Draco wasn't the person to hide, but something didn't feel right. A weird sensation has been creeping it's way up his spine and there was a sudden feeling in his gut. All this and he kept thinking about two golden eyes. The safest place for Draco to think was his father's study, Narcissa barely comes through here and Draco had made it so a simply using Alohomora wouldn't open it. He found a charm that could repel a person's magic if it did not recognize it.

"Draco?" a voice reaches him and pulls him away from his thoughts. He turns to see a small woman with short dark hair.

"Pansy?"

A warm smile spreads across her lips, "Blaise darling, I found him." Pansy shouts down the hallway and then rushes over to Draco.

"Blaise, he's here too- wait, darling?!" Draco was awestruck with those two words.

"Yes, it's a term of endearment you give to your spouse if I'm correct?" A tall and lean man with brown skin appeared from around the corner. "Long time no see Draco, or is it just Mr. Malfoy now?"

"Bloody hell, Blaise Zabini, and Pansy Parkison have both graced my home," Draco said with sincere surprise on his face. "It's been a long time, did my mother invite you?"

"Clearly, by the way it's Pansy Zabini now."

"What since when?" Draco asked.

"Well, two springs ago, it was a small private one, we sent an invitation- you must have lost it."

Draco thought back and remembered his mother rambling on about a wedding she went to. Of course, Draco wasn't listening, Narcissa got upset and then walked away. Durning that time he was too busy reviving the family business and his own inner demons; like his body changing and stress. He really should pay more attention. "I'm terribly sorry, I was too busy then and it escaped my mind."

"We understand Draco, so we're adults now, things happen," Blaise says clapping Draco on the back. Blaise was always the taller one and a bit stronger. Yet this time Draco was looking him square in the eye. "It's nice to know you grew a bit. You two always killed my back."

"You bastard," Pansy swatted his arm, "cmon I let's go join the party." she grabbed their hands and pulled them away back to towards the more crowded part of the manor.

"You know we can just go back to my room, I have a stash of fire whiskey."

"Well, you see Drake, your mother actually had us search for you there's someone she wants you to meet."

"Meet?" Draco looked over the crowd and found his mother. She was talking fondly with two people. A very beautiful witch with a very bright smile and a man Draco guessed to be her husband. "I think I know these two already." Draco leads his friends over and Narcissa was the first to greet them.

"Ah Draco I want you to meet Minerva and Desmond, they're long time friends on Lucius and mine."Draco looked to the approaching woman who got him into a tight, but a familiar hug. "My you've gotten taller and it seems you've changed quite a lot in the past few years."

Draco's attention was drawn to her eyes. Gold like two coins, but they were wild looking, like a hawk or a lion. They weren't scary, just familiar. That's when Draco knew who it was, "Miss...Minnie?"

"Ah, so you do remember, see Cissy I told you that Draco would." Minerva released him. "Who could possibly forget their own Godmother."

"I guess your right, but Draco isn't like Alyssa, that girl is a sharp one." The name Alyssa brought the chill up his spine. The hair on the back of his neck stood up and the tug in his gut came back with more force.

"Alyssa, you brought her with you?" He hadn't seen her in years. His first thought was a small wild child that he use to play with. She was his closest friend before he meets anyone else. That was a far off memory now. Next came the angry ten-year-old who stopped seeing him. He didn't mean to say what he said, but he of course never apologized either.

"Yes, she did, she went off somewhere looking for a drink. " Desmond chimes in. "Although that was a good thirty minutes ago."

"She should be around here somewhere, she still has that adventurous streak in her." Minerva replies, "But I'm sure she'll be happy to see you."

"Um ok..." Draco turns away and sees the questioning looks on Pansy's face. "Yes?"

"How close were you and this Alyssa girl?"

"Pan ...don't," Blaise warns.

"It's fine Blaise, Alyssa was a friend of mine from a long time ago. I didn't even think I would see her again or would even come here. Miss Minnie is pretty persuasive and terrifying- just like my mother." Draco rambles on as they take a few glasses from a house elves tray and weave around the crowd. "It's been what ten years, and no contact what's so ever. Now she's here in my home, probably avoiding me.

"You seem pretty upset about it, did you like her?" Pansy asks and Draco stops dead in his tracks. "Ha! I knew it, I knew your behavior was dodgy, and if I'm right you still have a thing for her." 'There she goes again, trying to analysis me again.' "You should try again, things have probably changed, Balise back me up here."

Blaise takes a sip from his glass but looks away. Pansy clicks her tongue at him and turns away, "Typical, you both don't see the big picture, it's fate."

"Pansy, really, like I said it's been ten years, fate or not, there's no way she'd-OOF!" Draco nearly goes arse over tit onto an unknown person and spills his drink in the process. "Hey watch where you're going...uh?" There it was again, the tugging sensation. It came and now his stomach was in knots. All because...Alyssa was right there looking up at him.

"Huh, Drake is everything alright mate?" Blaise grips his friend's shoulder and is Godsmacked by the person he sees.

"Hey is that-" Pansy breaks the silence, but cut off by another voice.

"Alyssa?!" Alyssa makes an annoyed face as she whirls around to face a chap in a nice looking suit and holding two glasses walks over. He was good looking and that infuriated Draco for some reason. "Ah there you are, you ran off so suddenly, but I got you the drink you asked for." The guy hands her a glass and then give Draco a once over. "Oh, who's this, a friend of yours?"

"Actually Calvin this is my fiancee, Draco Malfoy, the one I was looking for previously." Alyssa holds quickly onto Draco, pressing her breast into his side.

"Draco Malfoy is you fiancee?" The guy gave Draco another once over and sneered. Calvin had a face of a puppy, innocent as hell until it pissed on your carpet. At the moment wanted to punch this git in the face.

"Yes, Drakey darling this is Calvin Walsh, he's been helping me find you." Draco looked at her dumbfounded by the whole thing; Calvin looked like a guy who didn't know when to leave a girl alone. Alyssa looked at him with a desperate look on his face.

"My you didn't give off the look of a woman who was spoken for, this is actually quite surprising."

Draco sighed as he walked over to Calvin and gave him a clap of the shoulder, "Ah, why thank you, Calvin, for your assistance in helping my dearest Alyssa, and I went to the trouble of having my friends here help." Behind Draco, Pansy and Blaise flanked Alyssa as they stared daggers at Calvin. "I assure you mate that she is spoken for, but even if she wasn't she wouldn't want an annoying git like you around." Calvin's face blanched and Draco could smell the fear on him.

"Draco, my mother is waiting for us probably."

"Coming Love," Draco rejoins Alyssa and puts his arm around her. "see you around Calvin." Before Draco turns, he sees Calvin recover and stomps off in frustration. Him, Alyssa, Pansy, and Blaise head to his room and shut the door. Alyssa moves away from him; oddly the act made his heart sink.

"Thank you for helping me, that Calvin guy just couldn't take no for an answer." Alyssa tried not to meet Draco's eyes. "But seriously I can't thank you enough."

"Don't bother, guys like that are nothing, but trouble." Pansy remarks with a look of disgusted. "By the way, I'm Pansy, Pansy Zabini and this is my husband, Blaise Zabini. We're friends of Draco's, he's told us all about you." She points to Blaise who gives her a friendly wave.

"Oh really, well it's nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Zabini, I'm Alyssa Belacourt. " She gives a small wave before looking away.

"Hm well, we're gonna go and give you some space, come along Blaise." Pansy took Blaise's and walked to the door. "I have a feeling we aren't needed in this." Draco turns to look at her and she winks.

'You can't be bloody serious?' He was now alone with his past once again.