A/N:

Sorry it has taken so long. Thanks to Embers who has kept me on my toes!

On with the story:

Ch14: Unexpected Twists

Well that is quite a predicament, Lucius thought to himself.

What should she do? What could he do?

Sarah, relaxed as ever now that she ha relayed her whole story to a friend, was browzing the kitchen for something to eat when Narcissa came into the midst.

"Your still here?" Narcissa cried,

"I thought we'd gotten rid of you a long time ago!"

Sarah's only response was, "Nope!"

"Fine, whatever. Lucius, tell me when she leaves!" she exclaimed across the kitchen as she left.

When she leaves, Lucius thought, maybe she doesn't have to…No I can't think like that.

"Sarah why don't you just go back to him?" Lucius asked because he could not think of any other possible solution. He immediately cursed himself for asking it though.

"Go back to him!" she looked at Lucius,

"Ok, ok, you caught me… I do still have feelings for him," she let out a sigh.

"Then go back to him!" he cried in spite of what he wanted her to do.

"I can't!"

"Why?"

"You don't understand. You see, the last time we broke up at Hogwarts, I did go looking for him. And guess who he was with?!" Lucius didn't answer for he knew that she would soon inform him,

"He was with another slut whom he had asked out!" she took a deep breath, trying to clam herself down.

"Ok, ok," he patted her back while he smiled inwardly. Leave it to Sarah to use proper grammar in a crisis, he mused. And while a voice was laughing at the situation another voice inside his head told him that there was no other choice but to have her stay with him.

"Sarah, well, I guess you could stay here," he stuttered.

"Stay here," she echoes as she looked around the room. After a minute of thought she said, "Yes! I would love to stay here!"

No more than an hour later she was on her way back home to pack. As she was leaving, her brother walked into the room, looking quite confused.

"Are we moving?" he asked, noting that her things were all packed into one large suitcase that had been magiked to fit everything.

"No, I'm going to the Malfoy's," she corrected him as she moved past to get her toothbrush.

"Uh," he paused,

"Do you think that that is such a good idea? I mean Sirius-"

"I don't know or care what Sirius thinks, We are no longer together. And yes, it is a good idea!" she interrupted him.

"Well." she looked around the room, searching for forgotten objects. When she found none, she continued,

"I don't know how long I'll be gone, but goodbye dear brother!" she said as she moved into his arms.

"Goodbye and good luck," Remus muttered as she walked out the door, her stuff magically dragging behind her.

"What?! She's coming to live here!?" Narcissa yelled.

"Yes! What's the problem with that?" her husband asked, knowing full well what Narcissa's complaints again Sarah were.

"Because, you know I can't stand her!" she answered.


Well, I already invited her. I can't un-invite her!" he exclaimed. And suddenly, he didn't care what his wife thought of how much she suffered form Sarah's presence.

"Then I'm leaving!" she cried as she began to gather her and Draco's things. Lucius just stood there, in the midst of their bedroom as she packed her things into a suitcase.

"How long will you be gone?" he asked when she was finally finished.

"Until she leaves," she answered as she apparated, her son in her arms.

No kiss goodbye! he thought to himself. And suddenly, as he walked out into the living room, he didn't care. For here came the most beautiful women he had ever known.

It took him a minute to remember his manners.

"Sarah. Do you need some help?" he asked, but then he noticed that all her stuff was carrying itself behind her.

"No, no I got it." she smiled. He still had those manners, she thought, that used to make her melt. Something about his stirred something inside her, but she quickly pushed it out of her mind.

He followed her inside the house. What now? he asked himself.

"Which is my room?" her question pulled him back to reality.

"Uh, over here," he pointed to the room across the hall from his.

"Fine," was her only response as she took out her wand. One by one, the objects floated into the room and unpacked themselves quietly.

"So… What's for dinner?" Sarah asked,

"And where's your wife?"

Dinner, he hadn't thought about that.

"Oh, she's at her mother's house for awhile. Dinner, uh I don't know. What do you want?"

"Well, what do you have?" she asked, dismissing the tone he used when he addressed his wife. She is probably pissed that I am here…she told herself.

"What do you want?" he responded.

"What do you have?"

"What do you want?"

"Ok, ok" she relented and lost their made-up game,

"How about steak?"

"Sounds fine to me!" he laughed.

A couple hours later she was in bed asleep with a book in her lap. Lucius, sitting by the fire was lost in deep thought.

Why did I invite her? he asked himself, why?…Because you still love her, a voice inside him said, and maybe sense you two are alone…No! I can't think of that, I'm married…

Slowly, he walked into her room. She looks so peaceful, he told himself, so happy. And suddenly, he didn't care if he was married. All he knew was that he wanted her.