Chapter 2

Meeting Draco

Alexia found herself outside another huge door, though slightly smaller than the ones for the study. The house-elf timidly knocked on the door and entered inside cautiously.

"Master Draco," said Dobby, "Master Lucius has sent Miss Connor."

"Yes, Dobby," came a bored voice from somewhere near the bed.

"I is leaving you now," Dobby said before scurrying out the door and closing it behind him.

"Yes, Dobby," came Draco's bored voice again.

Alexia looked down at her wrist, where the green light was still flashing.

I'm gonna kick something in a bit, thought Alexia.

She sighed mentally.

"So," she said breaking the silence, "you're Draco." She said it as a statement.

"Yes." Came the short reply.

"Would you mind terribly I got to see you? I mean really, as if by some miracle I did get this job I'd like to get to see you and you know make sure you're not some greasy haired kid-"

She was cut off by a rather un-Malfoy like snort.

She looked around the room; everything from the ceiling to the wall was decorated in green, silver or black, the tone of the colour varying for green. The ceiling was a pitch black, with the walls decorated in forest green. The four poster bed was also a slightly lighter green with silver lining at the edge of the covers.

Only the toys were multi-coloured, which were kept in a corner of the room. They ranged from stuffed dragons to unicorns to serpents. There was also a toy broom on the top shelf, which Draco had grown out of.

Draco stepped off the bed and came to stand in front of it.

Alexia could see that he had blond hair like his father and the same grey eyes, he did look bored, and as if tired of repeating the same ritual of entertaining others who applied for the position.

This, Alexia thought, was probably true.

Alexia kept her face completely blank.

"So, you here for the job?" He asked.

Alexia nodded.

Draco seemed to be gazing at her intently, as if trying to weigh her up. He was trying to intimidate her by staring continuously. Alexia had the feeling that he'd unnerved several other possible candidates with his unnerving glance.

Yet, Alexia's eyes never left his.

"Do you want to sit down?" asked Draco.

"Why not?" Draco motioned for her to sit down on the bed, whilst he walked over his desk and sat on top swinging his legs back and forth.

"What do you think of me?" he asked.

Alexia was silent for a full minute before answering.

"I haven't really formed an opinion yet. You tell me. What do you want me to think of you?"

"Most people think I'm spoiled. All the others, they don't say anything but I can tell it's in their eyes."

"Really. What do you see in my eyes?" asked Alexia.

"Nothing, you... you're not giving anything away. Do you think I'm spoiled?" he asked again. Draco had seemed a little taken back when she didn't answer his question the first time.

"I don't know. Do you have everything you've ever wanted?"

"No." Came the short reply.

"Oh. What is it that you don't have?"

"My mother. That's why father is looking for someone to look after me, because I can tell, he doesn't want me to be alone."

"I don't particularly like the idea of being someone's mother, well at least not yet anyway..." she trailed off. She didn't miss the look of disappointment in Draco's eyes before he bowed his head, trying to hide it.

"... But I wouldn't mind being the older sister."

Draco looked up suddenly at Alexia's words.

Alexia just smiled.

"I wouldn't mind an older sister." said Draco in a slightly more enthusiastic tone than before.

There was a small pause before Alexia ventured a question.

"So what's your favourite colour?"

"Green." He replied immediately.

"I can tell," she smirked, taking another look around the room. "So what do you do for fun?"

"I normally play around in my room. But when Harry's here, we both play Quidditch. Do you play Qudditch?"

"I do. But most of the time I end up refereeing for my nephews and nieces." she said.

"Harry likes playing Seeker, even though he wears glasses. But he's really good at finding the snitch. I like playing chaser. My favourite team is Puddlemere United. Their chasers are really good."

"An excellent choice. Though I prefer the Tornadoes. Better than the Chudley Cannons."

"What position did you play?"

"Oh. Beater, though occasionally I'm forced to play Keeper."

"My father played beater at school for the qudditch team. You said before, if you get this job. What did you mean?" "Oh. I just meant Mr Malfoy. When I was talking to him before, I kind of got the feeling that he was just indulging me. You know just asking questions for the sake of it. I got the impression that he wanted someone older and more experienced."

"Oh."

Alexia just put her hands in her pocket and walked over to Draco. "Here," she said withdrawing her hand, "have a Mars Bar."

"Mars Bar?"

"Yeah, it's a muggle sweet. Trust me you'll like it. I prefer Buttons or Toffee Crisps, sometimes hen I'm in the mood I like Maltesers. I'm forced to eat the Mars Bars. "

"Oh, Harry's always talking about these," he said opening the wrapper enthusiastically. "This is really good." He said with his mouth full.

Alexia told Draco about her family. How she lived with her grandfather, brothers; their wives and her brothers kids. She also told him about her uncle, her father's brother, his wife and kids, who were her cousins, one of whom was slightly younger whilst the other two were older.

They talked for perhaps 15 more minutes, before Dobby came in and announced that time was over.

"It was nice meeting you," said Alexia, "I'll be honest Draco; I doubt I'll be getting this job. But I'd really like it if you kept in touch or something. You can owl me anytime you want, but not if your father forbids it. See you."

"Yeah, bye."

Alexia was led out to the main entrance hall, where she promptly disapparated back to her own home.

Reviews

LOL. Ha. I only have one review so far. Actually I am a bit disappointed at that but I'm hoping that they'll pick up soon. I'll admit the fic will be boring at the beginning, but I assure you it will pick up. I just need to learn how to keep the readers interest.

Dark Vampiresss – lucky, you get the honour of being my first reviewer. The bracelet is cool; it was a spur of the moment thing. As for Draco turning out differently, well it is AU, and it'll have nothing to with the Hogwarts years done by JK. It stands completely alone as certain other pre-Hogwarts fics do, so yes I suppose Draco will turn out differently.

I really hope more of you are reading my fic and I will try to keep it interesting. I'll openly welcome any constructive criticism.

Lady Connor