Free Fall
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Harry Potter › General
Rating:
Adult
Chapters:
4
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Bottom
Part IV. –Bottom
“ “If you fall, you must get up.
If you reach the bottom, don’t stay down.
Keep walking.
May be the light that you see
Isn’t as far as it seems”
“Draco!”
“Mother”
“Look at yourself! You look so changed!” She smiles.
“And you look wonderful” He offers her his arm “Shall we?”
-*-
“Mister Malfoy”
“Minister” He acknowledges and then shakes hands with the man.
“It’s a pleasure to see you. And in so good company too!”
“What can I say? I like good company.” He examines him. “My mother, Narcissa Malf--- Black”
“Minister”
“My Lady. It’s an honour to finally meet you. You must be thoroughly proud of your son! War Hero, nonetheless!”
“Yes. Yes, I am” She feels her arm being squeezed.
“Minister, if you excuse us” Draco says
“Oh, yes. Of course”
“Thank you” Draco nods and goes away with his mother by the arm.
-*-
“Draco?”
“Yes, Mother?”
“Are you OK?” He smiles.
“Yes, don’t worry”
“Okay…”
-*-
“Malfoy”
“Potter. Weasley. Weasley””
“It’s a surprise to see you. We thought that you wouldn’t show up”
“Well… You were wrong, Potter.”
“So was I… What have you been doing?”
“This and that… And you, Weasley?”
“Well… I got in to the National Quidditch Team””
“Congratulations”
“Thanks”
“And you? What have you been doing?”
“Things… What about you, Weasley?”
“It’s Ginny. And I am a Medi-Wizard at Saint Mungo's. I’m in the middle of the training already”
“Congratulations. Potter, I guess you became an Auror?”
“Ha… No, actually a Professor.” Draco stares at him between surprised and apathetic. “I know; but that’s how I felt it. Being part of the reconstruction of Hogwarts, which has always been my true home, is very fulfilling. Many are involved, even children and teenagers. It’s… Amazing”
“Oh, well. Congratulations Potter”
“Thanks, Malfoy. And what about you? You haven’t answered my question yet. What have you been doing?”
“I…”
“Harry! Ron! Ginny!” They turn around. She greets them with enthusiasm.
“Granger…”
“Oh! Malfoy…”
“Granger” He takes one of Hermione’s hands and kisses it.
“I’m glad that you came. Or that you showing living signs” She twitches her lips.
“I’m alive” He says.
“Yes, I see…” He looks into her eyes and then removes them.
-*-
“Draco?” They twirl. “I’ve missed you” She makes a sad smile.
“I haven’t”
“Prat”
“I mean it”
“It hurts, you know?”
“Yes, I know”
“Then why?”
“Friends? No, thank you. I don’t believe in friendship anymore. I don’t even know if I ever did. What he had was nice, but it has faded away. It won’t come back”
“You’re right” He becomes shocked. “Circumstances have changed. Now I know that I can trust you”
“Don’t say stupid things”
“I don’t! Believe it or not, I like you… as other people like you too. And to tell you the truth… You’ve been acting like a coward!”. They stop dancing.
“How dare you?” He raises his voice. “You.Don’t.Know.Anything. ”
“Because you don’t want me to know. Were all those things you told me lies? Have your dreams and hopes vanished? Or is it you who is vanishing, who is fake?”
“Shut up!”
“Okay. I don’t know why I even try, you certainly don’t. Goodbye ” She walks away with a tear running down her cheek.
-*-
“Dance?” He reaches out his hand.
“With you?”
“Yes” He takes the feminine hand and surrounds her waist. “Thank you”
“You’re welcome” She smiles at him. “That’s what friends are for”
“Hermione”
“Yes?”
“Thank you”. And he means it.
“ “If you fall, you must get up.
If you reach the bottom, don’t stay down.
Keep walking.
May be the light that you see
Isn’t as far as it seems”
“Draco!”
“Mother”
“Look at yourself! You look so changed!” She smiles.
“And you look wonderful” He offers her his arm “Shall we?”
-*-
“Mister Malfoy”
“Minister” He acknowledges and then shakes hands with the man.
“It’s a pleasure to see you. And in so good company too!”
“What can I say? I like good company.” He examines him. “My mother, Narcissa Malf--- Black”
“Minister”
“My Lady. It’s an honour to finally meet you. You must be thoroughly proud of your son! War Hero, nonetheless!”
“Yes. Yes, I am” She feels her arm being squeezed.
“Minister, if you excuse us” Draco says
“Oh, yes. Of course”
“Thank you” Draco nods and goes away with his mother by the arm.
-*-
“Draco?”
“Yes, Mother?”
“Are you OK?” He smiles.
“Yes, don’t worry”
“Okay…”
-*-
“Malfoy”
“Potter. Weasley. Weasley””
“It’s a surprise to see you. We thought that you wouldn’t show up”
“Well… You were wrong, Potter.”
“So was I… What have you been doing?”
“This and that… And you, Weasley?”
“Well… I got in to the National Quidditch Team””
“Congratulations”
“Thanks”
“And you? What have you been doing?”
“Things… What about you, Weasley?”
“It’s Ginny. And I am a Medi-Wizard at Saint Mungo's. I’m in the middle of the training already”
“Congratulations. Potter, I guess you became an Auror?”
“Ha… No, actually a Professor.” Draco stares at him between surprised and apathetic. “I know; but that’s how I felt it. Being part of the reconstruction of Hogwarts, which has always been my true home, is very fulfilling. Many are involved, even children and teenagers. It’s… Amazing”
“Oh, well. Congratulations Potter”
“Thanks, Malfoy. And what about you? You haven’t answered my question yet. What have you been doing?”
“I…”
“Harry! Ron! Ginny!” They turn around. She greets them with enthusiasm.
“Granger…”
“Oh! Malfoy…”
“Granger” He takes one of Hermione’s hands and kisses it.
“I’m glad that you came. Or that you showing living signs” She twitches her lips.
“I’m alive” He says.
“Yes, I see…” He looks into her eyes and then removes them.
-*-
“Draco?” They twirl. “I’ve missed you” She makes a sad smile.
“I haven’t”
“Prat”
“I mean it”
“It hurts, you know?”
“Yes, I know”
“Then why?”
“Friends? No, thank you. I don’t believe in friendship anymore. I don’t even know if I ever did. What he had was nice, but it has faded away. It won’t come back”
“You’re right” He becomes shocked. “Circumstances have changed. Now I know that I can trust you”
“Don’t say stupid things”
“I don’t! Believe it or not, I like you… as other people like you too. And to tell you the truth… You’ve been acting like a coward!”. They stop dancing.
“How dare you?” He raises his voice. “You.Don’t.Know.Anything. ”
“Because you don’t want me to know. Were all those things you told me lies? Have your dreams and hopes vanished? Or is it you who is vanishing, who is fake?”
“Shut up!”
“Okay. I don’t know why I even try, you certainly don’t. Goodbye ” She walks away with a tear running down her cheek.
-*-
“Dance?” He reaches out his hand.
“With you?”
“Yes” He takes the feminine hand and surrounds her waist. “Thank you”
“You’re welcome” She smiles at him. “That’s what friends are for”
“Hermione”
“Yes?”
“Thank you”. And he means it.