thattimeofthemonth | Open RP Post

"Alright, the pickles are keeping you safe for now, Jake," Draco replied more amused then anything.

"I will learn all your secrets soon enough."

"That is a dubious line." Complete with a little pout but it melted into a smile again. "Blessed be the pickles." He smiled and looked back to Jenn. "How's school going, anyway?"

With Jake leaning in, head to head with Draco, Jenn told him some about how school was going, life in the states, and her friends. There was never mention of family.

Quietly, Draco listened to the two talk. He did note that no family was mentioned, but understood why. Still it did bother him a little bit.

He left briefly to go get some more tea and to fill Jake's mug as well. He figured he would allow them some brief time alone.

"Thanks," Jake said as he gave a quick smile to Draco, then looked back to his sister. "We should get going, but I was hoping you two would get to chat."

"I should get going, too. I have class in twenty and I like to be early, even if it's next door. Take care of him, Draco, since I can't be there." She flashed a smile and waved. "Love you, Jake!"

"Love you too. Be safe over there." The sibling love was obvious.

He gave a smile in return. "I'll watch over him," Draco replied in a determined tone. He was slightly envious of the sibling love they had.

"It was a pleasure to meet you, Jenn."

"Likewise," Jenn said before she waved and the call died with that, the video ending.

Jake looked to Draco, smiling so brightly. "That's Jenn. What do you think of her?" There was a little bit of hope in his voice, wanting so badly for Draco's approval.

"She's great. I can see how close the two of you are. I have to admit I'm a little jealous."

Draco replied with a smile. "I'm really glad that you have her. I still think the program is really weird, but I can see how handy it is to have it."

"Sorry, mate, I didn't mean to make your jealous." He shifted his weight so he could use his foot nudge Draco's gently. "I just really wanted you two to meet. You know how much I've been talking about you to her-- none of THAT stuff, though. Promise." He flashed a quick smile. "Good stuff. And I don't see how the programs weird. How do you guys talk long distance, then?"

"No worries. I'm glad you introduced me to her. She is a great person." He then got up from the chair to pull Jake into a hug, now that they were alone once more.

"As for how we communicate? Our fireplaces have multiple purposes. We can use it travel to other places or to communicate with others. You just have to make sure it's on the network. Some people choose not to be." Draco replied.

"...you're telling me Skype is strange and you're then telling me you use fireplaces like telephones." A raised eyebrow, trying to point out in turn how strange that is, but he slid his arms over Draco's hips. "...Careful though or I'll take you right back into the bedroom." A teasing, playful look, stealing a quick kiss.

Okay, he had to admit in the way Jake pointed out it was rather strange and that earned a chuckle. Only he wasn't going to openly admit it. "I did promise that we would finish what we started earlier," Draco replied wit a sly smile.

The chuckle was enough to prove he had gotten his point across. He smiled more at Draco's turn of phrase. "Is that so?" He murmured playfully. "Well then... seems to me like you should make good on that." He very well would let Draco lead the way if he wanted this time, though he knew Draco was still... learning, as it were.

Draco gave a playful tug toward the bedroom. His experience had only been with Pansy and a few one night stands. Jake was first the guy he had ever shown interest in. He was basically relearning everything he had known.

Jake would make sure Draco learned, one step at the time. There was something pleasant about getting to exhaust the other, curled up later against his side, then talk. About whatever came to mind because not there wasn't a giant lie between them. Falling asleep like that was even better, until he had to get up for work. A shower for them both, a walk for Lucky, then a quick question before he left.

"...Dragon, do you have a spell to unlock doors in your arsenal?"

Draco hated the fact that it was time to leave. Even though he hadn't meant to stay as long as he did. He gave a curious glance at Jake with the question.

"I can easily unlock doors, but I would feel as if I'm breaking in." He admitted. "Even if I got past that part you got to break through all the wards put on the house."

"There's no wards here to be had," Jake pointed out, grinning. "I wanted to know if I needed to give you a key or not. I told you, my home is a safe place for you. Always welcomed. If you can pop the door open, that'll do." He smiled just a bit more. "Unless you want a physical key, just have to wait until I can get one."

"I wouldn't mind a physical key. This means a lot to me." Draco replied with a wide smile. His whole face lit up at the news. "But for now I can settle on using a spell to unlock it."

He loved when he could get that smile out of Draco. He stole another kiss, then squeezed one more time before he pulled back. "Get here by five Friday, okay? We'll get picked up, hit up for groceries, then go out to the mountains. Make sure you have everything packed because theres no going back no matter how stupid we are." grin.

"Alright, I will be there at five." He gave a quick kiss in return and then head back to his place leaving Jake at his work place.

A few days later, Draco approached Remus. He had wanted to talk to Remus before hand about the possible idea, but never got that opportunity. They had a long discussion on what to do with the Malfoy Mannor and were finally content on what to do with the place. They allowed him to make the final decision and even though there was some tension about the decision they were okay with it. Now it was just to finalize things.

"Remus?" Draco approached him. "There was something I wanted to discuss with you and I wanted your opinion on it before a final decision was made."

"Draco!" The older man smiled. "I was actually coming to look for you and find out if you were busy tonight." He had that twinkle in his eye, meaning he was up to something. "If you need my help, you know I'll offer it, but I was wondering if you wanted to go out for another round of training tonight. If you aren't going out, of course."

"I wouldn't mind a training session tonight," Draco replied with a grin, quiet excited by the idea. Those training sessions were always fun and he could never expect what would happen with Remus in charge.

He moved to sit down next to Remus. "It's a rather complex situation involving the Malfoy Mannor." Draco stated. He spoke in a more serious manner wanting to let Remus know he wasn't jesting or that it was some trick.

"And a conversation of yours had gotten me thinking. What if the werewolves had a stable place to live? If that would help their situation at all."

"Excellent!" Remus said as Draco agreed. He had really enjoyed being a teacher to his students at Hogwarts, something he missed more than anything minus his friends.

However, when Draco looked so serious, his own seriousness kicked in and he sat down, listening. He could well imagine things were complicated with the old Malfoy Manor. Many wouldn't want it for the connotations it held, many couldn't afford it, and he imagined also that the Malfoys wouldn't want to sell to just anyone.

Then Draco dropped that bombshell. He stared at the young man for several moments before his mouth worked, shut, then he tried again. "...Draco, what are you suggesting?"

"I was thinking that maybe we could offer the Malfoy Mannor as some kind safe haven for the werewolves." Draco quietly replied. He suddenly found it hard to speak it it took a few minutes before he did respond and he spoke in a careful tone.

"You saved my family and myself. It's a debt we can never repay especially with how we treated you before. None of us can return to our home, but we can't kept letting it just rot from not being used either. We thought...that this would be one way to repay you.

We were going to entrust the mannor to you and Tonks."

Remus needed that time to get over his shock. He couldn't believe what Draco was offering them. Tonks had known luxury to some degree (more like what he considered luxury) but he hadn't - he couldn't even imagine what the Manor would be like. What would they do with such a place? Would Tonks even want to live there? Would the Malfoys want it retained as it was? A place for werewolves to truly live? The Manor had grounds, he assumed. Ones they could wall in, or charms, for the wolves to run...

He rubbed his brow because he had a thousand thoughts and questions all at once.

"I.. I never expected to be repaid anything, Draco. I don't want you to believe you owe me anything." But... "This is... An incredible gift to offer. Are you certain you want to give up your home?"

"Yes, we've had a long discussion over it and in the end it was my decision on what to do with it. The Mannor would have went to me." Draco breathed as he shook his head in agreement. It was still hard for him to explain everything knowing how serious this was for both ends of the party.

"It took a while for my parents to accept the possible idea, but it does let the place still be with in the family. The only stipulation was to keep the Mannor as close to it's original design as possible...but it can be updated for things like electricity.

And we really don't want the Daily Prophet turning this into some kind of story and making it a skeptical. The two of you have time to think this over...just know that we aren't expecting anything in return either. It's not some kind of trick."

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