I'm not sure where this idea came from, but I figured I needed to write it down. I've never written a story where Draco's the one who has a child, so this is something different for me. *shrugs*
"Thanks, Hermione. I've been looking for this for ages."
She smiled, walking Luna to the door and said, "I'm glad I had it here."
Hermione owned a small antique jewelry shop in London, and surprisingly enough plenty of her old friends and acquaintances from school stopped by to pick up the odd necklace or watch.
"I know Neville will love it." said Luna, thanking her once more for the watch, before exiting the store.
Though before the door could shut all the way a small blonde headed child ran inside - and straight into her.
She let out a sharp breath at the impact, her arms instinctively wrapping around the small boy - who couldn't have been more than five years old.
The little boy was giggling, and as she bent down to see that he was okay, he threw his arms around her neck.
"Oh, hello." she said, unable to stop the smile from forming on her face. She'd always loved children.
"Hi!" replied the little boy, tugging lightly on one of her curls.
She studied his face, and it should have been obvious whose child he was, but before she had the time to think it through all the way, he was standing inside her store.
"Scorpius, what are you -"
Draco stopped mid-sentence, and Hermione's eyes widened, both of them clearly surprised to be seeing the other.
"Hi, Daddy." said Scorpius, breaking the silence first, though he didn't move from Hermione, his hands still playing with her hair, as if fascinated by it.
"Scorpius, I told you not to run off. You're lucky it's Ms. Granger who owns this store. Apologize." he said, a small smile sliding onto his face as he watched the perplexed look on his sons face while he studied Hermione's hair.
He could relate to the slight fascination, it was rather unusual.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Granger." he said, looking up at her with wide silver eyes just like Draco's.
Hermione smiled, leaning in as if to share a secret with him and said, "Nobody calls me Ms. Granger, especially not your dad."
"You know daddy?" he asked, eyes wide.
Draco noticeably tensed at the question, but Hermione didn't seem bothered, if anything she was amused.
"I sure did. We used to go to school together. He was almost as smart as me." she said, chancing a glance up at Draco, who had a slight smirk on his face.
"Five years later, and you still haven't let it go, huh Granger?"
She shrugged, "Not much goes on around here...speaking of which, what are you doing here?"
Draco motioned to Scorpius, who spoke up and said, "Pretty sparkly things."
Hermione laughed, looking around at the jewelry in her store before looking back at Scorpius, "What did you like?"
He pointed to the display in the window, and it wasn't hard for her to figure out which one he wanted - he was his father's son.
"Well that is a very nice watch." she said, detangling herself from him so she could get up and grab it. It was a watch, the clock face a dragon whose tail wrapped around the wearer's arm.
Draco watched, curious as to what she planned on doing.
Hermione walked back over to Scorpius, kneeling on the floor in front of him and instructed him to hold out his wrist. She murmured a spell under her breath, causing the watch to shrink down to fit his wrist perfectly.
Scorpius' face lit up, and he was smiling ear to ear.
"I have it?"
Hermione smiled, "Of course. Handsome young man like you has to know what time it is." she looked over to Draco and said, "Hopefully you're more punctual than your father was."
Draco smirked, slightly amused by the entire situation.
"I wasn't that bad."
"Tell that to your class records." she said with a smile.
"Thank you..."
"You can call me Mione." she said, remembering how difficult James, Ginny and Harry's eldest son, had found it to pronounce her name.
"Thank you, Mione!" he said, wrapping his arms around her neck before releasing her and running over to grab onto Draco's leg.
Just then Blaise came through the door, a bag in one hand.
"There you are, mate. I've been looking for the two of you." he said, ruffling Scorpius' hair.
Hermione attempted to move toward the back of the store, giving the three of them privacy, but Blaise stopped her.
"Hermione Granger, long time no see. How've you been?"
"I've been alright." she said with a smile. Blaise had always been the nicer of the Slytherins. "What about you?"
"Can't complain." he said with a chuckle. "Though I was curious about why I never heard anything about you in the papers after that whole Ron incident."
"Yeah," she said chuckling awkwardly, "We had some issues."
"Don't we all?" said Blaise with a shrug.
"Can you take Scorpius across the street to the park? I need to pay Granger for that watch." said Draco.
Blaise nodded, "I'll see you around, Hermione. Come on Scor."
"Bye, Mione! See you later!" called Scorpius, waving as he followed Blaise out the door.
She smiled, giving a slight wave, before turning to face Draco.
"You don't need to pay me for that."
He shook his head, "Of course I do."
Hermione narrowed her eyes, stubborn as ever and said, "I did it because I wanted to, Malfoy. He's a sweet little boy."
Draco chuckled, "He's a handful."
"Most kids are." she said with a sad smile.
"You don't have any kids, do you Granger?" he asked, eyebrow raised.
She shook her head, "No, I don't. That was another issue with Ron."
"He didn't want children?"
"No, he did."
"You didn't want kids?" he asked, surprised.
"Don't be stupid. I love children." she said, rolling her eyes as she watched Scorpius playing tag with another little boy across the street.
"So then what was the problem?"
"We went to a few different doctors. Something about scar tissue and too much trauma, probably from the war..." she waved her hand in the air, brushing it off, "Anyway, it's pretty unlikely that I'll be able to have kids."
Draco's eyes widened and he tried to find something to say. In the end the only thing that came out was, "Shit...I'm sorry."
She shrugged, her eyes still on Scorpius, "It's alright. Some people just aren't meant to be parents."
"And some people aren't, and are anyway." he said, an edge to his voice.
"You mean Astoria."
It wasn't a question.
"I mean both of us. Hell, she fucking leaves after four years, and then me...what the fuck do I know about raising a kid?"
"Seems like you're doing a pretty good job so far." she said with a smile, "Even if his mom isn't around, he's still got you...and you're not that bad."
"Thanks, Granger." he said wryly, a slight smile tugging the corner of his mouth.
They stood in silence for a few moments before she said, "I should get back to work, but it was...interesting seeing you again, Malfoy."
"Interesting indeed. I can't help but think I should thank Scorpius for running into your store."
Her eyebrows shot up, "What?"
"Believe it or not, I've missed that smartass mouth of yours. Astoria's idea of arguing was just screaming until I gave in." he said with a smirk.
"I don't need to scream. I know I'm always right." she said, a smug smile on her face as she started backing away from him.
"Always is a bit of an overstatement."
"See, you're wrong again. It's just like Hogwarts all over again." she said, pausing for a moment to say, "Well except you seem to have slightly better manners now."
He chuckled, "Careful, that still stings."
"Goodbye, Malfoy." she said, rolling her eyes as she headed towards the back.
"Have coffee with me tomorrow." he called after her.
She smirked, but only turned slightly to reply back with, "I'll think about it."
So I'm not sure if this idea is any good, but if some people wanted me to continue it I could. If not, it'll just stay a little one shot.
Leave a review and let me know lovelies.