Light me up when I'm down - The Pretty Reckless
Gabrielle had made her way to the Quidditch Pitch. She had caught up with the girls. "Where did you run off to Miss de Famille?" Hermione asked.
"Thought I forgot my wand, turns out it was here the whole time" Gabrielle chuckled nervously.
"Right" she nodded as they all sat down. Gabrielle looked nervously around hoping that no one had seen her interaction with Draco. She decided to shake her head of those thoughts and focus on the match and cheer on Ron who had his first game.
They were hammered. And the taunting from the Slytherin's didn't help either. "Well…" Gabrielle looked at Hermione who looked worried "he tried his best, there will be other matches"
"I hope so" Hermione nodded.
"You win some you lose some?" Gabrielle looked at her reassuringly "when you lose, there's always another opportunity for a win?"
"Thanks Gabbie" Hermione laughed "but it really shouldn't be me you need to worry about, its Ron"
"I know" she nodded "I don't think Ron would like my words of encouragement at the moment"
"We'll leave that to Harry"
"Good idea" Gabrielle nodded.
The girls made their way through the crowds of people who came to see the Quidditch match. They could hear the Slytherin's cheering "Weasley is our King" as the exited the pitch. Gabrielle rolled her eyes, as well as the other Gryffindor girls that were with her. She suddenly felt a force pull her back and into one of the scaffolding under the pitch. She was startled but her eyes met with a pair of grey eyes that belonged to none other than Draco Malfoy. "What the hell, Malfoy?!" she sighed exasperatedly as she tried to catch her breath "you gave me a bloody heartattack!"
"I'm sorry, Char. I didn't want things to end the way we left them"
"We?! What we?! There is no we, Draco" Gabrielle looked at him "there never was" she said as she turned her back on him again.
"I need you"
"You…what?" she turned around slowly and looked at him.
"I…need you"
"What could you possibly mean by that?"
"Whatever you think its means, Char" he nodded "I'm scared"
"Scared? Of what?"
"This thing that I have to do…for Lord Voldemort" he hesitated. Gabrielle gasped at the sound of his name.
"What do you want me to do about it, Malfoy?" she asked
"I don't know!" he ran his fingers through his platinum hair in frustration "I just need you to be there for me"
"Me? Be there for you? Like you were when I was sorted into Gryffindor all those years ago and you abandoned me? Like that?"
"That was years ago, Char"
"But it still feels like it happened yesterday. Talking to you brings back that memory, over and over"
"I'm sorry, for what I did"
"A Malfoy apologising? Alert the Daily Prophet!" she snapped at him.
"Char! I need you in my life"
"I don't need you in mine" she said as she turned to exit the scaffolding tent.
"Drakie" Pansy's voice was heard "I heard you talking to someone…is everything…" she entered and saw Gabrielle and Draco. She pulled out her wand "What is she doing here, Draco?"
"Parkinson" Gabrielle did the same.
"Recovered, filthy blood traitor"
"No thanks to you, you pugnosed bitch"
"How about I wipe that smirk off of your fa-" Pansy was about to wave her wand to cast a spell when she was suddenly knocked down. She lied straight with her arms straight to the sides of her body. Gabrielle turned to see Draco with his wand pointing to Pansy.
"That was for, Gabrielle, Parkinson" Draco put his wand away and walked over to Gabrielle who stood there in shock staring at him.
"Why did you do that?" she whispered "when the spell wears off or someone finds her and releases her, she will tell everyone that you stood up for me"
"I don't care what people think of me anymore, Char. I've been too busy caring what people thought when I was friends with you and look at what I've missed out on" he sighed. He looked at her, the corners of her mouth slightly showed a smile "I don't want to regret any decision I make when it comes to you, from now on"
"Thankyou" she nodded "thankyou, Malfoy"
"You're welcome, Char" he nodded.
"I…" she looked at Pansy one more time and then back at him "I should go, people will be probably looking for me and I promised Fred…" she trailed off. She knew the mention of Fred's name would upset him "I have to go" she nodded.
"Go" he nodded. Gabrielle started to head out, she turned around and looked at him.
"Room of Requirement tonight? So…we can talk"
"I'd like that" he nodded.
"I'll see you then" Gabrielle walked out of the scaffolding and back toward the castle. Draco was left with Pansy in the full body bind curse. He walked over to her and looked her straight in the eye.
"Hurt her one more time, Parkinson…you'll regret it" he snared as he said the disarming charm and left her there to regain herself.
And here…we go.