Author's Note: This chapter will be "weird/different/uh." lol. It'll just
be something.
Disclaimer: Nothing but the idea of the story is mine. It belongs to the great HP author, JK Rowling and the people at Warner Bros.
Chapter 2~ Family Drama
..::~*Draco*~::..
Dinner was one of the worst things I have ever experienced in my life! Once we all sat down, my father started talking to me about Pansy and her family. It was so frustration. I tried to change the subject a few times, but it always came back to Pansy this, or Mr. Parkinson that. I was getting so bored that I wanted to excuse myself and skip dessert. But as Ari was placing small glasses filled with chocolate mousse on the table, my father said something that shocked me.
" Mr. Parkinson thinks that you're a very exquisite young man; a perfect match for Pansy." He started. My mother nodded in agreement and smiled at me. "So, we're thinking about arranging a marriage for you both." That right there caught me. My just ended and my life taken away. My parents smiled like it was the greatest thing ever.
"Uh.I.um.uh." was all I could say. I was too shocked to argue and get angry. But I wish I said something though, because my mother made it worse.
"Oh, Lucius! Isn't that sweet? Draco is so happy, he's speechless!" she cried.
"Fantastic. I'll tell Mr. Parkinson the news soon enough." My father smiled brighter than ever. I've never seen him so thrilled. I had to say something. I had to deny it! But I couldn't. I can't disagree with him and do or say anything of his disapproval. That was my weakness. Then I thought of Cho. I thought of how much I loved her and how much she meant to me. I'd do anything to protect her from harm and make her happy. In other words, I'll die for her.
"Draco? Dear?" My mother called. "Are you alright?"
"What? Oh. Yeah." I snapped back into reality. I had to deny the arranged marriage. I had to for Cho. I summed up all my courage and said, "Father? We Pansy and I can't get married. Wait, are we getting married now?"
My father laughed. "No! Not now! When you get older after Hogwarts of course!"
"What-what if I don't want to marry her later on?" I stuttered. This was going to be difficult."
My father's happiness quickly faded. He sort of twitched.
"Are you mad, boy?!" He whispered harshly. "Do you know how hard it is to find a decent pureblood girl?! Less than half if the wizarding world is purebloods! You're very lucky you and Pansy found each other!
It took me a lot of courage to say what I'm about to say.
"I don't love Pansy! I can't marry her because I don't love her! She's just my friend. That's all she is to me."
My mother glanced nervously between my father and me. She sat stiffly in her chair.
"Draco, how dare you think of Pansy only as a mere friend!" My father's voice raised a bit more. Ari squeaked in fear by the corner. "It doesn't matter if you love her or not anyway as long as she's decent!"
"Well then, what's the point of marriage of the bride and groom don't love each other?!" I can't believe I'm arguing with him.
"You will get married to Pansy later on, because you will also learn to love her! End of discussion!" He pounded his fist on the table and the plates rattled. Then he stood up and stormed out of the room.
I sank back into my seat with my arms crossed. Now what am I going to do? How am I supposed to tell Cho that I'm in an arranged marriage with Pansy? Merlin, help me.
~*~*~*~*~..::~*Cho*~::..~*~*~*~*~
I woke up with a slight headache. I got out of bed, dizzy, and I couldn't really see straight. I walked downstairs and found my dad home from work.
"Well, aren't you a pretty site." He said when he saw me. May laughed and I saw my mom hold back a smile. I looked into a nearby mirror and I saw that my hair was so messy. It's like I was struck by lightning! I combed my fingers through my hair and smoothed it down. That helped a little.
"Thanks dad." I replied sarcastically.
"You're still in you school clothes? Why didn't you change?" My mom asked.
"I fell asleep."
"How's Hartywogs? Are you doing well?" I've been attending Hogwarts for almost six years now and my dad still can't say the school's name right.
"Dad, it's Hog-warts. Not Hartywogs!"
My mom laughed and May started saying, Hartywogs! Hartywogs!"
"Okay! I'm not part of all this magic stuff." My dad exclaimed.
"Anyway, school's fine." I said sitting down.
Out of nowhere, my mom asked, "It everything still okay with you and Harry? How is he?"
"Um, yeah. We're all right. He's the same, you know. Still the Harry Potter." I really didn't want to talk about Harry. Especially since I'm trying to break up with him.
"Hold on, who's Harry Potter?" My dad was so clueless. Well, other than him being a muggle and not have a lot of knowledge about the wizarding world, I actually only told my mom about Harry and me.
"Oh, come now," said my mom. She's talked about Harry and why he's famous tons of times to my dad. "Surely you know!" My dad just looked at my mom with a clank stare. "Harry is the boy who lived! Honestly, don't you ever listen?" She sounded a lot like Hermione that second.
"That's not the point." My dad quickly tried to hide his guilt. "Cho, you've got yourself a boyfriend? What's he like? Did you two ever fight? Has he hurt you? Is he a good lad?" He questioned, being a typical, protective father.
"Yes, he-"
"I can answer some of that." My mom interrupted. "If you listened to me talk about Harry, you would know what he's like. He's a good lad of course! He saved Hogwarts a few years ago you know. He also saved.well, tried to save Cedric Diggory last year."
"Cedric? Oh! I remember him! Cho was quite taken with him, remember?" My dad nudged me. "He was very.very brave; a great person. I'm sorry he's no longer with us, sweetie."
My heart started to feel heavy and tears were about to pour from my eyes. "Could you please not talk about him?! It's bad enough that I had to deal with his death!" Just on little word uttered about Cedric would make me explode. It makes me seem sensitive, but I lived him that much. I know it's been almost a year since that incident, but I still can't manage to get over it.
"We're sorry, Cho. We know you miss him terribly still. You'll get over Cedric soon. It will take a while, but eventually you will." My mom was pushing it.
"Mum! Stop it! Please." My voice trailed off and started to shake. Tears slowly came down my face. Both of my parents stayed silent with pity upon their faces.
I ran upstairs to my room and unpacked my diary, quill and ink. I had to get my feelings out and the only way was to write in my diary.
Dear Diary,
I should've stayed at Hogwarts for the holidays. Life at home right now is just so wrong! My parents brought Cedric up. I hate it when they do that! I still miss him and with people always talking about him, I can't get over him any faster! All these memories come flooding back into my head. Why me? Why did Cedric have to like me?! Why couldn't he have loved some other girl and give all this pain and sorrow to her?!
I miss Draco. I want him here with me. I need him right now. Unless someone tells me they can bring Cedric back to life, Draco is probably the only one that can make me happy. Curse my popularity and me. If I weren't like by practically 75% of the Hogwarts students, then maybe I wouldn't be so sad. That just reminded me, am I supposedly "really pretty"? Ha! That's a laugh. Today, I hate me.
Cho
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Author's Note: Please r/r!
Disclaimer: Nothing but the idea of the story is mine. It belongs to the great HP author, JK Rowling and the people at Warner Bros.
Chapter 2~ Family Drama
..::~*Draco*~::..
Dinner was one of the worst things I have ever experienced in my life! Once we all sat down, my father started talking to me about Pansy and her family. It was so frustration. I tried to change the subject a few times, but it always came back to Pansy this, or Mr. Parkinson that. I was getting so bored that I wanted to excuse myself and skip dessert. But as Ari was placing small glasses filled with chocolate mousse on the table, my father said something that shocked me.
" Mr. Parkinson thinks that you're a very exquisite young man; a perfect match for Pansy." He started. My mother nodded in agreement and smiled at me. "So, we're thinking about arranging a marriage for you both." That right there caught me. My just ended and my life taken away. My parents smiled like it was the greatest thing ever.
"Uh.I.um.uh." was all I could say. I was too shocked to argue and get angry. But I wish I said something though, because my mother made it worse.
"Oh, Lucius! Isn't that sweet? Draco is so happy, he's speechless!" she cried.
"Fantastic. I'll tell Mr. Parkinson the news soon enough." My father smiled brighter than ever. I've never seen him so thrilled. I had to say something. I had to deny it! But I couldn't. I can't disagree with him and do or say anything of his disapproval. That was my weakness. Then I thought of Cho. I thought of how much I loved her and how much she meant to me. I'd do anything to protect her from harm and make her happy. In other words, I'll die for her.
"Draco? Dear?" My mother called. "Are you alright?"
"What? Oh. Yeah." I snapped back into reality. I had to deny the arranged marriage. I had to for Cho. I summed up all my courage and said, "Father? We Pansy and I can't get married. Wait, are we getting married now?"
My father laughed. "No! Not now! When you get older after Hogwarts of course!"
"What-what if I don't want to marry her later on?" I stuttered. This was going to be difficult."
My father's happiness quickly faded. He sort of twitched.
"Are you mad, boy?!" He whispered harshly. "Do you know how hard it is to find a decent pureblood girl?! Less than half if the wizarding world is purebloods! You're very lucky you and Pansy found each other!
It took me a lot of courage to say what I'm about to say.
"I don't love Pansy! I can't marry her because I don't love her! She's just my friend. That's all she is to me."
My mother glanced nervously between my father and me. She sat stiffly in her chair.
"Draco, how dare you think of Pansy only as a mere friend!" My father's voice raised a bit more. Ari squeaked in fear by the corner. "It doesn't matter if you love her or not anyway as long as she's decent!"
"Well then, what's the point of marriage of the bride and groom don't love each other?!" I can't believe I'm arguing with him.
"You will get married to Pansy later on, because you will also learn to love her! End of discussion!" He pounded his fist on the table and the plates rattled. Then he stood up and stormed out of the room.
I sank back into my seat with my arms crossed. Now what am I going to do? How am I supposed to tell Cho that I'm in an arranged marriage with Pansy? Merlin, help me.
~*~*~*~*~..::~*Cho*~::..~*~*~*~*~
I woke up with a slight headache. I got out of bed, dizzy, and I couldn't really see straight. I walked downstairs and found my dad home from work.
"Well, aren't you a pretty site." He said when he saw me. May laughed and I saw my mom hold back a smile. I looked into a nearby mirror and I saw that my hair was so messy. It's like I was struck by lightning! I combed my fingers through my hair and smoothed it down. That helped a little.
"Thanks dad." I replied sarcastically.
"You're still in you school clothes? Why didn't you change?" My mom asked.
"I fell asleep."
"How's Hartywogs? Are you doing well?" I've been attending Hogwarts for almost six years now and my dad still can't say the school's name right.
"Dad, it's Hog-warts. Not Hartywogs!"
My mom laughed and May started saying, Hartywogs! Hartywogs!"
"Okay! I'm not part of all this magic stuff." My dad exclaimed.
"Anyway, school's fine." I said sitting down.
Out of nowhere, my mom asked, "It everything still okay with you and Harry? How is he?"
"Um, yeah. We're all right. He's the same, you know. Still the Harry Potter." I really didn't want to talk about Harry. Especially since I'm trying to break up with him.
"Hold on, who's Harry Potter?" My dad was so clueless. Well, other than him being a muggle and not have a lot of knowledge about the wizarding world, I actually only told my mom about Harry and me.
"Oh, come now," said my mom. She's talked about Harry and why he's famous tons of times to my dad. "Surely you know!" My dad just looked at my mom with a clank stare. "Harry is the boy who lived! Honestly, don't you ever listen?" She sounded a lot like Hermione that second.
"That's not the point." My dad quickly tried to hide his guilt. "Cho, you've got yourself a boyfriend? What's he like? Did you two ever fight? Has he hurt you? Is he a good lad?" He questioned, being a typical, protective father.
"Yes, he-"
"I can answer some of that." My mom interrupted. "If you listened to me talk about Harry, you would know what he's like. He's a good lad of course! He saved Hogwarts a few years ago you know. He also saved.well, tried to save Cedric Diggory last year."
"Cedric? Oh! I remember him! Cho was quite taken with him, remember?" My dad nudged me. "He was very.very brave; a great person. I'm sorry he's no longer with us, sweetie."
My heart started to feel heavy and tears were about to pour from my eyes. "Could you please not talk about him?! It's bad enough that I had to deal with his death!" Just on little word uttered about Cedric would make me explode. It makes me seem sensitive, but I lived him that much. I know it's been almost a year since that incident, but I still can't manage to get over it.
"We're sorry, Cho. We know you miss him terribly still. You'll get over Cedric soon. It will take a while, but eventually you will." My mom was pushing it.
"Mum! Stop it! Please." My voice trailed off and started to shake. Tears slowly came down my face. Both of my parents stayed silent with pity upon their faces.
I ran upstairs to my room and unpacked my diary, quill and ink. I had to get my feelings out and the only way was to write in my diary.
Dear Diary,
I should've stayed at Hogwarts for the holidays. Life at home right now is just so wrong! My parents brought Cedric up. I hate it when they do that! I still miss him and with people always talking about him, I can't get over him any faster! All these memories come flooding back into my head. Why me? Why did Cedric have to like me?! Why couldn't he have loved some other girl and give all this pain and sorrow to her?!
I miss Draco. I want him here with me. I need him right now. Unless someone tells me they can bring Cedric back to life, Draco is probably the only one that can make me happy. Curse my popularity and me. If I weren't like by practically 75% of the Hogwarts students, then maybe I wouldn't be so sad. That just reminded me, am I supposedly "really pretty"? Ha! That's a laugh. Today, I hate me.
Cho
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Author's Note: Please r/r!