Bags filled the common room once more, I was again stood among a crowd of happy people off to see their family longing I was one of them.

"Just come back with me!"

"Pansy I can't do that, I've never even met your family and you want me to intrude on Christmas! No, definitely not!"

"Ivy, they won't care! I swear they don't even notice I'm there never mind you! You are not being here alone at Christmas AGAIN! No I will not allow it! If you don't start packing then I will start packing for you!" She began frantically running around trying to find my bags. "I mean it Ivy! Pick now!"

"OKAY! FINE! Fine!" I burst into laughter and she did to. Someone actually wanted me to be with them, I have a friend that cares about so much that they don't want me to be alone.

Pansy jumped onto my bed "YAY!YAY!YAY! Oh my god this is going to be so good!" Pansy carried on jumping up and down and I couldnt help but laugh along with her. This was going to be good! Great in fact! I was going to get out of this castle and I was going to celebrate Christmas with a family maybe it wasn't mine but I was going to be surrounded by high spirit and love.

I couldn't help but feel illated, I had a friend who really cared about me and I had a...well a Draco that even in his own way I knew cared. The words he spoke yesterday hadn't gone a miss, he needed me to be different and I really hoped I could be because I wanted was him. Through whatever.

Our celebration was interrupted by a knock at the door, me and Pansy both stopped in our tracks and pulled very confused faces at each other. No one came into our room, I mean Pansy hated everyone else and everyone else hated me! Who was at our door?

"Well I guess I'll answer it then" Pansy jumped off the bed and headed for the door. As she opened the large wooden door it concealed who was standing behind. "Oh it's you, what the hell are you doing up here?" Pansy flung the door open to its full capacity and there he stood.

Just the same as any other time I saw him, my body filled with adrenaline and excitement. His eyes darted over to find me and there the smile sprung across his face.

"Hi"

"Hi"

"Erm hi! I'm also here?" Pansy waved her hand up in the air.

"Fuck off Pansy" Draco chirped up

"Charming, she raised her eyebrows before slapping the back of his head on her exit from the room.

"Is everything ok?" I took a few steps closer to him.

"Absolutely fine. I wanted you to come with me a moment." In a flash he had his hand gripped around my wrist and even though he didn't need to he gave it a quick yank so I would follow him.

I couldn't help but laugh at the image of me being dragged around the school grounds and the thoughts of everyone that we passed. "Draco where are we going?!"

"Now listen, we are here now and you can't turn back because they are about to walk round this corner in probably 20 seconds but I want you to meet my parents." Draco held both my hands in his. I knew my face gave away everything by the expression that then followed on his.

"Draco...I can't..I don't want to I mean first of all I know barely anything about them and the stuff I do know I mean...come on Draco you can't ask me this."

He pulled my my hands close up to his chest. "I'm not doing this so you end up liking them or even them liking you. I'm doing this to show you I'm not them and I never will be Ivy. At least not with you." I could see the strain this was having on him, his eyes looked tired and dark. Clearly he'd been thinking about this all night, thinking of a way to try and help me come to terms with yesterday but I really didn't think was it. "Ok here they come." He took a step forward.

"Draco, have you seen Professor Snape we need to- who is this?" A frighteningly platinum blonde long haired man stared down at me. He was impeccably dressed with looks that I could see Draco had been passed along.

"This is Ivy, I thought you should meet. Ivy this is my father Lucius and this is my mother Narcissa"

I looked over his mother, she was breathtakingly beautiful. Although something stood out to me more then any other of her features. Her hair. It was very dark nearly black with platinum blonde running through the front. It was familiar, really familiar.

"Draco why are introducing us to-." Lucius' voice was harsh and stern similar to Draco but before I could acknowledge what he had said I felt pressure around my hands. As I looked down I followed the hands that were wrapped around mine, her hands were dainty but her grip was firm.

"Narcissa what are you doing" once again Lucius' voice was far from pleasant but I had to agree with him on this one...what was she doing? I had no idea who this woman was and there she was holding my hands.

"Mother?" Draco peered his head round. I caught the expression on his face, he looked completely baffled. This only terrified me even more.

She dropped my hands in a instant "Sorry you just...reminded me of someone" I saw hurt in her face, real pain behind her eyes.

"It's ok, honestly it's fine" I tried my best to reassure her with my smile. "Maybe I have a common face" I chuckled to try and ease her again.

"Yes...maybe..." her voice was very soft.

"Anyway I will leave you to it, I have some very last minute packing to do." I looked over to Draco's who face was scrunched up like a piece of paper with confusion.

"Why would you need to pack?" His tone seemed a tad angry.

"Pansy asked me if I'd like to come stay with her rather than being here alone"

"What about your family?" Narcissa's face was covered in concern for a reason I had no idea of.

"Mother!" Draco snapped at her, why she had taken such interest in my life was very confusing not just for me but clearly for everyone else too. "If you must know Ivy's family were in a terrible accident, not that it's any of your business" he snarled at her.

I realised I had never told Draco the truth after Harry's outburst. He never asked me to, he never pried exactly like he said he wouldn't. Even though I felt he never ever would force me to I knew sometime soon I had to tell him, if what we said was true about me and him then I realised that keeping this from him wasn't an option.

I saw Narcissa's face change very quickly after Draco had finished speaking. Like something had clicked inside her, she never took her eyes off me. Not for a second.

"You could stay with us" Narcissa's was high and quite illated.

"Narcissa! That is enough" Lucius' face was deathly cold. I saw the fear reach her eyes after she'd realised what she had said.

I looked over to Draco that was in complete shock.

What was going on?

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