Yay! It's finally done :) sorry to anyone who was waiting for this... I got kind of sidetracked...
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Well, what was I supposed to do? Going back to school like nothing had ever happened—acting like nothing changed those two weeks... those were the two worst weeks of my life. That last week was pure torture, I couldn't so back to Beauxbatons early, and it would just show how weak I really was. I didn't want to ruin the holidays for Gabrielle and Fleur, so what else could I do?
I stayed in our house the whole time, and when my ever so caring -I'm too nice to say nosy- parents asked me what was wrong and why I wasn't over at Draco's house, I'd leave, not answering their useless questions. I'd go sit on our rock, and even though it was still the one that marked the border between our houses, everything was different. It wasn't special anymore, it was just a rock, but I would still go out there, sitting and remembering what we used to be... how everything used to be.
Of course, Gabrielle noticed something was wrong the moment I got back to school, maybe it was the way I didn't meet her eyes, and when I finally did, they seemed lifeless, like nothing felt right anymore... or maybe she just knew me better than I had thought.
She looked at me, eyes filled with worry, dragging me somewhere secluded, with not as many people.
"Tu va bien? Are you ok?" she whispered, I couldn't look her in the eyes, couldn't tell her what had happened, not yet.
"Later, I'll tell you when we get to our room." Good thing Beauxbatons wasn't like Hogwarts, we shared private rooms with one other person; lucky for me, that one person happened to be Gabrielle.
We got to our room, two beds, two sides of one room; each side was completely different, since we could change anything about it at will. The moment I stepped into it, I looked up at the walls and blanched. I had forgotten I had decorated my half of the room to remind me of Draco. Soft, green carpet, green blanket, silver pillow with a serpent on it; the wall was my favourite colour, a soft baby blue, but there was barely any of it visible. Pictures of the two of us, all in a giant collage on the wall, there were some new ones of me, Gabrielle and Fleur, but not enough. All I could see was the blond hair, framing his delicate face, those silver eyes, a faint robin's egg blue tinged at the edges, barely visible in those moving pictures of us laughing like crazy, from when we met at 3, till the day before we separated for our schools.
Gabrielle walked in behind me; one look at me, standing there, in shock, starting at the pictures told her everything she needed to know. With a wave of her wand, she took down all the pictures, letting them drop into a neat pile by my bed. Next, my bed, everything turned different shades of blue—royal blue, to faint, powder blue, almost appearing white. No traces of green or silver left, the frames around the remaining pictures became swirls of colour, pinks, blues, oranges, purples, all those happy colours that made you smile when you just looked at them.
Not that I could smile; my tears had been welling up in my eyes since I walked into my room, finally overflowing when she started redecorating. When Gabrielle had finished the renovations, she steered me to my new, sapphire blue bed, and held me, waiting for me to let out all the pain, everything I had kept bottled inside me since he said those last words, the words that would break my heart all over again when I heard it in my head.
Afterwards, at dinner, I made my resolution. I would never cry over him ever again, I would think about him as little as I could, it's obvious I couldn't forget about him completely. I could stay with the Delacours during vacations or if I went back to my parents, like in the summer, we'd go travel or something; we didn't have to stay at home, so close to them. Sure, I'd miss Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy, but I guess that would have to be something I would give up if I was to forget him.
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I couldn't truly forget about him, but I kept to my vows, I didn't cry over him—I didn't even miss him. Sure, he was on my mind, but I had managed to push him to the very back, in a corner so I wouldn't think about him. After a while, things were better; I stopped thinking about Draco completely, I didn't worry so much. My French improved, I slowly started to be more social, Gabrielle introducing me to her friends and Fleur's friends. They were really nice, they didn't look at me weird like they did at the start of the year, I had become one of them.
In the end, I really did forget about Draco, except for odd times when everything reminded me of him. Like Valentine's Day, the students had the day off, the girls off to prepare for the dance in the evening. The boys to ask girls to the dance, if they hadn't already, and make sure they didn't look absolutely stupid. While Gabrielle, and one of my new friends, Violette was trying to find a nice dress for me, since mine as apparently "très simple". While they dug through their wardrobes, and their friends, their sisters, and their sisters' friends, looking for the "belle robe" that I needed, I just sat on my bed, watching them, laughing...
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It was December, and the snow had just started falling. Draco and I, naturally, went outside, making snowmen, snow angels, and had a massive snowball fight. When we went back into my house for hot chocolate, my mom was standing in the hallway; talking to a woman I had never seen before. She looked up from her conversation, seeing us, she smiled.
"Oh! Good, you're back. Say hi to your Auntie Becki," looking back to the brunette beside her, she continued, "yea, I guess that would be wonderful, oh Becki, I've missed you so much, it's been too long."
My aunt Rebecca, also known as Auntie Becki; is my mother's older sister, after she moved to France when she turned 17, she hasn't been seen, they've kept in touch, but neither of them could find the time when they both didn't have to work, until now.
"Draco, dear, your parents want you to go home so you can get ready for the party too." She smiled as Draco nodded, said goodbye and ran off towards his house. We were going to a party celebrating the Minister of Magic's 50th birthday, naturally, everyone was invited, excluding Muggles, of course.
"Honey, your aunt brought you a present all the way from France. Aren't you happy?" I smiled shyly.
"Thank you, Auntie Becki." She smiled back at me.
"Now, do you want to show your aunt your room? You can try on your dress and if it fits, you can wear it to the party!" grabbing hold of my 8 year old hand, we went upstairs to my room, closing the door. "Now, we want to surprise everyone with your pretty dress, so we have to make sure nobody sees it until we go to the party." Taking out a small box from her pocket, she tapped her wand on it and it instantly grew bigger.
She opened the box, inside was the most beautiful dress I had ever seen. It had a few layers of very thin fabric, each layering on top of each other, different shades of light greens and blues, the silk shimmering in the light. Taking around the middle was a blue sash, exactly the shade I loved.
Seeing my eyes light up at the sight, my aunt helped me into it. After, I looked into the mirror. It fit nicely the cloth magically adjusting to fit me. The greens and blues complimenting my blue eyes and my light hair Next were the accessories; sapphire pearl drop earrings, a necklace with a star pendant, bright pink stones embedded inside. After I have put all of it on, I looked into the mirror as my mother walked in. I stared at myself laughing; the only thing running through my head was its pretty... I wonder if Auntie Becki will let me keep it... my mother looked at her sister, whispering quietly, and smiles on both their faces.
When we got to the Ministry of Magic, I immediately joined Draco, running off towards all the other kids playing in the giant hall of toys they had conjured for us. Then, when the actual partying started, hand in hand, Draco and I walked to where our parents were sitting; watching our moms and dads dancing. We laughed when they tripped, and had the time of our lives. Then, a slow song started, all the couples leaving the dance floor, three spotlights left on, waving slowly, invitingly.
"Wanna dance?" Draco looked at me, silver eyes shining with mischief.
"Why not? I bet we dance better than half these adults, anyways" I smiled. He was so funny, with his soft blond hair slicked back neatly, like he was trying to look grown up... his parents even got him a tuxedo; not the normal dress shirt and pants like the other kids, though it already had several stains from the food and playing outside.
We walked out into the dance floor, the witches and wizards standing on the sidelines looking at each other and whispering, looking at us with small smiles.
"Oh my gosh, they're so cute! Whose kids are they?"
"I heard that the little blond guy was Malfoy's son... and I think the girl's one of his friends... I don't recognize her parents..."
"Obviously, they're probably neighbours; the Malfoy's live somewhere near a Muggle town now, right? They moved so long ago..."
"Cant you just imagine those two when they grow up? They'll look so cute together!"
"They look really close; you think the little girl's going to go to Hogwarts with him?"
"We'll see, she looks like a Gryffindor though... and young Malfoy's just like his father... I'm guessing Slytherin, though he looks quite handsome in blue..."
"The two of them look perfect together, and green would compliment the girl's hair..."
Wrapping my arms around Draco's neck, he wrapped his around me waist. The two of us "danced", not even paying attention to the music. I don't remember how long we were like that, but we were in our own little world the rest of the night, to me; there was nobody but him.
A/n: I realised I made the other people sound like gossiping teens and that the flashback was kinda... not flashback-ey, but oh well, I guess it seems to fit :)
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