Disclaimer: Not mine... unfortunately.
Warnings: If you haven't gotten this by now, I'm led to wonder about your breeding... SLASH!
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Chapter 8: What's in a Name?
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet..."
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
After our shared 'moment' over the cowardice of the Slytherins – honestly, and I thought Draco was bad? – we made our way to potions class.
Now, you should know that while I didn't do as well as McGonagall had hoped on my potions OWL, I'd done well enough to get me into Snape's NEWT level potions class – barely. And since some of the students who'd gotten higher marks then me had dropped the class in the end anyway (honestly, not many people wanted to spend two more years with Snape) I'd managed to sneak my way into it.
"Harry," Draco said suddenly, "Gryffindors are stupid."
"Umm..."
"Not you personally... well..." he paused for a moment then shook his head, "Not my point right now. Gryffindors are stupid because you told your friends about having a kid with another get and they still don't get it."
Now that he'd pointed it out...
"I think they're just in denial."
"Or they could be exceedingly stupid. Honestly, is it that hard to believe I'd become a spy for the light?"
"Err..."
"Shut up you prat."
Thankfully, Draco was in a good mood this morning.
When we walked into the nearly empty potions classroom Snape shot me a trademarked evil glare and huffed up to Draco.
"How are you feeling, Mr. Malfoy?" he asked in a condescending tone.
Draco was struggling not to raise an eyebrow, I could tell by the way his soft-pink, bow shaped mouth was pursed.
"I'm fine professor, why?"
Snape had been... weird to say the least, since we'd last seen him. He was almost as bad as Luna Lovegood who somehow contrived to send Draco into an epileptic fit every time she talked to him.
"Oh just wondering. Have you decided on a full name yet?"
"Full name?" I asked, puzzled.
Snape and Draco both shot me withering looks.
"Honestly Potter," Draco said airily, "she needs at least three names!"
"Clover Malfoy-Potter?" I suggested hopefully.
"Do you even know how the wizarding naming system works?" Snape asked me, going from condescending to shocked in 0.5 seconds.
"Err..."
"Honestly, you'd think someone would teach you proper traditions. You see," Draco began, "In pureblood families names are very important. Names have power, that's why many people are afraid to say the Dark Lord's name. When a child is named only a select few will be told his or her full name, that way it's harder for people to hurt the kid. Because of this, purebloods developed a system based on rank and wealth when it came to naming their children. An heir will have at least three names, not including the last and the number of names can increase depending.
"Names don't have to have a special meaning. They can be from anywhere or anyone. The more uncommon the name, the less likely someone is to guess it and so purebloods often name there kids things like... well... like Draco. Really though, it's just a way for families to boost their self-esteem. I have seven names."
I blinked.
"Oh."
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Potions class in always the worst for me to sit through. Half the ingredients we use can harm my baby, and there's always the danger of a cauldron blowing up or something.
And having Harry Potter as my potions partner didn't help much.
Sure, he's better then he used to be and knows I can't help with a fair amount of the potions we make for obvious reasons and he doesn't try to make me do my fair share of the work – I supervise and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid – but he's still Snape's least favorite student and that's bloody bringing my mark down!
He does look rather nice with his sleeves pushed up, robes of, and hair mussed though I've noticed other Slytherins (and some Gryffindors, damn that Seamus) eyeing him too. Really, you think they'd realize that there's a reason Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are attached at the fucking hip nowadays! I'd say it was fair obvious we were romantically 'involved' in some way, even if that's not true... yet...
And yes, I said yet.
Harry Potter is going to be mine whether he likes it or not.
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A/N's: Sorry this took so long! I hope you like it... I explained the 'pureblood naming system', did it make sense? I'm not sure since I made it up! Ooo... Draco's into Harry now! Yay!
