My Last Breath
Part Eleven
**FLASHBACK**
I held on to the gargoyle head protruding out of the building. I looked down and Voldemort had a tight grip on my robe and my leg.
"DRACO?!"
I looked up and Harry was trying to grab me to pull me back up. I caught his hand and he started to pull.
"I'M NOT GOING ALONE!"
Voldemort tightened his grip and put more weight on me. His hand slipped off my leg and he was only holding on to my robe. It started to rip and I was almost up. I heard the last rip and then a sudden pressure on my leg and Harry's hand fell out of reach. I was falling again. Further. Further. Further. My shirt caught on to a poll and I dangled there with Voldemort hanging on to me. I reach my hand out and held on to the poll. Looked up to the roof and Harry was gone.
**END FLASHBACK**
I looked out the window of the airplane and watched as London drifted away behind the clouds. I glanced over at Jamie as she slept peacefully next to me.
'A daughter. I have a little girl.'
It was a little hard to comprehend. I didn't know why I had agreed to bring her home with me. I was having enough trouble keeping track of myself. But I guess I felt I owed her something. She never knew me. Just knew stories. And I didn't think she could be that much trouble. From what Hermione tells me she's pretty independent.
"Just like her mother.' I said quietly to myself.
I looked back out the window and slowly drifted off to sleep.
**FLASHBACK**
"What's wrong Draco? Afraid of death?" It seemed like hours just hanging there with the weight of a grown man to support.
'If he would just let go.' I thought to myself. But I knew he wouldn't. he viewed me as a traitor and if he was going to die because of me then I would have to die as well. I thought about just giving in, Josie's gone I have nothing else left. No friends, no family. But then there was the Dream Team. Here I was hanging on to a poll about 20 feet in the air because I was trying to save Harry Potter's life. The kid I hated, the boy who lived. I hated him. Why was I helping him?
He didn't stop Josie from seeing me. From what she had said he encouraged it. He wanted her to be with me. Was it because I had connections to Voldemort and he wanted to get closer?
"Let go Draco!"
"SHUT UP VOLDEMORT!"
I had to do something to get him to let go.
"Draco?"
I looked up to a window about 5 feet above me and there was Harry. He dropped a series of blankets tied together down to me.
"Grab a hold of it." I shook my head. "What?"
"You pull me up you bring Voldemort with me."
"So what? We'll kill him."
"Exactly what I am going to do."
"Draco, don't do anything stupid."
"Why do you care? When did you become so worried about me?"
"When you started making Josie happy."
"Yea, well she's gone. So it doesn't matter anymore."
"Of course it matters. Do you think she came here and sacrificed herself for you to die anyway? If that was the case she would have stayed home and watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
"What?'
"Never mind, the point is she died so you could live. Don't make her death be in vain."
"LET GO DRACO!"
"VOLDEMORT!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!"
I couldn't think, I didn't know what to do. I tried to think but my mind just kept going blank. Part of me wanted to let go the other part told me it wasn't my time to go. I looked up at Harry then back down at Voldemort. I looked back at Harry one more time.
"I'm sorry Harry."
"Draco, no!!"
I let go and felt Voldemort let go as well. When the pressure of his hand around my ankle was gone I grabbed on to Harry's homemade rope. I heard Voldemort scream and curse and then the sound of a body hitting the concrete.
Harry pulled me back up into the window. We sat on the floor breathing hard, our hearts pounding.
Harry punched me in the arm.
"OW! What the hell did you do that for?"
"You almost gave me a heart attack! You ever do that again and I'll kill you!"
"Yes, mother."
We chuckled.
We stood up and looked back down and saw Muggle's crowding around the body and then the muggle police showing up.
"Well at least we know he's not coming back." I said more to me than Harry. He heard nonetheless and started laughing. I joined in.
**END FLASHBACK**
We arrived in Chicago 10 hours later. Jamie had never been in America and was excited.
"I heard a lot about it. There are a lot of amusement parks and such. Can we go to one?"
"Sure. But not now first we need to get you settled in."
We walked out of the airport and waited outside. After about 2 hours Jamie looked up at me with her hazel eyes.
"Who are we waiting for?"
"Jazz."
"Whose that?"
"My Friend."
She nodded and went back to examining the people around. Jazz finally arrived she parked right in front of us. She walked out and paused when she saw Jamie. Jamie looked her up and down examining her short black hair, blue eyes, and perfectly portioned body. Then she looked at me and whispered. "Is that your girlfriend?" I shook my head no.
"Jazz this is Jamie, my daughter."
She smiled. "Hi."
Jamie smiled back at her.
"Jamie pack your things in the back." Jamie went to do so.
"Draco, you never told me you had a kid."
"I didn't know until just a few hours ago."
"She's beautiful."
"Thanks. Oh, if it's ok with you. Can we postpone on telling her that we're together?"
"Um. sure."
"Just until she gets comfortable."
Jazz nodded and we piled into her car and headed home.
***
I knew my life was changed. And I didn't mind it was good to know I had someone else to share my life with. Jamie started school and was an outstanding student. Then later on went to the American School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Everytime I looked at her I saw Josie. And slowly but surely I started to adore my daughter.
Part Eleven
**FLASHBACK**
I held on to the gargoyle head protruding out of the building. I looked down and Voldemort had a tight grip on my robe and my leg.
"DRACO?!"
I looked up and Harry was trying to grab me to pull me back up. I caught his hand and he started to pull.
"I'M NOT GOING ALONE!"
Voldemort tightened his grip and put more weight on me. His hand slipped off my leg and he was only holding on to my robe. It started to rip and I was almost up. I heard the last rip and then a sudden pressure on my leg and Harry's hand fell out of reach. I was falling again. Further. Further. Further. My shirt caught on to a poll and I dangled there with Voldemort hanging on to me. I reach my hand out and held on to the poll. Looked up to the roof and Harry was gone.
**END FLASHBACK**
I looked out the window of the airplane and watched as London drifted away behind the clouds. I glanced over at Jamie as she slept peacefully next to me.
'A daughter. I have a little girl.'
It was a little hard to comprehend. I didn't know why I had agreed to bring her home with me. I was having enough trouble keeping track of myself. But I guess I felt I owed her something. She never knew me. Just knew stories. And I didn't think she could be that much trouble. From what Hermione tells me she's pretty independent.
"Just like her mother.' I said quietly to myself.
I looked back out the window and slowly drifted off to sleep.
**FLASHBACK**
"What's wrong Draco? Afraid of death?" It seemed like hours just hanging there with the weight of a grown man to support.
'If he would just let go.' I thought to myself. But I knew he wouldn't. he viewed me as a traitor and if he was going to die because of me then I would have to die as well. I thought about just giving in, Josie's gone I have nothing else left. No friends, no family. But then there was the Dream Team. Here I was hanging on to a poll about 20 feet in the air because I was trying to save Harry Potter's life. The kid I hated, the boy who lived. I hated him. Why was I helping him?
He didn't stop Josie from seeing me. From what she had said he encouraged it. He wanted her to be with me. Was it because I had connections to Voldemort and he wanted to get closer?
"Let go Draco!"
"SHUT UP VOLDEMORT!"
I had to do something to get him to let go.
"Draco?"
I looked up to a window about 5 feet above me and there was Harry. He dropped a series of blankets tied together down to me.
"Grab a hold of it." I shook my head. "What?"
"You pull me up you bring Voldemort with me."
"So what? We'll kill him."
"Exactly what I am going to do."
"Draco, don't do anything stupid."
"Why do you care? When did you become so worried about me?"
"When you started making Josie happy."
"Yea, well she's gone. So it doesn't matter anymore."
"Of course it matters. Do you think she came here and sacrificed herself for you to die anyway? If that was the case she would have stayed home and watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
"What?'
"Never mind, the point is she died so you could live. Don't make her death be in vain."
"LET GO DRACO!"
"VOLDEMORT!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!"
I couldn't think, I didn't know what to do. I tried to think but my mind just kept going blank. Part of me wanted to let go the other part told me it wasn't my time to go. I looked up at Harry then back down at Voldemort. I looked back at Harry one more time.
"I'm sorry Harry."
"Draco, no!!"
I let go and felt Voldemort let go as well. When the pressure of his hand around my ankle was gone I grabbed on to Harry's homemade rope. I heard Voldemort scream and curse and then the sound of a body hitting the concrete.
Harry pulled me back up into the window. We sat on the floor breathing hard, our hearts pounding.
Harry punched me in the arm.
"OW! What the hell did you do that for?"
"You almost gave me a heart attack! You ever do that again and I'll kill you!"
"Yes, mother."
We chuckled.
We stood up and looked back down and saw Muggle's crowding around the body and then the muggle police showing up.
"Well at least we know he's not coming back." I said more to me than Harry. He heard nonetheless and started laughing. I joined in.
**END FLASHBACK**
We arrived in Chicago 10 hours later. Jamie had never been in America and was excited.
"I heard a lot about it. There are a lot of amusement parks and such. Can we go to one?"
"Sure. But not now first we need to get you settled in."
We walked out of the airport and waited outside. After about 2 hours Jamie looked up at me with her hazel eyes.
"Who are we waiting for?"
"Jazz."
"Whose that?"
"My Friend."
She nodded and went back to examining the people around. Jazz finally arrived she parked right in front of us. She walked out and paused when she saw Jamie. Jamie looked her up and down examining her short black hair, blue eyes, and perfectly portioned body. Then she looked at me and whispered. "Is that your girlfriend?" I shook my head no.
"Jazz this is Jamie, my daughter."
She smiled. "Hi."
Jamie smiled back at her.
"Jamie pack your things in the back." Jamie went to do so.
"Draco, you never told me you had a kid."
"I didn't know until just a few hours ago."
"She's beautiful."
"Thanks. Oh, if it's ok with you. Can we postpone on telling her that we're together?"
"Um. sure."
"Just until she gets comfortable."
Jazz nodded and we piled into her car and headed home.
***
I knew my life was changed. And I didn't mind it was good to know I had someone else to share my life with. Jamie started school and was an outstanding student. Then later on went to the American School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Everytime I looked at her I saw Josie. And slowly but surely I started to adore my daughter.