Give and Take
By: Kate Myers.
Narcissa bit her lip nervously as she impatiently waited for Transfiguration to be over. She knew she couldn't appear too eager, however, as she WAS the best student in her class and if she slacked off even a bit her perfect report card would turn worthless.
Perfection was a very important thing to Narcissa. Perfection was what she strived for, although no matter how many A's she got, how smooth her skin appeared, or how tiny her waistline was, she forced herself to believe that she was nowhere near perfection. She also believed that her image was all she had, her image was the only thing that would allow her to marry well. Marrying well was what Narcissa was also destined to do, as her parents had told her ever since she was young.
"And not just any boy, Narcissa, you are going to marry a pure-blood wizard, from a well-known family. No daughter of mine will ever marry a pauper, muggle, or worst of all, a mudblood."
Narcissa took this to heart, and refused all the offers she received from the hormone-driven boys at Hogwarts. After her third year at Hogwarts, her parent's informed her about her future husband. She was to marry Lucios Malfoy , heir to the Malfoy bloodline, after she graduated from Hogwarts. And that was that. There was no use in arguing, protesting, or refusing. The documents where signed and that was simply that. There was no turning back.
Now she was in her 7th year, and waiting for Transfiguration to end. After transfiguration she had potions with Lucios, making this her favorite class of the day. She pulled out some shiny lip-gloss that Lucios had found on the floor and given to her as a Christmas present. This lip-gloss could have belonged to anyone, but the fact that Lucios had given it to her made her use it as much as she possibly could. After applying the gloss she put it back in her robe, smoothed her hair, and walked out of the Transfiguration classroom. She walked down the grand staircase until she reached the dungeons, where her Potions class was located. She gave her hair a final smooth, and turned the corner.
Then she saw him. He was leaning up agenst a wall, talking to his friends and laughing. He looked up at Narcissa and a small smile curled from the side of his mouth. She smiled and walked over to him. She tried to give him a small embrace, but he pushed her away and his smile turned into a straight line. She looked up into his cold eyes and backed away, and let him continue to talk to his friends, who hardly noticed her. When his friends went inside the classroom, he turned and looked at her.
"I expect you to be at the same place, same time, tonight. NO excuses." He started moving toward the classroom, but he turned and said "Wipe that gunk off of your lips." He entered the classroom, and Narcissa fanatically wiped the gloss off on the sleeve of her robe and followed Lucius.
Yes, of course! She had almost forgotten about her and Lucius's secret place. And they where going there tonight! Whenever they went there, Lucius was very happy. Now, tonight, she could make him happy again. Making him happy was another goal of her's. Whenever he was happy, she was happy. But making Lucius happy wasn't always the easiest thing to do.
They sat together during Potions, but they hardly ever spoke. Narcissa LOVED the fact that they sat in front of the class, because everybody could SEE that Narcissa and Lucius where "together". A few times Lucius had even held her hand for 2 or 3 minutes, and that only added to Narcissa's delight.
Today in potions they were making a bogweed solution, which required chopping up porcupine quills and durksham. Lucius hardly ever chopped anything up, so Narcissa was stuck doing it for him. She really didn't mind though, as long as Lucius was content. As she slowly began chopping the durksham, she watched Lucius turn around and talk to another one of his friends. As his head turned, his sleek light hair (which was pulled back into a neat ponytail) flipped over his shoulder. Her eyes wandered down to his arms, which were muscular and toned. His hands where as well. She so wanted to run her fingers through his sleek hair and fit her tiny hand into his strong one, but then she realized that she was letting her mind wander and she needed to finish the potion.
When she was finished preparing all of the ingredients, she put them together in the fashion that she was instructed. After a few minutes, she had a bubbling, bright green potion, FINISHED. The potion's professor, Professor Lightgene, approached her and Lucius's desk.
"Why, Narcissa, this is one of the best Bogweed Potions I have ever seen! Everything is perfect! I couldn't have done it better myself!" Narcissa felt her face flare and her stomach tighten. She could not stand it when she received praise in front of Lucius when he hadn't gotten any. Without thinking, words burst from her mouth like a balloon with too much air.
"Well, I chopped the porcupine quills, but Lucius did everything else."
Professor Lightgene turned his attention to Lucius, who admitted to everything Narcissa had implied.
Potions was the last class of the day for them, so after they were dismissed they headed toward the dining hall. Narcissa personally LOVED dinner best of all. She and Lucius sat together and ate, and Narcissa thought that this was a very nice way to end a hard day of work. Sometimes they even engaged in a light bit of conversation. Narcissa did most of the talking, but she was content with staring into those dark eyes of his. Those eyes.they cast a spell on her that would make her do ANYTHING for him...anything...
They finally made their way to the dining hall. Lucius offered Narcissa his arm, and she gladly took it as they both made their way to the Slytherin table. She loved it when Lucius did things to make it apparent that they where in love. Narcissa felt so different from all the other couples at hogwarts.she was actually in LOVE. To her, these couples where like five year olds, discovering the opposite sex for the first time.
After they sat down and dinner was served, she looked up and Lucius and started cutting a big piece of steak. She was SO famished she barely had the strength to cut the meat. She had missed lunch that day, because she needed to finish Lucius's Defense Agenst the Dark Arts essay. Now, she could eat. She could eat all she wanted, and spend a quiet evening with Lucius. She lifted the fork to her mouth and was about to bite into the supple piece of steak when all of a sudden..
"Are you MAD? If you eat that, you'll look like a cow at the 80th Annual Malfoy Dinner!" Lucius hissed out of the corner of his mouth, with a hint of anger in his voice.
Automatically, Narcissa put the fork down and shoved her plate away. All the hunger pains in her stomach disappeared and her stomach felt like she had eaten a million meals. How stupid she was to act like a pig in front of the love of her life! He was probably ashamed to call her his girlfriend, and he had reason too. She couldn't eat another bite now, she WAS getting terribly large. If she ate much more, she WOULD look like a cow at the 80th Annual Malfoy Dinner. And THAT was one thing she was not going to risk.Lucius's parents had agreed that at the Dinner, they could make their engagement "official". One could not look like a cow at a Malfoy Social Event! Narcissa needed to look PERFECT when she went to that Manor with Lucius!
She left her plate untouched and watched Lucius eat. Soon, people started to file out of the dining hall, but she and Lucius remained. Lucius liked avoiding the crowded staircases, so they often stayed a few extra minutes. Lucios finished his last bite of food, then looked up at Narcissa. Once again, those eyes enchanted her.
"Shall we be on our way then, my dear?" Lucius offered his arm again, and Narcissa took it. She really did love him. She had messed up so many times today..first, she embarrassed him in front of his friends, then she almost STUFFED herself in front of him. Tonight, she would redeem herself and make up for all of those horrible things she did. Tonight, at their secret place.
They made it to the Slytherin common room, and Lucius saw a group of his friends. He quickly turned to Narcissa.
"Remember, same place, same time." He smirked a bit and joined his circle of friends.
(Please, if you review..be crucial if you have too! When I get enough feedback, I'll probably be adding 2 more chapters.)
By: Kate Myers.
Narcissa bit her lip nervously as she impatiently waited for Transfiguration to be over. She knew she couldn't appear too eager, however, as she WAS the best student in her class and if she slacked off even a bit her perfect report card would turn worthless.
Perfection was a very important thing to Narcissa. Perfection was what she strived for, although no matter how many A's she got, how smooth her skin appeared, or how tiny her waistline was, she forced herself to believe that she was nowhere near perfection. She also believed that her image was all she had, her image was the only thing that would allow her to marry well. Marrying well was what Narcissa was also destined to do, as her parents had told her ever since she was young.
"And not just any boy, Narcissa, you are going to marry a pure-blood wizard, from a well-known family. No daughter of mine will ever marry a pauper, muggle, or worst of all, a mudblood."
Narcissa took this to heart, and refused all the offers she received from the hormone-driven boys at Hogwarts. After her third year at Hogwarts, her parent's informed her about her future husband. She was to marry Lucios Malfoy , heir to the Malfoy bloodline, after she graduated from Hogwarts. And that was that. There was no use in arguing, protesting, or refusing. The documents where signed and that was simply that. There was no turning back.
Now she was in her 7th year, and waiting for Transfiguration to end. After transfiguration she had potions with Lucios, making this her favorite class of the day. She pulled out some shiny lip-gloss that Lucios had found on the floor and given to her as a Christmas present. This lip-gloss could have belonged to anyone, but the fact that Lucios had given it to her made her use it as much as she possibly could. After applying the gloss she put it back in her robe, smoothed her hair, and walked out of the Transfiguration classroom. She walked down the grand staircase until she reached the dungeons, where her Potions class was located. She gave her hair a final smooth, and turned the corner.
Then she saw him. He was leaning up agenst a wall, talking to his friends and laughing. He looked up at Narcissa and a small smile curled from the side of his mouth. She smiled and walked over to him. She tried to give him a small embrace, but he pushed her away and his smile turned into a straight line. She looked up into his cold eyes and backed away, and let him continue to talk to his friends, who hardly noticed her. When his friends went inside the classroom, he turned and looked at her.
"I expect you to be at the same place, same time, tonight. NO excuses." He started moving toward the classroom, but he turned and said "Wipe that gunk off of your lips." He entered the classroom, and Narcissa fanatically wiped the gloss off on the sleeve of her robe and followed Lucius.
Yes, of course! She had almost forgotten about her and Lucius's secret place. And they where going there tonight! Whenever they went there, Lucius was very happy. Now, tonight, she could make him happy again. Making him happy was another goal of her's. Whenever he was happy, she was happy. But making Lucius happy wasn't always the easiest thing to do.
They sat together during Potions, but they hardly ever spoke. Narcissa LOVED the fact that they sat in front of the class, because everybody could SEE that Narcissa and Lucius where "together". A few times Lucius had even held her hand for 2 or 3 minutes, and that only added to Narcissa's delight.
Today in potions they were making a bogweed solution, which required chopping up porcupine quills and durksham. Lucius hardly ever chopped anything up, so Narcissa was stuck doing it for him. She really didn't mind though, as long as Lucius was content. As she slowly began chopping the durksham, she watched Lucius turn around and talk to another one of his friends. As his head turned, his sleek light hair (which was pulled back into a neat ponytail) flipped over his shoulder. Her eyes wandered down to his arms, which were muscular and toned. His hands where as well. She so wanted to run her fingers through his sleek hair and fit her tiny hand into his strong one, but then she realized that she was letting her mind wander and she needed to finish the potion.
When she was finished preparing all of the ingredients, she put them together in the fashion that she was instructed. After a few minutes, she had a bubbling, bright green potion, FINISHED. The potion's professor, Professor Lightgene, approached her and Lucius's desk.
"Why, Narcissa, this is one of the best Bogweed Potions I have ever seen! Everything is perfect! I couldn't have done it better myself!" Narcissa felt her face flare and her stomach tighten. She could not stand it when she received praise in front of Lucius when he hadn't gotten any. Without thinking, words burst from her mouth like a balloon with too much air.
"Well, I chopped the porcupine quills, but Lucius did everything else."
Professor Lightgene turned his attention to Lucius, who admitted to everything Narcissa had implied.
Potions was the last class of the day for them, so after they were dismissed they headed toward the dining hall. Narcissa personally LOVED dinner best of all. She and Lucius sat together and ate, and Narcissa thought that this was a very nice way to end a hard day of work. Sometimes they even engaged in a light bit of conversation. Narcissa did most of the talking, but she was content with staring into those dark eyes of his. Those eyes.they cast a spell on her that would make her do ANYTHING for him...anything...
They finally made their way to the dining hall. Lucius offered Narcissa his arm, and she gladly took it as they both made their way to the Slytherin table. She loved it when Lucius did things to make it apparent that they where in love. Narcissa felt so different from all the other couples at hogwarts.she was actually in LOVE. To her, these couples where like five year olds, discovering the opposite sex for the first time.
After they sat down and dinner was served, she looked up and Lucius and started cutting a big piece of steak. She was SO famished she barely had the strength to cut the meat. She had missed lunch that day, because she needed to finish Lucius's Defense Agenst the Dark Arts essay. Now, she could eat. She could eat all she wanted, and spend a quiet evening with Lucius. She lifted the fork to her mouth and was about to bite into the supple piece of steak when all of a sudden..
"Are you MAD? If you eat that, you'll look like a cow at the 80th Annual Malfoy Dinner!" Lucius hissed out of the corner of his mouth, with a hint of anger in his voice.
Automatically, Narcissa put the fork down and shoved her plate away. All the hunger pains in her stomach disappeared and her stomach felt like she had eaten a million meals. How stupid she was to act like a pig in front of the love of her life! He was probably ashamed to call her his girlfriend, and he had reason too. She couldn't eat another bite now, she WAS getting terribly large. If she ate much more, she WOULD look like a cow at the 80th Annual Malfoy Dinner. And THAT was one thing she was not going to risk.Lucius's parents had agreed that at the Dinner, they could make their engagement "official". One could not look like a cow at a Malfoy Social Event! Narcissa needed to look PERFECT when she went to that Manor with Lucius!
She left her plate untouched and watched Lucius eat. Soon, people started to file out of the dining hall, but she and Lucius remained. Lucius liked avoiding the crowded staircases, so they often stayed a few extra minutes. Lucios finished his last bite of food, then looked up at Narcissa. Once again, those eyes enchanted her.
"Shall we be on our way then, my dear?" Lucius offered his arm again, and Narcissa took it. She really did love him. She had messed up so many times today..first, she embarrassed him in front of his friends, then she almost STUFFED herself in front of him. Tonight, she would redeem herself and make up for all of those horrible things she did. Tonight, at their secret place.
They made it to the Slytherin common room, and Lucius saw a group of his friends. He quickly turned to Narcissa.
"Remember, same place, same time." He smirked a bit and joined his circle of friends.
(Please, if you review..be crucial if you have too! When I get enough feedback, I'll probably be adding 2 more chapters.)