Finding Color

Part Four

"I am blind," Ginny retorted.

"Yes, that has been proven without a doubt. I'm speaking of your wishes for Draco," Lucius said with a piercing look right at Ginny.

"He lets me see-" she began.

"I saw the way he was holding you last night," Lucius snapped, fed up with her roundabout words. "I know that you feel something for him besides simple need."

"Father!" Draco grumbled.

"No, Draco," Narcissa jumped in. "I want to know this too. Are you in a relationship with this girl? The truth, Draco."

"Fine," Ginny grumbled. "Yes, I like your son very much." Ginny sighed and told the Malfoys about how blackmailing Draco had gone from an obligation to a pleasure. She told them that seeing had gone from a desperate wish to a happy time.

Draco nodded along with everything she said and gently nudged her hand to the right fork when they started eating their breakfasts during the conversation.

"And, Draco," Narcissa said in a much gentler voice than she had used to speak to Ginny. "What are your feelings towards this...girl?"

Ginny didn't miss the hesitation and neither did Draco. Narcissa had probably meant to say "blood traitor", but Ginny wasn't a blood traitor any more because she was working for the Death Eaters so Narcissa had been forced to change her wording.

"Ginny and I are in a relationship," Draco agreed. "I enjoy spending time with her," he added at his mother's skeptical look.

"Narcissa," Lucius broke in as he put his fork down. "I saw them last night. I believe it is safe to say that they have something between them."

Narcissa put down her silverware as if something in her breakfast tasted terrible. She carefully dabbed at her lips with a napkin and took a deep breath.

"Where did Ginevra sleep last night?" she asked with apparent calmness.

"In Draco's bed," Lucius replied with a sigh. "But," he added when Narcissa went white. "I had a house elf monitor them the entire night. If anything untoward occurred, I would have been notified immediately."

The house elves cleared away breakfast as Narcissa contemplated the best course of action. It was clear that Ginny needed to stay; the Dark Lord had given Draco to her no matter how much Narcissa wished it weren't true. But, she refused to believe that Draco was in a relationship with a girl not picked out by his father. Draco had dated Pansy Parkinson through school because at the time Lucius thought it might be a beneficial relationship for the Malfoy family. Once Narcissa had met that idiot girl, however, things changed.

It was Narcissa's belief that Astoria Greengrass would have served well as Draco's bride and had been contemplating mentioning it to Lucius. Now with this Weasley girl here, she needed to rethink her plans. Only by getting rid of Ginevra, both from her house and from Draco's affections, could Narcissa retake her hold on Draco's relationships with potential brides.

Narcissa gasped as Ginny opened her eyes and gave the older woman a knowing smile. Ginny stood and walked around the table to wait by Narcissa's chair.

"The men don't need us around right now," Ginny said to Mrs. Malfoy. "I'm going to be here a while and I'm assuming that staying in Draco's bed the whole time wouldn't be a good idea. Why don't you show me a room I can stay in that won't upset propriety?" Ginny asked.

Narcissa nodded, eager to get the girl alone for a little bit, and stood as well.

Ginny walked away from Draco with her eyes closed. She didn't want to experience the sight of everything vanishing until the colors became nonexistent this time. Especially since she knew that any time she wanted she could easily find Draco and she could see again.