p style="text-align: center;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongChapter Four/strong/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"a name="OLE_LINK6"/aa name="OLE_LINK62"/aa name="OLE_LINK61"/aspan style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"The atmosphere in the Malfoy dining room that night was nothing short of awkward. Oddly enough, Pollux and Louis were not the cause, although they were certainly a contributing factor. Barely anyone spoke as the starters were laid before them by a silent House Elf. Mr and Mrs Malfoy were sitting at opposite ends of the long table, the former sending desperate looks at his wife to defuse the tension while the latter appeared fascinated by her long stemmed wine glass. Pollux' younger brothers were seated opposite each other at Mr Malfoy's end of the table, clearly not quite on speaking terms yet. Beside Andrius, the youngest boy, was a timid blonde girl who looked desperately like she wanted to vanish into the floor as she stared fixedly at her plate, hating the tension all the more because em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"she/em was the main cause./span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"Pollux was on Scorpius' left and Louis beside him, shooting secretive glances whenever they thought no one was looking – which for the most part, they weren't. The seat across from Louis was glaringly empty as they began inspecting their starters. A loud bang followed by a series of giggles altered them to the arrival of the missing person./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Hello mother," Castor Malfoy swooped in and kissed his mother on the cheek. Mrs Malfoy breathed a sigh of relief at the arrival of her last son and bade him sit down. "Sorry we're late, you don't mind that I brought Molly, do you?" Castor asked, indicating to the red head girl behind him./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Of course not, Molly is always welcome here," Mrs Malfoy beamed as she greeted Molly, thankful that the pair would easily defuse the awkward atmosphere. "Who'd have thought I would be entertaining two Weasleys in one night," Mrs Malfoy smiled as Louis winked at his cousin. Down at the other end of the table, Scorpius managed to crack his wine glass./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""You must be Faye," Molly said suddenly, turning to the blonde that she had seated herself next to while the House Elf flustered around her to set up another place for Castor. "You might not remember me, I was a Hufflepuff Prefect last year," she added. The girl looked up at Molly like she was her saviour and the two quickly fell into a conversation about an assortment of Hufflepuff related topics. Castor watched Molly with a dreamy look in his eyes and a grin permanently etched on his face./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Let me know if I ever get that dopey look, won't you," Pollux whispered, much closer than Louis had expected him to be and still not quite as close as he would have liked./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Only after everyone has seen it," he murmured back, pretending to be enthralled by his food. Pollux chuckled and sipped his wine./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""So Dri," Pollux said, fixing his gaze on the youngest Malfoy boy. "Have you decided what you are taking for NEWTs yet?" At the head of the table, Mr Malfoy let out a relieved sigh as the conversation picked up around him; he smiled at his wife before engaging Scorpius in a discussion about wandlore./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"As the wine flowed, voices rose until Castor and Molly's laughter could probably have been heard from the other side of the Hall. Faye came out of her shell at Molly's encouragement and chatted for a while with Mrs Malfoy before turning her attention to Andrius which as far as anyone seated at the table was concerned, was a very good sign indeed. The more courses they got through, the closer Pollux' chair seemed to be getting to Louis. The two of them ended up quietly discussing trivial things in hushed tones, their heads bowed together secretively. When other people pulled them into conversations, Pollux hand remained casually slung over the back of Louis' chair. Mrs Malfoy watched them out of the corner of her eye, overwhelmed to see her son look happier than she could ever recall seeing him but having that ever present worry of what her husband was going to do when he found out./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"Louis felt something nudge against his leg and with a jolt of pleasure, he realised it was Pollux' knee. He glanced up at his friend who indicated across the table at Molly and Castor who were all but sitting on each other's laps. Louis glanced over at them but was still more interested in the pressure that remained on his leg and found himself reaching under the table to rest a hand on Pollux' thigh discretely. Pollux grinned at him before turning his attention back to his twin./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""When are you two getting married then," he teased, winking at Molly who blushed the same shade of red Louis had been earlier after Pollux' comment about keeping it in their pants. Castor snorted and swallowed another mouthful of wine before speaking./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Shut up Lux," he grinned. "Besides, it looks like you two have finally stopped pretending to be em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"just friends/em so perhaps we should be asking em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"you/em that," he gestured between Louis and Pollux with a wicked smirk, reminding everyone that even though he was a Gryffindor, he was still a Malfoy. As his words registered in everyone's brains, a hush fell over the table./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"Louis and Pollux froze in their seats, both wondering how best to move themselves away from the other without making it obvious that they were so close to begin with. Close enough to be touching. To an outsider, the expressions around the table were comical. The two accused boys looked like deer caught in the headlights; Castor was still grinning but is was slowly registering in his mind that perhaps he ought not to have said that out loud; Scorpius was staring intently into his new glass pretending no one else existed while Andrius was staring from one twin to the other in confusion. Molly's eyebrows had disappeared into her fringe as she blinked at Castor and Faye was looking completely confused. Mrs Malfoy's face was expressionless as she tried to gauge her husband's reaction but Mr Malfoy was altogether too good at hiding his emotions./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Oh come on," Castor sighed at last. "Don't tell me no one knew?" Mrs Malfoy shot him a disapproving look as Andrius looked frantically around the table for someone to explain to him what was going on. It was another minute before anyone spoke again, and when they did, Louis was surprised to hear Pollux' voice./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""What I want to know…" he frowned at his twin. "Is how em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"you/em knew."/span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""How did em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"I/em know? Seriously?" Castor looked genuinely surprised. "Pollux I've em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"always/em known," he stated, glancing around the table to see if everyone was just having him on. "Did everyone else seriously not know?" he asked sceptically. "Mum?"/span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"Mrs Malfoy flushed slightly, something so rare it caused her husband to raise an eyebrow at her. "Well… I… I mean, I had em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"guessed/em," she stuttered./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Guessed em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"what/em?" Andrius finally snapped./span/span/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""He had posters of them and everything," muttered the unmistakably taunting voice of Scorpius Malfoy. Pollux shot him a death glare, the colour still rising in his cheeks./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""It was the only thing he would fall asleep to until he was about eight," Mrs Malfoy added with a twinkle in her eye. Pollux stared at her in horror. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Even his mother was against him/em. "I had to learn his favourite song to sing it to him as a lullaby."/span/span/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"a name="OLE_LINK6"/aa name="OLE_LINK62"/aa name="OLE_LINK61"/aspan style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"The atmosphere in the Malfoy dining room that night was nothing short of awkward. Oddly enough, Pollux and Louis were not the cause, although they were certainly a contributing factor. Barely anyone spoke as the starters were laid before them by a silent House Elf. Mr and Mrs Malfoy were sitting at opposite ends of the long table, the former sending desperate looks at his wife to defuse the tension while the latter appeared fascinated by her long stemmed wine glass. Pollux' younger brothers were seated opposite each other at Mr Malfoy's end of the table, clearly not quite on speaking terms yet. Beside Andrius, the youngest boy, was a timid blonde girl who looked desperately like she wanted to vanish into the floor as she stared fixedly at her plate, hating the tension all the more because em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"she/em was the main cause./span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"Pollux was on Scorpius' left and Louis beside him, shooting secretive glances whenever they thought no one was looking – which for the most part, they weren't. The seat across from Louis was glaringly empty as they began inspecting their starters. A loud bang followed by a series of giggles altered them to the arrival of the missing person./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Hello mother," Castor Malfoy swooped in and kissed his mother on the cheek. Mrs Malfoy breathed a sigh of relief at the arrival of her last son and bade him sit down. "Sorry we're late, you don't mind that I brought Molly, do you?" Castor asked, indicating to the red head girl behind him./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Of course not, Molly is always welcome here," Mrs Malfoy beamed as she greeted Molly, thankful that the pair would easily defuse the awkward atmosphere. "Who'd have thought I would be entertaining two Weasleys in one night," Mrs Malfoy smiled as Louis winked at his cousin. Down at the other end of the table, Scorpius managed to crack his wine glass./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""You must be Faye," Molly said suddenly, turning to the blonde that she had seated herself next to while the House Elf flustered around her to set up another place for Castor. "You might not remember me, I was a Hufflepuff Prefect last year," she added. The girl looked up at Molly like she was her saviour and the two quickly fell into a conversation about an assortment of Hufflepuff related topics. Castor watched Molly with a dreamy look in his eyes and a grin permanently etched on his face./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Let me know if I ever get that dopey look, won't you," Pollux whispered, much closer than Louis had expected him to be and still not quite as close as he would have liked./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Only after everyone has seen it," he murmured back, pretending to be enthralled by his food. Pollux chuckled and sipped his wine./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""So Dri," Pollux said, fixing his gaze on the youngest Malfoy boy. "Have you decided what you are taking for NEWTs yet?" At the head of the table, Mr Malfoy let out a relieved sigh as the conversation picked up around him; he smiled at his wife before engaging Scorpius in a discussion about wandlore./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"As the wine flowed, voices rose until Castor and Molly's laughter could probably have been heard from the other side of the Hall. Faye came out of her shell at Molly's encouragement and chatted for a while with Mrs Malfoy before turning her attention to Andrius which as far as anyone seated at the table was concerned, was a very good sign indeed. The more courses they got through, the closer Pollux' chair seemed to be getting to Louis. The two of them ended up quietly discussing trivial things in hushed tones, their heads bowed together secretively. When other people pulled them into conversations, Pollux hand remained casually slung over the back of Louis' chair. Mrs Malfoy watched them out of the corner of her eye, overwhelmed to see her son look happier than she could ever recall seeing him but having that ever present worry of what her husband was going to do when he found out./span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"Louis felt something nudge against his leg and with a jolt of pleasure, he realised it was Pollux' knee. He glanced up at his friend who indicated across the table at Molly and Castor who were all but sitting on each other's laps. Louis glanced over at them but was still more interested in the pressure that remained on his leg and found himself reaching under the table to rest a hand on Pollux' thigh discretely. Pollux grinned at him before turning his attention back to his twin./span/span/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;""Shut up Lux," he grinned. "Besides, it looks like you two have finally stopped pretending to be em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"just friends/em so perhaps we should be asking em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"you/em that," he gestured between Louis and Pollux with a wicked smirk, reminding everyone that even though he was a Gryffindor, he was still a Malfoy. As his words registered in everyone's brains, a hush fell over the table./span/span/span/p
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