Chapter Two

—Will I see you tomorrow? —You ask Draco sweetly. He smiles.

—Of course —he replies and kisses your hand...

—Draco? Are you listening to me, Draco? —Narcissa's voice brings Draco back to reality. He had gotten lost in his own thoughts.

—Of course I am, mother —he replies.

—So, what did I just say?

—You... uhm... you just...

—You have no idea, haven't you?

—Well... I...

—You have been so distracted since you returned home from your walking yesterday. You're not like that, Draco. What's wrong with you?

—Nothing, mother. Nothing —he looks away and smiles shyly, thinking of you.

Draco and Narcissa are walking through Knockturn Alley, heading to Borgin and Burkes, carefully not to be seen. A group of death eaters including Bellatrix Lestrange, the vicious werewolf Fernir Greyback and Lord Voldemort himself are waiting for them there. All of them are reunited around an old cabinet.

—Now that our honor guest has finally arrived, this meeting has officially started —a chilling hoarse voice says. It's Voldemort's voice, but no one can see him—. Do you see that old cabinet, Draco? Get closer to it and inspect it.

Narcissa kisses Draco's cheek and nods. Draco gets closer to the cabinet and looks at it up and down. It looks very familiar to him. He had already seen it before, when he was 12, when his father and him were in this antique shop to sell Mr. Borgin several dark objects, fearing that the Ministry of Magic would soon be investigating the Malfoy manor.

That day, Draco nearly opened the door, but Lucius beckoned him to leave before he could do it.

Draco brushes his hand through the cabinet door and a sound that seems like a roof tile shattering on the ground makes everybody turn around to look at the window. Greyback quickly closes the curtains just in case someone is spying them.

—Is your task clear, Draco? —Voldemort asks, coming out of the shadows.

—Yes, My Lord —Draco replies, avoiding making eye contact with him.

—Fine. Now I want you to focus on this old cabinet. This is not an ordinary cabinet, it's a vanishing cabinet. A pair of vanishing cabinets act as a passage between two places. If an object is placed in one, it will appear in the other. This cabinet has a twin hidden somewhere in Hogwarts, but it's terribly damaged. I want you to find it and repair it to allow a group of death eaters to enter Hogwarts without being detected. They will help you accomplish your mission: my plot to assassinate Albus Dumbledore.

—And where am I suppose to start looking for it?

—I'm afraid, Draco, that I can't help you with that, my fearful friend. It's up to you, and just you. And you'd better find it fast and repair it even faster, or else... —He points his wand straight to Draco's neck and pushes, making sure to hurt his Adam's apple. Draco winces in pain.

—I will... My Lord.

The next day, Draco goes to the park to see you again, but only your backpack is on the bench. The lake had gotten frozen and had turned into a natural ice skating rink. He smiles by seeing you skating in this beautiful outfit:

You try to do a triple loop but fail and fall on your right thigh. Draco runs to help you, but he stops by seeing someone else getting closer to you. It's a tall black haired boy with hazel eyes. He is wearing ice skates too.

—Stand up! Try again! —The boy yells at you.

He doesn't help you stand up. You do it by yourself and keep skating. You try to do the triple loop again but fail and fall down over and over and over again, and the boy just keeps yelling at you.

Draco doesn't understand anything, but frowns by seeing this scene. You fall down again and yell in pain. He runs towards you, slipping but mantaining balance through the slippy ice.

—Stand up! —The boy yells at you again.

—I can't, Richard! —You say sobbing.

—You've been practicing this fucking loop for one month and you keep fucking failing!

—I... I'm so sorry, Richard. I swear I'm trying my best —you wipe your tears away but can't stop crying.

—That's not enough!

You cover your face with your hands and let out a loud sob. Draco reaches you and kneels down next to you.

—Don't cry (Y/N), I'm here —he tells you sweetly as he gently uncovers your face.

—Draco —you whisper. He can see the fear in your eyes.

—Who the fuck are you? —Richard asks, red in anger.

—I'm the one who's gonna beat you if you don't stop yelling at her! Don't you see she's hurt? —Draco shouts—. Come on, (Y/N), stand up —he holds your waist and helps you stand up.

—Two days, (Y/N)! I'm gonna give you two days to recover! —Richard drawls.

—But this isn't gonna heal in two days —you reply.

—Perhaps your freak friend has some magic trick to help you —he looks at Draco with contempt and leaves.

Draco frowns and clenches his fists. You grab his fist and gently rub his hand with your thumb. He looks at you and you smile at each other shyly.

—Thank you, Draco. I... —You gasp in pain and grab your right thigh.

—Are you alright?

You shake your head. He places your arm around his neck and holds your waist, and carries you to the bench. You're limping. He sits you on the bench and you raise your skirt. You have a huge bruise on your thigh. It's green with red dots. Tears start rolling down your cheeks again as you look for an ointment in your backpack.

—May I? —Draco asks you sweetly, bowing his hand to you. You nod and give him the ointment. He kneels down and gently applies it on your thigh. His hand is so soft but manly. It feels like a tender caress—. Better?

—Yes, thanks —you smile shyly and wipe your tears away.

—Can you tell me what just happened? —He sits down next to you. You sigh.

—Richard is my coach... —you look down and take a deep breath— ...and my boyfriend.

—What?

His heart breaks, but he isn't mad at you. He is mad at himself for not having meeting you before. Despite of the way he was raised, in just two days, he had fallen for the beautiful muggle girl he met in the park. Now he knows that she has a bloody boyfriend that treats her like trash and makes her cry.

But he isn't gonna give up. He is willing to do whatever it takes to save you and win your heart, but he doesn't know that he already did it the day he met you.

You haven't stopped thinking about him either. The handsome blond magician stole your heart.

Author's Notes

(Y/N) = Your Name

So, (Y/N) is a figure skater and Richard is her boyfriend 😱

But there is so much chemistry between Draco and (Y/N) 😍

Do you think that Draco will manage to save her?

Why do you think she is still with Richard despite of the way he treats her?

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