Chapter 2

DRACO. MEMORY...

I'm walking through the ministry to go for my interview, after entering via the floo network toward the big extravagant water fountain in the centre of the room towards the lift area I saw a young woman carrying a lot of parchment in her arms, she seems in a rush to get somewhere. She was also walking towards the lifts from the opposite side of the large area,
I take a good luck at her ready to laugh, as she dropped all of them to the floor, with parchment flying all over the place I try to hide my snigger at girl.

I start to feel bad that I was about to laugh at the poor girl, so I walked quickly to her to help her receive her parchment,
"fuck, fuck, fuck" I hear her mutter under her breath, as she jumps up to catch a random fly away page, I walk quickly to her side and pick up the remaining parchment. The look she gives me was one of gratitude. Man, she looks so sweet and innocent. She looks away shyly and I can see her blushing. Her eyelashes fanning her cheeks just want to look in those eyes to remember the colour.

She noticed my hands jewelled with my rings my Slytherin one in particular and looked right into my silver irises.
"Thank you. Mr.." she stammers.

" Malfoy. Draco Malfoy." I say as I look deep into her Emerald green eyes. Now these eyes I will remember for the rest of my life. She starts to walk away. I must know her name. She has the most amazing Wavy Brown Hair with a slight red twinge to it, not like a Weasley but More Ruby Red than Ginger. I panic rush towards her.

" And. what would your name be Miss?" I say quickly before she could get too far to hear me.
"Oh. Err... Harrison Emma Harrison." She states with a grin on her face as she uses my line against me, she has the most beautiful smile, dark pink lips that I couldn't seem to stop looking at.

This makes me chuckle
"well it's a pleasure to meet you Emma Harrison" I give her my legendary sexy smirk.

I walk away with the strange feeling in my chest, Butterflys? Really? Me! I Started to panic. I take a quick glance back at her as she enters a lift to wherever it was, she was going.

As I sat waiting for the minister of magic to see me, in the large interview room I was sent to by the minister's assistant, who may I add had a dazed look when I entered the room. I don't know if I love it or hate it when women look so flustered in my presence.

I couldn't stop but picture Harrison's face when I smirked at her she flushed as I walked past. I loved that maybe it's just the pretty ones I love looking like that, I knew I had an effect on her I could tell, my manhood reacted too, it unsettled me for a minute but then I grew a smile as I pictured it in my head throughout the rest of my walk.

16/05/2001

I wake up to knocking at my door 'what is it with people waking me up with knocking' I silently mouth to myself.
"Master Draco, your father is requesting your presence." Jinx Squeaked In worry.

"I thought as much what time it is?" I say with a sleepy voice I try to clear my throat. take a glance at my alarm clock on my Bedside table. I hoped I had a week off work I really need to take time to find a way out of this so call arrangement with my father. I sent an owl to my boss last night explaining I had some personal things at home I needed to sort out and needed time off.

"It's just past 8'oclock in the morning sir" she states with an apologetic smile,
"Course it is, thanks jinx go tell my father I'll be there momentarily"
"Yes, master Draco." As she pops away, I drag myself of bed and walk to my en suite bathroom and have a quick shower. as i get ready for my shower an owl flew into my open balcony door and landed a note on my desk, i took it in my hand and read.

'Malfoy,

I got your letter and as you have not had any time off in the two years of working with us i grant your time off work and I will get Jaxs to take over your work while you are away.

Sincerely

Mr. Kavos

Department of Aurors.

Thank God I have time to try and get this sorted now to think of things to sabotage this plan of his and get all 4 girls to reject me, shit this is going to be difficult.

I enter the shower and do my daily things. I get distracted by my thoughts of Emma, I don't even realise the water has run cold, I quickly dry off and walk back to my closet to dress.

I walk to my father's office just as I had yesterday, and I knock twice before I enter. his hair is loose today I noticed, and I take a seat just as I did yesterday, I feel DeJa'Vu right now. I don't plan on telling my father I was granted time off work I need him to believe I'm working instead of planning to get out of this mess.

"Right then Draco, today is the day I hope you have read the files?" My father asked in questioning way that made me cringe. I'll try my luck by saying I don't like the girls, maybe he will pick others to give me more time to ruin it. knowing full well I only glanced and threw them angrily across the room, I say.
"Yes, father but I have a few issues, I don't like any of them." My heart beats faster knowing that he won't like this. I regret saying this immediately.

"You don't need to like them Draco" he stares at me like he's going in to shock.
He continues
"you just need to marry one" he said in a final tone.
I internally cuss at him 'this prick thinks I'll willingly marry one of these bitches, fuck's sake' I make sure my face shows nothing as I picked up an apple from the fruit bowl my father has on his disk.

"Draco breakfast will be in 10 minutes no need for the apple" my father says before I take a bite from the juicy green apple. So, I place it back with a huff and sit down on the chair.
"So, as we discussed yesterday, I have arranged for the 4 ladies to present themselves to you." He pauses for a second then continued.

"I expect you to have a date with each girl so you have 4 days, one date per day, you will spend a whole day with them each." He says with authority in his voice. "So, you will start today by been met with the Gryffindor girl, whatever her name was." I can't help but try to remember the bitch's name.

"Erm. Christy Or something I think Father." I say once I tried to remember.

I stand there with a confused look and my father huffs and states" Pass me the file" I pass him the file and wait for him to say it.

"Christine Martin" He explained, I look at my hands in my lap playing with my rings as he spoke, its normally my wand but i stupidly left it in my room.
"Draco, I thought you looked at these properly I told you to do as so!" He gives me a look that just makes me want to punch in even more.
"She will be arriving at 10 am as it is now 9 am we best get to breakfast." He stands up so then I follow suit and walk to the dining room a few steps away from my father.

sat in my usual seat at the table I eye my mother who is arranging a new vase of flowers, she likes to do this when company is expected, today it was a bunch of white roses from her rose garden in the north side of the grounds. I make sure no one sees me rolling my eyes at her ridiculous attempt at match making.

breakfast was pancakes or American waffles, I did always like them, maybe it was my mother trying to get me in a good mood for my 'Date'.

After breakfast I got 30 minutes till my so-called date with miss... 'shit I forgot her name again' as I pick up the file, I make sure to read and reread her name over and over, so I don't forget, wait what am I doing I want her to reject me, no I need to know it for my father's benefit so he thinks I'm 'trying' at least it's just polite to know her name, I guess. I wonder back to my room to grab my wand I finally got back from potter a month after the battle not that I needed this one I was going to get a new one once my wand ban was up. Us Malfoy's got a wand ban once they realised, we were still alive and just escaped during the potter voldie fight, mine was only for a year but mother and fathers still has 2 years on them they got 5 years ban Ha! Must have been because I was only 17 and got forced to be a death eater.

I decide to change my clothes and prepare for the day outing with a stranger, my thoughts true to Emma again and I'm reminded of the first time she brushed her hand over my arm.

(Flashback)
We are in the local restaurant having lunch after a hard morning at work, I talk to her about my Hogwarts days, as she was living in Paris during her childhood, she never attended Hogwarts. And when I started the story of when I got turned in to a ferret by that temporary professor moody. She listened and looked at me with sympathy which I honestly didn't like but I let it slide when she placed her hand on my arm and rub it with care in her eyes, my heart Skipped and I felt butterflies, yet again.

We are walking back to the ministry and my hand could feel hers ever so slightly as we walk, I almost went to grab it to hold it, but I thought better of it, I haven't told her of my feeling just yet as I didn't understand them yet myself at this point.

"So, what was your home life like before Hogwarts?" She asked me as we walked. Now this is not a subject I would like to discuss now so I simply said
"normal you know. You?" I say to change the question to her.
"Well moving to Paris when I was 10 was fun I guess and only returned last year for this job opportunity, I played a lot of wizard chess in my 3rd year of school that's the only thing I remember really"

At this point we have reached the ministry and we walked to the main area we still have 5 minutes and I blurt out "you have a very beautiful smile" I didn't mean to say it out loud. I was horrified at my words. She just looked at me and smiled again but with added pink cheeks. I smiled at her, and we waved goodbye when we got to her department's hallway. (End of flashback)

I look at the clock and think 'fuck I'm late' it's 10.01am so I walk to the living area where I'm greeted with my mother smiling, my father scowling and the black-haired Gryffindor girl. She looks so scared to even be in the same room as three Malfoys. 'Good' I think with a snide smirk.
" Hi Draco, I'm Christine I'm sure you don't remember me from school, but I remember you" she says with an awkward smile. I don't even look at her as I say goodbye to my mother and father and begin walking to the door.

I stop and realise Christine isn't following, I turn and say " let's go then, I want to get this over with" I say with a harsh tone.