Chapter Six
A Glimpse of the Past
A/n: ...Could it be...Yes it is an UPDATE!
A/n2: Changed my mind again. The character I had renamed Aliza Dezmoni will now be Aliza Zanyini (I realized I needed the last name to begin with a Z for the 7th chapter.) Other than that everything will remain the same. This is the last chapter I had to rewrite from scratch.
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Draco looked down at his son for a moment. And as he did this look of distaste crossed his face. And for that single moment he looked exactly like Lucius. When Dimitrius saw that look, however, he closed his mouth quickly, obviously not wanting to say another word.
"Dimitri," Draco began slowly, "you are expected to respect other Malfoys."
Dimitri looked confused for a moment, but that familiar sneer crossed his face and he laughed. "But father, they aren't family!" It was amazing how much he even sounded like his father, with that aristocratic drawl.
"This girl, Katalia," Draco motioned to the girl who appeared rather puzzled. She had never seen interaction such as this between a parent and child. "She is your half-sister. Although she was not planned, as you were, she is no less of a Malfoy."
"But that's not possible! What about mum? You cheated on mum with a mudblood!" Dimitri exclaimed accusingly. The words hadn't even processed through the boy's head. They had just simply come out. He regretted this phrasing instantly when he heard himself say it.
Draco's eyes narrowed in an instinctive response and he smacked the boy. He, just like his son, had not even thought about what was happening until it was done. His eyes widened after he'd done it and he pulled back his hand as if recoiling from a rattlesnake. His cold eyes grew soft and he stared at his hand. "I'm sorry Dimitri..." He muttered. He wasn't even sure why he'd done it. I can't believe I just did that! No... Lucius did it. Not me! It's his fault! He made me like this. All of the abuse over the years... He ceased his mental arguing and looked down at hisw son.
Dimitri remained standing there, silently. He too, was used to it. "Grandfather would be proud." The boy said almost inaudibly.
Draco's jaw dropped. "Never speak of Lucius being proud of me again. That man loathes my very existance."
Hermione and Katie, meanwhile, were just staring at the two. Katie was not completely sure what to think. She did believe, though, that Dimitrius deserved to be smacked after using such foul language in front of his father.
Almost as if Draco had just realized the two were still standing there, he looked back at them quickly. He attempted to feign a half-hearted smile. "I'm sorry you had to see that. I'm...well... I don' know... I'm not used to having kids around and..." He trailed off because he had realized his rambling was getting him nowhere.
"It's all right, Draco. That kind of thing happens." She paused, unsure of whether to pose the question in her mind or not. She didn't want to pry into his personal life, but she couldn't but be curious. Finally, she decided to ask. "Why aren't you used to having kids around?"
"Because he doesn't give a damn about me a pawned me off to Grandfather because him and - " Dimitri began, but was quickly cut off by Draco.
"Dimitri, you know that is not true and I'm tired of hearing that out of your mouth. I'm not going to say this again." Then he looked back at Hermione. "My parents forced me to get married as I said. Then we had Dimitri when we were both just barely out of school." He paused thinking of how to phrase what he wanted to say. "Then Angeli and I began to have differences that could not be patched up... Instead of tossing Dimitri around we decided to let my mother take care of him. We didn't just leave him there, though. She went back to her parent's house and I got a nice flat in London... And Dimitri stayed with us frequently. Neither of us were exactly prepared to take care of a child. Then Angeli got him for a while but that didn't work. So now, he's mine."
"Oh."
Draco looked down at his watch suddenly and furrowed his brows. "Damnit. Late again. Angeli's going to bitch for hours..."
"What..?" Hermione asked.
Draco sighed. "Angeli wants to see Dimitri before he leaves tomorrow. So I have to take him and we were supposed to be there ten minutes ago." He paused then spoke again after a moment. "I'll see you both tomorrow, I trust."
"Of course." Hermione said at the same time Katie exclaimed. "Yup!"
"All right then... Tomorrow it is." And with that he turned and began walking swiftly towards Knockturn Alley.
"So...That was your father, Katie... What'd you think?" Hermione looked down at her daughter.
"He's nice... We really do look alike..."
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A/n: I swear I'm forgetting something in the chapter but whatever. I got the point across. Next chapter up as soon as I can get it onto my lap top. It's already written, just minor editing needed.
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