Dedicated to my darling Kady. My best friend from across the sea.

Dinner had almost come to an end. The food and plates had disappeared from the table. "So, Lucius…I will keep in touch" Adadeus walked over to his friend and gave him a handshake. "I look forward to hear how Draco's mission turns out" he looked at Draco encouragingly. "You will achieve great things as a Death Eater" he nodded.

"Thank you, sir" Draco looked at Adadeus awkwardly.

"Thank you so much for coming" Veronique went around hugging and kissing everyone on the cheek. "Let us walk you to the door" she smiled as they walked through the halls.

"I hope you check on Gabrielle, she didn't look well" Narcissa said to her friend.

"I will" Veronique smiled "thank you"

Draco looked behind him and hoped that she would appear from top of the stairs but she wasn't there. He sighed in disappointment and headed out with his parents.

Gabrielle looked out her window and saw them leaving. Draco looked up for a second and she had dodged his glance just in time. She took a deep breath of relief. She then looked at the photo of her and her boyfriend playing about in the snow together. She walked over to the portrait and smiled at them as they smiled back at her. Next to that photo though, was a photo of her and Draco when they were children, playing having fun, smiling and even holding hands. She shook her head and went over to her bed to gather her thoughts. She wasn't supposed to care about Draco Malfoy. He hadn't spoken to her in 5 years, so all the more reason to hate him, right?

Draco and his family had made their way home via apparating. They made their into their manor. "Hasn't Gabrielle grown up to be a beautiful girl" Narcissa commented "don't you agree, Draco?" she looked at her son. He didn't say anything. "Imagine, her and you getting married"

"That won't happen Narcissa. Especially when she chooses to fraternise with mudbloods, half bloods and blood traitors" as Lucius walked past and straight to his den to have a glass of Brandy to himself.

"Well, I thinks he looks beautiful. I don't know why you stopped talking to her Draco, its only a house" she Narcissa said to her son privately. Had Lucius heard that, he wouldn't have allowed that. Draco let his mother's words sink into his head. He ran his fingers through his hair and headed upstairs to his room. He looked around at his room adorned in silver and green. The typical room of a proud Slytherin. He went over to the trunk at the end of the bed and searched for an old red tattered shoe box. He then took the box and sat on the bed with the box. He sat down and placed the box on his lap and rummaged through old parchments when he came across a photo. He held up and looked at it, it was a photo of him and Gabrielle. They were sitting at the front steps of Gabrielle's house. The young Malfoy in the photo took a flower that was nearby and gave young Gabrielle the flower, she took it and kissed him on the cheek. Draco saw how happy the younger version of him looked in the photo, how they both were. He wanted to put the photo away, but he decided to keep it apart from the rest and leave it on his nightstand.

The time had come to go back to Hogwarts. Gabrielle's favourite day of the year. She yearned to always be away from the house. Away from her father, but it killed her to be away from her mother. The only person that was on her side. Gabrielle had her things at the end of the staircase with Ceraphine in her cage waiting for her. She took a deep breath and descended down the stairs. Her mother was there waiting for her "Father is not here to wish me off?" she looked around, not surprised by her father's absence.

"No my love he had bus-"

"Business to attend" Gabrielle finished. It was her mother's answer for everything whenever her father was away. Which was alot for birthdays, christmases and other things. "Alright, well if that's the case then I shall apparate to Kings Cross now" she nodded. Her mother always got teary "Mama, I will write you, you know I will"

"Promise?"

"I do" she nodded as she hugged her mother tightly for one last time. "Au revoir"

"Bon voyage ma coeur" Veronique kissed her daughter once more. Gabrielle held her things, and with a large crack she was gone. Leaving her mother to sob to herself alone in the house.

Gabrielle had made her way down the platform. She had dropped off her bags and Ceraphine and made her way to the middle of the train to find her friends who probably were already there. She walked didn't she where she was going and she had bumped into someone. "My goodness, I'm so sorry" she said, she looked up and immediately these arms engulfed her and then spun her around in a circle. "Fred!" She smiled, he then pressed his lips against hers. "What are you doing here?" she asked "not that I'm happy to see you, but…you're not coming back this year…are you?" she looked at him hopefully.

"We had to make sure that ickle Ronnie-kins made it to the platform safe" he chuckled.

"Oh Fred" she chuckled lightly, she then sighed sadly.

"What's wrong Gabbie?"

"Its just…" she looked up at him, he ran a thumb on her cheek "I wish you were coming back. But I do admit, that stunt you pulled on Umbridge was hilarious"

"It was brilliant, wasn't it" he nodded, proud of his and his brothers work. "I'll visit, don't worry"

"Hogsmeade" Gabrielle nodded. "I'll let you know when I have free time and then we can organise to see each other"

"Sounds good to me, Gabbie" he kissed her on the forehead "how have things been at home?" he asked.

"Tolerable" she nodded "father is the same, mother is the only one that keeps me sane with everything"

"I'm glad you have her" he nodded "I don't understand why you can't leave that place. Your father…" he trailed off.

"My mother needs me, I know she does" Gabrielle said "we have each other" she answered.

"Alright. But you know you can come to the Burrow, anytime. Mum is always keen to have you around"

"I do" she smiled.

"Well, all aboard for you miss. We don't want you to miss your train" he said as he kissed her hand and then walked her over to the train.

"You promise you'll visit me?" she looked at her boyfriend.

"I solemnly swear that I will be up to no good when I do" he kissed her once more.

"I'll see you then" she nodded as she got aboard the train. Unbeknownst to her that a pair of grey eyes were watching her the entire time.

Draco watched as Gabrielle was spun around in the arms of Fred Weasley. He didn't know that they were a couple. Then again, he didn't really care to notice. But why was she with Fred Weasley? Sure, he was a pureblood, but he came from a poor family. Their father worked in a stupid division in the Ministry, and his father, well in comparison was high ranking. The vision of her looking so happy with being in the arms of someone like Fred Weasley confused him. It bothered him more than he intended it to. "What's wrong Drakie?" Pansy looked at him lovingly. "I need to get some air" he said as he got out. Gabrielle was making her way through the compartments looking at her feet as she walked. He started walking in the opposite direction. She didn't see where she was going and bumped into him.

"Sorry" she breathed "I gotta stop doing that" she sighed to herself. She looked up and her eyes met with his. Draco looked at her. She then realised their bodies were pressed against each other "Sorry" she said as she stepped back.

"Where are you going Drakie?" Pansy stuck her head out of the compartment. She then saw Gabrielle standing infront of him "What are you looking at Bloodtraitor?" Pansy spat at her.

"Shut up Parkinson"

"But Drakie, she-"

"I said, shut UP!" Draco turned to look at her this time. Pansy retreated back into the compartment. Draco turned to look back at Gabrielle who looked back up at him.

"Um, thank you" she nodded as she quickly brushed past him quickly and headed down the compartment as quickly as she could and disappeared into the compartment where her friends were waiting for her.