Wow, I actually made it! I had already feared I wouldn't make it this weekend! But of course, when I had the choice between learning and writing this story the fun about writing soon won … :D Hope you'll enjoy this chapter!

TriGemini: What a long review! I don't even know where to start… Adrian: well, his cousin will explain a bit more about Adrian in chapter 4, so I don't want to tell you too much about how I imagine him right now. And you are certainly right about Big Jim, no one cares what he thinks. :D

Tiarwen: Well, it seems as though there is no need to beg for another chapter, seeing that I couldn't stop myself from writing anyway… I just hope it turned out good enough to keep you waiting for the next one.

Ashliegh: Yes, but just a very small, tiny really hint of tension ;p

Rupert's honey: If you mean by OOC un-Slytherin-like then I think I can reassure you that the next chapter might show something else, for he hasn't been put in Slytherin for no reason. But I don't see him as the 'I'll just hit, annoy and insult everyone I see'- Slytherin. But you will see in Chapter 4.

Numberfour: Well, for Adrian's character, just read what I've written to Rupert's honey, Dyson will explain his character in Chapter 4. The locket doesn't have a real big significance, but it is the only thing Angelina has left of her parents.

Ella Palladino: I'm glad you like the pairing and the story so far. I hope neither will stop while I continue to write this.

Angelface04: Ah, I think I will be able to survive this one chapter you didn't review (although I'm badly wounded now, and I don't know if my heart will survive this again.) ;) I'm glad you like Adrian and I hope it won't stop.

Chapter 3

Marble and Silk

It took them some time to reach the five-star hotel Adrian and Dyson were staying in. But Angelina enjoyed every single step that took her father away from that place. The closer they got to the hotel the more the scenery changed. Instead of small, old houses, the buildings became more modern and bigger and finally they reached the hotel.

"Wow!" Julia gaped at the building in front of her. She had never seen a building that had so many windows.

"Are we going to stay here?" she asked Angelina but instead of her sister one of the two men who were with them answered her.

"Only for a few days. Then we go back to England."

Julia looked up at her sister who smiled down at her and stroke her hair.

"Won't they say anything about her clothes?" Angelina asked and it was the first time since they had left the club that she talked. Adrian and Dyson looked at Julia's old dress. The colours had faded and it was obviously growing too small on her.

Adrian pulled his wand out and pointed it at Julia's dress. A short circled movement of his hand and the dress' colour grew stronger, revealing it to be a soft yellow.

"This should do for now. We will get the two of you new clothes anyway." Adrian said and led them into the hotel.

Inside the hotel looked even more amazing than from the outside. The floor was of marvel – beige marvel – and the many columns in the hall were made of the same marvel. A fountain, surrounded by flowers and green plants was the centre of the hall.

Julia looked around in awe at what she saw. She could barely remember how it had been in England when she was little but she was sure she had never seen something as beautiful as this. Would they really stay here? With these two strange men? She held tightly onto Angelina's hand when one of the men walked towards a counter where another man, dressed in a uniform stood. She watched as the man talked to the uniform-man and soon received two keys.

Adrian walked back towards his cousin and the two sisters and handed Dyson one of the keys. Adrian put his hand on Angelina's back and led them towards and elevator.

A few minutes later they stood in front of a double door on the ninth floor.

"I'll see you at dinner?" Dyson asked and Adrian nodded. Dyson bowed slightly to Angelina and Julia and grinned before he turned left and walked towards his own suite.

Once his cousin had left Adrian opened the door to his suite and led Angelina and Julia inside. They walked into some kind of living room. Two large couches, both a pale beige in colour stood in the middle of the room. There were two doors on opposite walls and Adrian led them towards one of them. He opened the door and walked into the bedroom. A king-sized bed and a drawer were in the room as well as a small couch, just big enough for two people to sit on.

"I thought the two of you might want to take a bath or a shower." Adrian said and pointed at another door in the bedroom.

"There are two bathrobes in there. Just leave your clothes in the basket in the bathroom. When you are finished there should be new clothes waiting for you in here." He said and walked back into the living room, leaving Angelina and Julia to go into the bathroom.

Angelina smiled down at her sister as she saw the disbelieving look on the girl's face. She took Adrian's robe of off her shoulders and put it on the backrest of the small couch before she walked with Julia into the bathroom.

Of course, the bathroom didn't lack the comfort and the luxury the rest of the hotel had already shown them. The bathroom was also held in beige – as probably everything in this hotel. In one corner of the room was the bathtub, in another one the shower. On the opposite wall were the toilette and a washbasin under which the basket Adrian had mentioned stood.

Angelina went towards the tub and filled it with water, looking fascinated at the many coloured bottles and flacons that stood on the edge of the tub. She took one which was labelled 'rose' and put some of it into the water. The scent of roses filled the room immediately.

"Smells good." Julia said and came closer to the bathtub. Angelina smiled at her and stroke through her hair.

"Come on, let's get into the water." She said and took her clothes off. She felt as though a weight had been lifted from her heart when she threw her clothes into the basket and saw how they disappeared right away. She stepped into the bathtub and Julia followed right after her, sighing as the warm water surrounded her.

"Angie, who are these two men?" Julia asked while Angelina shampooed her hair. Angelina stopped for a second before she continued to massage the shampoo into her sister's hair. Had she really thought earlier that it had been a rather long walk to the hotel? It hadn't been long enough! She hadn't thought about how she would explain the situation to her sister and she feared Julia wouldn't understand.

"Angie?" Julia asked again when her sister wasn't answering her. Angelina sighed and thought about where to start.

"I… I will … marry Adrian. The one who brought us into this suite." She said softly and waited for her sister's reaction. Julia frowned and turned around in the tub to look at her sister.

"Are you in love with him?"

Angelina sighed. If only it was so easy.

"No Julia. I'm not."

"Then why are you marrying him?" Julia asked confused.

"Julia, it's more complicated than that." She stroked a spot of shampoo away from her sister's cheek and smiled at her.

"We will get back to England. I think this is the most important thing now, right?"

Julia nodded slowly and let the matter drop. Maybe she would understand if she grew older.

"Lean your head back." Angelina told her and washed the shampoo out of Julia's hair.

Adrian was just sending a young woman with some packets away when he heard Angelina and Julia walking out of the bathroom. He walked back into the bedroom and saw them standing there in the two bathrobes which had been in the bathroom.

He walked towards the bed where several packets were lying and opened the first one. He pulled the paper back from the dress. He took the dress out of the packet and held it up to her.

"I hope you like this one, I thought you should wear it tonight to dinner." He told Angelina and showed her the dress.

Julia gaped at the dress Adrian held up to her sister. And Angelina also had to admit that it was one of the most beautiful dresses she had ever seen. It was a dark turquoise, short sleeved dress. The chest was covered with an additional lace pattern.

"It is beautiful." She said when she slowly took the dress out of Adrian's hand. The cool silk felt wonderful against her skin and she could only guess how it would feel to wear it.

"There are some more dresses in these packets as well as some shoes, underwear and something for you to sleep in." Adrian said and pointed at the boxes on the bed.

"The boxes on the couch are for your sister. I'll come back in twenty minutes to take you to dinner." And with this he left the sisters alone. Her curiosity got the better of her and Angelina laid the dress carefully on the bed to look into the other packets. Julia sat down on the edge of the king-sized bed and giggled when she sank into the soft mattress.

She watched Angelina open the next box and taking out a pink strapless dress with a second layer in pale pink with silver embroider on it. Just like the turquoise one this dress was made of silk and Angelina could barely believe what she was looking at.

"Open this one!" Julia said exited and pointed at the next box, pulling it closer to her sister while Angelina put the pink silk back into the packet.

She took the top from the packet and revealed a red dress made of velvet with black embroiders around the waist. The dress would be held up around her neck and leave her back free.

"You will look like a princess in these!" Julia smiled and stroke over the soft, shining material.

"What is this?" she asked Angelina.

"Velvet." Her sister answered her dumbfounded. There were still more boxes but she knew that she would better hurry to get herself and Julia dressed and ready for dinner.

She searched the boxes for a sign which of them would contain some underwear and soon she found a few boxes which were smaller than the ones of the dresses. She opened the first she got into her hands and found a black lace bra and briefs in it.

"Can we look at my dresses now?" Julia asked and jumped down from the bed. She walked towards the couch and slowly lifted the lid of the first box. She tentatively reached for the paper and pushed it aside.

Angelina saw her sister's face lit up when she saw the light blue dress that was lying in the box. Julia ran her hand gently over the soft material and looked at her older sister.

"Silk." Angelina whispered and Julia bit her lip.

"Do you think this is really for me?" she asked. Just because this man would marry her sister and gave her such pretty dresses didn't mean she would get such beautiful dresses as well, did it?

"Of course they are for you." Angelina smiled and took the dress out of the box. It had short sleeves and a thin silver belt around the waist. Angelina sighed when she remembered that Adrian still hadn't given her her wand and she had no chance of getting her hair in something one could call a hairstyle.

"Come, we search for your underwear and get dressed."

Julia nodded happily and made to open one of the smaller boxes.

It was exactly twenty minutes after he had left them when Adrian walked back into his suite accompanied by Dyson.

Adrian knocked at the bedroom door and a moment later Julia opened it and looked up at him. Adrian looked past her and saw Angelina sitting on the bed stepping into a pair of black sandals. Her hair was still slightly wet and was falling in curls past her shoulders.

When she arose from the bed their eyes met and for a moment they stood still.

Adrian walked past Julia and didn't stop until he was standing in front of Angelina. She looked gorgeous in the dress he had given her. Angelina consciously brought her hand to her hair and shrugged slightly.

"I couldn't really do anything with my hair without a wand…" she mumbled. She wasn't sure why, but standing so close to him now made her feel a bit uneasy. Maybe it was the look in his icy blue eyes. Maybe it was the way they travelled over her body before returning to her face.

It unnerved her that his face and his eyes were lacking any emotion. She didn't even think about the fact that she herself had mastered the masking of her emotions in the past years.

Adrian blinked once when he remembered that he still held her wand and her necklace. He searched his pockets for her wand and gave it to her.

As soon as she held the piece of wood in her fingers again, small red and golden sparks emitted from the tip of the wand. It was as though the wand would be glad to be home again.

When Angelina pointed the wand at her hair Adrian's hand darted out and he grabbed her wrist.

"Don't."

Angelina looked asking at him.

"I like the way your hair is now." He told her and turned her around. Angelina was looking straight into the mirror on the other side of the room when she saw the light hitting something in Adrian's hand.

He put the necklace around her neck and Angelina reached her hand out to gently touch the golden locket as it touched her skin. Adrian squeezed her shoulders lightly and Angelina turned her head in an attempt to look at him.

"I think we should go now." Adrian said and offered her his arm. He led her into the living room where Julia and Dyson waited for them. Dyson looked at Angelina and his eyes widened. He had to admit that his cousin had an exquisite taste. He really couldn't have found a more beautiful wife, Dyson was sure about this.

He wasn't surprised at the looks she received from the waiters in the hotel's restaurant during dinner. 'Camille and Aunt Marjory will absolutely hate this!' he thought with a small smile. 'And I will enjoy every second of our return to England.'

Originally this chapter should have contained the wedding, the wedding night, and a long conversation between Dyson and Angelina about Adrian and the Pucey Family. But then the way there turned out longer than I had intended. So the next chapter will be what I just stated.