Harmony Malfoy: A Harry Potter Fanfiction Part 28

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Chapter Twenty-Seven //Well, life could certainly be worse// Harmony thought ruefully as she headed towards Potions a few days later. It wasn't like her and Fennec had ever been perfect by any standards, or anything at all really, but he had been a great comfort when she'd needed him, rescuing her from the Malfoys. And he'd cared for her. "Harmony!" Melody ran down the corridor, her arms filled with books as Noah carried both their cauldrons. "Draco's looking everywhere for you." Harmony sighed. She'd managed to avoid Draco ever since... nope she was not going there. "Like, he may actually have a meltdown if you don't arrive in the next five minutes," Melody deadpanned. Harmony sighed, and looked towards the Potions room. Melody, the great best friend that she was, snatched the books and cauldron Harmony was carrying from her and pointed down the hallway. "Go!" She hissed. "I'll tell Snape you're in Dumbledore's office." Harmony raced down the hallway, her cloak flapping behind her. Rounding the statue of William the Wise rather quickly, she crashed into a tall boy with pale blonde hair and a pinched face, Harmony landing on the floor with an audible THUD. "Well," said Draco, rubbing the back of his neck, "I wasn't really expecting to run into you quite so literally." "Well," Harmony mocked his voice from the floor, "you could stop expecting you and I to be normal and helping me up!" Draco laughed and gave her a hand. Then he put his arms on her shoulders and stared at her. "You okay? I heard from Aurora what happened." "I'm okay," Harmony said, meeting his pale eyes with her own. She shrugged and tried to make light of the situation. "I'm a Malfoy, I can take it, right?" She pushed her hair out of her eyes and took a step back, smoothing the wrinkles out of her robe. Draco took her hand and used his other hand to tip her chin up, forcing her to look at him. "You know that's not true, Harmony." She avoided his eyes, twisting free of his grasp. "I can take it, Draco. I just need to stay strong." "What you have to understand Harmony, is that it's okay to let it all out sometimes." Draco said, reaching for her again. "I should know." Harmony looked up at him, and then nodded quickly, tears starting to spill down her face. Draco pulled her in for a hug and her sobs were muffled into his chest. After a while, she pulled back and wiped her eyes. "It's nice to have a brother I can depend on," she sniffed, wiping her tears away. "It's nice to have a sister that I can talk to," Draco said. "I'd better get back to class," Harmony straightened and fixed her hair. "See you at lunch!" Draco waved and turned down the corridor. Harmony turned and nearly fell over again when she saw Fennec standing behind her with his arms crossed. "Fenn?" "Don't call me that!" Fennec snapped. "I thought we were taking a break, and then I find you crawling back to Draco like some lost puppy!" "I wasn't-" "Really? Then what was all that crying and sobbing onto his chest about?" "That's it, I'm done." Harmony grouched, pushing past him and walking up the hallway. "We were done a week ago!" Fennec shouted after her. Harmony whirled, her hair flying. "Well in that case, it shouldn't bother you that I'm just trying to make friends with my brother, because I live in a toxic family who cares nothing about me, and it's nice to have someone that understands what I'm going through and not being judgy about it!" and with that, she turned around and marched up the hallway, her chin in the air.