Chapter 8: Back To Normal
Adam and I were out of the hospital in two weeks. Mostly because of Draco. He made me so anxious, I would start hyperventilating and my heart rate would drop, and everybody would make a fuss about it. He finally realized that it was him making it happen, and refrained from over emotional conversation. Adam refused to leave until I was completely recovered. So I was stuck with two fussy babies, and one fussy nurse. My mother went home as soon as I was mostly recovered, except for the Draco thing, and my father never came to see us once. Supposedly he was on some big business trip.
I caught up on all of the homework we had in two days, and I helped Adam with his. We are being released in ten minutes, as soon as Madame Pomfrey checks our vitals. Adam was already up and ready to go. I however was being difficult. My stupid veins weren't showing up, so I was stuck with a needle about twenty times when she finally hit a vein. I'm really lucky that I completely missed all my organs when the dagger went into me. It just shattered a couple of ribs.
"Alright, you two are free to go. Just remember do not over exert yourselves with strenuous activity. This means, no carrying your books to class, no running, or exercise, and never do that again! Get out, and don't come back!" She said shooing us out into the hall. Finally being able to walk around without somebody walking right next to me. I looked around, and didn't see anybody, so I grabbed Adam's hand and dashed down the stairs as fast as our legs would carry us. We reached the place where we enter the common room, and I remembered that we don't have the new password.
"Shoot!" I said. I really wanted to be back in my own bed. Classes weren't over for at least a half hour, and it would take Draco at least ten minutes to get up to the hospital wing, realize we're already gone, and come back here. He would be the first one here, though, because everybody is going to be outside on this beautiful day. I still haven't talked to Adam about what happened, now is just as good a time as any.
"Adam?" I whispered.
"Why do I have the feeling that this conversation is going to end with us all over each other, or at each others throats?" He replied.
"I think we need to talk." I said frankly.
"Yeah, you're probably right." He looked over at me. I sat against the cold wall, and Adam followed suit.
"I could never be mad at you for how you feel. I just wanted to tell you that I feel the same way, but I have Draco, and I love him just a little bit less than I love you. The fact that you're my brother overrides how much I love either one of you. Simply because it's wrong to love your brother like that. We can still mess around, and stuff like we used to, but not when Draco is around. I lost my innocence to him, because I was mad at you. It would have been you I lost it to, if you weren't being so damn stubborn. I finally realized that you love me as much as you say you do, but killing yourself because you hurt my feelings is pushing it a little too far." I told him. He looked down at the ground.
"I'm so sorry, Cammie. I never meant to hurt you. I finally realized that you love me as much as you say you do, but killing yourself because I almost died is pushing it a little too far." He said. I laughed when he said that because he couldn't come up with anything of his own to say.
"So are we cool?" I asked.
"I'd sure hope we're a little more than cool, because otherwise our hearts of ice would melt." He said, making me laugh again. I leaned on his shoulder for several minutes. Nobody said a word. It was silence, but not awkward. Just us two enjoying each other's company. The last bell of the day rang, but we didn't even flinch it wouldn't be too long before Draco come down, anyways. Exactly ten minutes after the bell rang I saw Draco walking towards us. I stood up, and helped Adam get up. Draco stopped two feet in front of me and dropped his stuff. I closed the distance between us, and he scooped me into his arms. I laid my head on his shoulder, and took in his scent. He turned his head towards me and our lips met in one of those kisses that made your knees weak. When we parted he grabbed his bag in one hand, and me in the other. He opened the wall, and we walked into the common room. Draco sat down on the good couch, and Adam sat at the other end of the same couch. I laid my head in Draco's lap and my feet in Adam's. We just sat there, again, nobody making a sound. After a few hours, Draco sat me up.
"I'm going to get dinner, you guys want to come?" He asked. I thought about it. I really didn't want to be around all those people. I started to think about what they would say, how they would treat us. I hadn't noticed that I was hyperventilating again.
"Cammie? Draco, she's not breathing! Should we go to the hospital wing?" Adam said panicking.
"No, I've got this. Cammie, you listen to me. Don't do this, you're going to be fine. Adam, go get her some water, there's some in my mini fridge." Adam got up, and ran upstairs. Draco pressed his lips against mine, and all I could think about was how right this felt. I started to breath again, and he pulled away. He sat down next to me and took my hands in his. I leaned on his shoulder, and he put a protective arm around me. Adam came down with the water, and I took a sip.
"Thanks, guys. I don't know what I'd do without you." I leaned on Draco's shoulder, and held Adam's hand. "Draco, didn't you want to go get dinner?"
"Yeah, but I want to make sure you're okay." He said.
"I'm fine, go ahead and eat. I can't go in there, so I'll just stay here. Adam, you can go if you want." I said.
"I have an idea! Why don't you two meet me by the front doors in an hour. We'll have a celebration dinner." He said excitedly. We nodded, and he practically ran through the door.
"Well, somebody's excited." I said giggling.
"Yeah, that's for sure. I'm going to go have a shower, you want to come?" He asked.
"Yep. Sounds good to me." He pulled me off of the couch, and picked me up, and I was giggling all the way up to his room.
"Good, because I wouldn't have taken no for an answer." He said mischievously. I leaned back on his shoulder, and wished that this moment would never end.