Title: Seal the Deal

Author: gelhie (keischara green)

Summary: Draco proposes to Pansy and instead of saying yes, she sets up a challenge for him which will eventually involve Hermione and Blaise, requiring his skills in manipulation and seduction.

Era: Post - Hogwarts

Disclaimer (for the whole story): J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter (and the characters in it). Anything that you have read in J.K. Rowling's works is not mine. The plot is mine though. :)

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Chapter 1

The Deal

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Draco Malfoy always believed that 'blood is everything' – by blood, I mean heritage. He could not even push himself to believe that there was such a thing called "love". We could say that he remembers his mother's love and not much of his father's but the love that he did not believe in was the one that many people said could move mountains – the love for a lady.

To him, there were different kinds of love but not such a love where he would choose to die for lady. Oh Merlin, no, he would rather live and choose the lady to be sacrificed in exchange for his own life.

Yes, you could say that he was selfish and vain.

Imagine being with a man like that.

I would rather die.

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Draco felt like he had just closed his eyes when the rays of the sun touched his face. He stretched and yawned and pushed back the thoughts that plagued him as soon as he woke up but when he stood up and the silk sheets slid off his torso, the memory of last night replayed in his mind.

Flashback

Without any warning, in the middle of a decent conversation, Draco Malfoy brought out a silver orb and laid it on the table. Pansy Parkinson eyed it for a moment the looked up at Draco.

Judging by the molten silver swimming inside the orb, they both knew it was an Orb of Proposal.

"Marry me?" Draco asked as if he was just asking her out for lunch.

Pansy chuckled and didn't say anything for a while. She placed a delicate finger over her lips and thought really hard before she said anything. She likes Draco – probably even loves him but she wasn't that easy and she was going to prove that to him. She realized that it was about time to play around with him and not the other way around.

"I won't," Pansy said flatly.

Draco smirked; he knew she wouldn't say yes – well, not yet. Pansy took the orb and raised it slightly then laid it on the table.

"The Orb of Proposal," Pansy whispered thoughtfully. "I have a proposal."

"And what is this proposal?" Draco asked, genuinely interested.

"I will give you my answer," Pansy began. "…if you win."

Draco stared at her, waiting for her to continue.

…and so she did, without being encouraged to: "If I win, I will have to take twenty-thousand galleons from you and you'll have to find some other time to propose to me."

"What is the deal?" Draco asked.

"You will find a decent girl, someone I would approve of, who will go to bed with you, go to lots of dates with you and agree to marry you at the end of a month," Pansy said and smiled to herself. It was a spontaneous idea but she could live with it.

Draco opened his mouth then closed it again. He did not expect this; he thought Pansy would just ask for a week to think about it or for some monetary compensation before she'd say "Yes, I will marry you".

"Why?" Draco asked, looking like he wanted to withdraw the Orb of Proposal.

"To prove yourself to me," Pansy replied. She knew that he would accept this reason.

…and he did. With the contemplative silence that filled the air momentarily, Pansy knew he was considering it. Draco would not back out from a challenge especially this that involved seduction and manipulation, something he almost perfected.

"No paid actresses or people you would pay with favors," Pansy added. "Preserve your pride, Draco, find a decent girl to play with."

Pansy stood up and walked over to Draco's side. She sat on his lap and straightened his black robe for him. "I don't want anyone dirtying you," she whispered and kissed him.

Pansy knows it wouldn't be that difficult for Draco to find a girl. She also knows that Draco would probably even attempt to cheat. She would know it all in case he does. She was going to hire someone to spy on him.

"When will the countdown start?" He asked when she pulled away to catch her breath.

"Two days from now to give you a head start," said Pansy and kissed him lightly on the cheek.

"Alright," Draco said, slightly hesitant.

"Was that a yes?" Pansy asked.

"Yes, it's a deal," he said and stared at the orb.

Pansy reached forward and pulled a strand of Draco's hair. She pulled one strand of her hair too and placed it near the orb. The silver inside the orb swirled and sucked the two strands of hair.

Then, Draco realized that the deal was magically bound. There was no turning back.

End of Flashback

Draco Malfoy groaned inwardly and ran his fingers through his pale blond hair. He stretched one last time then went into the bathroom, replaying the scene over and over in his head.

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A/N: I edited this chapter. Yes, it is still quite short but the next ones will be longer, I promise. I had just finished writing "Alteration" that's why it's only now that I am writing for this.

No worries, I'll try to update more often. The plot for this kind of got messed up so I combined it with a new plot. :D

I hope you review and thanks in advance! :)

**Twenty thousand galleons is equal to roughly two hundred thousand US dollars; roughly a hundred thousand UK pound.