Fifteen year old Narcissa Black looked at herself in the mirror, searching for any imperfections she could find. Of course her Mother expected nothing less than perfection for her daughters, they always had to look perfect. They were Blacks, nothing less was to be expected. It was the annual family Christmas dinner, her Mother loved throwing lavish Christmas parties every year, inviting all of the elite pureblood families. It was basically a time for her parents to show off how much money that had and how well they'd done. Usually, Narcissa would get bored, she'd try to get away but Druella loved to show off her youngest daughter, her little pride and joy. Narcissa usually hated having to socialise. This year there was one crucial difference though, Lucius Malfoy. Of course Narcissa had a crush on him for years, her being two years younger than him, she never dreamed that he would feel the same. However, this year he'd asked her on a date and it had spiralled from there, they quickly became serious.

"Are you ready yet Narcissa?" Druella Black asked, looking up and down at her daughter, making sure that she was wearing what she had laid out for her

"Yes Mother" Narcissa said, smiling. Oh she knew so well how to play her part, just as her sisters did. Her parents didn't really care as long as they did that. As long as they upheld the Black family name and did not bring shame upon the family

"I look forward to meeting Lucius formally. I am so proud of you Narcissa. You can hardly do better than a Malfoy" Druella said

"I know, I am very lucky" Narcissa said. Of course that wasn't why Narcissa had agreed to go on dates with him. No, it was the way that he treated her like she was made of glass, the way he always complimented her, even if she had just woken up. It was the way, that on their first date, he blushed and stuttered when he saw her all dressed up. She'd told Bellatrix this, and Bella being Bella she'd just rolled her eyes. Narcissa often wondered if there really was any love in Bella's marriage. Her sister had married Rodolphus Lestrange straight out of Hogwarts but there seemed to be no spark in their marriage, no shy looks, nothing.

"You are. Now I need to go to remind Cora and Eva how important today is" Druella said, and left the room

Cora and Eva were the family house elves. They had basically raised Narcissa and her sisters. Druella and Cygnus had never really been very close to their daughters. Cygnus was a little closer to Narcissa, she was his little princess, he'd always been softer on her than he was Andromeda and Bellatrix. Druella on the other hand was not as soft. Not that she was ever abusive, but rather she was harsher on her daughters, she expected perfection. Perfect grades, perfect behaviour, perfect relationships. Narcissa often wondered why but she knew it was to do with being a Black, there was always some kind of expectation to be better than everyone else.

She looked at herself in the mirror for a few more seconds, Druella hadn't said anything was wrong with how she looked so Narcissa assumed that meant that her Mother approved. She glanced at the clock and smiled, 11oclock, that meant that Lucius would be here any moment now.

Just then she heard a tapping on the door, and her Mother gushing. She made her way downstairs and smiled at Lucius. He was looking handsome as ever in dark red robes, he looked at her and returned the smile

"Narcissa my dear you look beautiful" He said, not taking his eyes off her

"Mother may I take Lucius for a walk around the grounds?" She asked, already embarrassed at her Mother

"Of course..I must find Andromeda anyway" Druella said, heading back up the stairs

Narcissa linked her arm though Lucius's and led him outside to the large gardens

"You really do look...exquisite" Lucius said, his eyes still fixed on her face

"Thank you, you too..I mean, you look handsome" Narcissa said, a small blush rising on her cheeks. Merlin, why did he make her feel like this, she always tried to keep her cool around him but he always did this to her, made her stomach go in knots.

"Thank you. Oh, I wanted to give you this, before the dinner starts" Lucius said, reaching into his pocket and handing her a small wrapped box, Narcissa smiled and tore off the wrapping paper and opened the box, revealing a beautiful white gold necklace, with a small heart charm.

"It's..beautiful, thank you" Narcissa smiled, standing on her tiptoes to kiss him "I have your present back in the house"

"Your company is all I need" Lucius said

Narcissa was just about to reply when she heard a shriek from inside the house, her Fathers shriek "IS THIS A JOKE ANDROMEDA?"

Narcissa's heart caught in her throat and glanced at Lucius before running into the house, wondering what could have happened

Thought I would establish the story first, I plan on making this quite long too...