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Draco's family informed me of what was expected by February and what I would be getting in return. I was to 'preform' as his mate within reason after the ceremony in December. When I asked what this meant Lucius merely chuckled and pointed towards Draco, it irritated me but I just glared at him and let it go.

In return I would be given financial stability and the Malfoy for myself and my family, as well as safety from the upcoming war. When the elder Malfoy brought out the contract and discussed the safety, it was an almost immediate signature. Keeping my family safe from harms way was a slightly bigger factor than dating Harry. Maybe he'd die before me? It seemed that was the only way to break the contract. Outside of keeping each other alive, everything else was up to debate, apparently Draco wanted it that way. Silly Draco.

"Now then, as the contract is out of the way its time I explain Severus's position. He'll be here to make sure you're fulfilling your part, Ms Lovegood. Its not that we don't necessarily trust you, its just a probationary measure. Well to be frank, I don't trust you whatsoever." He gave me a sickly sweet smile which I returned in folds. He gave me a short bow and a nod to Draco, his wife squeezed her son and waved towards me.

I slowly nodded towards both of them, things were moving kinda fast for me. It all kinda made sense now, I supposed. I was kinda oblivious to the world's coming and goings as Draco sat with me, he seemed to be reading through it all. I was out of it till I heard Draco talking and looked at him strangely.

"That'll do, thank you, Minxy." Draco thanked the floor and I heard a pop. I looked down to see nothing there but a table with a plate of food. I leaned back, staring at Draco like he'd gone mad.

"What?" He questioned. He'd noticed me staring at him and after a few minutes asked about it.

"You just spoke to a table, Draco. Its a little off-putting." I remarked, my vision flickering to him then the table. He chuckled and shook his head.

"Nonsense. It was a house elf, she brought you dinner." He replied and looked back down at his books. A few more minutes passed as I inspected the Malfoy heir. He'd gotten taller and more fit over the years, his face showed the most of it once you looked past his current haggard state. His cheek bones had become more pronounced as had his jawline. His hair was the same as it'd ever been, he still had one rebellious curl. His eyes were still a pale blue but not as pale as my own...Oh shit, hes looking at me.

"Are you enjoying the view?" He quipped, looking back at me with an arrogant smirk.

"You wish." I scoffed, glaring at him. What an arrogant prat. He chuckled again and went back to his reading. A few minutes passed in silence and I began to look at the food, it smelled wonderful. Mince meat pie and potatoes.

Eventually I started to take small bites out of it then a few larger ones. When I'd worked halfway through it, the doors opened to the infirmary again. They didn't sound like they were moving very fast, if anything they were skipping. Luna came skipping around the corner, giving me a small smile and stopped when she noticed Draco.

"Draco. Still catching up on the novel, I see." She did a half curtsy and looked at him.

"I might be, Luna." He grinned and nodded his head at her in greeting. Apparently these two had some sort of understanding him and I didn't have. I narrowed my eyes and raised a brow towards Luna as she pulled up a chair and sat next to him.

"How do you two know each other so well?" I asked looking between the two of them.

"Well to be honest, at the beginning of the year I thought I might be mated to her. So naturally I started to try and spend more time around her." Draco looked up and then at Luna, who nodded.

"I noticed it too at first. Then one day in potions he said he knew for sure and that it wasn't me and we figured it had to be you." She added, looking back at him then me. I raised a brow and crossed my arms.

"And you never thought to share this information with me? Your twin sister?" I was a little insulted at the fact these two shared a lot more with each other than me.

"No. I came into the phases much earlier than you apparently and He asked me not to. He said he wanted to get to know you the old fashioned way instead of a letter." Luna supplied softly looking back down at her hands. I scoffed and looked away from both of them

"I realize you might not think its the best situation right now, Ara, but it really is for the best." She was murmuring now, almost apologetic. I glared at Draco, I was honestly blaming him for the split I now felt with everyone even Luna. It was like since I was mated to this guy, I couldn't live a regular life like I had been. I refused to answer her, just sitting there, glaring.

"Maybe now is the best time to discuss arrangements, Draco." Luna directed as Draco shook his head He closed his book and took in a deep breath. Holy crap he turned my own sister against me. MY OWN SISTER.

"No. These are things that she and I need to discuss in private, Luna." He looked towards her and I almost let out a sigh of relief. She nodded, understanding him apparently.

"Well, Harry is about to come back. Good luck!" She paused looking back at me, I narrowed my eyes and watched her sigh. I wasn't about to hug her goodbye. No way in hell. She nodded and skipped back out the way she came.

"Draco, you need to leave." I declared, glaring at him.

"No. I'm not leaving you alone with another male. It went against every instinct I had and now I know why. Just the thought of you two...It makes me so angry."He whispered, looking a little heard broken and angered at the same time. I sighed as he seemingly got over it and moved on to reading again. Harry and I had gone some ways but it wasn't nearly as bad as he seemed to be thinking, we just shagged once or twice. Its a normal thing for couples in love to do. Jeez. Why am I rationalizing sleeping with my boyfriend...or was boyfriend. This was going to hurt.

"Do I really have to break up with him?" I whispered it, looking down at the white bed sheets. I really didn't want too. At all.

"...I'm sorry, Ara. It won't have to be right now but eventually, yes. Besides, once we're bonded you won't think about that twat anymore anyways." He grumbled at me.

"Really?" I questioned looking up at him again. He reached out for my hand and took it softly.

"Any wounds caused by past lovers will close up. That lot will pale in comparison to us. I promise." He kissed my knuckles as he declared it and I frowned.

I sighed then jumped as the doors came open once again. It was totally Harry. This was going to suck ass.

"Ara? Sweetheart? Are you alright? I mean I heard some shouting before Pomfrey banned me until dinner." He sounded a little put off by being banned but I nodded anyways. I was technically fine.

"Then why is he still here?" He asked looking at Draco. We both shrugged at that. He was...there? It seemed he'd always just be...there. Always. I mentally glared at the concept but begrudgingly accepted it none the less.

"I'm just around, Potter. Get used to it." He replied, still reading the book. He wouldn't even look up at Harry. Harry glared but walked around to the other side of the cot. I smiled at him as he took my hand.

"Well I wanted to talk to you about Winter break plans. I mean its already December." He started, looking between me and our clasped hands. I smiled, nodding. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Draco pick his head up.

"I can see you some of the month if you'd like Harry." I proposed, looking at him for an answer. He nodded, grinning.

"That would be great. I'll be at The Burrow with Ron for most of the time, just owl me whenever." I declared and this time, I nodded. Sounded fine to me. The Burrow was relatively close to my home, I could easily floo there instead of having to take that freakin' death machine everyone calls a broom. I looked down at his hand and frowned.

"That bitch is doing a real number on you." I muttered as I turned over his now permanently scarred hand. The wounds were still fresh from Yesterday.

"Well I won't give in. No matter how much she throws at me. We've still go the DA." He spoke in a low voice but brought my hand up to his lips, kissing my hand. I smiled at him, I don't care what Draco says, Harry's wonderful. We stared into each other's eyes for a moment or two before we just started to lean towards each other. My eyes started to close when I heard a great big bang of something heavy falling. I jumped and pulled away to look around for the source.

"Sorry, you two. Dropped the book." He declared, giving me a haughty look. I sighed and leaned back to merely kiss Harry on the cheek. Right. Forgot he ran my life now.

"You should probably get to bed, Harry." I murmured and looked up at him. He sighed, nodding. He leaned down and kissed my forehead.

"Come on, Malfoy." Harry called. He walked to the end of my cot, looking expectantly at Draco. I cringed as Draco shook his head.

"I have special privileges, Potter. Talk to Pomfrey if you need some extra reassurance, Potter." He retorted sharply and went back to reading his stupid bloody book again. Harry growled and stomped out of view, probably going towards Pomfrey's office. The door slammed behind him and I jumped at the echo.

"Did you really have to be such an ass?" I questioned hotly after a few minutes of silence. He let out a sarcastic bark of laughter. He snapped the book shut and dropped it on the table next to me as he got up and walked towards me.

"Oh I don't know, did I? Ara?" He sneered and I flipped him off as he leaned down. Soon he was only a few centimeters from my face, definitely a personal bubble invasion.

"What? Just wanted to be in my face? Do I just smell really good, Malfoy?" I snapped at him, getting more riled.

"Draco." He corrected as he rolled his eyes and only leaned in a centimeter more. I was sorely tempted to just headbutt him and get it over with.

"Whatever, Malfoy." I leaned in a centimeter more, testing him. He raised a brow at my obvious defiance.

"Really, Ara? We just ended a fight and you want to start another? My parents and you precious boyfriend aren't here to save you." He cautioned and I just rolled my eyes. What could he possibly do? He was officially under contract to not hurt me again.

"Big deal, Malfoy. I don't need them to 'save' me, you're under contract not to hurt me, you prat." I declared smugly. He sighed for a second, I could only assume it was for the remarks and insults. I was a little angry and bitter over today...Juuuusst a little.

"I can do a lot of other things that are on the contract, Ara. You better just bloody call me Draco already." He snapped and I let a laugh out in his face. I was trying to ignore the fact he looked sexy as hell right now and smelled great.

"What the fuck ever...Prat." I had paused for a second, the other things bit had just registered and they were a rather daunting prospect. Something about the smell reminded me of a fuzzy memory, I couldn't quite remember all of it.

"Why are you so bloody aggressive?!" He took a step back and waved his hands around as he yelled.

"Because you took my life away!" I yelled back, just as angry. He scoffed at that and got back in my face. I looked between his lips and his eyes, trying to stay focused on his eyes.

"I was already in your bloody life, you bint!" His voice echoed in my ears and I just glared harder. I was trying my best not to jump at the fact his voice was loud. It did help distract me from his freaking face though. That was nice.

"Harry was a bigger part than you would have been! The rest you just fuckin' took over!" I screamed it all, trying to be louder than him. My voice was high pitched normally but yelling, the sound was shrill and grating.

"Leave him out of this!" He was back again, louder this time. I opened my mouth to yell something else back when he reached out and pulled my face towards his. All of a sudden I felt lips crushed against mine, the sensation was both startling and surprisingly...good? It was really good.

Holy shit. I reciprocated what turned into a french, fighting for power in the kiss, he didn't seem like he was going to give it to me. Before it fully registered, I moaned...Outloud. For fuck's sake, Ara. COULD YOU HAVE NOT KEPT THAT IN? He pulled back and I just barely kept myself from whining and reaching out for more. It caused a memory to pop up, it was Draco in the stupid Dungeons. He had gotten rather close apparently.

"I told you so." He was smug as hell, twirling a piece of my hair between his finger tips. He wore a shit eating grin as he stared down at me.

"HUSH. I don't want to hear it." I declared putting a hand over his mouth. Thank goodness Harry hadn't been there, all the guilty feelings started to bubble up. Why was I in such a ridiculously over complicated situation?