Hermione stood next to the sofa, her hands on her hips, her eyes wild with anger and hurt. She stared at the three people in the room, waiting for one of them to speak.

"well? What's going on!?" she yelled.

Jaiden took a step forward to speak, but the look that was sent her way shut her up and she sank back again. Draco moved and put a comforting hand on his daughter's shoulder, but it just made Hermione's eyes flash even more wildly.

"get your hands off her! You have no right to be near her after what you did to us! And YOU!" she said turning to Blaise and poking his chest "how could you betray me like this?"

As she said this, she suddenly burst out crying and moved out of the living room into the kitchen, slamming the door behind her.

Blaise and Jaiden exchanged looks, and Draco watched with amusement as the pair of them had a quick round of rock, paper, scissors to determine who would go to see the fuming witch. Blaise won, and Jaiden found herself reluctantly heading towards the kitchen, afraid of what was going to happen to her as she opened the door. Nothing happened as she opened it, so she breathed a slight sigh of relief and moved completely into the room, shutting it behind her.

Hermione was standing by the sink, her face buried in her hands, sobs wracking through her body. Jaiden stepped up to her and put an arm round her, fully expecting Hermione to push her away, but to her shock, Hermione pulled her closer to her.

"why didn't you tell me Jaiden?"

"I only found him a couple of days ago mum, and to be honest I was scared that if I told you, you would stop me from seeing him, and I just don't want that."

"but Jaiden, he left me, he didn't want to know!"

"I don't think it was him mum! I think someone said something to him to make him do it"

"and who would do that?"

"Lucius?"

Hermione's eyes snapped open at that and she gazed at her daughter. She forgot sometimes just how intelligent and observant her daughter really was.

Deep down, she knew that Draco had never wanted to hurt her, but they had both moved on with their lives, and she wasn't ready to just forgive him yet, and she wasn't sure she wanted him being near her daughter in case he hurt her like he had done all those years ago. She sighed, knowing that she was defeated.

"ok. I'm not about to forgive him, but if you want to see him, I wont stop you. Just don't let him hurt you, please."

Jaiden threw her arms round her mother and cried softly on her shoulder. There were times she nearly hated Hermione, and then she would go and do something like this. After a few minutes, the pair of them moved back into the living room to see that both Blaise and Draco had changed into decent clothes while they had been talking. Hermione walked up to Draco and held her hand out, he took it and shook it before raising it to his lips and kissing the back of it.

Jaiden smiled as she saw this, especially as she noticed her mum blushing very slightly as she took her hand back. Blaise came up behind her and put an arm casually round her shoulder.

"so, how did you persuade her to do that."

"sorry but that's confidential" Hermione stated.

Draco moved over to Jaiden and took her hands in his, giving her a warm and loving look.

"I promise, I will do anything I can for you, even if it kills me."

"just promise me one thing"

"anything"

"please don't go after Lucius. I know he killed Pansy, but please don't let yourself be killed by him. I only just found you, I don't want to lose you again"

Draco pulled her into a hug, and she leant against his chest, breathing in deeply to stop herself from crying.

Hermione watched the pair of them with a fresh onslaught of tears filling her eyes, but she fiercely pushed them back. She finally understood now why Draco had left. It had been Lucius the whole time, threatening to kill her, just so that the Malfoy name would not be tainted. She could see the pure love shining in Draco's eyes. It had been the look he had once given her, and she felt an ache in her heart as she realised she was still that bit in love with him. It was hard to have a child with someone and not care for them at all, but she knew that she cared a lot more than she should have done. Something registered in her mind then, that caused her to ask Draco something.

"what did she mean, Lucius killed Pansy? Pansy Parkinson?"

Draco nodded before telling her about the events of last night, and as he spoke it suddenly occurred to him that he actually didn't have anywhere to live at that minute. Blaise clapped him on the back and grinned at him.

"we have a spare room, you can stay here with us if you like."

Draco looked towards Hermione, and she gave a tiny smile and a nod. Draco turned back to Blaise and accepted his offer, and the three adults began laughing as Jaiden whooped and jumped in the air, punching her fist upwards as she did.

Everything was going to be ok, she just knew it.