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Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out	By : nikki13088 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Ginny Views: 3348 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Draco smiled at the warmth that filled his pocket, his hand reaching inside as he removed the small stone. He thought back to the night Ginny gave him the charmed stone for his birthday. Every time she thought of him it would heat up, sometimes he couldn't help but laugh at how often it warmed up. He was forced to remove it from his pocket a few times because he couldn't take the distraction. Whenever he knew Ginny was thinking about him, he would start thinking about her and with how much the rock seemed to have a permanent rising temperature, it was hard to get any work done.
"Good Morning Draco, any letters yet from the kids?" Hermione asked as she took a seat in front of his desk.
"Yes, Harper sends a letter every day, sometimes twice. She is giving me a play by play of her time at Hogwarts. Riley wrote a few times, Aurora once and nothing from Ellie yet, what about Rose and Hugo?" he asked, placing the stone back in his pocket.
She let out a sad sigh. "Well, not as much as I would have liked. They are growing up too fast."
"Guess you better get cracking on a third one then?" he teased.
"Why do that when you have plenty to choose from?" she said with a giggle.
"Which one would you want?"
"Scorpius of course, he's the good one."
"Hell, no, he's my only son and besides......you're right, he is the good one."
"Nah, he's all grown up anyway, I'll take Ava."
"You can have Harper, but only on the weekends.....I'll miss her too much."
"Are we swapping children?" Harry asked, walking in and placing a file down on Draco's desk. "If we are, I want Scorpius...he's the good one."
Hermione and Draco shared a quick laugh before he reached for the file. "Is this all of it?"
"Yes, Draco, anything and everything on Noah Adwell and his father," Harry said.
Hermione glowered at him, her eyes wide. "You didn't?"
"I just want to make sure-"
"Draco, you're doing background checks and investigating your daughter's boyfriend. I think you've gone mad." she lectured him. "Noah seems like a very nice boy."
"Yeah, there's not much in there on him, nothing really. The only thing on his dad is just some cases he's dealt with but nothing too concerning. Most of it is just about people he's helped." Harry explained.
"And the uncle, Robert Adwell?" Draco asked, flipping through the file.
"Can't find anything on him, there's just no file at all."
"Interesting," Draco said to himself.
"Is it? Or are you just wasting valuable time on nonsense when you could be on your way home to your family?"
Draco smiled at the rock in his pocket as it became warm once more when he decided to shut the file and call it a day.
Ellie was sitting in the Ravenclaw common room catching up on homework. She hated missing her classes, but with the lack of sleep she'd been getting from whatever changes her body was putting her through was making it hard for her to focus. She pulled the sleeve to her hoodie down more to hide the discolored markings along her veins. It almost looked like bruising and she really couldn't explain how or why it was happening. The pain, though, was unbearable and she wasn't sure how much longer she would be able to deal with it.
She heard a knock on the common room door and winced as she pulled her aching body up from the couch and made her way over to answer it. When she saw it was Riley, she tried to look a bit more together than she was really feeling.
"Ellie, are you ok? You've missed two days of classes and you haven't been down for meals?" she asked, walking into the common room with her.
"I know, I'm fine, I'm just sick and I feel like crap."
"Should we owl Mum and Dad?"
"NO!"
Riley looked at her like she was crazy after her loud objection.
"I just don't want to bother them if we don't have to. I think it's just a cold anyway, I'll be down for dinner tonight. I'm already feeling better." she said with a smile.
Riley nodded.
"How's Harper? Have you seen her?" Ellie asked, trying to change the subject.
Riley gave a small giggle. "Yes, she is having the time of her life. She was going to Quidditch tryouts this morning when I spoke to her over breakfast."
"Oh no, I can only imagine how that's going and if she doesn't make the team."
They both groaned at the same time as they thought about the way Harper would react in that scenario.
"Well, if that happens, I feel bad for the team captain that made that decision." Ellie laughed along with her sister.
"Hey," Ember called out as she ran to catch up with her brother down the hall. "Scorpius?" she called again, but she could tell he was deep in thought.
She gave him a light slap on the arm when he finally looked at her.
"Oh, hey."
"What's wrong?" she asked him.
He shook his head. "Nothing."
She raised an eyebrow at his comment. "Well, obviously there is," she said.
They continued to walk down to dinner in silence for a few moments.
"Hey, are you inviting Raven to the party?"
"Uh, I don't think so."
"Why not, are you two ok?" she asked.
She was surprised by his answer, she remembered how it took Scorpius almost six months to pluck up the courage to ask her out. They were friends before that, but he always fancied her and she him. Sometimes Ember was a bit jealous of the relationship Scorpius and Raven had and wished her and Noah's was as romantic and sweet as theirs.
"We're just going to stay friends for now is all," he said, not looking at her.
"What? Why?"
"I don't want to talk about it." he quickly said.
"But-"
"I really DON'T want to talk about it Ember," he said, his tone dismissive.
"Don't want to talk about what?" Draco asked, standing in the foyer as they met at the bottom of the stairs.
"Hey, Dad," Ember gave him a quick hug before she glanced at Scorpius with a sympathetic look.
"What's going on?" Draco asked he could tell something was troubling his son.
"Nothing," he said, shrugging his shoulders.
Draco nodded. "Well, obviously you're lying-"
They both turned their attention towards the front door when the bell rang.
"I'll let it go for now Son, but if something is bothering you enough to where your mother and I notice then you know we won't ignore it for long," he said with a smirk as he walked over to the door to answer it.
Scorpius just nodded, giving him a small forced smile.
Draco opened the door a look of surprise covered his face. "Blaise? What are you doing here?"
Blaise's face was twisted in anger, rage filled his eyes as he locked them with Draco's. Draco watched his gaze fall from him to the person over his shoulder.
"You." Blaise drawled out through clenched teeth.
Scorpius felt his stomach drop at the sight of the man. "Shit," was all he managed to mumble out before he quickly took off running.
Draco was caught off guard when he felt Blaise push past him and run after his son. Scorpius could hear Blaise's wand whip through the air and he flinched when he heard the post to the banister of the stairs explode beside him as he went running down the hall. He was running so fast he had to skid to a stop to turn the corner; the breeze of Blaise's curse zoomed right behind his head.
Scorpius saw his mother step out in front of him, her wand already shooting out a spell. He made sure to quickly move out of the way as it hit Blaise right in the chest and he flew back onto the floor. Ginny quickly ran over to Scorpius and looked him over to see if he was ok before she saw Draco and Ember running up to them.
"What the hell is going on?" Draco demanded.
Blaise pulled himself up off the ground, his glare deadly as his eyes fell on Scorpius once more. "How dare you treat my daughter with such disrespect." Blaise bellowed, attempting to go after him again.
Draco held him back and Ginny quickly stepped in front of Scorpius.
"What?" Ginny asked. "Scorpius would never-"
"Your son almost got my daughter pregnant and then dumped her as soon as they found out it was negative."
Ginny turned to look at her son, her eyes wide with disbelief, she wasn't even sure if she heard him correctly. Ember had to cover her mouth to stop the shocking gasp that came out and as for Draco, he seemed to have kept his composure at the mention of it. Scorpius couldn't even look up at any of them, he was too ashamed to even speak.
"Blaise-"
"Save it Draco, there is nothing any of you can say that would make it ok for that piece of trash to be near my daughter ever again." he snarled before he pocketed his wand and left the Manor.
They all stood there in silence until Scorpius quickly walked up to his bedroom.
"Ember, go check on Ava," Ginny ordered, nodding for her to leave her and Draco alone.
She left without a word before Draco and Ginny locked eyes and she shook her head at him. "I can't believe this," she said angrily.
She went to go walk up to talk to Scorpius when Draco grabbed her arm to stop her.
"Wait," he said as she stared at him. "Not now, give him a few."
She slowly nodded before he pulled her into a loose hug.
She felt his mouth on her neck, sucking and licking his way down to her shoulder where he yanked her bra strap down. She felt his lips on hers again as his hands tried to unclasp her bra and he moved his mouth down to her chest. Ember tried to focus on this moment with Noah, but the only thing she could think about was Blaise's visit earlier. She had no idea Scorpius had even gone that far with Raven and then to hear that he almost got her pregnant made Ember question this moment even more with Noah. She gently grabbed his arms to stop his constant groping and kissing, but he didn't seem to notice her grip on him.
"Noah, can we pause for a moment?" she asked, sitting up as he climbed off of her.
"What's wrong?" he asked, his hand stroking her thigh.
"Um, do you think we could just do something else instead?"
He looked at her and gave a small laugh. "Very funny," he said before the force of his kiss pushed her back down on his bed, his hand groping one of her breasts and the other one making its way down to her waistband.
"I'm serious." she breathed out in between his hard, quick kisses.
"Ember, you're over thinking this, just relax and let me show you a good time," he said with a seductive smile before he kissed the spot beside her navel and trailed kisses down to where he pulled back the band of her pants.
She closed her eyes as she let his words sink in and felt her body wanting to give in to the way each one of his kisses made her feel. She felt him start to tug at her pants and her eyes snapped back open and she quickly sat back up.
"Wait."
"Fuck Ember, what's the problem now?" he asked as he became highly annoyed by her constant interruptions.
"I just don't think I'm ready, I'm sorry."
"You're becoming a real fuckin tease. I thought you were ok with this?"
"I thought I was, I mean, isn't this your first time too? Don't you want to be sure?"
"Yes, and I am sure because it's you."
Ember couldn't help the small smile that spread across her face at his words.
"That's really sweet Noah, but.....I'm just not ready yet."
He rolled his eyes at her and shook his head before he started to unbutton his pants. "Well, can you at least blow me or something?"
"Excuse me?" she asked, taken aback by his sudden request.
"Ember, you're driving me crazy, I want something more out of this relationship." he snapped.
"Well, there's more to a relationship than sex."
"Yes, but there is at least some sex or at least anything more intimate than we are doing now," he argued before he walked over to his door and held it open. "Why don't you just get the hell out of here and let me know when you're ready to take the next step."
She just stared at him, she was filled with anger, but she was also hurt by the way he was treating her. She hated how Noah had changed over the past year, he was nothing but short with her lately. She didn't say a word as she slipped her shirt back on and grabbed her shoes as she went to leave his room.
"Oh, and Ember," He grabbed her arm to stop her before she walked out and she turned to look at him. He moved his face close to hers. "When you do decide that you're ready....be certain that you are because it will be hard for me to stop next time," he said softly before he placed a small kiss on her cheek.
She glared at him before she ripped her arm from his grasp and stormed out of his bedroom.
Scorpius was surprised when his parents hadn't come up to his room yet about what happened earlier. He was thankful for it as he didn't think he could even look them in the face after what he did. He never meant for things between him and Raven to end up like this, he didn't want to hurt her in any way. Her father had every right to respond the way he did and Scorpius thought he should have just let the man hex him into oblivion for his actions.
He was pulled from his thoughts when there was a knock at his door and he couldn't bring himself to answer it. After another knock, the door was opened and he knew it was his parents. Draco and Ginny took a seat on either side of him as he sat there staring at the floor. He could only imagine the disappointment they had in him.
"Scorpius-"
"I didn't dump her, I only wanted us to take a breather after what happened, that's all. I had every intention of being friends in the meantime, but....." he just shook his head as Ginny and Draco locked eyes for a quick moment.
"I'm sorry guys, I don't know what to say."
"Didn't you guys take precautions beforehand?" Ginny asked.
He nodded. "Yes, but there was a time or two where we didn't."
Ginny just shook her head and went to speak when Draco cut her off.
"What would you have done if she was pregnant?" he asked, his tone composed.
Draco could see the fear of what could've been in his son's eyes as he managed to finally meet his gaze. A part of him wanted to yell and scream at him and ask him what he was thinking, but the other part had to remind himself that he was in the same position at his age. The only difference was that he and Ginny weren't as lucky as he and Raven were. Of course, in the end, he had Ember and Scorpius and wouldn't want it any other way, but he knew how his son must be feeling.
"I don't know what I would've done, I was just thinking about how disappointed you guys would be. I know you expect a lot more from and to make better decisions and then this happened."
"Baby, everyone makes mistakes and bad decisions. Your father and I made so many bad ones at your age and to this day, but the way you deal with those poor choices and mistakes when the consequences kick in is what really counts in the end." Ginny said with a small smile.
"It's just the thought of being with Raven again in....that way....scared me because of what almost happened. I just thought we should take a step back and focus on getting our lives together for now, especially mine." Scorpius explained.
"And that sounds very reasonable, but Raven doesn't seem like she would have expected you to do anything with her if you weren't ready to do so again."
"Should I go talk to her?"
"Uh, Son, I think you'll want to wait a few days to attempt that one," Draco said, slapping him on the back. "Zabini was pretty pissed."
Ginny got up and ran her fingers through Scorpius' hair before she cupped his face with one hand. "I love you, please know you can always talk to me and Dad about anything....even sex if you must." she laughed at the last part.
He gave her a small smirk.
She went to wait for Draco at the door when he nodded for her to go on without him. He got up and squatted down in front of his son and looked up at him.
"Listen to me Scorpius, there is NOTHING you could ever do that would make your mother and I stop loving you. We are so proud of you and the man you've become, it doesn't matter that you don't know what you want to do yet career-wise, that stuff will come later. What matters is the kind of person you are and I know for a fact, because you are your mother's son....that your heart is as big as hers. When I found out your mother was pregnant....." he trailed off as he thought back to the memory as he shook his head. "I didn't take it well, plus before that our relationship was always rocky. I was too scared to be with her, to love her...I didn't think I deserved those things and then when I found out I was going to be a father..." he laughed at the crazy situation he found himself in back then. "I freaked out, but your mother made everything ok in the end....like always. The point is, I can see how crazy you are about that girl and I don't want your fear to get in the way of that. You don't have to have sex to be in a relationship Scorpius. Give it a few days, then make things right with Raven IF she doesn't come to you first."
"Yeah, that won't happen."
"We'll see," he said before he pulled his son into a hug.
Ellie had finished packing her bag to go home for the weekend for Scorpius and Ember's birthday party. She was looking forward to having some fun because the past week had been nothing but a nightmare for her. She pulled on a sweatshirt as a shiver ran through her body and walked over to the mirror to brush her hair. Her breath caught in her throat when she saw her reflection. She threw the brush down and got closer to the mirror and rubbed her eyes roughly. After blinking a few times she realized both of her eyes were a milky white color. Her lips trembled with fear and she buried her face on her hands to try and compose herself.
"It's ok... it's fine, you're fine, it's all in your head... I'm in control." she whispered to herself through her shaky breaths.
She grabbed her wand and performed a simple spell to conceal her eyes and replace the color with one that resembled hers the most.
"There, back to normal....sort of," she mumbled out. "Now about this," she said to herself as she pulled up her sleeves to expose her black veins.
She pulled down the collar of her sweatshirt to reveal the dark blue and purple ones running up the side of her neck and into her face. She waved her wand once more to conceal them the best she could and when she looked halfway presentable, she just shrugged and decided she would just play the sick card on her parents. Taking one last glance over herself, she grabbed her bag and headed down to the train station.
The train was barely at a full stop when Harper jumped off and ran to her parents telling them about how she made the Quidditch team. She almost knocked Draco over with how hard she ran into him with her arms open. Ginny let out a soft giggle before she pulled Riley into a hug as Harper started going on and on about how much she loved school.
"You don't know how hard it was to not throw her off the train," Riley growled as she rolled her eyes.
"Well, thank you for not doing that," Ginny laughed, hugging her one more time. Her eyes fell on Ellie, who was walking over and Ginny immediately could tell something was off. "Ellie, what's wrong? Are you sick?" she asked, feeling her head and looking her over with concern all over her face.
"I'm ok, Mum, honestly, I'm just still getting over something I must have caught at school. I already went to see Madame Pomfrey and she gave me everything I need." she lied, as she tried to calm her mum down before she became overly concerned.
Ginny didn't say anything, she just looked her daughter over again before Ellie flashed her a bright smile.
"Hey kiddo, you look like shit," Draco said, walking over and pulling Ellie into a hug. "You sure you ok?"
"Yes, Dad, I promise. I just want to get home and rest up before the party this weekend," she said with another smile.
After Ginny looked her over one last time and was finally satisfied with her daughter's answer, she took her bag from her and put an arm around her shoulders and started walking. Ellie let out a relieved sigh when her parents bought her story.
"You colored your hair," Ginny stated, running her fingers through Ellie's strands. "It's cute," she said with a smile.
Ellie just smiled back before her mum turned her attention to Ava, who was fussing and she quickly grabbed a chunk of her hair and looked at it. She felt her stomach drop when she saw her strawberry blonde hair was now a darker flaming red with streaks of platinum blonde throughout it. She swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat and started to follow her parents.
"So I guess, I'll see you this weekend," Aurora said.
"Definitely," James said with a smile.
They both stood there in silence for a few moments, James staring at her the whole time before Aurora started to laugh. "Can I have my bag now?" she asked.
Realizing he still had been carrying her bag for her he quickly slid it off his shoulder and handed it to her, his eyes firmly on hers again.
She smirked at him until her eyes traveled over his shoulder. "Hi, Harry...Luna," she said with a wave before she looked at James once more. "See ya, James."
"See ya," he said, watching her walk up to her parents until Draco saw him staring and sneered at him before putting his arm around his daughter.
"You're making a great impression on Draco," Harry whispered over his son's shoulder.
James just laughed before he turned to his parents. "Yep, I sure am."
"And on Aurora, it seems," Luna piped in.
"I don't know what you're talking about," James said with a small smile before he threw his bag over his shoulder.
"Sure you don't," Harry smirked, lightly slapping him on the back before Luna pulled her son into a hug.
Ember knocked on her brother's door and waited for an answer, although she didn't really expect one. She decided to skip the second knock and opened the door to see him sitting on the edge of his bed.
"Dinner will be ready soon." she softly said, walking over to him.
He didn't say anything, she hated seeing him like this, she had never seen Scorpius so down before. He was a lot like their father when it came to keeping their composure and not showing when something upset them that might make them seem vulnerable. She was surprised to even see how upset her father was over the conversation they had the other night about his own father. What bothered her most though, was that she was always able to somewhat feel and pick up on all of his emotions and right now....she could feel how defeated he felt.
"So, listen, I was in that small cafe the other day and the waiter told me they were looking for some help. I thought maybe you might be interested; it's not much right now, but it's something until you find a better job." she shrugged.
Sure, she thought Jacob was cute and wanted to work at the cafe because of mostly that reason, but she knew Scorpius needed something positive right now to look forward to.
He gave her a small smile. "Thanks, I'll check it out."
She went to leave when she turned back around and hugged him tightly, but just for a moment before she broke away. She kept thinking about last night with Noah and how she almost did something she wasn't ready for.
"Love you, bro," she said, lightly pushing his shoulder before she left his bedroom.
She heard distant knocking through the ringing in her ears as she desperately tried to open her eyes. She finally managed to crack them a bit and was met with nothing but a blurry blob in front of her.
"ELLIE! MUM SAID TO GET UP FOR BREAKFAST!" Riley yelled through her bedroom door.
Suddenly the ringing stopped and she was pulled back to reality as her vision became focused and she found herself on the bathroom floor. She lifted her face off the cold, hard tile floor and gave a soft moan of pain as she realized how stiff her body was. She heard Riley open her bedroom door and start walking towards the bathroom when she pulled her body as quick as she could across the ground and reached forward with her fingertips to swing the door shut.
"Ellie, Mum said you need to come down for breakfast because you need to eat something since you skipped dinner last night."
Ellie cleared her throat. "Ok, I'll be down in a minute." she managed to choke out, straining to keep her voice from cracking.
When she heard Riley walk away, she let out a relieved sigh and turned over on her back and lay there for a few moments longer. She could barely remember what happened last night; she just remembered the pain in her head. She was finally starting to accept the fact that she would have to tell her parents soon because she wasn't sure how much more of the pain she could take. She decided after Ember and Scorpius' birthday party she would tell them, but for now, she grabbed her wand off her nightstand and started putting what became her routine concealment charms on herself.
"Scorpius?"
He turned at the sound of his name and shook the young man's hand.
"Ember said you were looking for any kind of work, she did mention it doesn't pay much right?" Jacob asked.
"Anything is better than sitting at home all day," he mumbled.
"Quite true, do you know why Ember decided not to take the job instead?" Jacob asked him.
Scorpius raised an eyebrow at his question. "You offered her the same position?"
"Yes, she seemed really interested, so I was just curious as to why she changed her mind suddenly."
Scorpius couldn't help but smirk to himself at his sister's kind gesture. "She must have realized how pathetic my life is." he drawled, following Jacob into the back of the cafe.
He gave a small chuckle. "It can't be that bad, you're a Malfoy, aren't you? Well, it's obvious, you're a spitting image of your father."
Scorpius wasn't sure how he should take that comment, instead, he decided to brush it off. "So you fancy my sister?" he asked suddenly, making Jacob stop what he was doing and look at him.
"I beg your pardon?"
"My sister, you fancy her, do you not? That is why you offered her the job here isn't it?"
Jacob just shook his head as he gave a nervous laugh. "I think you've mistaken."
"Hmm," was all Scorpius said, placing his hands in his pocket and looking at the young man.
Scorpius could tell he was making him nervous by the question. Perhaps the Malfoy name scared him a bit he thought, especially when he was being questioned about having eyes for the daughter of Draco Malfoy.
"I simply offered your sister a job because we needed the help," he said, stumbling for words.
Scorpius looked around the quiet cafe and saw only two people in it. "I can tell, business is booming." he drawled, looking at Jacob once more.
They were both quiet for a moment, Jacob was obviously unsure of what to say next.
"Listen...Jacob, why don't you come to our party tomorrow evening, I'm sure Ember would be more than happy to see you again." Scorpius suggested.
The only reason he invited him in the first place was to hopefully get Ember's attention off of Noah and on someone else.
"A party? But we've only just met, I mean I've seen her here once in a while, but-"
"So what, we always have people we barely know at our parties," he said. "So six tomorrow and since it's pretty dead here right now, how about I start on Monday?" Scorpius suggested as he started heading towards the door.
Jacob was too caught off guard by the invitation to a party at Malfoy Manor to even take in what Scorpius said and just ended up nodding in agreement. Scorpius pushed open the front door with a smug smirk on his face before he went to apparate back home when he stopped suddenly.
He was standing face to face with Raven, they both were silent for a few moments before Scorpius' eyes traveled across the way to where Blaise was walking up to them. He quickly turned to leave when Raven's voice stopped him.
"Scorpius, wait," she said.
He turned back to her, Blaise already by her side.
"Keep walking kid," he snarled, his hand gripped firmly around his wand.
"Dad, please?" Raven said, looking at him.
"I don't want you near him Raven, hasn't he put you through enough?" he spat, his anger rising.
"Dad, stop it, go wait for me at the diner, I'll meet you there in a minute," she said, her eyes pleading with her father to trust her.
Blaise's face softened at the look his daughter gave him before he walked on without her.
Raven walked over to a nearby bench and took a seat before she patted the spot next to her for Scorpius to sit. After a moment of hesitation, he finally walked over and sat beside her.
"Scorpius, I'm so sorry that my father went to your home like that. I know you didn't want me to tell anyone, but my dad and I are very close, especially since my mother left." she looked down at her fidgeting hands. "I didn't have anyone else to talk to about it."
He let out a long sigh before he looked at her. Her green eyes and wavy hair made him want to grab her and snog her senseless.
"Raven, you don't need to apologize for telling your dad, you were braver than I was. I never meant for you to feel disrespected in any way, I was just doing what I thought would be best for us.....for me. Maybe that was selfish?" he said, unsure of what to think.
"No, I think it was selfish of me for not understanding more. I just really like you Scorpius and I don't want to end things with you," she said with a small smile.
"I really don't either, but I think it's impossible now to see each other anymore. I think if I breathe in your direction your dad will hex me into oblivion."
She gave a small giggle at his dramatic theory. "I will handle my father, but for now.....can we still hang out as friends?"
"Friends? Well, I suppose for as long as that works," he smirked.
They both leaned in for a kiss, but Scorpius just hugged her instead.
"So is there still any chance I can come to your party tomorrow?"
"Of course, you should bring your dad, I'm sure he'd love to come," Scorpius suggested in amusement.
She laughed once more at his comment before she ignored his ban on kissing and pulled his lips to hers.....so much for just friends.
"So how did it go?" Ember asked her brother as he walked up and took a seat in front of her desk.
"Actually, it went better than I thought," he said, a genuine smile on his face.
"What are you so happy about?" she laughed.
"I ran into Raven as I was leaving the cafe."
"Oh, I'm guessing you guys worked things out then?"
"I wouldn't say that exactly, but we did talk....and kiss," he said with a smirk.
Ember just shook her head. "Blaise won't be too thrilled with that."
"Yeah, I know," he said before he saw Noah walking up to them in the distance. "Ugh, not this guy." he groaned out.
Ember turned to see who he was looking at and then shot him a glare. "Stop it, Scorpius," she warned him through clenched teeth.
"Jacob seems like a nice bloke, he fancies you too so-"
"He said that?" she asked, her cheeks turning a bit pink.
"Well, not outright but he didn't have to."
"Hello, Scorpius...Ember," said Noah, leaning forward and kissing her.
"I should be going," Scorpius said, quickly getting up. "Nice seeing you Jacob, oops, I mean Noah, I just got done talking to Ember's new friend Jacob at the coffee shop," he explained before he saw the daggers Ember shot at him.
He just turned with yet another smug smirk on his face and left the Ministry.
"Who's Jacob?" Noah asked.
"It's nobody, just someone Scorpius is teasing me about. Anyway, I didn't expect to see you today....you know with how much of a tease I've been lately," she said sarcastically, folding her arms and leaning back in her chair.
He walked around to her side of the desk and sat on it. "I'm sorry about how I acted the other night. I should be more understanding and I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable. I just hate that we've together for a couple of months now and you still aren't comfortable with taking that next step with me. Do I make you feel that unsure?" he asked, his feelings seemed to be genuinely hurt.
She felt bad all of a sudden and she hated that she did. She wanted to just tell him to leave her alone because she was still angry at him, but there was just something about him that made it hard to stay mad.
"It's just me Noah, not you. I just want to be sure....that's all."
He leaned over her chair and looked down at her. "I'd love to give you a very special birthday gift of my own tomorrow night," he said before he pressed his lips against hers.
"ADWELL!"
Noah and Ember both jumped at the sound of Draco's voice.
Ember quickly pushed Noah back and wiped any smeared lipstick from her face.
"Mr. Malfoy, good to see you," Noah said, his confidence made Draco want to punch him out.
"I wish I could say the same, the sight of you hovering over my daughter with your tongue down her throat makes me want to....hurt you, quite badly I might add," he said, his voice calm but his glare deadly.
Noah's breath caught in his throat at the comment. "I'll see you tomorrow Ember," he quickly said before he hurried down the hall.
Draco's eyes fell on Ember as she went back to sorting and filing hoping that her father would just walk away.
"How do you manage to get any work done with so many visitors?"
She just rolled her eyes at his comment. "I don't so maybe you should leave," she snapped.
He smirked at her quick wit before he took a seat and reach forward to grab one of the files from her desk. He gave a small chuckle when he read one of them, "Some of these are quite humorous." he said, tossing it back down.
She laughed at the one he had picked up about the misuse of magic by a young man who tried to turn his lamp into a woman but it backfired. She laughed out loud when she thought back to the part she read about his statement on growing breasts and experiencing menstrual cramps.
"Yes, indeed they are." she giggled. "Some of them are... quite concerning though," she said, looking at her father.
He nodded.
"Are there files on you and Mum?" she asked.
"I've never seen them if there are. This department didn't monitor things like they do now, at that time they were just monitoring me and your mother specifically."
"Dad, have you ever thought if there was a way to have your powers taken away....for good....would you do it?"
Draco looked at her, his brow furrowed slightly. "Would you?"
She didn't answer right away; she seemed to be contemplating a few different things in her head. She finally looked up at him, "No." she said firmly.
He smiled at her answer. "Good, me either."
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