You may despise me briefly for this chapter but for you loyal Dramione Shippers I promise it wont stay that way for long. Please review and include any suggestions for things you'd like to see. I love feedback, it really helps me to write for my audience instead of just for me and what I want to see.
By the time he woke up, Granger had already left. He couldn't help but wonder if she would try to avoid him now, following the events of last night. He hoped she would, he liked a challenge.
Before he could think it over any further he heard a loud thud in the corridor outside, heading to the door he opened it to find a furious Blaise heading straight for him with a distraught Pansy following closely behind. "Bloody magical enchanted door, you pain in the arse Draco what are we supposed to do stand there banging on the walls until you decide to answer?" Blaise stormed past him almost knocking him over. He was the only person who would dare to speak to him that way… Blaise was the closest thing he had to a brother but right now he looked entirely infuriated.
"Can I help?" Draco drawled in a smooth tone following Blaise and Pansy into the living room. "What are you playing at? Seriously Draco… What the hell are you doing? We're all on the brink of potentially losing everything and you're playing with…. With… GRANGER?" Draco's face drained to a stone grey colour and his eyes widened, damn it they knew what he'd been doing. Pansy let out a soft sob from the sofa…"Sit down" he seethed at Blaise who took a seat immediately, the tone of his voice had quite clearly changed and Blaise although angry would be damned if he argued with that voice.
"How could you?" His voice softer he cocked his head towards his best friend "Her, really? After everything?"
Draco snapped, he'd had enough of their accusations "Her because of everything you idiot, don't you see?"
He had considered telling them of his plan earlier but the less people who knew the greater chance he had of succeeding. Blaise may have been broader than he but Draco was the leader here, he was the crown prince of Slitheryn and Blaise had clearly forgotten his place. His grey eyes burned black "You have the audacity to question my actions, my judgement?" he shook his head in disgust. Blaise all but bubbled with contempt "When I hear fifth years talking about seeing Granger leaving your Mysterious disappearing door at the crack of dawn, you're damn right I have the audacity to question that, are you losing your mind Draco?. Draco smiled at his friends "You know better than that, both of you." He glowered over to Pansy who cowered on the sofa but it quickly turned to a smile as he realised… the rumours were spreading, they were being talked about.
Blaise's strong look of contempt began to falter "But why?" he stuttered. Pansy's eyes darted between them as though she were watching a tennis match as Draco reached his bar and poured three glasses of fire whisky handing them over. "You're allowing yourself to be controlled by the emotions we were raised to have. Look where those beliefs got us... here! We're about to lose everything because we're the enemy, they can take what we have and no one will stop them because we're.. Us, we're the enemy." Blaise sighed and reclined into the sofa, Pansy shot him a death glare realising he no longer stood against Malfoy on the issue "Oh stop it, clearly this is just another Malfoy scheme, he isn't changing on us" Blaise shot her down as she bit her lip.
Draco continued "If we continue like this we will be stripped of our wealth, titles and there's nothing that will stop that." Blaise interjected "The Malfoy name is respected, they can't take that" Draco shook his head bluntly "The Malfoy name is powerful and feared but once the money is gone it will just be loathed and hated by everyone other than us pure bloods" Malfoy sighed, it was the truth and he knew it, turning his attention firmly to his friends, his eyes met theirs in a firm gaze "For generation we've made beneficial matches, for the three things that can make any infamous name untouchable, Money, Power and Glory. The Malfoy name is desperately in need of the third and so are yours for that matter."
Blaise smiled as though he finally understood where this was going, Pansy was still completely oblivious so losing his patience he spelled it out very slowly in a patronising tone "If I take my wealth and combine it with their beloved Golden Girl….. well, then I have it all don't I…?" His smirk was devilish and his eyes narrowed as he clearly pictured his future before him. Blaise broke into a wide grin, looking over to Pansy "I told you he'd come through, you're heinous Draco but you're brilliant." Blaise rose to his feet clapping his fried on the back "I don't know how we didn't see this before."
Pansy still looked disgusted as she spat her vicious words at him "Buts she's a … a…MUDBLOOD!, you'll dishonour your family, you'll dilute the Malfoy line. You deserve better" Draco had entirely enough of her… "I deserve better? Better than the brightest witch of her age? Better than top of her class? Better than a public figure beloved by an entire world? Who's better than that Pansy… you, because you have purer blood? Grangers beaten you at everything since the day we came here. You've allowed a muggle born to pale you in comparison, pure blood or not you can't deny the facts." His expression softened as she stood firm in front of him a tear sliding down her cheek and falling to her long dark hair, he knew he'd taken it too far. He cared for her more deeply that he would ever admit, they'd gone through a lot by each other's side, grown up together and shared similarly horrible family lives. Pansy understood him in a way very few did. He took her hand "Look, in a perfect world yes, you and I would have been married and lived happily ever after. That's honestly what I had intended." Her eyes shot up to meet his as a smile spread across her face. "But we aren't in a perfect world. Now you need to be the clever, wicked girl I grew up with and look at this objectively. You know this is the only option, we need to band together, remember what we said that first night…We stay together, we stay strong and we rebuild. We do what needs to be done."
He waited a moment for his words to sink in, his face was inches away from Pansy's when she broke into the calculated and devilish smile he had seen so many times before. Leaning forward she gently pressed her lips to his. He allowed the familiarity to wash over him. "You're the most brilliant man I have ever met Draco Malfoy and I think you may well save us all." Blaise clapped them both on the back with a bright smile…"Right then… so Draco…What can we do?"