The Father's Journal

Part 36 - Quiet Life

Slowly Serenity opens her eyes and stretch. She has never felt better. Her father's letter is beside her head, on her bed. Slowly she gets up and looks out her window. It is almost dark. She has to get up and get dinner ready.

Serenity put her father's letter into her purse and walk to the door. Then she froze. Sunlight's ray appears from her window and lit up her room. With this, she knew that she had been sleeping the whole night. This is the morning of the next day. She panicked, thinking of Draco. Did she let Draco starve the whole night? Slowly she walks out and goes to her father's room.

Slowly Serenity opens the door and peers inside. She is startled to see Draco on the bed, sleeping soundly while still wearing the same cloth that he arrive at yesterday. Draco to have slept the whole night. She comes closer to look at Draco. His face has some colour on it compared to yesterday and he looks peaceful. Feeling guilty, she takes off both of Draco's shoes and pulls the blanket onto him.

Quietly she walks out and lets Draco sleep. Her situation is bad but Draco is much worst. At age of sixteen, he had become a Death Eater. Something that he does not want. Then she decides to shower and dress. She heads to the kitchen to have a late breakfast of milk tea and tend to her lilies and other magical plants. After that, she gets back into the kitchen and looks at what she can make for lunch.

Serenity figures Draco will be famished as she is. She knows that he will not complain about her cooking since she learns to cook from his family house elf, Lila. Thinking of Lila, how she misses that house elf. She figures Lila will be so scared if the Dark Lord is staying at the Malfoy Manor. But now Draco is here. This means that her mission is on. She has to protect Draco but she can only be that by being a Death Eater herself.

But it is all easy to say than done though Serenity. How a 'Mud-blood' like herself be a Death Eater? Will her father's contribution and undying loyalty to the Dark Lord be enough to get her in?

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Slowly Draco opens his eyes. He never has felt so relieved for so long. Never thought that the bed that belonged to his teacher is enough to give him the sleep that he wants.

Then Draco frowns. When did he pull the blanket over himself? Slowly he gets up to sit and pulls the blanket aside and he frowns again. Did he take off his shoe before he fall asleep? He signs and puts down his feet and looks out to the window. He startles to see how bright outside. Did he just sleep for the entire night?

Draco brushes off his thought and gets up to clean himself up. Snape's bathroom plus toilet is standard size, almost the same at the school. He signs. Who is he to complain anyway? He just gets in and takes a shower. After he has done it, he put on his summer clothing and walks out. He saw that Serenity's room door is wide open. He walks and looks inside. He rise his eyebrows.

Just a standard bed, wardrobe, study table, a bird cage for her owl and of course, all of the walls of her room are covered by a bookshelf that is full of books. Draco smirk, this room does speak Serenity Snape out loud. He shakes his head, thinking that his room back at the Malfoy Manor is far fancier than this. He smile slightly as he think of what he knew about Serenity.

Draco has heard that Serenity gets all Outstanding in her final exam in the sixth year Millicent's father, talking to his mother on the last visit to the manor.

"So this is what a bookworm rooms look like" signs Draco as he expected more.

Then his stomach grumbles. Draco has missed last night's dinner and that morning's breakfast. Slowly he makes his way down and the smell of food makes him even more hungry. He walk to the kitchen and saw that Serenity is setting the table and looking at her cooking at the same time.