Unexpected Things

KeysCanHurt:They are their mother's sons :P Well y'can't blame Raphie, he has one really hot opponent =)) Hahah! :P I'm glad it was worth the wait =)) HAHAHAHAHAH! =)) =)) That WOULD have been tons of fun =))

MalfoyMaiden: Haha :P As close as it can get :P Gawd, I enjoyed that traintipping scene =)) Well Draco IS hot when he faints =))

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Author's note that is probably not that important:

Mrah, I was ready to upload last week, but my laptop started bitching. I was going to upload the week before that, but then I was busy. I could have uploaded the week before THAT, but then I couldn't write a good scene after the Draco Awakens scene... me sorry :| :(

Oh, and I've an idea for when I write 7th year, and it's somewhat Desperate Housewives-ish inspired xD

Since I can see myself skipping a few school years again, I could write it out like in Housewives Season 5, where they fastforwarded five years, and explained changes in flashbacks. 7th year will show flashbacks of whatever years I may skip. It'll be exciting with romance, action, tension, and more action. But I want to write the chapters differently, in a way that'll promise more length.

Now in Desperate Housewives, I like how they can have so many characters, but wrap things up so well. I tried that here, but obviously, I'm not doing it very well, since I've slowly been shifting towards four characters- Rose, Raph, Jacqui, Scorpius.

Working on it.

For the 7th, since I have ideas building up for it, I'm gonna be uploading chapters with their own little miniplots, like episodes. I also would try a pre-writing technique Joaquin Antonio, a guy who won palanca awards, taught us xD

So yeah... heheh... the people who read this thing, whaddaya think?

/semi-useless note done

Chapter Twenty-Seven

That Eye

That eye.

That horrible, blue eye.

That blue iris darted around in a quick, unnatural way.

That's what he saw.

Then a flash of light.

The next thing he knew, he was disoriented, everything suddenly seeming so much bigger than earlier. A view of Goyle from below was enough to traumatize him.

But no, that wasn't enough.

Then he was rising into the air.

His stomach flipped as he plummeted downwards, then came to a sudden stop.

He shot upwards again, then plummeted down.

Up.

Down.

Up.

Down.

Up, down, up, down, up, down.

Draco's eyes snapped open and he leaped to his feet, his arms hitting whatever came in the way. He rushed through a crowd, only to skid to a halt when he saw a… that… that white thing on the floor in front of him.

"WHAT THE HELL? Get that thing away from me!" Disgustingly, his voice reached a pitch higher than usual. That was not the Malfoy way!

Trying to recompose himself, Draco forcibly regulated his breathing, but his tensed stance would not relax because his muscles would not cooperate. Also, he failed to return to his eyes the cold, stoic grey that he had been trained to do. They were probably quite wide open as he stared at the white demon.

"Well at least you can see that he's physically fine." Weasley? What the hell was Weasley doing in his house? Weasleys never went to Malfoy Manor… unless Scorpius invited his friends over, and Rose Weasley's parents picked her up. Only then.

Now, he got his eyes to narrow into a glare as he looked around.

Draco frowned. This wasn't his house. "Where am I?"

"You're in our house, Draco." Potter spoke slowly. Either it was in an effort to calm him, or Potter thought he was too stupid to understand him if he spoke faster. "Just relax…"

"What happened?" he snapped, irritated by Potter's tone.

"You fainted at the station, so we brought you and your family, and Ron's family to our house. We let you rest, and now you've just woken up."

"What's that thing doing there?" He pointed at the long-bodied rat.

"That's… Scorpius's new pet."

"Scorpius… pet?" Draco wouldn't stand for this. "NO! Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy will not have that rat for a pet!"

Weasley snickered before elbowing his wife. "You owe me a galleon Hermione."

"What are you talking about, Weasley?"

"I bet that you wouldn't take it well, and you'd try taking little Scorpius's gift away from him, 'Mione said that you would take it more maturely and think it over."

"Ron! You weren't supposed to tell him!"

"You had a BET?"

"Draco, calm down. Please. Ron, Hermione… not now." Peace-making Potter. Even if it's been a while now, Draco still wasn't used to instances when Potter tried to keep Weasley and himself from having any big argument or fight. It was more believable if Granger did it… but Potter?

Admittedly, Harry had been very… civil. More than just so, actually… they were on fairly friendly terms…

"I don't want my son keeping that thing in my house!" Draco insisted.

"Winter! Come here, Winter!" The little white thing scurried out of the room, answering his son's call.

Fuming, Draco headed outside the room, straight towards where Scorpius's voice came from. Scorpius was sitting on a red carpet with the Potter and Weasley children. The small white rat was running from one child to the other, while another pale rat, the Potter girl's pet, watched from its mistress's lap.

"Scorpius, you're not bringing that thing home."

While the rat had been nipping Scorpius's finger, he had been smiling. His face fell when Draco said what he said. "What? Why? I'm old enough to have a pet now!"

"How are you sure about that?"

"Give me a chance, father!"

"Please, Mr. Malfoy?" Potter's daughter, Lily looked up at him with pleading eyes that almost made Draco feel guilty. Almost. "Please let Scorpius keep Winter! Besides, ferrets sleep for long hours, and if-"

"No."

"But-"

"No."

"Draco, why won't you let him keep the ferret?"

What? Had Astoria turned against him? Draco stared at his wife in disbelief as she walked over, knelt down, and patted the rat's head. "Because… w-… we can't have a pet." Even if Draco still needed to prepare his arguments properly, he wanted to continue with whatever he currently had.

"Why not?"

"It-- It'll dirty the floor with dung."

"Ferrets can be taught to use litter boxes." Lily put in.

This felt like a lost battle.

"The ferret's not going to our house. End of discussion."

"Pleeeeaaaaaase?" Lily begged.

"Please?" Rose joined in.

Next, they were all saying 'please'. Even his wife!

Draco's wife stood up, and took his hand. "Let's give it a chance. Keep the ferret with us for… say… a month. If we still don't want the ferret, then we'll give him back to Lily."

"A week."

"Three weeks."

"Eight days."

"Fifteen days."

"Fine."

"RON! You're the one who owes me a galleon now." Granger's voice could be heard from the spare bedroom Draco had been in.

"But-" Draco didn't look up as he heard them walk over to the living room. Weasley and Granger's arguing and bantering were nothing new and nothing of interest.

"You still owe me for thinking I was going to perform mouth to mouth on Draco Malfoy."

"You what?" Draco spun around to face the Weasley couple. That caught his interest.

And shock.

"I didn't touch your lips! At all!" Granger spoke defensively.

"You better have not! I wouldn't want-"

"Say filthy Mudblood lips, Malfoy, and I'll punch you!" Weasley shook a fist threateningly.

"I was going to say 'anything happen to our marriages.'" Weasley was assuming, as always.

"Oh." Weasley looked away and shifted from foot to foot.

Lily groggily noted there wasn't that much difference between Rose's hair and the fire her head was floating in. Yawning, she rubbed her eyes before asking, "Rose, as much as I loooove lovelife stories, there are limits. What good reason do you have for forcing me to talk to you through the Floo network in the middle of the night instead of telling me while you were here?"

Rose didn't answer immediately, refusing to meet Lily's eyes.

After inhaling and exhaling in an obviously tensed way, Rose finally spoke. "I'm having doubts, Lil…"

"About what?" Lily raised an eyebrow, trying to look interested, but her third yawn ruined it. She was exhausted after the long train ride, the twins making a fuss over the trunk, worrying about Mr. Malfoy, interrogating Rose… although Rose said that she would only tell her later in the evening.

Which was now.

"About Raph… I mean… I'm suddenly not sure… of… what I feel about him… or… well… I do feel something… but then…" Rose let out a growl-like sound of frustration.

Lily took a while processing what Rose said.

Then it hit her.

"Rose! Are you mad?" Lily couldn't believe what her mind had just taken in.

"I'm not!" Rose denied, but after a pause, she added in a more uncertain tone. "I hope not… Ohhh, Lily what do I do?"

"Is this about what happened with Scorpius?"

Rose's cheeks darkened visibly as she smiled in a way that may or may not have been subconscious.

Then the small smile vanished. "I don't know! Maybe… probably… or no… or maybe… or yes… or… I DON'T KNOW!"

Rose groaned. "Dammit, this is so confusing and stressing!"

"Rose!" Lily realized she was more alert now. "Relax."

This was tricky… but somehow… it excited her! The conflicts, twists and tangles of this real-life love story were brewing such an interesting plot!

Pushing away the insane urge to giggle and clap, Lily composed herself. "I think you should just relax first.

"Think. Look at options. It's not certain that Scorpius may have felt the same… whatever you felt." Lily thought for a moment.

"Well… there was something different about the way he acted today… but still. He has Jacqui and you have Raph. You'll have to take that into account. And then… well… what do you feel for Raph? He did make you happy after that pit of hell you used to be stuck in. Then maybe… think it over… what feeling's stronger."

Rose looked thoughtful.

Lily ran her fingers through Cookie's fur, and waited for Rose to say something while she herself sought out something more to add.

Footsteps sounded.

Lily froze.

Were they coming from her house or Rose's?

Was it worth the wait... Dracofans? xD

Haha... hope y'all liked xD

Once again, uncreative chapter titles. Haha