Found In the Past

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"It hurts to think about it."

"I know. We'll take all of this as slow as you need."

"Can't I...?"

"Yes?"

"Can't I just forget?"

"Do you truly want that?"

"No. I guess I don't."

~DAY 5~

"Her eyes were brown. And they were always... kind. When I was younger, I wanted so badly to I have her eyes instead of my father's."

"Why is that?"

"Because I never thought of A-Astoria as a Malfoy. She was just..."

"It's alright if you can't say it."

"I... Astoria was my... m-moth-"

"You can do this, Scorpius."

"My m-mother. She was m-my mother."

~DAY 8~

"Anything else?"

"Mum hated all of the black in the house. Every year, she'd fight my grandmother about the color scheme. Then one year, she painted my parents' room pink. Bright, cheery pink! Father absolutely hated it. But he loved her and kept it up..."

"Is it still pink now?"

"He locked the room up... I haven't been inside in over a year."

"How old were you?"

"Thirteen."

"Oh."

"It's okay. I don't know what to think either."

~DAY 12~

"Why was it me?"

"Please clarify."

"She died. My MOTHER died. Because my parents decided to have me."

"You blame yourself for her passing?"

"You know the phrase an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth?"

"I do."

"This time it was a mother for a youth. I didn't get a say. I couldn't do anything because she chose me..."

"A blood curse was the reason she died, Scorpius."

"But why did she get weaker?! Because of me!!! I'M THE REASON!!! ........... Sorry. I didn't mean to yell... it's just- I- she only died because I exist."

"We all pass on eventually. Your mother loved you-"

"Yeah? Well my mother died because of that. Everyone who... everyone... oh god... everyone who loves me dies. Is that it?"