[4] UNREQUITED ENEMIES ━ Draco Malfoy

01. It Suits You

ONE IT SUITS YOU

Xander loved doing his school shopping for many reasons. Part of it was because it was the first time he got to really hang out with Diana before school started since they were so far away from each other. It didn't help that Diana had apparently spent the summer holidays in America, traveling all over the country squeezed in the back of her parents' muggle car with all of her older brothers. He was jealous and he wasn't at the same time. He also liked school shopping this year in particular because his older sister was in town. Alecks was quite the witch if Xander had ever known one -- graduating Hogwarts before disappearing off to Los Angeles to become a muggle actress. A quite good one, at that. Then, she came home five years later with a ring on her finger, an Oscar (Whatever that was, he never understood the muggle pop-culture his mother was always going on about), and a wife by her side. Given his mum quite the shock, but she got over it. This year, Alecks had insisted on having her and Josefine (Jo, for short, she always said her full name made her feel like she was eighty) take him to Diagon Alley since their mother had to work and hadn't had the chance yet.

"The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 6, Advanced Potion Making, Confronting the Faceless -- Funky -- A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration, Advanced Rune Translation, and Flesh Eating Trees of the World? What have they been teaching you guys since we left? This shit sounds weird," Alecks mused as she perused over the list of books as they entered the shop.

"This place is crazy," Jo commented as she looked around in marvel. Of course, when they got married, Alecks told her the truth about being a witch, but this was the first time she actually got to visit a magical place that wasn't the Sakai household. "You guys do this like every year? You get to come here?"

Xander nodded as he looked around the aisles for the books he needed, snatching the list back from Alecks who pouted, "Yup, this is my second to last time, though. Weird to think about, huh? Alecks, how did you feel once you started realizing you were graduating soon?"

The woman shrugged, tossing her long black hair over her shoulder, "I dunno, I wanted to get the hell out of there. No offense if you like it, magic just wasn't my thing."

"How could it not be your thing? This is awesome," the curly-haired woman remarked, grabbing her wife around the waist as they walked. "I can't believe this is your life. So sick."

Xander didn't have any problems with Jo, in fact, he thought she was cool as hell. He did think her accent was funny, though. He just couldn't believe Alecks would marry an American. "You know you have places like this in the States, too, right? I had a pen pal that goes to Ilvermorny."

"What the fuck is Ilvermorny?" Jo exclaimed as her fingers brushed over the spines of the spellbook. He wondered what it might be like to grow up without magic. It was unfathomable to him because even after his father died, his mother made sure they would always know the power they held. There were no surprises when he got his letter at eleven and there were no surprises even now. Magic twisted its way through his life the same way blood pumped through his veins.