Lilith was in her room, lazing on her bed, waiting for lunch. She turned around when her Father stuck his head in her room, and said "What's up, Father?" He smiled at her, and said, "Can I talk to you downstairs for a second?" "Sure Father, I'll be right down." He nodded and left, and she put her book away and wandered downstairs into his office where he was waiting for her. "So, what did you want me for?"

Draco smiled at his daughter. She was so impertinent; his father would have killed him if he'd ever said anything even remotely like that to him. "I'm going away for a week or so to France , and I'm not going to be in contact with anyone for the entire time. I want you to take a look at this list; it details everywhere I will be and anyone who will be in contact with me so you can get in touch with me. The goblins are being especially secretive about the whereabouts of Godric Gryffindor's sword, so I'll need to lay low when I get there."

Lilith nodded, busy perusing the list. Her Father often went away, but this was the first time he didn't have either Aunt Hermione or Aunt Pansy watching after her. It made her feel special, like she was finally grown. Which I am, she thought to herself, after all, I just graduated from Hogwarts. Father should trust me by now. And I'm glad he does. She took the list and folded it up to put in her back pocket. "I'll be fine by myself, Father. You go have fun now, y' hear?" He smirked at her, amused. "I always have fun. Now, go do something useful. I have work to do. And stop watching American southern T.V." "Whatev', Pops." She twirled out of his office, smiling to herself when she heard him mutter under his breath "Impertinent whelp."

Draco left the next morning, waking his daughter up before taking off to kiss her goodbye. He was always careful to say goodbye, even if he was only leaving for an hour or so. It always used to annoy Lilith, but now she just grinned and nodded, sometimes even gathering the strength to say "goodbye" in return. After all, her father usually left quite early, many times before the sun was up. This time was no different from any other time. Draco walked into her room at 4:30 am to say bye. He leaned down to brush the hair off of her forehead, and said "'Bye, Lil. See you soon, love." "Bye, Father. Have fun." He kissed the top of her hair lightly before covering her up good and tight and leaving. She fell back asleep soon after he left.

In the morning, Lilith woke up starving. When she looked up at the clock, it was 11 in the morning. Well, no wonder I'm hungry, she thought, I've been asleep for over 14hrs. Getting up, she dressed and asked Briggy to bring her breakfast food in the garden. It was a sunny day, and she wanted to enjoy it.

The day flew by as Lilith filled out job applications for various firms. Her Father would have been able to give her an 'in' for most of them, but he absolutely refused to use his clout in getting her a job. He preferred her to get one on her own merit, and she reluctantly agreed with him- it would be better, she just didn't want to do the work. She fell into bed at 11:30 , her eyes blurry as hell from filling out the damn papers.

She woke up early this time, and rolled out of bed to check the weather, smiling in relief when she saw that it was a lovely day out. Lilith decided that she was going to take the day off from paper work, as her eyes still hurt, and she was going to go through all of her old stuff, stuff from when she was a child and a kiddy. That kept her busy all day, she really didn't stop until after lunch, and then only because Briggy brought her the mail. In it were four letters for her father, two letters for Aunt Pansy, two letters for Uncle Blaise, and one letter for the stable- boy, and- yes!! I get a letter! Woo- hoo! Lilith's irrational excitement was easily explained away because this was the first letter she'd received in the past six months. Tossing aside the others, she opened it eagerly, only to sigh in disappointment when she saw what it was- a formal invitation to an event her father had already RSVP'd to.

Oh, well- it's something, I guess. She sent the mail onto the proper recipients- somehow the post owl always thought that Aunt Hermione and Aunt Pansy and Uncle Blaise lived in Malfoy Manor- but, obviously, they didn't.

She went back to her sorting half- heartedly, stopping well before dinner to clean- up and put some stuff away. She ate and went to bed early; hoping that tomorrow would also be a day with good weather.

But when she woke up in the morning, it was to a steady down pour pounding on the roof. I guess I'm not going outside today. Lilith lay in bed for another hour or so, enjoying the feeling of having nothing pressing to do. Eventually though, she got up. Her father didn't approve of sloth and laziness even on a day like today, and even when he wasn't here, she didn't like to disappoint him like that.

She ate, and afterwards was sitting in the solar, had an idea- Maybe we have an attic? She called Briggy to her and found to her delight that they did indeed have an attic. This is great! What's better on a rainy day than searching through a dusty, old attic! This is going to be great! She was all set and ready to go up to the attic when a though struck her- Does the roof leak? Horrified, she called Briggy again and asked. She was slightly ashamed of her fear when she noticed the look that Briggy was giving her- one that said this is Malfoy Manor- do you think there would be a leak anywhere in this house that we didn't fix immediately? Lilith said (humbly) "I'm sorry, I just don't want to get wet…"

Briggy immediately forgave her, by the look on his face- he wasn't one for many words. She ran up to the attic and started her attack.

Much later on, she was dusty, and sweaty, and covered in cobwebs, but full of satisfaction- she had found old school pictures of her Father and all of her various Aunts and Uncles