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Chapter 25: Daddy Dearest

" 'I'm supposed to be evil, but they attack me without cause. They gang up on me because I'm different. They're as bad as my father.'

'Fathers. Don't they suck?'

'Say one thing, then… "Be good. Fear God. Do as you're told." And the whole while I know good and well, he's had his share of sinning.

'Sounds kinda like my father.'

'Is he a self-righteous bastard?'

'You'd be amazed.'"

Angel and Connor Angel

What's taking him so long? Draco had been waiting for the past hour for his father to show up and he was getting impatient. "I knew I shouldn't have done this!"

"Calm down boy, I'm here." Lucius entered the room, looking as if he were on cloud 9 at least.

"Finally," Draco mumbled. "Tell me you've gotten her out."

"When have I ever let you down?"

"When was the last time I gave you an opportunity to?"

Lucius ignored his last comment. "Yes, I've gotten her out."

Draco masked his relief with sarcasm. "And it only took you a week, congratulations. Where is she?"

"Safe as ever." Lucius' cheeriness was beginning to irk his son.

"That didn't answer my question. Where is she so I can take her back-"

In an instant, Lucius regained his trademark seriousness. "About that, the Dark Lord and I agreed it would be unwise to return Kylie to you."

"What?"

"Even if you two weren't plotting together, it would be naïve of us to continue the current living arrangement. You understand."

"I do?" Draco was livid. "Do you realize what you've done?"

"I thought we were doing you a favor! This is the girl who betrayed your trust. Did you honestly think that we were going to let here come back to you?"

"I trusted you, for onc's e in my life to do the right thing for someone other than yourself! But I guess that was too much to ask, wasn't it?"

"Really Draco, what makes you think she's any better off at your place rather than mine? After all, before her arrest to you she was just a whore and now she's not even that!"

The little color in Draco's face drained away. "Your place? You mean she's living with you?"

"Draco-"

" So not only did you betray me, you've devised a plan to seduce her; to satisfy your own perverse lust!"

"Draco, stop being so melodramatic. I haven't been as bad a father as you like to paint me. I was the one who took you back after that hideous idea of yours to go and 'find yourself'. Do you know what the others thought of me? A Death Eater's son who went to go live among muggles? Unheard of! But still, when you came back, I welcomed you."

"And that's supposed to make you father of the year? Like hell it would! Why did I have the urge to 'find myself' Lucius, can you answer me that?"

"I'm not going to argue with you again Draco. If that's how you see the situation, so be it." Lucius made for the door.

"How the hell else am I supposed to see it?" Draco yelled. But Lucius was already out the door.

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That hadn't gone well, Lucius admitted to himself. He'd expected Draco's rage part of Lucius knew he deserved it. He was after all, now sharing a room with his son's ex-lover and current infatuation (though Lucius wasn't stupid enough to really believe Kylie was just an infatuation of his son's, he wasn't up to fully accepting it).

But he'd figured Draco would bounce back. Kylie was at best a rebound relationship. As far as Lucius knew, Draco hadn't had a serious girlfriend since that muggle he'd run of with, which was over a year and a half ago. Plenty of time to get over her death.

Lucius had really thought Draco had been getting over Elizabeth. It was sad, really. Beth had been a nice girl, as far as filthy muggles went, of course. But she'd lured Draco away from his dark purpose. She'd posed a threat.

So she'd had to die.

Chapter 26: The Witch (Ahem!) Wizard Doctor

Emcee: We switch partners daily to play as we please.

Bobby and Lulu: Twosies beat onesies

Emcee: Yeah, but nothing beats threes!

-Cabaret

Lucius had decided to talk to Hermione on their first night together, so in the late afternoon, he'd knocked on her door.

"Come in," Kylie's voice rang through the door.

"Don't worry," he said, noting the confusion on Kylie's face. "I'm here to help you."

"Help me with what?"

"You're covered with bruises and cuts. I think you may have fractured something. I'm offering to heal you."

"I've been trying to heal myself all the while you were gone," she confessed a bit sheepishly. "I've tried everything but nothing works!"

Lucius nodded. "They wouldn't have. Your torture was worked so that only certain people can heal you."

Lucius could see Kylie was beginning to understand. "And am I right in assuming you are one of those people?"

"I don't think I've ever known you to be wrong," Lucius flashed her a small smile. "Anyway, would you like me to?"

Kylie bit her lip before answering. "Yes, thank you for asking. But how will you do it? A spell, potion, what?"

"Neither actually," he rolled up his sleeves as he spoke. " Both are too easy to get around. It's a wandless magic."

"I didn't even know such methods existed," she said.

Lucius looked her dead in the eye. "There are a lot of things you don't know about. But you'll learn."

Kylie broke their eye contact first, turning her head away. "I'm sure I will."

Lucius told her to lie down on her bed. "This may take awhile," he warned.

He paused when he touched the fabric of her shirt. "There has to be skin to skin contact."

"Oh," Kylie slipped out of her shirt with more than a bit of hesitation.

He placed his pale hands onto the soft skin of her back.

"Your hands are colder than a doctor's," Kylie commented her but Lucius quickly quieted her.

"Relax," he said, and then…

Hermione's POV

It was like nothing Hermione had ever experienced. Once again, she and Lucius were linked, but it was completely different from the first time. She could feel him inside of her, their connection on a level unlike during Occlumency. Now, they were connected mind, body and soul. They were one. But Hermione felt herself wishing desperately that she was sharing this feeling with Draco.

Hermione didn't know how long they stayed there, him healing her. It only felt like moments, though she knew it had to be longer. But at last his hands withdrew, leaving Hermione feeling almost deprived. Of what, she didn't know. She opened her eyes to find Lucius sleeping soundly, his palms still resting on her naked back. She tried to wake him, but found she couldn't. Stupid as it was, he looked so peaceful. Not that she was forgetting that he was a murderer or anything, but she couldn't move, let alone wake him.

So, resigned, Hermione fell into an uneasy sleep.

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Backround on the quote at the beginning of the chapter. It's hilarious, if you know the context. Angel, lost his memory, and is talking to his son, Conner about how much fathers suck.
Got it?
I'm not really good at explaining things.

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