AN: I don't know if you noticed but I changed the summary, just because I was realizing that my old summary wasn't pertaining to the story now. So I couldn't really think of a new summary. but hope it's okay. Okay here's the second part of the holidays with our ever delightful Malfoys. I don't think I really have much else to say about this chapter, not just yet anyway. Well I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, I'm just a fan that enjoys make my own storyline from J.K. Rowling's amazing one.
Ron walked into the dining room and saw a house elf speaking with Lucius, he paused and looked back at Draco who was looking at the scene as well. Draco gulped and looked back at Ron. He shrugged and pushed the other boy through the door. The boys sat down with Draco next to Lucius and Ron next to Narcissa. Lucius looked over at the boys coldly. Draco did his best not to look at his father. Ron looked at the plate of food in front of him without looking up.
"Draco, you and I are making a trip to Knockturn Alley today." Lucius said as his plate of food was set in front of him. Draco looked over at his father puzzled.
"Why?"
"You'll find out later." His father said without looking at him. Instead Lucius' gaze was on Ron.
"Well then, can Ron come?"
"No." Was all Lucius said for a moment, then with a long breath he spoke again. "Your mother wishes to speak with him." Draco and Ron both looked over at Narcissa.
"Not when I'm not here." Draco said stiffly. He didn't want Ron left with either of his parents when he wasn't there.
"Draco, you don't have a say in the matter, besides I can't kill him or we'll be in trouble with the Ministry.I just want to talk with him, it's not a crime." Ron took a deep breath as Narcissa finished. He turned to Draco.
"It's fine, Draco." Ron said, Draco opened his mouth to say something, but Ron shook his head and Draco stopped.
"Fine." Draco slouched in his chair and began playing with his food.
The rest of breakfast the air was full of tension. Draco sulked in his chair and picked at his food. Lucius ate in silence staring coldly at the young redhead. Ron stared at his plate trying to not meet the eyes that stared at him. And Narcissa stared at the three boys around her, not saying a word, but eating quietly at her end of the table.
When breakfast ended everyone was relieved. No one wanted to spend any more time in that room. Draco and Ron went up to Draco's room, so that Draco could get ready and tell Ron what to expect from his mother etc. They entered the room, Ron noticed that the bed was already made and with new sheets. Draco saw his reaction. "Yeah, they do all of that while we're at breakfast. Sit." Ron sat on the bed and watched Draco pace back and forth. "I don't know what my mother could possibly want with you." Ron collapsed against the bed, he was ready to listen to Draco's rants. "It just makes no sense. I swear, what is there that my father hasn't already asked you that she needs to know." Draco was throwing his hands in the air and paced back and forth until Ron got too dizzy and rolled over. Draco glared at him. "Don't you ignore me." Draco jumped on his bed and crawled on top of Ron. Draco began tickling Ron beneath him. "I told you not to ignore me." Ron was laughing so hard that he couldn't breathe. Slowly Ron rolled back onto his back and found himself pinned to the bed by Draco. Ron's laughs ceased finally and he wrapped his legs around Draco's waist.
"Don't worry about it. I told you it was fine. I'll still be alive when you get back. Now please would you chill out." Ron reached and kissed Draco. "Now please."
"Separate NOW!" Draco turned around to see his father standing in the doorway. Ron's legs dropped to the ground and Draco let go of Ron's wrists and stood up. Ron sat up on the bed and faced the older blonde in the threshold. "We're leaving in 5 minutes, hurry up Draco." He turned his attention to Ron. "And Narcissa wishes to see you in the parlor now." Ron nodded and got up to walk out. Lucius blocked Ron's path at the door with his arm. "Oh and don't think I don't know about the two of you last night. It's no big secret." He put his arm down and Ron stayed put. "Of course the house elf told me this morning, but if you forgot the layout of your own home Draco, I sleep two rooms over." A pink tint rose in Draco's cheeks. Lucius looked over at Ron. "Go." Ron ran out of the room. "3 minutes." He said to Draco and then turned and left.
Draco sat on the bed for a few moments then walked out. He was going to make a stop by the parlor and say bye to Ron and sorry. He walked down the stairs and stopped at the parlor door to see if he could hear anything, but no sound came out. "Draco, come on in." It was his mother's voice, he pushed open the door and saw Ron sitting in one of the chairs and his mother sitting across from him. He saw Ron was a pale shade of red.
"I'll only be a minute." Narcissa nodded. "I'm sorry. I should have thought things out more, but I don't know I just couldn't help it." His voice was in a whisper but he was sure that his mother could still here them. "I'll be back as soon as possible and talk about this. Okay?" Ron nodded. Draco pressed his lips to Ron's softly and turned to leave.
Ron sat in the chair quietly, Narcissa hadn't said anything since he got there and wasn't saying anything now. Her attention was on the fire in the fireplace, after another minute in silence she turned her attention to Ron. "I'm assuming my husband has already called you two on last night?" Ron nodded. "Please be respectful and answer me, don't just shake or nod your head."
"Sorry, yes ma'am he did."
"Most of the things I wish to know my husband has already asked you and then told me, but there are always new things to be asked isn't there." Ron wasn't sure if this was a rhetorical question or not. He stayed quiet and was happy when Narcissa continued talking. "Draco is young and honestly I believe he has yet to figure out what he wants, I mean afterall he could have any girl in the wizarding world, but he chose you." Ron grunted softly. "Don't tell me you really believe that you're what Draco wants for the rest of his life."
"You know I am a real person, it's not like I'm some object that Draco keeps for play."
"That's just it, you are some thing for Draco to play with, nothing more." Ron's eyes narrowed.
"I'm not a THING."
"I don't care. All you are, is a Weasley that doesn't deserve to be in Malfoy Manor if he gave up everything he owned. Of course that wouldn't be much, now would it?" Ron's face was burning. "I don't know what you're getting so angry about, I'm just speaking the truth." Ron stood up and stared down at the seated Mrs. Malfoy. "Quite the temper."
"Would both of you just shut up about my family! I have done nothing to either of you and you still think that you can harass me like I'm not going to say anything! I love Draco and Draco loves me, so the two of you need to get that through you thick skulls and quit trying to break us up!" Ron stomped out of the parlor; leaving Narcissa staring at the door where he'd just left. She hadn't been expecting Ron to explode...hell she wasn't expecting him to say anything.
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Meanwhile Draco and Lucius just arrived in Diagon Alley. Draco was still confused in why they were going to Knockturn Alley and why Ron wasn't allowed to come. They walked down the Alley, Draco was looking in and out of random shops. Finally they reached Knockturn Alley and turned down to the darker alley where Draco window shopped.
"So why are we here?"
"To buy your mother a present."
"So why couldn't Ron come?"
"I told you, your mother wanted to talk to him."
"About what? You drilled him for an hour yesterday."
"How would I know, your mother has a mind of her own." Draco glared at his father. He didn't believe that his father didn't know what his mother wanted to talk about. They told each other practically anything. They stopped at Borgin and Burkes. Once inside Draco occupied himself by looking at different things around the store. Of course he remembered not to touch anything, practically everything in the store could potentially kill him. His father looked at the other side of the store that included jewelry. Mr. Borgin came out of the office and saw Draco looking over some of things, so he walked over to Lucius.
"It's always good to see you in my shop, Mr. Malfoy." Lucius acknowledged Mr. Borgin's exsistence then looked back over at a pendant he was looking at. "Is there anything you would like to see closer?"
"No, but I would like to buy that pendant." Lucius pointed inside a glass case to a long silver chain, with a black pendant at the end in the shape of diamond.
"Great choice. Is this for the Mrs.?" Lucius nodded. Mr. Borgin packaged the pendant and gave it to Lucius.
"Let's go Draco." Draco came out of his trance and joined his father outside the shop.
"Father, can we go through some shops in Diagon Alley while we're here?" Draco asked as they stepped into the fresh air again.
"Why?"
"I want to buy something for Ron." Lucius stared down at his son. Draco didn't notice the stare, he was busy looking at one of the shops.
"I guess, just make it quick." Draco raced off to the Quidditch store to buy Ron a gift. Draco walked in and headed towards the back of the store. He wasn't real sure what he was going to buy Ron. According to Ron it seemed as if he had anything and everything associated with the Chudley Cannons. He walked around the shop looking in and out of stuff, but anything worthy of Ron he had already.
Draco walked back out of the shop and saw his father talking to someone on the other side of the street. It seemed like both men were out of place in the street. Draco shrugged walked over to his father motioned he was going to another store and left. Lucius nodded. Draco walked down the alley and looked for a new shop to go in. Finally Draco spotted a shop that had an assortment of things. He walked in and saw something that was just perfect for Ron. It was a brand new chess set, amazingly it was a new line of chess sets that included themes. Draco found a Quidditch version and picked it up and took it to the clerk. Draco paid for the gift and walked back out into Diagon Alley and went to find his father.
Lucius was still talking to the same man he'd been talking to earlier, so it wasn't hard for Draco to find him. When Draco arrived by his side with the gift in hand, Lucius said goodbye to the man and turned to Draco. "Ready?" Draco nodded. Lucius took Draco by the hand and they apparated out of the alley.
When they arrived back at Malfoy Manor Draco ran into the house and went straight up to his room to see how things went between Ron and his mother. Lucius sauntered into the house after him.
Draco opened the door to his room to find Ron face down on the bed. He quickly hid the chess set in a drawer of his desk and went over to his bed. When he sat down Ron didn't move Draco took a closer look at the boy on his bed. He leaned down and heard Ron snoring. He smiled and then shook his boyfriend. He heard Ron groan. Slowly Ron turned over on his back and stared up at Draco. "Why'd you wake me?"
"Because I'm home, why the hell not?" Ron turned over on his side. Draco rolled his eyes. "What happened?"
"I screamed at your mother. That's about all I remember anymore."
"You did what!"
"She was mocking me and my family again, I couldn't help it." Draco collapsed face first on his bed.
"Do you know what you've done?" He asked against the pillow.
"Unfortunately, yes." Both boys groaned and stayed in the bed.
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Lucius walked into the parlor. He saw Narcissa still sitting in the same spot he'd left her in. She was staring into the fire with a sullen look on her face. He walked around her chair and sat in the chair across from her. The moment he sat down a small house elf came in and gave him a cup of hot tea, then left again. Lucius got comfortable in his chair and sipped his tea. He waited for Narcissa to speak about what had gotten her so uptight. By the look on her face, Lucius knew that the conversation with Ron didn't go well.
"He yelled at me." Lucius chocked on his tea when he heard what his wife had said.
"What?"
"He yelled at me, said I didn't know anything and we needed to quit harassing him." She stood up from her chair. Lucius was now trying to get the tea off of his cloak with a hankerchief.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"To see when dinner is." She said closing the door.
"That Weasley boy doesn't know what's good for him." Lucius said finishing his tea. "But he's about to."
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A few hours past and dinner was finally ready. Everyone sat down, Ron normally wouldn't mind sitting next to Narcissa but after this afternoon he wasn't real sure if he wanted to sit at the table period. The tension was so high even Draco was tense. No one said anything all through dinner. They finished dinner and for once dessert didn't follow. No one really wanted it, they just wanted to get out of the room.
"Weasley, I wish to speak with you in my study, in five minutes." Lucius said to the boys on their way out of the room. Ron shuddered but nodded his head in compliance. Draco looked over at Ron. Ron was busy taking in deep breaths.
"I'll show where his study is." Draco said grabbing Ron's wrist. "I'll sit outside and listen just in case you need help or something." It took three minutes to find the study in the big mansion. Ron wasn't real sure if he'd ever find his way around this mansion. "Go ahead in, I don't know how much time it's been, but you don't want to be late, Father like promptness." Ron nodded. "I'll be here." Draco pointed to the chair outside the study.
Ron walked in to find Lucius sitting behind a big desk in his chair. He had a sinister look on his face that made Ron wary about moving any closer. Lucius pointed to the chair in front of the desk. Ron cautiously moved towards the chair. He was sure that he wasn't going to get the chance to hold on to Lucius' cane tonight. Ron sat in the chair.
"I didn't say you could sit. I just pointed to the chair." Ron stood back up and immediately looked at a statue on the end of Lucius' desk. He didn't want to look at Lucius. "Look at me Weasley." Lucius' voice was the most intimidating thing Ron had heard in a long time. Ron raised his eyes cautiously. Lucius' glare sent chills over Ron. "Now you can sit." Ron sat in the chair again. "How dare you scream at my wife?" Lucius' voice was tight and it made Ron slouched in the chair. "What you can't scream at me? Am I that much different than my wife? We have the same amount of power, know the same spells, both of us could hurt you in more ways than one, but you can only scream at my wife?"
"Honestly." Ron paused and looked at Lucius. "Honestly, you are just more terrifying."
"Flattery won't get you out of this." Ron went to say something, but Lucius held up his hand. "I know you're being serious, but that still doesn't make it any more acceptable. Do NOT yell at my wife again, if you can't get the nerve to yell at me as well. Now get out." Ron nodded nervously and ran out of the room before Lucius could say anything else.
Outside he found Draco outside sitting in the chair. "Are you done already?" Ron nodded quickly. Draco stood up and wrapped Ron in a tight embrace. "I know my father scares you, he's my father and he scares me, but don't worry I'm here and no matter what they say I'm not breaking our relationship. Okay?" He felt Ron nod. "Alright, let's go get some rest. It's been a long day.
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The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. Ron kept quiet, Lucius and Narcissa quit asking questions and Draco kept himself and Ron in his room during the days as much as possible.
Finally the last day at Malfoy Manor for the holidays had come. It was Christmas. Draco had been for a little while wrapping Ron's present. Ron still slept peacefully in bed. Draco walked over to Ron and gave him a good shake. Ron sat up in bed. "Happy Christmas." Draco said to him with a kiss on the cheek. Ron smiled over at Draco. "Happy Christmas." He duplicated Draco's action and gave him a kiss on the cheek as well. "Your presents are over there. Next to mine." Draco said.
"Why haven't you opened yours yet?"
"I wanted to wait for you." Ron smiled as Draco brought over all the presents.
Ron opened his presents from his family, he got the same sweater from his mother as always and his brothers sent him something they'd created. Ron was a little afraid of their present. He saw Hermione bought him a new book on Quidditch and Harry had got him a ton of candy. He hadn't been expecting anymore presents, but at the bottom of the pile there was still something. He looked over at Draco then back at the present. "You didn't." Ron said. Draco just smiled. "I didn't get you anything, I wish you'd quit this."
"Shh. I like spoiling you, now open the present."
"But--"
"Open."
"Fine." Ron unwrapped the present to find the new chess set. He opened the box and saw all the little Quidditch pieces. His smiled made Draco happy.
"You like it?"
"Yeah, I love it." He looked over at Draco. In one swift movement he wrapped his arms around the blonde's neck and knocked the boy over onto the bed. "Thank you." He kissed the blond passionately. "Still wish you'd stop buying me things though." Draco just grinned.
"I'm not going to stop." Draco sat up with Ron in his arms.
"Whatever. It's your turn to open presents." Ron slid over and let Draco open his presents. Draco had recieved a ton of new expensive things from his parents. Ron just sat back and watched. Then he saw the distinctive wrapping of his mother. "Well Draco it looks like my mother knit you a sweater this year. You don't have to wear it." Draco just smiled as he unwrapped the green sweater.
"It's fine. And we're even. I got you something so your mother made me something. Now quit complaining."
"That doesn't count."
"It does so." Draco got off the bed. "Now let's go down to breakfast." Draco was already out of the door when Ron got up and walked out. Eating in the dining room had gotten better, but it still wasn't the best or most welcoming. Breakfast went by like it had many times before. No one spoke and everyone just stared at each other as they ate.
After breakfast Draco and Ron went back upstairs to play with Ron's new chess set. "Now remember I don't play chess that much so I'm rusty." Draco said as they sat it up. Ron just laughed. The game was quite, when the beaters attack an opponent they hit bludgers at the opposing piece. The snitch was queen and the seeker was King always chasing his queen. Before they knew it the day was gone and dinner was ready.
"Only one more dinner at Malfoy Manor." Ron said. Draco smiled at him. "No offense. I mean it's been great being near you this week." Draco just waved it off.
"I understand. My parents weren't the nicest to you at the beginning of the week."
"Yeah, well I can't promise my family is going to be much better. Not really my parents, just my siblings." Draco paused. "Yeah, my siblings can be quite interesting when it comes to company anyway, now that it is someone that I'm seeing, it's going to be even more interesting."
"Can't wait." Draco said sarcastically. Ron gave a chuckle.
They walked into the dining room to see Lucius and Narcissa talking at the table, which was a first for Ron to see. He'd yet to see the two of them say anything to each other. The two quieted as the boys came in. They took their seats at the table and waited for the food to come out. Draco looked over at his mother and saw her wearing the neckalace they'd bought earlier in the week. The adults actually looked happy today, which made Ron feel more comfortable.
Dinner came out and everyone ate in peace. The normal tension was gone and it was wonderful. Once dinner was done and dessert came out the tension started to ease it's way back into the air. No one had said anything for a long time. Dessert finished and for the first time all week no one got up to leave right away. The tension was there but no one moved. Instead Lucius stood up to say something.
"As we all no the first couple of days were the rockiest, although it still hasn't gotten much better the situation has improved. Now Narcissa and I have talked it over plenty in the past few days and that's why we haven't asked any more questions, of course thankfully, you two haven't done anything else in your relationship. So we've been talking about your relationship and of course about Weasley." Ron slumped in his chair a little. "I still can't believe you yell at my wife, but it did take a lot of nerve to say what you did to her, it also showed how much you love our son and how much this relationship means to you." Draco looked at his father puzzled. This was a very out of character speech for him. "With that said, we still do not support you relationship, still can't stand you being a Weasley, and still believe that you're not worthy of spending anytime in Malfoy Manor." Draco nearly laughed, now that was the father he knew. "With that, we are happy to get you out of home. Draco we'll see you at summer. Tomorrow the two of you will leave by floo powder and goodnight." Draco's head hit the table. Ron slumped. And the parents left the room.
"I am SOOO sorry." Draco said.
"Let's just go to bed." Ron got out of his chair and went to leave. Draco followed.
AN: Okay the christmas present was of my own imagination because I couldn't think of anything else. Themed Wizard Chess! Whoot! Anyway, next couple of chapters are going to be the holidays at the Weasleys. Just what are the Weasley children going to do to poor defenseless Draco? hehe. Stay tuned.