my mother saw a letter from you come in. recognized your last name, my father says you're a respectable family. he never seemed to care last year, i guess now that you're father's back his opinions changed. it's all crap if you ask me.
anyways, since they've noticed, they want you're family to come to our manor for dinner. i told them that was alright. hope you can make it. friday, come at 17:00.
oh and wear something nice.
- d.m.
i finish draco's letter and laugh a little. of course the malfoy's are just as stuck-up as my dad's side of the family. now that he's back home, we're back in their good graces. they don't like my mum very much, since she doesn't support you-know-who and well... my dad's family does. when dad was gone they would barely speak to her, but now they've been giving us loads. feels nice to be a noble pure-blood family again, i hate to admit it, but the special treatment is nice.
all of christmas break, draco has been staying in touch. as have my other friends. i saw daphne and pansy once, they came over to exchange gifts. pansy was all upset because draco hasn't wrote her. lucky me, i had hidden his letters to me before she came.
i tell my mum that we're invited to the malfoy's, and she couldn't look more happy and more disgusted at the same time. it's no secret what draco's parents did when you-know-who was in power. even though they deny it, i don't think i believe them... my mum definitely doesn't. however, it is an honor to be invited there, seeing as they're a pretty high class wizarding family, so she accepts the invitation and tells me to let father know.
it's been great having father back, aside from the special perks. he's been flying with me again, he's super proud i'm on the quidditch team. and he tells me loads of stories on his adventures of the past two years. some are quite dark, but still interesting.
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friday rolls around soon enough. i'm getting ready while daphne is behind me, well... she's using the floo network to speak to me through my fireplace.
"i can't believe you've been invited to the malfoy's" her tone is somewhere between jealousy and excitement, "pansy will kill you if she ever finds out"
"i know" i groan, "which is why you better keep your mouth shut" i turn to glare at her, but she only laughs. my threats usually don't affect her much.
"that's a lovely dress" she smiles, admiring the emerald green dress i'm wearing. it's silk, comes about to my mid-thigh, and has small spaghetti straps. although it's mostly covered by the black dress robe i wear overtop it. i also have on small black heels, "draco's going to love it"
"i'm not concerned about what draco thinks" i chuckle, fixing my makeup in the mirror. i can see daphne raise her eyebrow being me, but she stays silent.
my mum calls for me from downstairs, "you better get going" i say to daphne, "we're going to be using the floo to get there" daphne nods and disappears from the flames. i check my reflection one more time before leaving my room, walking down towards the floo room.
we moved once my dad came back. grandparents let us inherit their second home. it's quite a lot bigger than i'm used to. a proper wizarding manor, it is. old, grand, and way more space than any three person family needs. i'm a little disgusted by it honestly. we did nothing to deserve it other than being pure-blood. i shudder at the thought as i enter the floo room, seeing my parents waiting in front of the fire for me.
"there you are!" my mum exclaims, "i thought we were going to be late" she gathers me and my dad up, both of us trying to hold in laughs at mum's nervous state. she sprinkles in some floo powder and sends me through first. i shout, malfoy manor, and in a second i'm gone.
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my parents are right behind me, and soon we're standing in the entrance of malfoy manor. i understand why draco brags so much about it at school, his house is incredible. my mum spends a couple minutes making sure we all look good from our journey before we walk further into the foyer.
"is that you evelyn?" i hear a sweet voice call from around the corner. soon, a lady with brown and platinum blonde hair appears, smiling ear to ear.
"narcissa!" my mum smiles, walking towards her. they embrace for a moment as draco and his father appear behind them.
"lucius" my father nods, holding out his hand to shake. draco's father shakes back, his attempt at a smile on his face.
"i didn't realize you all knew each other" draco says, coming further into view.
"oh why.. we all went to school together" his mother smiles
"introduce yourself draco" lucius says, hitting draco in the back with his cane. draco doesn't wince, but i do, "don't be impolite" he mutters
"hello mr and mrs y/l/n, i'm draco" he shakes my dad and mums hand. i hold back a laugh at the silly formality, but soon i'm being ushered up to meet his parents. lucius shakes my hand, while narcissa gives me a hug. she seems sweet... draco's father scares me.
they escort my parents into the sitting room, telling draco to give me a tour of the house as they shut the door.
"you're dad's intense"
he shrugs, "used to it" he holds out his hand, "i can give you a tour if you'd actually like.. it'll be quite boring though"
"boring?" i scoff, "i would love to live in this house, if you can even call it that. it's practically a castle draco! this is the only thing i'm letting you brag about from now on"
he chuckles as i finally take his hand, allowing him to drag me down the hallway. he points out all of the rooms, seeming completely disinterested as we walk around the manor.
"and that's all of it" he sighs, coming to stop in front of a door
"you didn't take me in there" i point
"oh that?" he blushes slightly, "that's just my room. nothing interesting" he starts to walk away down the hall, but i protest
"i'm going innn!" i tease, backing towards his door
"now come on" draco groans, "i haven't cleaned"
but it's too late, i've already gone and opened the door. i step in and look around the room, seeing a nice bed in the center with grey, untidy sheets. his owl is perched in the corner under a quidditch poster, and his school books are piled in a different corner. he has one photo with his mum on his dresser.. but besides that the room's pretty empty.
"looks clean to me" i laugh, walking over and flopping down on his bed.
"bed's not made" he mumbles, walking over to a desk by the window and sitting in the chair, spinning it to face me.
"i never make my bed" i look at him and smile. he laughs a little, throwing a candy at me. i laugh, catching it and eating the chocolate frog.
"excited to go back to school?" i say as a finish chewing
"not really. don't learn anything actually useful there"
"we're only in our third year draco, we have to learn the basics first" i roll my eyes
"you sounds like that hermione" he scowls
"she's not that bad, you know"
"not that bad?!" he laughs, "she's a mudblood, y/n"
"so?" i raise my eyebrow, "she's the best witch in our class. clearly blood has very little to do with talent"
he cross his arms, "people like her shouldn't even be let into the school"
"jealousy is an ugly emotion draco" i sneer. i try and look past some of the things he says sometimes, i know it's just his upbringing... i know what his dad is. practically everyone does.
"why would i be jealous of a mudblood" he mutters
"because she's better than you" i shrug, sitting up, "it's the same reason you despise potter. i think it's only child syndrome. you can't stand someone having more attention than you"
he only scowls in response as we're called down for dinner, both dropping the subject so we can enjoy the meal with our families
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