Ok sorry it has taken me so long to update, been having a lot of personal problems lately so I haven't been able to get online plus I was out of ideas so here is chapter eleven and please review and let me know what you think.\
Lynda.
P.S. I don't own anything!
Chapter Eleven
Playing Happy Families
Hermione woke the next morning and stretched, she caught the reflection of her engagement ring in the mirror and smiled to herself, her life was perfect, she had the perfect fiancé, the perfect daughter and hopefully soon she would be able to have another child with Draco. Hermione rolled over and watched Draco breathing, his pale skin was bathed in sunlight, to Hermione he looked like an Angel, Hermione leaned forward and kissed him softly on the cheek,
"Morning love" Draco whispered, keeping his eyes closed,
"Good morning" she replied, Draco opened his eyes a crack and rolled over to face Hermione,
"Mrs Hermione Malfoy" he whispered to her, Hermione smiled,
"It's got a good ring to it"
"It does, doesn't it" Hermione and Draco got out of bed, Hermione got a quick shower and dressed, whilst she was waiting for Draco to get ready, there was a soft tap on her door,
"Come in" she called, the door opened and Ginny walked in, "What are you doing here?" Hermione asked,
"What, can't I come visit my best friend?" Ginny asked, Hermione smiled
"Of course you can, I just wasn't expecting you" Hermione ranher fingers through her hair,
"Well, I just came over to thank you for……..Holy Merlin what is that?" she demanded, Hermione's arm fell to her side,
"It's nothing" she said, trying to hide her hand from Ginny
"That's not nothing, Hermione, that's a huge chunk of something" Ginny snatched Hermione's hand up and studied the ring,
"Oh Merlin, are you?" Ginny screamed, Hermione smiled and nodded, "You're getting married?" Hermione nodded again, "To who!"
"To Draco, who else?" Hermione asked, Ginny blushed,
"I think that would have to be one of the dumbest things I have ever asked, but luckily I can blame it on the pregnancy, I have these huge blonde moments when I am pregnant" Ginny said,
"Gin, you can't tell anyone, not even Harry, I want to have an engagement party and we will break the news to everyone then"
"Hermione, love where is my aftershave?" Draco called from the bathroom, the door opened and Draco came out in nothing but a towel,
"Holy hell, Hermione" Ginny said when she caught sight of him, "I wish Harry looked like that under his towel,
"Jesus, why didn't you tell me we had company?" Draco said, frantically trying to pull his towel around himself tighter, Hermione laughed,
"Sorry love, and it's in the medicine cabinet next to my perfumes" Draco nodded and backed up into the bathroom,
"He is one fine piece of…." Ginny started,
"Ok enough, he is my fiancé, you should be happy with the man you married" Hermione said,
"Yeah I am, but if I knew that's what Draco was hiding all these years I would of never agreed to gout with Harry" Ginny said smiling,
"Oh Gin, I'm so glad we can talk like this again" Hermione said, hugging her best friend,
"Me too, anyway congratulations, I was just coming round to thank you for the job, I best get back to work before Mr. Malfoy fires me" Ginny said, she stood and walked out the door,
"Is she gone?" Draco called,
"Yes dear" Hermione said.
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After breakfast, Hermione and Draco sat in her common room, talking about having an engagement party,
"Who do you think we should invite?" Hermione asked,
"Anyone you like, my love" Draco replied kissing the top of her head,
"Well how about, Ron, Ginny, Harry, Blaise, my Mum and Dad, your parents, McGonagall, the Patil twins, Fred, Angelina, George, Katie, Bill, Fleur, Percy, Penelope, Molly, Arthur, Charlie, Kristen, Sariya, Luna, Neville, Dean, Seamus, anyone else?" Hermione asked,
"That sounds fine" Draco said, "This is our night love, you invite anyone you like"
"It's your night too and you only have Blaise and your parents coming" Hermione said,
"I only need you to have the perfect night" Draco replied, Hermione kissed him softly on the lips before resting her head on his shoulder,
"All this can wait, right now I want to spend as much time alone with my future husband as I can before it all goes crazy with organizing the wedding" Draco wrapped his arm around her shoulders,
"What time are you taking Lily out?" he asked, Hermione lifted her head to look at the Grand father clock standing in the corner of the room,
"Shoot, I said I would pick her up at ten thirty" Hermione stood and pulled on some shoes, she kissed Draco quickly on the cheek and rushed out the door.
Draco stood and stretched after Hermione left, he picked up his cloak and made his way to Hogsmeade, he apparated to Malfoy manor.
"I am back Mother" he called, Narcissa came down the stairs she looked drawn and tired,
"I am so glad you are back, your father is at the worst stage he wont let me in the room, he's been flinging curses at the door the minute it opens, I've taken to apparating to his bed so he doesn't realize I am coming, Draco frowned, the Doctor had not mentioned anything about his father not wanting to be around people, Draco just assumed that his father would want to spend time with people instead of wasting away alone, give him a chance to say his final goodbyes. Draco apparated into his father's room,
"Why can't you just leave me alone you silly old woman" his father yelled,
"Father, it's just me" Lucius' eyes were out of focus,
"My bastard child has come to see me, he is no son of mine, marrying a Mudblood" Draco frowned, why was his father speaking to himself as though Draco wasn't there.
"Father, it's me, is something wrong?" Draco asked, kneeling next to the bed,
"Draco, come closer" Lucius whispered, "There is a plot, Draco, the Dark Lord, wants to kill you"
"Father, the Dark Lord is dead, Harry Potter killed him, years ago"
"Can you not keep that damn child quiet for more than a minute, Narcissa?" Lucius yelled, Draco stood his father had gone mad, "You stupid woman! You are not fit to be the mother of my child!" Lucius' eyes dropped and at once he was snoring,
Draco opened the bedroom door quietly and made his way down stairs,
"Mum, get a medi wizard around here at once" he ordered, Narcissa did as she was told and ran off to the fireplace, draco filled a bucket with cool water and took it up stairs to his father, he picked up a wash cloth from beside the bed and wiped the sweat off of his father's forehead.
A moment later the medi wizard entered the room,
"He's mad, he thinks the Dark Lord is still alive" Draco said, the medi wizard looked Lucius over, he frowned and began running some tests, Draco was told to leave the room, he went downstairs and found his mother in the kitchen trying to make a cup of tea,
"Draco, be a dear and make this thing go" she said, handing him the kettle which she had been trying to light,
"You need to put it on the stove Mum" he said, he put the kettle on the stove and turned the gas on, he poked at it with his wand and it lit.
Almost an hour later the medi wizard came into the kitchen,
"I'm afraid Lucius has passed on" he said bowing his head, Narcissa' cup dropped to the floor and smashed into pieces, Draco ran up the stairs to his father's room who was still lying in his bed, his eyes were closed and he looked almost peaceful,
"Father!" Draco said taking his hand, it was cold and limp, tears sprang to his eyes,
"Do you need anyone?" the medi wizard asked, Draco looked up at the man,
"My daughter and my fiancé" Draco replied, the medi wizard nodded and left the room, Narcissa was on the bed crying
"He was a great man" she whispered, Draco knew he had to be strong for his mother, so he stood and hugged her,
"He was" he agreed.
"Draco!" Hermione said, rushing to him and wrapping her arms around him, "I am so sorry" Draco hugged her back, Hermione led him down to the parlour where Lily was waiting for him, she threw her arms around him,
"Daddy, why are you crying?" she asked, Hermione bit her lip,
"Lily baby, do you remember when we had Kermit?" Draco said, blinking back his tears, Lily nodded,
"He's in heaven now" Lily said, Draco nodded,
"That's right, Well baby Grandpa went to be with Kermit" Draco explained,
"You mean Grandpa is in heaven?" she asked, Draco nodded, "Grandpa died?" her eyes filled with tears, she held onto her father while they both sobbed.
Hermione stayed with them that night, Draco seemed to need her, she had never experienced the loss of a parent both hers where still alive, so she did not understand what Draco was going through, but he still clung to her like a child and she consoled him. Narcissa was finding it more difficult to come to terms with, she had locked herself in Lucius' room and would not come out, no matter how hard Draco begged, finally she emerged to tell Draco matter of factly that the funeral would be the next day, when Draco had tried to argue she would not listen, instead she had turned on her heel and walked straight to her rooms.
Ok so there was the long long awaited chapter 11, I know it sucked and no this is not the end so don't panic, it's just the end for Lucius. Review and I shall updatesome time in the near future