Narcissa Aberforth Malfoy was unsure about what to do. Sure she was divorcing Lucius, that was settled, but what would happen afterwards? Where would she live? How would things turn out? What did Draco really feel about the whole situation? She hadn't really gotten the chance to talk much to him at all. He seemed to have accepted that he would have to marry the youngest Weasley girl, but Narcissa hadn't really imagined that it would've been a problem. She knew that since Draco had his almost white blonde hair and gray eyes he had always been attracted to girls with flaming red hair. Not that he had ever told her, but she was his mother, wasn't she? She saw things about him that he probably never even noticed himself.

But what was she going to do? She couldn't exactly live at Hogwarts with her father. He drove her crazy with his fondness for sweets, it was almost a miracle that the man had any teeth left. Living with Draco was also out of the question. He and Ginny would get married just after they'd finished the NEWTS and she didn't want to intrude on them. There was only one option. She would have to get a job, and get herself an apartment somewhere. Where? She didn't know.

Narcissa began to "write" herself a list about what she could do. "I can write really good stories. I can cook pretty decently. I know how to control the house elves so that they do their best. I can manage a large household. I can draw pretty dresses. I can't sew." When she was through thinking she threw her hands up in the air. "I have no clue about what to do." At that point the dog she had seen in her father's office came into the room. It had reminded her an awful lot about Sirius. He used to transform himself into a dog. But Sirius wouldn't be here at Hogwarts. He would be off somewhere chasing young girls, wouldn't he?

Suddenly the dog transformed into… "Sirius!" Narcissa couldn't keep the joy out of her voice, but she wasn't really trying either. "What are you doing here at Hogwarts?" Sirius looked almost like he had when he was seventeen and they were about to graduate from Hogwarts. There were a few changes, he had some gray hairs in his jet-black hair and he was skinnier than he used to be.

"I still am not acquitted of the murder charges, but your father lets me stay here as a dog until we get a new minister of Magic who'd be willing to let the charges go after listening to Harry, Dumbledore and me. How are you Narcissa?" She shrugged. "Fine. I suppose that you know that Draco's your son? I am sorry for not telling you sooner." Sirius put his hands on her shoulders. " No, I am sorry for acting like a prat back then. If I hadn't started the fight we would've stayed together after the Leaving, and when you discovered that you were pregnant we would've gotten married. I've ruined your life by being a thoughtless git. I can't even remember what we fought about, but can you forgive me?"

Narcissa smiled at him. "What's there to forgive? I am sure I was just as responsible as you. Face it; we're both pigheaded and stubborn. I did more wrong than you by not telling you that I was pregnant and marrying Lucius, just to spite you."

They stood and looked at each other. Silently, and for a long time they just stood there, staring. Finally Sirius spoke. "So, where does that bring us now? You're soon a divorcée and I am the eternal bachelor. We have a son. He is getting married. I have Harry, he won't be getting married yet, and when I told him about our son he didn't mind. Where does that leave us?"

Narcissa didn't know what to reply. She loved this man. Had done so for more than twenty years. But did he love her? He hadn't said it, but he was clearly expecting an answer of some kind from her. Should she tell him that she loved him and risk being rejected? Or should she answer him something neutral and possibly never find out anything at all? Better safe than sorry?

Oh, to hells with caution. She had executed that far too much in her marriage to Lucius. Narcissa decided to be brave, like the Gryffindor.

"Sirius Black, I love you. Do you want to marry me after my divorce is final?" She could tell that she had shocked him with her words. He seemed to have gone into a fit of sorts. He kept spluttering and seemed so unlike the Sirius who always had a quick and quirky retort to all comments.

Narcissa raised her eyebrows. "Well, what do you say? I believe I asked you a question, Sirius?" After that Sirius seemed to pull himself together. He managed to look more like the Sirius she had known in her youth and less like he was about to have a stroke. A while later he even managed to sound slightly coherent when he replied.

"Sure." Sirius Black, the world's most "romantic" man had done it again.

***

"You are an idiot. Sometimes you just happen to be that way. I don't need you to hover around me all the time. Can't you see that, Ron?" Ron had tried to "protect" her once too many times from Draco, and Ginny didn't care much for the idea at all. True, he had promised her that he wouldn't hurt Draco, but hanging around her all the time looking menacing wasn't a very large improvement in Ginny's opinion. How was she supposed to do anything with her fiancé when her brother tried his best to be as protective as possible?

She could've just done whatever she wanted. Draco wouldn't have minded, and Ron would have gone into shock. But she knew it wouldn't have felt right to kiss Draco in front of Ron. So she tried this option instead. Get Ron so angry that he would avoid her for a while, and if it happened to knock some sense into him as well, it would be well worth it.

"But I promised Bill, Charlie, Percy, George and Fred that I would look after you this year, Ginny. I can't just break a promise like that, to my own blood."

"Am I not your blood as well? Are you my guardian? I just want to be left alone. Ron, why can't you bloody understand it? If you were seeing anybody would you want to have all of your bloomin' siblings hanging around all the time?" Ron blushed.

"No, but it is different with you." Ginny got a redder and redder face as Ron kept talking.

"Different how?"

"Well, Ginny. You could get, well, you know. Pregnant."

"Gee, what do you really think this prophecy business is about Ron? I give Draco a chaste kiss on the cheek and magically Voldemort is defeated? You really don't get around much, stupid." She poked her finger into his chest.

"I'm not stupid."

"No, you're just incredibly daft. Didn't it occur to you that Draco and I are supposed to produce offspring? For that to happen, we'll have to be alone together."

"But your NEWTS?"

Ginny hit her brother hard. "Don't you think I have it all planned? Git."

"You don't have to hit so hard. I need my brain for the NEWTS, Ginny."

***

Sirius felt unsure. He was going to talk to his son for the first time in his life. How was he supposed to act? It was easy enough with Harry, he just thought of what James and Lily would've said and done. But this was his son.

The old and well-used Marauder's map had helped him find Draco. The Astronomy Tower was high; it appeared that his son liked to get away from it all sometimes. "Draco?" Sirius knocked on the doorframe while he put his head through the open door.

"Yeah. I am here." Draco had found a chair so that he could sit and see out of one of the tower windows. Sirius moved closer to see what his son was looking at. He could recognize Ron's sister, Ginny down below. "Enjoying the view?" Draco nodded slightly.

"Looking forward to marriage?" Draco turned to look at him.

" I don't know. At first it all seemed so unreal. I didn't talk much to Ginny, and she didn't talk much to me. But something changed when Dumbledore, grandfather, and Hermione Granger decided to interfere in our lives. Now, I am not sure. I think marriage will probably end up being nice. I see that Ginny and I are better together as a team than opposed each other. But at the same time it feels too soon. I am seventeen, almost eighteen and I am getting married."

Sirius nodded. "When's the big day?"

Draco shrugged. "Not sure. Sometime after the NEWTS, probably as soon as possible. What's going on with Mother and you at the moment?"

They sat in silence for a long while.

"We're getting married."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. She proposed."

"So what happens next for the two of you? Have you got everything planned out? Like where to live, how many more children to have? I have no clue about where they assume I am going to live after I leave Hogwarts." Draco's eyes kept looking out the window.

"You could come and live with your mother, Harry and me? I am not sure where we will be living, but I am sure that it will be big enough for all of us. I was thinking of my family home, but it has been left empty so long I am not sure what Narcissa thinks of it."

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A/N: I'll just stop it right here. I am putting this up Friday, before I go to France, as a treat, both for you, and for me when I return to read your reviews. Actually, this is Tuesday, and I am finished… so I am probably being a little mean, by waiting, but I want to have something great to look forward to when I have to return home… So make my return a good one and review.

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DEDICATION: To my French teacher, who is taking us along to France. To my French class, for being who you are.