Chapter 9: The Blood
All I could remember was the blood and the warmth, and the sudden pain. Was the sudden pain death? Was I in fact dead? If I was in fact dead, then why could I still heart my heart beating and my blood pumping through my veins. I could see the faint outline of bright lights overhead, and when I inhaled, another sign I was not dead I could smell the distinct smell that goes along with a hospital. I was not dead, no I was in a hospital. Most likely St. Mungos. I opened my eyes and looked over to my side. I was in fact in a room that looked like one at a hospital, but something felt different about this room. I sat up too quickly and started to get dizzy, that's when a hand seized my shoulder and pushed me back onto the bed.
"Now Child no need to get up." It was Narcissa's voice… I tried to move but she held me down. "Stop moving, or I will use magic on you, no matter what my son asked or said. Now would you mind filling me in on what happened exactly?"
"Why are we at St. Mungos?" I asked instead of answering her question. Just because I was married to her son does not mean she owns me. And use magic on me my ass! I can fucking do wandless magic, bite me Narcissa.
"We are not at St. Mungos, we are still in the cottage where you had your accident. Just in a different room that we rearranged to create a makeshift hospital room. You are a Malfoy now Eleanor, whether you like it or not." She took a breathe, looked at me sternly and then within a blink of an eye turned to leave the room. The moment she left and the door closed I sat up. I stood up and walked around the room. It was simple and honestly did look like a proper hospital room. I went towards the door, I could hear voices so I leaned up against the door and listened to the voices…
"She is none of your business father! Neither is her virginity and her womb! Back the fuck off, you are only worried about your money! Growing old huh Father! And you mother, she is my wife, and you will treat her as family or you will never see either of us again, except in the presence of the dark lord." Draco basically hollard.
"You know if she isn't pregnant and soon, you will be the one punished not her!" Lucius replied slyly.
"Yes I know father!" was all Draco could formulate as a response.
"Sweetie, why are you now so aggressively protecting her. What happened when you found her?" this time Narcissa spoke.
"None of your fucking business mother, now both of you get off of my property and never come back." Then there was complete silence, you could hear a pin drop. Followed by a shuffling of feet and the front door opening and shutting and then silence again. I stood there against the door paralyzed. "I know you are standing there. Come on out and we can...talk." Nothing… "Please Lennie." I took a deep breath and then slowly turned the door knob. As the door opened, my eyes were automatically drawn to the trail of blood coming from the bathroom and the puddle of blood in the bathroom. Draco must have seen my eyes following the blood and with a swish if his hand the blood was gone and the door to the bathroom was closed. Draco was leaning against a island in the middle of the kitchen. His gaze locked with mine, he held it for a while and then dropped it when he turned towards the fridge. "You want anything to eat?" At first I shook my head and then realized he can't see me.
"No I am not hungry." He closed the fridge and turned back towards me. He looked as if he had been crying. Ugh. He was always such an attention snob. "I want to see my brother." I paused but before I could say another thing Draco spoke up.
"Okay, that's fine but first we need to talk." No, no, no, no, no. "Come sit down at the table, I know you said your not hungry but I am. So I had a house elf cook us food. Its all ready." I followed him to the table and sat across from him. The food suddenly appeared, and the smell hit my nose. I didn't realize how hungry I was. Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Mac n' Cheese, Steak, Chips and Salsa, and cookies. It all smelled really good. I started to fill my plate and that's when i heard the subtle laugh coming from across the table. I sat back and pushed my plate away from me. "Oh please, stop. Do not mind me. After you get some food in your system we can talk and then I will floo you entire family. Not just your brother. Does that work?" I nodded and then continued to eat, water appeared in front of me and when I drank from the cup, my throat greeted it eagerly. We sat in complete silence for almost an hour, it didn't bother me because I was completely content right at that moment. After I finished and sat back I realized he was staring at me. I could feel my cheeks turn a bright red. He just smiled and stood up, he walked towards me and then put his hand out. I took it and he led me down a hall and through a few different rooms. We ended up in the room that looked like a study, there were these french doors that led out to a balcony and the balcony looked like it wrapped over to another room. There was a fire going and around the room spaced out were bookcases. There were boxes in the corner of the study like room and two sofas along with two arm chairs by the fireplace. We sat in the two black leather arm chairs facing each other. I could feel the fire warm my face as I stared into it, mesmerized by its intoxicating beauty.
A/N: Hey I know this one is short, but figured you guys wanted to know what happened a review please and thank you. it would make my day!