Chapter Thirteen
Once I had showered, I dressed in a knee length dark blue strapless dress and heels, I left my hair down and styled it so it was rather wavy, and once I was ready I sat in wait for Draco. At 6.15pm there was a knock on my bedroom door, and so I opened it to see Draco dressed in his black dress robes.
"You look very nice," I told him and he smirked.
"I know, you do too," he replied, and held out his arm for me to take. I took his arm and he led me downstairs to the sitting room where Aunt Cissa and Uncle Lucius were seated.
"Hello you two, the Flints should be here in a couple of minutes, you both look very nice," Aunt Cissa said in way of a greeting.
"Thank you…," we both began as the fire roared to life and out stepped a tall dark haired man with dark blue yes, following was a smaller very pretty lady with sandy blonde hair and brown eyes, and last but not least Marcus Flint arrived in his dress robes, looking even hotter than he did the other day.
Uncle Lucius stood up and said a few words I didn't quite hear to the Flints before turning to me, and with a brief smile, said "William, Pandora and Marcus, may I introduce to you my niece Aurora LeStrange."
Mr Flint stepped forward and greeted me with a brief 'hello, welcome home,' as did his wife, but I received a hug from her too. Then finally Marcus walked towards me, he gave me a small smile and said, "It's nice to finally meet you Aurora."
I couldn't help the slight blush that graced my cheeks as I replied, "and you Marcus."
I never really noticed what happened in the next couple of minutes as everyone was seated but found myself sat between Draco and Marcus. They began talking about Quidditch over me as random thoughts entered my head. Before I knew it we wee called to dinner by a house elf, whose name I don't yet know. Marcus stood up and offered me his arm, which I took with a small smile and we walked to the dining room behind my Aunt and Uncle and his parents, Draco trailing behind us.
In the dining room Lucius sat at the head of the table with Aunt Cissa to his right, Mrs Flint on his left, followed by Mr Flint who sat beside his wife also, and Marcus beside him. Draco was next to Aunt Cissa and I was beside him, directly across from Marcus. Dinner was soon served and Uncle Lucius and Mr Flint spoke about business whilst Draco and Marcus spoke once again about Quidditch. I wasn't really paying attention until I felt a nudge from Draco and looked up to see Mrs Flint looking at me questioningly.
"I'm sorry Mrs Flint, I didn't catch what you said," I said embarrassed.
"No worries dear I was just wondering what you plan on doing now that school is over, Narcissa expressed that you would like a career," she asked kindly.
"Oh yes, I have had a few ideas and offers but I rather like the idea of becoming a Healer at St Mungo's," I replied.
"That sounds lovely, my dear," she replied.
"Sounds rather ridiculous, if you ask me," Mr Flint said in a slightly angry tone of voice.
"Excuse me sir, but it is my choice is it not?" I asked, rather annoyed.
"Well yes, but you will not be working once you marry my son, i…," he began but was cut off by Uncle Lucius.
"I think we should all finish our meal and then retire to the sitting room where we can discuss the betrothement between Aurora and Marcus," he said and with a few murmurs everyone went back to their meals. I couldn't help but feel that this would not be the first time Mr Flint and I would disagree.