I, Arachne Narcissa Malfoy, fell in love with a boy named, James Sirius Potter.
I remember in my first and second year before we were friends I used to dream about him. In the dream I was a Princess, betrothed to someone I didn't love, an evil Prince who didn't love me. Until one night while the whole castle was asleep, the princess decided to run away to far away land as a pauper. She was running through a spooky forest that she had never been through, when something grabbed her, she was being strangled and her arms and legs were being tied up. She… or I tried to scream but there was no use because my mouth was being tied up. Then all of a sudden there he was, riding a white stallion, his sword out and pointing at the enemy, he rode swiftly and barely missing me he hit the enemy dead on and I was freed. Needless to say we lived happily ever after, but I never understood who the Prince was until I met him. The wonderful, the perfect, the gorgeous, James Sirius Potter, and at first I refused to speak to him, because of who he was but I still had an unsatisfied curiosity around him, and I would always try to get closer to him. For instance, I would volunteer to be his partner, or I would sit around him during other classes, luckily for me we had all of our classes together. We were even on our houses Quidditch team, I was on Slytherin of course but I made it, and so did he.
No one seemed to notice my secret crush for a very long time until my brother confronted me about it in my third year. We were in the library and James had over heard, and when Scorpius left, James came up and talked to me, telling me he heard the whole thing and that he liked me as well. He told me he didn't care what my last name was, or what our parents history was, he told me that all he knew was that he wanted to be with me. It was the beginning of a long and beautiful relationship.
It's the beginning of my sixth year and only a few people know about the love of my life; Scorpius, James's brother and sister, Albus, and Lily, along with his mum, Ms. Potter, and there all really supportive, except Lily, who I think hates me, but James swears she's just protective. It's his last year and there all telling me and James to come out with it.
"There going to find out soon enough, why not just tell them?" Scorpius asks me falling onto my bed, without invitation. It was summer vacation and it wasn't abnormal for my parents not to be home.
"He is right, Arachne, they are going to find out soon enough, I know that there already suspicious. " James said sitting in my gray armchair, with his big green eyes looking into my grey ones.
"Well then I guess they'll just have to be surprised later, because who here volunteers to tell them." I looked at the both of them as they looked back and forth to one another, neither of them said anything. I didn't take it personally, my parents could be… stubborn, to say the least. I promised James and Scorpius that I would tell them eventually but not yet. School hadn't even started yet and if I told them now they'd never let me go back. We all agreed Christmas was the best time to do it.
I pushed Scorpius out of my room so that I could be alone with my forbidden lover.
"Are you really planning on telling them, all by yourself?" He asked standing up from the armchair, and walking gracefully over to me. His gaze on me made my knees go soft, and my heart skip beats. He knew the effect he had and bathed in the moment.
"Well James you know I could always use your help." I replied breathlessly, his hands were wrapping around my waist and my hands were moving up through his hair. I rested my head on his chest and he rested his head on mine. I pulled him toward the bed and he agreeably laid down, pulling me on top of him. I blushed and giggled at the closeness that I hadn't been able to feel all summer long.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
No one expected Christmas to come this quick, especially me. James was to come over for dinner, and my parents didn't know it. As my parents and I arrived at the house through floo, I tried to tell them.
"Can I have a friend come over for dinner?" I asked quickly, "why did I ask? I should have just told them someone was coming over, crap now there going to ask questions." I thought to myself.
"What friend?" My father asked.
"Just a friend you wouldn't know him."
"Him?"
"Yes him and I want him to be a surprise okay?"
"Fine, fine, but so help me god if you're pregnant!"
"DAD! I'm not pregnant!"
"I know that because if you were, he'd be dead already." My mother laughed at the both of us and Scorpius had an all-knowing smirk on his face that made him look exactly like a younger version of dad.
A few hours had passed and James was going to be here soon I was almost hyperventilating, when a knock came at my bedroom door.
"Come in." It was Scorpius; he was dressed up already in a suit and tie.
"Why are you dressed up?" I asked.
"Didn't mom and dad tell you, the grandparents are coming?" He was smirking from ear to ear looking as my face changed from curious to full on shocked.
"Are you shitting me?"
"No sis, I'm not shitting you," he said close to full out laughing at me.
I ran past Scorpius, through my door, down the stairs, and right into my father's study.
"Granma and Grandpa are coming?" I asked quickly, needing a quick response. My father looked up from his papers and studied me.
"Of course there coming it's the mid-point of your brother's last year at school, why wouldn't they. I hope your friend is polite to them."
"Dad when are they coming?" I was urgent and desperate at this point, I was ready to spill it all to him until the door bell rang. I gasped and ran to it, before any one else could reach it. It was James, right at 6 o'clock. I grabbed him by the shirt collar and dragged him up the stairs…
"Now wait right there Arachne Narcissa Malfoy." My mother said closing the door that I had left open. I stopped dead in my tracks; I thought I was going to die. My heart felt like it was ready to explode inside my chest. James and I turned around I didn't even open my eyes; I could already visualize my mother's face.
"What… What… What the hell is this?" My mother yells. James and I were both ready to answer but were interrupted by the door bell, my mother didn't even move as she stood there staring at us. My father came out of his study, ready to get the door but when he saw my mother he followed her gaze right up to us, I could feel hell tearing open in his eyes. The door bell rang again and Scorpius was walking out of his room only to be stopped by the awkwardness of the situation, and attempted to creep back into his room before my mother yelled,
"Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy, come out this instance!" He slowly walked out of the hallway and stood next to us.
"Yes mother?" The doorbell rang again and again, until finally my mother spoke.
"Scorpius take him to your room, Arachne get dressed, and do it quickly. We'll figure out what to do from there when your grandparents are settled." Scorpius and I nod and run to our rooms, James followed Scorpius, but not before giving me an understanding glance. He knew all about my grandparents and there stubborn ways. When I was in my room, my adrenaline was at an all time high and I was changing clothes while combing my hair and trying to think of a way around my grandparents, wondering if I should tell them or not. I put on my beautiful grey dress that I was worried about James liking, and putting my hair up just the way I had it when James and I first met. I ruined his evening already and I wanted to attempt to make up for it later. When I was ready I left my room and went straight to Scorpius's room, when I opened the door I saw James sitting on his bed looking right up at me. I walked over to him and kissed him passionately, I was ready to apologize but when I broke the kiss and opened my mouth to speak, James stopped me. He looked me in the eyes and told me he understood. I kissed him quickly again on the lips again, just as my dad walked into the room.
"Arachne now what kind of joke is this, because I'm not laughing."
I braced myself for saying it, and James stood up and took my hand, squeezing it to reassure that he's there for support.
"There's not joke dad I'm dating James Potter, and I love him."