REDONE! THE LAST BIT WAS REDONE AND IS BETTER!
"Draco, can I talk to you?" The boy looked up as his godfather appeared around the door frame and shrugged,
"Sure. What about?" Severus gave him a wry smile and sat down on the bed beside him,
"I think you know what." Draco nodded and shuffled awkwardly, "Look at me, Draco." Snape ordered gently. Slowly, the teenager raised his head and their eyes met directly, "Tell me honestly, did we do the right thing? Is this what you want?" Draco abruptly broke eye contact,
"Yes." He replied, with the slightest trace of irritation in his tone, "You know that it is." 'I just wish people would stop talking about it!' He added mentally.
"Fine," Severus took Draco's hand in his own, "But you know you don't have to worry anymore, don't you? You can be happy now." Draco couldn't help but snort derisively,
"Sure. Okay. Happy happy happy…" He grinned and gave Snape the thumbs up,
"Draco, I am trying to talk to you seriously-." But Draco interrupted him,
"Then don't pretend that everything's going to be okay now! Don't try and hide me like I'm a little child! I want to know what's going to happen! I want to be involved!"
"I know you do!" Severus snapped back, "But how can I involve you when I don't know what's going to happen myself? I know as well as you that this is far from over, Draco, but I don't know what's going to happen or when, but when it does, we'll just have to handle it the best we can." Draco drew himself up onto his bed, pushing back until he was up against the wall,
"I gave Hermione the necklace." Draco stated randomly, inspecting his finger-nails in a very Narcissa-esque way, "She liked it." Snape looked around at the boy at this random change of subject, but decided to go along with it,
"I thought she would. So you don't hate her anymore?" Draco looked up, a small smile on his lips, and shrugged,
"She's not that bad, I guess." Snape gave him a Look, that made Draco redden and turn away,
"You don't hate her either." He retorted. Severus grinned and coughed knowingly, "Shut up!"
"What did you talk about?" The potions-master asked, suddenly serious, "Surely you didn't just give her the necklace."
"She asked me what I thought about the whole…you know. And we talked about Mother and Father and…and how much I hate them. She said it wasn't my fault. She said that some people are just like that. Is that true, Uncle Sev'rus? Is that really just how he is or am I partly to blame too?" Snape shifted slightly, but he knew there was no way of getting out of this conversation and anyway, it was inevitable that Draco would ask,
"He isn't just to blame, Draco. You have to understand that nobody is born with that much hatred or anger in them, but it is put into them when they are young and vunerable. The thing with your father is that he believes that he is doing the right thing by bringing you up in this way, he doesn't think of it as wrong or damaging because..." He hesitated, running a hand through his hair, "Well, because that was the way he was brought up himself." Draco looked as though he were going to fall off the bed...but he didn't. His eyes were massive pools of silver and the boy began to rock slightly,
"So...Father got hitand everything just like me? Grandpapa locked him in that cupboard too?" Snape sighed and took Draco's hand in his own,
"I don't know the finer details, Draco. but whenI met youfather atHogwarts, he was exactly as you were. Angry, miserable and damaged, as was I. And so we formed a friendship because we appreciated and understood each other's situation. We were allies, you might say. He protectedme at school and in returnI would make us potions for the holidays. We both sworenever to become like our fathers, we were going to get over it and use it to make us stronger..."
"But he didn't, did he?" Draco cut in, "You're both completly different."
"That's right.I suppose that, for all our situation was the same, out families were not. I was under no pressure to become like my parents as they themselves were nothing. Lucius, on the other hand, had no choice. And anyway, he had always valued money and power and without obeying his families wishes, he didn't think he would ever achieve it on his own. I suppose he thought a childhood of abuse made up for all the prestige he has now." Draco turned, ashen and shocked,
"So,I'm going to turn out the same? Just like Father did? Are you saying it's inevitable that I'm going to be like that?" Severus gave his godson a wry smile,
"Just having this conversation with you means that already you're on your way to breaking the cycle. AndI think you're strong enough to break off completly. I'm proud of you for that."
A/N: Hey! I know the last draft was crap it was one in the moring and i was desperate to get something done, so i hope this was better! Next chapter will have drama, angst and Lucius :-)
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