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I have been staying at the Malfoy manor for two weeks now

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I have been staying at the Malfoy manor for two weeks now. I have been staying there to keep my best friend Narcissa company while she is pregnant because her husband Lucius is always "working." She may be easily fooled, I, however, see through his charming facade and can tell he is hiding something in his mop of hair. I won't mention anything to Narcissa yet, I want her to enjoy her pregnancy, she's been dreaming of it since we were 1st years, and unless I have proof I'm not going to be her bearer of bad news. As soon as I see Lucius, lay a finger on Narcissa or do anything else to hurt her, I will be getting my best friend out of here.

Currently, Narcissa and I are seated at the dining table eating breakfast. I made sure she was comfortable and happy with the food before seating myself, being 7 and a half months pregnant was Narcissa's turning point. She got tired much quicker, her stomach was growing uncomfortable and she was feeling disgusting and huge. I had to remind her that she would end up with a beautiful baby boy in her arms in the end. We were sitting there eating and talking, then Lucius walked into the room. I saw Narcissa tense up, side-eyeing her slightly before regaining my smile. Lucius walked over to Narcissa and kissed her forehead. "Good morning darling" I watched her gulp before she looked up at him with a genuine smile. "Y/N" he nodded his head I reciprocated his actions. Something strange was going on between the two and I would go to any length to help Narcissa out of it.

Soon breakfast was over and Lucius went to his home office to work. The house elves cleared the table as Narcissa and I sat there thinking. She let out a shaky sigh. "Is everything alright, darling?" She looked up at me a smiled.

"Yeah, I'm just a little tired and this one won't stop kicking." She said while rubbing her stomach. "I just want him out of me, there's still a month and a half to full term" she mumbled looking down at her hands

"Yes, I know darling I know. But guess what!" she looked up at me raising one eyebrow. "You get me to stay until the very end!" she giggled at my enthusiasm. She seems happy that her best friend is the most excited about this baby. I'm just happy I get to spoil him and love him like his blood. I can't have children of my own due to an accident I had when I was young and I have no siblings, so Narcissa's son is the closest I'm going to get to a nephew. "So what do you want to do today?" I questioned

"As I mentioned I'm a bit tired so maybe we can get a book from the library and lay in my bed to read. That way if I fall asleep I will be comfortable," she suggested

"Alright sounds good to me!" I got up and held out my hand for my best friend, she happily accepted and we made our way to the library each choosing a book and making our way to hers and Lucius' shared room. She was leaning on me most of the way to try and relieve the pain from herself. We made it to her room she sat first making herself comfortable and I slid in next to her. She laid her head on my shoulder as we both started reading. Slowly Narcissa was shuffling down the bed still reading, but nonetheless getting more and more tired struggling to keep her eyes open. I continued reading until Narcissa's head made it to my lap and she was asleep. I started playing with her hair as I continued reading.

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