Title: Back to Your Heart
Author: Mistress Fangs and Whiskers
Rating: Pg-13 (swearing mostly)
Pairing(s): Alex/Draco, Caleb/Tricia, Christina/Blaise
Summary: no summary mostly because I fail at them
Chapter 3
Alex limped her way over to deck chair and sat down gently setting down her foot. Ron stood near her and fidgeted slightly.
“Let me guess you wanted to talk about last night…” He said nervously.
“Well yeah,” she said and patted the end of the seat next to her foot.
He sat nervously careful not to sit on her foot.
“Why Ron? That’s the only thing I can really ask you is why?” she asked, “I thought you were okay with all of this.”
“I did too… At first that is then… I don’t know… I kept seeing the two of you together and I guess all those feelings came back. And then last night…”
“Ron if you felt like this then… then why did you break up with me?” Alex asked tears starting to come to her eyes.
“Because… I… I wanted to protect you.” He said it hurt him that she was crying, “I knew that if Voldemort found out that…”
“Don’t Ron, don’t.” she said holding up her hand, “You broke my heart when you broke up with me, why do you think it took so long for me to find someone again? I didn’t think I could trust anyone again and I hoped that you would want me back... Draco actually proved that he wouldn’t do that to me, that’s why I’m with him.”
“Alex I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.” He said softly wiping the tears from her cheeks, “I wish I hadn’t been such an idiot, then… then…”
“Then this would be your ring on my finger not his…” she said and leaned into his touch, she had missed this so much she then noticed Ron leaning towards her, “But it… it can’t happen.”
She then pulled away, “But… Alex…”
“Ron, I told him I’d marry him, I’m not gonna break it off on the slight chance that you’ll take me back.” She said trying to stop herself from crying.
“Alex I want you back, that’s why I kissed you last night, that’s why I’ve been so weird around you the past month.”
Alex bit her lip and looked away, she had been waiting for him to say this for so long, but why did it have to be now.
“Come on Alex, you know for a fact that you shouldn’t be with him. He tormented all of us when we were at Hogwarts. How could you even think of forgiving him?”
“He changed, Ron. We all changed.” Alex said softly looking down at the ring fondly. “He helped out a lot during the war.”
“That doesn’t change the fact that he is a ragging prat!” Ron said motioning to the house. “How can you simply look past all that?”
“With faith,” Alex said simply smiling slightly. “You see how he is now. I believe in him.”
“…Don’t you believe in me?” Ron asked leaning over to look at the blasted ring Malfoy had gotten her. He had never hated an object as much as he did right now. “I may not be rich but I can make your life so much better.”
“Ron don’t do this.” Alex said turning and looking Ron in the eyes. “Please.”
“Tell me why you’re choosing him.” Ron demanded softly.
“I already-”
“You never said you loved him.” Ron pointed out leaning closer to her face staring intently at her. “Just tell it to my face and I’ll-”
“Jesus Christ in six inch heels!” Alex and Ron turned quickly to see Dustin backing away from them looking more then a little panicked.
“Dustin, wait!” Alex said blushing wildly. “It’s-it’s…”
“What? ‘Not what it looks like’?” Dustin asked glaring at her slightly. “Well then tell me what this is, by all mean.”
“We were talking.” Ron said getting up looking between Dustin and Alex.
“Talking doesn’t usually involve people’s faces an inch apart.”
“Dustin please don’t please… Not now okay?” Alex said tears spilling over.
“Oh honey,” he said going over and wrapping his arms around Alex, “I’m sorry love, I’ll let this go… for now, but later you and I need to have a little chat.”
She nodded into his chest glad that he understood, Dustin had always been like an older “brother” to all of them, well an older gay brother.
“Besides we don’t want to upset Tricia to much right now, she might go into premature labor and drop the hell spawn upon us now.” Dustin said causing Alex to laugh, he felt her lightly punch his shoulder and move away; they both noticed that Ron had left.
“Thanks Dustin you always know what to say.” She said with a small smile trying to wipe the rest of the tears from her eyes.
“Oh dear of course, I’m the Oprah of the gays remember.” He said then fixed her hair quickly, “Now I suggest that you pull yourself together and look happy. People are going to think something wrong if a future bride is upset.”
She nodded weakly at him and watched him go inside. She turned and leaned onto the railing taking a heavy sigh. Why the hell did all of this have to be happening now? Why not 3 years ago after he broke her heart?
“There you are love,” a voice said from behind her, she bit her lip she had hoped she would be able to pull herself together before he found her. She could feel his strong arms wrap around her waist and feel his lips on her neck, how sweet he was to her made her feel like more of an ass.
“Uh, yeah, sorry just needed some air.” She lied hoping he wouldn’t catch it.
“Darling, look at me please,” he said and she slowly turned in his arms, “what’s wrong?”