift away from my parents. Being moved here was very difficult. I was thrilled to be with Violet, in a place that I didn't have to be the Malfoy Heir, the good pureblood, the perfect son. But it was difficult. I didn't and still don't understand a lot of muggle customs. I had been trained to hate muggles my whole life. I never had to interact with muggles, my father wouldn't allow it. Meeting Charlie was the first muggle I ever met and it was odd. He didn't talk much, didn't carry himself well and left pretty quickly.
Going to school was interesting in itself. Having Violet in my classes made it easier. She had experience with muggles, with muggle schools. She helped me adjust but it wasn't as hard as I had expected. Muggle teachers weren't too different from the Professors at Hogwarts. The biggest adjustment was not carrying quills and parchment but carrying pens and notebooks. Once we started sitting with muggle teens I noticed they weren't all that different from wizards. Sure they didn't talk about quidditch and where they wanted to apprentice after Hogwarts but they did discuss football and college. It tools me weeks to get over how similar they are to wizards and how wrong my father had been.
Learning muggle history was a whole different game. They had wars like us, they had political leaders. But they were essentially the same. It was an odd realization for me. Violet was so patient with me, helping me adjust to muggle customs, clothes, money everything. It was weird but I wasn't mad. I was starting to think I could be happy living in the muggle world if that's what Violet wants. I enjoyed our lazy nights and watching her cook, doing things the muggle way wasn't as awful as I thought. One thing I was sure of though, was as long as I had Violet I would be happy.
I watched her sleep contently for an hour before I gently detangled myself from her and went down stairs. I left the door open so I could hear her if she woke up, heading down to talk to Charlie.
"How's she doing kid?" He asked, tiredly sitting at the kitchen table.
"She's okay, she's sleeping, she had a rough day." I responded equally as tired, I took a seat across from him.
"This came for her while you two were at school" Charlie said, holding up a letter. It was addressed to Violet, it had a note on top of it saying to leave a response on the table on Thursday.
"I'll give it to her when she wakes up, it looks like it's from Dumbledore." I said.
"Draco I just want to say, I am proud of how you've adjusted here. Dumbledore told me you had a hard childhood and might have trouble adjusting to non magic life but you've done really well. On top of being a great thing in Bella's life." Charlie said. I don't think I've ever heard him speak so much.
"Thank you Charlie that means a lot to me." I responded as the doorbell rang. He got up and answered it, coming back a few minutes later with a pan.
"Esme Cullen just brought us dinner." He said putting it on the counter. " Are you going to be okay if I go to work tonight? I'll stay home if you guys need me to."
"We'll be fine Charlie. I can handle Vi" I reassured him. It was nearing six and he had to start getting ready. He nodded and headed up stairs. I went into the living room and took a few deep breaths. I was exhausted but I had to be strong for Violet. I lost myself in thought for another 45 minutes coming to when Charlie came back.
"I'm leaving, call me if you guys need anything Draco." He said, I nodded heading up stairs to check on Violet. She was still sleeping when I went into the room. I hated to wake her but she needed to eat, she hadn't kept anything down all day. I sat on the bed and began to rub her back gently. I smiled when she curled up to me. I had kept the lights off not wanting to bother her head.
"Vi, baby, let's get up and eat then you can sleep more hun." I said quietly, still rubbing her back and she began to stir a bit. "Come on Princess, open your eyes for me" I urged. After a minute or two her eyes opened.
"There's my girl, how are you feeling baby?" I asked softly as she sat up and curled into my side. I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and pulled her close.
"My head still hurts Dray and I'm sleepy." She said quietly.
"I know love, I wish I had a potion to make it better. Do you want some of the muggle medicine Carlisle suggested?" I asked, keeping my voice as low as possible. She nodded against me. "Well, love, you need to let me up if I'm going to get you some medicine." I laughed a little as she released me. I went into the bathroom and riffled through the medicine cabinet til I finally found the bottle. Before I could re enter our bedroom the doorbell rang. I stopped in the doorway to our room.
"I'm going to get the door and then get you some water, I'll be right back lovely." I said just loud enough for her to hear me. I quickly made my way down stairs and opened the door. I was a bit surprised to see Jess and Angela standing there. I didn't think any of our mates from school would try to come by, I wasn't totally shocked though. Violet has always been well liked, whenever she got hurt playing quidditch, Poppy was beating visitors off with a stick. I wasn't sure if this was muggle custom or just a Jess and Angela thing.
"Hey guys whats up?" I asked, trying to keep my voice casual. Now that Violet was awake I didn't like leaving her alone when she felt so poorly.
"Hey, we came by with some goodies for Bella, we wanted to see her if she's feeling up to it, how she left school was pretty scary and we wanted to make sure she's okay." Angela said. I ran my hand through my hair. They meant well but I didn't know if Vi was up for visitors.
"Why don't you guys come in, I was just grabbing some pills and water for Bella. Let me bring them to her and see if she's up for guests, she just woke up." I said moving out of the doorway. "You both know where the living room is. I'll be right back."
I excused myself to the kitchen quickly grabbing a bottle of water and making my way upstairs as fast as I could. When I got back into the room, I shut the door. Violet was on the bed sitting up against the headboard just like I left her, but this time she had her eyes closed.
"Vi, are you still awake?" I asked quietly, sitting next to her. I looked at the instructions Carlisle had given me and pulled out the right dosage of pills.
"Yea, just shutting my eyes. I'm really tired." She responded looking at me. I handed her the pills and the water. "Thanks Dray."
"You're welcome Princess, Jess and Angela are here, they're worried about you. I didn't make them any promises about seeing you but I did say I'd see if you wanted to see them." I said cautiously, unsure how Violet would react.
"I-I guess I'll see them. They're already here. As long as it's not longer than 15, maybe twenty minutes. My head still hurts and I really wanna go back to sleep." She responded quietly. "Can they come up here instead of me going down stairs? It's darker while not being pitch black up here."
"If that's what you want hun. Let me close the closet so they don't see all my stuff." I smiled, we had a few dim lights on around the room, I wasn't sure how sensitive her eyes would be after her nap. I moved anything that would make it seem like I didn't have my own room before heading to the door. "Let me go grab the girls and throw dinner in the oven okay?"
I left the room after she gave me a short nod. I went back into the kitchen, throwing the foil pan into the oven, following the directions Esme had placed on the top before going into the living room.
"So she's up for a short visit. The light's still bothering her so she said she'd rather stay up stairs because the lights in her room are a lot easier than the lights down here but you guys are welcome to come up and see her. Just remember to watch your volume, she still has a headache." I told the girls. They nodded and followed me upstairs. Violet was sitting up a bit more, looking pretty alert. I went and sat next to her, she leaned into me almost immediately. I smiled and wrapped an arm around her, kissing her head.
"Hey Bella, how are you feeling?" Angela said quietly
"Hey guys, you can sit wherever. I'm feeling a little better, I went to the ER then took a nap as soon as I got home. My head still hurts though." She responded quietly
" Here we brought you some goodies, open it." Jess said excitedly, trying to keep her voice low. Violet took it quietly, taking things out of the bag. A bar of chocolate, some hard candies, a coloring book and something I couldn't place.
"Thanks guys, I love it." Violet said putting the items back in the bag and handing it to me. "Can you put that on the nightstand?" She asked quietly, I nodded placing the bag next to a photo of Violet, Harry, Weasley and Granger.
"When can you come back to school?" Angela asked
" said I need to stay home at least two days." She said quietly.
"Edward is suspended for two weeks. It was going around school as soon as you left." Jessica told us. Violet looked at me, unsure how to respond.
"That sucks for him but he deserves it for hurting Bella" I said trying to choose my words carefully. "I'll probably stay home with Bella until she can come back, just so she's not by herself all day."
"Your parents will let you do that?" Angela asked, a bit shocked.
"My parents don't really pay attention to what I do, I haven't really spoken to them since I moved here." I said delicately. Violet leaned up and kissed my cheek. I knew she was trying to comfort me, since my parents were a sore subject. I didn't blame Jessica and Angela for being curious, it was natural.
"I'm sorry Draco, we didn't know." Angela said barely audible.
"You didn't know Angela, how could you? Besides it had been a long time coming, the estrangement. As long as I have Bella, I'll be okay." I responded kissing Violet's head.
"Dray I think dinner might be done or almost burning. I can smell it. " Vi piped up quietly from her spot against me.
"Ladies if you'll excuse me I should go grab that from the oven." I said, not moving until Violet leaned back into the pillows, off of me.
" We should get going, feel better Bella, we'll see you at school on Thursday?" Angela asked getting up, Jessica following suit.
"Yea, thanks for coming by." Violet said smiling softly. I left the room Jess and Angela right behind me. Jess was the last one out and went to close the door.
"Oh you can leave that open, I'm going to bring dinner up to her in a minute." I told her, partially wanting to actually be able to hear Violet if she needed something.
"She's lucky to have you Draco. I'm sorry I doubted you two." Jess said once we reached the door. I smiled tiredly.
"Thanks for coming to check on her, it means a lot to both of us." I said to them. They smiled at me before leaving. I got dinner out of the oven, it was only a little over cooked. I made sure to turn the oven off before I put some in bowls for both of us. I covered the leftovers quickly, taking the food up stairs. When I got in the room Violet had her eyes closed again, looking completely peaceful.
"Baby I have dinner, Esme brought us a lasagna. I just had to reheat it. Can you try to eat some for me? As soon as you're done you can go back to sleep Princess." I said quietly. She opened her eyes and looked at me. She accepted the plate when I handed it to her. I smiled. It was almost 8 so as soon as she was done, she would be able to go to sleep for the night. I sat next to her picking at my own food after she started eating.
"So what was the last thing they gave you? I couldn't figure out what it was." I questioned keeping my voice low.
"It's silly putty. It's something muggle children play with, I can't think of what the wizard equivalent would be. It's stretchy and just nice to play with in your hands." She responded. We ate quietly for a bit longer. I looked over and saw she had eaten most of it.
"Are you done love? Are you still hungry?" I asked, I've been worried about her all day and this was the first meal she had really eaten.
"I'm good Dray, I'm gonna go to the bathroom and brush my teeth, then can I go to sleep?" She asked
"That's fine my love, I'm gonna take our plates down stairs, then I'll be up to cuddle with you okay?" I responded by taking her dish. She nodded quietly and moved to get up. I watched her closely making sure she didn't sway at all. When I saw she was okay, I went down stairs. I made sure the house was locked up and cleaned up whatever we used in the kitchen before heading back up to Violet. I put the book I've been reading on the nightstand before sitting on the bed to wait for her. She came in and curled up to me without a word.
"Before you go back to sleep, how are you feeling love? Did the medicine help?" I asked running my hand through her hair very gently.
"I feel a little better, my head doesn't hurt as much. I just wanna sleep this headache away." She said closing her eyes against me.
"Sleep baby, I'll be here when you wake up." I told her with a soft kiss to her head. I continued to run my hand through her hair until I was sure she was completely asleep. I picked up my book and read until I got tired before laying down and falling asleep myself.
***Bella/Violet POV***
I woke up at some point in the night, it was still dark. I groaned a bit and curled closer to Draco nuzzling against him. His arms tightened around me, I could tell he was still asleep. I was unsure of the time but I allowed myself to drift off again. When I woke up the second time Draco was sitting up reading his book rubbing my back softly.
"Morning Love, how are you feeling?" He asked quietly. I hated how quiet everyone was being. My head ached dully and I was still tired but that was about it right now. I wasn't confused or dizzy or nauseous.
"My head hurts a little and I'm tired but otherwise I'm okay." I responded sitting up and putting my head on his shoulder. He kissed my head gently and I smiled. "What time is it?"
"Quarter to nine. You slept a lot, knocked out about 8:30. To my knowledge you slept through the night completely." He replied closing his book and putting it up.
"I woke up at some point but I don't know when, but I wasn't up more than a minute or two before I went back to sleep." I said "Are you not going to school today?"
"No, I think I'll stay here with my favorite girl. Besides I'll be really confused in all my classes except gym and english without you there to explain them to me." He teased. "Are you hungry? Do you want to go down stairs?"
"I'm not super hungry but I do think I'd like to go sit downstairs for a bit. Get out of this room." I answered but didn't move to get up.
"Do you want some more medicine? Carlisle said to take it easy today and tomorrow." He asked. Draco could be such a mother hen when I was sick. It was interesting to see him like this because we both came from families that did not react like this. When Draco was sick, he was cared for by house elves and when I got sick I just hid it from Harry, taking care of him when he was sick instead.
" Not right now. My head doesn't hurt like it did yesterday, it just feels like a dull ache not really bad pain. Let's go down stairs, I'm guessing you haven't eaten yet." I said finally moving to get off the bed. I went to the closet and snagged one of Draco's sweaters before heading into the kitchen. I grabbed an apple and began to cut it up, waiting for Draco to join me. He came down shortly after me and smiled.
" What are you having for breakfast?"
"I'm gonna have an apple with some peanut butter. I just really don't want to cook." I said, he laughed. I took my food to the table and watched Draco make himself a bowl of cereal. Charlie was upstairs sleeping after the night shift at the police station so it was pretty quiet.
"What do you want to do today, love? I know there's not much we can do but we can have a nice relaxing day." Draco asked calmly.
"Want to read for a bit? Maybe once Charlie wakes up we can decorate for Christmas? He told me all the decorations he has are in the attic including a tree. Chess before bed? I'll probably nap at some point." I said noticing an envelope on the other side of Draco "What's that?"
"Oh shit, That came for you yesterday. I think it's from Dumbledore, with how crazy yesterday was I completely forgot about it. You were super out of it last night. Here." He responded by handing it to me. I opened it quickly and pulled the letter out. One look at the handwriting and I dropped the letter on the floor as tears came to my eyes. I put my hand to my mouth in shock. Draco picked up the letter and looked at the signature.
"Do you want me to read it to you or do you just need a second love?" He asked, looking concerned. I shook my head and reached for the letter. I began to read it, still shocked. I felt myself begin to get angry. Dumbledore would not allow Harry to write to me? I laughed a bit where Harry said he thought Draco and I would murder eachother.
"More like fuck eachother" I muttered still laughing. Draco gave me a confused look that I ignored still reading the letter. It made me sad to see how much hatred my twin felt for the man I love, the man I am going to spend the rest of my life with. I made myself a promise to work on getting them on good terms. I felt my heart ache reading about how Harry hasn't been sleeping and how he's been begging for me to come home. It was difficult for both of us, we lost Sirius then each other in the span of 20 minutes. Sirius meant just as much to me as he did Harry. I smiled hearing about how Remus has finally given Tonks a chance. I finished the letter and put it on the table before putting my head in my hands letting a few tears fall. I missed my brother, I missed my friends. I had Draco and I love him more than anything but he can't replace my brother, my only family. I felt Draco wrap his arms around me as I began to sob, my head beginning to hurt more.
"What do you need Vi? How can I help?" He asked quietly, rubbing my back and holding me close. I continued to cry til I was worn out. My head was now pounding again.
"I wanna lay down before I answer his letter, my head is pounding, I'm sorry." I said quietly.
"Nothing to be sorry about, baby, let's get you upstairs." Draco said helping me up and leading me up stairs. I laid down feeling completely exhausted even though I just woke up less than an hour ago. Draco laid with me and rubbed my back til I fell asleep. I felt drowsy when I woke up again.
"How long was I out?" I asked quietly, playing with the hem of Dray's shirt. He was reading again and hadn't noticed I was awake.
"Morning sunshine, you were only out for about an hour." He answered, dropping a kiss on my head. I gave a small smile. "Do you want to talk about the letter love?"
"He won't let Harry write to me Dray. He won't tell him anything. He took me away twenty minutes after Sirius died and sent Harry back to the Dursley's alone. I can't help Harry, he's not sleeping either. And I know that's not everything, that he's leaving things out." I said, feeling myself get sad again. "I love you more than anything and I want to spend the rest of my life with you but I want to go home so badly. Harry and I have never been apart like this, and it's killing me to not be able to help him. He may be a prick but he's my twin."
"Baby I know how close you two are and I promise to make an effort with him once we get home. I wish I could do more, I wish we could go home just so I can see that smile on your face when you're laughing with him, see you smile when you're playing quidditch. Unfortunately we're at the mercy of a foolish old man who's playing us like a chess game." He said, pulling me close. He held me for a while, letting me lose myself in my thoughts.
"Do you want to write back to him?" He asked after a bit. I nodded and moved to get up. Draco didn't loosen his grip on me, I turned to ask him why but before I could he gave me a sweet kiss. After that he allowed me up. I went over to the desk and grabbed some parchment and a quill out of the draw and began to write.
Dearest Brother,
I'm okay, I'm safe. I want to come home more than you can imagine. Dumbledore won't tell me anything and hadn't contacted me since he dropped something off with me in September. I have so much to tell you that I couldn't even begin to cover in a letter. Please help put my mind at ease and confide in Ron or Hermione about your nightmares at least while I can't be there to help you. Please send my love to Fred, George, Hermione and Remus. I hope to be home by the new year if not sooner but it's out of my hands. I miss you so much. Please promise me you won't do anything stupid until I come home. I wish I could tell you what's been going on in my life but I fear Dumbledore is reading our correspondence and won't give you the letter if I do. I promise I'll tell you everything when I'm home. I love you so much. Miss you most
Love forever,
Your baby sister Violet.
I watched a few tears hit the parchment. I folded up the letter and put it in an envelope, ready to go once Thursday came. I moved to go sit with Draco again when a knock came to the door. Instead I went to open it and let Charlie in.
"How are you feeling kid?" He asked when he saw me
"I'm okay, I already had to take a nap today because of the headache." I responded, going to sit on the end of the bed. "Why are you up? You usually sleep til 2, it's only 11:30."
"The police department in Port Angeles needs me to head up there and help them with an investigation. Will you two be alright if I go?" He responded gruffly looking between Draco and I. I looked at Draco who looked back at me.
"We'll be fine. Dr. Cullen said for me to take it easy, our plan was to relax, maybe decorate for Christmas if it's okay with you and then play some chess before bed. No plans to leave the house, mostly because I can't drive until at least thursday." I answered.
"You can decorate if you want and you feel up to it. Everything including the tree is in the attic. I'll be home late so don't wait up for me okay?" He said and we both nodded. He left without another word.
"Can I have the medicine next to you? I don't wanna take a nap but writing that letter didn't help with my head." I said quietly. Draco handed it to me and I took two pills with the water on the nightstand.
"What do you want to do, love?" He asked, moving his arm so I could curl up to him.
"I want to read but my head isn't terribly fond of that idea." I responded, closing my eyes.
"Do you want me to read something to you?" He asked and I shrugged "Let me grab a book out of my trunk, I think you'll enjoy it." He decided and I moved to let him up. Draco showed me the cover as he sat down before pulling me close again.
"The Tales of Beedle the Bard? I've never heard of it." I said quietly
"It's the wizard's version of a story book. It sat on my shelf until I was old enough to read it myself." He told me before beginning to read one of the stories. Draco read for a while, until the doorbell rang. Draco marked the page we were on and I moved to let him up. I followed him downstairs, sick of being in bed. The light change hurt my head a bit but I wasn't going to complain. Draco opened the door and there stood Esme Cullen.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your day but I just wanted to come check on you, maybe talk if you feel up to it." Esme said, keeping her voice low for my sake. Draco looked at me and I nodded. We owed the Cullens answers.
"That's fine but let's sit upstairs, I can tell the light is bothering her down here." Draco said and I turned and headed back upstairs, the two of them following me.
"How are you feeling Bella? I didn't think you were home, I couldn't hear anything." Esme said, her soothing voice calm.
"I'm okay, my head feels better. I took some medicine a little while ago." I responded sitting on the bed, Draco sat behind me pulling me close to him, my back to his chest. "You couldn't hear us because we were in here and there is a strong silencing charm around this room."
"A what?" Esme asked, a bit confused.
"A silencing charm. It keeps the noise in here, you can't hear what's going on in this room unless the door is open or you're in here. There are a few charms like this in the wizarding world." I answered.
"Interesting, I know you told us to compile any questions we have and Emmett does have quite a few silly ones but the only one Carlisle and I could come up with is what do you need from us?" She asked seriously
" My understanding is Albus Dumbledore wants to educate you on the Wizarding World and have you on our side of the war. It is a war against an evil wizard known as Voldemort, he killed my parents when I was a baby. He is essentially trying to take over the wizarding world and it's up to my twin brother and I to stop him. I think Dumbledore wants you, for your speed, strength and invincibility. Esme you must understand, this is a war being fought by teenagers with horrible preparation on one side and grown powerful adults on the other. The best training we've gotten was from a werewolf at 13 and by my brother and I at 15. Even then it was a small group of us that trained. Draco has better training because of his family, but most of the students who have training like Draco are fighting for the wrong side due to family obligations." I explained. She looked horrified.
"I don't say this to scare you Esme. I want to be as truthful as I can be so you know what you're getting into. I can tell you that should you choose to do it, Edward will make a lot of students cry and be a horrible distraction." I warned
"How will Edward be a distraction?" She asked, confused.
"For whatever god forsaken reason, Edward looks identical to a boy we lost nearly two years ago. His name was Cedric Diggory and he was killed by Voldemort at 17, while Voldemort was trying to attack my brother and I. Cedric was collateral damage." I answered as quickly as I could. I didn't want to admit that Cedric's death still haunted me. Esme continued to look horrified.
"I think Dumbledore really wants Jasper on our side especially, due to his affliction for battle strategy. Again talk it over with Carlisle and let me know, I'll find a way to get word to Dumbledore." I finished, she nodded.
"Do you think it will help? Having us fight with you?" She asked
"I don't know. My goal is to make it out of this alive, with Draco alive and with my brother alive. I'd like my godfather to make it through but I'm not holding my breath after losing every father figure I've had." I replied honestly. I caught her looking at the photo on the nightstand.
"May I?" She asked, I nodded. Esme picked up the photo of Harry, Ron, Hermione and I at the burrow the summer we went to the Quidditch world cup and studied it. "Is this you and your brother in the photo?"
"Yea my brother is the one with glasses and I'm the one with red hair. That was right before we went back to Hogwarts, we spent the day swimming in the pond at our friend's house." I said smiling slightly.
"You look happy." She said
"Looks can be deceiving I suppose, I mean I was happy to be there but I wasn't completely happy." I said before I could stop myself. "Anyway I don't want to talk about it." I finished quickly. She nodded in understanding, placing the photo back on the nightstand.
"I think Carlisle is going to stop by on his way home from work to check on you. And Rose will be by with your homework if you're up for it. I'll head out now, I'm sure you're tired. Please call if you need anything, and don't worry about Edward, Carlisle has him practically under lock and key." She said moving towards the door. "Please don't worry, I'll show myself out." With that she left giving us a small smile. Draco loosened his grip on my waist.
"Want to have some lunch Vi? It's almost 2." Draco asked. I really wanted another nap, I just felt exhausted. I nodded anyway. Draco got off the bed and offered me his hand, leading me downstairs where we had a quick lunch.
"What do you want to do for the afternoon love?"
"I really want to lay down. I'm really tired, my head doesn't really hurt the medicine helped a lot. I'm just exhausted. I don't want you to feel like you have to lay with me though, it must be getting really boring." I answered. I hate that he's all but trapped here with me.
"How about this, we go up stairs, I lay with you til you fall asleep then I'll get the Christmas decorations out of the attic while you nap and when you wake up we can decorate. Sound good?" He said, taking the lunch dishes to the sink. Draco was too good to me, I felt bad, like I wasn't doing enough. He'd spent all day yesterday and today just taking care of me.
"I don't want you to have to do it all by yourself though it's a lot of work." I said tiredly
"Vi, you're on light duty, you're supposed to be resting today and tomorrow. Let me deal with pulling stuff out of the attic you worry about resting. Now let's go lay down." Draco said, leaving no room for argument. I let myself be led up stairs for the upteenth time today and not long after we laid down, I fell into a dreamless sleep.
~~AN~~
Ahh! Longest Chapter to date! And on time at that! Next Chapter will be Carlisle checking in, and some super fluffy Christmas fun for Violet and Draco. Place your bets now on when they'll be going home and if the Cullens will accompany them! Its finals week and I have 4 papers due by Friday plus a podcasts, so I aim to have another chapter up some time during the week if not it will be up this weekend! Please leave reviews! I love reading them! Let me know what you think go Draco's POV!
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