Chapter 21

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 After a trip to Gringots, I drag Lucius into a shop, just outside of The Leaky Cauldron.

 "No." I insist as we walks out of the dressing room in a completely black suit "You can get it if you want, but that's too formal."

 "Then what do you suggest?" he asks, before pointing at my clothes "Leather and restricted pants?"

 "Yes." I smirk, before disappearing into the racks. When I return with an armful of clothing, I hand them to him "Try these on."

 He rolls his eyes and shuts the curtain. Two minutes later, he strolls out in a Hawaiian shirt,  a phadora, and cargo shorts "I feel ridiculous." he frowns.

 I bust out laughing and hold up a hand to tell him to wait. When I run out of air, I fall out of my seat and continue laughing.

 When I finally straighten up and sit back in my chair, I sigh "Okay, I might have thrown that in there for a laugh." He grumbles and walks back into the dressing room.

 "Tell me, this on is a joke too?" he asks through the curtain.

 "No." I state. Moments later, he walks out in a three quarter sleeve dark green v-neck, and black skinny jeans.

 "This is stupid." he frowns and I hold up a finger, before returning to the racks. When I get back, he sighs "Nothing is going to fix this."

 "Just, give me a minute." I demand, before sitting him on the bench and handing him a box of shoes "Put these on."

 As he puts them on, he grumbles under his breath. Once he's done putting on the dark green trainers, he stands in front of the mirror and sighs "I look even worse."

 "No you don't." I sigh, before forcing him back down on the bench "One last thing." I insist, before pulling his hair back into a bun "Give it a look."

 When he gets to the mirror, he sighs "Okay, maybe it's not so bad."

 "Oh, come on dad! You look completely fine!" I give a weak punch to his arm "Now, we're going to get you a few more outfits like this, and another suit. Then we have to drop our stuff at The Leaky Cauldron."

 He stares at me strangely, an innocent smile covers his face and I frown, before realizing what I said. "Okay." Is all he says and I give him a weak smile.

 "Come along." I sigh, before starting towards the rack.

 When we finally get to the counter, Lucius starts to take out his money, but the cashier stops him "Wizards, witches, and wizard-borns shop free."

 We both stare in confusion "I beg your pardon?" Lucius finally asks.

 "You many leave your belongings in the lockers and be on your way."

 We share a look, before shrugging and heading into the break room.

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 "Where do you want to go?" Lucius asks, as we stroll down the streets of London.

 "Well..." I frown, before shrugging "He needs some new clothes. All of his are three times the size of him."

 "Why is that?" Lucius asks, a perplexed look on his face "With all the fortune his parents left him, you'd think he'd purchase decent clothing."

 "He doesn't get anything that doesn't give someone happiness." I sigh, before waiting behind an open door "His aunt and uncle never bought him anything." I grumble in disgust as we continue "All of his clothes were hand-me-downs from his pig of a cousin."

 "His family can't be as bad as ours." he states and I give him an unconvinced look "What bad harm could those muggles do?"

 "For starters..." I point into a clothing shop and we walk in "After his parents died, he lived in a cupboard under the stairs, until his aunt and uncle gave him his cousin's second bedroom, until the summer before his second year." I sigh "Because he's one of us."

 Lucius frowns as I start to search the racks "That's repulsive." He sighs "But, then again, our kind does the same."

 "They starved him and worked him to the point of exhaustion." I pull out a green, jersey-like, sweater and toss it over my arm "His cousin's gang often jumps him."

 "Yeah, well..." Lucius shrugs "We might have to fix that." I give him a confused look and he smiles "I'll tell you later."

 With a reluctant shrug, I start looking again, only to find a the same shirt, in red, and in my size.

 As I look around the shop, I find a sign that reads "Shirt Print."

 "Keep looking, I'll be right back." I demand, before walking towards the counter and sitting down the sweaters.

 "What can I help you with, sir?" the lady behind the counter asks as she straightens them out.

 "Yes, can I get these designed?" she nods and sets two forms in front of me. After I finish filling them out, she smiles.

 "That's actually kinda cool." she grabs the sweaters and hands them to her coworker "What is this for?"

 "My roommate and I are having a Christmas get-together with my boyfriend and his two friends." I smile.

 "Oh." she smiles "So, are you Potter, or Malfoy?"

 "Malfoy." I sigh, before clearing my throat "How long until those are done?"

 She looks back to her coworker, before declaring "They'll be done by eight." I give a short thanks, before walking back to Lucius.

 "Tell me you don't have anything to do today?" I ask and he shakes his head "Good, because we have to stay in London until eight."

 "Well..." he checks his watch "What are we going to do for the next three hours?"

 "We can finish up here, then we can eat." I think for a second, before continuing "Harry told me about the cinema? It takes about an hour and a half."

 "Alright." Lucius nods, before sighing "Do you see anything else?"

 I shake my head and we leave. As we walk down the street, I stop in front of a jewelry store as I see a men's necklace in the window "It that the one?"

 "I-" I frown, before starting towards the door "Maybe."

 As I walk up to the counter, a man asks if he can help up "Yes, that diamond necklace in the window, you wouldn't happen to have it in a H and a D?"

 He shrugs, before pulling out a box and looking through it "We have two of them." he nods and I look to Lucius.

 "If you want it. There's one for the both of you." He state and I smile, before he turns to the jeweler "Give us both of them, please."

 As he hooks the silver necklace to the design, he turns to me "Would you like yours now?" I nod and he hands it to me.

 After I put it on, I look down on at the charm. It's an H, attached to the D by the right line. The two spots where the H and D connect, hold two diamonds.

 "This is perfect." I smirk, before placing it until my shirt to feel the cold metal.

 After he bags the other necklace box, he hands me the bag and Lucius pays.

 After he's done, we walk out of the shop and start down the street again "Where do you want to eat?"

 "There's a pub a couple of blocks away that I used to eat at." he shrugs and we turn a corner.

 When we stop in front of the pub, my eye catches on the shop a few doors down "Go in and order me the biggest, cheesiest, meatiest burger with a side of chips, mac and cheese, and green beans. I'll be back."

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