Drarry : A Snake Life

Chapter 38 - Home sweet home

"Harry."

Loosing my attention from the brushes that are flying around the place, I turn my head towards the door of the living hall. Draco points his head through the door.

"Weasley and his mom should arrive pretty soon and my mom will be there in a minute. Are you done?" (I open my mouth to answer to him, but he frowns.) "What is Mini Me doing out of your room?"

I caress the head of the snake with the tip of my index finger. The reptile is laying on my shoulders. The name of my viper is not fully decided yet. Sometimes it's Mini Malfoy, Mini Me, Minnie, Baby Malfoy or Baby. It's hard to choose one.

"She was bored" I plead. "She wanted me to show her the place a little."

He snorts, not convinced at all.

"Yeah, sure... She rather wanted to stay with you! That thing is so clingy!"

"I'm sure he is complaining again because I'm with you!" the snake hisses ironically.

Amused, I shake my head.

"Don't be jealous... I'll put her back inside her terrarium as soon as I'll be done here."

"Who's jealous?!" he snarls, leaving the room in a storm. "And bring her back to your room! The smell of the paint is too strong for her!"

I giggle and keep focusing on the brushes that are swirling around the place. The colour of the paint is 'pearl', or 'sand', or something. Hermione choose it and I have to confess I wouldn't dare interfere with her decisions about the decoration of the house –even if it's about the common spaces. I continue to pet the head of my snake.

Even if she is venomous, the headmistress agreed to let me keep Mini Me. I had to keep her inside a cage in the Gryffindor dormitory, but she stayed with me. We get along pretty well, it's rather funny to be able to understand her. She's witty and can be sassy sometimes, especially when she talks about Draco. She's possessive with me –and he doesn't like that.

We discovered she was a female the first time I took her to the vet. It was a bit of a shock! I've always assumed the viper was a male. Oddly, it made Draco furious for a while. I still remember one of our conversations...

"I can't believe I've been hanging around as a girl!"

"Come on, you were in a snake body! The last of your concern should be its gender!"

The door bell rings, I come back to Earth. I make the brushes slow down. Perfect, the living hall is almost finished, the new furniture will be delivered tomorrow. The 12 Grimmauld Place will be a nice house to live.

I step into the entrance to greet our guests, Draco is already opening the door.

"Hi, good afternoon Mrs Weasley, Ronald" he says.

"Good afternoon!"

"Hey" my mate lets out. "I've brought my last stuff."

Draco nods.

"My mom is bringing my suitcases today, I'll bring my bed and books next week."

"Hi Mrs Weasley, Ron" I say over Malfoy's shoulder. "I'll bring the snake upstairs and I'll come back."

"Hi Baby" Ron waves towards the snake.

"What does the boy say?" she asks, curious.

"He's greeting you."

"How nice."

Dashing away, I ascend the stairs two at a time. I walk to my room and open the lid of the terrarium.