The next morning Hermione was pacing her office. She was nervous and scared all at the same time. She couldn't concentrate on her work.

"Hermione are you all right. You've been pacing the whole morning," said Felicia

"I have a dinner date with that young man who came yesterday,"

"Omg he is so dreamy," Hermione gave her a look

"Well my daughter adores him and she's coming too,"

"Sophia is such a sweet child. I'm sure she'll have fun," the phone rang, "Miss Granger's office…I'll put you right through Mr. Weasley,"

"Oh joy," she took the phone

"Hermione?"

"Ron,"

"I am so sorry. I acted like a juvenile delinquent last night and I am ashamed,"

"It's not me you have to apologizes to. And you know how long Sophia can hold a grudge,"

"I know so can you make an appeal to her. I know you're good at those,"

"I'll see what I can do. But if it makes you feel any better, I believe she did feel bad afterwards,"

"I want to make it up to her. How about I take her to her favorite place tonight,"

"Oh Ron that would be wonder…not a good idea," she quickly remembered her other plans

"What do you mean?"

"Tonight is not a good night,"

"How come,"

"Well we have plans,"

"Doing what?"

"Mother daughter bonding. We don't spend nearly as much time together as we should and I want to spend as much time with her now before she starts growing up too fast," she was lying through her teeth, well she did want to spend as much time Sophia as she could but Draco would just be joining them.

"Well ok I'll let you get back to work,"

Hermione ran her fingers through her hair and stopped to think. She felt so terrible about lying her friends about this. She felt as bad about lying to them as she did before.

FLASHBACK

Hermione, Draco and Narcissa were out of breath running through the woods. Hermione was still trying to comprehend on what just happened to her. One minute was with Harry and Ron fighting off the Death Eaters then she was kidnapped and brought to the mansion and then she was tortured with every Dark Magic possible…

"Will you watch where you're going," Hermione ran into Draco

"Well I'm sorry if I'm still trying to figure out if you're really trying to help me or you're really taking me to my death!"

Draco could tell she was frighten. He quickly but gently touched her hand, "I'm not going to kill you. I'm trying to save you,"

"Why?"

"Because I'm trying to prove to you that I'm not the guy I used to be,"

"What? A pompous ass,"

Narcissa laughed. Draco and Hermione turned to her. Hermione forgot she was there.

"I'm sorry,"

"Mother really. You think I'm a pompous ass?" he was smiling

"No," she smiled at her son. She turned to Hermione, "Let me explain something very important to you, Hermione. On the outside we Malfoy's may appear to have it all together. The money, the power, the respect but we sold our souls to Voldemort. We did everything he asked us to do, even if some of us didn't want to. The mission he gave my son was to prove his loyalty to Voldemort. If Draco refused the task he would have killed us. We lived in fear,"

"Well Lucius didn't seem to be too scared,"

"My husband has lost his way I'm afraid and we can't save him," she had tears in her eyes

"I'm sorry,"

"Don't be," said Draco, "He made his choice and there is nothing we can do about it. We have to continue to walk, we can't afford to get caught,"

END OF FLASHBACK

"Felicia?"

"Yes,"

"I'm taking a sick day,"

"Really? You must be really sick. You never take a sick day,"

"Yea it hit me suddenly," she gave her a weak smile

"Ok well I hope you feel better,"

"Thanks,"

Ginny and Sophia were making cookies together at Ginny and Harry's flat. Ginny had her feet up in the chair reading a magazine as Sophia was getting the ingredients together.

"What kind of cookies do you want Aunt Ginny, not that you can really eat them,"

"You don't always have to listen to Harry. He doesn't have to know everything," Sophia laughed

"Alright you can have one cookie but that's it," she added the chocolate chips and started stirring the chips with the dough, "Ginny can I ask you a question?"

"Anything?"

"Did you know my father?"

Ginny was taken by surprise.

"Um…"

"I was just curious,"

"Don't you want to ask your mum about this?"

"Well she hasn't exactly brought it up with me. Well last night I mentioned it and she asked me did I want to know him. But I told her if he wanted to be apart of this family he would be. I'm just wondering if I ever met him would he love me,"

"Of course he would. Why do you think he won't?"

"I'm not your typical wizard. I go to a muggle school, I don't know tons of spells. Mum told me he was a wizard. Do you think he would be mad,"

"I really don't think he would care about that stuff. He would love you for who you are. How could he not,"

"That is true. I have a confession to make,"

"What?"

"I think I know who he is?"

"Who?"

"You're gonna think I'm crazy,"

"Never,"

"Draco Malfoy,"

"Wow…"

"I'm right aren't I? Draco Malfoy's my Dad!" Sophia was ecstatic while Ginny was trying to wrap her brain around this

"Sophia wait. Why would you think he is your Dad?"

"Well we have the same hair and eye color,"

"A lot of people have blond hair and blue grey eyes,"

"And we both love mystery books,"

"Your mum likes to read,"

"I don't know really…when I saw him I felt something. Something I've never felt with anybody. I see all my friends with their dads and they all have that father daughter bond and I love Mr. Ron, Dean and Harry but their not my dad,"

"I understand why you want to know now, I mean with you going to school and seeing all your friends with their dads,"

Sophia looked at Ginny seriously, "I have another confession to make,"

"Why does your IQ have to be so high. You're too young to be making confessions,"

"I trust you and you're like my other mum and I feel like I should tell you,"

"Now is this a secret that causes me to pinky promises or…"

"I'm not sure yet,"

"Ok I'm ready, just tell me,"

"As you know I met Draco Malfoy the other day,"

"Yes Ron screamed at me over the phone about the whole ordeal,"

"And he went to see my mum after he met me. Well he asked to have dinner with us and we said yes. The dinner is tonight,"

"Oh, wow. Um…I am lost for words, very much,"

"Are you mad?"

"No I actually think it's a good idea,"

"You do?"

"Yes I do. I think…well you seem to be a fan and Draco used to live for the attention and he and Hermione can catch up on good old times,"

"Good old times? What good times?"

"Well when the war was over Hermione's attitude towards Draco changed. I wouldn't say they were BFFs but she definitely had some respect for him and vice versa,"

"Oh,"

"And Sophia if you want, I won't tell Harry,"

"But you're his wife,"

"I know but in this situation I will keep it to myself until you or your mother feel you should tell him yourself,"

"Thanks Ginny,"

"I love you,"

"I love you too,"

The door bell rang. Ginny quickly got up to get the door. It was Hermione who looked very tired.

"Hermione what are you doing here. Shouldn't you be at work?"

"Sick day," she walked in the house

"Mummy," Sophia appeared at the door

"Hey baby. Get your things. Mummy is taking a sick day,"

"Are you really sick?"

"No I just want to spend the day with you," Sophia quickly ran upstairs to get her things

Hermione sat down on the couch and looked at Ginny

"What's wrong with you?"

"I feel I should warn you about Sophia," Hermione sat straight up

"What?"

"She knows and I don't know how she knows but she knows,"

"And what does she know?"

"About Draco being her father. She told me when she met him she felt that father daughter bond and she also told me about you guy's plans tonight,"

"Did she now," Hermione looked ashamed, "I lied to Ron about our plans tonight and I feel just rotten,"

"Well with everything going on at full speed ahead I think you should just wait to tell the boys. If you tell them now they are just gonna mess things up…I think you should just wait and see what happens,"

"You're always so calm when crazy things happen," she smiled at Ginny

"I was calm when you told me you were pregnant so this situation is nothing,"

"Ready," Sophia was beaming, "Mummy's never played hooky before,"

"Haha. Well you girls have fun tonight. Tell me all about it tomorrow," said Ginny

"We will. Thanks you're the best," said Hermione as they left

Hermione and Sophia spent the afternoon together shopping for their date and having lunch together. Hermione was wondering whether Sophia would bring up her conversation with Ginny but she didn't. It was almost as if she was trying to avoid it.

"Mummy it's almost 6. Do you think we should start getting ready?"

"Yes we don't want to be late for our date,"

Sophia rushed upstairs to get ready. Hermione though stood in the hallway and thought about the evening. Would this be the night when the truth finally comes out and if it does what does that mean for their future.

45 minutes later Sophia was sitting downstairs waiting for Draco.

She had her emerald dress on and half of her curly blond hair was pinned back. Sophia was so nervous. Would she reveal what she knew about Mr. Draco and how would he feel? Would he be happy or not? Would he understand her choice not to go to Hogwarts or would he disown her. She was so caught up in her head she didn't hear the door bell.

"Sophia! Can you get the door? I'm almost ready,"

Sophia slowly got up from the couch, "Who is it?"

"It's Draco," she unlocked the door and slowly turned the knob

He had a huge smile on his face and instantly her fears went away.

"You look lovely," she looked down at her dress

"Thank you. Mummy is still getting ready," he walked in the house, "Lovely home too,"

"You can sit here," he sat in the loveseat and she sat on the couch adjacent to him, "You look lovely too,"

Draco was wearing a black suit with a white button down without a tie.

"Thank you. How are you?"

Suddenly her emotions came back at full speed. She suddenly felt sick.

"Excuse me," She ran to the nearest object she could throw up in which was the house plant on the table. Draco had a shocked look on his face. Just as Hermione was coming down the stairs she heard Sophia throwing up and tears coming down her face of embarrassment.

"Oh baby. Why didn't you tell me you weren't feeling good?" she rushed to her side and held her hair as she threw up again. After two more minutes of throwing up Sophia was done. She burst into tears.

"I'm sorry. I really am. I'm not sick. It's just that I was so nervous and when I saw Mr. Draco I got even more nervous," Hermione got a wet rag to wipe her daughter's face

"It's ok. We can postpone the date,"

"Yeah Sophia we don't have to do this now," Draco was worried about her

"But we do because there is so much I wanna ask,"

"Honey maybe you need to lie down,"

"I don't wanna lie down. I wanna know the truth,"

Hermione got silent and scared at the same time. This was it. It was going to come out and even before the evening began.

"What?" she looked at her child

Sophia turned her attention to Draco who was caught off guard. He looked into Sophia's sad eyes and knew right there that his daughter knew who he was to her.

Sophia started crying, "Are you who I think you are or are you a figment of my imagination?"

"Figment of your imagination?" she used such advance words for a child her age

"I have a high IQ,"

"What do you want to know?"

"Are you my Dad?"

FLASHBACK

Draco was staring out over the balcony at the orange skies. The sun was setting and he was thinking about all that happened. His mother was finally safe. With the help of the Order she was put into Wizard Protection Services. He had hoped she found her new life comforting. He missed her so much but he wanted her to be safe.

He had joined the good side during the war and they fought off Voldemort but a lot was lost. Some of his friends had died and his father was now to spend the rest of his life in Azkaban, where he belonged. Draco was able to finish the rest of his schooling but he felt lonely and depressed. Voldemort's followers deemed him a coward for joining to the good side and the good guys deemed him a coward and a liar. Either way he couldn't win. The only friends he had left were Blaise and Hermione Granger.

In all his wildest dreams he never thought he would be friends with her. But she saw him at his utmost worst and she saw him at his greatest. She got him like no one else. And she was there for him during this difficult time in his life.

"Why don't you just move up here?"

"Trust me I have thought about it many times. I've also thought about throwing myself off this balcony too," Hermione was shocked. He looked at her worried face, "What? It's not like anyone will miss me,"

"I would,"

"I think you just feel sorry for me,"

"I do. You've had a hard life,"

"My choice,"

"Well now you can turn that around. See you're finishing school and then you can get a job…"

"Who's gonna give a job to me. I'm a traitor remember,"

"It won't always be like that,"

"You're too optimistic. I don't wanna be hopeful right now. I wanna be depressed. So let me be,"

He turned from her but she knew he didn't end to be alone right now.

"I won't leave. I'm scared of what you'll do,"

"Please leave. Why do you care anyways. After the hell I've put you through. Why do you care,"

"You saved my life when you didn't have to,"

"One time of me saving your life shouldn't out weigh the bad,"

"And who are you to decide that?"

"I want to be left alone,"

"No," she stood her ground

Draco suddenly got angry and grabbed her arm to drag her off the Astronomy Tower. Hermione pulled all her weight down until he fell on her.

"I'm not leaving you! Do you hear me! I'm not leaving! I don't want to,"

Draco started doing something he never done with anyone, not even his mother. He started crying. Hermione was too shocked to speak. All she could do was hold him.

"I know you don't believe me now but it will get better,"

Draco looked at this amazing girl. No matter what he said and no matter what he did she would always be there. That kind of love was hard to find these days. Whoa did he say love? Did he love her? Did she feel the same way? Only one way to find out. Draco slowly leaned forward to kiss her. Hermione pulled back at first but suddenly she wasn't afraid anymore. Their lips met and the sparks were flying. They slowly deepened the kiss when Draco parted her lips with his tongue. That feeling was like a million fireworks going off at one time

"Draco," she pulled away and looked deeply in his eyes. This was really going to happen.

"Do you want to? Up here?" he gave her a smile

"Yes,"

Draco took off their robes to have a little cushion.

"I have never done this before,"

"Don't worry. I'll be gentle,"

They started kissing again and Draco started taking off his clothes as did Hermione.

END OF FLASHBACK

Draco looked at Sophia, "Yes,"