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Breaking Traditions-Part 49:
Lucius looked at his wife as she carried their baby daughter on her hip and he smiled softly before sighing.
"As much as I want to spend time with you I want to get to the office and get everything sorted so I can relax for the rest of the day," he said and Narcissa chuckled before she kissed her husband softly and then watched him head off before looking at Rosalie.
"Now what shall we do first with your Grandmother? Shall we go to the pool?" Narcissa asked her daughter before looking up at Priscilla, "pool sound alright? After a clothes change of course," she added before a nod in reply.
It wasn't too much longer before the three were changed and sat by the pool.
"Trust Lucius to head to the office first though," Priscilla said, "still I can see the logic in his actions as he will then be able to relax for a while before the harvest starts. I'm guessing that will probably start whilst we're here. It is around that time of year after all," she said.
"I knew he'd head to the office first. It has been a while since we were last here," Narcissa said as she sat at the pool's edge holding Rosalie on her lap as she swung her legs in the water enjoying the peace and quiet of the Vineyards.
Priscilla watched as Narcissa sat there with her daughter on her lap and smiled at how natural the younger witch looked and she chuckled softly before seeing Narcissa looking at her.
"You just remind me of when you were sat here with Draco when he was Rosa's age," she said before looking as Rosalie was trying to touch the water.
"OK then Miss Rosalie," Narcissa said as she looked at her daughter, "you really want to touch the water don't you?" she asked and chuckled softly before dipping her daughter's tiny toes in the water. She smiled and watched as Rosalie squealed in delight at the water on her toes.
The baby's legs moved and her toes hit the water and she squealed again, causing Narcissa to smile in delight at her daughter's joy.
"Just like Draco. I mean she's had baths but there is something different about this water and she loves it," she said softly as Priscilla sat down beside them.
"And Lucius has missed it… or are you going to do it all over again for him and act surprised?" Priscilla asked before chuckling as she noticed the smirk on her daughter-in-law's face, "you can be cunning when you choose to be can't you?"
"Well I did convince the Hat to put me in Slytherin over Ravenclaw so yes. I can be when I wish to indeed," Narcissa said as she looked at her mother-in-law and sat Rosalie back on her lap.
A while later and the curiosity of grapes began to get the better of Narcissa and Priscilla so they headed back to the house and got changed before heading out to the vineyards once more to go and taste the grapes.
Narcissa balanced Rosalie on her hip as she and Priscilla walked through the vines and looked at the grapes seeing some of them almost ready.
"Do you think they'll miss a few 'tasters'?" Priscilla chuckled before she Narcissa began to pick some random grapes and taste them, "not far off, depends on how long you and Lucius plan to stay but I think within the next month they will be ready," she said, remembering from when she and Abraxas had been the owners of the vineyards.
Lunchtime soon arrived and Narcissa had just finished making lunch when Lucius walked in.
"The accounts and everything are sorted. Clearly Michael has been doing his job properly," he said and sat down with his wife and mother, "what's the plan for this afternoon?"
"Pool?" Narcissa asked as she looked at Lucius, "your mother and I were around the vines tasting the grapes to see if they were ready yet."
"I should have known that you two would have done that, no doubt Rosalie has been awake this whole time," Lucius said as he looked at his daughter, "I'm still saying pool though."
"Oh yes. She'll probably be asleep for a while at some point but she hasn't seen the pool yet so yes we can relax by the pool this afternoon and then figure out things from there," she said and smirked at Priscilla. Lucius was in for a treat.
The group headed down to the pool and Narcissa was eager to get Rosalie's toes back in the water and it was as if Lucius could read her mind as he suggested putting their daughter's toes in the water.
Narcissa held Rosalie gently above the water before dipping her toes back into the water and, much to her relief, the baby reacted the same way that she'd done in the morning.
Lucius smiled in delight as he saw Rosalie's reaction to the water and chuckled softly.
"Just like Draco did as a baby when we brought him here. We'll have to come here in the summer when Draco gets home from school," he said softly and Narcissa nodded softly.
As suspected, Rosalie soon fell asleep for a while and Narcissa turned to her husband.
"I want to go shopping whilst we're here in France. No doubt you have some business that you'll need to attend to at some point," she said biting her lip before Lucius looked at her.
"Cissa… we're in France and your mother could be anywhere…" Lucius said as he looked at her, "I'm not sure that you and Rosa should be leaving the wards…"
"What if I went with them?" Priscilla questioned, "I've already proved myself against Druella once," she said, "I am not afraid of taking her on again to keep Cissa and Rosa safe," she said.
Lucius looked at the two before falling silent as he was clearly thinking about it all. It wasn't fair to keep Narcissa and Rosalie stuck at the Vineyards when his mother was there. He sighed softly before eventually nodding.
"OK fine. You can go but if anything happens to them mother then I will never forgive you."
"You have my word Lucius," Priscilla said, "nothing will happen to them."