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Chapter 7: The Purest of Pain.

            Draco was whistling, when he went to his dormitory. It was a great day. Gryiffindor lost to Hufflepuff: 5 to 150. Meaning their last chance to win the cup would be the match against Slytherin. Draco smiled, thinking, " They are so going to lose." Pansy was coming tonight. He didn't really like Pansy. But she was so easy to use. Faye was doing great so far, except those on going fights with the Weasel. He went up to the portrait and said the password. Like always, the sphinx looked at him and kicked the dirt. It was really annoying. Anyway, he went in and inside he saw Faye sleeping on the couch. Draco smacked her on head.

            "You know, you can't come in whenever you want. And, how is it you know the password anyways?"

            Faye sat up and yawned. "You dork, you use that password for everything. I didn't think you mind. Mia spending most of the night with the rest of the Gryiffindors because of that damn lost. Hufflepuff's happy as hell. Huge party tonight. Wanna crash?"

            "Can't. Does the sphinx kick dirt at you when you tell him the password? No, better yet, why is there a sphinx?" He went up the stairs and in the bathroom.

            Faye followed him to the door. "It's Mia's favorite animal and Mia doesn't like you. That's why it kicks dirt at you and your dragon fires at Mia. Why can't you?"

            Draco opened the door with a razor in one hand, "Because I got a hot date tonight with Pansy."

            "That annoying bitch?" She wrinkled in nose in disgust.

             "Yes, that annoying bitch. So, you can't stay here. Go cry with the rest of the Gryiffindors." Draco went the room.

            "Why sulk when I can party with a lot of hot guys?" Faye plopped on his bed.

            "You are not going to that party. Which robe?" He held up a gray one and a blue one.

            "The gray one looks more expensive. That'll impress her all the more. What do you mean I can't go?"

            Draco put on the robe, "It should. It's worth a lot more than all the normal ones. Those parties are not suitable for you."

            "Sorry to break to you, I'm going. I'm going to have fun. I'm going to dance and probably meet and hook up with a really fine guy. Most importantly, there's nothing you can do"

            "There's a lot I can do to stop you."

            "No, you can't. You are not my father."

            "I'm just the closest thing you got to one. Besides, it's not like your real one wanted the job anyway."

            Faye stood up, slapped Draco with all her strength, and then ran down stairs. When Draco finally got up to chase her, he found her at Mia's door to Gryiffindor. Only she didn't know the password, so she just sat in front shaking. How dare he say that! She knew her father didn't want her. It's a wonder, he didn't kill her. Instead, he did something worse. But still, how could Draco say that. Especially, when he knew how bad it feels to know your own family doesn't want you.  Funny though, she didn't think it would hurt this much to be reminded.

            "I'm sorry, Faye," Draco reached out to stroke her hair like he always did. Faye backed up.

            "What happened to you? You changed so much."

            "I'm still me," Draco muttered.

            "I want my Draco back," Faye stood up, making her way to the door.

            "What are you talking about?" Draco moved quickly to block her from the door.

            Faye lifted her chin up and looked Draco straight in the eye, "I want the Draco that would wake up a half an hour early to make sure I would wake up on time. I want the Draco who would come to sleep in my bed when either of us had a nightmare. I want the Draco who cursed that muggle clown for not being able to make me a balloon phoenix. I want the Draco that sang me any song in any language I wanted on his guitar and only sang for me." Faye had tears forming in her eyes but she held them in because she knew she couldn't cry. Draco just stood there. He couldn't remember when he cursed that clown she was talking about. Faye walked around him to the door.

            "I'm still here, you know." Draco turned around.

            Faye just opened the door and without turning around, simply stated, "I want the world to see my Draco."

~*~*~*~ Two Hours Later ~*~*~*~

            Mia walked in to find a disturbing sight. Draco was in his boxers only, jumping on the couch. It wouldn't have been that bad. Hell, let's be honest, he looked good. But it was still Draco. And that was just wrong, no matter how great he looked without a shirt.

            "Malfoy, what the hell are you doing?" Mia questioned.

            Draco, being surprised, fell off the couch. After getting up and readjusting his glasses, he replied, "Jumping helps me think. Not that it's any of your business"

            "You're half-naked in our common area. It is my business. I thought Pansy was supposed to be here and you wear glasses?" She wrinkled her nose at mentioning Pansy.

            "A- I kept tripping over my robes and I thought you were spending the night with the rest of the losers. B- how did you know about Pansy and yes, I wear glasses to read. I was trying to study to get my mind off Faye." Draco went back to jumping.

            "Pansy has a big mouth, but you should really know about that by now. What's up with Faye? She seemed fine, a little mad but fine."

            "You saw her? Where is she? Is she ok?" Draco stopped jumping.

            "Yeah, She went to that party with Lavender and a couple of other girls. She got into a huge fight with Ron over her not being a traitor and left."

            "Fuck." Draco jumped off the couch and ran to his room. Mia, who couldn't stand a mess, started to fix the couch up. Draco reappeared dressed with a ring in his hand. "Shit, it's green."

            "What are you talking about? You know what, I don't care. I'm going to . . . " She didn't get to finish her sentence for Draco ran out. "Ok, never mind."

~*~*~*~ An Hour Later ~*~*~*~

            Mia was dreaming of being the first Muggle-born witch to be Minister of Magic She was standing at the podium while the crowd was chanting "Granger, Granger!".  It was great until one of her admirers threw a pillow at her. Mia woke up to see Draco's face two inches away from hers.

            "Get dressed, get all your potion materials, and meet me downstairs in five minutes." Draco turned the light on. Mia stuffed her face in her pillow. "Granger, come on." And with that he left. Mia got up and did what she was told. She didn't know why but she did it. Groggy, she made her way downstairs and sat on the couch. She put her head down and closed her eyes.

            "What are we doing?" she yawned.

            "We're making an antidote," Draco responded

"Why?"

"Damn it, Granger. Open your fucking eyes!" She opened her eyes and saw Faye. Faye was poking at a black couch; she introduced herself to it, and asked it how it was doing.

"What is wrong with her?"

"She's high, you idiot. I went to the party and found her like this, dancing on a table," Draco said coldly. "And I need your help to brew the antidote, it has to be exact or she stays like for a day and she gets expelled."

"How did she get high? Hufflepuffs are usually so nice."

Draco snorted, "No, they are not. They are pissed because they are the leftovers. They are not the intelligent, the brave and the boldest nor the cunning. They are what the other houses didn't want: nothing. So, they do the most idiotic thing ever, they get high. Do you now understand HUFFlePUFF?"

"That's horrible. Wait, why haven't they been caught?"

"They're not idiots. Faye, stop poking my stomach," he pushed her hand away. Faye went back to the couch and told it, it was her only friend. Draco looked at her and sighed. "So, you in?"

Mia shrugged, "What the hell?" He gave her the list of ingredients. Her jaw dropped. "Malfoy, where are we going to get dragon blood and badger dung at 4 in the morning?"

Draco got up, "Leave that to me. Just watch over her and make sure she doesn't do anything." He went over and kneeled by Faye, "Hey, duck. Do me a favor and do whatever Granger says. Ok?" Faye merely nodded. Draco sighed, got up, and went to the door.

"You know Burt," she patted the sofa. "Me and Draco are engaged," A puzzled look appeared on her face. "or we were. I'll have to ask. I hope not, that would be gross. I'm his duck and he's my Darkle." Mia held in a giggle. "Thank god, he found me." Faye continued to talk to "Burt". Mia decided to take twenty-five points from Gryiffindor. After all, her getting high couldn't go unpunished. When Faye got better, Mia was going to give her a lecture on peer pressure, saying no, and the side effects of getting high. Mia still couldn't Faye would do something so dumb.  

"Burt, why aren't you talking back? Burt, are you dead?" Faye's voice started to crack a little. "No! Burt, come back. Please!!!" Mia wasn't sure what to do. It's not everyday, one of your best friend is crying over a "dead" couch. The same instant Faye put her head down to cry, Draco came in through the door.

"What is she doing?" Draco asked, terrified.

"Seems like she's mourning over  'Burt's death'" Mia shrugged.

Draco tossed the ingredients to the side and ran to Faye's side. He picked up her head away from Mia's view and wiped the tears away.

"I'm sorry, Faye. It's all my fault. Please stop crying." He took Faye in his arms. "I promise to make everything better."

"Where did you get all the ingredients?" Mia wondered in awe.

Draco put Faye on the couch. "Doesn't matter. Let's get started."

~*~*~*~ When the Potion was done ~*~*~*~

            Mia looked at the thick brown liquid in disgust. Thank God, she had the sense to never get high. Draco spooned some of the potion and tried to give it to Faye. But, Faye wouldn't open up.

"You didn't remember the clown, did you?" Faye accused.

"No. I do now though. We were five and they took us to London to see some parade. Some clown went up to you and asked what balloon animal you wanted. He didn't even know what a phoenix was. You were so close to crying, I put his pants on fire," Draco grinned, being proud of that even at the age of five, he could put someone in hell.

"You got five seconds for that." Before she could finish her sentence, Draco shoved the spoon in her mouth. Faye swallowed the rest, saying it tasted good. "Like plums and vanilla." 15 minutes went by and Faye was still high.

"Shouldn't she be straight now?" Draco mumbled.

"She needs to go to sleep first," Mia answered automatically.

"That should be easy. Faye, let's all go to bed." Faye shook her head. "You should be really tired," She still shook her head. "What can I do to get you to bed?"

"Sing," Faye started jumping on the couch.

"Lullaby, say goodnight" Draco began to sing.

"I may be high, but I'm not retarded. That's funny sounding 're- tard- ed'. Anyway, you know what I meant. I want spanish." Faye clapped, looking excited. Mia just looked confused. Draco growled and went up stairs to fetch his guitar. When he came down, he almost laughed at the expression on Mia's face. Her eyebrows looked like they were going to disappear in to her hairline.

"What, Granger? Never seen a guitar before?" he mocked.

"Spanish, spanish!" Faye clapped all happily.

"Then, you'll go straight to bed, deal?"

"Mia won't understand it," she pouted. Then, her eyes lit up. "Sing it in English for Mia when I go to bed and it's a deal."

Draco looked like he was going to puke. So what if he couldn't call Granger a Mudblood? She was, is and will always be one. But he knew it was the only way. "Deal. It's called A Puro Dolor."

Draco wanted this over as possible. So, he began to sing and play.

 
♪Perdona si Te estoy llamando en este momento
Pero me hacía falta escuchar de nuevo
Aunque sea un instante tu respiración 
 
Disculpa sé que estoy violando nuestro juramento.
Sé que estás con alguien, que no es el momento.
Pero hay algo urgente que decirte hoy,
 
Estoy muriendo, muriendo por verte.
Agonizando, muy lento y muy fuerte. ♪
               
               Mia was pretty surprised. He was really good. However, that didn't mean she wanted the encore presentation. She was still concerned, extra time is a bad time.
               
♪Vida, devuélveme mis fantasias,
Mis ganas de vivir la vida,
Devuélveme el aire.
Cariño mío, sin ti yo me siento vacío.
Las tardes son un laberinto
Y las noches me saben
a puro dolor. ♪
 
               Faye was having a great old time. She missed this. She needed this.
               
♪Quisiera decirte que hoy estoy de maravilla,
Que no me ha afectado lo de tu partida.
Pero con un dedo no se tapa el sol.
 
Me estoy muriendo, muriendo por verte,
Agonizando, muy lento y muy fuerte. ♪
 
               Faye's head started to droop.
 
♪ Vida, devuélveme mis fantasías
Mis ganas de vivir la vida
Devuélveme el aire
Cariño mio, sin ti yo me siento vacío
Las tardes son un laberinto
Y las noches me saben
A puro dolor
 
Vida, devuélveme mis fantasías
Mis ganas de vivir la vida
Devuélveme el aire
Cariño mío, sin ti yo me siento vacío
Las tardes son un laberinto
Y las noches me saben
A puro dolor
 
Vida, devuélveme mis fantasías
Mis ganas de vivir la vida
Devuélveme el aire ♪
 
               Faye started to snore quietly. Draco put down his guitar and picked her up. As he carried her to his bed, he sang the last verse.
 
♪ Perdona si te estoy llamando en este momento
Pero me hacía falta escuchar de nuevo
Aunque sea un instante tu respiración ♪

            Draco ran down stairs. She was nowhere insight. So, he grabbed his guitar and walked to her room. He remembered what happened on the train, so he knocked.

            "What?" asked Mia.

            "I made a deal with a certain high lady that I would sing you a certain song in English. As a gentlemen, I never break promises or deals," Draco said, pushing his way in and sitting on her couch.

            "She won't even remember," Mia pointed out.

            "Yes, she will. She'll also quiz you," Draco said. "Now, shut up, sit down and let me sing." But he didn't say in a harsh voice like usual, he said it in a mocking way. Once again, Mia did as told. If a month ago, someone told her Draco Malfoy would sing to her in her bedroom, she would have sent him or her to St.Mungo's.

♪Sorry didn't mean to call you but I couldn't fight it
I guess I was weak, couldn't even hide it
And so I surrendered, just to hear your voice.
 
Don't know how many times I said I'm gonna live without you,
And maybe someone else is standing there beside you,
But there's something, baby you need to know.
That deep inside me, I feel like I'm dying. I have to see you,
It's all that I'm asking.
 
Vida, give me back my fantasy. 
The courage that I need to live,
the air that I breathe.
Cariño mio, my world's become so empty. 
The days are so cold and lonely
And each night I taste the purest of pain.
 
I wish I could tell you I'm feeling better everyday that it didn't hurt when u walk away but to tell
that truth, I can't find my way
That deep inside me, I feel like I'm dying. I have to see you,
It's all that I'm asking.
 
Vida, give me back my fantasy. 
The courage that I need to live,
the air that I breathe.
Cariño mio, my world's become so empty. 
The days are so cold and lonely
And each night I taste the purest of pain
 
Vida, give me back my fantasy. 
The courage that I need to live,
the air that I breathe.
Cariño mio, my world's become so empty. 
The days are so cold and lonely
And each night I taste the purest of pain
 
Vida, give me back my fantasy. 
The courage that I need to live,
the air that I breathe.
 
I'm sorry I didn't mean to call you but I couldn't fight it.
I guess I was weak, couldn't even hide it
And so I surrendered just to hear your voice.♪

            "That was lovely," Mia said. Draco searched her face for any signs of sarcasm, but he couldn't find any. Maybe she wasn't a Mudblood.

            "Thank you," he responded.

            " Do you write any of your stuff?" she asked.

            "Nah, ripping off stuff from the radio is so much easier." Draco smirked. He looked at his watch. "Granger, you better get to sleep. You have a good three hours left."

            "You're not tired?" Mia yawned.

            "I'm an insomniac. I can go days without that much sleep."

            "Insomniac? That must suck," Mia got under the covers.

            "It's ok. It's like you're not sleeping, but you're not really awake. Night." He got up and turned off the light. Mia snuggled under the covers. Maybe extra time isn't necessarily bad time.

            "Malfoy, can I ask you a question?" Draco, who was about to open the door, came back and turned on the light. Mia took that as a yes. "How did you know Faye wasn't ok?"

            "Do you know those muggle rings that change color when their moods change?"  Mia nodded. "Me and Faye enchanted some rings to do the same. Only my ring shows her moods and vice versa."

"Not a lot of privacy," Mia noted.

"Me and Faye are really open with each other. By the way, thank you. Good night," Draco turned off the light and left the room. Mia smiled in the dark. Maybe Malfoy could be human.