It didn't take long for Hermione to regain her strength and leave the Hospital Wing. On her way out, Professor Mcgonagall wrote down the gender of her baby and the name next to both her and Draco's names. She smiled. Their names just looked right together.

'Don't forget to remind that he is obliged to help with little Asterix for three days before he has to return to regular classes,' She said with outlooking up.

'Of course, Professor. Goodbye.' She walked out.

She got about three steps before, Harry and Ron burst out of a hallway.

'Mione! You're up!' Ron exclaimed excitedly.

'Yeah, I just got let out.'

'We were just coming to see if we could see you,' Harry told her as her gave her a hug, careful not to crush the little bundle between them.

'Yeah, and if they didn't let us in, we were going to sneak in!' Ron gave her a hug. She gave a small laugh.

'Oh, and you have your little baby!' Ron cried, moving the blankets away a little so he could she Astrix.

'Awww. What's her name?' Harry asked, admiring the sleeping baby.

'Astrix.' She replied.

'She has Malfoy's bloody hair, but she's still bloody adorable.'

'Ron!' She scolded, feeling very motherly all of a sudden, 'No cursing in front of Astrix!' Ron's hand shot up and covered his mouth. He nodded.

'Well, I should be going, I'm feeling a little sleepy.' They boys nodded and waved her off. As she walked away, Ron's hand was still over his mouth.

She took her time on the way back, wanting to spend a little alone time with her newborn baby. Her skin was pale and soft. She slept with her mouth open and often let out little squeaks. Sometimes she squirmed a little and it made Hermione's heart melt. Before she knew it she was standing in front of her room and she entered.

Draco was on top of her before she could take a step. He kissed the top of her head and lead her over to the couch. Then he began peppering her with questions.

'How are you? Are your tired. I bet you're tired. Was it hard? Why am I asking that? You don't ask a girl that!' He just let out a stream of words without letting her reply.

'Malfoy!' She yelled finally, cutting him off mid-sentence, 'Slow down, let me answer.'

'Right, yeah, sorry,' He nodded, 'I'm just a little anxious, you know, being a dad and all. Even if it's a spell baby.'

'I get that, as you were spewing out words, I realized how crazy this is. I think I even started sweating.' She let out a small laugh. 'Anyway, deep breath, and ask important questions.'

'Alright,' Draco said after a long breath. 'What's her name?'

'Astrix,' She replied with a smile. Draco took the baby from her arms and looked down at the bundle. Seeing the tiny baby dwarfed by Draco's size made her realize that this was exactly what she wanted.

'Astrix Malfoy. That's perfect.' That snapped Hermione out of her happiness.

'What?'

'Astrix Malfoy. Thats her name.' Draco looked back at her defiantly.

'Oh no. Definatly not,' She said crossing her arms. 'Its Astrix Granger.'

'Why the hell would we name her Granger?' Draco snarled, bringing her back to those five years of hell from him.

'Firstly, don't you dare use that word in front of her,' She snapped, leaning closer to Draco's face, ' And secondly, I pushed her from my uterus, so it's Granger.'

'So you don't want me to say HELL for three months and you are using your BLOODY name. What are you, my mom.' He exaggerated the words hell and bloody.

'It's Granger, and if you say those or any cuss words again, I'll leave a mark on your precious face that even the nurses won't be able to fix.'

'You wouldn't dare.' He spat.

'Try me,' She spat back. At this point, they were so close to each other they could feel each others angry breaths. That's when Astrix started to wail. They quickly separated and looked at the unhappy child.

'Look what you did, Malfoy.' Hermione growled as she took the baby his arms and began to rock her back and forth.

'Me? You're the one who was making a huge deal with all the cussing and naming.' Draco began stroking Astrix's soft hair.

'Oh, I was making a big..,' Her wails grew louder.

'Okay, okay,' Hermione cut herself off. 'I'll settle for Malfoy-Granger.'

'Only if it's Granger-Malfo..' Astrix's wails reached screaming level.

'Alright,' He said anxiously, itching to cover his ears, 'Malfoy-Granger is fine! Please, make her stop screaming.'

'Fine,' Hermione agreed seeming a little pleaded with herself. Then she snapped into A+ student mode: 'It would seem that her unhappiness is coming from our anger with each other as was exemplified in 'Guide to becoming a teenage parent.'

'So, how do we make her quite again.' Draco was actually covering his ears now. Hermione shot him a glare.

'We have to take part in a show of affection.' She thought for a moment, 'As angry as I am right now, kiss me. And make it good.'

'Sure, I'm fine with that.' Draco said with a smirk. He scooted a little closer to her before leaning in.

'Wait!' Hermione cried at the last second, which didn't do anything to stop crying.

'What?' Draco snapped angrily.

'I have to put Astrix down. I don't want to crush her.' She replied as she put the screaming child on a mound of pillows facing them.

'Alright, go ahead.' She faced Draco again and this time he didn't give her anytime to say anything. His mouth came down on her's hard and desperate. It released a not of tension in both her chest that she didn't realize was there. She leaned in, putting her hand around his torso and pulling him in. Yeah, that'll do the trick She thought but the screaming didn't even matter anymore. After a good minute, she pulled away and rested her head other should while her stroked her hair and back. They sat there for a long while, until Hermione noticed that Astrix had calmed down and fallen asleep.

'I should put her in her crib,' Hermione said, standing up.

'Of course.' Hermione began walking over to the baby room, which had magically changed pink and was stuffed with female baby clothes. When she had changed Astrix out of the hospital wing clothes and into a soft pink onesie with a purple wand on it, she put her down in her crib and surrounded her with blankets and pillows. She kissed her forehead before walking back out. She closed the door behind her.

'I'm still mad at you.' She told Draco, who was watching her.

'For what?' He said with arrogant innocence. 'Not agreeing with you, Your Majesty?'

'Ugh, Malfoy.' She shook her head,' 'Can we not start this now. Anyway, dinner should be ready now, so I'm going.' She grabbed her cloak from a chair.

'Okay, I'll come down in a few minutes.'

'Oh no, you won't.' She faced Draco and crossed her arms.

'You have baby duty first. You'll go when I get by.'

'What, why? Why do you get to go first.' Draco asked with a childish frown.

'Because I gave birth today. Anyway, you could go and prove to me that you really are the selfish, uncaring, mean git I think you are, or you could stay here at score some brownie points and take care of your newborn baby daughter.' She didn't wait for an answer, but judging by the fact that there were no shouts or groans as she marched down the hall, she figured that he had given in.

Draco wan't happy with all the yelling and Hermione being mad at him. However, that wasn't what was making truly upset; When Hermione had called him selfish and uncaring and mean, something had really shattered inside of him.

She had called him a those things and worse a thousand times. This time was different though. He was trying to change now, at least in front of her, but she had proven that she wasn't seeing a difference, that he was still the same bully he had been when they first met, and that killed him. After a few minutes of moping around he decided that he wasn't doing anyone any good, so he went to check on his sleeping daughter.

She was sleeping in her crib and he did't want to wake her, so he kept the lights off as he crept to her side. Gently, he picked her up and rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. She was the exact size of his forearm and he was amazed at how small a human could be. He brought her out into the common area and lay down on the couch whiteout taking his eyes from her tiny face. He watched her sleep with happiness until he himself fell asleep.

Hermione felt a little bad at calling Draco mean and selfish, but she was angry, and it hadn't been a complete lie. Harry and Ron weren't in Great hall yet, nor were many people, as is was still early, and she ate by herself. Once she was done, she went back to the room to apologize to Draco, even thought she was still a little mad. When she Draco asleep with Astrix she nearly cried. There was a softness coming from him that he never had had before, not even with her.

She pulled a blanket around them, careful not to cover her face, pushed a pillow under Draco's head and dimmed the lights, before going into the bedroom to read her textbooks cover to cover and write in the journal Professor McGonagall had given to her.