Title: You Have Got To Be Kidding Me

Characters: Lucius, Draco, Scorpius, Narcissa, Astoria

Rating: PG

Summary: Lucius has a bit of déjà vu and does not appreciate it.

Disclaimer: Characters belong to JK and the publishers and no offense is intended by this piece. Non-profit fun.


"And the eldest Potter boy just frolics around the school at night doing Merlin knows what and only gets a few detentions. As if he shouldn't get suspended for a while for some of the rubbish he pulls. Plus, the younger one, the one in my year, he's const-"

Lucius tuned out his grandson, Scorpius, and remembered a time where his dinner conversations did not revolve around some sort of Potter. Soon after that though, he could recall a young Draco prattling on about much the same thing. Except with only one Potter upsetting him he had a great deal less to say, as astonishing as that was.

When he came back to the present Scorpius was still going on about the Potter's children and Lucius was on his last nerve.

"-I mean that one is pants at Potions. He couldn-"

"You have got to be kidding me," Lucius said, as he rubbed his temples. "I have sat through about half of your father's Hogwarts tenure listening to drivel about Potter and his antics. I do not need to go through this for another generation."

When he looked up Scorpius' face was full of shock, Draco's of embarrassment and Astoria's of amusement, he thought Narcissa held much the same expression beside him.

"Now then, how about we finish dinner discussing something else?"