As requested, a chapter first thing in the morning. I'm sorry if the last chapter wasn't that great, it was really a filler chapter. But I do still appreciate the reviews given to me.

A few people have mentioned that Justin is a sweet and happy boy. I can't write a child any other way. I have no make a child evil bone in my body.

This chapter shows how very protective Draco is.

Like I promised it's the longest one i've posted yet.

For every minute

you remain angry,

you give up sixty

seconds of peace of mind.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

It had been a few days since Ron's initial first batch of threatening letters; they were still at the hotel and now they were now receiving them every morning and every night. Ron knew she was hiding from him, he knew she was well protected at the ministry, he knew she wouldn't be so stupid to hide out with Draco (though he admitted he considered that) and most of all he knew she as in a hotel somewhere in London he just didn't know which one. He threatened to one day follow the owl that delivered the letter which frightened her, but every time one of his owls showed up he didn't and she was glad.

"Elsa?" Hermione looked over at the younger witch who was staring out the window.

"Hmm?" she didn't move, her eyes still transfixed the big city below them

"Maybe I'm being too paranoid but, I think it's time for a change in scenery."

"Where were you thinking?"

"Well, Ron said it was stupid of me to hide out with Draco and-"

"You want to have him protect us?" She turned away from the window and looked at her employer.

"No, Draco came in the other day to my office and offered us a stay at his summer home until this all gets fixed."

"Well, Ron doesn't know about Draco's summer home so it would probably be the perfect spot."

"So it's settled? I'll send a letter off to Draco."

Elsa nodded and turned back to the window.

Hermione grabbed a piece of parchment off the nearby table and scratched a note to Draco sending it off to him. She gathered their things and waited for his reply back.

She didn't have to wait long because little did she know Draco knew exactly where she was and he was watching over them.

Draco had spent hours casting protective spells over the hotel making sure that any kind of apparation wasn't possible, a port key wouldn't be able to get in and no sort of unlocking spell could unlock their door. He bought himself a muggle car and sat himself outside of the hotel just watching and waiting. When he had to work he hired a few bodyguards to watch the doors. He put pictures in their hands of Ron making sure that their eyes stayed fixed on the double doors.

He had felt her fear when he first entered her office, she looked tired and scared. She had told him that Ron was threatening her and Elsa and they couldn't even stay in their own homes anymore. They were now living out of a hotel. He couldn't have that, two women and a child fearing for their lives from a man whom Hermione used to love.

He was perched outside for the night watching the doors for anything suspicious, he stayed nights while during the days his hired help watched. He hadn't had any sleep since she told him and he was running low on energy.

An owl flew through his car window and dropped a note in his lap, it was from her:

Draco, I would love to take you up on your summer home offer. We are staying at the Menagerie hotel in the presidential suite.

He smirked at the note, she wanted his help. He swung his legs out of the car door and then the rest of his body before entering the hotel. He headed for the lift and pushed the top floor button. Waiting so patiently for the lift to reach its destination.

The doors dinged open and Draco took a step out checking the hallways before making his way to her door. He knocked on it and waited a few minutes before hearing the lock click open and she was standing there in front of him.

"That was fast." She smiled

"I was in the neighborhood actually." She took a step back to allow him in.

"You look tired."

"It's been busy trying to catch up after my vacation."

"Draco!" Justin screamed and ran over to him hugging him.

"He there little man, you ready to leave?"

"Yes!" He giggled "Come-on mommy."

Draco picked up Justin's bags and then the boy before heading back to the lift with the two women following him. He had no idea why the boy liked him so much; he had hardly known him and for the kid to get attached so easily, it excited him.

He took the three down through the lobby and out to his car.

"I didn't know you owned a car."

"Er-Yeah, I just hardly drive it."

"Would you mind stopping by my place? I need to grab a few more things." Elsa spoke as she buckled herself and Justin into the backseat.

"That's no problem; just tell me how to get there."

Elsa pointed out to him which streets to turn down and not long after they were stopped in front of her place.

"I'll be quick."

"No, we will all go together." Draco unbuckled his seatbelt.

They headed up one flight of stairs and down past a few doors before Elsa pulled out her key and swung her door open. What they hadn't expected was to see her apartment trashed. Elsa's mouth fell open as she slowly stepped in. Papers were strewn everywhere, her kitchen table was broken in half and her coffee table had a leg missing.

"Stay here. I'm going to check the rest of the place out." Draco shut and locked the door behind him before pulling out his wand and disappearing down the hallway. He checked the first door, the bathroom, the toilet had been blown up and there was water spraying everywhere. He sealed it back up with magic and headed to the next room. Her bedroom. Her mattress had been flipped over her side tables thrown across the room and her clothes were everywhere.

The place was clear, no one but the four were in there.

"It's good." He stepped over a broken dining chair.

"I can't believe he would go and do something like this." Hermione kept herself and Justin next to the door.

"I wonder if he made it to your place."

"More than likely it was the first place he hit." Draco started to use magic to fix all the broken things around the apartment.

"Thankfully you weren't here when he arrived or else-"Hermione paused "I don't know what he would have done."

"Come-on we can't stay long, who knows how long ago he hit here and if he's camping it out." Draco fixed her dining room table

"You don't have to fix anything, it's fine. I'll fix it later."

"It's keeping my mind occupied. If I didn't fix your stuff it would take every fiber in my being not to hunt him down and kill him."

"Malfoy, is killing really necessary?" Hermione asked

He turned to look at her, "It's the fact that he cheated on his wife, didn't give two shits about his child when he had him and now he's getting married. But what he does care about is how his ex-wife eludes him on him visiting his child, she had a very eventful night in Hawaii and she hired a nanny to keep her son well educated before Hogwarts."

He watched as she just stared at him, she was shocked. Had it been because he showed her that he truly cared for her? Was it the fact that he was willing to fight to keep her and her son alive? Or was it both?

"If that was what set him off, then he deserves to rot in hell."

He watched as tears came to her eyes and a smile plastered on her face. At that point he knew it was both.

It had been a few hours since they discovered Elsa's apartment and they had been at Draco's summer home unpacking some of their things, they didn't want to get too comfortable just in case they had to get up and leave in the middle of the night and Hermione still had it in her mind that Ron was going to give up eventually.

She didn't dare go back to her apartment, in fear of seeing it in the same shape as Elsa's or Ron waiting for her return. Hermione couldn't believe Ron had gone to such extreme measures to express how much he felt about the whole situation.

Draco was sitting at the kitchen table helping Justin put together a child's puzzle while Elsa sat in the living room reading one of her romance novels. Hermione just stood back leaning against the kitchen counter watching Draco and her son. He had been so nice to them, he let them stay in his summer home while they hid from Ron, he didn't have to stay there and entertain Justin, he didn't have to stay at the house to watch over them. But he chose to, he chose to put his life in danger for them and she appreciated that.

"Mommy! It's a hippogriff!" Justin giggled pressing the last piece in place

"It sure is." She smiled and walked over to the table

"Draco has fun stuff."

"Where did you get this stuff?" She asked Draco

"This was my stuff growing up. I keep my childhood stuff here."

"Thank you for allowing him to use it."

"He can keep it if he wants." He stood up from the table and headed past her to the fridge.

She took in his scent as he passed her, he smelled of the outdoors. Like he had been sitting in a patch of grass and leaning up against a tree.

"I couldn't allow him to do that. That is your childhood. I can't take that away from you."

"I don't have much use for them, seeing as I'm not a child myself nor do I have one."

She felt bad for him, it sounded to her that all he wanted was to have a family. Here she was, flaunting it in his face that she had a child and she was happy. She figured that he was so good with Justin was because he was yearning for a child of his own. She didn't know why he stuck around.

Night had struck the house not too long after, Justin just fell asleep in his bed and Elsa was taking a shower. Draco was in the living room with Hermione, they were just sitting there in silence. Neither knew what to do or say.

Moments passed before she spoke.

"You should head home and get some rest. You have work tomorrow."

"I'll be fine sleeping here on the couch." He shook his head

"I couldn't ask for you to do that. You've done so much already today."

"Please don't send me home." He laid himself down on the couch. He rested his head in her lap "I'm enjoying the company."

Her hand hesitated just inches from the top of his head, she was tempted to stroke his hair but she thought otherwise. He might have gotten the wrong idea. But she decided against her better judgment and started to run her fingers through his hair.

She watched as he closed his eyes and started to drift off to sleep. She had to admit he looked pretty handsome asleep in her lap. She leaned her head back and allowed herself to succumb to sleep as well.

Reviews please! Let me know what you think. I may post another one tonight. Or maybe two :)

KKB