Chapter 2- Life With A Malfoy
Megan woke up the next day with hopes it had all been a dream. All hopes were gone with one look at the immense room. She licked her lips and sat up. In an hour or so she was downstairs and found Draco was already there eating breakfast. She stood there for a while before clearing her throat. Draco looked up at her.
"Good morning."
"Good morning...where do I sit?"
Draco nodded to a place on his right.
"Thanks."
Megan sat down and soon a house elf came by with a plate of food for her. She smiled at it and it jumped away crying. She looked at Draco alarmed.
"What'd I do?"
"You're not supposed to be nice to them."
"Why not?"
"They're not used to it."
There was silence for a while.
"Did you sleep well?"
Megan nodded.
"It was a little cold though. Do you think I could get a comforter?"
"I could fix that. Sans the comforter."
Megan rose an eyebrow then rolled her eyes.
"Pig."
"And damn proud of it."
Megan laughed and he laughed too. Then their laughter died out into a smile. They smiled at each other then Megan looked at her food and began to eat.
"So I thought we'd–"
"Pass the orange juice please."
Megan interrupted and Draco passed her the pitcher.
"Thanks."
She took a sip and spoked again before he could.
"I'm going to visit a friend."
"Which friend?"
Megan tucked her hair behind her ear.
"Ross."
Draco looked at her sharply.
"Your ex?"
"He's just a friend. But I don't have to explain anything to you."
Draco gave her a hard look.
"Yeah. I guess you don't. You probably can't wait to see him again. So you can fool around and–"
"Fool around? Look, don't you dare act like you know me! And if I say that Ross is just a friend then that's what he is."
"Maybe you'll stay over then. Hope you two have fun."
Draco stood up and began to walk away. Megan rolled her eyes and stood up.
"I never slept with him, if that's what you're thinking. I didn't then and I won't now. And what am I supposed to do? Stay here all day?"
Draco looked at her for a second then sighed.
"We could go out. To actually get to know something about each other."
Megan gave him a look.
"Are you kidding me?"
Draco just looked at her uninterestedly. She knew if she went with Ross now and someone saw her, it would look like she was cheating on Draco.
"Okay...Malfoy. Lets go out."
Draco moved towards her and held his hand out to her. She ignored it.
"Now for that tour I promised you."
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The house was made new for them on the outside but inside it looked like something out of an early 1930's movie. Draco watched her face fill with surprise when they went into the library and only smiled when a ghost greeted them at the foot of a bookcase. She jumped and grabbed his arm.
"What book would you like?"
The ghost librarian asked sweetly. Megan laughed and looked up at Draco who smiled. She then let him go and walked towards a book case.
"Wow, you've got Much Ado about Nothing !"
Draco smiled.
"The whole Shakespeare collection. You can have it."
Megan grinned.
"Thanks...wow, this is really amazing."
She looked around and Draco was struck by the light in her eyes.
"Lets keep going."
The house was huge. Bigger than it seemed. There were about 4 other bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a library and a large study in each of the 2 floors. The reached a big mahogany door.
"This is the Master Bedroom. My mother built it in hopes that one day....we'd sleep here."
"Together?"
Draco nodded. He looked at her and had to give his father credit. Lucius had picked Draco's exact physical type. All he knew about this girl, though, was that she was headstrong, which really tempted to outweigh his physical attraction to her. She pulled her hair into a messy bun and looked at him.
"I've got a better idea for tonight. How about we stay in and make a fire?"
Draco was slightly surprised but highly pleased.
"Then we can pig out on ice cream and tell each other stories about our lives."
It wasn't what Draco wanted to do but he nodded. Then he smiled.
"Okay...but my favorite ice cream's cookies 'n cream."
Megan's eyes widened.
"Mine too! You got any?"
"Freezer's full of it."
"Any almonds?"
"Tons."
Megan grinned.
"I think I'm gonna like it here."
Two hours and 3 ice cream bowls later they were on the couch in front of the fireplace. Megan was laughing and Draco just frowned.
"He turned you into a ferret?!"
Draco scowled.
"That hurt, it wasn't funny."
"Hurt? Your pride?"
"Yeah! And my head too, I didn't really enjoy bouncing off the ceilings."
Megan laughed and fell back onto the couch arm and only smiled. Draco found her adorable in her cows and stars pj bottoms. She sat up Indian style and grinned at him.
"A funny Malfoy. Who'd have guessed?"
Draco just shrugged then ate the last spoon of ice cream. She laughed all over again. Her laughter thrilled him.
"What?"
She just smiled and picked up a napkin. She leaned towards him and wiped his lower lip. Draco looked up at her and licked his lip then smiled. Megan sat back down, her laughter gone.
"How about a joke?"
She looked at him and waited.
"Okay..."
By the end of the Honey Lifesaver joke Megan was laughing her head off and so was he.
"I can't remember the last time I laughed like this."
Draco forced down a laugh and watched her again. Her face was flushed with delight. Why hadn't he noticed that before?
"You are so beautiful."
She smiled. Draco moved closer to her.
"You really are."
She didn't move away but she smiled shakily.
"Thank you Malfoy–"
"Call me Draco."
"Draco?"
He nodded.
"Okay...Draco then."
She smiled and stood up.
"It's late. I'll see you tomorrow. This was fun...we should do it again soon."
And just like that she walked out.
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'He can be pretty adorable sometimes.'
Not long after there was a knock at her door. Megan opened it to find Draco standing there looking slightly lost.
"Yeah?"
"Uh...you forgot this."
Draco held out her wedding band. Megan blushed.
"I..."
Draco held up his hand.
"It's okay. I understand."
Megan felt so low.
"I really am though."
'God he's gorgeous...'
Draco leaned in slowly and she closed her eyes expecting his silvery kiss but it didn't come. He whispered in her ear instead.
"I'll give it back...when I earn your love."
Megan felt shivers run down her spine. She wanted nothing more than for him to kiss her right then.
'How can I think that? He's totally wrong for me. I know it. But still...'
Draco sighed into her hair.
"Good night."
He walked away and into his room as Megan closed the door behind him.
'Holy Jesus Christ!'
Megan barely slept that night thinking about him. There was a small tug on her stomach when she remembered his laugh. She fell asleep with his laughter ringing in her ears.
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The next day they did the same thing. They went out to the movies and had a dinner then came back and sat down to read by the fireplace.
"I like this one here. It says 'I know you not, I trust you not, presume not, despair not.' Bianca."
Draco looked on with her and smiled.
"Sounds like something you'd say."
Megan bumped him with her shoulder and grinned.
"Heeeyy!"
Draco laughed and took the book away.
"Megan Angela huh?"
"Draco Alexander huh?"
She grinned back at him. Draco moved closer in. She pulled away and smiled coyly.
"I know you not, I trust you not, presume not."
Draco growled in frustration and stood up. He walked away and heard her chuckle.
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Things followed the same pattern for a while until a week later when Draco had to go back to work. Megan teased him and she knew it drove him crazy. She'd grin at him and touch his arm.
"Honeymoon's over...time to get back to work."
Every time she said that he got this deep look in his eyes like he was going to do something but he never did. She teased him with butterfly kisses, soft smiles. He'd close his eyes and walk away.
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Draco was more wound up than ever. She kept dangling that one strand of hope before him and then yanking it away. He went back to work and tried to make a smooth entrance but his co-workers didn't allow that.
"If it isn't the married man. How's married life working out for you?"
Draco forced a smile.
"Good. It's good."
"Yeah, I bet. With a girl like that...whoa. Guess you feel pretty relaxed huh?"
Draco nodded but he was anything but relaxed. She had him so tense he could barely stand it.
"Yeah...relaxed. I've got work to catch up on."
Draco walked away and sighed wondering how long he could go without cheating.
Megan woke up the next day with hopes it had all been a dream. All hopes were gone with one look at the immense room. She licked her lips and sat up. In an hour or so she was downstairs and found Draco was already there eating breakfast. She stood there for a while before clearing her throat. Draco looked up at her.
"Good morning."
"Good morning...where do I sit?"
Draco nodded to a place on his right.
"Thanks."
Megan sat down and soon a house elf came by with a plate of food for her. She smiled at it and it jumped away crying. She looked at Draco alarmed.
"What'd I do?"
"You're not supposed to be nice to them."
"Why not?"
"They're not used to it."
There was silence for a while.
"Did you sleep well?"
Megan nodded.
"It was a little cold though. Do you think I could get a comforter?"
"I could fix that. Sans the comforter."
Megan rose an eyebrow then rolled her eyes.
"Pig."
"And damn proud of it."
Megan laughed and he laughed too. Then their laughter died out into a smile. They smiled at each other then Megan looked at her food and began to eat.
"So I thought we'd–"
"Pass the orange juice please."
Megan interrupted and Draco passed her the pitcher.
"Thanks."
She took a sip and spoked again before he could.
"I'm going to visit a friend."
"Which friend?"
Megan tucked her hair behind her ear.
"Ross."
Draco looked at her sharply.
"Your ex?"
"He's just a friend. But I don't have to explain anything to you."
Draco gave her a hard look.
"Yeah. I guess you don't. You probably can't wait to see him again. So you can fool around and–"
"Fool around? Look, don't you dare act like you know me! And if I say that Ross is just a friend then that's what he is."
"Maybe you'll stay over then. Hope you two have fun."
Draco stood up and began to walk away. Megan rolled her eyes and stood up.
"I never slept with him, if that's what you're thinking. I didn't then and I won't now. And what am I supposed to do? Stay here all day?"
Draco looked at her for a second then sighed.
"We could go out. To actually get to know something about each other."
Megan gave him a look.
"Are you kidding me?"
Draco just looked at her uninterestedly. She knew if she went with Ross now and someone saw her, it would look like she was cheating on Draco.
"Okay...Malfoy. Lets go out."
Draco moved towards her and held his hand out to her. She ignored it.
"Now for that tour I promised you."
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The house was made new for them on the outside but inside it looked like something out of an early 1930's movie. Draco watched her face fill with surprise when they went into the library and only smiled when a ghost greeted them at the foot of a bookcase. She jumped and grabbed his arm.
"What book would you like?"
The ghost librarian asked sweetly. Megan laughed and looked up at Draco who smiled. She then let him go and walked towards a book case.
"Wow, you've got Much Ado about Nothing !"
Draco smiled.
"The whole Shakespeare collection. You can have it."
Megan grinned.
"Thanks...wow, this is really amazing."
She looked around and Draco was struck by the light in her eyes.
"Lets keep going."
The house was huge. Bigger than it seemed. There were about 4 other bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a library and a large study in each of the 2 floors. The reached a big mahogany door.
"This is the Master Bedroom. My mother built it in hopes that one day....we'd sleep here."
"Together?"
Draco nodded. He looked at her and had to give his father credit. Lucius had picked Draco's exact physical type. All he knew about this girl, though, was that she was headstrong, which really tempted to outweigh his physical attraction to her. She pulled her hair into a messy bun and looked at him.
"I've got a better idea for tonight. How about we stay in and make a fire?"
Draco was slightly surprised but highly pleased.
"Then we can pig out on ice cream and tell each other stories about our lives."
It wasn't what Draco wanted to do but he nodded. Then he smiled.
"Okay...but my favorite ice cream's cookies 'n cream."
Megan's eyes widened.
"Mine too! You got any?"
"Freezer's full of it."
"Any almonds?"
"Tons."
Megan grinned.
"I think I'm gonna like it here."
Two hours and 3 ice cream bowls later they were on the couch in front of the fireplace. Megan was laughing and Draco just frowned.
"He turned you into a ferret?!"
Draco scowled.
"That hurt, it wasn't funny."
"Hurt? Your pride?"
"Yeah! And my head too, I didn't really enjoy bouncing off the ceilings."
Megan laughed and fell back onto the couch arm and only smiled. Draco found her adorable in her cows and stars pj bottoms. She sat up Indian style and grinned at him.
"A funny Malfoy. Who'd have guessed?"
Draco just shrugged then ate the last spoon of ice cream. She laughed all over again. Her laughter thrilled him.
"What?"
She just smiled and picked up a napkin. She leaned towards him and wiped his lower lip. Draco looked up at her and licked his lip then smiled. Megan sat back down, her laughter gone.
"How about a joke?"
She looked at him and waited.
"Okay..."
By the end of the Honey Lifesaver joke Megan was laughing her head off and so was he.
"I can't remember the last time I laughed like this."
Draco forced down a laugh and watched her again. Her face was flushed with delight. Why hadn't he noticed that before?
"You are so beautiful."
She smiled. Draco moved closer to her.
"You really are."
She didn't move away but she smiled shakily.
"Thank you Malfoy–"
"Call me Draco."
"Draco?"
He nodded.
"Okay...Draco then."
She smiled and stood up.
"It's late. I'll see you tomorrow. This was fun...we should do it again soon."
And just like that she walked out.
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'He can be pretty adorable sometimes.'
Not long after there was a knock at her door. Megan opened it to find Draco standing there looking slightly lost.
"Yeah?"
"Uh...you forgot this."
Draco held out her wedding band. Megan blushed.
"I..."
Draco held up his hand.
"It's okay. I understand."
Megan felt so low.
"I really am though."
'God he's gorgeous...'
Draco leaned in slowly and she closed her eyes expecting his silvery kiss but it didn't come. He whispered in her ear instead.
"I'll give it back...when I earn your love."
Megan felt shivers run down her spine. She wanted nothing more than for him to kiss her right then.
'How can I think that? He's totally wrong for me. I know it. But still...'
Draco sighed into her hair.
"Good night."
He walked away and into his room as Megan closed the door behind him.
'Holy Jesus Christ!'
Megan barely slept that night thinking about him. There was a small tug on her stomach when she remembered his laugh. She fell asleep with his laughter ringing in her ears.
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The next day they did the same thing. They went out to the movies and had a dinner then came back and sat down to read by the fireplace.
"I like this one here. It says 'I know you not, I trust you not, presume not, despair not.' Bianca."
Draco looked on with her and smiled.
"Sounds like something you'd say."
Megan bumped him with her shoulder and grinned.
"Heeeyy!"
Draco laughed and took the book away.
"Megan Angela huh?"
"Draco Alexander huh?"
She grinned back at him. Draco moved closer in. She pulled away and smiled coyly.
"I know you not, I trust you not, presume not."
Draco growled in frustration and stood up. He walked away and heard her chuckle.
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Things followed the same pattern for a while until a week later when Draco had to go back to work. Megan teased him and she knew it drove him crazy. She'd grin at him and touch his arm.
"Honeymoon's over...time to get back to work."
Every time she said that he got this deep look in his eyes like he was going to do something but he never did. She teased him with butterfly kisses, soft smiles. He'd close his eyes and walk away.
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Draco was more wound up than ever. She kept dangling that one strand of hope before him and then yanking it away. He went back to work and tried to make a smooth entrance but his co-workers didn't allow that.
"If it isn't the married man. How's married life working out for you?"
Draco forced a smile.
"Good. It's good."
"Yeah, I bet. With a girl like that...whoa. Guess you feel pretty relaxed huh?"
Draco nodded but he was anything but relaxed. She had him so tense he could barely stand it.
"Yeah...relaxed. I've got work to catch up on."
Draco walked away and sighed wondering how long he could go without cheating.