Sarah Beth~
"Oh, the Zoo! I want to go to the zoo!" Eleanor exclaimed, her eyes lit up with excitement. Besides her, Mr. Lucius shook his head. I was talking to them through the Floo Network.
"Shush, Elle. You know you're not allowed to go to the Zoo again."
"Not THAT zoo!"
"I'm not letting you back into any Zoo. You'll just pick out an animal you fancy and try to take it home with you, and we just can't deal with that at the moment. Besides, they asked if Scorpius wanted to go, not you."
"Oh, I don't mind if Ellie comes with us!" I smiled. I knew how much Elle loved animals. It might be good for her to go out and about.
"No, trust me, you mind. But I have not problem with Scorpius going. What about you?" Mr. Lucius replied, looking to his daughter-in-law.
"I guess, although you are being mean and not letting me go. What time are you leaving?"
"Well, we were wanting to head out at ten."
"Ten? Alright. I'll wake him up and get him ready. Would you like me to bring him over around nine forty? Nine forty five?"
"Yes," I nodded, "That sounds fine. We're picking Ben up at nine and-"
"Ben? The little twerp that hurt my little Scorpy!?" Elle was all over it. I stiffened.
It was decided a week ago that I would take Ben to the Zoo. Actually, I wanted to go to the Zoo, and Ashley told Jeff. Ben overheard and wouldn't shut up until Ashley agreed to take him. Not wanting to spend a while day with just Ben, I decided to invite Scorpius as well. I also hoped that maybe they could make up and everything would be better since the last time they met. After all, Ben had been behaving better since Scorpy gave him the black eye.
"Well, yes, but this will be better. The animals will distract them. They will be angels, I swear!"
"Well... Okay. If you promise.... but if there is one scratch on Scorpius, I-"
"That's enough, Eleanor." Mr. Lucius interrupted before she could let out a river of obscenities. "Go tell Draco what is going on and get Scorpius ready, okay?"
"Yes, Lucius." She obediently got up and went through the house. Lucius looked at me, dead on.
"Please make sure he stays safe? She can't handle another nervous breakdown this week. She's already had to visit Mungo's once."
"He will be, I promise. Oh, by the way. When she brings Scorpius, can you make sure she doesn't Floo or Apparate into the house? Ben's a Muggle and we can't have him knowing we're Wizards."
"That is fine. I will Apparate her outside the house with Scorpius. How does that sound?"
"Perfect. Tell Elle and Scorpy I'll see them soon. Bye!"
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After Flooing the Malfoy's I woke up Ashley and had him get ready. Then, after eating breakfast, had him drive to get Ben. Jeff must have given him a good talking to, because he was pretty well behaved compared to how he usually acted. He was very talkative all the way back, asking about the animals and what he would see. Apparently, his mother had never taken him to the zoo before, so he was very excited to go.
We took them back to our house and sat on the couch, waiting for Elle and Mr. Lucius to come with Scopious. As we waited I turned on some cartoons, which Ben and I both watched with heavy interest. After watching for about thirty minutes, there was a knock on the door.
