Healing // d.m.

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  Catherine shut her eyes closed. Her whole body felt hot and her cheeks were burning. He could have friends, she reassured herself. She was not going to be that type of girl who's going to bitch about his man being in the same air with another woman. But the sound of Greengrass laughing again accompanied with Draco's soft laughter made something in the stomach boil stronger.

  I am fine. He's allowed to have lady friends. She reminded herself.

  But his lady friends are all beautiful and exquisite.

  Catherine suddenly felt so out of place.

  Screw it.

  Catherine leaned backwards a bit, relieved to find a table nearby with a vase of orchids in the middle. She could easily place the food right outside and leave before anyone saw her. Then she had to be a ninja in escaping the Mansion, in hopes that she wouldn't bump into Cissy that would surely drag her in to meet Draco.

  She slowly takes a step back, trying her best not to make a sound. With her brown fluffy boots she tiptoed a few steps and placed the trays of food by the table, picking up the trays behind Small's back as well.

  "Okay, let's go." She whispered to Smalls, motioning her to keep quiet and walk towards the stairs.

  Catherine almost laughed at the way Smalls tried his best to walk gingerly, lifting his paws a little softer than usual when suddenly a shining translucent wall appeared right in front of her. She immediately placed her hands over her mouth suppressing a scream. Poor Smalls practically bumped his whole face in, whimpering as he retreated.

  "Leaving so soon, Mam?" Draco's voice echoed from behind her.

  Catherine slowly turned around, her hand still covering her mouth. Draco stood there with a disappointed look, crossing his hands around his chest, raising an eyebrow. Smalls growled at him and frowned.

  "You brought the mutt along as well. Did you really think you could actually leave without seeing me?" He asked her like it was a stupid question.

  Catherine took a deep breath, "I was just here to drop off some food, I'm busy so I have to go." She signalled her hand towards the stairs.

  "Where are you going?" He asked, still standing a few feet away.

  "To work."

  "It's your day off." Draco remembered, giving her a smug face.

  "I'm volunteering... at the clinic." She tried to think of something at the top of her head.

  "It's Sunday. You said you volunteer on Monday."

  Damn him and his brilliant memory. "Smalls was hungry." She said pointing at her dog. Smalls' eyes went wide and he slowly shook his head as if he was trying to say I play no part in this.

  "I think I have food for him here. Any other excuses?"

  The sound of the Greengrass sister laughing made her cringe slightly, and Draco caught it.

  "What did you see?" He asked.

  "Nothing."

  "You're forgetting that you can't lie to me, darling."

  "Fine I saw you and her... I mean Greengrass... and several others." She murmured, suddenly focusing on the chip on her nail. She bets Astoria Greengrass never had a chipped nail.

  Merlin, what was wrong with her? She never felt like this, getting riled up over someone that did her nothing wrong. "But I'm just here to drop the food over and I didn't know how many people would be here so I'm not sure it's enough for everybody. I didn't know the girls would be here either."