Last time on LLPC
A romance blossomed, a cease fire was called, and fate is anxiously awaiting to tie up the last loose end…
And now, Chapter 17 of LLPC:
Happily Ever After!
Lucius Malfoy took the envelope from the owl. He looked at it – the handwriting on the outside was unfamiliar, very big and sloppy looking. Lucius took the gold letter opener on the desk in front of him, and used it to open the letter. It read:
Deer Mr. Malfoy,
Drako is dating Ginny Weezlee. Just thawt you wood want to no.
Vincent Crabbe
Lucius read it again, before taking a piece of paper and pen out of his desk drawer, and beginning to write.
Draco was leaving potions class when he received the owl. It was a very familiar owl, one he knew very, very well. It was the owl the came with the letters from his father. Letters he never wanted to read, letters filled with his not being good enough or smart enough or enough anything for his father. He opened this letter with a feeling of dread, and began to read.
Draco,
Crabbe's son sent me a letter, informing me of your latest girlfriend. Although I cannot say that I completely approve of the family she comes from, she is a full blooded witch, and therefore I give my approval of your dating her. However, you could do better than her, such as the Parkinson girl, but who you date is not my concern. I am more concerned about your grades. You cannot let that mudblooded Granger girl get higher marks than you, you are a Malfoy.
Draco read the letter again, surprised at what his father had said about Ginny. Draco honestly did not think that his father would have allowed him to date her, which is why Draco never told him anything about her. But, it was typical of his father. Ginny is a full blooded wizard, after all. He guessed that was enough for his father. His father's biggest fear was probably that he would get together with Hermione Granger or something. And he had a little laugh at that thought. She would drive him insane after 5 minutes. But enough of that. Now it was time to go tell an old "friend" that his little plot didn't work.
Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy, and Millicent were in the library working on a group project in the library when Draco found them.
"Hi guys." Draco said, with a smirk. "Write any letters lately, Crabbe?" He said, and gave him a cold, icy look.
"Just thought your father needed to know who you were hanging out with now." Crabbe said, looking away from Draco's icy glare.
"Never thought you would go for the muggle-loving poor as a church mouse type." Millicent chimed in, and giggled at her own insult.
Pansy giggled too, and said "You could certainly do better than THAT…" giving him a look indicating she would be very interested in taking Ginny's place.
Goyle didn't say anything, as his mouth was full, with a chocolate frog he has stolen off of a first year earlier that day.
Draco looked at them all, and said "Well, it doesn't matter. My father doesn't care. He APPROVES of her."
They all looked at him in shock. It was Millicent who was finally able to close her mouth and speak.
"He approves of HER? She said. "Lucius Malfoy?" she stated.
"Yes, he does." Draco said. "Not that it matters, of course."
"Huh?" Goyle said through a mouthful of chocolate frog.
"It doesn't matter. I would date Ginny even if he didn't approve." Draco said. "And I don't care if you approve or not, either." He stated, given them all his icy glare.
"But… But… she's a Weasley." Pansy said.
"Well, she's my Weasley." Draco said. "And if you know what's good for you, you'll leave her and me alone." He threatened. "After all, you wouldn't want all of your dirty secrets spilled to the school, now would you?" he stated, again smirking.
The four Slytherin's at the table turned white. Because when you are in a family of Voldemort's followers, you have a lot of secrets you don't want spilled. And Draco knows quite of few of them.
The four Slytherin's looked at Draco nodded their agreement to leave Draco and Ginny alone. Not a word was said as Draco turned and left the table, knowing that, as he walked away, his Slytherin life would never be the same again. And he was fine with that. He would find new friends, maybe some new friends who would actually be a friend. The most important thing was, he had Ginny.
As fate watched, Draco walked away from his old path. A path that would have only led to pain and death and despair. Draco instead chose the fate she had wanted for him, a path with Ginny. And she smiled as she saw Draco find Ginny, on a bench one of the gardens. And as Draco sat down beside Ginny, and leaned in for a kiss, fate closed the book. She knew a happily ever after when she saw one.