Seeing Kings Cross again made you feel relieved. Finally, the year was over. It had been one hell of a year, so it was good to see the friendly faces of your parents again.

You were worried about Draco. What would be happening to him? How would he be treated? You couldn't know.. maybe you didn't want to know.

'Y/N!' Your mother smiled.

You smiled at your parents and walked towards them. You hugged them right away.

'I'm so glad to see you guys. I missed you.' You smiled.

'We missed you too.' Your dad smiled.

You let them go and your dad grabbed your trolley with your stuff.

'Let's go home.' Your mum smiled.

You started heading towards the car.

-

When you came home your parents wanted to know everything about your year. You wanted to tell them.. about Draco, about the problems.. but you didn't know what they would say. If they were like they had always been, they'd support you, of course..

'Do you want a cup of tea, hun?' Your mother asked.

'Yes, please.' You smiled.

You sat down on the couch and your father took a seat on one of the two chairs near it. Your mother put down the tea and took the other spot.

'Tell us all about your year.' Your mother said. 'We heard about Dumbledore.. I hope you're okay.'

'I'm fine. I actually had a pretty good year. Me and Hermione grew really close and I.. I met this guy.' You said.

'Guy?' Your dad asked right away before taking a sip.

'Yeah.. I want to tell you guys about him but you really have to let me finish talking before you judge me.'

'Judge you?' Your mother asked.

You took a sip from your tea. You suddenly felt very nervous. You could trust them. You know you could but you were still their little girl. Their little girl dating a death eater who tried to kill someone.

'So it's this.. very sweet guy. He is so sweet to me. At least now he is.. and even though none of our friends like the fact that we're dating, we're still together. Well, Hermione approves.. that's why we're so close.' You started.

Your parents seemed to be interested. Maybe if you made it seem like he was nothing like the other Malfoys, they'd be happier with it. Maybe..

'So we used to not like each other. He was kinda mean. But something changed for some reason. His name is..' You looked at them and swallowed. 'Draco. Draco Malfoy.'

They looked a little surprised. They knew the Malfoys. Even pureblood family knew the Malfoys. Just because your family distant themselves from Voldemort didn't mean that you didn't know them.

'Draco.. that's a surprise.' Your mother said.

'I hope you're okay with it.. because I'm really going to need you guys.. something happened, and I.. I hope you can support me. I really like him.'

'I mean, his family is not ideal.. but if you see something in him that makes him different, then who are we to stop you? We've never met him, so we can't say you're lying.' Your father said.

You smiled.

'Thank you. I really appreciate it.'

Your mother put down her tea and crossed her legs.

'What happened?' She asked. 'Did you two break up?' She asked.

'No.' You immediately said. 'No, it's not that.. It's something which I think you're going to find worse..'

'Worse?' Your mother asked.

'Well.. suddenly at school this girl got cursed..  and Ron get poisened.. and then.. oh god, please just hear me out.'

You were starting to stress out. You wanted your parents to just listen. You were afraid that they were going to be like Ron and Harry.

'We will.. don't worry.' Your dad said. 'Right, Y/M/N?'

'Of course.'

'Okay... and then Harry found out that.. Draco did it.' You said while looking at the floor.

You swallowed. Talking about what happened made you feel sad. You hated that you couldn't help him. You hated it that you couldn't say goodbye.

'So Harry ran after Draco and he injured him and Draco almost died. I asked him why he did it and he said that that curse and the poison was meant for Dumbledore.'

You looked up again. Your parents saw that you were having a hard time. It didn't hit you until now. You didn't let it all sunk in until now. Now that you were home and you looked back at what happened, you were just trying to stay strong for draco. You were scared for him. For what he was going through. One wrong move and he'd die.

'He told me that his family forced him to be a death eater. He had the dark mark.. I saw it. He said that he couldn't tell me because he didn't want to pull me with him. He told me that he doesn't want to be a death eater.. but he doesn't have a choice. Voldemort forced him to kill Dumbledore.'

Your parents were shocked to hear that. They wondered how you managed to keep going knowing thay your boyfriend was assigned to be a killer.

'He told me that he also couldn't tell me because he didn't want to lose me. I'm the only positive thing in his life, apparently.. His family is taking everything away from him.. later, when I tried to check up on him, he was gone. I saw him walking through the corridors with Bellatrix Lestrange and more death eaters. He told me to hide and that's the last time I saw him..'

Tears were stinging in your eyes. This was the first time you opened up to someone about it.

'I didn't even get to say goodbye. I don't know what happened to him. He didn't kill Dumbledore.. Severus Snape did. If he failed, Voldemort would kill him.. For all I know, Draco could be dead. For all I know, he can be tortured.. I have no idea where he went, what's happening.. and I'm scared, mum. I'm scared, dad. I'm scared for him.. I'm scared that they'll come after me because I know. I tried to help him but I couldn't. I tried and I can't! I saw Dumbledore lying there.. all I could think off was that my boyfriend did it. Luckily, he didn't but still.. I don't know what to do.' You choked.

Your mother got up and sat down besides you. She pulled you against her. Your father sat down on the other side and stroke his hand past your back to comfort you.

'Why didn't you write us? We could have helped you.'

'I didn't want you to worry about me.' You sniffed. 'I didn't tell anyone. I guess I didn't realise this all until now.'

You wiped some escaping tears away. This was a difficult situation.. and that was an understatement.

'Don't worry, Y/N.. we're not mad. We believe your story. We believe that Draco doesn't want this. Trust us, we do.' Your father said.

'How about you put your stuff upstairs and I'll make you your favourite dinner? Then we can all sit together here and maybe it'll make you feel better.' Your mother said. 'And about Draco.. what Voldemort wanted has been achieved. Dumbledore is dead.. I think he's okay. I think it's all okay.'

You nodded and sat up.

'Thank you, guys.' You sniffed.

You got up and left the room. You took your bags upstairs and walked towards your room right away.

You immediately noticed something. A black owl sitting behind your window. You dropped your stuff and ran towards it. You opened the window and the owl came inside. It was holding a letter. You grabbed.

Y/N Y/L

Was writing on it. You recognised the handwriting.. Draco? You opened it right away.

Hey princess..

I must have given you quite a scare. I hope you're not angry at me.  Luckily, you listened to me and went to hide. I'm sorry I couldn't see you afterwards anymore.

I know I should have told you that I was going to the astronomy tower that night.. but I knew it would only make you worry. You'd even try to stop me or you would have come to that tower and I didn't want you too.. This is my problem, not yours.

I didn't kill Dumbledore. Please know that. I could never.. Snape killed him. I'm sorry if you saw him. I'm sorry if it made you think it was me. I'm not a murderer. I'm not planning to become one.

I wanted to write you to let you know that I'm okay. Voldemort isn't mad at all. I'm not in danger anymore. I'm at home, surrounded by death eaters and Voldemort. I hope you arrived home safely.

I wish I could have done things differently. But unfortunately I can't change my destiny. I do hope you know that I miss you and that I love you.. i hope that we can both survive this mess and that I'll see you again.. that's all I want right now..

Your one and only..

~ Draco