~Erin~


After a summer of modeling for various expensive, high quality robe companies, Erin was finally back at Hogwarts. She walked into Hogwarts for the start of her fifth year with a very large trunk of money, quality robes, make-up, and more, looking like an Irish doll. Black hair, freckles, and fair skin made every single (and some taken!) boy's head turn. And this year, she was 15, and as her parents promised, she could start steady dating. She was so happy, there were so many fishes in the sea, and she was so sure she could catch them all, as long as she made sure not to do it all at once. She didn't have her eye on one particular guy...not yet. Just as long as she didn't have to date that terrible James Potter or one of his rotten friends...yuck! She thought about Lucius Malfoy, but then remembered her Ravenclaw friends probably would hate her if she dated him. She crossed him off the list that she had in her head. Maybe she'd just wait for someone to come to her. And come to her they did.
It was a whole two weeks before she actually got asked out, and even then, she said no. I mean, come on, who would ever go out with watery-eyed, rat-nosed, amazingly dumb Peter Pettigrew? Besides, he was friends with James Potter. She couldn't bear thinking about it anymore, so she stopped. He had asked her after class, humiliating himself. He deserved it, too. But she couldn't help but notice Lucius sighing with relief behind his snicker at Peter's disappointment.
"So, Erin, who do you have your eyes on?" Karen asked her, snapping Erin out of her gaze and back to the real world of...she looked down to see what. Oh, dinner.
"Um, no one in particular!" She said, squeaking. It was very convincing. Karen just laughed.
"Come on, you can tell me! I've known you for four years now, there's no hiding anything from me." Karen prodded.
"If there's no hiding anything, how come you can't tell?" Erin replied, proud of her wits. That's why she was in Ravenclaw, obviously. Her eyes danced with happiness of the defeat of the wits of her friend.
"Lucius."
"I beg your pardon?" Erin looked questioningly at her friend. Karen couldn't possibly know who she had been eyeing.
"I said, Lucius. As in, you know, you've got your eyes on Lucius. I told you there was no hiding anything from me!" Now it was Karen's eyes that danced with the pleasure of defeat. Erin sighed, knowing she didn't really belong in Ravenclaw. If there was a house strictly for looks, that's the oneshe'd be in. But then, she thought bitterly, so would James, according to most of the girls. And Sirius. And Remus. Remus. She tilted her head at the name. It sounds good, she thought. Good name, Remus, I like it. She was awakened from her daydream by a forkful of something stuffed into her mouth.
"Care for dessert? It's cheesecake!"
"Oh, yeah! Yum!" She abandoned her thoughts and stuffed herself with dessert, forgetting that she's only had a few bites of actual food.

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After dessert, she walked out with Karen, only to find Lucius standing at the door. Great, now he's going to hear everything Karen decides to tell. Which is usually everything. But before Karen could say anything, Lucius spoke.
"Hello, Erin." Erin hadn't even guessed he knew her name. "Want to talk with me?"
"Um..." I said, acting like the shy girl I wasn't. "I guess."
"Alone? Somewhere private?" He looked pointedly at Karen, who pointed to the way to our common room, raised her eyebrows at me, and walked off.
"Uh, where? Where in Hogwarts is private?" I honestly didn't think there was any place private here, except my dormitory...which was not only in the Ravenclaw common room, but the girls' dormitory. Lucius grinned.
"Prefects bathroom. I'm a prefect, remember?"
"Oh yeah..." I wished I had been picked as Ravenclaw's prefect. Karen had. I forgave her though, I mean, she's amazing. Like earlier, she read my mind (or maybe she just followed my eyes), and she does amazing things like that all the time. And she's such a good friend, she only deserves the honor. When voting, I voted for her (as did 90% of all the Ravenclaws) and she voted for...guess who. Not herself! She voted for me. Now that's an honor. I finally woke up from my thoughts and realized that Lucius was holding my hand and walking me down the hall. I was overjoyed.
"Grindylow" Lucius said, in a soft voice. He led me in, and as I stared at the room, he started into my eyes. He must have closed the door, because by the time I was done looking, it was no longer open. I was looking at their enormous bathtub, and wondered what the knobs did. When I asked, he told me they made beautiful bubbles of different types. If Lucius wasn't there, I would hop right in, and try them all out. But since he was there...I realized I was lost in thought once more. That's just how I am. I'm always daydreaming. Try getting me to listen in class, it's not fun, just ask Karen if you don't believe me.
"You're looking at the bathtub." Lucius said, then blushed, probably realizing how stupid it sounded. Maybe he was as smitten with me as I was with him. Maybe we'd date for months, maybe we'd even get married. I realized I wanted to kiss him. His lips pressed against mine, it just sounded like that would be the best thing imaginable. I stared at his lips, imagining what it would be like to kiss him. And here I am, daydreaming again. Will I ever stop?
The whole time, he has still been watching my eyes with interest. Suddenly he leaned over and kissed me. I realized how awkward it was to have my eyes open, so I closed them. I never wanted it to stop, it just felt so good. But then, when I could no longer breathe, I wanted it to stop, which it did...for a few seconds. Lips locked once more, I couldn't imagine anything better than to marry him. He enchanted me. He was...wonderful.

A/N: This whole fic will not be an Erin/Lucius fic, it's going to go into a lot of deep issues.

~Peace, parentheses, and popcorn, Heather~