Hey ya'll, once again thanks to everyone who reviewed, it's very nice to know people are liking my story. Sorry for taking a few days to post this chapter, my homework's been getting in the way (dontcha hate that, lol). Well I hope you enjoy this chapter, this is pretty much just explaining how and why Draco and Desiree are so close.

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Chapter 3

Desiree woke to the sound of the pitter patter of autumn rain. She sat up and looked around her room yawning, seeing that the rest of her room mates were asleep she slipped out of bed. She shivered a bit when her feet touched the cold stone floor as she tip-toed to the window. She silently watched the rain for a while then smiled. She flung the window open and threw her head back slightly as the rain and wind swept into the room. She reached out to get her wand that was sitting on the bedside table next to her. As silently as she could Desiree cast a quick spell to make sure her room mates wouldn't get wet and wake up.

Desiree loved the rain, it reminded her of the night Draco and her had met.

~*~Flashback~*~

Thunder boomed somewhere in the distance as Desiree stepped out of her parents enchanted carriage. She looked up unimpressed at the castle before her.

"I don't see why it's so important for me to be at the Malfoy's cocktail party, I don't even know them that well." Desiree said to her mother beside her.

"Oh, it's important to be here my dear, they are a family of equal signifigance as ours in Lord Voldermort's league of followers." Her mother replied, smiling at her daughter.

"But how does this involve me?" She was very curious by this stage as to why she was finally invited to come to one of the many parties held by the Lord's various followers.

"All in good time, dear." Her mother used a reply that Desiree knew was a sign that her mother was not willing to talk about it. Desiree followed her parents silently into the castle and gave one of the house elves her coat. She continued to follow them until they lead her into a large ballroom full of ladies and men, both young and old who were dancing, laughing and talking.

While preparing to come to the party Desiree thought she was much too over dressed in her black mid thigh length dress with a long slit that ended an inch or so below her belly button, showing of her slim stomach. But she was in fact wrong, many of the ladies in the room wore much more elaborate dresses. Desiree spotted a group of young girls about her age, their dresses were not as expensive or beautiful as hers, but they were much the same. She began to feel a little more comfortable in her dress, even though she would much rather be wearing something that didn't show as much skin. All of the men were wearing robes of various colours.

By this time her parents had gone to chat and dance the night away, and she felt awkward standing there so she decided to explore the room a little more and maybe find someone to talk to.

Soon enough Desiree was surounded by young men asking her to dance or have a drink with them. She thanked them politely for the thought and told them that she might later in the night. Desiree had almost walked to the other side of the enormous ball room when she spotted a door that was slightly open. Her curiosity got the better of her and she very cautiously took a peek at whoever was inside. Desiree was shocked to see that both of her parents were in the room, along with Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.

"When do you plan on telling your daughter?" Lucius asked her father.

Tell me what? She wondered

"I think she is old enough to know." Her father answered smiling like a Sheshire cat.

"Good, we have informed our son of the arranged marriage between him and your daughter, he wasn't too happy, but he has accepted that it is the Lord's wishes. Your daughter will start at Hogwarts when the summer vacation has ended" Lucius grinned.

Desiree couldn't believe it, this wasn't happening to her. She began to get very angry and before she could stop herself she had barged into the room.

"How could you do this to me!!!" She screamed. "I can't believe you!" Her parents looked at her in shock.

"We were..." began her mother but Desiree had ran from the room crying.

Desiree didn't know where she was going, she just kept running and running through the crowd of people enjoying their evening. Eventually Desiree had made it outside to the Malfoy's rose garden. Despite the rain Desiree kept running, suddenly she tripped on something and was launch into the air, landing on the soggy ground a few feet from where she tripped.

As Desiree struggled to stand up to continue running she felt a warm hand on her arm. She looked up at the handsome blonde and felt something inside her.

"Are you ok miss?" He asked, his voice full of concern. Desiree shook her head and looked at the ground. "Here, I'll help you up." He said extending a hand to her, she put her hand in his and smiled weakly as he pulled her to her feet. "There you go." He said kindly.

"Thank you" She coudn't believe how nice and cute this young man was.

"May I ask why you were in such a hurry miss... uh..." Darco realised he didn't know the beautiful girl's name.

"Please, call me Desiree" She said shyly, totally forgetting about running. Draco's mouth fell open in shock.

"You're Desiree?" He couldn't believe it.

"Um, yes..." Desiree was very confused.

"Your parents musn't have told you if you dont recogize me." He said a little disappointed. It all suddenly clicked in Desiree's mind, she knew who this young man was, it was Draco Malfoy, the man she would be forced to marry.

"Y-your Draco Malfoy?" She asked in disbelief.

"Yep, the one and only." He chuckled a bit.

"Wow" Desiree couldn't believe it, this was who she was going to marry. There was a flash of lightning followed by a low rumble of thunder, Desiree realised they were still standing in the pouring rain. "Maybe we should get out of the rain." She suggested.

"Oh, yeah," said Draco a little dumbly. He then led her away from the castle, Desiree was about to say something when she saw it. There were four rose plants placed in a square, the stems seemed to be twisted around and invisible pole and then covering an invisble roof as well. Desiree was awestruck, it was beautiful. Draco saw the look on her face and smiled, he liked her.

Draco and Desiree were finally under the cover of the roses, which smelt as beautiful as they looked. Drco reached out and picked on of the roses. He span it in his fingers for a second before handing it out to Desiree who blushed slightly and took it.

"You know, this arranged marriage might not be so bad after all." Draco said smiling. "I mean you've already fallen for me." He winked and Desiree couldn't help laugh at his reference to her tripping over as falling for him.

"I think it'll turn out just fine." She agreed. There was definantely a bond between them, though they couldn't figure out exactly what it was.