Touched by Frost

Emerald Sky

chapter two~ Short Term Memory Loss

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Draco tripped walking down the stairs that morning. He felt very drozy and tired but all the same, couldn't find himself to fall back asleep again. It was early, about 6:30 am or so in the morning and couldn't find a reason to be up so early and have nothing to do that day...not even work.

A long hot bath or something would wake him up he thought as he tried to quickly push back his uncombed hair. Then suddenly SMACK. He walked into Bloomy who was carrying his breakfast tray that morning and was ready to bring it up to him. China dishes and cups shattered on the ground. Bloomy gave her head a small shake and picked herself off of the ground.

"Do be more careful." Draco told her as she snapped her fingers and the dishes flew back onto the tray in perfect condition. Bloomy nodded and gave a goofy grin.

"The lovely lady is already up and in the kitchen right now, Master!" she replied happily.

Draco groaned, "Please tell me your talking about Flora." he murmured. He had hoped that the night before had all been a dream.

"Good morning!" he heard Janette greet as he lazily slumped into the kitchen and took a seat at the table where she was eating a bowl of cereal. He nodded her, opened up the Daily Prophet and dug his face into it. "It's such a lovely day outside, Bloomy promised to make me a nice picnic and--"

"Oh that's wonderful." Draco murmured as he ripped off the front page and threw it across the table. Janette picked up the page out of curiosity.

On the front page was a picture an Auror with jet black hair waving happily. "Oh, that's Harry Potter. I'm such a big fan of his...though mother didn't approve of it. I have no idea why..." Janette told Draco.

Draco gave an exaggerated groan. "I DON'T approve of it either."

"But why--?"

"Do you have any idea who you're grandparents are?" Draco asked her setting down the paper. Before the puzzled girl could answer he said, "They're Death Eaters."

Janette looked quite shocked. "But your not are you?" she asked quietly lowering her eye brows.

Draco looked back down at the paper and left her with a long silence just as his father had always done when he had asked him a question. He let the silence settle before answering. "No."

She finished her cereal and was ready to leave the kitchen before Draco stopped her. "About your name--"

"Why must we change it again?"

Draco folded his arms. "Because I can't stand it."

"Can I pick my name?"

"Only if I approve of it."

Janette tapped her chin with her index finger as if to be thinking but quickly retorted "What about Rosemary?"

Draco gave her a discussed look and raised an eye brow. "I was thinking more like--"

"Silenika!"

"Err...no. How about Salene?"

"SIL.en.ik.a!"

"Salene."

"Silenika."

Draco paused at the sound of a loud sniffing noise and looked over towards the kitchen entrance to find Bloomy with tears of joy in her eyes. "Oh, look at you two,"--sniff--"all arguing like father and daughter already." Draco rolled his eyes. The small elf hurried over to Janette's side and patted her shoulder, "Stubborn just like your father..." she took another sniff.

"GET out of here, Bloomy!" Draco yelled at his house elf. She left as quickly as she could before giving them both a proud grin.

"Angelica?" Draco suggested.

"Angel."

"Done."

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Draco had just finished getting dressed when there was a rap on his bedroom door and he heard Bloomy's high pitched squeak call "Master, It's the lovely lady, she waits for you!"

He opened the door and followed his house elf down the stairs and asked, "Which one?" though he suddenly wish he hadn't, as he rounded the corner he saw Flora standing at the door with a stern look on her face.

"There's more than one?" she demanded harshly.

"Uhh-- I...err." Draco stuttered not wanting to inform her that he had gotten someone pregnant at the age of 16 and now is suddenly raising the child, nor wanting her to believe that he was cheating on her.

"He speaks of Janette." Bloomy said.

Flora crossed her arms and lowered her eye brows in suspicion.

"Angel, Bloomy. And no, it's not what you think...I'm uhh...babysitting...my 5th cousin...daughter of...my father's 2nd step sister--"

"N--"

"YES, Bloomy." Draco hissed. "One second...if you please." Draco told her and headed for the back door and into the garden where he found Angel sitting in a patio chair and eating away on pumpkin pie. "Listen...Angel. Flora's here and--"

"Who's Flowra?"

"Anyway, if she asks, you're my 5th cousin, daughter of my father's 2nd step sister."

"Uhhm. Okay."

Draco flashed her an unsure look and turned to go back to the front entry but met eye contact with Flora who was just entering the garden. "Hello, you must be--" she started with a friendly smile on her face.

"Angel...uuh 50th cousin of my grandpa's...15th sisters...wait...no...2nd cousin...er Da-- Draco what was it?"

Giving a fake smile Draco lied, "She has problems...you know short term memory loss."

"I don't like where this is going..." Bloomy muttered to herself but a bit to loudly. Noticing the angry look on Draco's face she scuttled herself back into the house with no further words.

Flora turned her attention from the house elf back to Draco. "You're not very good at lying, Draco."

"You know me to well." Draco muttered looking down at Angel.

"Want some pumpkin pie, Flowra?"

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A bit more of a humour chapter than the last one, but don't forget! It's only the beginning! =D Hope you enjoyed it!

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~Emerald