Chapter 23: Draco and Lucianna Meet
Draco smiled as he ran home from hunting it had truly been a while since he had a true guy friend to hang out with; with Crabbe and Goyle they were too stupid and slow to really have an intellectual conversation with Draco which at time he truly did want to experience. The only person his age who had ever challenged what he thought or felt was his sister Hailey and Hermione that was due to the fact that they often thought so very differently than what he thought.
As Draco was running home he thought about his relationships with girls in general there had been a few girls he found enjoyable but as he was jogging he thought "none of the girls were really to his standards they either were pretty but not very intelligent or they were intelligent but as beautiful as a bulldog." Draco stopped and said aloud "I want a girl that is pretty, but actually has a few brain cells in her head and does not agree with me before I finish saying a statement. I want somebody who has some fight in their veins who will stand up for themselves and show that I do not intimidate her and that she does not feel that she should be a pushover for me."
As Draco started jogging again someone suddenly slammed into him from an entirely different direction as he rose to his feet he growled crouching as he was about to attack when he suddenly saw the most beautiful girl he had ever seen glaring at him with gold icy eyes trained right at him.
The girl said "who the hell are you? And what are you doing here?"
Draco stood up slowly and said "my name is Draco Snape and I was out for a hunt. Now who the hell are you and what are you doing here?"
The girl stared at him and turned to keep going but Draco stepped in her way and said "no, you are going to answer my questions."
The girl said "my name is Lucianna Cullen and like you I was out here hunting until a Neanderthal knocked me down. I mean are you so stupid that you have the right to knock girls down I am amazed that if I was normal that you would not seriously injure me."
Draco said "but you are not normal you are a vampire like me so you are OK."
Draco smiled at the statement.
Lucianna glared and said "yes but that does not mean everybody you meet is going to be the same as you and I are what about your mother or sister they are not vampires they are normal and if you slam into them you will hurt them or what if you run into somebody out in the town you could kill them with the force that you hit me with, and that would expose you for what you are and that would also expose my family to the world and we would all get in trouble with the Voltouri and none of us want that."
Draco nodded and said "your right I had not thought of that so I have to ask you a favor. Can you help me to learn all this so that I do not put my family are innocent people in danger I do not want to expose anyone to the fact that I am a vampire any more than I want to expose your family."
Lucianna smiled at the compliment.
Draco quickly amended and said "what I mean is I am friends with your brother Edward and would not want to see him or any one he cares about get hurt and potentially lose a true friend like that."
By the time Draco finished his statement Lucianna was glaring with absolute anger in her eyes but apparently Draco could be clueless because he did not notice it at all especially since he made the statement with his eyes looking down at the dirt.
When he looked up he stared at Lucianna and for the first time was able to truly stare at the way she looked. Lucianna was about the same height as his sister Hailey now was but she had brown hair and golden eyes her build was that of an athletic girl with strong arms and the kind of body that would make a model pray to whatever god they believed in to look like this girl. She was a hurricane of a personality and a true force to be reckoned with. It was safe to say that Draco was instantly attracted to the girl but of course having just met her he did not want to say so right out of the gate and that was an area he tended to get in trouble with concerning girls he always fell in love before he got to really know the girl.
Lucianna glaring said "fine I will help you we will meet right here every day and another thing stop undressing me with your eyes or I will knock you into the next providence are we clear, and another thing I expect you to be here every day at 4pm if you so much as miss one day that will be it. If you are going to be late or can't make it I expect you to tell me and of course we have to work around our hunting schedules. Do you accept my terms?"
Draco smiled and said "yes, absolutely we have a deal and I can certainly do that I just hunted so I will be good for a while. Should we start tomorrow?"
Lucianna said "yes, that would be fine, now if you will excuse me I am going to go hunting so that I can help a knucklehead learn to control himself around people." As Lucianna turned to leave Draco could not help, but stare appreciatively after her, and also could not wait until the next day when he would begin to get to really get to know the reclusive Cullen.
Draco turned and started for home again thinking about the fun for tomorrow, but as he walked he also began thinking about the last girl he had feelings for and how she would feel about him moving on from her so quickly after the war. Draco sighed and said to himself, "I know I swore that after she died I would not seek another relationship for a long time but not everything can be about my sister, and while I am not ready to fall in love with somebody and I certainly am not going to pursue anybody quite yet it does not hurt to try and make a new friend even a pretty female friend."
