Chapter Seven - Never A Dull Malfoy
Draco stared at his father. He didn't know what else to do, or what to say. His father's statement was a little dramatic to say the least. Lucius waved a hand in front of Draco's face and clicked his fingers. Draco snapped out of it and looked up, a little ashamed of his behaviour. "Sorry... it's just a bit..." he paused. "I would say weird but in this situation it kind of makes sense."
Lucius nodded. He didn't know what more he could say to console his son. "I knew that I would have to tell you one day, it was just hard to say. But now I think that you need to know these things." He said after a moment.
"So what about mum? Is she still... my mum?" Draco asked.
"Yes, but she shares you with Severus." Lucius said. "I may have given birth to you but it was because of your mother that I was able to do so. She was the one that carried the genes that made all of this possible. I just think that now that you are pregnant it is important that you know I have been through all this and in the end everything will come out just fine." He smiled and stoked his son's face. "After all, you came out more perfect than I could have ever imagined."
Draco smiled, and despite the fact that the pregnancy was almost over, he was suddenly attacked by his hormones and he started crying. He curled into his father's arms, holding him with all the love he had in his body. "I love you so much." Draco whispered through his tears.
"And I have always loved you. The day you were born I knew that I would never be able to love anyone more than my perfect baby boy, and that's why your mother turned out the way she did. She couldn't stand it that I loved you more than her." Lucius whispered back. He looked down at his son as Draco did something that almost made Lucius cry.
Draco rubbed his eyes with both hands balled into fists, and yawned. It was just a little thing but it reminded Lucius of baby Draco, laying in his arms the day he was born. "You should get some sleep, I'll be here when you wake up. Dumbledore is allowing me to stay here in the castle, to be with you when you have the baby." Draco smiled tiredly and lay down. Lucius pulled the covers over him and tucked him in, laying a kiss on his son's forehead before switching off the light and leaving his son to sleep.
Standing outside the door he let out a deep breath. He smiled and lay against the wall, letting everything that had happened wash over him like a sea of happiness. Severus approached him a lay a hand on his shoulder. "How did it go?" Severus asked cautiously, mindlessly twirling the tips of the blonde hair with his fingers.
"It was..." Lucius smiled as he looked up at Severus. "Perfect." He threw his arms around Severus, and Severus held him back, patting his old friend on the back. "You were right, you always are. I should have told him long ago... but it has sparked a few things in me."
"What's that?"
"I want another baby." Lucius said simply, his eyes galsed with the thought of another child to love and care for, as well as his own son and his soon to be born grandchild.
"I thought that you would need Narcissa and her genes for that." Severus said, fighting to keep the spite from his voice. He had never liked that bitch. "How could you have another child, unless you re-married and your new wife were to have a child."
"The genes were passed into me when Draco was conceived. I could have another child at any time, but Narcissa didn't want anymore, she had enough trouble dealing with my love for Draco." Lucius explained, a small frown on his face.
"Then have more." Severus said with a smile. "If fact, have loads of them. Maybe I could borrow them to make up for a lack of my own..."
"No one should be without children... especially not you Severus." Lucius said with a coy smiled, taking Severus' hands in his own. "If you wanted, you could have 'loads of them'." He said. Severus smiled. Things in his life had changed since Draco's pregnancy, and things were about to get a whole lot better.