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Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out	By : nikki13088 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Ginny Views: 3348 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"Mum? Mum, wake up."
Ginny cracked her eyes open a bit to see Riley standing over her.
"Hey sweetie," she said as she pulled herself up.
She noticed she had fallen asleep on the couch in her bedroom and then looked at the clock on the wall.
"Geez, it's six already, I have to start dinner," she said as she went to get up.
"It's already done," said Riley with a smile.
"What? Dinner is done?"
"Yeah, Dad came home from work and saw you were sleeping so we made dinner for a change."
Ginny gave her a bright smile before she pulled her into a hug. "We better get down to dinner then."
"Are you sick Mum?" Riley asked.
"No, why sweetie?"
"You just... look sick." she shrugged before she headed downstairs.
Ginny walked over to the mirror and took in her appearance before she closed her eyes tightly at the sight before her. She had dark circles under her eyes and her skin was paler than normal. Around her eyes were all puffy and her pupils a shade darker. She put some makeup on and a few concealment charms for now until she figured out what was going on with her body.
She went to head downstairs when she almost ran right into Draco.
"Oh hey, I was just coming down. I'm sorry I fell asleep, I-"
She was cut off when he pulled her into a kiss. She felt her body completely melt in his arms as the taste of his lips seemed to intoxicate her. Every time he kissed her it was so easy to get completely lost in the moment.
"Stop apologizing," he said quietly against her lips before he covered her mouth with his again.
She could feel herself falling deeper and deeper into an unfamiliar place and the thought of possibly losing control made her pull back from the kiss.
"Riley said you made dinner?" she asked.
"Well, I'm no Molly Weasley, but I've learned a thing or two over the years from you and your mother," he said smugly.
"Well, let's go find out," she said with a small giggle before they both headed downstairs.
Dinner that night was completely silent, nobody spoke a word. Scorpius and Ember barely ate a thing and Harper just stuffed her face as fast as she could so she could get back to flying.
Ginny dropped her fork loudly on her plate making everyone at the table look up at her.
"Listen, guys, I know things are going pretty shitty for us right now. It's been one thing after another and I'm so sorry you all have to go through it. However, with all of that being said I want you guys to try and get back to some kind of normal life again until we figure things out. So that means, Scorpius and Ember, I want you both at work tomorrow and the rest of you I will homeschool in the meantime until we figure things out with McGonagall and Kingsley. Understood?"
They all nodded.
She glanced at Draco, who gave her a supportive smile before he reached forward and gave her hand a light squeeze.
They all started clearing out of the dining room and Draco got up at the sound of the doorbell ringing and answered it.
"Potter," Draco said with a sneer.
"Mr. Malfoy... I just wanted-"
"Aurora!" Draco called behind him before she climbed the steps to her bedroom. "Your buddy is here," he said before he turned back to James.
James locked eyes with Scorpius from the doorway who was at the top of the stairs before he broke the gaze when he felt Draco staring at him.
"You look a bit rough kid, too much partying?" Draco drawled taking in James' disheveled look and the bags under his eyes.
James just stared at him, for some reason words wouldn't form enough to give a response. Draco raised an eyebrow at this before he turned to leave once Aurora approached them.
"Hey, James," Aurora said happily.
"Hey, can we talk for a few?"
"Of course," she said, gesturing for him to follow her upstairs.
"LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN!" Draco called up to them.
"James?"
He snapped his head up to look at her.
"You said you wanted to talk, but you haven't said a word for almost five minutes now. Is everything ok?" Aurora asked with a small smile as she took a seat beside him.
"Uh, I'm sorry we never hung out today like I said we would. I just... had some stuff going on."
"It's alright, why do you always feel like you have to apologize. We're friends, I get it, life gets in the way," she said with a shrug.
She placed a hand on his thigh and looked into his eyes; she could tell something was off. "James, you would tell me if there was something else going on, right?"
He stared at her hand on his leg and then back up at her. He got up from the couch in an attempt to casually avoid her touching him.
"Of course."
"Well, you seem very distracted. Do you want to go for a walk or something?"
He looked at her again, her bright blue eyes piercing into his. He started to panic when she took a few steps towards him and before he could back away, she pulled him into a tight hug.
"You're kind of worrying me. I've never seen you like this before," she said against his chest.
He took in her scent and the feel of her skin against his, making him hug her back. He missed her, he missed their hang out sessions and mostly, he missed working at trying to form a relationship with her. Now everything was different, he almost killed her brother the other night because he couldn't handle his powers and then the incident with Noah was weighing on his mind. The memory of washing Noah's blood from his hands and clothes ran through his head and his whole body went stiff. He could feel the electricity in him surfacing as he grew emotional over the recent events.
"I have to go." he quickly said, walking out of the bedroom.
"Oh, well... bye, I guess," she said in a small voice as she watched him leave her bedroom.
James strode down the hall as fast as he could before he fell apart, tears already stinging his eyes. He quickly wiped any that threatened to fall roughly from his eyes and took the steps two at a time towards the front door.
He was walking so fast he almost slammed right into Draco.
"Whoa, Potter, watch yourself. That was a quick visit, all done slapping lips with my daughter?"
James just shook his head. "Whatever."
"Hold up," Draco said, grabbing his arm to stop him and pulled him back into his view. "What's going on?" he asked, he could see James was upset.
James just looked at him for a few moments contemplating about whether he should tell him about anything. He just shook his head; his eyes welled with tears at this point. He felt Draco grab him by his shirt and drag him into the living room to give them some privacy.
"What's going on, Kid?" Draco asked again, he could tell James was trying to decide on whether or not to open up to him.
He could also see he was struggling to not fall apart in front of him, after all, it's not like they had the greatest relationship.
James looked up at him as he wiped a few of his tears away with his sleeve. "I... almost killed him." he choked out.
"What? Almost killed who?" Draco asked with a look of surprise on his face at James' words.
James ran his hand wildly through his hair before he composed himself enough to speak again. "Scorpius."
"What do you mean you almost killed him? When? How?"
James wiped his eyes quickly and looked at Draco again. "I want to show you, but I'm afraid to hurt someone."
Draco was confused at first, but when he felt the hairs on his arm and neck stand up and the lamp in the room start to flicker his eyes grew wide.
"James? Do you have powers?" he calmly asked.
James slowly held out his hand in a tight fist, he was afraid to open it at first. He slowly started to relax his hand as he opened it all the way and watched the thin streams of electricity dance across the room. Suddenly, Draco flinched when every light bulb in the living room popped and the room went dark.
After a few moments, the room lit back up with the help of James' abilities. Draco just stared at him before a small smirk crossed his face.
"Have you told your dad?"
"Hell no, he wouldn't understand," James said.
Draco pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration over the situation. He knew Harry had his reasons for not mentioning his powers, but James needed him more than he knew right now.
"You need to tell him, he will understand, I promise." Draco tried to persuade him.
James just shook his head. "I should go," he said before he went to leave.
"Wait." Draco gently grabbed his shoulders and looked at him.
Sure, he hated him when it came to his affection for his daughter, but otherwise, James was practically his family and he would do anything for Harry and Luna's kids that he would for his own.
"James, what were you and Scorpius doing when this all happened?"
James pushed past him, the memory of Noah's attack made his stomach twist into a knot. He couldn't think about it without wanting to break down or throw his guts up from how disgusted he was with his and Scorpius' actions.
"I have to go."
"James? James!" Draco called after him as he ran from the Manor.
After a moment when he realized he wasn't coming back, he let out a hard sigh and headed upstairs.
Ginny was brushing her teeth while her mind was swimming with memories from her waking up in that hospital bed. She desperately tried to remember something from it during her dazed episode. She rinsed her mouth out and then saw a small dot of red hit the porcelain sink. She slid her tongue across her gums to see if she tasted any blood, but when she didn't she looked in the mirror to see her nose bleeding.
Her heart stopped for a second and she quickly grabbed a rag and brought it up to her face. She heard Draco enter the room and quickly cleaned her face and the sink before she was sure all blood flow from her nose had stopped.
"Hey, are you ok?" She asked him as she peeked her head out of the bathroom to see him in deep thought.
He looked up at her. "James has Harry's powers."
"What?" she said, walking out of the bathroom to make sure she heard him correctly.
"Yeah, he just showed me. He also almost killed our son the other night when he lost control of them."
"What!" she said again, making a move to go check on Scorpius when Draco stopped her.
"He's fine, believe me. What I'm more curious about is what the hell happened that got things to get to that point in the first place. I tried to ask James but he looked too scared to say and stormed off."
Ginny just stared at him for a moment. "Should we tell Harry?"
"Let's give James some time to do that, but... he needs some guidance. You know how Harry feels about his powers so I'm not sure how he'll respond to this."
"Let's just make sure we check in on him them until he's ready to say something because... that's an overwhelming secret to keep to himself. Especially he has no understanding of why he would develop such an ability." Ginny sighed.
Draco gave her a small nod before he pulled her into a hug. They turned their attention to the knock on the door where Ember poked her head in.
"Mum... Dad, I need to tell you something," she said.
They both exchanged a quick look.
"Wow, our daughter is willingly going to tell us something, this night is just full of surprises." Draco drawled with a slight smirk on his face.
His face turned serious when he saw Ember wipe a few tears from her face.
"Ember, what's wrong? What happened?" he asked, he sensed what she was about to tell them was bad.
Ember just looked at them, her lips trembling. She threw her arms around her dad and latched onto him as she cried.
"The night before Noah was hurt... he tried to force himself on me." she cried out.
Draco pulled back a bit to look at her, his eyes filled with rage. He couldn't even form words because he was so angry that his daughter was put in the position she was in. He felt Ginny pull her from his arms into hers and she asked her if she was ok and some other things he couldn't make out as he thought about the state Noah was in right now.
"Ember, did you tell Scorpius about this?" Draco asked her suddenly as his mind tried to piece everything together.
She just looked at him, her eyes spilling tears as she nodded. "I was angry at him... I wanted him to pay for what he did... I never meant for him to end up like this." she cried harder against her mother's chest.
Ginny just looked at Draco. "What are you thinking, Draco? What is it?"
"I think it's time I got some more details about this supposed party our son attended the other night."
He just stood there in the doorway, looking at the young man before him. He was hooked up to all different kinds of machines. He took a few steps forward and realized that the man was unrecognizable. Scorpius looked down at Noah's wristband just to make sure he was in the right room and when he confirmed it he felt this overwhelming sense of guilt. He wanted Noah to get what he deserved, but he was more bothered by the fact that he himself was capable of something so brutal.
He knew his parents had a very different experience at his age. They were used to living each day in survival mode, but he... his sisters... James, they weren't used to it. The world was a lot different seventeen years ago, so different that he often wondered how his parents survived through it all.
"Scorpius?"
He jumped at the sound of his name and saw Raven standing behind him.
"Raven, what are you doing here?" he asked, although he knew why already he just couldn't think of anything else to ask from her startling him.
"I'm an intern, remember? It's part of my healer training?" she said with a small laugh.
"Of course," he said as he stepped out into the hall. "So, uh, how have you been?"
"I'm good... I miss you," she said softly, fidgeting with her hands before she glanced over at him.
"Yeah, I miss you too."
They were both silent for a few moments.
"So, maybe we could chill later?" she asked with a small smile.
He locked eyes with her for a moment. He didn't realize how much he missed her until he was staring into her eyes. He turned back to Noah, who was lying near dear in the room behind him.
"Um, I can't tonight," he said, regretting it immediately when he saw the disappointed look on her face.
She nodded. "Well, maybe some other time then?"
"Yeah, sure."
She took a step forward to kiss him, but for some reason, his entire body stiffened at her touch. His thoughts were only on the brutal beating he brought down on the man behind him. He could tell she sensed this and instead she placed a soft kiss on his cheek before she turned and left.
Scorpius turned to take one last look at Noah before he apparated back home.
"Hey, Dad?"
Harry looked up at James as he placed the rest of his files back in his bag before he threw it over his shoulder.
"Hey, you all packed? I have to get to a meeting with Kingsley and the new Minster right after I see you off," he said.
"Um, actually I don't think I'm going to head back today. Would it be cool if I just stayed home a few extra days, maybe just head back next week?"
Harry stopped what he was doing to look at him, something was off. "What's going on? You love school and you're choosing to stay home for another week on your own?" he said with a smirk. "Who are you and what have you done with my son?" he teased.
James just gave a small smile. "I know, I just... I just need a few more days before I head back." he tried to explain without having to get detailed.
Harry was unconvinced but nodded at his request. "I'll reach out to McGonagall, I'm sure it shouldn't be an issue."
James gave a small nod of thanks and went to leave when Harry stopped him.
"Is everything ok? You look down; maybe you should accompany your mother to Diagon Alley today and get out of the house for a bit? You know Bella loves her big brother being around."
James nodded once more before he left his father's bedroom.
"Ember?"
She finally snapped out of her daze after he called her for the third time.
"Are you alright?" Jake asked her.
"Oh yes, sorry. Thank you," she said, taking the coffee from him.
Jake took a seat across from her at the table. "I know you have to get to work soon, but would you mind if I talked to you real quick?"
"Of course you can," she said with a smile.
"I know you're going through a lot right now with what happened with Noah and your family stuff. Now originally I really would have loved to ask you on a date, but I thought maybe we could hang out as friends tonight? Maybe get your mind off of some things?" he suggested.
Ember bit her lip as a slight blush came to her cheeks. She didn't say anything at first.
"It's quite alright if you don't want to," he reassured her, getting back up.
"No, no, it's not that... I just..." she started to become lost in all the drama that was her life these past few weeks and quickly steered her mind back to the current conversation. "Yes, I think I could use a friend tonight," she said.
"Really?" he asked, surprised that she agreed.
She nodded happily.
"Awesome, I will... see you tonight then... seven?" he asked, walking backward to the kitchen.
She nodded again and then giggled when he bumped into a chair before he turned around and practically skipped to the back.
Draco tossed the handful of files he had on the desk in his office in frustration. "Kingsley's insane if he thinks this Beckett guy will come close to being as good of a Minister as he was." he drawled, rubbing his forehead in frustration.
"Pft, tell me about it. I swore if he recited one last Wizarding Law to me I was going to snap." Harry sighed before they shared a small laugh.
The room grew quiet as Harry started sorting through the files they brought to the meeting and started filing them once more.
"So, uh... how's James? Did he happen to talk to you last night?" Draco pried a bit.
"Actually, he talked to me this morning," Harry said as he continued sliding each folder into the file cabinet.
"He did?" Draco asked; surprised that James opened up to his father about his powers.
"Yeah, why?"
"Oh, no reason. So... what do you think about that?"
Harry just shrugged. "I mean, I understand... I was surprised at first, but... hold on, why would he talk to you about that?"
Draco just sighed before he gave a slight shrug. "I don't know, maybe it's because he thinks he can relate to me more than you... you know, given the situation."
Harry just looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Given what situation?"
Draco saw the confusion on his face. "Wait, what are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about James saying he wants to stay home from school for another week. What are you talking about?"
"Nothing."
"Draco?"
"I'm not saying anything, it's not my place... that's all you," he said holding his hands up.
Harry started thinking about what else he was referring to. "Let's see, he was hanging out with Scorpius the other night, which was off in the first place because they aren't friends like that. Wait, he didn't almost get a girl pregnant too, did he?" Harry asked with concern on his face.
"Well, since he hangs out around my daughter, I sure hope for his sake, not." Draco drawled.
They were both pulled from their conversation when there was a knock on the door.
"Dad?" came Ember's voice before she walked inside.
"Hey, what's up? Is it lunchtime already?" Draco asked, looking at his watch.
"No, I was just approached by the new Minister. He said I have three days to turn myself in for evaluation or I'll be fired and escorted there by Aurors," she said, wrapping her arms around herself at the uncomfortable feeling she got from Beckett.
Draco pulled her into a comforting hug. "You ok?"
She nodded. "What should I do?"
"Well, we have three days to figure it out," he said. "Why don't we take an early lunch, go head down and I'll meet you there."
She gave another nod before she left his office.
Harry watched Draco rub his face and then run his hand through his hair in frustration. He could tell he wasn't sure what the best option was right now and he felt for him, Ginny and the kids.
"How's Ginny doing? You know... with all of this?"
Draco just shook his head. "She's trying to hide it, how scared she is for the kids. You know that Jake kid? We just found out he's Warren's son."
"What! You're kidding?"
"I wish; what's the chances, right? I thought for sure Ginny was going to blow up... literally explode and take the entire Manor down with her." Draco sighed. "And then..."
"Then what?"
Draco's mind was on Scorpius and what he knew to be the real truth of what probably went down that night at Noah's. He couldn't help but feel that James was with Scorpius that night, but he didn't want to tell Harry until he was positive.
"I'm going to lunch," he said and quickly left the office before Harry could pry further.
Ginny gave three hard knocks on the office door as she impatiently waited for an answer. Her body temperature rising the longer she waited. The door opened and she just stared up at the man, her expression turning angry before she pushed past him and walked into the office.
"Mrs. Malfoy, how can I help you?" Robert Adwell said.
"What did you do to me?" she asked, her voice calm but cracking with emotion. Her body trembled with anger and fear of what ran through her veins.
"I beg your pardon?"
"At the hospital, I woke up in this room and someone was there and they injected me with something," she explained, pacing the room as she tried to remember that day as clear as possible.
"And you believe I was the one who did this? May I ask why you would accuse me of-"
"Oh please, you and your brother live for this kind of shit. You just want your own collection of guinea pigs and you're trying to force me to snap so they'll lock me up in your science lab," she stated angrily, a lump forming in her throat as she tried to keep her emotions in check.
"Mrs. Malfoy you seem rather riled up, can I get you a drink or something?" he asked, trying to calm her down.
"Yeah, right, why so you can drug me again and take a blood sample?" she fumed.
"Mrs. Malfoy, you do realize my nephew is lying near death in the hospital right now? Having you storm into my office and accuse me of such things does not sit well with me. Now I am sorry you seem to be going through something and I am more than happy to set up an appointment if you'd like so I-"
He stopped talking when Ginny started laughing. "Are you kidding me? I will never let you near me or my family." she hissed, turning to leave before she stopped and turned back to him. "And by the way, your nephew is a sick, twisted pig who tried to force himself on my daughter." she took a step closer to him, her face filled with rage and her eyes black as night. "If and when he does pull through, you better hope he stays clear of me and my family or I'll personally melt the balls off of that little sack of shit."
She turned on her heel and stormed from his office, slamming the door hard behind her.
Ginny tried with everything in her to calm herself down. She could feel the fire tingling beneath her skin since she left Adwell's office. She was applying concealing charms on herself multiple times a day now and it was all becoming a bit too much to handle. She needed to sit and talk with Draco, but with everything going on and the amount of stress they were both under; she didn't think adding something else would help anyone.
"Hey, dinner is just about ready," she called to Ember who was walking past the kitchen.
"Oh, I'm not eating at home tonight."
"Where are you going?" Ginny asked.
"Jake is going to come pick me up and we are going to chill for a bit." she shrugged.
Ginny squeezed her eyes shut tightly to hold back any anger that threatened to erupt from her.
"I don't want you hanging out with Jacob." she calmly said.
Ember just gave a small laugh. "Pft ok," she said with amusement as she made her way upstairs with Ginny on her heels.
"I'm serious, we don't know him well enough for you to go out with him."
"Go out with who?" Draco asked as he met them in the hall on his way downstairs.
"Jake, Mum doesn't want me hanging out with him suddenly."
Draco just looked at Ginny for a moment; he knew it was because he was Warren's son. "Gin, we just gave him permission to take Ember out the other day. It's fine, let her go," he said softly to her.
"Yes, but that was before we knew who his father was." Ginny snapped, her anger rising.
"Are you serious? Who cares about his father, he doesn't even know the guy. I'm going out whether you like it or not." Ember stated, ignoring her mother's request.
"EMBER, I FORBID YOU TO SEE THAT BOY!" Ginny screamed suddenly.
Ember just looked at her mother in surprise; she didn't expect this reaction from her.
"You forbid me? I'm not a child, Mother."
Ginny felt Draco gently grab her arm as she went to keep following Ember. "Gin, relax," he whispered to her.
She ripped her arm from his grasp as soon as he touched her. "Ember that boy's father was a horrible man, he was monster." she went on, desperately trying to make Ember understand.
"So, because his father was a monster that makes him one?" Ember asked in disbelief.
"YES!" Ginny screamed without thinking, her mind only on what Warren did to her so long ago.
"DAD'S FATHER WAS A MONSTER; DOES THAT MAKE HIM ONE TOO?" Ember yelled back.
Ginny froze; she couldn't believe the words that left her mouth. She watched Ember storm off before she felt Draco gently place a hand on her shoulder. She looked at him, she felt horrible for insinuating anything about Draco being like his father. She felt so guilty, she backed away from his touch.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that." she quickly whispered before she took off down the hall and slammed her bedroom door shut.
It wasn't long before Draco was closing the door behind him as he followed her into their bedroom.
"Ginny, hey, I know you didn't mean that. You think I gave that a second thought?" he said to her as he grabbed her into a hug.
She started crying and gently pushed him back and took a few steps back. "Draco, there's something wrong with me." she choked out.
"What are you talking about? That whole thing with Jake is understandable-"
"No, not that." she cried.
She looked down at the floor, she felt guilty for keeping something like this from him.
"I've been hiding something from you."
Draco's heart sank at the many possibilities that it could be.
"Ginny, what's going on?" he asked, his heart starting to race.
She just hung her head, her fiery strands falling around her face as she lifted her wand and whispered the counter spell to remove her concealment charms. When she lifted her face to look at Draco she saw him take a few steps back until his back hit the wall.
Draco couldn't believe what he was seeing, the first thing he took in were her solid black eyes. Not even a pupil, just those deadly black eyes that he knew to cause catastrophic damage. The veins throughout her entire body and even her face turned black and gold. You could almost see the fire running through her body beneath her skin. Her hair became the most vibrant he had ever seen it before. She was the most beautiful yet horrifying thing he had ever laid eyes on and if he didn't know just how dangerous Ginny could be in this state, he would have his lips on her in an instant.
"Ginny... I-What..." he couldn't find words as he tried to fight the tears that stung his eyes.
"That dream I thought I had... it wasn't a dream, I know it happened. Someone was there, maybe one of the Adwell brothers, I don't know." she started to explain so fast that Draco could barely keep up with her. "The person injected me with some black stuff, I'm not sure what it is exactly all I know is it acts like a steroid or something. Every time I use or feel my powers, I lose control and this has been happening," she said, gesturing to her body and how it looked.
She turned away from him and started crying, making him take a few steps closer to her.
"I couldn't even hold Ava the other day because I was hurting her... I've been taking sleeping draught and sedation potions to keep my powers from surfacing." she sobbed harder.
Draco walked in front of her and just looked at how she was suffering. His wife, the woman he loved and would anything for... the mother of his children. He couldn't stand to see her so lost and broken, not when he knew how strong she was.
He reached forward and cupped her face with one hand, her skin burning his touch. He let his powers surface so he could still touch her without being harmed. She looked up at him with those horrifying eyes.
"I'm so sorry I've kept this from you." she cried, looking away once more.
"Ginny, look at me." he said softly.
She was hesitant at first, but she lifted her face to look at him again.
"I love you and we will get through this, I'll help you." he pulled her into a hug.
She could feel his body fighting against her fiery touch, making her pull back. She couldn't even hug her husband without hurting him. She knew Draco would just use his powers to tolerate the heat, but she didn't want that.
There was a knock on their door and Ginny jumped into a panic.
"Mum, is dinner ready? We're waiting downstairs." came Riley's voice through the door.
"They can't see me like this; I don't want them to see me like this." Ginny cried, as she waved her wand once more and put her concealment charms back on.
"We'll be right down!" Draco called to her before he looked at Ginny once more, her eyes and skin back to normal.
"Draco, I'm scared, I'm scared I'm going to hurt you or one of the children. I don't think I can stay here anymore," she said, getting up and grabbing a bag from the closet.
"Wait a damn second Ginny," he said, taking the bag from her before she could attempt to pack up any clothes in it. "There's no way you're leaving your family because of this. You would never hurt any of us."
"Yeah, I bet that's what Ellie thought too." she snapped, ripping the bag from his grasp.
"Ginny, calm down."
"NO, DRACO!" she yelled. "I already went to Robert Adwell and told him what I thought he was up to and he is acting like he has no clue what I'm talking about."
"What? You went to Robert Adwell and accused him of making you his lab rat?" Draco asked, outraged at her careless actions. "Ginny, that's the last person you should be talking to right now."
"I don't care, I just want a way to end of all this," she said angrily. She stopped and turned to look at him, her eyes piercing into his. "Why does this feel so familiar? Why does it feel like the past has caught up with us? What is happening to our lives?"
He grabbed her in his arms; he didn't care how much her blazing touch made his powers kick in.
"Stop thinking like that Gin, we are ok, you are going to be ok... We all are." he grabbed her face in his hands. "You need to stay focused, ok? You are in control... not them, ok?"
She gave him a small tearful smile before she nodded.
Ember felt the wind blow gently across her face, the night air hitting her felt so peaceful. She opened her eyes and took in the lit up town below her from the hill she was sitting on.
"It's so beautiful at night," She said to Jake. "This is a nice spot," she said, turning to take in her surroundings once more.
There was a big tree they were sitting under on a high grassy hill that overlooked the busy town below.
"Yeah, I use to come here all the time, just for some peace of mind really. My mother was a single parent so we didn't have much and we struggled a lot. Sometimes it became all too much for her and she would break down. I always tried to be there for her, but she depended a lot on me for certain things. Whenever I felt too overwhelmed I would just come here. It always helped me clear my mind." he explained with a small smile.
She smiled back before it faded slightly.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
Ember's mind was on so many things, the first being her brother and the whole Noah ordeal. The other was on her mother's reaction to her hanging out with Jake tonight. She was taken aback by how her mother freaked out, which made her wonder what Jake's father did that made him such an evil man.
"Just a lot on my mind is all."
"Well, what is it that you want to do? Name anything and I'll do my best to make it happen."
She gave a small laugh. "Hmm, I don't know, what do you do for fun?"
"Me?" he said with an amused smile. "Something quite out of the norm for the Wizarding World. See, my mother raised me in a very Muggle town and we have picked up a lot of Muggle ways."
Ember just stared at him before a small smile crossed her lips. "That's quite interesting, any specific reason why?"
"Well, at the time when she had me the Wizarding World was dangerous. I mean there was a war happening and she thought I'd be more protected and live a normal life if we blended in with Muggles. She soon came around after the war and wanted to go back to the ways of the Wizarding World but she became comfortable and most of all happy where she was... so we stayed."
"But you still went to Hogwarts? You're just a few years older than me, so we must have gone to school together."
"I know, crazy huh? It's hard to believe someone as beautiful as you was right under my nose and I never saw it," he said, his eyes locking with hers.
Ember couldn't help the blush that came to her face and she quickly looked away to hide it.
"Come on," Jake said suddenly, getting up and holding his hand out to help her up.
She took his hand and they apparated to the Muggle town they were looking down at. When she turned around and saw where they were she let out a small laugh.
"Bowling? This is what you do for fun?"
"Honestly, I work a lot, so I don't do many things that are fun. Have you ever bowled?"
She shook her head. "Definitely have not."
"Well, perfect, let's go," he said leading the way in.
Ember followed him into the bowling alley and her heart raced a bit. She wasn't around Muggles very often and being surrounded by them in the middle of a Muggle town had her on edge a bit. It was a lot more crowded than she thought and the music was blaring. She waited for Jake to set them up with a lane and then he led her over to grab a ball.
"Here, try this," he said handing her one.
She took it and almost dropped it as the weight of it was unexpected. "Geez, people throw these around?" she asked, following him over to their lane.
"Well, kind of. You sort of roll it to knock down all the pins... like this," he explained as he walked up to the lane and threw the ball.
They both watched it roll down the lane and she looked at Jake with a bit of confusion.
"You said the idea was to hit all the pins?"
"Yes."
"But you only hit one," she stated.
"Yeah, I see that." he said sarcastically.
They both laughed.
"Ok, let me give it a go," she said, making her way up to the lane.
She squinted her eyes a bit to focus on the pins and brought her hand back before she threw the bowling ball. It was rolling quite slow down the lane as she watched it.
"You have to throw it a bit faster," Jake said.
Ember's face lit up when she saw the ball hit the middle pin and watched as the rest of them all fell.
"Oh, look I got them all. That's good right?" she asked Jake.
He just stared at her for a moment with his mouth open. "Uh, yeah, that's great... it's called a strike."
"So what do we call the one you knocked down?"
"I call it screwed." he laughed before they continued to bowl.
Two games later and Jake had given up on even trying at this point. He hadn't realized how bad he was at this until now. After his third gutterball in a row, he just let Ember have at it and watched her the rest of the game. He watched her jump in excitement when she kept getting a strike which made him get lost in her completely.
"I think I won again," she said.
"Indeed you did," he said with a smirk.
They both turned towards the group of people beside them who were having an argument and started getting rather loud.
"Come on, we should get going," he said.
"What do you think they're fighting about?" She asked, looking over as she slipped her shoes back on.
"Who knows, they look drunk to me," he said as the men started shoving each other.
Ember jumped when one of the men fell backward right in front of her. A part of her felt like she should help him up, but she felt a bit nervous around this Muggle setting since she wasn't used to their lifestyle. Before she could contemplate it any further the two men started throwing punches and she felt Jake grab her arm and pull her away from the two brawling men.
"Are you alright?" he asked, a bit of amusement in his tone.
She gave him a small smile. "Yeah, I'm just not used to seeing this kind of stuff," she said following him out to the parking lot.
Once they were outside he let go of her hand when he felt it getting really hot.
"Your hand... why is it so hot?"
Ember's heart started to race, she knew Jake was aware of her parent's powers and he saw Scorpius and Ellie use theirs, but she never let it known to him that she had any too. She didn't want to stick around to find out how he would react either and so she started walking behind the building to find a place out of sight to apparate back home.
"Ember, hold on!" he called to her as he ran to catch up. "Where are you going?"
"I have to go, I can't be here... I-"
"Because of your powers?" he asked.
She just stared at him.
"You have powers right? Fire? Like your mum?" he asked.
"How did you know?"
"How could I not, plus... your hair is becoming a fiery wave." he laughed, pointing to the few strands that gently hovered around her face.
She ran her hands through her hair and gave it a light shake until the flames disappeared and then looked away from him. "I'm sorry, it's just this setting is so new to me and then the excitement over bowling and then the fight...I just got-"
"Can you show me?"
She looked at him again. "What?"
"Your powers, can you show me some of them?"
"You actually want to see me use my powers?" she asked him again.
He nodded.
She took a few steps further behind the building to be out of sight from any Muggles before she held out her hand in front of him. Soon a small flame formed in the palm of her hand and she watched Jake's face light up with the smile he gave her. His smile did something to her and soon her hair was ablaze again as it gently blew across her face.
She suddenly felt his lips on hers, she was hesitant at first, but when her body instantly relaxed and she kissed him back. Just as she was settling into the kiss she felt him break it and back away from her.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry Ember, I didn't mean to do that. I mean, I did, but I didn't mean to without asking you." Jake started to go off on a nervous rant. "Your father is going to kill me if he finds out I kissed you unless you want to kill me, which honestly, it's probably only fair, I shouldn't have taken advantage of you and-"
He was cut off by her lips against his this time.
She could tell he was the one who was hesitant this time, but soon realized she was more than ok with him kissing her. It was soft and gentle, but felt so long overdue, even though she only knew Jake a short time.
"You don't have to apologize," she said, looking up at him.
"I was just overwhelmed by how beautiful you looked using your powers. It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen," he said.
Ember bit her lip at his comment. She wasn't used to getting compliments, especially from a boy. Noah made it known to her that she was nothing more than a freak with a deadly gift. She was surprised to see her powers surface as they did, she had always struggled with conjuring them up in such a powerful way. Being around Jake made her feel a bit more confident and the fact that he didn't look at her like some killing machine made her embrace her powers a little more.
"Come on, I'll take you home," Jake said as he laced his fingers with hers.
"I thought this wasn't a date?" she asked in amusement.
"Yeah, and I thought I was a decent bowler."
They both laughed.
A/N: Alright what did you think? Ginny is losing herself a bit in this chapter. Then we have our poor James and Scorpius going through their own shit. Your thoughts on all of this? Please review!!! Thanks!
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