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THE KNEE TREMBLER
Chapter 15 : Houses and the continued madness of Lucius
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After yet another of Draco's interesting suicide attempts, Hermione's parents had decided that they had had enough and left for home. This had depressed Lucius somewhat, as now he had no-one but Draco to torment and annoy, which after seventeen years was starting to get a bit old. Lucius just wandered around Hogwarts by himself, half-heartedly hitting first years with his cane every few steps and generally looking rather dejected.
And so the circle of life was more or less complete.
It was at this point that it was time to leave Hogwarts ( a/n : I was also too lazy to go into the school aspect... work ethic eh? ). Naturally Hermione had passed her exams with flying colours, even though she'd had a newborn baby to look after. Ron scraped through, much to everyone's surprise and Harry passed all of his exams, not through hard work, but because he's Harry Potter and he has to do well or bad things happen, such as silly angst plot lines and such.
Draco passed all his exams too, which shocked the school so much that everyone needed a little lie down in a darkened room, whilst sipping ice cold water. Draco resented this, but as usual nobody cared.
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''So what are you going to do now that we've finished school?''said Hermione, who was multi-tasking by keeping both Draco and the baby occupied ( the baby with food and Draco with something shiny ).
''Not a clue really,''said Draco, looking somewhat confused as he'd never even considered the matter. He scratched his head and looked pained. ''I'll probably just sponge off Father.''
''Won't he mind?''said Hermione.
''I doubt it,''said Draco brightly. ''Mother has him so drugged up these days that he's utterly convinced he's a deep-sea diver. It's rather amusing. Would you like to come watch it sometime? It's such fun to wait for him to try and walk downstairs in a big metal diving suit... when he thinks he's at the bottom we give him a good shove and then watch him struggle to get up again. Sometimes it takes hours. It really is *too* much fun. You must try it.''
Hermione raised an eyebrow. ''Maybe later.''
There was a long period of giggling from the baby and giggling from Draco... he just couldn't control himself when shiny things were around. This behavior was quite understandable, when you looked at the mental state of the rest of Draco's family.
''I need a house,''Hermione randomly said after a while.
Draco stopped being entranced by his shiny thing and looked at her, confused. ''You might want to explain that.''
''Well, it's quite simple, Draco,''said Hermione, exasperated. ''I need a house to bring up Stephan in. I can't move in with my parents... there just isn't the room.''
Draco raised an eyebrow, then said in a rare moment of clarity, ''I think the excuse for not moving in with your parents is that your family couldn't bear having my parents anywhere near them, isn't it?''
Hermione looked awkward.
''Don't worry,'' Draco smiled. ''I feel the same way about having my parents near me.''
''But I need money to buy a house....''
''I know that you're trying to wheedle money out of me, you know,''said Draco. ''I've been swindling my parents for years - I think I know when someone's trying to swindle me.'' He cast Hermione a dark look. ''I may be dense but I'm not stupid.''
A tumbleweed blew past.
''So... can I have a house then?''said Hermione, with an engaging smile.
Draco thought about it for a moment, looking grim.
''Yeah, alright then.''
~~~~~~~
Hermione moved into her new house only afew weeks after the conversation above. It was surprisingly nice, although it would have been better if Lucius hadn't gotten into the habit of hiding in the bushes in the garden and attacking the postman.
''How did you manage to afford it?''said Hermione, impressed.
Draco looked shifty. ''Ask no questions and you'll be told no lies,''he said.
''Did your father have someone killed again?''sighed Hermione.
''Mistakes were made....''said Draco shortly, before making a swift exit.
''And one more thing,''said Hermione. ''Can you talk to your father about his habit of ambushing the postman? I'm running out of excuses to make to the neighbours.''
''Why do the neighbours care?''said Draco.
Hermione looked awkward again. ''Well apparantely your father has been breaking into their gardens and eating their potted plants.''
Draco looked embarressed. ''Ah... I see...'' He opened the window to see Lucius being his usual disturbing self. ''Father!'' he shouted. ''Behave yourself! Don't make me come out there!''
''You don't have the guts!''came Lucius's voice. This was followed swiftly by a small rock being thrown at Draco, hitting him in the centre of the skull. ''You big girl!''
''Stop throwing those and stop calling me that!''
~~~~~
Before long Narcissa was called and she reluctantely took Lucius back to the Malfoy Manor.
''Are you coming too, Draco?''said Narcissa.
''No thanks,''he said. ''The further I am away from Father, the happier I am.''
''A good point,''she said. Then she left, dragging Lucius with her and looking thoroughly annoyed at the world.
''Well,''said Draco after Lucius was far, far away. ''Thank Christ he's gone.''
Hermione nodded. ''Yes... a Lucius-free place is a happy place, so the saying goes.'' She turned to Draco. ''Are you having dinner here or what?''
''Are you asking?''
''Are you dragging out what should be a yes or no question?''
''Absolutely.''
Hermione sighed and massaged her temples. ''Yes or no, Draco. Don't make me beat you to death.''
''Ok then I'll stay,''said Draco. ''But NO sex.''
Hermione looked appalled. ''I wasn't planning on having sex with you!''
Draco rolled his eyes. ''Course you weren't, you dirty bitch.'' He giggled.
Hermione gave him the infamous Stare of Death.
''Sorry,''he said.
~~~~~~~
Sorry that the chapter was so short again, but I'm snowed under right now and it's hard keeping up with my fics. Till next time.
Lux Aeterna
x
THE KNEE TREMBLER
Chapter 15 : Houses and the continued madness of Lucius
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After yet another of Draco's interesting suicide attempts, Hermione's parents had decided that they had had enough and left for home. This had depressed Lucius somewhat, as now he had no-one but Draco to torment and annoy, which after seventeen years was starting to get a bit old. Lucius just wandered around Hogwarts by himself, half-heartedly hitting first years with his cane every few steps and generally looking rather dejected.
And so the circle of life was more or less complete.
It was at this point that it was time to leave Hogwarts ( a/n : I was also too lazy to go into the school aspect... work ethic eh? ). Naturally Hermione had passed her exams with flying colours, even though she'd had a newborn baby to look after. Ron scraped through, much to everyone's surprise and Harry passed all of his exams, not through hard work, but because he's Harry Potter and he has to do well or bad things happen, such as silly angst plot lines and such.
Draco passed all his exams too, which shocked the school so much that everyone needed a little lie down in a darkened room, whilst sipping ice cold water. Draco resented this, but as usual nobody cared.
~~~~~
''So what are you going to do now that we've finished school?''said Hermione, who was multi-tasking by keeping both Draco and the baby occupied ( the baby with food and Draco with something shiny ).
''Not a clue really,''said Draco, looking somewhat confused as he'd never even considered the matter. He scratched his head and looked pained. ''I'll probably just sponge off Father.''
''Won't he mind?''said Hermione.
''I doubt it,''said Draco brightly. ''Mother has him so drugged up these days that he's utterly convinced he's a deep-sea diver. It's rather amusing. Would you like to come watch it sometime? It's such fun to wait for him to try and walk downstairs in a big metal diving suit... when he thinks he's at the bottom we give him a good shove and then watch him struggle to get up again. Sometimes it takes hours. It really is *too* much fun. You must try it.''
Hermione raised an eyebrow. ''Maybe later.''
There was a long period of giggling from the baby and giggling from Draco... he just couldn't control himself when shiny things were around. This behavior was quite understandable, when you looked at the mental state of the rest of Draco's family.
''I need a house,''Hermione randomly said after a while.
Draco stopped being entranced by his shiny thing and looked at her, confused. ''You might want to explain that.''
''Well, it's quite simple, Draco,''said Hermione, exasperated. ''I need a house to bring up Stephan in. I can't move in with my parents... there just isn't the room.''
Draco raised an eyebrow, then said in a rare moment of clarity, ''I think the excuse for not moving in with your parents is that your family couldn't bear having my parents anywhere near them, isn't it?''
Hermione looked awkward.
''Don't worry,'' Draco smiled. ''I feel the same way about having my parents near me.''
''But I need money to buy a house....''
''I know that you're trying to wheedle money out of me, you know,''said Draco. ''I've been swindling my parents for years - I think I know when someone's trying to swindle me.'' He cast Hermione a dark look. ''I may be dense but I'm not stupid.''
A tumbleweed blew past.
''So... can I have a house then?''said Hermione, with an engaging smile.
Draco thought about it for a moment, looking grim.
''Yeah, alright then.''
~~~~~~~
Hermione moved into her new house only afew weeks after the conversation above. It was surprisingly nice, although it would have been better if Lucius hadn't gotten into the habit of hiding in the bushes in the garden and attacking the postman.
''How did you manage to afford it?''said Hermione, impressed.
Draco looked shifty. ''Ask no questions and you'll be told no lies,''he said.
''Did your father have someone killed again?''sighed Hermione.
''Mistakes were made....''said Draco shortly, before making a swift exit.
''And one more thing,''said Hermione. ''Can you talk to your father about his habit of ambushing the postman? I'm running out of excuses to make to the neighbours.''
''Why do the neighbours care?''said Draco.
Hermione looked awkward again. ''Well apparantely your father has been breaking into their gardens and eating their potted plants.''
Draco looked embarressed. ''Ah... I see...'' He opened the window to see Lucius being his usual disturbing self. ''Father!'' he shouted. ''Behave yourself! Don't make me come out there!''
''You don't have the guts!''came Lucius's voice. This was followed swiftly by a small rock being thrown at Draco, hitting him in the centre of the skull. ''You big girl!''
''Stop throwing those and stop calling me that!''
~~~~~
Before long Narcissa was called and she reluctantely took Lucius back to the Malfoy Manor.
''Are you coming too, Draco?''said Narcissa.
''No thanks,''he said. ''The further I am away from Father, the happier I am.''
''A good point,''she said. Then she left, dragging Lucius with her and looking thoroughly annoyed at the world.
''Well,''said Draco after Lucius was far, far away. ''Thank Christ he's gone.''
Hermione nodded. ''Yes... a Lucius-free place is a happy place, so the saying goes.'' She turned to Draco. ''Are you having dinner here or what?''
''Are you asking?''
''Are you dragging out what should be a yes or no question?''
''Absolutely.''
Hermione sighed and massaged her temples. ''Yes or no, Draco. Don't make me beat you to death.''
''Ok then I'll stay,''said Draco. ''But NO sex.''
Hermione looked appalled. ''I wasn't planning on having sex with you!''
Draco rolled his eyes. ''Course you weren't, you dirty bitch.'' He giggled.
Hermione gave him the infamous Stare of Death.
''Sorry,''he said.
~~~~~~~
Sorry that the chapter was so short again, but I'm snowed under right now and it's hard keeping up with my fics. Till next time.
Lux Aeterna
x