Even When There's No Way, There's Always A Will
~* Hey everyone! No time for individual thanks, THANK-YOU EVERYONE! I luv ya's all ::smiles:: I thought I'd put up the next chapter soon as the last two weren't all that interresting! Big thanks to Jeanne, I'm glad you like my story!*~
Chapter 13 ~ Where There's A Will There's A Way
The very next morning at breakfast, Draco and Andrea were having one of their "Not So Interlectual Arguments" about whether Santa Claus existed or not, when owl post arrived. Draco scanned the owls that soared into the Great Hall, his heart sinking when he saw Naxi. Lucious's owl flapped over to Draco and landed on his head, digging some sharp talons into Draco's scalp.
'Yeawch!' Draco shrieked. A few Gryffindors glanced over and laughed. Draco batted the large owl off his head and caught the letter it dropped.
You listen here boy.
If you ever pull another trick like pretending to be dead I will kill you persoanlly myself. Your mother almost had a heart attack. I know perfectly well that you are alive, and still seeing that girl Cho. I have been keeping in close contact with Pansy. Also, the wedding plans are coming along nicely.
You had better end your relationship with Cho, before I end it for you. That is both a threat, AND a promise. There is no way for you and her to be together.
Draco scrunched up the letter and threw it in his bag.
'What? What did he say?' Andrea asked enthusiastically.
'Never mind.' Draco mumbled.
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Draco found it extremely hard to focus during Potions that day, usually his top subject. He knocked over a vile of Gilyweed, and spilled his final result, which had turned out quite a brilliant blue instead of grey. Snape gave him a few weird looks, but Draco didn't notice. All he could think about was his father's letter, the arrangments for his arranged wedding to Pansy, and he also wondered what Lucious had meant when he said "You had better end your relationship with Cho, before I end it for you."
After Potions, Draco decided to skip the rest of the day and go find Cho, without interruptions.
Where there's a will, there's a way, Draco thought to himself. This seemed to make him want to see Cho even more.
Draco decided to try the Ravenclaw common room first, Cho might have been up there to swap some books or something. She wasn't though. Draco sighed, he didn't know her timetable and wasn't planning on running about the whole castle on a wild goose chase. He would just have to wait until lessons finnished.
Still not feeling up to going to lessons, Draco headed to the owlery, where he called down his bird, Quinton.
'Hey boy, you up for a delivery to Lucious?' Quinton didn't like Lucious much, but was willing to please his master, so he hooted in agreement (if that's possible for an owl). Draco grabbed a quill and parchment from his bag.
Lucious,
Where there's a will, there's a way. You cannot scare me with your threats, and I am NOT marrying Pansy.
Draco rolled up the note, and attatched it to Quinton's leg. He stayed in the owlery, watching his owl fly off into the distance, only leaving when he could see him no more.
~***~
Draco was waiting in the Slytherin common room for some signs that classes were over for the day. So far, no luck. He was isolated in the common room, so Draco decided to go to sleep.
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Draco was shaken awake by Andrea.
'Huh? What? Oh, hey Andrea.'
'Don't hey me, just be gratefull. Your father's here, and he wants to see you. He's in Dumbledore's office at the moment. Watch out alright?' Andrea said, in a low voice. 'Oh, and Pansy's with them.'
'They're in here Lucious.' Draco and Andrea exchanged worried looks as they heard Pansy's high pitched voice coming from just outside the Slytherin common room entrance.
'HIDE!' Andrea hissed. She dissapeared up the girls staircase. Draco said a quick spell (Penetratus), and stepped into the wall. (A/N - This is a spell I just made up. Penetratus makes a wall 'Liquidy' so to speak, so it can be walked into. Draco is hiding in a wall. . . lol)
A few seconds later, Lucious and Pansy bounded into the Common Room, followed by Dumbledore.
'Well? You said they were in here!' Lucious snarled.
'I-I-I thought they were, oh, you meant Draco and Cho? I thought you were looking for Andrea?' Pansy stuttered.
'Andrea? Who's Andrea?' Lucious said, getting angrier by the minute.
'Andrea is Draco's only Slytherin friend, apart from me of corse!' Pansy said smugly.
Pansy, go check the girls dormatories, Dumbledore and I will check the boys.' Lucious ordered, and the three of them left the common room up 2 different staircases.
10 minutes passed. Draco wished they would hurry up, he'd already been in the wall 15 minutes, and it became solid again after ½ an hour.
Another 5 minutes. Pansy ran down the girls staircase beaming, holding onto Andrea.
'I found her, I FOUND HER!' Lucious rushed down the stairs, and Dumbledore, who appeared to have been in no such rush, appeared a minute after Lucious.
'Is that the girl?' Lucious asked.
'This is Andrea.' Pansy said.
'Andrea. Well, Andrea, would you like to tell me as to the whereabouts of my son?'
'Sorry sir, who's your son?' Andrea said, trying hard not to grin.
'Don't play games with me girl, you know perfectly well who my son is!' Lucious roared (not a pretty sight).
'No, sorry.' Andrea said, really struggling to keep her straight, solomn (Sp?) face. This made Lucious really angry.
'MY SON IS DRACO MALFOY!' He shouted.
'Ohhhhh, him, yeah I know him.' Andrea said casually.
'I DON'T BLOODY CARE WHETHER YOU KNOW HIM OR NOT, DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS?'
'Um, nope. Sorry, not a clue.' Andrea wasn't lying, she didn't know that Draco was still hiding in the wall. Lucious's face was going a deep purple colour. Seeing as Lucious, Pansy and Dumbledore were facing away from the wall Draco was in, he decided to risk it. Better than being trapped in a wall, he thought.
Draco, extremely cautiously, stepped out of his wall, and snuck over to the common room exit/entrance. If Andrea had spotted him, she showed no sign of it. She kept her eyes on Lucious, and tried not to laugh at his face, which was pure anger.
Pansy started crying. Andrea had a sneaking suspicion she was faking it.
'I-I-I want my D-D-Draco!' She wailed. Andrea gave a look of disgust.
'You know something, I know you do.' Lucious said calmly to Andrea.
'No, sorry, I wouldn't have a clue where Draco is.' If she could just stop him from turning around for one more minute. . .
Draco had made it to the exit! He was out. Andrea tried not to let the relief show on her face.
Draco sprinted all the way to the Ravenclaw Common Room, not stopping, even when Anabelle and Mariette called out to him.
'Rude,' Draco heard Anabelle mutter.
~* Hey everyone! No time for individual thanks, THANK-YOU EVERYONE! I luv ya's all ::smiles:: I thought I'd put up the next chapter soon as the last two weren't all that interresting! Big thanks to Jeanne, I'm glad you like my story!*~
Chapter 13 ~ Where There's A Will There's A Way
The very next morning at breakfast, Draco and Andrea were having one of their "Not So Interlectual Arguments" about whether Santa Claus existed or not, when owl post arrived. Draco scanned the owls that soared into the Great Hall, his heart sinking when he saw Naxi. Lucious's owl flapped over to Draco and landed on his head, digging some sharp talons into Draco's scalp.
'Yeawch!' Draco shrieked. A few Gryffindors glanced over and laughed. Draco batted the large owl off his head and caught the letter it dropped.
You listen here boy.
If you ever pull another trick like pretending to be dead I will kill you persoanlly myself. Your mother almost had a heart attack. I know perfectly well that you are alive, and still seeing that girl Cho. I have been keeping in close contact with Pansy. Also, the wedding plans are coming along nicely.
You had better end your relationship with Cho, before I end it for you. That is both a threat, AND a promise. There is no way for you and her to be together.
Draco scrunched up the letter and threw it in his bag.
'What? What did he say?' Andrea asked enthusiastically.
'Never mind.' Draco mumbled.
~~~~~~~~~~*
Draco found it extremely hard to focus during Potions that day, usually his top subject. He knocked over a vile of Gilyweed, and spilled his final result, which had turned out quite a brilliant blue instead of grey. Snape gave him a few weird looks, but Draco didn't notice. All he could think about was his father's letter, the arrangments for his arranged wedding to Pansy, and he also wondered what Lucious had meant when he said "You had better end your relationship with Cho, before I end it for you."
After Potions, Draco decided to skip the rest of the day and go find Cho, without interruptions.
Where there's a will, there's a way, Draco thought to himself. This seemed to make him want to see Cho even more.
Draco decided to try the Ravenclaw common room first, Cho might have been up there to swap some books or something. She wasn't though. Draco sighed, he didn't know her timetable and wasn't planning on running about the whole castle on a wild goose chase. He would just have to wait until lessons finnished.
Still not feeling up to going to lessons, Draco headed to the owlery, where he called down his bird, Quinton.
'Hey boy, you up for a delivery to Lucious?' Quinton didn't like Lucious much, but was willing to please his master, so he hooted in agreement (if that's possible for an owl). Draco grabbed a quill and parchment from his bag.
Lucious,
Where there's a will, there's a way. You cannot scare me with your threats, and I am NOT marrying Pansy.
Draco rolled up the note, and attatched it to Quinton's leg. He stayed in the owlery, watching his owl fly off into the distance, only leaving when he could see him no more.
~***~
Draco was waiting in the Slytherin common room for some signs that classes were over for the day. So far, no luck. He was isolated in the common room, so Draco decided to go to sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Draco was shaken awake by Andrea.
'Huh? What? Oh, hey Andrea.'
'Don't hey me, just be gratefull. Your father's here, and he wants to see you. He's in Dumbledore's office at the moment. Watch out alright?' Andrea said, in a low voice. 'Oh, and Pansy's with them.'
'They're in here Lucious.' Draco and Andrea exchanged worried looks as they heard Pansy's high pitched voice coming from just outside the Slytherin common room entrance.
'HIDE!' Andrea hissed. She dissapeared up the girls staircase. Draco said a quick spell (Penetratus), and stepped into the wall. (A/N - This is a spell I just made up. Penetratus makes a wall 'Liquidy' so to speak, so it can be walked into. Draco is hiding in a wall. . . lol)
A few seconds later, Lucious and Pansy bounded into the Common Room, followed by Dumbledore.
'Well? You said they were in here!' Lucious snarled.
'I-I-I thought they were, oh, you meant Draco and Cho? I thought you were looking for Andrea?' Pansy stuttered.
'Andrea? Who's Andrea?' Lucious said, getting angrier by the minute.
'Andrea is Draco's only Slytherin friend, apart from me of corse!' Pansy said smugly.
Pansy, go check the girls dormatories, Dumbledore and I will check the boys.' Lucious ordered, and the three of them left the common room up 2 different staircases.
10 minutes passed. Draco wished they would hurry up, he'd already been in the wall 15 minutes, and it became solid again after ½ an hour.
Another 5 minutes. Pansy ran down the girls staircase beaming, holding onto Andrea.
'I found her, I FOUND HER!' Lucious rushed down the stairs, and Dumbledore, who appeared to have been in no such rush, appeared a minute after Lucious.
'Is that the girl?' Lucious asked.
'This is Andrea.' Pansy said.
'Andrea. Well, Andrea, would you like to tell me as to the whereabouts of my son?'
'Sorry sir, who's your son?' Andrea said, trying hard not to grin.
'Don't play games with me girl, you know perfectly well who my son is!' Lucious roared (not a pretty sight).
'No, sorry.' Andrea said, really struggling to keep her straight, solomn (Sp?) face. This made Lucious really angry.
'MY SON IS DRACO MALFOY!' He shouted.
'Ohhhhh, him, yeah I know him.' Andrea said casually.
'I DON'T BLOODY CARE WHETHER YOU KNOW HIM OR NOT, DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS?'
'Um, nope. Sorry, not a clue.' Andrea wasn't lying, she didn't know that Draco was still hiding in the wall. Lucious's face was going a deep purple colour. Seeing as Lucious, Pansy and Dumbledore were facing away from the wall Draco was in, he decided to risk it. Better than being trapped in a wall, he thought.
Draco, extremely cautiously, stepped out of his wall, and snuck over to the common room exit/entrance. If Andrea had spotted him, she showed no sign of it. She kept her eyes on Lucious, and tried not to laugh at his face, which was pure anger.
Pansy started crying. Andrea had a sneaking suspicion she was faking it.
'I-I-I want my D-D-Draco!' She wailed. Andrea gave a look of disgust.
'You know something, I know you do.' Lucious said calmly to Andrea.
'No, sorry, I wouldn't have a clue where Draco is.' If she could just stop him from turning around for one more minute. . .
Draco had made it to the exit! He was out. Andrea tried not to let the relief show on her face.
Draco sprinted all the way to the Ravenclaw Common Room, not stopping, even when Anabelle and Mariette called out to him.
'Rude,' Draco heard Anabelle mutter.