I opened the front door slowly to see Draco sat draped on the steps, his head in his hands. One of the first times I had ever seen him look...weak. Vulnerable.

"Hi" I kept my voice to a near whisper to avoid startling him.

He looked up slightly before returning to his hands. "Ivy..I can't allow this. You don't understand this isn't just now, this isn't a summer thing where we can run off into the sunset when it's done. This is a life. A life I don't want you to have."

I took a couple steps closer to him when I noticed something emerald green running through his hands. My necklace. I walked closer again and perched myself next to him on the steps.

"Do you think this is what I want? Do you think if I had a choice this is the life I would pick? The side I would pick? Draco..my life has been flipped upside down! I've learnt more things in the last twenty-four hours about my family than ever in my life!" I took a deep breath to hold back any escaping tears. "But this is my reality Draco...and yours. I have no idea what the future holds, I have no idea if I'm even going to survive past seeing your father.."

"I wouldn't let him put a fucking finger on you Ivy" he turned his head sharply towards me, pure pain behind his eyes.

"I know...but what I'm saying is...I want you. I want us. Whatever is going to happen I don't care..but when they do, I need you there Draco. By my side. Through everything, you are mine and I am yours remember?" I reached out my hand slowly until I placed my fingers around my beautiful necklace. I took it delicately out of his hands and reached up to clasp it around my neck. I looked down to it's beauty laying on my chest.

"Always and Forever Draco."

His eyes looked at mine once more. "Things aren't going to be easy Ivy and you need to know that but I will do everything to protect you. You are mine and I will never let anybody hurt you or I will fucking kill them! Do you understand" his words of power hit me like a brick wall. These words coming from anyone else would of been an empty promise but from him...I knew there was nothing empty about it. It scared me slightly thinking about the little remorse he could feel and the capabilities that gave him but at the same time...to know that someone would do anything for you, anything in the world just because they love you. Because the idea of losing you is more terrifying than anything else that could be put in front of them was all anyone could ask for really...to be loved that intensely.

"I know" my eyes lit up like the half smile on my face. "Come on let's go back to your mother, she'll be worried."

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The next hour flew by too quickly, Lucius was home and I had been told by Narcissa to stay in one of the spare bedrooms until she and Draco had finished talking to Lucius. Narcissa tried to explain to Draco that he shouldn't be there but he didn't give her much of a choice.

Of course the fear in me was greater than ever but for whatever reason I had a good feeling. I had a feeling that no matter how powerful Lucius was he would have to listen to Draco. He was his son after all and after everything he was asking of Draco he owed him this.

I stared around the deep forest green room. It was very similar to Draco's in many ways but maybe this one had a slightly older touch. A large fireplace centered the room just like our common room, large velvet curtains draped the hard wood floors. An enormous four poster bed caught my attention straight away when I first walked in and I've been sat nervously on it since.

Occasionally I heard the odd muffled raised voice which I assumed was Draco from his...rather out of control anger outbursts but slowly they became less frequent until they were no more. I eventually heard footsteps banging there way up the stairs, the thought of it being Lucius sent my stomach into complete knots.

"Hi" He somehow looked more gorgeous every time I saw him. Even in his slightly dishevelled state, he looked...amazing.

"Hi, care to join." I patted the bed underneath me.

"Yes I would." He strolled towards me, slowly unbuttoning his shirt to the lower of his chest. The smirk that reached his face told me he knew exactly what he was doing.

"Quite the tease Mr. Malfoy." I knew that whatever had happened downstairs had to of gone ok otherwise Draco wouldn't look the way he did right now.

"Oh you haven't seen anything yet.." he pressed his fists down onto the bed causing the tendons of his hands to magnify with strength, his body was leant forward slightly, allowing me to have a view of his body. Even though I had felt his torso through his clothes, been pressed up against him. I had never seen his flawless skin, I felt myself staring which in turn sent a heat to my cheeks.

"See something you like Ivy." My chest felt heavy, my eyes fixated on him.

"Get here now." The confidence spiralled around me. The desire my body had for him boosted through my ego.

"As you command Miss. Drayheart." I watched him pull his wand from his pocket, I panicked for a moment remembering the rules of performing magic but instantly my stomach settled knowing that for whatever reason this wouldn't apply to Draco.

"Muffliato"