Chapter Two.
Broken Wing
Draco woke up to Hermione standing over him. He got up feeling a sudden pain in his head. When he looked back up to her she had her arms crossed.
"Do you have any idea how much noise you make when you sleep?" She asked
"What do you mean? I don't make noise when I sleep," He said rubbing his hand over his head.
"Well I know for a fact its not Ginny making all that painful racket," She said walking over to Ginny's now empty chair.
"I see Ginny finally got up," He said gathering his cover.
"yeah Ginny wakes up around five in the morning to jog. By now she should be back," Hermione said checking her watch. With that Ginny walked in her hair wet, She was already dressed in her school robes, and there was a glow about her from being outside.
"Good morning Hermione, Draco. Oh yeah I put your blanket back on your bed this morning," She said taking a brush and combing in through her hair.
"Good morning gin, was it cold this morning?" Hermione asked.
"No its a decent temperature this morning." She answered. Draco walked on to his room to change. He heard Hermione say she was off to the showers. He smirked as he heard Ginny's soft footsteps coming toward him. Turning around he saw her staring at him.
"Can I help you?" He asked slowly taking of his night shirt, and grabbing his Hogwarts tee-shirt and tie.
"why did you sleep in the commons area? It felt weird waking up with you laying there sweating and tossing and turning everywhere. What were you dreaming about anyway?" Draco just kept on putting his robes on. "Are you deaf?"
"No I hear just fine. I chose not to answer. Since its none of your business." He said.
"Ginny!" A voice called from the door. Draco walked to his door and saw Harry Potter standing there.
"Harry?" She said shocked. "How did you get in here?"
"Well thanks for the nice welcome babe?" He said walking over to her. He pulled her into what looked like a forced hug.
"Sorry Harry, how are you?" she asked still remaining in Harry's tight grip.
"I'm doing... Malfoy!?" Harry glared over to him.
"Potter?" Draco asked calmly.
"Ginny why is he here?" Harry ask anger filling his eyes toward her.
"I'm here Potter, because this is my room, and because I'm getting ready for classes. Do you have a problem with that Scar head?" He said now going to his closet to put on the rest of his clothes. He listened as Harry talked to Ginny.
"What are you doing in another guys room? Malfoy's room none the less." He said.
"I had to ask him something about our watch tonight. Harry please let go." He heard her whimper. He looked out the closet. Harry was holding onto Ginny's arms. From the look of things he was holding onto her way too tight. "Harry you're hurting me." She whispered hoping Draco wouldn't hear. Slowly Draco came back out. By now Harry had let go and was giving her a hug. Ginny gasped then hid the fear in her eyes.
"I'm leaving now," Draco said. "So you two can get out my doorway." He walked by and Harry and Ginny moved into the commons room. "Bye Ginny." Draco said now leaving the room. What Draco didn't know was that when he left Harry and Ginny had a one sided argument.
Draco walked into the Great Hall will his head held high. He made his way over to the Slytherin table and sat down by Blaze. The dark headed boy gave him an evil glare. Draco smirked at him and began to fill up his plate with the normal morning breakfast.
"Getting tired of those two Gryffindors yet?" Blaze said breaking the silence between them.
"Yeah I guess. Neither one of them talk to me." He answered. "They both seem a little stuck up."
Blaze laughed and went back to his plate. Everyone in the Great Hall remained quiet. It wasn't a very good silence to Draco since his ears began to ring and he felt pain in his scar. So this is how scar head feels, he wondered. He wasn't quite sure why this was happening to him. He looked over to the door seeing Angel there, her hands locked with Potter's. She looked like she was slightly in pain and her cheeks looked tear stained. He felt the need to get up and take care of her, but he stayed where he was.
Finally he had finished his food and he got up. He had Charms first with Hufflepuffs. He sighed and looked over to Angel, there was a bruise on her cheek. That wasn't there before. How did that happen? Again he felt the need to go over to her, but he kept his distance. He vowed to ask her tonight during their watch. Draco knew that charms would be dull. He had always hated this class, yet it came in handy. There was really no meaning for him to be here, he had mastered it at the age of five. No, he wasn't better than Hermione but he would never admit that. He took his seat beside Pansy, the most annoying girl on the planet.
"Good morning dear Draco." She said, grabbing hold of Draco's arm.
"Would you please let me go?" He asked on sweet pea, don't be like that." She whimpered. Draco jerked his arm from Pansy and waited for Flitwick to start teaching.
"Fine, be that way." She mumbled.
They went over all the old lessons from first year to sixth. The Hufflepuff's proved to be quite strange since most of them couldn't do anything at all. The professor got real aggravated after a while, not quite understanding why or how they had forgotten all these easy charms. By the end of the class, Draco was sure he would go mad. He left in a hurry knowing he was going to have Potions with Gryffindors next. He knew seeing Angel would make him a little happier. Though he was still real worried about the way she seemed that morning. While thinking about what all to say to Angel that night. He ran into none other but Angel herself.
"Omph!" Was all he heard before he got a hold on the falling red head.
"Sorry...you okay?" He asked. She didn't look up.
"Yeah I'm fine." She said.
"Why won't you look at me?" Draco asked now, softly placing the tips of his fingers to her chin, and lifting it up to look at him. He gasped, seeing the black, blue, and purple colors around her left eye.
"What happened to you? Get into a fight?" He asked as the young girl began to cry.
"No, Peeves threw something and hit me this morning." She said as Draco took the pad of his thumb and brushed the tears from her eyes.
"Well, did your great Potter fight for you." Draco asked.
"Yeah he fought." She answered, moving away from him. "We better get to class but please come in a little after me?"
"Sure...I can do that." He said, not understanding why he had to do that.
He waited for about two minutes before he entered the class too. Looking over to the right, he saw Harry with Angel. Something didn't seem right between the two of them. He took a seat again before Pansy. Why she had to always be the only one that didn't already have someone with her was beyond him. Ok, so really it wasn't that hard to understand. He watched Angel and Harry through most of the class, wondering if Harry had really tried to help her at all. Along with Harry's behavior this morning with Angel, She seemed to be scared of him. I wonder if she's lying about Peeves. He kept thinking about what he would say to her tonight. When the bell rang he walked out toward the doors. Slowly he walked outside seeing Blaze standing by the lake.
"Zabini." Draco said walking over to him.
"Yes Malfoy." Blaze turned around and glare at Draco. This was a normal greeting for the two. Around their six year they had became friends, friends that couldn't stand the sight of each other. Blaze was knowing as the most feared guy in school now along with the hottest guy. Girls just fell all over him, Draco remembered having the powers Blaze now had, even though he was still high in power.
"What are you doing all the way out here........without your play toy?" Draco smirked. Blaze's new "play toy" are his new girl was Lavender Brown of Gryffindor. She was the new "catch" as everyone called her.
"You know me Draco I've never kept one girl my whole life." Blaze answered a gleam coming into his green eyes.
"Yeah I use to be that way so I know what you mean." He said and Blaze smirked.
"You still are that way, or at least it seems." Blaze said walking toward the school. "None of us have seen with a girl this year Draco."
"No time, Lucious wants me to spend more time on my school work. I have to have higher grades then Granger and the Weasley girl." It bothered him to call her that but his eyes didn't hold any emotion.
"Forget that, you can make better grades then them without studying. Its much more fun studying girls, you should know that " Blazed winked and walked on. "Well I best get Lavender since its lunch time we have a long enough break." Draco laughed.
"Oh so you haven't gotten rid of her yet."
"I never said I got rid of her, I just said I can't keep one girl." Draco shook his head, and walked on. "You know what you should try out......Pansy. She might be annoying but she's good at other things." Blaze winked.
"I've already had Pansy and you know it. Beside I want a challenge not something easy, like the Weasley girl." Draco said.
"Ahh that would be a challenge. After all she's taken by Harry Potter." Blaze said as he walked up the steps.
"I already knew that, I think the whole school knows that." Draco said getting ahead. "I'm going back to the commons room. "Draco waved at Blaze and walked on.
Draco didn't have any more classes that day. He sat around the commons and watched as Hermione would walk in and out. She never seemed to want to stay in one place. Finally it was dinner. He walked out eating quickly and met Angel up at the doors. He knew what he was going to ask her when he had the time.
"Hello Draco." Ginny said half-smiling.
"Hey Ginny. Your eye looks better." He pointed out.
"Yeah Madam Pomfrey can do wonders can't she?" She said.
"Well we best get started on the watch." He said.
They walked on up to the Astronomy tower. Most couples headed up that way during dinner. The caught Blaze and Lavender up there. Once they had detention they walked back down. Around 11:28 Draco finally had a chance to ask Angel about the bruise.
"Why don't we sit here and wait maybe someone will come through." Ginny nodded and sat down nest to the suit of armor.
"We might not have to bust anyone else tonight." She said
"Yeah I figured that too, but we aren't to go back until twelve." I've been waiting to ask you something all night." He said.
"What is it?" She asked.
"You and Harry, the two of you don't seem to be right most the time. Like this morning you looked so scared when he was hugging you. And right after that you had a bruise on your cheek. The later I saw you with a black eye. I know you said it was Peeves but it seems like he might be doing this to you." He said and she began to cry.
"Why would you care?" She asked with a sob. "Beside he doesn't do anything to me." She sobbed again.
"Then why are you crying? If he doesn't do anything to you then why would you be crying? Its doesn't make since." He looked away.
"Shut up!" She yelled putting her head to her knees.
"Why are you being like this? Why should you cry if he doesn't do anything?" He said looked over to her.
"Why does it matter? Why would you care if anything happen to a Weasley? Do you want to get Harry into trouble or something?" She said between sobs.
"Is that all you think it I think about? Getting Potter in trouble was what I did my first years. No for once Ginny I'm showing that I care. Now tell me.....does Harry Potter hurt you?"
Ginny sat there quietly, still crying. She looked out into space acting like she was looked for words to say. Draco looked away from her waiting for her answer. Her head was moving around but he kept his gaze in front. She mumbled a little, and he looked over to her.
"What?" He asked.
"He does.....he does hit me? Fresh tears began to roll down her flushed cheeks.
Wow sorry it took so long guys I had a lot going on and didn't get to write.