Well, I won't call you that, and I don't know about Draco.  What he did to Harry was really horrible, and some people might find it unforgivable.  That's okay...not everyone has to like Draco, that's fine.  I do feel some sympathy for him, but he has a long way to go.  I'm not trying to make you or anyone else change their minds about Draco, really, but a thought crossed my mind that I would just like to say.  I'm presuming that lots of people here like Severus Snape and feel that he deserved a chance to be redeemed and have a chance at a better life, but let's not forget that Snape was a true Death Eater for a time in his life and during that time, I believe he also did some pretty horrible things to innocent people.  But he did come to see that he was wrong, to feel remorse, and to want to make up for that.

Now, Draco has not gotten to that point, I admit.  Right now he is still self-centered and hasn't really come to feel remorse for harming Harry.  But I don't think he would have cast the slavery spell if he had known what he was doing.  Notifying the newspaper was a terrible thing to do, no denying it and like I said, some would say unforgivable.  I see it more as Draco, in the midst of great pain, turmoil, and anger, lashing out, having a lack of impulse control, and not thinking things through at all.  Should he go to Azkaban or receive some other type of punighment?  How hardened is Draco?  Could he learn to feel empathy?  How?  Does he deserve the chance to be redeemed and become a different type of person, or should he just be punished and taken out of the story?  People are going to have different answers to those questions, and I know that not everyone will like my plans for the rest of the story.  But it has been planned for two years now.  I had Draco's fate planned before I began writing SC, and I think it would ruin the story to make such a major change now.  The only thing I will say for certain is that Severus is not going to adopt Draco, and he will not become part of the family.

As for Narcissa, she certainly was not a nice person, and I find it hard to feel a lot of sympathy for her too.  Overall, she was a big failure as a mother, but in the end she did try to save her son. 

Thanks again!

>>>I want to hear them talk at dinner.

Well, you just might get to in the next chapter, lol!  Thank you, and I'm glad you made it to work on time. 

Thanks, I'm glad you like it so much!  Well, I had only originally had the four chapters when I started uploading them here, now I've got the fifth worked out, but it still needs tweaking.  I'm sorry, but I'm quite slow at writing, too.  With college and the end of the semester coming up, papers to write, and this, I'll type as much as I can when the mood strikes me.

Oh, next chapter is one big Severus-Harry interaction.  I'm pretty sure you'll really like it, if you've liked the story so far, but you'll have to wait a bit.  Sorry.

But thank you for reviewing, and I'll try to type as much as I can!