Chapter 22
I do not own Harry Potter in any way.
A/N - Anyone see the new stills from "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?" It looks like it's going to be awesome!
Draco paced his room. Where was she?
"Draco, sweetheart, I'm sure Rosalie is fine", his mother told him.
"She should be back! I should have never left her!" Draco said running his hands through his perfect hair.
Lucius walked into the room and said, "Honestly Draco, calm down. She's safe".
Draco stopped. "Where is she?" he asked.
"She's safe at home. The Weasley's returned her to her father", Lucius told him, "Now will you stop acting like a child!"
"I have to see her", Draco said brushing past his father.
"Draco, I'm sure she fine", Narcissa said, trying to soothe her distressed son.
Draco ignored her and flooed to Spinner's End.
"I was wondering when you would be here", Severus said.
"Why didn't you owl me?" Draco asked. His name was all he heard before Draco was tackled.
"I was so scared", she told him, "When you didn't come find me after…I was afraid that…" Rosalie dissolved into tears.
Draco stroked her hair as he tried to calm her.
Once Rosalie was calm enough she asked, "Your father was one of them wasn't he?"
Draco froze looking to Severus for help.
"Out of all his followers, Lucius continued to follow the Dark Lord, even after his death", Severus told them, "I believe the Dark Lord is gathering his strength…"
"There's another war coming, isn't there?" Rosalie asked.
"You're too young to be worrying about things like this", her father told her.
Draco had been quiet through the whole conversation.
"Draco?" Rosalie asked him.
He got up and headed for the fireplace.
"Draco!" Rosalie said, "Where are you going?"
"Home, Rosalie", he told her.
"You don't have to go", she said.
"My father didn't want me to come in the first place! Don't you see, Rosalie? I'm not good for you", he said.
Rosalie took his face in her hands and said, "Listen to me, Draco Lucius Malfoy. I love you and I'm not the type to run away from a fight. I'm not going to back down".
"But what about…?"
Rosalie cut him off with a kiss. "I love you and I'm not letting go of you. No matter what", she told him.
A week later, the two sat on the train.
Rosalie had a bad feeling about this year.
Something big was going to happen.
"Something wrong, Rose?" Blaise asked her, "You're quiet".
"I'm fine, Blaise. Really", she said.
Rosalie and Draco hadn't talked much since the night in Spinner's End.
Lucius had practically forbidden Draco from seeing Rosalie after returning home.
When they got closer to Hogwarts, Draco got up to go change into his robes.
Blaise and Rosalie were left alone.
"Okay, fess up. What's going on?" he asked her.
"I'm guessing you heard about the Quidditch World Cup?" she asked him.
"Who didn't?" Blaise said.
She told him about what had happened in Spinner's End. "Lucius basically said that he couldn't see me until school started up again", she said.
"Lucius is…a difficult man", Blaise told her.
"You're telling me. He used to love me when we were younger. Now…he's being frosty towards me", Rosalie said, "I just don't understand".
Draco reentered the compartment and sat down by Rosalie's side. "Is something wrong?" he asked her.
Rosalie turned to him and smiled. "No. Everything's fine", she told him. She leaned in and kissed him.
"Unless you want to see my breakfast, I would stop", Blaise groaned.
Rosalie pulled back and said, "What's wrong, Blaisey? Not getting any?"
"Please. I can't keep the girls off me", he scoffed.
"I heard there's a special event going on this year", Draco said, "Father told me".
At the mention of Lucius, Rosalie stood up and grabbed her stuff. "I'm going to go change", she told the two boys. She pecked Draco on the lips, before leaving.
It would be a miracle if she got through this year alive.