𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑷𝒀 𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺 | D. Malfoy

chapter ten

Today Draco and I would be attending our first Life Class together. I had to admit that I was slightly nervous because those classes had been horrible with Smith.  But obviosuly I knew Draco was completely different, so I tried to push the unreasonable worry out of my mind.

At breakfast that morning I had tried to eat more than a slice of toast, and I had managed two! I was proud of myself.  Beside me Draco had given me small words of encouragement and my morning was going great. I just hoped the Life Class would also go fine.

We sat in the seats at the back where I had sat with Smith. Morgan, who was sitting in front of us kept on making conversation, glancing at Draco now and then, obviously guilty for not noticing Smith being so difficult and was making up for it by being extra attentive. Once class started Draco and I were given the sheet of questions we had recieved on the first day, since we hadn't yet had those conversation.

"How many children do you wish to have?" Draco read up from the sheet. I waited for him to say something first but he was looking at me expectantly.

"I...well, I never really wanted children, but if I had to have some I'd say two. That is if you want two, if you want more then I guess we can do that, it doesn't matter." I rambled. "You decide." I muttered, fiddling with my sleeve.  I knew that I didn't want more than two children, but I couldn't help but remember how demanding and furious Smith had been when I made a decision during this lesson. I thought it best to let him decide for now.

"I am not the one who decides, Nova. It's your body, you're the one giving birth, if you want one child, one child it is. If you want two, than two it is. I can tell you don't want many so then we wont have many." he said with determination. There was no questioning what he just said. His opinion was made, a lot like Smith's had been, but Dracos opinion was much more favorable.

"...yeah. I guess it is my body...is two children okay, then?" I couldn't get over how relieved I was. I knew what Draco was saying was the norm, its what most people would say or think, but it felt so different from what I had grown used to.

"Of course two is okay. We'll have to come up with some cool celestial names." Draco said with a smirk. I gave him a small smile back and we continued on to the next question.

"Where would you like to live?"  I read up from the sheet. I looked up at Draco, waiting for his answer. 

"I own Malfoy Manor, so we have a house, but it's not the coziest place and it's too big for my liking, so I'm pretty much open as to where we live. Do you have any preferences?" he was looking at me expectantly.

"Oh, well...erm.. I quite like the thought of a smaller house, somewhere not too busy, with a forest or lake or something nearby...but you know, it doesn't really matter."  I added as a second thought, not wanting to decide the entire location of our future home. I looked over at Draco and he seemed quite content with my answer.

"I quite like the thought of a house like that. It doesn't even have to be close to a city because we can always Apperate without and trouble. Great thinking". he said smiling at me, winking in the process. I immediately blushed and looked away from his silvery gaze.  A house like that was something I had dreamed off for a long time. That was how I had imagined her dream house.

"What profession do you see yourself having in the future?"  Draco read up from the sheet with questions. 

"I'm not sure really. I know it wont be easy for me to get a job, I'll probably have to start with something simple, like working in a shop and then gradually earn peoples trust and gain experience. So, it'll probably be a couple years until I get a well paying job" He hesitated, giving me a glance. I nodded, gesturing for him to continue.