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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
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Hermione sat on the couch in the formal sitting room and waited with Lucius. They had heard the Floo network come to life in the receiving room and now waited as Harry made his way slowly to the sitting room. He walked in holding a bag that most likely had nappies in it, bottles and anything else one might need for a baby. Then Ginny came around the corner and in her arms was a sleeping baby with white blonde hair. Hermione stood and immediately held out her arms to take the burden from the redhead. When he was put in to her arms he fussed a little and shook his tiny fists at her but settled down when she started to rock back and forth.
“He looks just like Draco did when he was that age” Lucius said “What should we name him?”
“Granger” Draco said from the doorway “I want to name him Scorpius”
“Draco wanted to name him Scorpius” Hermione said “I think we should honor that, he is, after all, Draco’s son”
“Scorpius Draconis Malfoy” Lucius said “Named by and for his father” He took the baby when Hermione handed him over and she went over to walk Ginny and Harry to the receiving room.
“We need time to get to know him” Hermione explained “We need some time to think things through and discuss what needs to be done in the future, surely you understand”
“Okay” Harry looked confused “But what does that have to do with you at all?”
“I will be taking care of Scorpius as well” Hermione pointed out.
“Is he going to use you as a free nanny?!” Harry started to get very angry and tried to head back to the sitting room.
“No, Harry” She said “I told him that I would stay here and help him in anyway possible”
“I feel I should tell you…” Ginny said flushing slightly “Mum told me that dad told her that people in the ministry have been talking…”
“About?” Hermione led.
“You and Mr. Malfoy” Ginny said “They’re saying that you two are…you know…having a relationship and I was curious, are you?”
“No, Ginny” Hermione pinched the bridge of her nose “We are not. I am merely living here while I study at University, why is this such a big deal?!”
“It’s just not done” Ginny said “Luna and Ron aren’t looked down upon for not being married because they live with us and we are like their chaperones but there is no one here with you two” She looked a little lost “People are assuming, since he is a pureblooded wizard from an old magical family, that you two have secretly gotten married”
“Why would they think that?” Hermione asked, she was annoyed because he had never mentioned this to her before.
“Because” Ginny said “It would be one thing if Narcissa was alive and living here and you lived here, the most society would think is that you were his mistress which is perfectly okay in this world amongst these types of families” She squeezed her shoulder “But for you to live here and not be married…it’s just a subject to gossip about”
“Well thank you for telling me” She smiled “I will keep it in the back of my mind”
“Goodnight” Ginny said and both she and Harry hugged her before leaving.
~~~//~~~
Lucius spent most of the night in the nursery with Scorpius and Draco’s ghost stayed with them watching happily as the two bonded. Hermione, with her mind full of what Ginny told her, retired to her rooms. She sat on her bed and looked around, she promised Lucius that she would stay and help him with the baby but now…what did people think was going on here? She sighed and raised her eyes when she heard another sigh that was not her own and found Narcissa sitting at her vanity.
“I am jealous” Narcissa said to her own reflection
“Because you don’t get to know your grandson?” Hermione asked.
“Because I am quite possibly watching the most romantic love story” She said “And the more romantic it gets the more I fear I won’t be around to see it”
“What do you mean?” Hermione asked though she felt that maybe she already knew what she was saying.
“Don’t lie to yourself, Hermione” Narcissa said looking at her with a pleading stare “You see how he looks at you. You hear how he speaks…he was never like that with me”
“I assure you that I don’t know what you’re talking about” Hermione said crisply.
“I was never equal to Lucius” Narcissa said fixing her hair in the mirror “I am beautiful, good with charms and was a promising Healer before little Draco came in to the picture” She ran her middle finger over her bottom lip “Then I was an amazing party-thrower and made sure that Lucius looked good in front of everyone we meant…but I was never his equal and we both knew it”
“He loves you” Hermione pressed “He has been mourning you for the last year and a half…he’s been nearly catatonic at points and then in tears at other moments wondering if you hate him”
“You misunderstand me” Narcissa stood up and walked closer to her “I love Lucius, I always have even though I had numerous other lovers during our marriage. He loved me as well as he could, but you…” She looked at Hermione like she was a prize to be won “You equal his intelligence, his passion, his drive and everything that makes him amazing can be found in you too”
“What are you saying?” Hermione asked.
“That I think you and my husband will make a wonderful couple someday” Narcissa said “I hope I can be here to see it”
Slowly, Narcissa faded away and left a confused Hermione in her wake. She wasn’t stupid and she knew what the ghost had been getting at but it was completely unheard of. He was a widower and now he was going to be busy raising a baby that would probably end up being just like Draco had been. A little monster. She stood and climbed in to bed deciding that she didn’t want to put up with this day anymore. She pulled the blankets up to her neck and cuddled down and turned out her light, she closed her eyes and forced herself to fall asleep.
~~~//~~~
Grimmauld Place was much brighter than it had been when Sirius had been alive. While Tonks worked as an Auror, Remus had brought the house back to a glamour it had probably never known. He got rid of all the dark objects, spells and curses and made it a family home. He was, much to Harry’s amusement, a house husband but he didn’t seem to mind it anymore. He took work when he was able to and Tonks was very supportive of it but she was perfectly happy with him staying home too. So, he was just creeping out of his now sleeping three year old son, Teddy’s bedroom when he heard a screaming child downstairs. Confused as to who was crying, Remus ran down the stairs to find a flustered looking Hermione standing in the living room with a screaming baby in her arms. He looked at her and threw a silencing charm over the entry way to the living room.
“What is going on?” He asked “Whose baby is that?”
“Scorpius Malfoy” Hermione answered “He’s Draco Malfoy’s son. Was illegitimate but Lucius has taken care of that…is Tonks home?”
“No” He answered “She’s working a twelve hour day, what’s wrong?”
“I don’t know” Hermione sobbed as she plopped down on the couch “He’s been with us for three weeks and he was okay the first week but now all he does is cry and scream” She burst in to tears.
“Okay, okay” Remus picked him up “Well, he needs to be changed right now, that may be some of the problem” She sobbed harder “I’ll do it” She nodded still sobbing and handed over the baby bag she’d brought with her.
“Thank you” She said trying to calm herself down “Lucius has been away all week and I’ve been stuck taking care of him and I didn’t know who to go to…I don’t think I’ve slept more than two hours in three days” She burst in to tears again “I think there’s something wrong with him!”
“You should have brought him to Andromeda as she is a Healer” Remus pointed out “However, I think I know what’s wrong with him”
“What?” She asked.
“He’s teething” He said simply “See” He nodded towards the fact that Scorpius was chewing on his pinkie and had gotten considerably quieter.
“So what do I do?” Hermione asked.
“This” Remus said conjuring up a bottle of muggle whiskey and holding it up for her to see.
“Oh thank you” Hermione took the bottle, opened it and drank straight from the bottle. Remus raised his brows when she was three gulps in and then cleared his throat to get her attention. She looked at him and he grinned, which turned in to a chuckle and then a full out laugh.
“I didn’t mean for you to drink, Hermione” He said when he could calm his laughter enough “It’s for him. You rub it on his gums and it will make him feel better, I’m sure you can brew a potion to make it painless as well but a nice icy toy of some sort will also help”
“Oh” She blushed “Well…that works too”
“Why don’t I rub some on his gums and then see if I can get him to take a nap” Remus offered “You can go up to your old room if you’d like and take a nap”
“Are you sure?” She asked “He’s my responsibility”
“There’s nothing wrong with asking for help and accepting it” He smiled “Go ahead”
“Thank you” She smiled and kissed him on the cheek before going up stairs to get some much needed rest.
Six hours later Hermione stretched and looked around the bedroom that used to be hers when she lived at Grimmauld Place. She looked at the clock once she’d appreciated a good stretching session and then shot up. It was nine at night, she couldn’t believe that she had slept so much and she couldn’t believe that Remus had let her sleep that much. Hermione remade the bed as quickly but as efficiently as possible and then redressed and made her way downstairs and to the kitchen where she heard voices coming from. She walked in to the kitchen and found Teddy sitting at the table eating a cookie while Tonks sat with Scorpius in her arms bouncing him and Remus sat with them talking and laughing. Hermione hadn’t been seen yet so she just stood there enjoying the view of a happy family, something that Scorpius deserved. He needed a mother who knew what the hell she was doing and not some college student who was just trying to finish her education.
“Hey, Sleeping Beauty” Remus greeted “Thought you went in to a coma, how do you feel?”
“I’m okay” She answered “I didn’t realize that you’d know who Sleeping Beauty was”
“I am a half-blood” He reminded her “I have dinner made and put a heating charm over yours”
“I should go…” She started.
“No” He said “You’ve been here for six and a half hours that warrants you dinner” She sat down and he gave her a plate of chicken and vegetables which she dug in to.
“Hungry, Hermione?” Tonks asked with a laugh.
“Horribly” Hermione said “How was Scorpius?” She looked from Remus to Tonks “You really should have woken me up when he got up”
“You were tired and he was perfectly happy playing with Teddy in his room so I didn’t see the harm in letting you sleep” Remus said “Then Tonks came home and fell in to ‘baby fever’ and he’s been in her arms ever since”
“Well” She said “Thank you” She sighed and looked at the baby who was reaching for her and frowned when she saw that.
“What’s wrong?” Tonks asked “He apparently adores you”
“I don’t know what the hell I’m doing” Hermione said brokenly “I can stand it when he cries, I never know what he wants, I just…”
“I know how you feel” Tonks said “Just because you give birth to the child doesn’t mean it just comes to you magically. You learn from mistakes and you learn the different kind of cries they have, from the ones that they do for attention to the ones that actually mean something”
“But he deserves a mother” Hermione said.
“And he has one” Tonks said “Why do you think he doesn’t?”
“I am not married to Lucius Malfoy!” She snapped and Tonks nodded.
“I know you aren’t and I have been telling everyone that” Tonks said “But there are narrow-minded people that just want to see something wrong in everything” She sighed “With me it was the mere fact I was married to a werewolf, then I had a son by a werewolf and now they assume that I myself am a werewolf and they try to get me tested all the time”
“That’s horrible!” Hermione hissed.
“It is” She said “But I don’t care. I am happy with Remus and that’s all that matters. If you and Lucius are happy with your arrangement then what does it matter what other people say?”
“Miss. Hermione?!” She heard from the living room then the patting of feet and then Mimsy came running in to the room “Oh, there you is. Master has been home for hours and he is not happy!”
“Why not?” Hermione asked.
“Because you is taking Master Scorpius out of the house for too long” She answered “He is worrying and the” She looked at Tonks and Remus “Other occupants aren’t happy either but I think they is feeding off of his anger”
“I’m leaving now, okay?” Hermione said “Tell him I will be home soon”
“Yes, Miss” She said and blinked out of sight after giving her a sad look.
A/N: Trouble in paradise? PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
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