Monsters

thirty

"You are incapable of caring for others, Malfoy. You've made that clear since we met." Harry yells.

"You know what, just leave Harry. Why are you still here anyway?" I interrupt.

"You ruined her life, Malfoy. You put her in danger and now you're going to get her killed."

"You don't know what you're talking about." Malfoy growls.

Just then, Harry steps forward and punches Draco in the face. Neither of us saw it coming. Draco jumps back up and throws his fist towards Harry.

"I'm done with this." Harry claims as he walks out of the room of requirements. Draco couldn't leave it alone though. He was still so angry about everything he said to me, and about us that he follows Harry out of the room and draws his wand on him.

"Draco come on... it's not worth it." I beg him to stop as people start crowding around us.

Harry smirks before saying "come on Malfoy, prove me right."

"Draco.. you know this isn't who you are. Nothing he said matters at all, okay? I know who I am. I know who you are."

I look around and see the rest of the trio standing along the sides and the other Weasley siblings, and Theo, Blaise and Pansy too.

"Maya, he treats you like shit and then tries to tell you that you're a monster. You can't tell me that doesn't bug you. I heard you talk in your sleep that one night. I know it hurts you."

Harry turned to face me for the first time since we left the room and his eyes didn't seem harsh or full of hatred like they normally were. For the first time since I was sorted into Slytherin, he looked at me as if I was his sister. Of course, it didn't last long before people stepped in.

"What is going on here?" Theo asks as he come over to join Malfoy and I, followed by Blaise and Pansy.

"Harry- he um knows about me and Draco now." I say, still looking at Harry.

"Wait so you're with Draco now? Like you're actually dating?" Hermione asks.

"Yes." I say

"You're dating Malfoy?" Fred steps forward and asks.

Draco's attention turns to Fred immediately as he remembers that we used to date and that we've slept together.

"Yes she is." Draco says with a smirk.

"Okay but.... I'm bigger right?" Fred asks. Everyone who was surrounding us stops whatever they were doing and froze. For a moment no one knew what to do but then everyone turned to me... waiting for me to answer that...?

"I'm not answering that-" I say. My face must be so red from embarrassment. I can hear Blaise and Theo cracking up behind me.

"I'm only joking, love. I just hope that he treats you right and you're happy." Fred says.

"... thank you."

I look to Harry to see if he's going to tell everyone about the real reason he's so angry but he isn't looking at me. He's talking to Ron and Hermione off to the side. Draco is talking to Theo and Blaise while Fred, George and Ginny are cracking jokes about a potter and a Malfoy. I look around and see everyone just doing their own thing and I'm alone again. I don't have my brother... and after him finding the mark.. I'll probably never have him in my life again. The Weasley's who were once so kind to me, barely speak to me and that's because I broke up with Fred... Ron and Hermione don't like me for some reason... they never have. Pansy isn't my friend anymore and Draco, Theo and Blaise all have the fucking mark too.

Suddenly the over whelming feeling of stress takes over my body and I'm having trouble breathing. I'm standing in the middle of everyone I care about and everyone's so busy with their own shit, they don't realize. It's happening so fast I don't know what to do. My breathing picks up and it's getting harder and harder to breathe. My chest feels like it's getting tighter and tighter. I feel someone wrap their arms around me and help me sit down. Thinking it's Draco, I sit down willingly but then the person comes in front of me and I see that it's Pansy... she gives me a sympathetic smile and tells me to try and calm down. Draco comes over to me after that, followed by Theo and Blaise who are all sitting around me now trying to calm me down.

"We're all here Maya... just breathe." Draco says calmly as he rubs my back. I look around and see Harry just watching. He doesn't look all that worried about what's happening, more annoyed.

"I... can... we go somewhere else...?" I ask.

Draco nods as he helps me up and the five of us walk back into the room of requirements where we can be alone.

"I think he told Ron and Hermione about us..." I say.

"You kinda told everyone about you and him." Blaise adds.

I shake my head. "He saw my mark and he knows that Draco and I are... death eaters."