Even When There's No Way, There's Always A Will
~* Okay guys, I'm not keeping you waiting any longer, plus, I'm quite bored now, so I'm going to write another chapter. *~
Chapter 14 ~ Confessions
Cho was sitting in the Ravenclaw common room, eagerly awaiting Anabelle and Mariette's return. They had snuck down to the kitchens to steal some food in celebration of Cho getting into the Hogwarts Gold team. They were a little late, because Mariette was trying to get hold of her friends, Fred and George Weasley, so they could tell her how to get into the kitchens. Cho assumed that Mariette and Anabelle would be back soon, and, as she had suspected, a second later, the common room entrance swung open and in came. . .
'Draco!' Cho exclaimed. But after seeing the worried look on his face, she went over to comfort him. 'What's wrong?'
Draco looked at Cho, with a great look of sadness in his face. Cho began to get really worried.
'Draco, you're scaring me, what is going on?'
'Cho, there's, there's something I have to tell you.' Draco said quietly.
'You're not breaking up with me are you Draco? Oh please say that's not it!' Cho got scared.
'No, not if I can help it Cho.' He took her hand, and looked into her brilliant green eyes. 'But there's something that I have to tell you.'
'What? What's going on?'
'Well, you know my father, Lucious? Well, first of all, he's here, secondly, he's made arrangements for me to marry Pansy Parkinson.'
'What?' Cho said quietly, with confusion in her voice.
'I know, I'm so confused, I don't want to marry Pansy, and Lucious is trying to get me to break it off with you.'
'He can't force you, can he? He'll have to go through me first!' Cho tried to be brave, but she knew that Lucious would knock her down in a second.
'Cho, he cannot force me to end what we have, but. . .' Draco trailed off.
'But what? Listen, Draco, I'm trying to understand all of this, and it isn't easy! Just say what you need to, and I'll handle it how I need to.' Cho said, giving Draco a hug.
'Cho, he's threatened me that if I don't end it, he will, and, to him, that means to kill you. Cho, I love you, and I don't want you hurt. Have you ever heard of the saying "If you love someone, you have to let them go"? well, this is like that, but, oh my god, Cho, I'm so sorry.' Cho had started to cry. At this point, Mariette and Anabelle chose to show up.
'Cho, are you alright?' Mariette and Anabelle rushed over to their friend.
'I'd, um, better get going.' Draco said awquardly, and left.
'Oh no you don't!' Mariette ran out after him. 'What the hell did you say to her? One minute she was fine, and the next, just crying. And somewhere in between her two moods stands you, Draco Malfoy. I warned her about you. You're just a no good Slytherin like the rest of them!'
'Look, Mariette, it's not what it looks like, honest.'
'Yeah right, and the earth doesn't rotate around the sun.' Mariette spat.
'I had to do it Mariette, you have no idea, my father would have killed her otherwise.'
'Oh and you think that - what?' Mariette trailed off, with the same tone that Cho had used when she'd found out about the arranged marriage.
'That's right, look, Lucious threatened me to either end it with Cho myself, or he would end it for me, meaning he would kill Cho. I'm trying to protect her. This isn't easy, and you're making it mighty difficult for me.' Draco said, before walking off, leaving a very confused Mariette behind him.
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'Oh god Anabelle, why'd he have to leave me? I could have *sniff* handled his father *sniff*.' Cho wailed.
'His father? What does his father have to do with it?' Anabelle asked, trying to calm Cho down.
'I HATE *sniff* LUCIOUS MALFOY!' Cho screamed. This really caused a commotion in the common room, heads turned, people dropped things, and knocked things over.
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'There you are, I finally managed to get rid of Pansy, Dumbledore and Lucious, you owe me big time Draco Malfoy.' Andrea said apon Draco's arrival back to Slytherin house. He mooched over and sat next to Andrea.
'So do I have to stop all contact with you too Andy?' Draco asked, looking depressed.
'What did you do Draco?' Andrea demanded.
'I broke up with Cho.' Draco said miserably.
'You're kidding? After all I did to keep you and Cho together?'
'Andrea, it's not about that, it's about my father. I appreciate all your efforts, but I know him, he would have killed Cho if I didn't stop seeing her. That letter? You remember? The one I wouldn't let you look at? That basically said "Draco, end your relationship with Cho or I'll end it for you", meaning that he would have killed my Cho.' Draco stopped to breathe in. He found that simple task quite difficult without Cho in his life anymore. He thought about her for a minute, if it was killing him this much, how bad must it be for Cho. 'I screwed up big time Andrea.' He said. Andrea listened, she was good at listening. 'I only went out with Cho the first time to get back at Potter, but it all just got out of control.'
'My my, Draco, yes, you did screw up, but, it's okay, it's not so bad, I mean, now you're free to commit suicide so you don't have to marry Pansy?' Andrea said, looking for something to say that might confort Draco. He made a noise that even Andrea couldn't figure out.
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'Oh why couldn't he have just let me decide whether my life was worth another few hours with him?' Cho cried.
'Are you serious Cho? That's going too far! Maybe it's better this way.' Anabelle gave Cho a hug.
'No! I know it's not better this way! It can't be better this way, I have to go see Draco!' Cho tried to get up, but tripped over. Mariette and Anabelle caught her, Cho was crying even harder now.
'Oh dear, maybe we should get her upstairs.' Anabelle said to Mariette.
'No, NO! I really need to see Draco, we can sort this out, I know we can!' Cho started to hiccgouch badly.
'No, Cho, you need to go and sleep this off.' Anabelle said, struggling to keep Cho from running out of the common room.
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'Draco, you're a mess, you should get some rest, seriously.' Andrea put her hand on Draco's forehead. 'You're burning up real bad, I don't think this is normal.'
Draco felt like an idiot, he took a sip of his water, and began to feel groggy. Andrea looked at him as if he was breaking out in hives.
'Draco! Draco, can you hear me? What's going on? Talk to me!' Andrea snapped her fingers infrount of his face. Draco went out cold.
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'Miss Newbury, I trust you can tell me what's in this water?' Albus Dumbledore said after smelling the water.
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~* Sorry! Don't hate me for stopping it there. . . I'll get another chapter out really soon, hopefully. I just need to get rid of this writer's block! Arg! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Okay guys, I'm not keeping you waiting any longer, plus, I'm quite bored now, so I'm going to write another chapter. *~
Chapter 14 ~ Confessions
Cho was sitting in the Ravenclaw common room, eagerly awaiting Anabelle and Mariette's return. They had snuck down to the kitchens to steal some food in celebration of Cho getting into the Hogwarts Gold team. They were a little late, because Mariette was trying to get hold of her friends, Fred and George Weasley, so they could tell her how to get into the kitchens. Cho assumed that Mariette and Anabelle would be back soon, and, as she had suspected, a second later, the common room entrance swung open and in came. . .
'Draco!' Cho exclaimed. But after seeing the worried look on his face, she went over to comfort him. 'What's wrong?'
Draco looked at Cho, with a great look of sadness in his face. Cho began to get really worried.
'Draco, you're scaring me, what is going on?'
'Cho, there's, there's something I have to tell you.' Draco said quietly.
'You're not breaking up with me are you Draco? Oh please say that's not it!' Cho got scared.
'No, not if I can help it Cho.' He took her hand, and looked into her brilliant green eyes. 'But there's something that I have to tell you.'
'What? What's going on?'
'Well, you know my father, Lucious? Well, first of all, he's here, secondly, he's made arrangements for me to marry Pansy Parkinson.'
'What?' Cho said quietly, with confusion in her voice.
'I know, I'm so confused, I don't want to marry Pansy, and Lucious is trying to get me to break it off with you.'
'He can't force you, can he? He'll have to go through me first!' Cho tried to be brave, but she knew that Lucious would knock her down in a second.
'Cho, he cannot force me to end what we have, but. . .' Draco trailed off.
'But what? Listen, Draco, I'm trying to understand all of this, and it isn't easy! Just say what you need to, and I'll handle it how I need to.' Cho said, giving Draco a hug.
'Cho, he's threatened me that if I don't end it, he will, and, to him, that means to kill you. Cho, I love you, and I don't want you hurt. Have you ever heard of the saying "If you love someone, you have to let them go"? well, this is like that, but, oh my god, Cho, I'm so sorry.' Cho had started to cry. At this point, Mariette and Anabelle chose to show up.
'Cho, are you alright?' Mariette and Anabelle rushed over to their friend.
'I'd, um, better get going.' Draco said awquardly, and left.
'Oh no you don't!' Mariette ran out after him. 'What the hell did you say to her? One minute she was fine, and the next, just crying. And somewhere in between her two moods stands you, Draco Malfoy. I warned her about you. You're just a no good Slytherin like the rest of them!'
'Look, Mariette, it's not what it looks like, honest.'
'Yeah right, and the earth doesn't rotate around the sun.' Mariette spat.
'I had to do it Mariette, you have no idea, my father would have killed her otherwise.'
'Oh and you think that - what?' Mariette trailed off, with the same tone that Cho had used when she'd found out about the arranged marriage.
'That's right, look, Lucious threatened me to either end it with Cho myself, or he would end it for me, meaning he would kill Cho. I'm trying to protect her. This isn't easy, and you're making it mighty difficult for me.' Draco said, before walking off, leaving a very confused Mariette behind him.
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'Oh god Anabelle, why'd he have to leave me? I could have *sniff* handled his father *sniff*.' Cho wailed.
'His father? What does his father have to do with it?' Anabelle asked, trying to calm Cho down.
'I HATE *sniff* LUCIOUS MALFOY!' Cho screamed. This really caused a commotion in the common room, heads turned, people dropped things, and knocked things over.
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'There you are, I finally managed to get rid of Pansy, Dumbledore and Lucious, you owe me big time Draco Malfoy.' Andrea said apon Draco's arrival back to Slytherin house. He mooched over and sat next to Andrea.
'So do I have to stop all contact with you too Andy?' Draco asked, looking depressed.
'What did you do Draco?' Andrea demanded.
'I broke up with Cho.' Draco said miserably.
'You're kidding? After all I did to keep you and Cho together?'
'Andrea, it's not about that, it's about my father. I appreciate all your efforts, but I know him, he would have killed Cho if I didn't stop seeing her. That letter? You remember? The one I wouldn't let you look at? That basically said "Draco, end your relationship with Cho or I'll end it for you", meaning that he would have killed my Cho.' Draco stopped to breathe in. He found that simple task quite difficult without Cho in his life anymore. He thought about her for a minute, if it was killing him this much, how bad must it be for Cho. 'I screwed up big time Andrea.' He said. Andrea listened, she was good at listening. 'I only went out with Cho the first time to get back at Potter, but it all just got out of control.'
'My my, Draco, yes, you did screw up, but, it's okay, it's not so bad, I mean, now you're free to commit suicide so you don't have to marry Pansy?' Andrea said, looking for something to say that might confort Draco. He made a noise that even Andrea couldn't figure out.
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'Oh why couldn't he have just let me decide whether my life was worth another few hours with him?' Cho cried.
'Are you serious Cho? That's going too far! Maybe it's better this way.' Anabelle gave Cho a hug.
'No! I know it's not better this way! It can't be better this way, I have to go see Draco!' Cho tried to get up, but tripped over. Mariette and Anabelle caught her, Cho was crying even harder now.
'Oh dear, maybe we should get her upstairs.' Anabelle said to Mariette.
'No, NO! I really need to see Draco, we can sort this out, I know we can!' Cho started to hiccgouch badly.
'No, Cho, you need to go and sleep this off.' Anabelle said, struggling to keep Cho from running out of the common room.
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'Draco, you're a mess, you should get some rest, seriously.' Andrea put her hand on Draco's forehead. 'You're burning up real bad, I don't think this is normal.'
Draco felt like an idiot, he took a sip of his water, and began to feel groggy. Andrea looked at him as if he was breaking out in hives.
'Draco! Draco, can you hear me? What's going on? Talk to me!' Andrea snapped her fingers infrount of his face. Draco went out cold.
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'Miss Newbury, I trust you can tell me what's in this water?' Albus Dumbledore said after smelling the water.
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~* Sorry! Don't hate me for stopping it there. . . I'll get another chapter out really soon, hopefully. I just need to get rid of this writer's block! Arg! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~