AN: Sorry that this update has taken so long, it's not very long either I am afraid. Hopefully it won't be as long before the next update, but I need to finish the next chapter of Magic of Torchwood first, as it has been waiting even longer for an update. Thanks for hanging in there waiting on this rather flaky authoress.

Lucius sat in his study after a successful lunch with Harry, he had gotten through to the younger man by impressing upon him the need for him to be properly aware of his station before he managed to insult people due to his lack of knowledge. That he was also willing to help the orphans learn their place in society as well was something that had definitely worked in his favour. Now he had the perfect opportunity to break down the other man's barriers. He would be spending time with him each week, training and moulding him to take his place in society, and without him really knowing, how to be a perfect Malfoy.

That Harry would be coming for his lessons on a Friday night was a stroke of genius on his part, he knew that all the younger crowd seemed to favour Friday nights for their frivolities and that Harry would be unable to attend would no doubt drive a wedge between him and Miss Weasley. It was obvious that Harry wasn't really a fan of such things, but the littlest Weasley seemed to live for such things, that she would be unable to have her boyfriend on her arm to show off each week would definitely irk her.

Sitting behind his desk he began to pull some parchment towards him, he had a few letters that he needed to write and get sent off before the end of the day. The first was a polite letter of introduction to Mrs Brown to arrange a time to meet regarding the children's education, informing her of his agreement with Heir Potter-Black and inviting her to check up on what he had said if she felt it was necessary. His next letter was to Flourish and Blotts arranging for them to send multiple copies of the books he wished the children to read off to the orphanage, payment being taken from his account of course. It would work in his favour to be seen as trying to help the orphans in as many ways possible, but might also endear him to Harry a bit more. The fact that those who he taught would always look to him as a mentor in a way would also be beneficial in the long run when they took their rightful places in the House of Wizards upon their coming of age.

The last letter was the one he was most impatient to write, his letter to Harry. He had only seen the younger man earlier that day, but he had much that he wished to say to him. Unfortunately he couldn't put down all he wanted to say in his letter, he had no doubt that he would be rushing the young heir if he did so and he may lose his chance. He wasn't a Gryffindor, he wasn't going to rush into anything despite how much he desired that Harry was at his side, he was more than willing to play the long game to get the man. He wanted to try and set up a letter correspondence between them, after all what better way to learn more about Harry than to have the other man tell him.

He was hoping that he would be able to get the other man to see him as a friend, if not a mentor, before he tried to push their relationship further. However a few hours a week would not easily build a friendship with no other information, he needed to know more about Harry from him himself rather than from the files he had acquired on him. Harry would never trust his words if the information spilling from them wasn't something that he himself had divulged. Harry also needed to learn how to correspond through the written word, and his penmanship could use some work, so if anything it was a learning experience for the younger man, or at least that is how Lucius would make it out to be. He should probably do something similar with the orphans, but their woes and wishes weren't really something he wanted to read; perhaps he should have them write to each other, only writing to him if they had questions or needed clarification, it was something to think on.

Dear Heir Potter-Black,

I write to you regarding our conversation earlier today, I believe that it is imperative that we begin a correspondence as soon as possible, as an aside from your weekly lessons, in order for you to learn the art of written conversation. It would be advisable to carry out two different types of written correspondence, as such the tone of our correspondence will change over the course; going from business correspondence to personal correspondence.

In reference to your lessons on Friday I have included with this letter the books that I think will give you a proper grounding in the areas you need to learn. These are my own personal copies, so please take good care of them. On Friday evening if you apparate to the apparition coordinates that I provided you I will meet you and key you into the manor wards as a guest allowing you to apparate directly to the receiving room for future encounters.

With regards,

Lord Lucius Abraxas Malfoy

Lucius stood, walking to his bookshelves and pulling the required books down and taking them back to the desk. He wrapped them carefully in a soft green fabric, unlike many he did not favour the brown paper that most places wrapped parcels in, and then tied the parcel together with black leather cords. He then placed the letter to Harry in an envelope and slid it under the cords on the parcel. It only took a short walk to the owlery to find his personal owl, an Eagle owl with a haughty attitude, a bit like his own, and the parcel was on its way.

He wondered what Harry would think and whether or not he would get a reply to his letter or if Harry would just turn up on Friday. He also wondered how Harry would explain his owl to the blood traitor female, and whether he would explain that he would be leaving her every Friday night to visit Lucius, he would love to be privy to that conversation to see the Weasley girls reaction. He was sure to hear what she thought at some point; no doubt the next time they came across each other somewhere the woman was bound to start yelling.