"Allison, I can't. I just can't do this." a shiver overtook the older man's voice as he looked to the beautiful young girl before him. Allison took a step forward and gripped his hand carefully, placing it on her stomach.
"Severus, she's yours... Don't you want her?" Allison looked to the Headmaster as he looked at her stomach. He lost it. Simply lost it. His arms wrapped around the younger girl as she buried her face into his neck.
"You don't understand, Allison. If he finds out about you, about us... He'll use you to get to me. I can't let him hurt you. I just got you, he can't have you. And now..." he looked down to his small child's home for the next six months.
Severus's onyx eyes met with Allison's as she looked him over for a moment. He moved swiftly, calling a house elf forward and telling her to pack Allison's things and meet him at the train with her trunk.
Allison was confused, utterly and totally confused. "Severus, what are you doing?" she asked, her crimson curls falling over her shoulder as he looked at her.
"Allie, listen to me. You're going to get on the train and I'm sending it to the country. The Dark Lord will not be able to find you there. I'll ask that house elves keep you both fed. You have to promise me not to leave the cottage until I come and get you." Allison's emerald eyes looked up at the man she loved so dearly and she nodded. "Promise me." he whispered.
"I promise, Severus... I love you." she whispered as she leaned up to kiss the man.
Allison looked at Severus's grave. He never came for her. Lucius had. After six months of grieving and not being able to look at her daughter for two long, Lucius had offered Allison a job that she had quickly taken. She was partners with Draco, which she didn't mind. He never really worked, but watching him flirt with women somehow picked up her attitude. She smiled more, she took care of her daughter. She was alive again.
"Mommy, do you think Daddy loved me?" Allison heard and she looked down at her daughter as she sat, cross-legged in the dirt, looking at her father's grave. Allison nodded.
"He did. He loved you so much. He was so excited to see you, but life got in the way and he had to go away for a while." Allison said as Elsa, her daughter nodded as she stood up and hugged the gravestone, something she always did when they visited Severus's grave.
"You know, Elsa, your dad was the bravest man anyone had ever met." Allison jumped as she heard Draco's voice. She smiled as Elsa pulled back and ran at Draco, watching as he picked her up and tossed her in the air, catching her with ease. Elsa hugged Draco around his neck and he smiled as Allison stood up and walked over to them.
"Morning Draco." she said as Elsa pulled back and looked at Draco.
"You mean Daddy was like Superman?" she asked as she started to fix where she had messed Draco's hair up.
Draco had stepped in as a father-figure for Elsa, Allison never really minded. After she opened up, her and Draco became fast-friends. Now that he didn't have to hide who he really was anymore, he was much friendlier than he had been in Hogwarts.
"Yeah, you could say that." Draco said as he let Elsa fix his hair. "So, Allison, you coming in to work this week?" he asked, knowing what the week meant to her. It was the week Severus had died. Allison nodded though.
"I am." she said softly. "I'm ready to move on with my life. He isn't coming back, and he would want me to be happy." she said softly as she let Draco hand her Elsa.
"Alright, I'll see you at the office. Bye midget." he patted Elsa's black curls before stuffing his hands in his pockets and walking away.
Allison's emerald eyes followed after him before sitting Elsa on her feet and taking her hand, starting to walk to their apartment.
Monday Morning, 5:30 and Allison couldn't help but thinking that she should not be awake this early. But, she pulled on a maroon blouse and a black skirt before making sure Rosa was watching Elsa and then hurrying out of the door to Mungo's.
She and Draco had started out as healers together and soon, Draco was performing cosmetic surgeries and he offered Allison to be his assistant. She loved working with Draco, so she was perfectly happy to accept the job. She loved seeing his smiling face every day.
Allison had no romantic feelings for him, though. They were just very good friends.
She smiled as she walked into her office, the check-in at the front office of Draco's section of the hospital. That's when she noticed him. He was sitting there with a pained expression on his face.
"Oh Merlin, what happened?" Allison laughed as Draco playfully glared at her.
"I met the most amazing girl last night." he said with a sigh and Allison cocked an eyebrow as she looked at him. "Her name is Astoria. She's stunning, really. We stayed the night together and she went to hand me my pants and my fake wedding ring fell out. She yelled 'Cheater' in my face and ran off." he mumbled. Allison shook her head a little.
"Draco, I told you that ring was going to bite you on the ass." she reminded him as he sighed deeply. "Look, if you really care about her-" Allison let Draco cut across her.
"I do! I think she could be the one, Allie."
Allison grit her teeth. "Don't call me Allie, Malfoy." she said in a warning tone. "If you really care about her, then just tell her the truth. Women like that." she said as she looked at him. Allison sighed and put a hand on his shoulder. "Look, Draco. If she's the one, she'll understand." she said with a warm smile on her face. He sighed and nodded a little.
"I hope you're right." he said as he looked up as a woman walked in.
"I'm here to see Mr. Malfoy." she said as Draco stood up and walked to the back. Allison, however smiled to the woman.
"Sign in and Mr. Malfoy will call you back in a few moments." Allison said kindly as she watched the woman sign her name. Pansy Parkinson. Allison held in soft laughs as she looked for the file, picking it up and laughing warmly. Draco had written on the front Do not let her see me. She's a lunatic who just wants me to see her naked again. Allison, I'm serious. Don't. Allison smiled as she stood up with the file. "Miss Parkinson, follow me to a room please." she said as she walked to the back, holding in a smirk as she felt Pansy's eyes watching the swell of her hips as they swayed.
Allison was a beautiful, curvy young woman and most women envied her body, even the crimson locks that fell around her ivory face, the swell of a pout on her pink lips, the soft, emerald eyes. Women always found a reason to hate Allison. She never cared.
"Draco, you have a client in room one. The file is in there." the beautiful girl called as she walked to the front again, a small smile on her pouting lips as she heard Draco's groan turn into a cough as to cover up the unhappy welcome to Pansy's visit. He'll get me back. And right she was.
"You want me to what?" Allison barked into the phone as she looked over to Elsa who was contently watching TV and playing with their puppy, Charlie.
"Come on, Allie, please? Just once. Just come, meet her, act like you're my ex wife. We'll both gain from it! I'll get Astoria and you'll get an amazing wardrobe!" Allison sighed as she looked at the bottle of firewhisky on the table.
"I could shoot you, I really could. What made you even think this was a good idea?" Allison asked as she sat down, opening the bottle and taking a drink.
"I don't know! I'm a Malfoy! That's what we do! We lie!" Allison rolled her eyes as she felt the burn of the drink down her throat.
"Merlin... Fine. When are we meeting her?"
"Tomorrow! We're taking the day off to make you look... Like a Malfoy." he said and Allison took another drink, making her words shake.
"Fine, one dinner and that's it! You hear me? God I hate you." she mumbled as she slammed the phone down.
The next day, Allison ran Draco's bill up to a fortune, or so she hoped. She got her clothing, Elsa some clothes, she got her hair done, a nice makeover. She was admittedly jealous about what Astoria was going to get.
"Okay, meet me in an hour at the cafe. Go change and for the love of Merlin, be nice." he begged as Allison rolled her eyes.
"Go." she said as she went to the apartment to change. "I'll show him Malfoy-worthy." she grumbled as she kicked off her flats.