Chapter Nine: Decisions

After speaking with Draco, she went downstairs and wandered around for a bit. She was in the North Wing of the house when she ran into Narcissa. She was walking towards her and stopped about a foot in front of her. She was silent a moment before she said anything, which made Jezzy nervous. Then she was swept up in a hug that nearly crushed her.

"Take care of him for me." Narcissa whispered to her.

Jezzy pulled away and stared at her. She didn't know which one she was talking about and frowned a little. Narcissa seemed to understand this.

"He is a good man and deserves better than I was to him."

She straightened up and gave her a watery smile. Jezzy was stunned. She had no idea what to say. Narcissa suddenly looked behind Jezzy and walked away. Jezzy turned around and saw Lucius behind her. Her eyes were still wide with shock and his brow was furrowed.

"What did she say?" He asked quietly.

"To take care of you." He smiled and put his hand on her shoulder. "Is it true?" Jezzy asked.

"That she is leaving me?" He asked. "Yes."

Jezzy nodded. She didn't know what to do. She shifted from foot to foot.

"We'll talk later." Lucius said and walked away.


Draco heard her come up the stairs and opened his door.

"Can I talk to you?" He asked.

"Sure." Jezzy said and followed him into his room.

She sat on the chair next to his bed and stared at the floor.

"I ran into your mother." She blurted out.

Draco raised his eyebrows.

"She told me to take care of him."

"Who?"

"Your father."

He nodded and sat on the bed.

"Look, Jezzy. I think you should back off for a bit. Let all of this settle before... before making any kind of a decision."

Jezzy nodded. She was having trouble taking everything in anyway.

"Did we..." She asked.

"Last night?" She nodded. "Yes."

"Oh." She looked back down at the carpet. "Draco that was..."

"A mistake? I know." He smiled suddenly. "You were really wasted last night."

She laughed. "Yeah. Why was there a banana on my bedside table?"

Draco laughed. "You ran off with it after Blaise gave it to you. I didn't know you hadn't eaten it."

He told her what she had been doing with it and she nearly fell off the chair laughing.

"Oh my god, really?"

He nodded. "Yeah."

There was a tapping at his window and he rose to open it. A owl flew in and dropped a letter at his feet. It was Blaise's owl. He picked up the letter and read it.

Draco,
Some chick left this for Jezzy. Who's Maria?

Blaise

Draco handed the other letter from Maria to Jezzy. She looked at it and opened it, not remembering her very well.

"She was the chick you danced with. The one with the 'gorgeous breasts.'"

Jezzy smiled and ripped open the letter. She read it with a big smile on her face and then folded it up.

"Well?" He asked.

"She wants to hang out at school. Apparently she is in Slytherin."

Draco grinned. "Jezzy has a girlfriend." He said in a sing song voice.

She slapped him playfully.

"Shut up, you're so stupid."

"No need to be mean." Draco smirked.

Jezzy laughed. She really missed things being like this between her and Draco. She put the letter in her pocket and stood up.

"I had a lot of fun, thanks for taking me."

"No prob. You were very entertaining. To everyone I think."

Jezzy left and went to her room. She started to think about everything that was suddenly happening to her. Was Lucius going to call things off with her? Was he going to continue? She sighed loudly. She hated to be in the dark about things.


Jezzy was about to head down to raid the kitchen when a house elf popped in front of her. She almost screamed. She hated it when they did that.

"The Master will see the Miss now." It said.

"Where?" She asked.

"The Master is in his Study."

"Thanks." It popped away.

Well, this was it. At least she would finally be able to know for sure what was going on. She walked slowly to the Study and knocked on the door.

"Come in." He called out.

She opened the door and saw that he was not at his desk. He was standing in front of the window looking outside. It was a beautiful day out. The sky was a perfect pure blue and the sun was smiling down on the earth. She shut the door and approached him.

"You wanted to see me." She said quietly.

He nodded, but did not turn away from the window. She debated whether or not to look and see what he was looking at, when he turned around and looked into her eyes. Her breath stopped. His eyes were so intensely blue at the moment that she wondered what was going on in his head.

"Please, sit. We have some things to discuss." He smiled and held his hand out, gesturing to the chair next to his desk.

She sat and waited for him to sit behind his desk. Only he came and sat next to her in the other chair in front of his desk. She smiled weakly at him. She was very nervous.

He cleared his throat and spoke. "As you are aware, Narcissa and I are parting ways." She nodded. "And you and I... we need to make a decision about... us."

Jezzy nodded again and tried to swallow over the large lump that had suddenly formed in her throat.

"What is it you want?" He asked.

Her eyes got big. "What...? What do you mean?"

He snorted out a laugh. "What would you like to happen between us?"

I want to be with you, she thought. "I... I..." He was going to leave this up to her?

She stood up and paced. He had just decided to divorce his wife, what was she supposed to say to him. That she wanted to try things out with him? She had never been in a real relationship before. She didn't even know how.

"Jezzy, I can hear you thinking."

She turned quickly towards him. "What?"

"Tell me what is going on in your head. We can work whatever it is out between the two of us."

She sat and opened her mouth again. But nothing came out.

"Speak." It wasn't a rough command, but a soft request.

She at back down. "I want to be with you." She whispered and she looked at the floor. She was blushing again.

Lucius stood and crouched down before her. She was certain he had never lowered himself like this before.

"And?"

She looked up at him. "I... want to try…a…."

"Relationship?"

She smiled, blushed and nodded.

"Me too." He breathed and pulled her to him.

He kissed her deeply and she kissed him right back.
When he pulled away, Jezzy thought of something.

"So, are we like, dating?"

Lucius laughed. "It does sound a little ridiculous for a man of my age, but if that is what you want, then yes."

"Like," She started to laugh. "Boyfriend and girlfriend?"

He laughed too and kissed her. He looked into her eyes and nodded. They both laughed and kissed again.