Aimee
Draco opened the letter cautiously, his eyes on the tawny owl standing in front of him expectantly, clicking her beak.
"Hold on." He muttered, his eyes scanning the letter. Sighing, he set it down on his desk and smoothed out a spare piece of parchment. Dipping his quill into an ink bottle, he began to write.
Harry,
Dad and your Mum had a falling out, as far as I can tell. He spilled it to me last night – apparently the tension was getting to them. He kept on going on about how she was the most important thing to him and all that, and how he loved her. It surprised me, actually. He admitted if he had to choose between my Mum and yours, he'd choose yours. I suppose since they're known each other so much longer and they know each other like the back of their hands. He was crying… I hate seeing grown men cry. He's a wreck, and he's not telling Mum what's wrong.
Anything else you want to know?
Love,
D.
Folding the piece of parchment up, he tied it skillfully onto the leg of the owl on the windowsill. Taking a step back, he watched the owl take flight to deliver the reply to her master.
"Bloody hell…" Draco shook his head, opening the door to his room and walking down to the sitting room, where his mother and Remus were sitting in completely silence.
"Good afternoon, Mum, Dad." Draco nodded towards both of them, taking a seat across from the couple.
"Hello, Draco." Narcissa smiled at the sight of her son. Draco turned his eyes towards Remus briefly, noting to himself that he looked a lot better than he had the previous night.
"When's dinner going to be served?" Draco asked, trying to make conversation. Narcissa turned nervously towards Remus, who was now starring off into space.
"In about an hour." Narcissa answered, shrugging slightly. Draco nodded, then turned towards Remus. Figuring he would have told Narcissa, Draco did the most idiotic thing he had done in a while.
"I see you're getting along a bit better. Did you talk to her about it?" he asked, realizing his mistake almost at once.
Remus' head shot up, a frantic look in his eyes. His panic ceased, however, after a moment, and he shook his head.
"No reason to."
Narcissa turned to her son, then her husband. "Talk to whom about what?"
"Nothing, Mother." Draco said suddenly, "Forget I said anything."
"No, tell me." Narcissa insisted, turning towards Draco once more. "Did I miss something?"
"Lily Snape and I got into a slight disagreement, that's all." Remus said quietly, before Draco could say anything else.
Narcissa's eyes widened slightly. "Oh! When did this happen?"
"Last night." Remus answered. "It really isn't that big of a deal… really, Cissa."
"What happened?" she asked gently, setting a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"We got into a fight – I guess – and we agreed not to see each other again."
"No, she insisted." Draco shot Remus a look that told him, quite plainly, he wasn't going to allow him to lie to his mother.
"Yes, she insisted." Remus said softer, not meeting Narcissa's gaze.
"Are you ok?" she asked, squeezing his shoulder slightly. He nodded, his brown hair falling into his amber eyes. The Full Moon was in less than a week; now was not the time to get stressed out.
"What was the argument about?" Narcissa asked curiously, trying her best to be gentle.
"Err –" Remus glanced over at Draco, who nodded slightly. Sighing, he continued. "Well, before I even knew you, Cissa, we had a – err, accident. She can read and control minds, did you know that?"
Narcissa looked mildly surprised. "I knew Severus could, but not Lily."
"I guess he passed it to her." Remus shrugged slightly, not really caring at the moment. "Anyway… Two days after Christmas, a year and a half ago, we, err –"
Remus flashed Draco a helpless look, his hands trembling slightly. Draco nodded, taking a breath.
"They slept together, Mum."
Narcissa turned towards Draco, surprised. "Pardon?"
"Once. It was a one time thing… A total mistake." Remus insisted, his eyes focused on the wall behind Draco. "One would go as far to say that she forced me to."
Narcissa raised her eyebrow slightly, "How?"
"As I said earlier, Cissa, she can control minds." Remus shook his head, "I wouldn't have in any other situation, believe me."
"And she wanted to break things off almost two years later because…?" Narcissa asked, the color returning to her pale cheeks slightly.
"Because she has two reminders at home, and she thought ignoring it completely would help her get over the pain." Remus said sourly, not bothering to register the look of shock on Narcissa's face.
"The twins… Yours… You mean…?" Narcissa gasped, looking at Remus to Draco and back again.
"It's a possibility." Remus said, "One of the children has blue eyes. None of Severus' offspring has blue eyes."
"Oh my God." Narcissa shook her head, then turned towards Draco. "You knew about this?"
"Someone told me." Draco muttered, "And I saw Dad last night coming home… he woke me up, and we talked for a while."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Narcissa asked, this time turning back towards Remus. "Something as big as that…"
"Because I was afraid of your reaction." Remus looked up at his wife for the first time in five minutes. "Like you're doing now."
Narcissa looked down at her hands, which were gripped so tightly that when she released the pressure, there were eight moon-shaped indents on the palms of her hands. Shaking her head once more, she sighed.
"I'm sorry for not telling you, Cissa… I just thought it'd be for the best." Remus said quietly, "Not knowing and all."
"Will you ever find out if they're yours?" Narcissa asked, her voice barely audible.
Remus shook his head. "No one knows for sure."
Suddenly, a loud cry rang throughout the Manor. Both Narcissa and Remus sprang up at the same time, but with a look from Narcissa, Remus sat back down, head in his hands. Narcissa quickly left the room to attend to Micah, leaving time for Draco to apologize.
"I'm sorry, really –" he started, his blue eyes focused frantically on Remus' face.
"It's ok." Remus said quietly, "I should I have told her sooner. You were just giving me a push in the right direction."
"She's not very mad," Draco said quietly, "I suppose this'll blow over soon enough."
"Yes, for the four of us." Remus nodded his head in the direction of the hall. "But for Lily and I… I'm terrified she'll actually go through with this."
"She won't." Draco said firmly, "Give her a few days and she'll realize how stupid she's being and she'll come back to you."
"I hope so," Remus shook his head once more, "But… I don't think he did, but if Severus made her –"
"Harry's Dad?" Draco asked, shaking his head, "No, he wouldn't do that. They seem far too much in love. He'd know how much that would hurt her, and I really don't think he'd do that."
"I hope not." Remus sighed, "Else I'd have some major arse kicking to do."
Silence passed between the two for a few moments before Draco sighed, leaning back into his chair.
"You really love her, don't you?"
Remus nodded, "Yes, I do."
"Why'd you marry Mum, then?"
Remus looked up at the sixteen year old, surprised. "I love your Mum, just in a different way than Lily."
"Different as in how?" Draco knew he was prying, but at the moment he was too curious to care.
"Your mother and I are married… I wouldn't have married her if I didn't love her deeply." Remus said, "With Lily, it's more of a best friend love… Not completely platonic, not in the least, but she's my best friend and I love her as such."
"So you love my Mum in such a way that you'd sleep
with her and you love Lily in such a way that you'd tell her anything and
occasionally share a bed?"
Leave it to Draco to shed some light on the situation.
Chuckling, Remus nodded slightly.
"If you want to put it that way, yes. However, Lily and I… Only once."
"Never again, even if she begged you?" Draco tilted his head to one side slightly.
"I have your mother." Remus smiled, "I wouldn't dream of betraying her and the marriage we have. As the old saying goes, 'till death do us part'."
"So, while you're married, you'll never betray her?"
"Not in a million years."
Loving you like I never have before
I'm needing you to open up the door
If begging you might somehow turn the tides
Then tell me to I've got to get this off my mind
I never thought I'd be speaking these words
I never thought I'd need to say
Another day alone is more than I can take
Won't you save me 'cause saving is what I need
I just want to be by your side
Won't you save me I don't want to be
Just drifting through the sea of life
Won't you
Listen please baby don't walk out that door
I'm on my knees you're all I'm living for
I never thought I'd be speaking these words
Heaven thought I'd find a way
Another day alone is more than I can take
Won't you save me 'cause saving is what I need
I just want to be by your side
Won't you save me I don't want to be
Just drifting through the sea of life
Suddenly the sky is falling
Could it be it's too late for me
If I never said I'm sorry, then I'm wrong, yes I'm wrong
Then I hear my spirit calling
Wondering if she's longing for me
And then I know that I can't live without her
Won't you save me 'cause saving is what I need
I just want to be by your side
Won't you save me I don't want to be
Just drifting through this sea of life
Won't you save me
Won't you save me
Won't you save me*
*Hanson, Save Me