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I Built My Life Around You

**Narcissa's thoughts**

A/N: The stuff in the **[ ]** is Narcissa's thinking while reading letters, they are not part of the letters!

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Chapter Seven

Narcissa could not help but be rather disturbed at her lack of prowess with a wand, she was used to being a powerful witch to whom magic came easily but now she felt defenceless. She continued to use her magic as often as possible without Lucius noticing, she felt he didn't need to know how on the nail he had been when he had accused her of allowing her potential to rot and fester. She helped Draco with his holiday homework pleased to see that her knowledge of the theoretical side of magic was as good as ever.

As the summer drew to a close she began to spend all of her time with her son. She knew how much she would miss him once he had gone. Draco was turning into a talented young wizard but it was his personality which concerned her rather than his magic. The two of them rarely argued and her words with him at Christmas, short as they had been, certainly had improved his behaviour towards Dobby but he was still capable of being a cruel and bigoted child which saddened her deeply. He regarded muggles and muggle borns as beneath them and this reminded Narcissa all too well of a time when she had supported what the deatheaters were doing and of how she had tried to convince Morgana that they were better than muggles. **So is it Lucius he's turning into or the younger version of myself?**

He was also capable of being polite, thoughtful and incredibly sweet natured when he felt like it, she watched his distress when his owl was attacked by a cat and had to have it's wing mended by Lucius. Lucius wouldn't have bothered if the owl hadn't been so valuable. The delight on Draco's face at seeing his pet fly out of the window was enough to melt any heart Narcissa felt, until she looked at Lucius and realised he was entirely unaffected.

Lucius had bought the broomsticks for the Slytherin team and Draco was ecstatic about it, but all he seemed to talk about was beating Potter and Narcissa began to wonder how much passion he really had for the game and how much was he simply trying to get one up on a school mate he disliked.

He went back to school too soon for her liking but she put on a brave face determined not to show Lucius any weakness at all. Her husband had been acting very strangely of late and it disturbed her, he seemed far too pleased with himself for her liking. Still she put it from her mind preferring to think of her husband looking like a fool, fighting Arthur Weasley and ending up with a black eye.

She put Draco on the train, extracting a promise from him that he would behave and continue writing to her. She watched the train pull away and left the platform by apparating home.

When Narcissa saw the late edition of the Daily Prophet that day she couldn't help but laugh, Molly Weasley's son and Harry Potter had arrived at Hogwarts in a flying car and had been seen by several muggles along the way. **Oh dear, poor Molly, then again it's her son I feel sorry for I wouldn't want an angry Molly Weasley after me and I can imagine she won't be best pleased with this.** She was genuinely sorry to hear that Arthur Weasley was facing an enquiry at work. Lucius of course was delighted by this news claiming the muggle loving fool was finally going to get what was coming to him.

Rolling her eyes Narcissa retreated to the library and into a book.

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Narcissa's first letter from Draco came sooner than she would have expected, in fact he had not been gone two days before it arrived.

Dear Mum,

Did you see the Daily Prophet?! They actually managed not to be expelled somehow! Then again I'm sure Dumbledore would never expel one of his precious gryffindors! Weasley got this howler from his mum this morning at breakfast; it was hilarious! "If you put another toe out of line...." And it carried on in that vein for about five minutes! **[That poor kid!]**

Gilderoy Lockhart is the biggest fool ever, I swear it! **[Tell me something I don't know!]** Oh and Potter's started giving out signed photographs, what with the Weasel's little sister and this new gryffindor who appears to be permanently attached to a camera he's gone and gotten his own fan club! **[That _child_ is giving out signed photographs, who'd want them!?]**

Not much else to say, just thought this little lot might amuse you, **[oh and it does!]**

Love Draco.

She laughed and shook her head, **Kids, what will they get up to next!?**

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A/N: I promise to try and update sooner than this next time, I just couldn't seem to find the time to get on the internet. Hope having two chapters out made up for this a bit.

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