A/N: A big thank you to Scorpius' Rose and sweet-tang-honney! I would also like to thank two Guests that reviewed. I am so happy you liked it! I would have thanked you by PMing you, but you weren't signed in. Anyway, please enjoy!
Hermione's heart sunk, nearly making it all the way down to the depths of the underworld. She couldn't believe that her fiancé would have a child that wasn't hers. Her fiancé. Tears were threatening to spill, but she couldn't give him the satisfaction. She felt so many emotions overcome her; anger, angst, sadness, depression, hurt, etc.
Lucius waited for an answer that would either cause him relief, or great sadness.
"Lucius- I… I don't know what to say." Lucius took this as an opportunity to try to convince Hermione that it wasn't his fault (Which it was).
"You don't have to say anything. I never meant to hurt you. I swear." Hermione scoffed.
"Oh, you never wanted to hurt me. Well, you did. By shagging a woman you hardly knew! I was about to forgive you, Lucius, but then I am told that you are going to be a father! Merlin Lucius, I have never loved a man as much as I love you, but I have never felt so..." Hermione scrambled for the right word, "dejected in my life. I knew by loving you came with a price. But you know what? I risked it. I fell in love with a Death Eater, only to be hurt in return." Tears were flowing out of her eyes.
Lucius had never felt so ashamed in his life. He never intended to hurt Hermione, but at the same time, enjoyed Pansy Parkinson's company.
"Hermione-"
"Don't start. I-I need some time to think." She stood, and walked to their bedroom. When she entered the bedroom, she walked over to the bed, and covered herself with the silk sheets, on her side of the bed. She held his pillow close to her, taking in the vanilla scent she had noticed when she moved in Malfoy Mansion with him. She remembered how he asked her to move in with him. She had been staying at The Burrow with the Weasleys. They weren't crazy for her relationship with Lucius, but they didn't resent them being together either. It was a Saturday morning and Hermione remembered the small 'misunderstanding' that the twins assumed.
Lucius had spent the night with Hermione, talking. They had been talking for the entire night, when they finally drifted off to sleep. Lucius had come to visit Hermione at 6:00 to eat dinner with her and the Weasleys. When everyone went to sleep, they talked for a while in her bed. Hermione's head leaned on his chest when his hand stroked her hair. She had her right arm around him, and was enjoying each others' company. It was four-thirty when they had finally managed to drift off to sleep.
When they woke up, it was eight-thirty. They went downstairs to get some coffee before Lucius had to leave. Surprisingly, no-one was awake. Lucius helped her make the coffee, but soon after she almost caused a fire, he insisted on her letting him do it. When he finished brewing the coffee, he fixed her cup with some sweetener and cream, while he enjoyed his coffee the way it was. He brought her the cup, and sat across from her at the table.
"Thank you, I must confess I am not… the ideal chef in the family." Hermione grinned while taking a sip of her coffee. They heard feet pattering down the stairs. The Weasley twins entered the kitchen, and fixed them some coffee as well.
"Aye, Lucius, Hermione!" Hermione smiled, and Lucius nodded. "When did you come back?" The question was directed to Lucius, but Hermione answered, and almost caused the twins to have a heart attack.
"He never left." Fred and Georges' eyes widened in horror.
"Okay, we don't need the details. We're close, but we're not that close." Lucius nearly spit out his coffee, and Hermione quickly re-traced her steps, and then stuttered upon realization of what was really going on.
"We just talked." She mumbled. Lucius smirked, at her sudden interest in the floor. The twins exited, and Lucius couldn't contain his laughter.
"Really, you had to put it like that?" Hermione's cheeks flushed a bright beet red.
"Well, sorry! It's not my fault they have sick minds!" They continued their morning until Lucius had to leave. He kissed her forehead, and turned to leave, but then a hand grabbed his, and pulled him into a kiss. It was soft and delicate. Hermione pulled back, much to Lucius' displeasure. She hugged him, and reluctantly let him go.
"I'm going to miss you." Lucius replied with a kiss on the forehead. "As am I." He turned and left.
When he came to see Hermione after work, he had planned on trying to ask her to move in with him. When he knocked on the door, Hermione opened the door, and hugged him. She pulled back, and kissed him passionately. He would have let himself delve into the kiss, but soon realized they had the audience of the two Weasleys that they had probably scarred for life that morning. She pulled back, and shot the twins a look; if looks could kill, the twins would be dead by now. They walked off, smirking at the obviously irritated Hermione. She opened the door wider, to let him in. He entered, and turned to face Hermione.
"Hermione…" He had been debating in his head whether or not to ask her the question he had wanted to ask her since day one. "Would you like to move in with me?" He saw her dumbfounded expression, and quickly retreated. "You don't have to, I thought you might want to, so we could-"Hermione caught him off guard by kissing him. He quickly returned it, and felt Hermione pull back, much to his disdain.
"Of course I will, Lucius. I love you!"
Hermione remembered telling herself she would one day marry and grow old with him. Apparently I was wrong. She thought.
She wondered why he would cheat, and why he would want to purposely hurt her. She drifted off to a nightmare awaiting her.
Downstairs, Lucius was trying to sort out what to do. He couldn't leave Pansy with a child. His child. He never thought he would have one after Draco, especially not with Pansy.
Hermione had awoken, grumbled, and looked at the clock; it read 9:43p.m. She groggily stood, and decided to go in the kitchen to fix her something to eat. She had to go through the living room to get to the kitchen, so she made her way through; only to find Lucius Malfoy kissing Pansy Parkinson. Her hands were around his neck, and his hands were on her waist. She gasped in horror, and they both broke apart. Lucius was the first one to speak.
"I can explain." Hermione unwillingly let tears come falling. "You kissed Pansy Parkinson; mother of your soon-to-be child. Why should you have to explain? It's not like she isn't your fiancée. The person you've known for four years." Hermione shook her head. She went over to the fireplace, and was about to floo to the Weasleys when a hand stopped her.
"Please? She came onto me! I swear to Merlin!" Hermione faced him and retorted, "No, what I saw were you kissing her. She had a hand wrapped around your neck, and your hands lay on her waist! Once a cheater; always a cheater." Hermione grabbed some floo powder, and flooed back to Ginny's house.
ONE HOUR AGO~
Lucius had been pacing around the living room, waiting for Hermione to come back down. He was interrupted in his thoughts by a knock on the door. He walked over to the door, and opened it to reveal a crying Pansy Parkinson.
"Can I come in?" Before he could answer, she walked in, wiping the tears off of her face. She turned to face him.
"Please stop crying. It doesn't suit you." Pansy just laughed bitterly. "Really? That's all you have to bloody say? I am seventeen, barely of age, and I am pregnant! My parents disowned me when they found out!" Lucius felt a huge wave of guilt overcome him. She was crying, and whining/complaining about unrelated topics Lucius couldn't prevent. He hugged her, and shushed her. That's when she pulled back, and sought out for his lips. He stepped back, and put his put his hands up.
"No, we have already made that mistake." Pansy then took Lucius' head, and kissed him passionately. He responded, but tried to control himself. That's when he heard a gasp behind him. He turned to see Hermione Granger, his fiancée.
PRESENT TIME~
Hermione arrived in the fireplace, and walked towards the guest bedroom; accidentally bumping into someone. Ronald Weasley. She landed on the floor with a 'humph,' while Ron helped her up.
"Are you okay? I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going." He saw her crying, and felt kind of guilty. "I'm sorry if you were hurt-"
"No, it's not you." Ron frowned. He hadnt seen her crying since she found out he was cheating on her with Lavender. Ron and Lavender were still together, and they were actually engaged.
"Well, what happened?"
"Lucius is expecting a child." Ron grinned, and pulled Hermione into a big hug. "That's great news! Well, I'm not sure if you knew, but Lavender and I are expecting a child as well!" Hermione smiled through her tears.
"That's excellent, Ron!" Tears continued to come down her face. "Then, why are you so upset? You've always wanted a child." Hermione just shook her head.
"Of course! But, like I said;Lucius is expecting a child, not me." Ron pieced together the pieces, and hugged Hermione. She sobbed, and tears were now streaming down her face.
"Who?" Hermione pulled back, and wiped the tears away. She mumbled a name that was inaudible. "Who?"
"Pansy Parkinson." Ron looked horrified.
"And she's…?" Hermione nodded. Ron hugged her. "I'm sorry." Hermione shook her head, and pulled away.
"It's not your fault. I'm probably going to stay here until I get some things figured out." Ron nodded.
"If you need anything, you know Lav and I are here." Hermione gave him a smile. Ron nodded, and left.
Hermione sighed and went to the Guest bedroom. There stood the Grangers.
A/N: I did not expect the ending to be like that, but now I am super excited to write it. I know that I changed a few things… but I now I have everything planned! Chapter 3 is going to be up after I update Teacher Conference and The Light Within. Please follow/favorite/review!