DISCLAIMER: No characters in this chapter belong to me, except Laila. Please ask me before using any material that is mine. I am not getting paid for writing this. I already mentioned this before, but it's better to be safe than broke.
WARNINGS: Slash, some swearing.
POV: Third person hovering over Draco's shoulder.
PAIRING: Harry/ Draco.
TIME PERIOD: the summer before 7th year.
THANK YOU: Thanks to my muses, who have been working really hard! Also lots of thanks to the people that reviewed! I'm glad y'all thought it was funny; that's what I had been aiming for. Tee, (I am going to put the Dursleys' reaction in a couple chapters; this chapter, and the next, is all Draco.) RandomBabbiling, KM, Black Dreamz, Bondagechic, Muesing, and sundance kid.
A/N: I was going to make this a one shot fic, but my reviews pushed me to making it a multi- chapter story. Also note that I was going to continue this chapter and make it longer, but I thought it better if I just make it with two parts. Possibly three, depends on what I want.
Onward to the fic!
A Menace to Society, Invitation to my Heart
Chapter Two- A Bigger Package (sniggers)
Draco Malfoy was bored. Needless to say, he was never completely excited or anxious about any activity, but at this very moment he was excruciatingly bored. And he still had an hour before Laila got here.
Laila Malfoy was one of the only reasons Draco didn't simply didn't give up the family name. He didn't really believe in all that crap about mudbloods being evil, and purebloods being superior. In fact, he agreed with Weasly (although he'd never admit it) when he said that if wizards hadn't married muggles they would have died out. It nearly made him sick to think of how inbred his own family probably was. Laila was probably the only other Malfoy who agreed with him.
Laila was definitely not your average Malfoy. She was Draco's father's younger sister, and she was different to most Malfoy women in many ways. She had never married, she was always bright and cheerful, and she was a part of a society against you-know-who.
She was also wealthier than all the other Malfoys put together.
When Draco's grandfather died, he left most of his money to Lucius, because Laila didn't have a husband. Laila, not to be outdone by her brother, decided that even though she was single, she would move to the USA to be an entrepreneur.
She was now the owner of a wizarding candy chain called Sugar High,' which was the third successful in the globe, being first-rate in the Americas, some parts of Asia, and Australia.
Needless to say, Lucius was not pleased with her success. The only reason he put up with Laila's visitations was for the chance to show how hospitable' he could be, in hopes of getting some of her money. The term hospitable here is used very lightly, because Lucius and Narcissa are very cold when Laila visits; and after she leaves, they take time out of their busy schedule to complain about how truly awful Laila is.
Draco was the only one who liked her visiting. She always bought Draco candy from her shop, and she was also a big fan of muggle music. Often, when she came over, she would bring some muggle CD's to put on very loudly and Laila and Draco would dance about. He would of course simply die if anyone from Hogwarts saw him let lose like that. So it was a good thing he didn't have any brothers or sisters to blackmail him.
Not that Lucius and Narcissa haven't tried Draco thought bitterly to himself. His mother and father always wanted another son, if Draco turned out to be unsuitable. That's one reason Draco was jealous of Harry, he didn't have these horrible expectations to live up to. Draco really didn't like his parents.
It wasn't as if his home life was bad, he just felt like he wasn't part of the family. He felt as if he was worth about as much as a house-elf in his father's eyes; nothing more than a piece of property. Lucius treated Draco as if he weren't worth raising, but it was necessary in order to carry on the family name.
On the brighter side of things, there was the money, lots and lots of it. Money has always been seen as a good thing in Draco's eyes, simply because it was the only perk of actually being a Malfoy. However, according to his father, another would be the chance to serve the dark lord.
Voldemort Shmoldemort. Draco thought darkly, I'd rather serve Potter
However, before he could finish this line of thought, Narcissa called from a floor below him,
"Draco! Come to the foyer to meet your Aunt, Darling!" Draco brightened considerably at this, and would have skipped downstairs, if it were not forbidden in the Malfoy code'. [Rule number nineteen- Malfoys do not skip.]
He arrived in the foyer. The foyer was one of the most extravagantly (and in Draco's opinion, revoltingly) furnished places in the entire manor. Antique paintings, ancient furniture preserved by magic, and much more.
The only piece Draco liked in the entire room was a small, beautifully carved, green box. It was a wedding gift to Lucius from Laila, so naturally it was in a very secluded place. It was jade, and inside of it was the Hebrew inscription- I am my beloved and my beloved is mine. It was small enough not to notice unless you knew it was there, yet large enough to support the carving of a large Chinese dragon, artistically interlaced with another. According to Laila, it was an engagement ring box from Taiwan, and she had engraved it with the inscription herself. Draco loved it, and he wished desperately that his father would tire of it, and give it to him. Draco wasn't exactly sure why he loved this box, but he knew he very much wanted it in his room, rather than the foyer.
Any second now thought Draco.
Almost at once, fire seemed to sprout up from the lavish green carpet, and revolve in spiral spurts. Then music began to play, quietly at first, but then Draco recognized it as Kid Rock's "American Badass" The magical, no- burn fire began to revolve in one dramatic spiral, and a woman apparated right into it's midst. She looked to be a female version of Lucius, except that her eyes seemed brighter, and she was, surprisingly, more muscular.
The fire stopped spurting, and the music stopped playing. Standing there, Laila was wearing only the most fashionable muggle leather ensemble in the world. She carried three separate packages and a suitcase; she would be staying the rest of the summer.
She squealed, rather then spoke, "Lucius!" in a full American accent. "It's been, like, forever!" she walked quickly over to him and shook is hand, knowing he detested hugging. She handed him one of the packages she carried, which Draco knew to be a gift.
"Narcissa," Laila said smiling, "How've ya been?" Narcissa nodded curtly, and accepted another package.
"Draco!" She ran over to Draco, and hugged him. "It's been too long! My, you are really looking handsome! Look at that outfit! Boy, you are wearing that cloak!" She handed him another package.
Lucius and Narcissa already opened their gifts. Lucius received some beautifully made parchment and deep violet colored ink, and Narcissa got an intricately detailed silver necklace.
Draco looked at his gift; it looked larger than the ones he had gotten in previous years did. He looked at Laila questioningly, and Laila grinned.
"Wait til later." She whispered, and winked.
"So Narcissa," said Laila, raising her voice, and turning to look at her sister-in-law "where shall we do lunch?"
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Ending Notes: Apologies for not being British.
Please forgive me`! Born and raised in the USA!
Anyhoo, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, its not up to my usual par, but I'd appreciate it if you reviewed anyway. The next chapter is probably better than this, it's basically a continuation of this chapter, starting after Malfoy lunch (or during lunch, depends on my feedback).
Laila is there for a reason; she's not just some random Mary-Sue. She helps Draco realize what he's been missing with Harry. (In general, of course, oh, you'll see I think I said too much)
Sorry for naming the chapter what it is, to quote
" Draco looked at his gift; it looked larger than the others" the gifts were in packages. Ergo, Draco had a larger package. **Gigglez insanely ** I couldn't resist!
I'm sorry that this chapter wasn't slashy, but if you looked closely, there were very slight nuances of slash so slight you might have missed them. (If you're really want, email me and I'll point them out to you, just cause I wanna be helpful.)
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