narcissa black (cissi) wrote in notanother,
@ 2012-11-05 20:40:00

Narcissa wasn't due for another week, so when she started to feel the unpleasant pinch of contractions twinging through her lower abdomen, she'd put it down to Braxton Hicks contractions and tried to ignore them. She rubbed her stomach as she played with Valentine, wincing a little as a particular strong contraction ran through her. If she waited another hour Augustus would be home from work, and delivering the baby, if she got everyone all worked up now, would probably take that long anyway.

Another contraction hit, much closer than she'd been expecting, and Narcissa gasped in pain. Waiting would also slow down the drugs. "V-Val, can you use the Floo for Mummy?" Narcissa asked, closing her eyes and leaning back against the couch. "The baby is coming."

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merlinsbeard
2012-11-06 05:30 am UTC (link)

"Okay, baby. Just like we practiced." Augustus smiled at her and leaned in to kiss her softly on the cheek. "Breathe in and then bear down. You're going to do good."

Merlin was confused. He didn't know how the whole birthing process worked. He stood beside Rabastan as he watched him work, looking at something he'd once been inside. How as it going to come out of there?

Valentine looked up at his brother and smiled at him. "Do you really think so?"

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cissi
2012-11-06 05:36 am UTC (link)

Narcissa nodded, focusing on her breathing and then pushing the next time a contraction hit her. "Oh God, why do they always have to be so big?" She squeezed Augustus's hand tighter. "It hurts."

"Of course," Draco said. He felt a bit offended on his mother's behalf. She'd stood by him and his father through everything in the other world. Just because she was happier here didn't mean she was a worse mother. "It wouldn't matter if she were having triplets. She'd still love us just as much as she always has."

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	merlinsbeard 2012-11-06 05:41 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sorry, baby." Augustus let her squeeze his hand and smiled at her. "Squeeze my hand as hard as you can. I'll make it all better. I promise." He told her, then kissed her forehead. "Push again." Valentine smiled at his brother and nodded. "Do you wanna pway with Dilbert?" He asked, holding out the stuffed duck. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cissi
2012-11-06 05:45 am UTC (link)

Narcissa did as she was told, crying out and tightening her grip on Augustus's hand as she pushed. She couldn't imagine ever doing this without drugs. What were people thinking?

Lucius wrinkled his nose, shifting closer to Evan and away from the bottom half of the room. "Part of me thinks I should move Merlin to wait with Draco and Valentine," he told Evan, voice low. "But maybe if he sees a baby coming out of her, he won't want to try and put another one in her."

"Dilbert?" Draco repeated. He moved, sitting on the floor beside Valentine and taking the stuffed duck from him. He wiggled it at Valentine's face. "Why is he called Dilbert? I had a stuffed dragon, you know."

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merlinsbeard
2012-11-06 06:07 am UTC (link)

Rabastan did his work, slowly working the head of the baby as it slid out. He grabbed it and gave it a slap as it began to scream. He laughed and cleaned it's mouth out quickly, then stared down at the baby before he held it up for Narcissa.

Augustus looked down at the baby that Rabastan was holding. A frown fell on his face. Jet black hair, paler skin and large, grey eyes. He looked at Narcissa, giving her a hurt look. There was no way it was his child.

Merlin looked down at the baby for a moment. It was the most gorgeous thing he'd ever seen in his life. He smiled the biggest smile, but then it faded and he was staring at Narcissa in horror.

"Oh shit." Evan sighed softly and ran a hand through his hair.

"Charlie?" Valentine asked as he giggled and swatted at Dilbert. "You wouldn't let me play wif him."

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cissi
2012-11-06 06:18 am UTC (link)

Narcissa took her daughter from Rabastan, smiling as she touched her little face. She was doing her best not to think about the way she looked. How obvious it was that this baby didn't belong to Augustus.

She held her to her chest and looked up at Augustus. "I..." Narcissa wasn't sure what to say. She still ached and she was a bit woozy from the pain potion and she'd just given birth. She was determined not to look at Merlin. "I thought it was a girl this time."

Oh shit was right. Lucius stared at the baby on Narcissa's chest. There was no use even pretending everyone in the room didn't know she wasn't Augustus's daughter, even if, hopefully, some of them hadn't figured our who her real father was yet.

"Charlie?" Draco repeated, surprised. His dragon was named Draco. How had he managed to name his stuffed dragon after a dragon tamer he'd snog later in life? Time travel was weird. "Yeah," he agreed. "Charlie. Maybe we can get you a stuffed dragon of your own. To play with Dilbert."

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merlinsbeard
2012-11-06 06:23 am UTC (link)

Augustus stared down at Narcissa. He was doing his best not to cry as he looked at her with the baby, with it's features. When it became too difficult for him to handle, he turned and left the room, unable to look at her any longer.

Merlin moved to Narcissa's side, but still felt very shocked about it. "I-" He bit his jaw. "She's beautiful, Narcissa. She's just so.. beautiful."

Valentine smiled at Draco and stood up, walking over so he could hug him. He wrapped his arms around his brother's neck. "You are the best." He told him. "My brutha. Mummy isn't crying anymore."

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cissi
2012-11-06 06:29 am UTC (link)

Narcissa was trembling as she watched Augustus leave the room. She looked at Merlin for a moment, then up at Lucius. "Lucius, please --"

Lucius rolled his eyes at Narcissa, but nodded and followed Augustus out of the room, touching his shoulder. "She's an idiot, but I think she does love you," he told him.

Narcissa ran her fingers gently over her daughter's tuft of black hair and looked at Merlin again. "She's perfect," she agreed. "Would you... like to hold her?"

Draco hugged Valentine back, even if he found the whole thing a little surprising. "I like you too," he told him, patting his back. "I -- wait. What do you mean, Mummy isn't crying anymore? Was she crying?"

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merlinsbeard
2012-11-06 06:44 am UTC (link)

Augustus was having a break down by the time Lucius touched his shoulder. He closed his eyes and looked back at him, his eyes red. "No. She doesn't love me, Lucus. She's fucking someone else. She's... Is she fucking Tom?"

Merlin smiled at her and took the baby into his arms, looking down at her. "Is she mine?" He asked, his voice a whisper.

"Mummy cries sometimes." Valentine looked back at Draco. "She worries about you."

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cissi
2012-11-06 06:53 am UTC (link)

"Tom?" Lucius repeated, giving Augustus a surprised look. "She -- no, of course not." He pulled a face. "Tom is one of the gayest men I've ever met. He doesn't even like being in the same country as his own wife." He wasn't sure what he should say to Augustus, if he was being honest. Narcissa fucking Merlin was... Merlin and Draco were supposed to get married one day, as much as Lucius disliked the idea. Who else had black hair and the looks necessary for this baby? "I don't think she's fucking anyone regularly, but... there is Sirius. She spends a lot of time with him."

Narcissa looked at Merlin at her -- their -- daughter for a moment. He looked so young, holding a baby. She was so stupid. "Yes," she whispered back. "She is."

Draco did his best not to show Valentine that that worried him. "But she's stopped crying now?" he asked, hopefully. "She doesn't need to worry about me. I'm fine." Things were so much better here than they had been. Her crying about him at home had made sense. Things weren't perfect here, but they were so much easier.

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merlinsbeard
2012-11-06 07:00 am UTC (link)

"Sirius?" Augustus sounded disgusted and he shook his head. "Sirius Black? Her first cousin? I... That's..." He sighed and wiped at his eyes. "I'm leaving her."

Merlin looked at the tiny baby, then brought her up and sniffed her hair. Even if she was still covered with a little bit of gunk, then kissed her tiny forehead. "Can I help name her?"

"Sometimes she cries. But, she stopped crying." Valentine promised. "Can we go see the baby now?"

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