Chapter 12: Uncovered Secrets

Karina sat down in the train with Ginny. It felt good to be going home for the winter, as much her mother annoyed her, karina had missed her. "I can't wait to get back home! My brother Bill is going to visit." Ginny said excitedly.

"How long has it been since you saw him?" Karina asked. "The last time I saw him was the Yule ball, so almost a year" Ginny said. Draco walked into their room. He stopped when he saw Ginny sitting there. "Um.." Draco said awkwardly.

"It's okay, she knows about us." Karina said calmly. Draco looked taken aback. "What?" He asked looking from Karina to Ginny. Draco went and closed the door and turned back around to face them.

"How did you find out?" Draco asked looking at Ginny with his arms crossed. "Well I kinda always suspected something since the whole Yule Ball incident, but I saw you guys in Hogsmeade, together, so I just put two and two together." Ginny said.

"Don't you dare telling anyone!" Draco said fiercly. "Draco she won't tell" Karina said. Draco turned and looked at Karina. "I trust her" Karina said holding his gaze.

He sighed and said "Fine". He leaned over and kissed Karina on the cheek. "I'll see you later" He said quietly. Karina nodded and watched him leave.

"That's gonna take a while to get used to" Ginny said. Karina laughed. They spent the rest of the train ride talking about what they plan on doing during the break. They said their good-byes and Karina walked over to her mother who was waiting outside the station, with the car and Narcissa. "Karina!" Geneviera said as she hugged her daugther. "Hey mom!" Karina said smiling.

"Ah, here comes Draco!" Narcissa said as she went and embraced her son. "We should get going, I hate the cold" Geneviera said. They all got into the car. Draco and Karina sat together in the back. "Oh Karina, your Grandmother is visiting so be on your best behaviour" Geneviera said as they drove away from the station. "Grandmother is here?How are you holding up?" Karina asked grinning.

"Well you know how she can get but overall she hasn't been that bad" Geneviera said. "I get the feeling that she'll get worse over the break, Did Grandfather come too?" Karina asked.

"No he unfortuantely couldn't come, he had to go on business with Maximillian" Geneviera said. "Out of curiousty, why are we going straight to Harper Manor?" Draco asked when he recognized the way to Harper Manor.

"Well Karina's grandmother invited us for Lunch" Narcissa said flicking her blonde hair away from her face. "Well we're here" Geneviera said as they stopped inf front of Harper Manor. They got out of the car and went into the manor. It was warm and decorated with Christmas decorations.

A tall thin old woman with long grey hair came walking towards Karina with her arms open. "Karina! Look at you!" Her grandmother said as she embraced Karina. "Nice to see you too Grandmother" Karina said smiling. "Ah! You must be Draco,I'm Karina's grandmother, Andreya Harper." Andreya said as she walked over and shook Draco's hand.

"You know I must agree with Geneviera, They do look good together, I must say from what you've told me He certainly seems like he would make a good husband for Karina!" Andreya said looking Draco over.

"WHAT?!" Karina yelled. Andreya just looked at her calmly. "Geneviera you didn't tell her about the arranged marriage?" Andreya said looking at her daugther. "Arranged Marriage?" Draco asked confused.

"Mother,what the hell is going on?" Karina said fiercly walking over to her mother. "Karina calm down" Geneviera said. "Calm down?!When were you planning on telling me that I was getting married?What at the altar?" Karina said angrily.

"Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on?Mother?" Draco said looking at his mother. "Fine let us sit down first" Narcissa said gesturing to the living room. They walked in and sat down. Draco and Karina sat down across from Geneviera and Narcissa. Andreya sat down in the armchair.

"We have arranged for you two to be married once you finish school" Geneviera said quietly. "Why didn't you tell us?" Karina asked.

"Well we thought it might put a strain on the relationship" Geneviera said. "No really?" Karina said sarcastically.

"This isn't fair, you can't decide this for us" Draco said angrily. "What is the problem?Since you two are together anyway" Narcissa asked. Karina and Draco both stiffened up. "I want to go home" Draco said quietly.

Karina turned and stared at him. "Very well" Narcissa said as her and Draco got up. "Andreya It was a pleasure to meet you" Narcissa said shaking Andreya's hand. "You as well" Andreya said.

Draco walked over to Karina who was standing by the staircase. "I'll see you tommorow, okay?" He said looking at her. "Yeah" She said nodding. They hugged each other and Draco and Narcissa left.

Karina ran up the stairs and went into her room, slamming the door.


"Geneviera perhaps you should go and talk to her, bring her dinner, she's been up there for hours." Andreya said as she ate dinner. "You're right" Geneviera said getting up and taking Karina's dinner to her.

Karina sat on her bed, sulking, when she saw her mother come into the room with a tray and some food. "I brought you dinner, in case, you're hungry" Geneviera said as she set the tray down on Karina's desk.

Geneviera sat down on Karina's bed and said "Are you okay?".

"Oh yeah just peachy." Karina said sarcastically.

"You know I don't know why you're so upset by this, you and Draco are dating, it's not like we picked some random boy" Geneviera said. Karina turned and faced her mother.

"That's it!We're dating, and it's not like we've even been dating for a really really long time, and now we find we're getting married, do you know how weird that is?" Karina said.

Geneviera got up and said "I only did it because I thought it was best for you". And she left.


The next day, Karina and Draco were walking around the grounds dragging a sled. "So how are you handling the...arrangement?" Draco asked.

"I'm still in shock, I guess, I mean what were they thinking?" Karina said.

Draco was quiet for a while and then said "Have you thought about it?".

Karina stopped and looked at him. "You have?" Karina asked.

Draco nodded and said "Well yeah I mean I never really thought about until yesterday, I don't know, it just..It sounds kinda nice".

Karina was suprised by this. Of course she had thought about marrying him. What girl hasn't thought about marrying her boyfriend after dating him for a while?

"How can it sound nice? They decided one of the most important things in our lives for us" Karina said as they kept pulling the sled.

"Why are you so againest it?Is something wrong with marrying me?" He said feeling hurt. He knew she wouldn't be ecstatic but had hoped that she wouldn't be completey againest it.

"That's not it. It's just...isn't it a little early for this type of stuff?I mean you can't tell me you've actually thought about marriage" Karina said.

Draco was quiet and kept his eyes on the snow. "Oh my god, you have?" Karina said suprised.

"Well I thought about it" He said quietly. Karina just stayed quiet, feeling awkward. "Why are you freaking out about this? You don't think we're going to last?" He said stopping again.

"No it's not that... It's just this is such a huge decision and our parents arranged this as if it was some business deal, as if we were just their property or something" Karina said as they got to the top of the hill.

They were quiet for a while. Draco walked over and hugged her. "This could actually benefit us" He said.

"yeah..come on let's get on the sled." Karina said. Draco sat down and Karina sat down in front of him. He put his arms around her waist and they sledded down the hill. "Woohoo!!" Draco yelled as Karina laughed. They got down to the bottom and started dragging the sled up the hill again.

"How the bloody hell do muggles do this?" He said. Karina just laughed. It could be like this every day if me and him got married Karina thought happily. They sled down four more times before they decided to go back to the manor and get out of the cold.


They sat down at the table in the dining room and started to eat dinner when Andreya walked in and sat down at the table. "So How was the sledding?" Andreya asked cheerfully.

"It was fine, a bit cold though" Draco said. "Tell me, Draco, Do you like childern?" Andreya asked. Draco and Karina both stopped eating and stared at Andreya.

"Um, they're...nice" Draco said awkwardly. "So when you two get married, I will get great-grandchildern?" Andreya asked calmly.

"Gram!What are you doing?" Karina asked staring at her grandmother in disbelief. "Oh hush up Karina! I'm just trying to get to know your future husband" Andreya said.

Karina stiffened up. "Mother leave them alone" Geneviera said walking into the dining room. "I should be getting home" Draco said getting up from the table. "I'll walk you out" Karina said as they got up and left.

"Sorry about that!" Karina said as they stood outside the manor. "It's alright,it was just a bit...strange" He said grinning. "Yeah" Karina said smiling. Draco put his arm around her waist and kissed her. "I'll see you later, alright" He said quietly. "yeah see you!" Karina said softly.

Draco smiled and walked away. Karina went back into the manor. She went upstairs and laid down on the bed. Sledding had tired her out more then she had excepted. She laid there in bed trying to go to sleep. Maybe getting married to Draco wouldn't be that bad but to get married you need to be in love with that person, and I am falling for him but there is always that chance that he might not feel that way yet Karina thought. She fell asleep, dreaming of being married to Draco.


So Draco knows that Ginny knows about him and Karina. Draco and Karina know about the arranged marriage. Seem's like Karina's falling for Draco, but is he falling in love with her as well?Find out in the next chapter

Teasers for the next chapter

1)We learn more about Draco's feelings towards Karina.But will he tell her how he feels?

2)Narcissa and Lucius talk about Draco's future and If Karina could handle it.

3)Draco and Karina agree to the arranged marriage