Chapter Eighteen

Richard comes towards you with an indescribable anger expression on his face.

—You fell in love with your freak friend, didn't you?

Draco frowns and clenches his fists. You open your mouth to reply, but you get interrupted by Draco.

—HOW YOU DARE TO TOUCH HER?! —He yells in anger as he stands up and walks towards Richard—. A woman must not be touched not even with a rose petal!

—And I guess that YOU are gonna teach me —Richard replies sarcastically and pushes him with strength.

Richard is taller than Draco, but Draco is not intimidated by him.

—Oh yes. I'M GONNA TEACH YOU, BASTARD! I'm gonna give you a lesson that you'll never forget! —Draco shouts and punches him in the nose with all his strengths.

You hear a crunch. Draco just broke Richard's nose and, two seconds later, they start fighting. They're hitting each other, rolling on the ground, and you feel helpless.

Richard unleashed Draco's wrath. A superhuman strength that not even Draco himself knew he had, so he takes control of the situation and straddles Richard, and grabbing his shirt, Draco shakes him, hitting the back of his head against the ground.

—DON'T... DARE... TO... TOUCH... HER... AGAIN! —Draco shouts with every shake.

—Love! —You yell in tears and Draco looks at you—. He isn't worth it.

Draco rolls up his left sleeve and shows Richard his dark mark.

—Do you see this, bastard?! You're not given this for being a sweetheart! If you dare to touch her again, I SWEAR I'M GONNA KILL YOU!

Draco stands up and spits next to Richard's face, and then hugs you with all his strengths. His hair is messy and his clothing is dirty.

Richard stands up and spits out a threat:

—You stole my girlfriend, freak! But I swear I'm gonna steal you something so precious that YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT BACK! NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO!

Richard leaves. He is probably going to the hospital to get his nose fixed. You can't stop crying and Draco kisses your forehead to comfort you, and wipes your tears away tenderly with his kisses.

—It's over, babe. Don't cry, love.

You close your eyes and melt with him in that hug. Suddenly, you feel Draco's arms twisting away from you, so you hug him with all your strengths. You're pressed very hard from all directions, you can't breathe, you feel iron bands tightening around your chest and your eardrums are being pushed deeper into your skull.

You open your eyes and see Draco's beautiful face. Both of you are still melted in a hug. He smiles at you and you smile back at him. But something has changed. Draco and you are not in the park anymore, but in a place you've never been before. It looks like a school lavatory.

—What happened, Dray? Where are we? —You ask confused.

—Hogwarts. This is the second floor girls' lavatory.

—You're kidding me, right?

Draco smiles and shakes his head. Your jaw drops, but before you can say something else, you feel terrible nausea, so you cover your mouth with your hands and run to a cubicle to throw up.

Moaning Myrtle appears next to Draco with her face twisted in a grimace of disgust.

—Eww! Is this her first side-along apparition? —She asks.

—Uh-huh —Draco nods.

—Who are you talking to, Dray? —You ask.

—With me! —Myrtle appears just in front of you and you let out a high pitched scream.

—Hey, it seems like you saw a ghost —she laughs out loud.

—That isn't funny, Myrtle! —Draco reproaches her—. Are you ok, love? —He tucks your hair behind your ears. You nod.

—Wait. If he called you "love", you must be her: (Y/N), his girlfriend. Draco told me a lot about you —Myrtle adds. You blush and smile.

—It's a pleasure to meet you finally, Myrtle. But Dray and I aren't sweethearts. I mean, not formally —you get close to the sink and wash your face and mouth.

—I can arrange that part —Draco hugs you from behind.

You turn around and he towels your face dry tenderly with a white towel, and you notice that he has blood on his lower lip.

—You're bleeding, love —you gently clean up the blood off his lip with the towel. He smiles.

—Now that the monster has gone forever —he kneels down—, will you do me the honor of becoming my girlfriend? —He takes off his ring and places it on your ring finger. The ring gets shrink magically and fits your finger perfectly.

—Dray, sweetie, it's your family ring —you reply with tears in your eyes.

—You're a part of my family now, my love —he entwines his hands with yours.

—Aww! —Myrtle sighs.

—Myrtle! You're still here —Draco and you say at unison.

—Of course I'm still here! It's my lavatory, geniuses.

—Oh my God! I shouldn't be here! What if I get caught? —You say nervously—. And you shouldn't be in the girls' lavatory either, my love.

—Don't worry, babe. No one comes here.

—Why not? —You ask confused.

—Because of me —Myrtle replies with sadness—. No one wanna be near fat Myrtle, ugly Myrtle, miserable...!

—Stop it! —You exclaim.

—Nobody missed me even when I was alive. It took them hours to find my body.

—How did you die, Myrtle?

—Tom Riddle made fun of my eyeglasses and I came here to cry. There, in that cubicle —she points at it—. Suddenly, I heard someone else entering the lavatory and I opened the cubicle door to tell them to get away... The last thing I remember is to have seen a pair of giant yellow eyes over that sink —she points at it—, and... —she gasps— ...I died.

—A pair of giant yellow eyes?

Myrtle starts sobbing and disappears into the toilet of the cubicle where she died.

—She is sensitive —Draco adds.

—Yes, I can feel it.

—Many years ago, Salazar Slytherin was responsible for the construction of the Chamber of Secrets. It was specifically created for the purpose of purging the school of all Muggle-born students. The chamber contained a basilisk, which could be controlled only by his own "true heir", and used to rid the school of all those he considered unworthy to study magic.

—That's horrible! But, who is his "true heir"?

—Can't you think of anyone?

You think about it for a second and gasp, covering your mouth with your hands.

—Voldemort?

—Shh! Don't say his name.

—I'm sorry.

—But you're right. His real name is Tom Riddle. —You cover your mouth with your hands, drowning a scream and shake your head in disbelief—. When Riddle opened the chamber, he used the basilisk to attack Muggle-borns.

—I read about basilisks in the book you gave to me. Oh my God! It means that Myrtle...

—Yes —he nods—. Those giant yellow eyes were the basilisk's eyes.

—Poor Myrtle —you say with sadness—. And what happened to the basilisk?

—A few years ago, the Chamber of Secrets was opened again and many Muggle-borns ended up petrified by the basilisk, but Madam Pomfrey and professor Sprout brewed a powerful mandrake potion to cure them. The basilisk was killed by a student: Saint Potter! —He exclaims making a grimace of disgust. You arrange his tie and run your hands through his hair.

—You look so handsome in your school uniform, you know? —You tell him sweetly, making him melt in love for you.

Draco blushes and smiles. He didn't change his uniform to go to see you. He is still wearing his white shirt, grey pants and green tie with silver strips.

—I escaped to tell you that I finally managed to transport an object through the vanishing cabinet succesfully. Well, kind of. The apple I transported came back bitten. But I couldn't wait until our Saturday date to tell you.

—That's fabulous, Dray! —You throw your arms around his neck and give him a loud smooch, and both of you giggle.

—Wait. The basilisk chapter is the last chapter of the book. Did you finish reading it that fast?

—Yep —you nod—. Do you have more wizarding books? —He smiles.

—I have many text books from my previous years. Anthros is gonna take all of them to you, I promise.

—Really? Thank you so much, Dray! —You plant a peck on his lips.

—Your favorite top matches perfectly with that skirt, you know? You look so sexy —He licks his lips tasting your kiss. You blush and smile.

—I'm gonna wash this outfit to wear it on a very special date.

—And talking about very special dates, you haven't answered my question yet. Do you wanna be my girlfriend, princess?

—You know I do, my love! —You reply smiling.

Draco smiles and presses his lips against yours, dropping a passionate kiss on your lips until you hear Myrtle's voice:

—Aww! —She sighs.

—Myrtle! —Draco and you say at unison.

—Could you please give us some privacy, Myrtle? I wanna kiss my boyfriend until taking his breath away.

Draco blushes. Myrtle smiles and vanishes. You grab Draco's tie and pull until his lips crash against yours and you both end up melting in an endless loving kiss.

Author's Notes

(Y/N) = Your Name

Wow! Draco kicked Richard's ass and took (Y/N) to Hogwarts again 😱😱😱

What do you think about Draco's reaction?

Do you think Richard was serious?

Or it's just empty threats?

Do you think this is the last time we see Myrtle?

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