The next day Jade got two letters, one from Ron and the other from Fayette. She woke up to the two owls waiting for her at the window. She fed them after she took the letters and then they flew away.

Dear Jade,

Thanks for the money, I'm only taking it because I need it. I will pay you back as soon as I can. I'm taking Gérard to the doctor this morning and buying his medicine. Cassius still hasn't replied to any of my letters.

Thanks, Fayette.

Then she opened Ron's.

J,

I thought something had happened to you, but I'm glad you're ok. I will let H know you owled me. I can't really answer your questions, I don't know how safe it is but I'll tell you when we see each other again. Please take care and keep in touch, R.W.

Jade didn't bother to reply to any of the letters, not even to her cousin in Greece, who had written to her the day before. He was just asking how the Quidditch went and asking about Lexion. They were thinking of visiting but Jade doubted they would want to be involved with the drama.

She carefully folded the letters again and put them in a drawer, and she locked it afterwards. A simple alohomora wouldn't open it, Jade made sure of it.

Before they went home, Ron, Harry and Jade had discussed how to keep in touch. They couldn't explicitly say who they were as they didn't want to get Jade in trouble.

Harry came up with the brilliant idea of using their second names and their mothers' maiden last name, so for Harry, it would be James Evans. And Ron was okay with it but Jade said it wouldn't be hard to know who they were, so she then thought that using initials would be good enough for the time being.

Then Jade thought of naming each other after their patronuses, they didn't talk enough about it so they didn't use them but it was a good idea. No one would know Doggie, or 'Jack R' from Jack Russel, which was Ron's patronus, would mean Ron Weasley. Maybe she could use those names in her next letter, they would eventually understand as they had already discussed it.

Being home wasn't as bad as Jade thought but it wasn't nice either. She could hear several people talking to her mother about Lexion. Olisca pretty much lived there and she also talked to those people, who were most of the time either Death Eaters or from the Ministry or just noisy people. Her father was barely home, she heard him coming one night past midnight but hadn't seen him yet.

One night Jade lied down on her bed but couldn't sleep, she kept thinking of all the choices she had to make and all of the possibilities and consequences those choices could bring.

Staying would mean being forced to join Voldemort one day, get married at seventeen. Probably being punished for protecting that prophecy if someone recognized her and as Draco once told her, never making her parents proud no matter what she did.

Running away with Draco would mean not being part of the Lias family anymore. Becoming their enemy as soon as she escaped. Probably, they couldn't go back to school, ever. Her Quidditch dream would be over, most likely. Being captain was going to be over as well. But it meant freedom from everything. Her parents, her future husband, Voldemort in a way and his Death Eaters.

Her parents wouldn't just be disappointed of her but they would even loath her and reject her, which was to be expected, so it wouldn't hurt as much. Or so Jade tried to convince herself.

Maybe with a few years they wouldn't be outcasts of the Pure-Blood community. After all, they both were Pure-bloods, right? Maybe just maybe they could disappear for a few years and then Wizards and Witches like them would be more accepting.

Jade didn't sleep at all that night, she kept thinking. She imagined her life away from all of that. She knew it would be hard, almost impossible but they could try.

As soon as it got light, Jade packed some stuff in this tiny bag that was enchanted to hold many things and be bigger on the inside. She ran out of her house without being noticed and made her way to the Malfoy Manor.

She snapped her fingers and soon a female house-elf that belonged to her family appeared in front of her with a pop. She looked down at the creature and told her to either get a house-elf to let her in or to inform Draco that she was outside, she didn't want Narcissa to know she was there so early.

Two minutes after the house-elf disappeared, the front door opened and to her relief it wasn't Narcissa Malfoy or even her sister, it was Draco.

Jade smiled at Draco, who looked quite sleepy and not rested, like if he had just slept for a couple of hours. He didn't return the smile, he looked more confused than happy.

"Draco," Jade said softly. "I... I chose to go... anywhere... with you. I'm ready."

"What?" Draco asked confused.

"We can go," Jade said with a smile. "And Draco?"

"Yeah?"

Jade bit her lip and looked down at the floor for a split second but then she looked directly at Draco's grey eyes with confidence.

"I... I love you."

Jade always knew she loved him but she didn't want to admit it, to accept it because she knew what it meant and all the things she had to sacrifice for that... or how much it would hurt if one day she had to go her own way... without Draco.

Draco had told her he loved her a few times and accepted she needed time to process her feelings. He knew she was scared while he wasn't... after they started to date, Draco's fears just got smaller and smaller until they disappeared.

At last Draco smiled and he looked happy but then his smile faded and instead he looked like if he wanted to cry. His eyes watered and his lip was quivering.

"Did I say something wrong?" Jade asked and Draco shook his head.

"No," Draco said forcing a smile. "I love you too, okay? But I think it's better if you just go home."

"What? Why?"

"Nothing... I just didn't really thought of all the things we were going to be giving up. It's not fair for either of us to do that. You wanted another year, we can do that. Maybe the two we've got left," Draco told her with a soft but almost regretful tone. "We are only kids, we wouldnt have made it far."

"Something's going on, isn't it? You can trust me, Draco."

"It's nothing."

"I can read minds, you know?" Jade reminded him but in a jokingly way.

"Yeah but not mine... right? I'm good, Jade. I just realized how stupid it was."

"But it isn't. I've thought about it and we are both clever, skillful, witty, and we've got the advantage that we have some money."

"If you do this, you'll regret it. You won't be the Lias who broke all the Quidditch records or the one with the best grades, you'll be the Lias who didn't finish school, who betrayed her family. The Lias..." Draco took a deep sigh as he shook his head.

"Maybe, but at least I won't be the Lias who got sent to Azkaban."

"You'll think about it when you are forty, even thirty and regret it. You'll understand with time that staying is what we should do. We are just too young to be making these decisions."

Jade couldn't be more confused and shocked. She expected Draco to run to his room and get his stuff and sneak out of there and just take the first train, go anywhere and start the adventure but instead Jade found the complete opposite.

She knew something was up, she didn't have to read his mind to know. Was it about his father? Was he alright? She didn't know if she should ask or not.

"Are you okay?" Jade asked, concerned written all over her face.

"As good as I can be. Don't worry. Okay? I'll see you around, yeah?" Jade nodded.

Draco, with a small, but fake smile closed the door and left her in shock. What was going on? Even if he had changed his mind he wouldn't have just left her there, he would have invited her in or something.

What normally took her seven minutes, it took her almost twenty to get back home. She was walking so slow as she was deep in thought. When she reached her home, she grabbed the Daily Prophet to see if something had happened to Lucius Malfoy but she couldn't find anything related to him.

Jade went back to bed, again she was up for hours just thinking but eventually she fell asleep.

Hello guys! I'm back!

I didn't mention why I took 3 weeks off. Well, I went on a trip. Half pleasure (and to finally be free for a few days) and half business. I'm hoping to start a Sport Goods/ Sport clothes shop so if you could go follow me on instagram it would help a lot. Even if you unfollow me later... I just want some followers to start :)

So wish me luck with that! And that's why I've been kinda busy lately. I was writing down everything, deciding prices, making sure I earn some money and not lose lol. I already sold some stuff but it's just to friends or family friends so I want to reach more people. Any advice?

But yeah, I'm back! I might take longer than a week to post the next chapter as it will be my birthday this week and I got into a tennis tournament (first tennis tournament in about 10 years) and I'll still train squash and go to gym so I'll be a bit busy and with the "new business."