Chapter Two: At the Manor
The large, wood-carved grandfather clock located in the parlor of Malfoy Manor chimed announcing the arrival of half past midnight. Within this parlor Narcissa Malfoy paced a few more times in front of the massive, green marble fireplace and then sat down on a velvet cushioned couch. As soon as she had finished smoothing out her dress the parlor door opened and Draco walked in.
"Draco, dear, are you still up? I thought you went to bed an hour ago."
"I'm not tired. Been doing some homework."
"Oh, that's good." Narcissa said.
" He's not back yet is he?"
"No." was the short reply.
Draco walked over and sat next to his mother.
"The meeting started at 9:30. According to some of the other wives Voldemort was extremely angry about his latest defeat."
"Is there ever a time when he's not?" Draco said.
"Mrs. Roberts' husband was killed and all the other Death Eaters have returned home. With as angry as I heard that Voldemort was I'm guessing that your father won't be home for quite a while tonight." Narcissa sniffed slightly and dabbed her nose with her handkerchief. Draco placed his hand upon his mother's shoulder.
"Mum, do you know what this means?"
"What, dear?"
"Star Wars: Return of the Jedi special edition. I've been dying to see if I'm right about whether or not Princess Leia will drop Han Solo and go for Luke."
"Oh, don't be ridiculous. Even though Han Solo is frozen she'll still love him. Besides, I think that Leia and Luke are brother and sister."
"Yeah right! Now look who's being ridiculous."
"Guess we'll just have to watch it and see who's right." Said Narcissa.
"Yeah. I'll get it set up and you get the popcorn." Draco stood up to leave, "Oh, and Mum, are you catching a cold?"
"No, dear, just a slight allergy." Narcissa said as she dabbed her nose again.
Not much later..
Draco and Narcissa sat on an over-stuffed white couch which was covered in a zillion brightly colored floral prints. The room was decorated was several vases of scented flowers, dozens of dolls with frilly skirts, and a vast assortment of foofy pillows. The carpet was a very strong shade of pink as well as the curtains that covered the windows. It was a room that every young girl would dream of. A pinkish glow almost emanated from the room. This was Draco's and Narcissa's sanctuary, even though it took quite some time to convince Draco to enter it. Narcissa had begged Lucius to allow her a room of her own to decorate. A place where she could read and sew and write poetry. At first Lucius had refused thinking that it was a ridiculous idea. However, she finally got her way after threatening her husband with playing her opera music, something Lucius hated with a passion, non-stop until he agreed to let her have that room. Needless to say, he relented rather quickly. Narcissa was thrilled because now she and her son had a place where they could go and indulge in their addiction to muggle movies. They knew that Lucius would never walk in on their movie watching as he had made it a rule that he would never enter that room. This was probably due to the fact that he believed that if he did enter the room the pinkish glow, flowery scent, and floral designs would slowly and painfully melt him away. He could not stand the brightness and cheeriness of that room; preferring the dark, gloominess of the rest of the manor.
So here, mother and son sat watching the movie that they had waited so long to get the opportunity to see. Over the Christmas holidays Narcissa and Draco had finished watching every "I Love Lucy" episode available and discovered the Star Wars trilogy. They had managed to see the first two before Draco had to go back to school, but had to wait until the summer in order to see the third. It was two weeks into the summer and they still hadn't been able to see it, until tonight.
The two sat silently, staring at the screen, a large bowel of popcorn between them.
"Whoa!" Exclaimed Draco as the scene of Princess Leia in a very skimpy outfit, sitting in front of Jabba the Hut came on. Narcissa promptly placed her hand in front of her son's eyes.
"Mother!" Draco said as he tried to push his mother's hand away. "God, I'm sixteen!"
"I don't care. No son of mine is going to gawk at a naked girl."
"She isn't naked."
"I don't care."
"Mother, you're going to make me miss an important part of the movie." He said as he heard Luke Skywalker's voice on the screen.
Narcissa reluctantly lowered her hand.
About an hour later Narcissa said, "I'm so glad you came to the parlor when you did, Draco. I was about to go out of my mind with boredom. I was even pacing just for something to do. This is so much fun."
Draco just smiled and went back to watching the film.
The large, wood-carved grandfather clock located in the parlor of Malfoy Manor chimed announcing the arrival of half past midnight. Within this parlor Narcissa Malfoy paced a few more times in front of the massive, green marble fireplace and then sat down on a velvet cushioned couch. As soon as she had finished smoothing out her dress the parlor door opened and Draco walked in.
"Draco, dear, are you still up? I thought you went to bed an hour ago."
"I'm not tired. Been doing some homework."
"Oh, that's good." Narcissa said.
" He's not back yet is he?"
"No." was the short reply.
Draco walked over and sat next to his mother.
"The meeting started at 9:30. According to some of the other wives Voldemort was extremely angry about his latest defeat."
"Is there ever a time when he's not?" Draco said.
"Mrs. Roberts' husband was killed and all the other Death Eaters have returned home. With as angry as I heard that Voldemort was I'm guessing that your father won't be home for quite a while tonight." Narcissa sniffed slightly and dabbed her nose with her handkerchief. Draco placed his hand upon his mother's shoulder.
"Mum, do you know what this means?"
"What, dear?"
"Star Wars: Return of the Jedi special edition. I've been dying to see if I'm right about whether or not Princess Leia will drop Han Solo and go for Luke."
"Oh, don't be ridiculous. Even though Han Solo is frozen she'll still love him. Besides, I think that Leia and Luke are brother and sister."
"Yeah right! Now look who's being ridiculous."
"Guess we'll just have to watch it and see who's right." Said Narcissa.
"Yeah. I'll get it set up and you get the popcorn." Draco stood up to leave, "Oh, and Mum, are you catching a cold?"
"No, dear, just a slight allergy." Narcissa said as she dabbed her nose again.
Not much later..
Draco and Narcissa sat on an over-stuffed white couch which was covered in a zillion brightly colored floral prints. The room was decorated was several vases of scented flowers, dozens of dolls with frilly skirts, and a vast assortment of foofy pillows. The carpet was a very strong shade of pink as well as the curtains that covered the windows. It was a room that every young girl would dream of. A pinkish glow almost emanated from the room. This was Draco's and Narcissa's sanctuary, even though it took quite some time to convince Draco to enter it. Narcissa had begged Lucius to allow her a room of her own to decorate. A place where she could read and sew and write poetry. At first Lucius had refused thinking that it was a ridiculous idea. However, she finally got her way after threatening her husband with playing her opera music, something Lucius hated with a passion, non-stop until he agreed to let her have that room. Needless to say, he relented rather quickly. Narcissa was thrilled because now she and her son had a place where they could go and indulge in their addiction to muggle movies. They knew that Lucius would never walk in on their movie watching as he had made it a rule that he would never enter that room. This was probably due to the fact that he believed that if he did enter the room the pinkish glow, flowery scent, and floral designs would slowly and painfully melt him away. He could not stand the brightness and cheeriness of that room; preferring the dark, gloominess of the rest of the manor.
So here, mother and son sat watching the movie that they had waited so long to get the opportunity to see. Over the Christmas holidays Narcissa and Draco had finished watching every "I Love Lucy" episode available and discovered the Star Wars trilogy. They had managed to see the first two before Draco had to go back to school, but had to wait until the summer in order to see the third. It was two weeks into the summer and they still hadn't been able to see it, until tonight.
The two sat silently, staring at the screen, a large bowel of popcorn between them.
"Whoa!" Exclaimed Draco as the scene of Princess Leia in a very skimpy outfit, sitting in front of Jabba the Hut came on. Narcissa promptly placed her hand in front of her son's eyes.
"Mother!" Draco said as he tried to push his mother's hand away. "God, I'm sixteen!"
"I don't care. No son of mine is going to gawk at a naked girl."
"She isn't naked."
"I don't care."
"Mother, you're going to make me miss an important part of the movie." He said as he heard Luke Skywalker's voice on the screen.
Narcissa reluctantly lowered her hand.
About an hour later Narcissa said, "I'm so glad you came to the parlor when you did, Draco. I was about to go out of my mind with boredom. I was even pacing just for something to do. This is so much fun."
Draco just smiled and went back to watching the film.