A/N Hey again. Sorry for not writing for a while. I remembered one other thing about the names I use. Emma(Harry's fiance) is named after one of my friends. As is Jess(maid). Danny is my bestfriend so I made him Amber's as well. Expect tow more characters named after my friends Rebecca and Andrew.

Chapter 12

Pain

Hermione's POV

I apparate to Draco's house, grab Amber, say a quick thank you to Draco and take my daughter home. I can't believe how stupid I was, going to Parkinson's house. What happened to the smart Hermione? The one who thought things through thoroughly?

All I know is that Draco's going to kill me when he finds out. When I dropped Amber off at his place I simply said I had something important to do.

Shit! I've messed everything up. And here's his owl. I'm guessing that he knows.

Yeah, he does. I'm in serious trouble.

Siobhan's POV

Mum slaps me across the face. "DON'T YOU LIE TO ME. YOUR FATHER WAS A LIER AND A CHEATER TOO. THAT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR BAD BLOOD FROM!" She slaps me again. I have to get out of here. Now. Or else she'll end up killing me.

I run out of the front door and down the driveway. I hear the familiar CRACK! Of somebody apparating and know that it's my mother. I turn around and she's right in my face. Without thinking I push her back. She falls into a nearby rose bush. I continue to run out of the yard and I run about two kilometers (A/N sorry for those who use miles.) towards dad's house. I know we don't really get along but I know that I will be safe there for now. I walk the rest of the way. I knock on his door, barely breathing. I can't remember the last time I walked that far. But I needed to do this. Dad comes to the door. He's dressed in jeans and an emerald green shirt. He looks worried when he sees me.

"Siobhan what's happened?" He says and he brings me to the lounge and gives me some hot chocolate.

I start to cry and he holds me close. I've never been this close to my father. "My m-mum s-she…" I can't finish my explanation because I'm crying so much. I calm down after about five minutes. "I'm sorry dad." I point to my face, meaning that I'm sorry about all the tears. He laughs gently.

"I have seen tears before you know. A lot more in the past few weeks than ever before actually. So do you think you're ready to talk now? What did your mother do?"

I breathe deeply, "She, she found out about Amber. I'm pretty sure that Hermione told her. Then mum was yelling at me, saying how you'd been cheating on her in school and how I'm just like you for not telling her this. She was really, really angry and…and…"I start to cry again but this time I manage to talk. "She… slapped me. T-twice. She was really scary. I ran away because I thought it would be dangerous to s-stay there. She followed me but I got away."

Dad's standing now. He grabs a piece of parchment and scribbles a message onto it. He calls out and an owl appears and takes the message. "I'm sending for Hermione. She can look after you and I'll have a word with her. You don't mind, um if Amber comes do you?"

I shake my head. Over the past few days I've come to realize that it wasn't her fault and that we were stuck like this. There's nothing we can do about it. So we might as well try to get along with each other or this will be extremely difficult. "Oh, dad.…don't blame Hermione. It really isn't her fault. I think she was just trying to help. Please dad, don't…for me."

I can see that he's really confused and I know why. Why was I being nice to the Grangers? I decided to explain. "Dad I've been thinking about things and well I'm accepting it. I can't let this bring me down. And well, I guess I've also realized that I might as well get along with Amber. I mean she seems like a very nice person." And she has a really hot boyfriend. I think to myself. Even though I'm trying to be a bit nicer, I do need to have some fun as well.

"That's very mature of you Siobhan. And yes she is an extremely nice girl…. You know I can't believe that your mother would do that. I mean I do believe you, but she's your mother and…." He stops talking. And walks into another room as he does so he tells me to open the door ONLY to the Grangers.

Hermione's POV

I arrive at Draco's house and surprisingly Siobhan opens the door. She welcomes us warmly, which is even stranger. The weirdest thing though is that she then asks Amber if she would like to come to the library with her. My daughter hesitates, but then accepts. I smile. No matter how many fights she has had with Siobhan, she won't ever turn down books.

I look around for Draco. I find him lying on his bed staring at the roof. I come and sit next to him. His white blonde hair is covering his eyes and I push it aside. "What happened?" I ask softly.

"She hit her."

"Who?"

"Pansy. She hit Siobhan."

"Oh my God! Is she ok? Are you ok?"

"Yeah she's fine I think. I think she just got scared. She ran here afterwards. And me? It…it just brought back memories. Memories of Lucious. He used to hit my mother. If I tried to stop him…he'd hurt me twice as much. With and without magic." I see a tear fall down the side of his cheek. Amber's eyes are identical to his I realize. They look the same with different emotions. Right now his are shiny and a bluish-gray. They aren't cold; they're warm and inviting.

I wrap my arms and hold him close. I hold him as he cries. He eventually falls into a calm sleep. I leave him and go to the library. I find Amber in an armchair and Siobhan asleep on a rug. Amber looks up at me and says, "I can't believe it mum. I actually feel sorry for her. Her life isn't as perfect as everyone believes. She's had no one to love her properly." She then goes back to her book and I walk to the kitchen thinking the same thing. But not about Siobhan; about Draco.

In school he gave the impression that he had everything that he would ever need. People believed him. Nobody thought twice about it as he was a Malfoy.

Nobody thinks twice about Siobhan being happy because she is the stepdaughter of the Minister for Magic.

Maybe they should. Somebody could have saved Draco. Siobhan can still have a good childhood. But Draco lost his. It's gone. It can't be replaced and its sad how he sees his father now. Not that he's not right of course…

I'll talk to Draco tomorrow and apologize. Then I'm taking him and the two girls out for the whole day. We'll have some fun and perhaps they'll forget the pain, even for just one day.\

A/N Ok bye and thanks to my reviewers. I'll TRY to get another chapter up in the next few days.

Lots of LOve

Alison