Lucius Malfoy was pacing in his study, worrying. He could hear faint cries of pain coming from his wife's bedroom, and he winced thinking of it. God, what would happen? Would she be alright? What if…? Lucius jumped as a knock came to the door, but he put a stern look on his face.

"Come in!" He barked.

"Severus Snape is here to see you sir." The butler said.

"Send him in," Lucius said quickly.

"Right away, sir."

A few moments later the door opened again.

"Lucius?" Severus said.

"Severus, thank you for coming."

"You sounded worried, I had to come. What's wrong?"

Lucius felt a pang of relief now that his friend was here. There was a frightened edge to his voice.

"It's Narcissa, she went into labor early."

Severus looked alarmed at seeing how jumpy Lucius was.

"What does the doctor say?"

Lucius closed his eyes. He was not going to cry. "He said that it doesn't look good..."

There was a moment of silence that was broken by a woman's scream. Both men jumped.

"How much longer is this going to go on?" Lucius snapped.

"Calm down, Lucius. Everything's going to be fine." Severus assured his friend. The two had been friends since their first year at Hogwarts. Severus had been the best man at Lucius and Narcissa's wedding and he'd never seen his friend happier. He tried to reassure himself that Narcissa would be fine, but as the hours went on hope began to slip away.


Nine Hours Later

"I'm sorry Mr. Malfoy," The healer said. "We did all we could, but your wife is dying."

Lucius was frozen, but he managed to speak. "May I see her?" He whispered. The healer nodded. Lucius crossed the hall to his wife's room.

"Lucius," She said weakly.

"Narcissa-"

"Lucius, look at him." For the first time Lucius realized Narcissa held their son in her arms.

"What's his name?" Lucius asked her gently.

"Draco," Narcissa smiled. She looked up at her husband and saw the resentful look in his eyes. "Don't blame him, Lucius…it's not his fault. Promise you won't take this out on him."

"I promise."

"Good." She said weakly, and then looked down at her son again. "I love you my little, Draco." Narcissa looked up at her husband once more, than closed her eyes for the last time. The healer came forward and picked up Draco.

"Would you like to hold your son, sir?"

At that moment everything that had happened in the last ten minutes disappeared and Lucius turned on the healer.

"Take him out of my sight!" Lucius barked. The healer scurried away. When Lucius entered his study, Severus stood up.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

"She's gone Severus…she's gone."

Severus bit his lip,"What about you son?"

Lucius's expression hardened, his lip curled up in disgust. He turned on his friend. "I have no son."


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