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This jumps back a bit, just so you know. Lily just had the miscarriage and she isn't pregnant again yet!

Comfort

Since Lily Luna Potter married into the Malfoy family, the manor was rarely silent. While Lily was there, there was never a dull moment. She and her mischievous boys constantly wreaked havoc on the grand estate. Today was different. Today no laughter floated through the halls, there was no mess in the kitchen from Lily's attempt to make pancakes, there were no toys littering the floor. Everything was still.

Well, not everything. Lily sat on the bench in the garden alone. She couldn't breathe in there with everyone starring, waiting for her to breakdown. Lily had no tears left to cry. She felt entirely numb. It's silly, Lily mused. She hadn't even seen her baby yet she had already loved it so completely.

Lily stared at Astoria's garden, so full of life that blossomed each season under the careful pruning and care of a watchful eye. She couldn't help but be bitter over the lilies that bloomed to her left. Those lilies were still pure and innocent to the world.

"This house has been in my family longer than the Weasleys have had red hair," came a gruff voice from her left. Lily barely acknowledged Lucius' presence. She had gotten used to the grumpy old man since she married Scorpius and he had reached the point where he stopped calling 'that Potter girl.' Lily continued to stare out into the open space.

Lucius sighed from beside Lily. He was very tempted to just wrap his arm around her but his pride stopped him. He would just have to comfort her in another way. "After Draco was born, Cissy wanted desperately to have another child. She said that a little girl was all she would ever need to be happy. We tried, for years we tried, and then suddenly, when Draco was four, Cissy got pregnant. She simply glowed. I was foolish then, still cross about how the first war ended, and then, just as suddenly, Cissy wasn't pregnant anymore."

Lucius took a deep breath, his voice full of emotion. Lily looked up at him, her eyebrows knitted together in confusion.

"Naturally, I blamed myself. If I hadn't been so cruel and done so many terrible things, or hurt so many people, than my child would not have been taken from me. I think deep down, Cissy blamed me a bit too." Lucius briefly looked down at Lily; her eyes were wide and sad. Lily reached over and grabbed Lucius' hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"For someone who claims to hate me you sure have done a lot for me," Lily said after a few moments of silence. Lucius looked over to her quizzically. She started laughing a bit. "You went to my wedding, you visited my children when they were born, you give them their own birthday presents each year, and I even know about the money you donated to my Aunt's charity. I am a very well informed woman."

Lucius' eyes had widened. "I may have been in Gryffindor but I married a Slytherin who learned from the best," Lily explained with a very Malfoy smirk. Her eyes saddened again. "Did it get better?"

Lucius' grip tightened on Lily's hand. "Honestly, no. You learn to not think about it, to move past it, but the grief, the heartbreak, the sadness; it always lurks beneath the surface," Lucius explained. Lily sighed shakily, tears finally forming in her eyes.

"Why us?" Lily asked, leaning her head on Lucius' shoulder. "Why my family?"

"I don't have an answer for you. The only thing I'm certain of is that you deserve all the happiness in the world. You've changed everything about this family. Scorpius never really smiled until you, the house never glowed, and there was never laughter. You saved my family." Lucius wrapped an arm around his granddaughter, for that was what she was to him, and tried desperately to think of anything to make her pain go away.

"I don't know what to say to him," Lily admitted. Since the news yesterday she hadn't spoken a word to her husband.

"Well you have to say something. Tell him what's going through your mind; chances are he's thinking the same thing. You need to grieve together. He is the only one who understands what you're feeling," Lucius advised, his wisdom seeping out.

The pair sat there for hours. Eventually Scorpius came out and Lily simply fell apart in his arms. Lucius took it as his cue to leave, patting Lily's cheek as he left. Scorpius took his seat and Lily pulled his hand into her lap.

"I'm sorry Scorpius," Lily said, her tone tired.

"It isn't your fault Lily. It isn't anyone's fault." He told her, pushing the hair out of her eyes. "We'll get through this, I promise."

Lily nodded her head but didn't say anything. She slowly stood up, Scorpius' hand still clutched firmly in her own. "Let's go see our babies."

She walked back into the manor that had come to be another home to her and her small family. They passed the elder Malfoys. Astoria looked upon the young couple with the sadness. Draco had a look of pity. Narcissa and Lucius' eyes held sympathy and understanding and at the moment nothing helped Lily more.

They headed toward the nursery where their boys had eventually fallen asleep. Lily walked right up to their toddler bed and looked down upon her little monsters.

"I know you're both in sleepy land. I just want you both to know that I love you so much and that I may be sad for a little while but you two have made my life so much better. So, here is my promise to both of you. Someday, you two will have a little brother or sister to torture and torment and protect. Maybe not for a while, but someday. I love you babies," Lily whispered. She kissed each of their foreheads and went back to Scorpius' outstretched arms.

"So, we'll try again?" He asked.

"Of course, I can't imagine not having a full house. It would be much to quiet."

A/N: Sorry it's shorter than usual (and incredibly late). It felt right to end it where I did. Also, in hopes of preventing anyone from being angry, I am working on many stories currently that have distracted me from this one (that's really cryptic and unfair and I will understand if you hate me for it). Also, I promise to return to the lighthearted and fluffy-ness in the coming chapters. I have not abandoned this story nor do I intend to!

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