Attention challange people! if you had to judge this story as a two shot ignore this chapter (but read it anyway) beacuse i couldn't help but write it.
A/N: So how did that kiss escalate into a full blown relationship? find out here :)
Disclaimer: now story my read... twice this reading time you wasted just i bet i, all at this own dont i. (now read it backwards :D)

19 years later

"DAD HAVE YOU SEEN MY CLOAK!" The voice of Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy rang through the halls of Malfoy Manor.

"UNDER YOUR BED WHERE YOU THREW IT LAST NIGHT WHEN I TOLD YOU TO TIDY YOUR ROOM!" I shout back. There's a slight pause then…

"GOT IT THANKS!"

I pick up my coffee and sigh. I didn't get a wink of sleep last night because I was up worrying about Scorp's first year. Today is September 1st 2017 and my only child is off to Hogwarts.

"I really miss it there." I tell Astoria who has just come in and sat on the chair next to me. With every day that passes, I love her more and more and there hasn't yet been a day that I haven't told her so. She's in a silk dressing gown and her hair is in un-brushed curls. Her eyes are half closed and she holds her coffee cup like it's a life preserver. My beautiful Astoria-Astoria is not a morning person.

"Same but everyone only gets 7 years there and then they have to move on to do something else. Like become a healer and have a son…"

"… and marry a beautiful Ravenclaw I first met in the school library while trying to give myself concussion." I finish mimicking her matter of fact tone of voice.

"There's that too" she leans in and we kiss.

"Mum, Dad we are going to be late, Merlin's beard you two are embarrassing." Scorpius says, rolling his eyes in the exact way his amazing mother does and I smile.

"Alright bossy we are going."

10 minutes later we are at the station going through the barrier. I immediately walk over to Theo, Blaise, Tracy and Alicia.

"Hey guys, where are the kids?" I ask.

Theo and Blaise look panicked but Alicia and Tracy point at a group of 3 kids standing a few steps away.

We laugh and Astoria says, "It's lucky you guys have wives because I don't know how you would cope without them."

"Scorpius!" Yells Ranier Zabini running over and hugging my son. His older sister, Leola, just shakes her head walking over slowly.

"Hey Scorp, how's life?" she asks then sees me and gives me a hug, "Hi Draco."

I smile at her, "hello my little god-daughter, still friends with the eldest Potter? Haven't realise they are not worthy of you yet?"

She sticks her tongue out at me, "James is amazing don't diss."

I laugh, "Don't diss? You sound like a common Hufflepuff not a proud Slytherin."

She sticks her tongue out again.

Theresa Nott walks over and instead of greeting Scorpius slaps him around the face. "What was that for?" I ask, astounded at her behaviour.

"Oh don't worry dad we were writing to each other earlier and she told me I was owed a slap because I told her she wouldn't be sorted because McGonagall made a mistake." Scorpius says, clearing up my confusion... with more confusion. Then Theresa hugs him, that's better at least.

Then the Zabini's and the Nott's start to talk and play but I nudge Astoria and look in the direction of a family of 9 standing some fifty yards away. Its Potter, Weaselbee and Granger, otherwise known as the golden trio, and their many children. I catch Harry's eye and give him a curt nod before turning to my family. You see I made a pact with Potter and we are trying to be at least civil.

However this doesn't stop me saying to Scorpius, "That's Rose Weasley and Albus Potter coming into your year. Make sure you beat them in every test, especially the ginger one."

An evil glint I have seen so much in my mirror came across my son's eyes but Astoria says, "For Merlin's sake Draco don't turn them against each other before they even start school!"

I sigh, "Your right of course. You're too Ravenclaw for your own good."

"You said that a long time ago." She reminds me. I smile at the memory of us at the lake in our last year at Hogwarts. We weren't even dating back then, just two friends discussing a book.

"But this time I'm not late for a Quidditch practise." She smiles my favourite smile.

I look around at what has become my family. My wife Astoria-Astoria and our son. The idiots I call best friends Blaise and Theo with their wives and offspring. Our little group has stood the test of time and the end of Hogwarts.

As I help my son board the train and watching him walk to a compartment with Rainer and Theresa I know he will also be friends with them forever, just as he will be always friends with whoever else walks into that same compartment. I wonder at times of boredom, whether who you sit with in that compartment, on your first time on the scarlet Hogwarts express, bonds you with them with some kind of spell for life. It always seems to work out that way.

I look into the train more closely and see Leola run into a different compartment. She sits on James Potter's lap. The Green and silver lines drip off her tie, turning red and gold. One day I should tell Blaise his daughter is really a Gryffindor. I see her high five Fred Weasley the second.

I see Teddy Lupin holding hands with the French Weasley doing the prefect rounds together.

I see Albus Potter and Rose Weasley walk into the same compartment as my son and after a moment of awkward staring, they both sit down.

I see all of these things, but I'm not a part of it anymore and it makes me slightly sad. For the first time I know that the real reason for my mother's sad smile as she waved me off all those years ago. It was not that she would miss me, but that she wasn't on the train going to Hogwarts herself. I realise this as I give my son the same sad smile while the red train speeds him away to the best 7 years of his life.

"Come on Draco," Blaise says putting his hand on my shoulder, "let's go grab a butterbeer."

I turn and see my "family" all wearing the same, sad but happy, expression. I nod silently and we walk off the platform and through the station. I snake my arm around my wife's back and whisper in her ear as we walk, "you are the best thing that came out of all 7 years at school."

"I don't know I like Hagrid…" she teased and I mock grimaced.

"Bloody Ravenclaw's, all the same."

"Stupid Slytherin's, don't know sarcasm when it dances in front of them naked," she grins. "I love you Draco-Draco"

"And I love you Astoria-Astoria…"

I bend down to kiss her and my mind flashes back to our first kiss by the Black Lake. Even after 19 years she can still make me feel good and light. She still makes me feel good and light and loved.

We pull away and I turn to Theo with a Slytherin glint in my eye, "So… thanks for offering to buy the drinks Theo!"

Blaise smiles, "Good man Theo, good man."

"… WHAT!"

Man I do love having a real family.

I love this story and it was a pleasure writing it, so now review and answers time! did you get the questions right... read on to find out!
Answer one *Drum roll*: Laughing yes i love to laugh :L
Answer two *bigger drum roll*: NAIL BITING! damn it its so addicting i cant stop :)
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