Chapter Two: Adjusting

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I spent most of the day away from Lucius. I didn't want to argue with him. At around nine that night, I went in search for the bedroom. I eventually found it. Knowing my father, he would make sure that there was only one bed in the whole house. I groaned. This was not going to be good. I hoped Lucius wouldn't take it too badly. I opened up the dresser on one side of the room and found some very skimpy pajamas. There was nothing else to wear. I sighed and finally changed out of my wedding dress and into the skimpy lingerie in the dresser. I then went back over to the bed and tried my best to get some sleep.

I woke up at about eleven that night to hear Lucius cursing.

"Bloody Merlin!" he groaned.

I opened my eyes blearily.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"Of course there wouldn't be any clothes in the dressers," he said. "I'm just going to sleep in my dress robes."

I tried to hide my laughter. I sat up in bed and deliberately let the blanket fall down around my waist.

"Why?" I asked innocently. "There were clothes in mine."

Lucius whipped around quickly.

"Real—" he stopped midway through his response. I saw him look at me in surprise. He gulped.

"I don't consider that clothes," he said shortly.

"Fine, then," I said. "What would you consider it to be then?"

He didn't answer. He walked over to the bed and got under the blankets. He turned to face the other side of the bed. I sighed and leaned over toward him and snuggled against his back.

"It's hot in here," he complained.

"And?" I asked.

"Can you not lean on me like that?" he snapped.

"Fine then," I said. "Be that way."

I got up and purposely walked to the bathroom on his side, showing up my toned body. I came back out about two minutes later and caught his gaze on me for a split second before he pretended to be asleep. I got back into the bed and was surprised to see him undressed from the waist up.

"I guess it was hot," I said sullenly.

"Leave me alone," he said.

I leaned up and whispered into his ear. "You can't resist me for forever. Your father is going to want a grandchild eventually."

I felt him stiffen up.

I sighed in frustration. "Fine then." I turned back around and went to sleep.

I woke up the next morning to find myself snuggled in Lucius' arms. I tried to disentangle myself. A couple of minutes later, I had succeeded. I headed to the bathroom, and took a shower. I brushed my teeth and walked back into the bedroom with my towel wrapped securely around me. I opened the dresser and found a new dress in a beautiful shade of bright green. I put it on and it clung to my every curve. I smiled at my reflection in the mirror. I walked back over to Lucius and woke him up.

"Wake up, sleepyhead," I teased. "It's morning time."

He grumbled. I laughed.

"I'm making breakfast. You can come down if you want," I said.

"What time is it?" Lucius asked.

"Nine o'clock," I said. "We've been married for exactly twenty-four hours."

"Great," Lucius grumbled.

With a loud pop, Abraxas Malfoy Apparated into the room.

"Why did you two not consummate your marriage last night?" he roared.

Lucius jumped up out of bed quickly.

"I don't know what else your mother and I need to do!" Abraxas yelled. "If it wasn't for us, you'd be stuck marrying a Muggle! She clearly gave you the clear last night to consummate the marriage and you refused to! What is WRONG with you?" he thundered.

Lucius didn't answer.

"I'm going to give you twenty-four hours to consummate this marriage and if you don't, I will dissolve it and have you burned off my family tree! Just like your sister!" Abraxas screamed at Lucius. He quickly Disapparated in a fiery wave of flames.

I paused, stunned.

"Your sister was burned off the Malfoy family tree?" I asked Lucius.

"Yes," he said. "Mother and Father do not speak of her. She is four years older than me and is married to a Muggle after a failed Wizarding marriage."

"I am so sorry," I said honestly. "My sister, Andromeda, married a Muggle, too. My Aunt Walburga had her blasted off our family tree as well."

"I know," Lucius said. Andromeda was in my year at school."

"Oh," I said.

An uncomfortable silence followed.

"Do you want children?" Lucius asked me.

"I wouldn't say no to any. I don't want as many as the Weasleys, of course, but I wouldn't say no to just one or two," I explained.

"It should be against Wizarding law to have as many children as the Weasleys do. That's not creating a family. That's just breeding," he spat.

I nodded my head in agreement. I came over and sat down on the bed next to him.

"You really have become quite beautiful," Lucius said, stroking my cheek. "Since we graduated from Hogwarts, you know. I haven't seen you in forever, it seems."

"Thank you," I said quietly. I looked down at my hands in my lap and saw my wedding ring glistening on my finger. I had forgotten about it." I realized I had a question. I looked back up at Lucius.

"What's involved in consummating a marriage?" I asked him.

"You don't know?" he asked.

"Well, I know the obvious," I said. "But, I've heard many different things. What does your father mean by consummating the marriage?"

"He means we need to have sexual intercourse," he said blatantly. "Without protection."

"Why without protection?" I asked. "I don't want a child right now." I said quickly.

"I know… but that's how it's always been done in my family. For years and years," Lucius said, crossing his arms.

"Oh," I said awkwardly. "Well, we don't want to side-step any family traditions, I don't suppose," I added.

"Not at all," he said. "My father would be furious. As you just saw."

"Yeah," I said, looking down at my lap again.

"I'm sorry this is so awkward," Lucius said. "I'm having a bit of a problem dealing with everything."

"It's okay," I said. "It's all happening so fast."

"Did you not have a boyfriend at Hogwarts?" Lucius asked me.

"I was very quiet. More of a bookworm," I said. "I had a few close girl friends, and none of them were boys. I didn't get out much and I spent a lot of time in the library."

Lucius nodded. "I dated Rosalie Greengrass for a long time."

"She's beautiful," I said, feeling a slight twinge of jealously that surprised me. "What happened?"

"She dumped me for Edward Lysander," he said, clearly still affronted.

"I'm sorry," I said. "Clearly her loss."

"You don't have to say that," Lucius said. "You seem like a much better person than Rosalie ever was."

"Do you regret marrying me?" I asked Lucius.

"No," I said. "I just wish I could have gotten to know you better. But then, I probably wouldn't have made that choice myself."

"Oh," I said.

"By the way, Narcissa, there's a library on the second floor, at the end of the East Hall. I didn't know if you'd found it or not. But by the way everything was so neatly arranged, I doubt you did."

I smiled.

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