A week before the Yule ball Lorelei received a large package marked with Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. "So that's the robes you're wearing the night you lower your self to thier level?" Narcissa remarked causticly glancing at the package, shaking her head slightly. "I still can't believe you are doing this."
"Doing what Narcissa? Something that makes me happy?" Lorelei replied, standing up from the table. "Tell me something. Are you marrying Lucius because it makes you happy, or because it's what's expected of you?" Narcissa scowled at Lorelei's question. "That's what I thought." Clutching the package to her chest, Lorelei tossed her head, throwing her hair over her shoulder as she stormed out of the Great Hall.
Narcissa glanced down at Severus, who was trying to look as if he heard none of the exchange. "I suppose you are going to be no help on this one?" she asked him.
"It is not my concern what she does with her time." he stated simply. Narcissa scowled once more, this time standing up herself, and marching from the room.
Narcissa found Lorelei in the dorm room, standing in front of a full length mirror, trying on her new dress robes. She frowned, but tried to be civil. "They look nice." Narcissa said, a bit flatly.
Lorelei turned to regaurd the girl, smoothing out the material of the green velvet robes. "Do you really like them? I think they must of miss-sized them though. They feel a bit...snug."
Narcissa shook her head. "They look lovely, really." taking a deep breath, and letting it out in a sigh, Narcissa spoke up once more. "I'm...sorry." Shock must of been evident on Lorelei's face. "I know, surprising that I could admit such a thing." She paused for a moment. "I do love Lucius."
"I shouldn't of said anything." Lorelei began, but Narcissa shook her head to stop her.
"No, you're right. I don't know if I would of consented to marry him just yet." Narcissa began. "But I do love him." She paused once more, a small frown. "I worry about what your parents would think, to know that you're going to the ball with..." she made a face.
Lorelei resisted the urge to roll her eyes, knowing this was as good as it was going to get coming from Narcissa. "I am thankful to know that you care." 'But I can't help but wonder, would you still care if you knew what I really was?' "But you should know by now. My mum could care less what I do." the girl sighed a touch of sadness hanging from it. Despite how her mother treated her, Lorelei still loved the woman, and hoped someday that she would come around. 'Not bloody likely though.' "And daddy..." Lorelei's smile returned. "He'll let me do anything, as long as it makes me happy." Her father had done his best to make up for what her mother refused to giver his since that night with the wolf.
"Do you really like Remus Lupin?" Narcissa asked wrinkling up her nose.
"He's a really nice guy Narcissa." Lorelei began. "I think one of the few outside Slytherin that would take the time to get to know me. And all most of the Slytherin boys are just trying to grab hold of the Vargus name, not the girl attatched to it."
"What about..." Lorelei swore if Narcissa mentioned Regulus one more time, she was going to hex the girl. "...Severus."
Lorelei raised an eyebrow in question at the other girl. "Severus? You've got to be kidding."
"No, he's a Slytherin. Not a pure blood, but a fairly good pedigree for a half-blood." Narcissa continued. "And the two of you seem to get on just fine."
"We tolerate each other." Lorelei replied. "Don't you remeber those two 'exchange' students that were here last year?"
It was Narcissa's turn to get a puzzeled look. "Those two girls that were here for two weeks, then disappeared just as quickly as they has shown up? Sister's weren't they?" Lorelei nodded. "What about them?"
Lorelei broke out into a grin. "You are not an observent one are you Narcissa?" she nearly laughed at the girl. "The one paid a great deal of attention to Severus."
"Yes, I recall something about that." Narcissa still seemed quite puzzeled. "What of it?"
Lorelei shook her head. "Although I doubt he'd admit it, I do believe Severus was quite taken with her."
"That is hard to believe." Narcissa replied. "Severus Snape taken with anything that wasn't a potions book." Both girl's laughed, and Narcissa dropped the subject she had been on, and turned to asking Lorelei what she was going to do about her hair for the Yule ball.