Disclaimer: I just own the plot and the idea of Narcissa being on the Slytherin quidditch team, don't know if I've mentioned that in the story before but I decided Draco gets his quidditch skills from his mother not his father.

Review Responses:

Usako3000 - Is this really the first fic you've reviewed continually? I'm honoured! I love Narcissa and Draco's relationship, Lucy is jealous of them and so will try to drive them apart a little, mainly by undermining his wife. Lucy is evil, but I love him! I hate him as well but the man is just irresistible! I do love Draco in the books but his behaviour and attitude disturb me so it's love/hate. I do think he has redeeming moments though like defending his mother! It's Narc's first instinct now to get Lucius to handle these things, she knows he's evil so thinks she may as well set him on somebody else! She's definitely so used to him being there she wouldn't know what to do without him. I was going to forgive you for being a Gryffindor when you said you liked Slytherin men and left an Mmm Oliver (and God is it ever Mmm Oliver! I cannot believe that he is not going to be in the next film! Life is so unfair!) but then I read that you'd put...oh I can't even bring myself to write it I feel like Hagrid trying to say Voldemort! Oh alright, you said 'not Sev though'! I do not understand you people who are not in love with the lovely Sev! Greg is not in a fanfic at the moment, beyond the brief mentions he gets in this one, but we did intend to write a fanfic about him so give me a bit of time and you might be able to meet him. As to redeeming Lucy I won't be but it is tempting, secretly I too want them all to be redeemed, I want Voldie and the deatheaters to be misunderstood social misfits who can be taught the error of their ways with a little love, but honest_iago would kill me if I suddenly changed the plot like that and it wouldn't make for a good story in this context! The only person I can feel no sympathy for in my head is Barty Crouch jr. and whoever else tortured Nev's parents. You have to understand that nobody messes with my Neville! I even feel sorry for Voldie for his sad upbringing. Why can't they all be friends and skip off into the sunset?! Ok, I appear to writing some sort of rant when I intended to write a review response! Thanks so much for reviewing!

Sunrise-chick - Thank you so much for reviewing Turning Point as well as this! Turning Point is sadly lacking in reviews. I'm so glad you like my Sev. The anti-Dumbledoreism is more Narcissa than me but there are moments when he is just daft! I do like him though! I love Draco even in the books though he does go too far sometimes but it can't have been easy growing up with Lucius Malfoy! I'll keep posting fairly regularly!

Professor Charlotte Snape - Thanks for reviewing and I'm so glad you think they're in character that's one of my biggest concerns most of the time!

A/N: Gosh I am so sorry I kept you waiting this long but I just totally forgot to update or something! I'm crazy! I also have a bad cold! Anyway, you don't care about my cold or my excuses for not updating you're here to read the story so I'm going to let you get on with that. And that was one hell of a pointless author's note.

I Built My Life Around You

**Narcissa's Thoughts**

Chapter 4

There were no more unfortunate incidents involving Draco for the rest of the school term, for which Narcissa was extremely grateful. She had had enough trouble with Lucius over the Forbidden Forest incident, he had been adamant that he should have been told before she took any action at all though he did seem to approve of her howler.

Draco aced his exams, of course, though he was not top of the year; that honour went to one Hermione Granger, something that did not please Lucius one little bit. He came with her to meet Draco on the platform and he did not look happy. **Looks like we're in for a fun summer!**

"Lucius," Narcissa started as they waited for the train, "He did really well, he got brilliant grades and he'll be tired after his long journey leave him be this afternoon, alright? You can talk to him tomorrow."

"I will talk to my son when I see fit."

**End of conversation. Look at us stood here together, we must look like the perfect couple, both cold and arrogant looking. People used to think we looked good together, I wonder if they still think that?** She glanced around the platform at the other parents and saw little to distinguish herself and Lucius from the couples that surrounded them. Were they all as unhappy as she and her husband were together, or was it just that she and Lucius were good at hiding their dislike of and distaste for one another in public?

The train pulled in and excited students piled off and ran to their parents. Draco walked over looking a little more dignified than most, particularly once he spotted his father.

"Hello Mum, Father."

"Hello sweetheart," Narcissa hugged her son while Lucius merely nodded an acknowledgement and levitated the trunk.

"Come on, I've got things to do I don't want to spend all day on this platform," he snapped.

Narcissa sighed and put her arm round her son's shoulders, guiding him through the barrier out into the muggle station.

Lucius insisted they go straight back to the manor and once there he called Draco into his study.

Narcissa stood nervously outside the door trying to look inconspicuous but unable to stop herself straining her ears to try and catch what was being said. Draco came out twenty minutes later looking defiant and close to tears, she gave him an encouraging smile which he failed to return so she gave him a silent hug and led him upstairs to her own study.

"What did your father say?"

"He said my grades weren't good enough. They are good enough; it's not my fault that the teachers favour the Gryffindors! I tried mum, I really tried!"

"Well I'm very proud of your grades whatever your father says. Here, have a chocolate frog," she said pulling one out of a draw where she had a secret stash of chocolate Lucius would undoubtedly have not approved of.

He smiled and took the frog, "Thanks mum."

"I'm your mother, that's what I'm here for. Now why did you look quite so sulky when you got off that train?"

"How do you know I was angry?"

"Children are always an open book to their mother's."

"Well you wouldn't believe what happened at the leaving feast!"

"Enlighten me," she said pulling the bell pull and asking Dobby to fetch them some iced lemonade.

Draco nibbled on the frog and launched into his tale, "Well, we'd just won the house cup, I mean the hall was all decked out in Slytherin colours and everything and then Dumbledore decides to award some 'last minute points' to certain Gryffindors, they were bottom and then he gave them enough points to win and changed all the decorations! Can you believe that?!"

**Oh, now that's rotten!** "That's awful sweetie, he shouldn't have done that! I bet Severus wasn't very happy!"

"Professor Snape looked furious!"

Narcissa couldn't help but laugh at the image of Sev glaring at Professor Dumbledore for cheating his Slytherins out of the house cup.

"It's not funny!" Draco protested.

"I know dear, but you don't need to win the house cup to know you're in the best house. Gryffindors are just insecure and competitive, they'd probably all go home and drown themselves if they lost! Anyway they didn't win the quidditch cup did they?"

"No. Ravenclaw won it, I suppose they deserved it they did have a good team this year."

"Well I'm sure Slytherin will win next year, are you going to try out for the team?"

"Yeah, but I could use a new broomstick..."

"Alright, you can stop dropping hints, I promised we'd get you one and we will. Now why don't you go and unpack?"

"Alright."

Draco left her sipping her lemonade, very grateful to have her son home again.

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Over the next few weeks Narcissa noticed a change in her son, his attitude towards Dobby seemed to have improved a little, he was still dismissive of him but he never hurt him or even yelled so often. She was at first surprised but then realised that he had taken her seriously at Christmas, **Funny, I thought he'd just ignore me and follow Lucius' example.** She smiled as she watched him practicing quidditch with Dobby throwing apples into the air for him to catch. **There's something Lucius wouldn't approve of! He does fly well; I think he'd make a good seeker.** Feeling a little childish she suddenly ran up the stairs and grabbed her old broom, which was by now something of an antique, and dashed out into the garden.

"Hey, want someone to practice with?" she called.

Draco laughed, "You!"

"Who else, did you think I was going to put Dobby on a broom?"

The house elf squeaked in fright and Narcissa chuckled. "I used to be a chaser you know."

"Yeah, but that was years ago!"

**Well, that sounds like a challenge.** Laughing she mounted her broomstick and flew up to join him, looping him easily to catch the latest apple Dobby had thrown. "You need to keep your mind on the game! I was watching from inside and you miss them when you aren't paying enough attention!"

He scowled, then laughed at the sight of his generally dignified mother on a broomstick. "I thought you were a chaser not a seeker!"

"Same principle applies, keep your mind on the game!"

They practiced for another hour or so until Lucius leaned out of his study window and gave Narcissa a look that suggested he didn't know what the hell she thought she was doing but she'd better stop and asked Draco if he shouldn't be doing his summer homework.

"Spoilsport!" Narcissa stuck out her tongue as he retreated back inside.

Draco looked shocked, "Mum!"

She laughed, "What? He's just jealous; he was a terrible quidditch player from what I've heard! Now go and write that potions essay." She landed easily, tired by the short practice, **Gosh I must be out of practice, I'd have thought nothing of that once!**

The practice sessions continued through the rest of the holidays, though generally when Lucius was out of the way as he appeared to have taken a terrible dislike to the reminder that his wife was much better at something than he was. Narcissa also had an inkling that he was jealous of her relationship with Draco as father and son only ever seemed to speak to argue about grades and other ridiculous things and they certainly never laughed together.

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A/N: In their last quidditch match when Harry is in the hospital wing, Gryffindor are "flattened by Ravenclaw" so I assume that Ravenclaw won the quidditch cup as JK makes no more mention of this.

Does anyone else think that the ending of the first book is totally unfair? Dumbledore should not have left it that late to award those points it was petty!

Pease Review my humble story! Another Update will follow soon! The next chapter will have the fight in flourish and blots from Narcissa's POV, I know she isn't there in the book but I've got around that without changing what is written in Philosopher's Stone. I really can't believe they left the fight scene out of the film!