Later that night we were all at The Burrow. The entire Weasley family was there, including Potter and a bunch of Aurors from the Order.
Apparently there was going to be a meeting to discuss what was to happen now. Mr Weasley told me that the first thing they were going to talk about was about my situation and as such I was allowed to attend. However I had to leave after that seeing as I was not a member of the Order and did not need to hear about the other business they had going on.
We were all seated around a long table in the kitchen. I sat in between Mr Weasley and George.
Every eye was on me and Mr Weasley now and it made me feel somewhat uneasy.
Mr Weasley looked at me and gave me a small smile before standing up to address everyone.
"As you know, young Mr Malfoy here has a death warrant on his head by none other than his very own father. We need to take steps in order for his protection"
The people around the table nodded. My eyes fell on Ron and Harry, who to my surprise actually looked worried.
As I let out a small sigh, I felt a hand rest lightly on my wrist. I looked down and noticed it was George's hand.
He gave me a smile , but let his hand stay on my wrist as everyone started talking and coming with suggestions as to how they were going to protect me.
It took almost 20 minutes before anything was settled, and all the while, George had his hand on me and kept on giving me small smiles of encouragement.
Finally it was settled that I would remain living with the twins, but with Aurors taking turns protecting the place, and me.
I was not to go out wandering on my own from now on. I would always have at least one Auror with me whenever I went outside.
With those words I was excused from the meeting.
The only one besides myself that was not allowed in the rest of the meeting was Ron's little sister and Harry's girlfriend, Ginny.
We sat in her room, she was on the bed, flipping through a book and I was on a chair by the window, looking out at the rainy night.
I liked the rain, as long as I was not out in it getting wet. It was calming to sit like this, looking out the window.
I sat there, thinking about George and it put a small smile on my face.
"Draco….are you ok?" a female voice asked.
I looked up and met the eyes of Ginny Weasley, who had put the book down and was now looking right at me.
I just shrugged a little.
"Yeah, I'm ok I guess."
I could see by the look on her face that I was not fooling her at all.
I was not ok. How would anyone really feel if their own father turned out to hate you so much he wanted you dead?
Sure I did not like my father in the least bit anymore, but I still didn't feel good about knowing that the man that gave me life despised me so much that he asked his followers to use the killing curse on me.
A few moments passed in silence before Ginny spoke again.
"Look Draco, I know we don't know each other really, and that we started out on the wrong foot in school. But I want you to know that if you ever need a friend to talk to, you've got one!"
These words startled me somewhat. Here was this girl, who had so much fire in her from what I had seen and heard in school. A girl who I had been mean to, a girl who's brother and boyfriend I had tormented for years, and here she was, offering her friendship to me.
She laughed a little at the look in my eyes.
"Yes, I am sincere about this Draco. You are not the person you once was, I can see that. All this stuff that is happening to you right now must be very painful for you. So do yourself a favour and talk about it whenever you are ready. If not with me, talk to George. I can tell you two have a bond."
I looked up at her with a puzzled face.
"You can tell that?"
She gave me a smile and nodded.
About 3 hours later, me and George were back at his place.
We had been taken there by 3 Aurors who were now stationed around the street and just outside in order to protect us, or rather me.
Fred were back with Angelina so we still had the place to ourselves. Not that it mattered much at the moment seeing as it was way past midnight and we were both very tired.
"Are you as tired as I am Draco?" he asked with a yawn.
I nodded.
"Yeah, it's been an eventful night."
He smiled at me and we stood there, just gazing into each others eyes for almost five minutes before I broke the contact.
"I guess I'll get some sleep now. Sleep well George, and thank you for the cooking lesson."
George walked up to me and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Anytime, Draco. I had a nice time too. Hope you get a good night's sleep and I'll see you in the morning" with that he leaned in and gave me a soft kiss on the cheek.
I stood there for a long time after he had gone inside his bedroom, just savouring the moment, before I too went to bed.