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The Ghost Of Malfoy Manor COMPLETE	By : Talented_Mrs_Lupin Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Lucius/Hermione Views: 17335 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Harry Potter and make no money off of this, it's only fanfiction.

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A/N: I don’t own the song ‘Why’ by Jason Aldean. I make no money off of it, it just fit the chapter.
Lucius sat in his study with a large drink in his hands. He was already on his third tumbler of brandy and watching the fire climbing higher and higher in the fireplace while hating himself more and more. Severus’s ghostly form was pacing back and forth mumbling to himself while Draco looked out the window watching the full moon brighten the back yard. He sighed and shook his head to himself, while Snape was angry Draco was resigned and not surprised in the least. If he were able to he’d be sobbing on the floor as it became apparent that he would never leave the house.
“I just want you to…dramatic pause” Severus repeated for the thousandth time “Leave and have a wonderful life?!”
“I know” Lucius said knocking back the last part of his drink and pouring another “I know, Severus I know”
“Have a nice life, Hermione?!” Severus snapped “You are aware that your heart has been with that girl for months, right?”
“Yes, Severus” Lucius snapped “But I am not going to subject that poor girl to living her life with a broken, bitter old man like me. For once I’m able to do the right thing and damn it, Severus…I will suffer if I need to”
“But why do you need to?” Draco asked suddenly “What is so wrong with being happy?”
“I…” Lucius started before he growled out something unintelligible and left the room, Severus looked at Draco and shook his head before he disappeared from the room.
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Hermione had been so sure that he was going to tell her that he loved her…or at least liked her. But then he practically kicked her out of his life, told her goodbye (not in so many words) and turned and went to his room. She was pacing her bedroom in a confused state, she had no idea what she had been expecting really. He was at least twenty-five years older than she was, more experienced than she was and had seen the world when she’d only dreamed about doing that. She wasn’t good enough for him. She had always known that but it seemed to be getting more and more ingrained in her mind the longer she stayed at the manor.
“Aww” She heard a baby voice say from across the room and she turned, her eyes wide as she stared at the ghost before her “Is the wittle mudblood finally realizing what she is?”
“Bellatrix LeStrange?” She whispered “No” Hermione shook her head even as the lump in her throat got bigger “You can’t be here…you died in the school”
“I was there, mudblood” She explained as if still confused by it herself “Then I was here in the manor…watching you and my disgusting, muggle loving brother-in-law making lovey faces at each other” She looked horrified “I’m happy to see that he’s finally realized that you’re a mudblood and decided to no longer have filth on his hands”
“I don’t know what you think you saw” Hermione seethed “But we never made “lovey-faces” at one another, you crazy bitch!”
“Hermione?” Draco said appearing in the room next to her, she looked around and found that the crazy death eater was gone “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine” She answered and walked over to the closet and started to pull out some clothes to pack up “I’m going to Harry’s apartment, I’ll figure something out later”
“Please don’t go” Draco pleaded “Please, Scorpius needs you…”
“Stop using him against me” Hermione hissed at the ghost before her “Stop saying that he needs me because he doesn’t. He needs a good home which he’s got, food on the table which he has, friends which he has now and will have the older he gets…he doesn’t need a mudblood to play nanny or housekeeper or….”
“Or be his mother?” Draco asked “What happens if he doesn’t have a mother?”
“He’ll have your father” Hermione answered as she shoved stuff in to her bag “That’s all he needs”
“It’s the wee hours of morning…just…wait” Draco begged.
It's 3 AM and I finally say

I'm sorry for acting that way

I didn't really mean to make you cry

Oh baby, sometimes I wonder why
Hermione was walking down the stairs wearing a pair of yoga pants and a tank top. She was being as quiet as possible because she knew that if she saw him again she wouldn’t be able to be strong anymore. She’d just made it to the second floor when Lucius stepped out of the shadows looking at her. He looked tormented, his grey eyes, which always looked haunted, looked even more haunted than normal. His blonde hair was messy and it looked like maybe he been pulling it or had just woken up and needed to talk to her. She stopped and looked in to his face with a sigh, Harry always said that she had a need to take care of people so every time she wanted to hold him she assumed it was because of that. But now she knew why it was, she loved him or liked him she wasn’t entirely sure, he was a complete git sometimes but the thought of being without him scared her.
“Don’t go” He whispered brokenly “I lied”
“Stop” Hermione said to him “Just…stop. You are so confusing. I don’t understand you at all”
“I know” He whispered “I don’t understand myself at all anymore…but I know that I don’t want you to leave me”
Why does it always have to come down

To you leaving

Before I'll say 'I love you'

Why do I always use the words

That cut the deepest

When I know how much it hurts you

Oh baby why, do I do that to you
Hermione’s heart pounded in her chest as she looked at him. Here he was again telling her that he wanted her to stay but what would he do in the morning, would he tell her to leave again. Was this how it was going to be between them? Was she going to be his…his what…they’d never had sex so she wasn’t his whore so what was she to him? She looked at him for a moment and shook her head again, leaning against the wall she let her bag drop to the floor with a sigh. She was confused. He looked at her and for once she could see that he too was confused and for some reason that made her feel better.
“I’m addicted to you” He admitted quietly “I think, it’s…” He let the ‘s’ hiss for a moment “Hard to consider being in this manor alone with no one other than the house-elves and Scorpius for company…it would be lonely”
“Then move” Hermione gave a half-hearted joke “Maybe you won’t be lonely in another manor home”
“My heart will be lonely if you leave” Lucius said hating himself for the display of weakness and yet it felt right “I’m not young enough for you, I am bitter and I won’t be able to compete with men your age but I would like to try…I could be in love with you but really how are we going to figure that out if we don’t try?”
I know I'd never let you walk away

So why do I push you 'til you break

And why are you always on the verge of good-bye

Before I'll show you how I really feel inside
Hermione walked over to him and glared, she raised her hand to smack him and from the way he turned his head slightly she could tell he was expecting it. Instead, she ran her fingers through his hair and down to his shoulders watching his eyes focus on hers while she touched him. She hated him for making her even want to stay and yet she was flattered that he wanted her. She really needed to talk to Ginny and Luna, that was the first thing on her list of things to do in the morning. She looked over at her bag on the floor and glared at it as if it had made the decision for her.
“I will stay tonight” She told him “In my own room. I will go and visit Ginny and Luna and talk with them and if I’ve made a decision by then I will come and talk to you in your study but please” She put her hand on his cheek and he leaned in to her touch “Don’t bother me about this until I am ready”
“I won’t” He promised.
Why does it always have to come down

To you leaving

Before I'll say 'I love you'

Why do I always use the words

That cut the deepest

When I know how much it hurts you

Oh baby why, do I do that to you
Hermione walked to the end of the hallway hating herself with each step, not away from the manor but closer to her bedroom. She got to the foot of her stairs and looked up them sighing and wondering if Bellatrix would be awaiting her when she got back to her bedroom. She looked back at the blonde man watching her walk away and she thought that maybe she should tell him about the newest ghost but decided against it. She knew a spell that would keep out all ghostly visitors while she was asleep, so it would only be her waking hours that she would need to worry about. She started up the stairs before turning back to him, he was a little closer but not on the stairs, instead he was standing outside of Draco’s bedroom with his hand on the door handle.
“I don’t wish to have you suddenly change your mind” Hermione told him “Because if it happens again then I won’t even entertain the idea of staying here anymore”
“Would it please you if I had this room cleaned” He asked as if not hearing what she said “Had Draco’s things moved in to a storage bedroom and then had the same done to Narcissa’s?”
“I don’t want you to get rid of Draco’s things” She told him “That is his bedroom and…”
“I was hoping” He said, cutting her off “That if you decide to stay that you could move in to my room…and I wanted to move Scorpius in to Draco’s old room”
“Are you sure?” She asked “I think you should think about it a little more”
Why do I always use the words that cut the deepest

When I know how much it hurts you

Oh baby why, do I do that to you

Why do I do that to you
They went to their separate rooms to think things over but Hermione couldn’t get his words out of her mind anymore. He wanted her to move in to his bedroom, maybe he was in shock or something and he didn’t really mean any of that. However, after casting her paranormal protection spell, taking a quick shower and getting in her pajamas and even as she fell asleep she knew that he was being honest.
A/N: Please review!! I love this song by the way.
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