One Black Too Many

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Severus is the winner.

Pairings Update: Lucius/Sirius and eventual Severus/James.

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Chapter 3: Surprise!

It was a month after the Malfoys and Blacks became family through marriage and although Lucius and Narcissa presented the perfect couple to society, it was quite the opposite behind the scenes. Over the past month Lucius had threatened to kill his wife several more times, mainly out of sheer annoyance. Narcissa, on the other hand, had hired someone to tail Lucius every time he left the manor late at night; she was determined to find out whom he was having an affair with.

In London, how ever, Sirius was having a terrible time. For the last week he had been throwing up in the mornings and after a comment made by James he was almost certain the throwing was happening because he was pregnant.

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One Saturday morning when James got up, he found his best friend sitting on their bathroom floor next to the toilet, crying his eyes out into his hands. He went and sat down next to Sirius and pulled the crying man into his arms for a hug. "What's the matter, Siri?"

Sirius sniffled and clutched at James, burying his face into his best friend's shoulder, "…I hate this…and I don't know how to tell him…" He wouldn't usually cry in front of people, but James was his best friend, he had seen James cry before.

"Sh…it's ok," James rested his cheek on top of Sirius' head and rubbed his friend's back. "First we have to get a test to make sure you really are pregnant, I mean, it could just be a mental reaction if you think you are…" Sirius sniffled again. "Then, if you want, I'll be there with you when you tell him."

Sirius pulled away from James enough so that he could see his friend's face, "Y-you'd do that for me?"

"Yes," James nodded and brushed Sirius' hair away from his face. "I mean, I doubt he's going to be happy about it, he doesn't seem like the kind of man that would be over the moon about his lover being pregnant."

Sirius sniffed and wiped his eyes on James' T-shirt, "I don't know h-how he'll react…but I'm not getting rid of it, even if he doesn't want anything to do with it."

James continued rubbing Sirius' back thoughtfully, "I'll be here for you, you know that, don't you?"

"Yes…thanks." Sirius gave a tearful smile. "And Moony to, yeah?"

"Undoubtedly."

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Two hours later, James, Sirius and Remus (who had been filled in) were at the Potter residence. James' mother was a Healer and after a bit of persuading from her son she had finally agreed to do an under the table pregnancy test on Sirius.

"This is illegal, you know that you three, don't you?" grumbled Irene Potter as she mixed the Pregnancy Test Potion.

Sirius sniffed, he had already burst into tears in front of Irene once, he didn't particularly want to do it again, "I'm sorry…but if it ever got back to my parents, they'd probably try and kill the baby…or me…"

Irene sighed, "Now see, if you had told me that to start with, I wouldn't have put up such a fight." She some of the finished potion into a goblet before turning to the three young men and handing it to Sirius. "Drink all of that down."

Sirius sniffed the potion cautiously, "What's it meant to do?"

"It will cause your abdomen to glow in about five minutes," replied Irene, "Pink or blue, depending on what sex the child is."

Sirius nodded before drinking the potion down, once he was done he pulled a face, "That's foul…"

Irene nodded, "Mm, it is."

"What if its multiples? I mean, how do you tell?" asked Sirius curiously, "It could easily be twins or something, couldn't it?"

Irene thought for a moment, "Well, multiples aren't often common with first pregnancies, especially male ones. But I'll never say never, it can happen." She studied Sirius closely for a moment. "Are you going to tell me who the father is?"

Sirius chewed his bottom lip nervously before mumbling a reply.

Irene raised her eyebrows; "I beg your pardon?" Sirius shook his head and kept his mouth shut. "Sirius, I am not going to shout at you about it, you can tell me." Sirius still refused to speak so she turned to James and Remus, "Well?"

Remus looked to Sirius and then at James, both of them seemed too nervous to tell Irene who the baby's father was, "…Its Lucius Malfoy."

Irene turned to Remus in shock before looking back to Sirius, who had by now buried his face against James' shoulder again, "Oh my god, Sirius… Whatever possessed you to sleep with Lucius Malfoy?"

Sirius pulled away from James and leaned against the bench and folded his arms over his stomach protectively, "I love him."

Irene frowned slightly but she decided not to question Sirius further, for now anyway. He was like another son to her, she felt quite protective of him. "And he doesn't know you're pregnant, does he?"

"Well I don't know if I'm pregnant, so no he doesn't know," replied Sirius.

"Well judging by the symptoms you have told me, you definitely are pregnant," said Irene, she glanced down at Sirius' stomach, "Move your arms, it looks like we're about to find out the sex of this baby."

Sirius dropped his arms to his sides and looked down at his stomach where a faint whitish glow had begun to appear. Within about ten seconds the glow had taken on a bluish hue, which meant…

"It's a boy…" said Sirius in a little voice, barely believing what this magic was telling him.

Irene smiled at the almost childish look of amazement on Sirius' face; "It's a boy."

James and Remus grinned at each other.

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A few days later, Sirius was sitting at the kitchen table in his and James' apartment, trying to compose a letter to Lucius to ask his lover if they could meet urgently. He needed to tell Lucius about the baby. He snorted when he heard James trip over something in the living area, which was quite usual when the messy haired man got up at lunchtime.

James stumbled into the kitchen yawning, no top on and his hair was even messier than it normally was, "Morning…"

Sirius glanced at the kitchen clock and then back to James, "Afternoon, you mean?"

James poured himself a strong black coffee before sitting down at the table and yawning again, "I work nights."

Sirius put his quill to the parchment and started writing, "Well, perhaps you shouldn't work at the St Mungos morgue then."

James shrugged and took a sip of his coffee, "Who you writing too?"

Sirius sighed, "Lucius. Need to arrange somewhere to meet him so that I can tell him, though I'm not meant to be contacting him at the manor in case a message is intercepted by Narcissa or something." He finished writing everything that he felt was important to put in the letter before pushing it across the table to James. "Tell me if it's ok."

James picked the letter up and read it through:

Lucius,

I know you told me not to contact you at the manor but this is important. I really need to talk to you and it can not wait. Please come to my apartment as soon as possible.

Pads

James nodded, "Very short and cryptic, it'll get his curiosity peeked if nothing else."

Sirius took the letter back off his friend and stared at it, "He said he thinks that Narcissa might be having him followed…she knows he's having an affair."

"Stupid cow," muttered James before having another sip of coffee. "I mean, you and Lucius were together long before they were told about the arranged marriage, right?"

Sirius nodded, "Yeah…so you have listened to me ramble on then?"

James gave him an innocent look and shook his head, "No, course I don't listen."

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By that Saturday Sirius hadn't heard a word from Lucius, but he wasn't certain his lover would even reply to the letter before he turned up so he wasn't worrying too much. He was in his apartment alone at the moment, Remus had come along and dragged James out man hunting for the night, mainly in case Lucius did show up tonight. He was curled up in his favourite armchair with a bowl of ice cream when a knock sounded at his door, "Its open!" he heard the door open and close and then he heard the voice he had been waiting.

"Its dangerous leaving your door unlocked at night, you know?"

Sirius smirked, "Oh don't Lucius, anyone would think you actually cared."

"Mm, can't have that." Lucius went and sat down on the couch just across from Sirius' armchair. "What is so important that you had to drag me away from my lovely wife?"

Sirius glanced up at the blond, "Haven't killed her yet, then?"

Lucius sighed, "Skip the small talk and tell me whatever it is you have to say, Sirius.

Sirius chewed on his bottom lip, he didn't like the tone Lucius was using one bit, and he was quite emotional right now. He hesitated for a moment before taking a deep breath and opening his mouth, "I…I'm pregnant, Lucius." The look on Lucius' face wasn't comforting at all, it was so blank that Sirius wasn't entirely sure the blond had heard him. "…And before you say anything, it is yours, and I am keeping it whether you want anything to do with me and the baby or not."

Lucius didn't reply for quite a while, he seemed to be thinking, the same blank expression still on his face, but finally turned his grey eyes back to Sirius a still unreadable expression on his face. "I don't know what to say…"

Sirius frowned, a speechless Lucius Malfoy was not necessarily a good thing, it usually meant that he was building up to an explosion, but then Sirius could be wrong. "I know what I'd like to hear you say but what do you really think?"

Lucius sighed, "What do you want me to say, Sirius? If our families found out about this, they would kill us both. I mean, they expect Narcissa to be carrying my heir, not her cousin."

Sirius looked down at the ground; "It's always about what other people think of you, isn't it? I'm carrying your child and all you care about is how our families will react?" Lucius gazed at him unblinkingly. "I don't care what they think, I don't care if they find out, I just want to have this baby with his father around. But obviously, if you don't want anyone else to know its yours then I'll do this without you."

Lucius sat forward on the couch and rested his arms on his knees, "Sirius, most of the things that I do depend on what people think of me. It probably won't take long before everyone finds out I'm having an affair, that daft tart is having me followed, remember?" Sirius sniffed. "I won't let you go through this one your own, but I can't be here twenty four seven to look after you."

Sirius wiped his eyes on his sleeve and looked back to Lucius, "…I was expecting you to deny responsibility of the baby…I thought you'd leave me…"

"Well you thought wrong." Lucius moved onto the coffee table that was pulled up in front of Sirius and sat down on it. "I am not as cruel or cold hearted as I like to think I am. I do care about you, Sirius, but again, if our families ever found out I was having the affair with you they would do away with you. You know they will, and I am not going to let that happen. If it means that I have to distance myself from you then so be it, it doesn't mean that I don't care and I do not want you to think that."

"I know…" Sirius could feel his floodgates opening again, he really was overly emotional right now. "…James said he would be here for me."

"Let him help you then," replied Lucius, he leaned forward and kissed Sirius on the lips. "You said 'his' father…"

Sirius smiled, "It's a boy."

Lucius glanced down at Sirius' stomach and then back up to the younger man's face, "You can tell this early on?"

Sirius nodded, "James' mum gave me a test that tells whether your pregnant and what sex the baby is. Will you stay with me tonight?" he knew almost as soon as the question had left his mouth that the answer was 'no', judging by the look on Lucius' face.

"I can't." Lucius did look apologetic, at least. "I some things I have to do, but I will try and come back afterwards, ok?"

Sirius sniffled and nodded, "Ok." He let Lucius pull him into a hug, and he really didn't want to let go. "If you don't come back, will you come by some other time?"

"I'll see." One last kiss to Sirius' lips, Lucius got up and headed for the door. "Look after yourself."

"I will."

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A/N: Hm…so much for trying to write Nasty!Lucius…

Next Chapter: Did Lucius come back that night? Did Remus and James find any men during their night out? Who is Narcissa's 'Lucius tracker'?