A short little chapter. I wanted to get something out to you guys as I hate not posting for a few weeks. This is a brief chapter (mostly smut and fluff) but there is a bigger plot development at the end that I think is really sweet. Thanks for bearing with me as my life continues to get busier and busier! I still really do try to get this out in a timely manner.

Aria reveled in the fact that she was finally Aria Malfoy. Every time she thought about that little fact, her skin would break out into goosebumps, and if she wasn't currently next to her husband physically, her mind would always wander back to him; back to his handsome face, his gorgeous body, his intoxicating scent and the incredible wizard and man that he was. She adored him with all that she had, and it felt like during the weeks that followed their wedding, she was always smiling and always having a warm feeling in the depths of her chest and belly. She couldn't believe after everything they had been through together, they had did it.

One night, as Aria was waiting for Lucius to return back from a business meeting with a partner, she sat on the large, velvet couch near the fireplace in the library, enjoying a rather fascinating book on one of her favorite historical subjects, Queen Marie Antoinette. She simply adored that time period in France; the beautiful and gilded court of Versailles always seeming to lure her in with its promise of abundance.

Work had been slow for her after her major Oxford project, but she had been thankful that she didn't have to focus on work during the wedding and the time after, as it gave her the chance to really bask in all that she was feeling. She was simply happy and content; nothing was wrong in her life. Not many people could say that about their lives and Aria was truly grateful for that; although she knew if she were to go outside the Manor grounds she might have been hounded by paparazzi. Since security was rather tight at the wedding, no outside photographers had gotten a glimpse of the wedding of the century in the Wizarding World. Lucius had told Aria that every time he had gone out after the wedding, he would always notice someone snapping a photo of him. It seemed he minded less and less though, because all of the articles that appeared of him in the papers just commented on how purely happy he looked for the first time in his entire miserable existence.

As Aria continued to read her Marie Antoinette book, her eyes slowly became heavier and heavier by the minute, the warmth of the fire warming her body, which was dressed only in one of her delicate, silk robes. As her mind half paid attention to the book she had in her hands, and half paid attention to her quickly approaching dreams of Lucius, she heard from downstairs the large front doors open in the grand entry way and immediately felt whole again as she knew Lucius was back for the night.

Aria smiled to herself, closed her book and laid it on the table beside the couch, as she heard her wizard coming up the stairs towards where he would know to find her. Sure enough, she soon saw his noble face and gorgeous blond head of hair appear in the doorway to the library, and a heart-melting, unintentionally seductive smirk lit up his face at the sight of her.

"Oh, how I am such a lucky man to get to come home to the sight of you every night," Lucius said poetically as he made his way over to Aria so that he could kiss her, and show her how much he had missed her.

"My love," Aria cooed right before Lucius kneeled before where she lay on the couch and reached his left hand in to cup her behind the head so that he could bring her lips to his to kiss her romantically. After he kissed her for a good long while, she sighed and put her forehead against his and simply said, "I missed you."

"And I you. I miss you anytime I am not with you," he replied as he looked over to the table and noticed the book she had been reading.

"And how are you enjoying your book about the tragic, ill-fated Queen of France?" Lucius said as he looked back at Aria with a glint of something special in his eye.

"Oh I love anything to do with her history. I have read dozens of books on her, I feel like I practically know her," smiled Aria as she looked into Lucius' sparkling grey eyes. "You know how much I love Versailles and it's history."

"I do," said Lucius as he sat beside Aria where she still laid on the couch. He smiled again, clearly rather pleased. "Which is why I wanted to talk to you about our honeymoon."

"Our honeymoon?" Aria questioned, her eyes lighting up at the mention of it. Truth be told, the couple really hadn't talked about any sort of honeymoon. Just the fact of being able to be married was heaven enough, and for whatever reason it wasn't anything that had been really discussed up until this very moment.

"Yes of course my love. Any excuse to whisk you away on an amazing, romantic adventure, must be taken advantage of," Lucius smirked. "Which is why I am delighted to see your love for Versailles is still going strong."

"Versailles? Lucius you are taking me to Versailles for our honeymoon!?" Aria said sitting up more alertly on the couch, her body tingling with anticipation.

Lucius nodded his head, rather satisfied at her reaction. "Yes my darling. A honeymoon fit for my Queen. I have arranged a rather special time for us at the Palace."

Right after Lucius told her the news, Aria flung herself at him where he sat on the couch, causing him to catch her in his strong arms as he laughed, amused and pleased at her reaction.
"Oh Lucius, my love! It has been one of my dreams to go there! And to be able to go there with you…and get to walk in the footsteps of my ancestors and witness the wonders of the place. Thank you my love! Thank you!" Aria said through peppering kisses all over his face, lips and jawline.

"I've arranged us a private tour of the Palace one day, as well as a nighttime tour. And then, throughout our time there, we will be getting private tours of The Petit Trianon, which you know as Marie Antoinette's domain of Versailles and then the Grand Trianon, as well," Lucius said as he held her on his lap where she straddled him and chuckled a bit as she continually kissed him all over.

"Private tours?!" She asked with her excitement building to astronomical levels, as she abruptly stopped her kissing. "But how…?"

"Money talks," he said simply with a shrug of his shoulders. "Plus when I mentioned that my new wife was of the De La Cour family lineage, they seemed rather motivated to acquiesce to my requests. Your family truly was legendary in the court of Versailles. It wasn't just all my money doing the talking truthfully," Lucius said with raised brows, ever impressed by Aria's background.

"There's one more thing…" he said a big smirk appearing on his face again.

"More?!" Aria asked, almost shaking with excitement. What more amazing news could there be? Her husband was taking her to her dream destination for a series of amazing, private tours. It was incredible already.

"We are staying in one of the few rooms in the Palace that are open to guests staying over night….it overlooks the Orangery…it's complete with butler service, and a full service daily tea fit for a Queen. All for you, my angel…" Lucius said.

Aria was speechless. She truly was. She knew Lucius didn't spoil her to show off his money or his influence, but because he truly loved her with all of his heart and wanted to make her dreams come true. She wasn't able to think of anything to say so she simply stared at him for a bit, eyes open wide with wonder and love and then buried her face into the crook of his neck and just held him, as she straddled him on the couch, snuggling her body close into his.

Lucius held his woman in his arms, his hands caressing her back and her hips and her firm bottom through the silk fabric of her robe. He knew how in shock and awe she must have been in, and his heart beat fast and strong at the feeling of making her so happy. "I love you so much," he said huskily into her ear.

"I love you Lucius," Aria said raising her head from where it was buried in his neck and looked at him straight in his stunning eyes, as grey as a storm on the ocean. "I don't know what to say…I am speechless," she smiled, a warm blush gracing her delicate cheeks.

"Then don't say anything and just kiss me…" Lucius said deeply, his grey eyes sparking with desire and romantic passion.

She couldn't deny him that of course, and so she leaned in again, this time putting her soft lips against his own warm ones as she pressed her body against his.

As she kissed him passionately, Lucius' hands moved from her waist, down to her ass, where he cupped it firmly in both of his hands and squeezed a bit, as a contented moan reverberated from his mouth to hers, causing her to mewl a bit in delight at his touch.

As Lucius groped her and deepened their kiss, Aria instinctively rubbed her center over Lucius' lap where she sat, causing some decadent friction to occur against his cock. Feeling her rub wantonly against him caused him to release a guttural moan of pleasure from his chest, his hands gripping her bottom even tighter as he guided her to rub against him once more….and then again…and again. It felt divine for Lucius; but it also felt divine for Aria too, and she sighed out in pleasure, "Mmm Lucius."

"Yes my love," Lucius sighed out almost as if in a question. "Tell me what you want, now, in this moment," he said as his grey eyes looked at her fiercely, practically dominating her into telling him what she desired. He wanted to hear the words so badly.
"I want you inside of me Lucius," she moaned as she rubbed against him once more causing her eyes to close at the feeling of it, and Lucius' jaw to clench and his brow to furrow as he held back his animalistic urges at hearing those delicious words.

"Mmm," Lucius responded with another guttural moan as he reached his right hand in-between Aria's legs so that he could unzip his pants to release his throbbing cock; his left hand still firmly gripping Aria's ass.

Aria stared hungrily at his perfect member as it sprang out of his pants, and she responded by immediately untying her already loose robe and letting it slide off of her shoulders and then arms, flinging it to the ground, so that she was naked and ready to mount him. Without wasting another breath, Lucius held his cock in his right hand and guided Aria to sit fully on him with his left hand, his head falling back against the top of the couch in bliss as she fully engulfed him. He sighed out happily, feeling that perfect feeling of being complete; as being one with his soul mate.

She began riding him slowly, feeling that same feeling of completeness that her husband felt. As she rode him gently she leaned her body in so that her upper half pressed up against his and her forehead rested against his own; it was as close as she could get to fully melting into his body. Lucius put his strong hands around her petit frame and held her close and tight as she moved on him.

Aria felt so engulfed by her lover, her soul mate, that she felt as if she could cry in happiness. She was moving so slowly on him, as his hold on her was so tight, but that caused his cock to go extremely deep up within her. She was always amazed at how he actually fit inside of her; his girth and length seeming to never end, but that was part of the reason why he could always make her orgasm within seconds it felt like. He stretched every inch of her inside walls and the sensations were always completely all-consuming of her senses. Aria began breathing hard, and soon she placed her hands against his chest, so that her fingers clung to his shirt, which he still wore, to brace herself for an orgasm she felt soon approaching.

"I can feel you, my good girl. Always so ready to come for me," Lucius said as his gaze pierced her own again. He loved looking at her beautiful face whenever she was about to come, and especially during her orgasm itself.

"Always," Aria said as her hips began riding him more frantically, his tight grip around her back and waist moving back down to cupping and gripping her ass dominantly.

Lucius smirked a bit and as his grip on her tightened, he used that as leverage to start thrusting his own hips up intensely. He knew Aria was close and he knew that the added speed and friction would get her to her orgasm in mere seconds. He knew that she adored when he pounded into her unbridledly. Sure enough he had her screaming out into the room and he heard his name being repeated over and over from her gorgeous mouth, "Lucius, Lucius Lucius!"

Lucius eyes were still locked on hers, but seeing her reaction was turning him on increasingly, as he knew it would, and he knew that as soon as he felt her inner walls clenching around him, she would milk out his own orgasm to follow hers. In another second he felt that clenching that he longed to feel so bad, and he held onto Aria even tighter one of his hands coming back up to hold her securely around the waist as she shook and shuddered all over him; her nails digging into the fabric of his shirt as she held on for dear life during her orgasm. She buried her face into his neck again, half collapsed on top of him as she still throbbed inside, Lucius was still pounding into her as she came, as he was about to explode himself at any moment. And so while Aria's orgasm held on and continued, Lucius shot his warm seed up into her, as he deeply groaned and moaned and sighed out at his release, his voice deep, husky and manly.

"Fuck," was all he could say as he held onto his lover, his head falling back again to rest on the top of the couch as he closed his eyes, ready to pass out at any minute.

The two simply remained connected for an age, their bodies combining into one essence as they both regained some semblance of coherence. Lucius' hold around Aria remained tight and protective as he was still buried deep inside of her and Aria nuzzled into Lucius' neck, breathing deeply in and out, his scent mixed with hers engulfing her senses; if it was up to them they would stay like that forever but eventually the pair somehow managed to make their way upstairs to their bedroom.

As Aria got ready for bed, she stood naked and looked at herself in the bathroom mirror and couldn't help but smile at how happy she was. Making love with Lucius always left her feeling giddy and flushed in the best of ways, and tonight was no different. And as she always did, she reached into one of the many gilded cabinets in the bathroom to pull out her birth control potion. Ever since her and Lucius had been together, she had started to take the potion. She had preferred it a lot more to the muggle birth control pills, as the wizarding equivalent was a potion that caused no side effects and tasted delightfully like lemon candy.

As she looked at the tiny crystal vial in her hands, ready to uncork it and take it as usual, she noticed she unintentionally stopped herself, as if her heart was dictating to her that she shouldn't take it. She smiled widely suddenly, a few tears forming in her eyes and a tingling of butterflies forming in her stomach. She couldn't believe herself, but was she truly ready for a baby with Lucius? They had just been married…perhaps it was too soon…but Aria had no way of explaining why she suddenly had stopped herself from taking the potion. She imagined what it would be like then, to have Lucius' baby growing within her, and she got so happy at the thought that she accidentally giggled aloud a bit to herself as her tears spilled over onto her cheeks. She wondered if Lucius heard her, and blushed a bit at how crazy she felt, but she confidently decided to put the potion back into the drawer and put a hand on the very lower part of her stomach, where Lucius' seed would remain, and maybe turn into something more.

Aria stepped out of the bathroom and back into the main room where she admired Lucius' muscular, gorgeous, naked form laying on their large bed. He seemed to be deep in thought and she wished she could open up their mental connection to see what he was thinking so intently about, but she didn't want to intrude on his inner thoughts in that moment. He often looked rather handsome when he thought hard about something, his jaw would always clench in the most sexiest of ways and that little furrow in his brow would appear.

So she simply sauntered over to him, and crawled into bed, laying on her side so she could just stare at him and admire his gorgeousness. He must have sensed her staring and so he turned his head to the side to stare back into her bright green eyes. She forgot she had been crying happy tears in the bathroom when she had decided to not take her birth control potion and Lucius noticed her cheeks were wet and her eyes still a bit watery as well. He instantly forgot whatever he was thinking about, and his face turned from thoughtfulness to concern.

"What is it my love? Why were you crying?" He asked as he reached his left hand over to brush her cheeks gently, wiping away the wetness.

"Oh they aren't bad tears…I am just…so incredibly happy…and….well first tell me what you were thinking!" Aria said as she reached for Lucius' hand which was resting on her cheek to bring it to her lips to kiss it sweetly. For whatever reason, she was a bit nervous to tell him what she had done. She knew he wouldn't be mad, but they had never discussed timing on this matter of having a baby, and so she wasn't sure what his reaction would be. She was still so young. About to turn 20 years old in a few weeks. Perhaps she was too young? She started to doubt, but then heard Lucius begin to talk about what had been on his mind.

"Oh," he said, his mind going back to what he had been thinking about while she was getting ready for bed. "Well…I was just thinking about our honeymoon and how wonderful it would be…but there is somewhere else I do want to possibly take you as well after our Versailles trip," he said mysteriously.

"Oh where?" Aria asked with wonder in her voice, as she was of course very intrigued by this.

"Hmmm I don't think I can tell you yet…" Lucius said his eyes narrowing as he thought further about it. "I still have to work out a few details."

"Please tell me my love!" Aria said, as she clutched to his hand tight in hers.

Lucius' mouth raised a bit at the corners in a smile at witnessing her impatience at not knowing what he was thinking.

She smirked a bit herself and laid her hand against his chest, as if trying to seduce him with her touch. "You know…I could always open up our mental connection…all it would take is a bit of wandless magic as I touch you…" she teased.

Lucius grabbed her hand off of his chest and held it tightly . "Now now my love…you mustn't be a bad girl…" Lucius said, his eyes narrowing at her, the silver of them glinting in warning to her not to make her move. Before she could respond with a sassy retort, he interrupted her thoughts by asking her something that was on his mind still. "Now….why were you crying happy tears?"

Aria's breath caught in her throat, knowing she had to tell Lucius. Her eyes started to water a bit, the feisty side of her disappearing immediately as her nervousness came back.

"Well…" she started out timidly, her eyes not able to meet Lucius' ones as she looked down. His eyes instantly became tender looking and he reached his hand back out again to cup her cheek.

"Tell me," he said calmly, his honeyed voice doing amazing things to Aria's pent up nerves. She calmed down and looked back up at him, smiling a bit.

"Well…tonight I decided not to take my birth control potion…" she said, as she held her breath waiting for his response.

For a few long seconds, Lucius emotions didn't change and he didn't say anything. Aria began getting scared but realized it was because Lucius was trying to process what she was saying. She was certain he wasn't quite grasping what she meant.

"I was crying happy tears because…well because I didn't take my birth control potion! Something inside of me just told me not to…"she said trying to better explain herself to him. She took one of his his large hands in hers and placed it on her lower stomach; still flat but maybe one day growing with life. Maybe one day soon. His warm hand on her bare skin felt so good, especially on her lower stomach and it made her cry a few happy tears again. She internally scoffed at herself, wondering when she became so emotional like her mother.

"Aria.." Was all Lucius could say before he suddenly wrapped both of his hands tightly around her body, brought her in flush up against his own body and kissed her so passionately and amazingly, Aria felt as if she might pass out; she had already been holding her breath as she had been awaiting his reaction.

After what seemed like an age, Lucius leaned back a bit, so that he could stare down at his beautiful woman. "My angel, you have no idea how much this means to me….you can't even begin to know how much I have dreamt about this with you….it will be a miracle…" he said as his right hand moved back down to her lower belly on its own this time and just rested there, as if protecting it from any harm.

"Lucius," Aria said in a soft, sweet voice as she cuddled up into him, holding onto him so tightly so that he would never let go. "I was worried you might think it was too soon…"

"Too soon?! Too soon my love? Not at all…" he said as he held onto her just as tightly as he laughed aloud, so giddy and full of happiness. "If anything I have been the one pestering you before we were married about having a child with you."

Aria laughed as well at the happy memory of those times. It was true. Lucius always had been extremely open and wanting to have a child with her. He believed it would be the most amazing thing in the universe. Their love combined together in the form of their child would be the most powerful magic in the universe. That is what everyone around them predicted and said, and Aria knew it to be true. Their child would be so special in terms of its power and magic; a child born from the two soul mates who first created true love for the world.

For the rest of the night, the two lovers didn't say anything more but instead just held each other so tight and strong, Lucius' right hand resting against Aria's belly the rest of the night, in hopes that he could transfer some of his magic into her to help her become with child. He wanted it so badly. And although he loved his son, Draco, unconditionally, despite all of the mess their relationship had gone through, he truly couldn't wait to become a father again…and this time do it right and with a woman that he truly loved with all of his soul. This was his second chance at a better and happy life, with a child and a wife that were pure happiness and light. No more darkness.