Pureblood (Lucius Malfoy) *COMPLETED*

CHAPTER 9 - PROMISES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN

"Our every moment, I start to replay. But all I can think about is seeing that look on your face."

I'm laid on Draco's bed, watching him silently as he strokes his chin in pretentious thought. I frown, reaching for a pillow and launching it at his head. "Ow! What was that for?"

"I mean it Draco. We only have one night left before we go back to Hogwarts and we haven't done anything even remotely fun." He ponders for a moment, his face lighting up.

"We went ice skating."

"2 weeks ago!"

"But how is that my fault?"

"Because of you and your stupid work!"

He sighs in defeat and I can see the guilt in his face. Us going ice skating 2 weeks ago and our shopping trip, were the only times we had done anything together these Christmas holidays. We had been given extra time off by Snape - surprisingly - since the school was much different now. Since Dumbledore's death, a lot of people took it hard. Including Draco, one time I even caught him crying in the bathrooms which really shocked me but it was understandable. Since the Carrows had arrived or any other death eater decided to pop in, I really hadn't wanted to stay. And believe me, being best friends with Harry Potter certainly didn't help my case. But I knew what it would like - a ministry member's daughter leaving school early. No matter what the cause, it would bring shame to my family, Draco was the same which is why we stuck together so closely at school. Thankfully, we were treated better for being Slytherins but it hurt even more when having to watch a gryffindor get beaten for no reason. I had managed to stop it on quite a few occasions, but when I wasn't there...

I change my way of thoughts, not wanting to dwell on the subject no more when an even worse thing comes to mind - Lucius.

It's been a week since Lucius's disappearance and our moment in the library. It was killing me to think he had left me like that but when I asked Draco, he merely told me he was away for business. I had understood - business clearly meant a lot for this family - but he didn't say goodbye. No letter, no surprise visit - no goodbye. Immediately, my hand flies to my necklace, fiddling with it as I start to worry about him. I hadn't at all expected him to leave so suddenly, and when I didn't see him at breakfast that morning, or meet him in the library, I decided to search the house, too cautious to ask where he was. When I noticed he wasn't in his room, or this study or the library, I had felt a big ball of dread starting to grow in my stomach, and each second without him, it was getting bigger. When I noticed he wasn't at dinner, I had surprisingly started to feel stupid for worrying so much. Maybe he was just busy. But then, he wasn't at breakfast the next day. Or the next, and I was immediately put off my food, forcing me to put me out of my misery and ask Draco. "I don't know, and frankly, I don't care. He's probably just away... For work."

That's all I had gotten from him and I knew it was all he would say. I had pretended to not care, but inside, I was panicking as his words replayed over and over in my head.

You'll always have me.

He had promised. Promised he wouldn't leave me. In this world, I only had one person I really trusted - Draco. But knowing that I could have had another, someone who had grown to mean so much to me in the past 2 weeks, it made me happy. As the days went on, I tried my hardest not to think of Lucius. And when I did, I made sure it was good things, reassurance that he would be back and he would hold me in his arms and tell me he was sorry for leaving. But as the hours stretched on, it seemed unrealistic that that was ever going to happen. My feelings for him were clear, now that he was gone. It was clear how much I missed him. I had had boyfriends in the past - but I never felt this way about any of them. I bite my lip as I think about what this could mean. Whatever it was, it wasn't good.