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Chapter 2

Draco woke up, the feeling returned to his body. He tried to sit up but his head began pounding so he quickly laid his head back down. Letting out a groan of pain, he heard footsteps coming up stairs. He then remembered what had happened and sat up again, ignoring the pain.

Looking around, he saw he was lying on a bed near a fireplace. The room was painted a deep shade of blue, there was a mahogany desk, armoire and table, the bed was a plain iron one with a bedspread of the ocean. On the walls were paintings of dragons, along with pictures of what must've been her family and friends. Draco frowned as he noticed none of these moved, so it had to be a muggle which found him.

"I see that you're awake."

Draco whipped around and saw a young woman with dark red hair, standing there holding a tray with two mugs and a small glass on it. She smiled at him and walked over, setting the tray on the table. Picking up a bottle off of her desk, she opened it and held out two pills.

"It's just Advil for your headache. I heard you when you woke up. Sometimes you get a headache when you're so frozen. Here take them."

She handed them to him and picked up the glass, handing it also to him. He looked at the pills and then back up at the woman, wondering whether to trust her or not. She seemed to sense his reluctance, as a look of hurt spread across her face before she turned away.

"So what were you doing out there? You could have killed yourself."

She sat down in a chair at the table and motioned for him to take the other. He sat still for a moment and then walked over and sat down. He took the pills and she smiled, handing him a mug and taking the other.

"Not very talkative, are you? Does your throat hurt? I can get you something to help it."

He shook his head and sipped the drink. It tasted like liquid chocolate, but with cinnamon in there also and a few white fluffy objects. Muggles had some weird drinks, but for now he would have to live with it.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Alex. May I ask yours, if you don't mind?"

Draco thought about it for a moment and then, after taking another sip of his drink, put down the mug. He cleared his throat and then looked up at his savior.

"Draco."

"Oh what a unique name. I like it though. I mean, if you haven't seen my obsession yet." She motioned to the paintings of dragons. "That accent. British?" Draco nodded.

"Why in the world would you leave there and come to such a middle of nowhere place like this?"

"Actually, I was forced here....by my father and some of his friends. My dad's not really a good person, so I had to get away from him. That's why I was wandering in that storm."

"Oh my god! You poor guy. Are you okay, are you get hurt?"

"Yeah, but I'm better now. Listen, could you tell me where here is?"

"You're in Minot, North Dakota." A blank look told her he had no idea what she was talking about.

"The US As in, you were flown across an ocean and into the middle of North America."

Draco felt like he was going to vomit. How would he ever be able to contact the light side? Yes, some of them could be contacted by muggle means, but he had no idea how to reach them.

"I'm sorry. I'll try and help you in any way that I can, but I'm only just seventeen years old. I can't do much."

"Thank you. I..." He was cut off by a blonde woman walking into the room.

"Who's your friend?" She looked upon Draco in such a hungry way that shivers were sent down his spine.

"Someone I found out in the storm."

"The storm? You just brought him home without knowing who he is? What if he was a mass murderer or something?" Draco almost laughed at this, as he was a mass murder.

"You know the law, you can't leave people stranded in a storm. They could die! And he was close to it when I found him." The other woman looked at him with sympathy. She walked over and held out her hand to Draco.

"Kelly Jackson." He took her hand and shook it, smiling up at her.

"Draco Malfoy."

"Draco? What a sexy name. But I guess it suits you then, doesn't it?" Draco smiled politely at Kelly and looked over and saw Alex roll her eyes.

"Anyway. So are you still spending the night?"

"Yeah. I saw Ian as he was leaving. He said he would bring breakfast home in the morning, after he gets off work." She looked to Draco and saw he was lost in the conversation.

"Oh, sorry. Ian is Alex's brother. He works the night shift at the police department."

"Pseudo brother." He looked to Alex and she smiled. "How else did you think I got you all the way up the stairs? It's not like I can do magic or anything." The two girls laughed and Draco forced a small one.

"Well, since you obviously can't sleep in my bed again. I guess you'll have to sleep in the guest bedroom and Kelly can bunk with me tonight." Kelly seemed disappointed that she wouldn't get to share her normal room with the new stranger.

"So is anyone hungry? We have popcorn, leftover pizza and soda."

Twenty minutes later, they were all sitting around the fire in the living room. They had all eaten and changed for bed, Draco borrowing some of Ian's clothes. The two girls had been sharing embarrassing stories about the other one, when two dogs made their way into the room. The dogs looked like wolves, a black one and a red/white one.

"You two are up. Come here babies." The two dogs ran over to Alex and jumped on either side of her, on the couch. She put them and then looked over at Draco.

"This one here is Artemis," She said petting the silver/white one's head. "And this one here, is her brother, Ares." She petted the other one as Draco raised an eyebrow at her.

"Ares and Artemis?" He said in a questioning voice and she looked at him in surprise.

"You know Greek mythology then?" He nodded.

"Ares and Artemis. Ares, the god of war, and Artemis, the goddess of the moon. Both are twins but not of each other. Didn't like Eris or Apollo?" Alex looked quite impressed and shook her to his question.

"I didn't think Eris had her personality at all, and he was the opposite color of who you would name after the sun god. It's not that I have anything against them, they just wouldn't work. Also, it just so happens that Ares and Artemis are my favorite gods."

"That's quite funny actually. My favorite goddess is Iriana and god is Apollo." The two began laughing while Kelly looked on in puzzlement.

"Sorry, forgot. See our gods are opposites. My favorite god is of war, his goddess is of peace, my goddess is of the moon, his is of the sun." Kelly forced a laugh and then scooted closer to Draco.

"How old are you exactly?"

"Eighteen in April. You?"

"Twenty in May. She's only seventeen." Kelly said, motioning to Alex.

"Is there a problem with my age?" Kelly grinned.

"No of course not. It's just a proven fact that young men like older women, rather than younger. Not that Draco would be interested in either of us." Alex looked a little mad but Kelly quickly changed the subject.

"So what do you do for fun?"

Draco was about to say and then stopped in midword. He couldn't tell them what he actually liked doing, since it was all wizard activities. He thought quickly and hoped he didn't seem too suspicious.

"I read, play..cards, chess and...that's about it." Kelly looked frustrated that she still did not have a thing in common with him.

The clock chimed and he looked at the time. Letting out a sigh of relief, he stretched and stood up, yawning.

"I should get to bed. I'm real exhausted and I think I may be getting another headache."

"Okay, let me show you to your room." Alex stood up and began to lead him down the hall, away from a pouting Kelly.

"Here's some extra blankets in case you get cold. Also, he has an electric blanket, do you know how to work one?"

"No, sorry. Where I'm from I don't normally need one." She nodded and showed him how to adjust the heat and then sat down on the foot of the bed.

"Well is there anything else you're going to need? Any more questions?"

"Where are your parents? Don't you have any?"

"That's not exactly the type of questions I meant but okay. Yes, I have parents. My mom is dead an my dad is off TDY in Africa." Draco gave her a half sympathetic, half confused look.

"Sorry. He's in the military. He's off in Africa working there for the time being. As for my mom, she died of cancer a year ago."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be. I'm over it, see?" She forced a smile but he could see right through it.

"Knock, knock. I hope I'm not interrupting." Kelly said from the doorway. Alex quickly wiped her eyes and then stood up, putting on a smile.

"Interrupting something? I've only known the guy for an hour. Of course, that never stopped you..." Alex received a death glare from her friend and she just smiled in returned.

"Anyway, night Draco." Alex flashed him a smile and then waved on her way out of the room.

"G'night Alex."

"Yeah, goodnight Alexis."

Alex stopped in midstep and cringed before continuing her way to her own room. By the time she was gone getting ready for bed, Kelly had joined her and slipped into the bed next to her.

"I'm sorry about how I acted. Friends?" Alex smiled and nodded.

"Friends." There was a short silence that was quickly broken by Kelly.

"So, you wouldn't mind then if I spent the night with Draco, would you? I mean, he's not even your type is he?"

Alex frowned, thankful that Kelly couldn't see her face in the dark. She didn't think Kelly knew her type in the first place. Nevertheless, Alex was loyal to her friends and very easily stepped on.

"No, of course I wouldn't mind. You are still on the pill though, right?"

"Yes, yes. Oh thanks Alex!" Kelly quickly slid out of the bed and down the hallway.

Alex sighed. She did like Draco but she never had a chance when she was put up against Kelly. She was older, more experienced. Alex was still a virgin and tended to always associate with people older than her, including men. Like Kelly had said, men liked older women, not younger ones. She rolled over and after a few minutes fell asleep.

Draco woke up to the sound of a dog barking. He sat up and quickly tried to place his surroundings and the events of the previous night. Everything coming back to him, he looked over next to him and saw the nude body of a young woman sleeping. He wasn't one to reject a willing woman who climbed into his bed and offered herself.

Slowly getting out of the bed, he got dressed in the dark and then walked back over to the sleeping body. He pulled the covers up higher on her and then turned and left the room. He was halfway down the stairs when a cold wind blew inside, from the now open door, and in walked two dogs and a young woman with red hair. She took off four sets of clothing and was working on her boots when Draco spoke up.

"You're up early."

The woman was startled, her boot she was pulling off, flew across the room behind her and she stumbled backwards onto her butt. Alex looked up at him with great dislike as she stood up and began rubbing her rear in agony. He made his way down the stairs with a charming smile on his face.

"Do you know how hard it is to fall onto hardwood floors? What are you doing up? I figured you'd both be sleeping in today." Draco looked at her out of the corner of his eye and then out the window.

"You know about what happened then?"

"Well when she said she was going to spend the night with you and then she didn't return, I kind of figured it out on my own."

She said it bitterly, but she didn't know why. It wasn't like he was her's in the first place. He wasn't betraying her or anything. She had only known him for a few hours, she couldn't have developed feelings for him that fast. Could she?

"Back to my question. What are you doing up so early?" He had sat down on the couch and was in the process of giving Artemis a belly rub.

"I always get up this early. I had to take the dogs out and get firewood." She pointed to a pile of logs sitting next to the door.

"Ah. I was planning on sleeping in but..." He motioned to Ares and smirked. "You don't always get what you want, do you?"

"Sorry. You can go back to sleep if you want, I'll make sure they stay quiet."

"No, it's okay. I'm already awake, I won't get back to sleep now. So, when is she going to wake up?"

"Another four hours at the earliest. Sorry, you're stuck with me for company until then. Ian does get home at eight but if she was busy last night then she probably won't get up and eat."

"You're not that bad company. So what do you have to drink in this place?"

The two sat down at the kitchen table, her drinking cocoa and him drinking coffee. Alex was looking outside and admiring the beauty, so Draco looked over at her, out of the corner of his eye. He barely had a chance to take in her looks earlier. Her hair went almost all the way down her back and, now that he was looking, he saw there were blonde streaks in it.

He watched her lean down to drink some cocoa and saw that her eyes were a light blue, almost identical to his own, except softer and kinder in a way. His own eyes were hard and icy, he doubted they had ever shown any emotion before besides hate.

His eyes then traveled down to her breasts and he smiled. She seemed to have bigger breasts than her friend, but not big enough to be a problem. Going lower, he couldn't get a good enough view but he remembered back to how she looked in her pajamas. Her stomach seemed to have some kind of muscle tone, for what he saw of her exposed belly. Her hips were big enough to have curve and her butt was small but not nonexistent.

Overall she looked very good. He even noticed what seemed to be a tattoo on her lower back but couldn't get a good look at it. Of course, he had to admit that Kelly was overall the better one. She had wavy blonde hair, deep green eyes and a body to die for. It wasn't just looks that made her better, she had confidence which Alex lacked. But one thing that Kelly lacked was intelligence. That was the reason he could never even consider a woman like her.

The clock chimed and he noticed he had been sitting there for thirty minutes. He also noticed, Alex was no where in sight. He wondered where she went and then vaguely remembered her saying something a while back and he 'uh huh'ed to.

"Maybe I should listen more often." He finished his coffee and put his mug in the sink next to hers.

Walking upstairs, he heard water running and then stop. By the time he was up the stairs the door opened and out walked a water drenched Alex wrapped in a very small towel. When she saw him, she immediately turned bright red. Draco took in the view and began to feel a small erection beginning. Not wanting to get slapped, he quickly turned away.

"Okay, I'm decent." He turned back around and saw she was wearing a long green robe. He smiled as he saw on the pocket was a frog. She really was quite innocent.

"Would I get slapped if I said 'unfortunately'?" Alex raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms.

"You really are a better choice for Kelly. I should have believed her. You have no manners and a huge ego which needs deflating." He was about to retort when they both heard a car door slam outside.

"That'll be Ian with breakfast."

"How come he lives here if he's not really family? If you don't mind me asking, that is."

"He's from a bad family, kind of like you. He's British also. Not having a place to stay and since my dad is gone a lot, he lives here. Known him for...going on four years this summer. Poor guy didn't know anyone when he got here. He was trying to get away from something. He still has never told me what."

The front door blew open and the dogs rushed downstairs to meet him. Alex left to her room to get dressed and Draco walked down the stairs to help Ian with the food. As he shut the door and took off his hood, Draco could do nothing but gawk. It took the other man a minute to notice him and when he did all he did was stand frozen in place.

Draco was the first one to snap out of it. Immediately, his eyes narrowed and became ice. Hatred began to boil his blood and he felt like tackling the other man, killing him. All he did in the end was mutter the man's name, but that was enough to rile him up.