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No Ron Weasley showdown this time. Next chapter for sure.
CHAPTER 4:
Drake woke up to realize that sunlight from his window was right on his face. He groaned and turned around. He was constantly replaying his fight and breakup with Lily in his mind and mentally kicking himself.
Flashback:
"Why are you angry?" asked Drake.
"Nothing." Lily said as she sipped her tea.
"It's not "Nothing" if you keep glaring at me like a Hippogriff does before it attacks." Drake said.
"Fine. Do you want to know? You don't care about me at all. You're never owl me and you're never on time. You don't act like I'm your girlfriend in front of other people and I'm starting to doubt that we ever were exclusive. Are you embarrassed of me or something? And I hate the way you just assume I'll be there for some ball or event…"
"Hold on." Drake interrupted Lily. "What do you mean by that? We are dating. We are not seeing other people. That means you are my steady girlfriend. Why do you "assume" things? I'm not embarrassed of you. I'm uncomfortable showing my feelings in front of other people. You know that. I've told you almost everything about my life. Things that I've not told a soul including Albus."
"I need you to owl me. I need to know that we are together. You meet me every Hogsmeade trip but nothing in between that. It's not enough! I need more of you. Once a month is not enough for me. I need to tell my parents about us. I …"
"I'm happy with the way things are. I'll owl more often if you want me to but seriously, there is nothing going on in my life that's interesting enough to owl you about." Drake said.
Lily looked at her cold tea and stirred it with a spoon. She didn't say anything but her eyes were threatening to overflow with tears.
"What do you want me to say? I'll say it. I don't know what you want." Drake's voice held the desperation that he felt. "You know how I feel about you."
"That's just it. I don't. I feel like I'm your friend who you occasionally snog. I don't feel like I matter. Even when we started dating, I didn't know if we were dating. You kissed me in the library and that's it, we're a couple?" Lily asked. "I don't think you care about me. You just find me easy to talk to."
Drake totally shut down. Lily was leaving him. She wanted to breakup with him but didn't want to say it out.
"Ok. We'll do it your way, Lily" Drake said, getting up and throwing some galleons on the table. "You want to breakup, then we will."
"I…"Lily said while trying to hold his hand.
Drake moved away and walked quickly to the door, opened it and apparated out of Hogsmeade.
The next thing he knew, he was drunk at a pub near home. Luckily, he was sober enough to walk home.
"Hey. Have this potion or you'll have a major headache," Drake said entering the room.
"Thanks." Drake said gratefully. His head was throbbing and his throat was dry.
"You have 5 owls from Lily. Want me to get it for you?" Drake asked.
"No. Burn it. I don't want it." Drake was feeling betrayed and didn't want to read Lily's owl and add anger to his emotions.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Not in particular."
"In your half-drunken state you did tell me what your fight was about." Scorpius said.
"Then why did you ask?" Drake asked.
"Just wanted to hear your sober point of view." Scorpius sat on the chair next to Drake's bed and threw his feet on the mattress.
Drake and Scorpius sat in silence.
"Well, I'm off." Rose peeked her red head in.
"Bye and good luck." Drake said.
"You're awake. Thanks. I'm nervous" Rose came into the room and put her arms around Scorpius's neck.
Drake felt a pang of jealousy. Here they were being all supportive and lovey-dovey to each other and he was in bed, half-drunk and reeling from the breakup.
"So, what are you going to tell your dad?" Drake asked.
"The truth. It's about time and mom will be there. So, I'll have some backup. I hope!" Rose said.
"I can come with you." Scorpius said.
"And add fuel to the fire? No but thank you. You're going to be in trouble soon enough. Dad's going to give YOU a tough time at auror camp in 6 months time."
Drake looked at Scorpius with an amused look. "Yes. Auror camp is just around the corner for you, isn't it?"
Scorpius gave his friend a hard glare that Rose missed. He looked at Rose and said, "Honey, you better get going."
Rose kissed Scorpius and left the room.
"Boyfriend having secrets from girlfriend. Now, I'm in the mood to talk." Drake got up and sat cross-legged on the bed. And in his best girly voice said, " So dish. What's happening?"
Scorpius threw a cushion at Drake's head. "I couldn't tell her. She's so happy that I'm choosing a career path like her dad. She thinks it's a bonding point or something. If she finds out that I've decided to stay on in Malfoy Industeries, I'm afraid I'll disappoint her. I'll tell her once her parents get on board with Rose and me being together."
"That's never going to happen. Ron Weasley is the most stubborn man on the planet. He hates your dad and you and every Malfoy man that was, is or will be."
"He's going to hate his own grandkid. Nice man."
Scorpius was shocked that he even said that out loud. Drake laughed.
"You're really serious about her."
"Yeah. I am. I'm not thinking marriage in the near future but one day."
Scorpius looked at Drake. "So, about last night…?"
Drake groaned and tipped over so that he was sprawled on the bed. "I don't want to talk about it."
"Not that. I mean does Lily know about you being who you are?" Scorpius asked.
"A bit. I told her I'm the grandson of a notorious, hated death eater. She did try to get some info but I didn't tell her the whole story."
"You make it sound worse than it actually is."
"The truth always is." Drake said.