Chapter 4- A thought

Do I love my father because I'm afraid of him? Or do I actually love him? My father has been such a big part of my life and I know his beliefs so well you can give me a topic and I can tell you what my father thinks about it. What are the important things in life? Father would say, "family, heritage, and tradition" going on to start the " Malfoys have been death eaters for three generations..." If you asked him what his motto is he would immediately answer, "Follow your beliefs and if people don't like it, change their beliefs." Easier said than done, right? Not only do the Malfoy's have a linage in being companions to You-Know-Who, but so do the Crabbes and the Goyles. Even the relationship the three families have with each other is a tradition. It's been "Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle" for as long as my father talks. We were kind of forced friends at first, Vincent, Greg and I, but we learned to like each other. It makes things a lot harder when your parents have expectations of how they wasn't your life to be. Of course they do! They have already lived it! They want you to be exactly like them, but how am I supposed to not feel bad if You-Know-Who were to hurt one of my friends? Who's to say that he wouldn't have me hurt them? Would he make me do that? What if he made me do something to Cho Chang? It's obvious Harry likes her. Could the Dark lord use me to hurt Cho so it would weaken Harry? Most likely. I have only seen You-Know-Who once in my life when I had just turned twelve. I had been given detention in the Forbidden Forest with Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione, four Gryffindors. We were looking for a hurt unicorn and found the Dark Lord. It was a terrifying experience. If I'm not loving my father out of fear I would be following the Dark Lord because of it.

I sat at a park bench wearing some baggy jeans and a green silk shirt. I looked at the watch Professor Snape gave me, which was now on my wrist. She was late. Was she coming? Was it a joke? I looked around to make sure no one was hiding behind a tree laughing at me. I was sure that if I turned around Potter would be there to laugh at me. I started to feel angry and embarrassed. How could I fall for such a stupid trick? My heart started to sink. I took a deep breath. There was no use in waiting for someone who didn't know they were supposed to meet me. I stood up, holding my jeans a bit, when I heard my name.

"Draco! Don't leave! Please! Draco, wait!"

I turned to see her running towards me. She was wearing a small summer dress with a light pastel floral pattern and little sandals that barely hung onto her feet. The dress showed her tan calves. It held onto her by two small straps across her shoulders and clung to her tightly. Her face was red, but it was hard to tell over her dark, glistening skin. Her long, obsidian-like hair blew wildly around with the wind as she ran towards me. I could have sworn the Earth seemed to rotate slower than usual and time bent as she ran to catch up with me. Her brown eyes were watching me as a hard lump started to form in my throat. I could fall into those eyes forever. I saw her straight, angelic smile just before one of her sandals fell onto the sidewalk and she moved back to get it. I would have moved to get it myself; however, I was afraid my pants would fall off. She slipped her tiny foot into the sandal and walked the rest of the way towards me. She stopped in front of me, took in a deep breath and smiled. I smiled back, speechless. I watched her mouth as she said, "I'm sorry I'm late. I got hung up."

"It's alright. I don't mind." I was thankful it wasn't a joke. Thank goodness it wasn't a joke.

"Want to go for a walk?"

"Sure," Cho's voice sang. We started to walk along the bank of a near by river.

"You look nice," I said. It sounded even more stupid than it did in my head.

"Oh! Thank you, Draco." My head filled with excitement and many thoughts of Cho. "How's your summer been?" she asked. I couldn't lie to her.

"It's been the same as usual." I pulled a weak smile from my face. Ok, so maybe I could lie to her. I didn't want her to know about my family. I didn't want to hurt her or have her see me hurt. We walked along the river and then decided to walk into a small Muggle electronics shop. I looked around at the different devices telling Cho everything I knew about the cameras, calculators and translators. She smiled but wasn't as excited as I was, until she spied a laptop. Her eyes widened as I showed her a game of cards on the computer.

"Some computers even hold the Internet, but we didn't cover that much in Muggle Studies." I took a deep, proud breath.

"It would be wonderful to own one of these."

"Well," I started. " I grabbed some money out of my vault and got it exchanged for Muggle Money…"

"Oh! Draco! Are you going to buy a computer?!" she exclaimed. A few people looked around.

"SHH!!" I hushed her, laughing. "I don't know yet, but I was planning on eating sometime. Are you hungry?" Cho nodded. We left to find a small place to eat. We talked more but I can't remember what about. It was like a faint dream that I didn't want to let go of. When I got home,

I slid into bed and shut my eyes.

I saw Cho laughing and talking with friends. She seemed so genuinely happy. I smiled into my pillow thinking of her. But then a figure appeared next to her. She smiled and hugged the dark-haired figure. It was Potter. She laughed and talked with him. Then another figure appeared behind Cho. It was more of a silhouette than a person. I saw the shape raise a wand. There was a flash and Cho screamed. Then my mind was blank.

AN: Dun Dun Dun!!!! To let everyone know I'm not normally into the Draco/Cho ship but I like the idea for this story. It will bring more drama this way. Thanks for R and R! I always love to hear what you have to say.