Chapter 11
That night Blaise drove Hermione and Ally back to their hotel. Along the way, while Ally slept in the back. Blaise told Hermione about their time at the Aquarium..
"She really loved the Penguins" said Blaise.
"Yeah she does, luckily there isn't a house at Hogwarts with a Penguin as its mascot otherwise everyone would be better she would be sorted into it" Hermione laughed as she looked back at her daughter asleep in the back seat.
"So you'll send her to Hogwarts then?" Blaise asked her.
"Yes, I don't really see her going to Beaubaxtons" Hermione replied.
"No, well if it wasn't for Hogwarts, she wouldn't be here right now" Blaise said suddenly. He realised what his words meant and looked out his driver's side window.
"Blaise?"
"Yes?" he replied still not looking the witch, choosing to pay extra attention the road.
"I know what you meant, its okay you know, anyway where would you like her to go to school?"
"You're asking me?" he asked in shock finally taking quick glance at her before looking at the road again.
"Well you are her father, so your opinion does matter"
Blaise thought for a while.
"I think Hogwarts will suit her just fine" He smiled at Hermione .
When they arrived at the hotel, Blaise took Ally out of the back seat and they walked through to hotel suite together.
"She looks comfortable" Hermione said glancing at her daughter asleep on Blaise's shoulder.
"Well who knew I had such comfortable shoulders" he laughed.
I know exactly how comfortable your shoulders are. Hermione thought to herself.
Blaise laid down Ally's sleeping form on the bed and went back out the living room of the suite, where Hermione was taking off her shoes and untying her hair.
God she's still gorgeous. Blaise thought to himself.
"Something wrong?" she asked him breaking him out of his trance.
"What? No, everything is fine, well goodnight" he said walking quickly towards the door.
"Good night Blaise and thank you for driving us back" she smiled back at him.
"Oh and call me when you move to your new place, I'll drag Draco along too" laughed the wizard.
"I will, thank you" she said as she watched him walk towards the lift before shutting the door.
The day came for Hermione and Ally to finally leave the hotel and move into their new home. BeWitched had found them a nice one-storey house close to where Harry and Astoria lived. Hermione had also purchased her own car, so she wouldn't have to rely on others to driver them around. Daphne had also advised Hermione of magical primary schools that Ally could attend. After speaking with three different schools, Hermione had finally decided on enrolling her into The Magical Learning Academy, Padma Patil-Corner was the principal of the school. She had informed Blaise of this, and he was quiet happy with her choice.
Hermione had taken Ginny and Daphne shopping with her to buy all her furniture. Astoria had wanted to come too, but Harry didn't want her to go because she was so far into her pregnancy.
While they were out shopping a furniture store, trying to choose pieces for Ally's bedroom, they ran into Pansy, who was also out shopping for her daughter and baby number two.
"I heard you're staying in England, that's fantastic" Pansy smiled at Hermione.
"Yes, well I was made an offer I could not refuse" Hermione said winking at Daphne.
"Where's Neville?" Ginny asked.
"Oh he trying to tear Nicole away from the princess section" She laughed spotting her husband trying negotiate with their daughter, surrounded by pink beds in the various shapes of castles.
"Do you know what you're having?" asked Hermione.
"Oh I wanted to find out, but Neville didn't, so at our last appointment I asked Anthony to whisper it to me" smiled Pansy.
"And?"
"We're having a boy" Pansy told the other three witches quietly, seeing her husband heading towards them.
"That's great, congratulations"
"Hey ladies" Neville greeted them.
"Hello Neville" they smiled back at him.
"Hi Nicole" Daphne said crouching to the little girl's height.
"Hi Aunt Daphy, we wear same colours" she said pointing between her and Daphne's top.
Daphne saw that both her and Nicole were wearing blue tops "Indeed we are sweetheart"
"So are you here shopping for Allison?" Neville asked Hermione.
"Yes, I need to organised furniture for her bedroom" the brunette smiled back at him.
"Well we should be off, need to get some new sheets for Nicole's bed" said Pansy.
The Longbottoms headed towards the sheets section of the store as Hermione, Ginny and Daphne heading to the kids bedroom section.
Hermione and Ally pulled into the driveway of their new house. The little girl opened the door of the Mercedes C class sedan and walked slowly around the front lawn.
"What are you doing baby?" Hermione asked her daughter.
"Seeing if the grass is the same as our other house mummy "
"Darling, it is the same" Hermione laughed.
"She is a smart one" Ginny said walking up the driveway. She along with Dean, Mia and Xavier had driven behind Hermione to the new house.
A few of the men had hired a Muggle truck to transport the furniture the new house. Hermione had only trusted Harry to drive the truck, since he was the most familiar apart from Dean with Muggle driving rules.
"Can we use magic?" Ron asked his wife. Daphne had chosen the location for Hermione's new home because it was nice mixture of Muggle and Magical residents.
"You can love, but you should probably place Disillusionment charms on the furniture" Daphne replied as she unbuckled Cynthia from her car seat.
"So Ally are you ready to move into our new house?" Hermione asked her daughter.
"Yes mummy" Ally replied taking her mother's hand and they walked towards the front door.
As she opened the front door, she heard a horn beep, turning around she saw the truck had arrive with Harry behind the wheel. Ron was already walking towards the back shutter to open in. Blaise arrived in his Mercedes and parked behind the truck. What surprised Hermione the most was who had come with him, it was none other than Draco Malfoy.
"Well I never thought I'd see the day, that Malfoy came to help me move into a house" said Hermione as she made her way into the front hallway.
"You and me both" added Ginny as she set Xavier down and watched him run into the front study.
Hermione was telling Ron where to place the dining table when Draco came up to her.
"Hi Granger"
"Hello Malfoy, nice to see you"
"Yes you too, I hope you don't mind me bringing Orion along, Tracey has some big project going on in the department so she had to go in today."
"No that's fine, he looks to be having fun" Hermione replied looking out the window at the little boy playing with the other kids.
"Well, apart from helping you move today, I need you to sign some papers for the account"
"Malfoy, what account are you talking about, I signed papers on Thursday to reopen my account and for the mortgage on this house"
"Oh he didn't tell you?" he said seeing her expression.
"Who didn't tell me what?"
"Well Blaise opened a trust account for your daughter and as her mother I need you sign for it too"
Hermione was shocked. Still a sneaky Slytherin she thought to herself.
"Did he now?" she said walking into the living room where Blaise was positioning the coffee table.
He looked up and saw Hermione in the doorway, when he saw Draco appear behind her, his expression change to one of worry.
"Just how much did he start the account with?" Hermione asked the blond quietly.
"Um….1000 Galleons, its' the normal starting amount for children's accounts" Draco replied looking through his paperwork.
"That much! Shit!"
"Granger, please sign the paperwork, I need to get your glassware out of the truck" the blond said impatiently.
"Fine, but please note I'm doing this for my daughter, not to make him happy" Hermione said taking the quill from Draco and signing the forms.
"That's noted Granger" the blond said rolling the paperwork back up and shrinking it along with the quill and putting it in his pocket, before going back to the truck to grab another box.
"Mione, we bought you a plant for your porch, come see it" she heard Ginny yell through the front door.
Hermione walked through the living room.
"Don't think I'm happy about what you did, because I'm not, I'll talk to you about it later" she told Blaise quietly before walking out to the porch.
Blaise stood there in shock and panic
"What did you do?" Daphne asked him.
"Um, I opened a trust account at Gringott's for Ally without telling her"
Daphne walked over to the wizard and slapped him on the back of his head.
"Ouch! Why'd do that for?" he asked rubbing his head.
"Because, you can't go doing things like that, I know you meant well, but your daughter has two parents and you need to work together, especially when making decisions regarding her" Daphne told him before walking away.
Blaise thought back to the time when Hermione asked him which school, he'd like Ally to attend when she turned 11, she genuinely had wanted his input. Damn.
Finally all the furniture was in its rightful place and all the boxes where unpacked. Hermione had thanked her friends for helping her by shouting them to pizza and drinks.
She put Ally to sleep in her new room. She had bought a night light for her daughter, to help adjust to sleeping in a new bedroom.
"Remember mum wants you at dinner the Burrow soon" Ginny said before leaving.
"We'll come for over soon, I'll owl your mum soon" Hermione replied before waving bye to the red head.
Hermione changed in her pyjamas and slipped into bed, quiet happy with how well the move had gone, apart from that issue with Blaise.
A/N: Hope you are enjoying the story.
