Rose smiled warmly at Lucius, feeling relieved that he had remembered and pleased that he had thought
of her and knew something about her,
"A pleasure to see you again sir, in better health of course I mean," she said
"Of course, of course...thank you, I always wanted to thank you but I only knew a first name and old
Hogwarts house. Forgive me, ah world cup hands," he said kissing her hand
Rose giggled slightly,
"Oh I hope so sir," she began
"Please call me Lucius, of course you shall win. Bulgaria have one good player, your team have seven
and a half," corrected Lucius
"I trust you'll be there then Lucius?" asked Rose
"Top box Rose, my son is on Ireland's side of course," he replied
Rose smiled,
"I'll send him a signed photo. He'll be the envy of his friends. Have you read the paper? Second most
beautiful quiddich player this year, far too generous," she said
True to her word, Rose sent a signed picture to Draco, however Lucius got to the morning post first.
He saw the Ireland post mark and opened it. The picture was of Rose flying around the hoops and at
the end of every other block, blew a kiss at the picture holder. Lucius took out his wand and there
became two pictures, he hid one and sealed the other again,
"Draco! You have the letter from Ireland I promised. Do take good care of it," he said
Meanwhile Rose was about to pay Lucius a visit. The door of a large house opened. She walked into
a sitting room and found Lucius walking towards her. He took her in his arms,
"Your wife?" she asked
"I left her," he replied
"Your son?" she asked
"Wants you in the family, my family, mine," replied Lucius
Rose was in mid kiss when a pillow hit her head and Lucius vanished along with the surroundings. It
had all been a dream and she glared sleepily at chaser Helen Rimmer,
"Don't glare at me, have the coffee and we're in for a long practice today, Mullroy is terrified we'll
loose. Go easy on me," she begged
Rose laughed sarcastically,
"Ha! You must be joking. Not a chance Rimmer, Mullroy will end up spanking your ass so hard that
we'll be using it as a quaffel," she replied
For the cup final Lucius made a special effort. He wore his finest robes but then noticed Draco did the
same. He had lied when he said he would attempt a meet and greet with Rose for him, but he wasn't to know that,
"Draco you can't meet Rose. I have too much to do and so will she. Reporters and so on you understand?" he asked
"Yes father," replied Draco gloomily
Lucius smirked at his son's disappointment. Only one Malfoy male was going to be Rose's favourite and it wasn't going to be Draco. He was far too young for her after all and Lucius found himself to be a hit with the ladies,
"Oh Lucius, that boy has hardly stopped grinning since he got that picture. How did you manage to get it? She's really high profile!" cried Narcissa
"You know me darling, friends in high places you know?" he replied
"I'm surprised you don't have one, pretty thing isn't she?" asked Narcissa
Lucius smirked and accepted a kiss on the cheek from his wife for his so called silent denial. Once she had gone he took out the picture of Rose to see her blow a kiss at him again,
"Yes you are. More than anyone will ever know, except for me," he said
