It was the morning after the meeting with Dumbledore, and Aryanna and Draco had not spoken to eachother since she had run away. After making apologies to the headmaster, he went back to the dorm to find her bedroom door locked, and the common room a mess, as if somebody had gone on a rampage of fury, throwing ornaments, pushing the sofa over and even ripping up papers. With a sigh, Draco took out his wand, "Reparo" and at once the room was back to its normal state. Was this how it was going to be from now on? Aryanna leaving behind a path of recklessness and passionate destruction while he trailed after her, cleaning up and repairing her damage? This wasn't how it was supoosed to work out. He had abandoned everything for this one supposedly special girl and their unborn baby and she didn't even appreciate it, she didnt even care. He chose her, out of all the beautiful and alluring females that had knelt at his feet, his ripe for the taking, he had chosen her. He was a Malfy, he was the Prince of Slytherin, he had shunned all his old friends, his old life even, just for her. What sacrifices had she made for him? He had even disconnected from his own father for her sake. What had she done in return? Nothing. But she had bewitched him, which was quite ironic! With her strong, resilent character and her zany antics, with her broken english and her italian accent, she had that magnetism of a wild creature that you wanted to see and get closer to, but there is a danger if you get too close, if you get close enough for it to pounce on you, you will be in mortal that was what Draco felt like with her, every moment was thrilling and passionate, she brought out a part of him he never even knew he had, she made him want to be a better person, yet she made him feel like the best person in the world. She made him want to laugh and live, she was the fire and he was the kindling, she would burn him, he would sustain her in every way possible. He was doomed.
After what seemed like hours of contemplation (for Draco), Aryanna's bedroom door creaked and the lady herself came out,her face tear stained, her eyes as red a blood moon, her curly hair looking matted and uncombed, yet she still looked like an Egyptian goddess, in her oversized t shirt, wearing nothing else.
"Amore, I'm sorry. I know it seemed selfish of me but you have to understand, I want to live my life, I am 17 only, how can I stay at home and let my life go by when there is so much to do, so much to see? I know that people talk, and zat does not concern me in the slightest, but I want to make a thing of myself, si? I don't just want to be a Malfoy's mother or wife, or a drunk's daughter, or a mudblood, I want people to remember my name, and my personality, I want to do everything and feel everything in this wonderful,wide world, because you only live once amore, and once is enough if done properly".
"Ary, I know, i want all of that too, I had dreams and ambitions too, but we have to put them aside because our child should and will always come first, before anything and anyone, even ourselves, our child will always be the first priority. We will love and nurture our child, and remind it every single day that it is the best thing in our lives, because I don't want our child to have a childhood like mine, in a cold mansion, alone and unloved, surrounded by cruelty and expectations. I refuse to subject any seed of mine to that kind of isolated existence, with no parents in body, but parents in only name".
Then suddenly, she broke down in sobs.
"Draco you don't understand, I can't do it. I can't look after another life, nurture it and help it grow. How can I love and care when I have never been loved or cared for? How can I make cakes and kiss my child when I have never truly known a mother's touch? I am not good enough for you, or for this bambini! I can barely look after myself, what if I end up like my mama ? I would rather kill zis child than let it live a life like that!"
"But you have been loved and cared for, by me. Every day I wake up with a smile, because I have you by my side and together, I know that we could take over the world if we wanted to, you make me the luckiest person on the planet, you feel everything so deeply, so I know you will love and care for our child just as I will, more if anything. You alone are worth a million other girls, you are the most special girl alive".
Inwardly, Draco sighed, she was like a little girl, vulnerable and unsure, and he had to protect her from herself, and her own thoughts and fears, before she let them control her.
He could only hold her as she carried on sobbing, her whole body heaving, as she spoke in what sounded like Italian, and after half an hour or so, her face even blotchier yet still beautiful, she stood up, straightening herself, she went to her bedroom to change,and when she came back fullt clother, her hair tied back, she took hold of Draco's hand and pulled him towards the door.
"Come, I'm hungry, we need to eat some breakfast, the three of us". With a smile,Draco cleared her face of the tears and kissed her full lips, lingering for a second or two afterwards. Side by side, they faced the world. Together they were invincible.
They made their way to the Great Hall, which was buzzing with excitement, as there was to be a quidditch game, everybody was talking and laughing, yet as soon as the two entered, it was like a wave of silence had hit the whole room.
"Posso fare questo. Possiamo farlo. Non ci può toccare" Aryanna muttered under her breath, as she clenched Draco's hand even tighter.
With a deep breath, he walked between the tables, their footsteps echoing in the silence, until somebody from Gryffindor's table murmered, "she's such a slag, who gets pregnant at 17?" though it sounded like a shout, because everybody was so silent. a pin could've dropped at that moment and it would've been deafening. Everybody gasped and turned their heads to see who would say such a thing to Hogwarts' most loved couple.
It was none other than Hermione Granger.
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