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Breaking Traditions-Part 3:

Lucius waited until he was sure that his mother had headed out before he traced the familiar steps to where he knew his wife would be. He was so conflicted after what Fudge had told him, even more than what he had been after speaking to Draco.

He stopped in the doorway to the library and then the sight melted his heart. There she was sat reading a book over on her window seat. His rose, his precious rose who's heart was broken with everything that had been going on. He truly wanted her to be happy. Draco had that right but was he willing to risk everything so Narcissa could be happy.

"Luc…?" came a voice that brought him out of his thoughts and he looked over at her and managed to smiled before walking over to her and sitting down in part of the unoccupied window seat.

"Hello my precious rose," he said softly as he sat down beside her and looked at her, watching as she used a bookmark to mark her place in the book before placing it on the windowsill.

"What's wrong?" Narcissa asked, "have you heard from Draco yet?"

"Cissa it's too soon to hear from Draco. He won't even be at Hogwarts yet. You know that," Lucius said, biting his lip before he looked at her, "I've invited my mother to come and stay for a few days… just until things settle down a little bit." What he wasn't willing to was until she'd settled down again with no children to look after.

Narcissa sighed as she looked down. She had expected that really.

"I'm not happy you chose to take that out of my hands and you already know that," she said as she looked at him, "but I also know that you want the best for me and if this means having to be watched then fine," she sighed as she looked at him, "I will not have her watching my every move though because I am a grown woman Luc…"

"Who's just sent her only child off to school. Cissa this has hit me hard as well but you are the one who's raised him so this has hit you harder and all I'm trying to do is make things easier for you and give you some company and someone who has been through it all before and can give you advice."

Narcissa just sighed once more. She knew that Lucius was right and that annoyed her. She didn't want to feel like a child needing supervision but the company would be appreciated.

"So what did you get up to at the Ministry? I never heard you go," Narcissa said as she looked at him and watched to see how he would react to that question.

Lucius froze. He had been expecting that question but it still caught him off guard.

"Well… well… Just Fudge and I had a meeting about certain political situations that needed attending to and he mentioned that Draco had gone off to Hogwarts and we spoke about that. Otherwise that was it really. Pretty boring stuff. Nothing you'd be interested in," Lucius replied, "really you have nothing to learn. It was just politics."

Narcissa raised an eyebrow at her husband as she listened to what he had to say. She noticed how he suddenly closed up and he wasn't revealing much about what had happened at the Ministry.

"Luc..." she started before the sound of heels could be heard on the floor and Lucius instantly looked towards the door as his mother appeared in the doorway.

"Mother, come in," Lucius said as he kept his eyes on her and she walked into the room and went and sat down opposite the couple and watched.

"First of all my plans to stay long term are non-existent. I would rather be here for a month at the most and that is the end of that. I know you feel like I am babysitting Narcissa," Priscilla said as she looked at her daughter-in-law, "but this is really just to help you adjust to the change that has now occurred. I will only be seen when Lucius isn't here and at mealtimes. Can you live with that for a month?"

"I guess I can if it's just for a month," Narcissa sighed, "I do need help adjusting to this. Draco going has completely changed everything for me and I just need a little time…"

"That is understandable," Priscilla said before retiring to her room before dinner.

"Will you tell me what else you and the Minister spoke about? I know you Lucius Abraxas Malfoy and there is something that you are not telling me," she said.

"I spoke to the Minister again about your longing for a daughter and… he said it could be possible to do it and keep it under the radar," Lucius said before seeing Narcissa's face, "I need to look at this more and see what could happen. Draco's words hit me hard as well and your happiness is more important to me than anything. I'm not saying no to this Cissa but I'm not saying yes either. We have to speak to our parents and Draco before anything could even happen. I love you Cissa and that is the only reason I am even considering this at all."

Narcissa nodded before she wrapped her arms around Lucius and kissed his jaw.

"The fact that you are even considering it at all means everything to me Lucius my love," she said softly as she peppered his jaw with kisses.

"OK my love," Lucius said softly, "this could either make things worse or better for us but you have to give me time to weigh this all up and discuss more things with the Minister," he added before just holding Narcissa close, still extremely conflicted if this was the right thing to do.