Ministry Law (Draco Malfoy)

Chapter 8

The next two days passed by quickly and before we knew it Friday had come about. The week was spent really taking the time to get to know Draco a little better. You can only learn so much about a person in such a little time, but I was confident that no matter how much time we spent together, getting married to someone I had just met that year would never be easy. We sat in our counseling class waiting for Professor Mcgonagall to arrive.

"Class I know Monday morning you will all be making your decisions about your matches. I want you to spend this class discussing with each other what you see the future being like. Think about how you picture your future marriage. Once the class is over you may leave." She sat at her desk allowing us to spend this time finding out if our ideas of marriage matched.

"So, would you like to go first?" Draco asked.

" I think we were raised relatively similar. I know I was always taught that as a lady I should grown up to be a wife and mother. I was going to run a household and that was all. I would be happy to stay home with my children, but I don't think my parents idea of running a household and mine are the same. I won't be leaving the raising of my children to house elves. I don't want them to feel like I don't love them as much as I do or feel like they have these ridiculous expectations on them. I want to really be involved in raising my children and teaching them to be beautiful human beings. However, I also don't mind the idea of not staying home to take care of the house or children. As long as I keep my kids feeling happy and safe that has always been my only wish for my future."

"You are right, we were raised the same in that sense. My mother stayed home and raised me. It is why I have always been so much closer to my mother. That and my father being angry and belittling me on every occasion," At the pain in his voice while speaking about his father, I grabbed Draco's hand. Giving it a light squeeze, I listened while he carried on, " I want to work in the Ministry or maybe go into alchemy, but the fact is that I really don't have to work if I want to be home with my family. The idea of my children having a relationship with their mother and hopefully me like I had with my mother or even hopefully better is my biggest wish for the future." I smiled releasing his hand, but Draco only grabbed my hand again placing our entwined hands on his thigh.

" I don't think many of our classmates had upbringings that shaped them so completely like ours did. I think that I do however want to mention something about future children and preface by asking you to please not get mad. I don't mean this to be presumptuous."

"Persephone, it's okay. Go on" he gave me a small hesitant smile.

"Okay. I know some of how you used to behave towards other students and anything muggle related. I understand your upbringing better than most and so I understand you were parroting what you had been told your whole life. I have seen no inclination that those ideals have carried on after the war so I am not saying this to be spiteful, simply in the chance that you still believe as they did as a forewarning about my hopes for our future children. I don't want our kids to learn those beliefs of our parents. I don't want them to feel such hatred towards a group of people simply for being different than them. I had that turned on me in a small degree when I was sorted into a house other than Slytherin and realized how much worse those that were the target of our families beliefs must feel than I did in that moment. I..." My eyes had been glued to my lap afraid Draco might take offense to what I said or feel differently than I did.

A small squeeze on my hand made me turn my gaze to our entwined hands and when his other had directed my face to look up into his eyes I was surprised to find him smiling. "You don't need to feel badly for bringing it up. Had someone who was not raised the same brought it up it may have struck a different chord, but I understand what you are saying and no I never did really believe as they raised me too, but you know it is hard to go out of your way to disappoint your parents, especially when you are young." We smiled at each other. "I know you are going to talk with your brother after class, but can we spend tomorrow together? First day of the weekend, just doing nothing."

I laughed at the suggestion, but nodded and said, "Of course we can. That sounds lovely."

"Great meet me up on the seventh floor by the staircase at 10?" I nodded before we sunk back into conversations. We spent the remainder of class talking about whether or not the other classmates matches surprised us and why before packing up and going separate ways.

I was waiting in the abandoned classroom for an hour reading in the quiet space to pass the time. Finally the door creaked open and my brother smiled at me sitting against the wall. I put my book back in my bag and patted the seat next to me.

Theo slowly walked over and slid down the wall to sit beside me before he spoke.

"I hear from Draco that things seems to be going well. Given the circumstances, he seems quite happy. How are you feeling?" He looked concerned. I was unsure if it was in fear I was unhappy or in fear for what he knew I wanted to talk about.

"Happy. You know I had my eye on Draco before any of this, but he was your friend and you didn't want them to know. On top of that, he's been sweet to me. We both knew that choosing who we wanted wasn't in our cards. That was one thing I would not dare to go against with our parents. This way, they get what they want in us being with pure-bloods, but it is also us being matched with someone we had interest in. Though the idea that my future husband messed around with my future sister-in-law is not my favorite thought. How are you feeling?" I giggled when the shock that I knew registered on Theo's face.

"Draco told you?"

"Yeah we talked about our past.... relationships or flings. He asked and we both know I don't care to hide things, so I asked as well. I was only slightly surprised to find out you had forgiven him for hooking up with the girl you were completely infatuated with, but that's your forgiving heart. Now really, how are you?"

"I'm actually really good. We already technically knew each other so I knew how I felt about her. It's just reality now. She seems happy too, but we only have two more days really to decide. I want her to be happy." I nodded smiling at him, but he sighed. "I know you are trying to be respectful of my feelings and put off what you want to say Pers, just do it."

"Okay, look. I know you want to respect mother's wishes, and I know you both are thinking that waiting is smart because you will have a higher chance of being happy together if you have more time together before you are married, but think about this before you really decide. Either way, you only have until next December to knock her up Theo. You give yourselves have the amount of time if you decide to wait until summer. Half! Theo do you realize how hard it can be for women to get pregnant. Not always. Some are lucky. For many women it takes years to get pregnant and some are unable to at all. I don't know yet what the consequence is for not meeting that requirement, but whether it is bad for Daphne and I or for both spouses, you shouldn't put yourselves in the position to have a small shot. I won't push you too get married next week, but I know I will be telling Draco how I feel and why I feel that way."

"I didn't know that. We are so young they can't expect us to know that. It is so much to think about, but I promise I will. I just really don't want mother to be disappointed."

"Thee, she knows this is our decision and she knows this is hard on us. She may not be perfect, but she isn't dad. She is going to be okay and she will still love us no matter what we choose. Talk to Daphne. It's for both of you to decide and what ever you do choose, just know I love you so much and I hope it all works out." I smiled at my twin and kissed his forehead before I left the quiet room to give him space.

Today had been a long day, I decided to go to sleep early so I could rest and wake up early tomorrow.