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"Geo-George," Draco stuttered out with a laugh.
It had been almost an hour since we walked into the Great Hall for dinner and everything was going great. I had been a little worried how the other Gryffindor's would react to Draco sitting with us, but everyone seemed fine with it.
As it was Draco seemed to be getting along well with Lee. Admittedly he wasn't talking all that much. One word answers here and there if he had to, but he was laughing happily. That was more then I could have asked for.
I had no idea when my feelings for Draco had changed. Fred says it was the first night Draco stayed at the Burrow. He had a horrible nightmare that night and had come to our room.
"Lumos," I said sleepily, "Draco? I thought you were sleeping."
A soft whimper fell from Draco's lips causing my eyes to widen. Shaking my head I sat up in my bed and moved to get a better look at him. I had to admit that he looked worse then before.
He was wearing clothes that he had to borrow from Ginny and sadly they were way too big for him. Not in height, Draco was fairly tall, but he was a lot skinnier then my sister.
Sadly whenever Mum came even close to him he'd freak out and try to make himself disappear all together. It broke her heart, but she understood and left Draco to Fred and I.
Right now though I wished he liked having Mum around. I might have always been a 'Mother-Hen' as my twin loved to say, but that didn't mean I knew what to do in these situations.
"G-Geo-George," Draco said his badly shaking horribly while heavy tears streamed down his face.
Draco Malfoy was in my bedroom bawling his eyes out looking more lost then I had seen anyone. Oddly enough he reminded me of how Harry looked when I first saw him. Though Harry never looked this scared.
Standing up I slowly I made my way towards Draco and saw the shaking get worse. He was so scared and I had no idea why or how to make him feel better. Maybe I wouldn't be a good parent.
"Hey," I said keeping my voice soft, "What's wrong, Draco?"
Draco shook his head quickly before throwing himself into my arms and hugging me tightly. He buried his head in my chest his body shaking so badly that I felt myself start to shake with him.
"Hey," I said holding him to me, "Hey, it's okay, Draco. Shh…It's okay."
We stood in the middle of my room for a few minutes Draco simply crying while I held him. Oh, what was I supposed to do? What did Draco need me to do for him right now?
"George," Fred said sleepily, "What's up?"
"Nothing," I said softly, "Go back to sleep. Come on, Draco."
I placed a hand on Draco's lower back and lead him back into his room. Once we were in there I placed him back in his bed and made to leave only to have Draco's hand grip mine tightly.
"P-Ple-Please," Draco said staring at me.
Nodding my head I moved us around so I was sitting on the bed with my back resting against the wall then moved Draco so his head was resting on my lap. Luckily his shaking had gotten better.
"Sleep, Draco," I said running a hand through his head, "Nox."
Shaking my head I brought myself out of my thoughts and looked around. A lot of the people had left the Great Hall already. Had I really been lost in my thought for that long?
"George," Fred said resting a hand on my shoulder, "Come on."
"What?" I asked confused, "Where?"
"We're going to walk Draco to his dorm and check it out before going to bed, remember?"
"Right. Sorry, I got lost in some thoughts."
Fred nodded his head understandingly before motioning towards the doors. Draco, Neville, Harry, and Hermione were waiting for us patiently. Well, Draco was being patient while everyone else was yelling at me to come.
Shaking my head I stood up and walked over to them. As soon as I got to them Draco had me pulled into a tight hug. I could practically feel the worry running off of the blond.
At points it worried me that Draco was just clinging onto people and not really moving forward. This one was of those times. I just didn't know what to do to help him move on.
He had been so hurt in the past by the people that were supposed to care about him. I wanted him to have a good life from now on and if that meant that he was a little clingy, was that really a bad thing?
"Come on," I said letting Neville wrap his arms around the blond, "Let's go see your dorm."
Draco nodded his head and started to walk slowly towards his room. I could tell that he was nervous and luckily I wasn't the only one that noticed. Neville, who was whispering something into Draco's ear, seemed to notice too.
The walk to the dorm luckily wasn't all that long. Soon we were standing in front of painting of three wood nymphs dancing through a forest. They seemed to freeze when they noticed Draco.
"Hello," one said musically, "I am Nessie and these are my sister, Iris and Aurora. You are Draco, yes?"
"Y-Yes," Draco said nodding.
"You have come up with a password, yes?"
"Sicurezza."
It took a moment for Draco to be able to say the password without stuttering, but he did it. The nymphs nodded their head in understanding before letting the door swing up.
"What language was that?" Hermione asked confused.
"It-Ital-Italian," Draco said biting his lower lip.
"I didn't know you knew Italian, Draco. It was beautiful though. What does it mean?"
A bright blush came to Draco's cheeks as he stared at the ground. All the time I had seen Draco, even in the state he was in now, I had never actually seen him embarrassed about anything.
"Safe-Safety," Draco said barely loud enough to heard.
Everyone seemed to freeze when he said that. We all knew that Draco had his safety shattered when he was young, but it was being built, albeit slowly, once again around him.
The people that were going to be able to come in here were the people that he trusted. That he thought himself safe with. Was he truly safe from us? We would never hurt him. Would we?
I hated the thought that I would ever hurt my little Dragon, but sometimes people get hurt by the ones they love though they don't mean to. I don't know what I would do if I hurt Draco.
With a shake of my head to clear my thoughts I followed everyone into the dorm and had to hold back a gasp. It was a lot smaller then the normal dorm rooms, but that was to be expected.
The walls were black in color while the carpet was blood red. The couch, chairs, and, desk were black while the bookshelves were red. None of that was surprising. The amazing drawings that were framed and hanging around the room were.
Looking closely I saw that some of them were of my family, Neville, Hermione, and Harry. Others looked like they were just random scenery things or random magical creatures.
"These are amazing," Harry said staring at a drawing of an old Willow tree.
"Th-Thank y-you," Draco said his blushed getting deeper.
"You drew these?"
Draco nodded his head shyly before turning towards me. I didn't know what he wanted at first, but then I saw hope and fear flash through his eyes. He needed to know what I thought.
Okay, maybe I was wrong about clingy being good. Draco needed to learn to stand on his own two feet without needing approval. But did he ever really have any approval in his life?
My head was so scrambled right now I didn't know what to think. I wanted to help Draco so badly, but there was only so much I could do and I didn't know when I should stop.
Draco trusted me though. I was the first person he ever truly trusted. I could never take that away from him. Did I have a choice about that in the long run? I had to figure this out quickly.
Right now Draco needed a family and I was more then happy to give him that. I was his Mother, his Father, his brother, and his best friend. Nothing would changed that ever.
Now I just needed to get him to be open with more people. I knew he needed me, but he needed other as well. But who else? Okay, now was not that time to be thinking about this.
"Draco," I said stepping closer to him, "You have an amazing gift. I can't wait to see more of it."