A/N: Hey! I'm finally done! As cliche as this sounds, I'm going to miss this story. But have no fear! The sequel is near! It is called "A Malfoy's Curse: Their Final Battle." It is the last one I will right with these characters in this plot. I think it will last quite a few chapters though. I want to thank all of you for your continued support, and to the ones that have been with me since the beggining. I love you all! Thank you so much!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, or anything that you recognise. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter 32
Over the next few days, studying was in order. Draco and Hermione spent most of their time in the library when they were out of classes with their friends, and often had to go down to the Kitchens to go get food because they'd missed out on dinner.
It was now a Thursday night and Hermione found Draco sitting at the desk in their common room and writing on a piece of parchment, frowning. She smiled at the sight of him, and carried Scorpius with her over to where he sat.
'What are you doing, love?' She asked, looking over his shoulder. Draco flashed a look up at her and blowed on the paper before handing it up to her. Hermione took the parchment from him and began to read . . .
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Granger,
I am writing to ask you both something that is incredibly important to me. I would like your blessing to marry your daughter, Hermione.
I am sorry to throw this upon you, but it is my greatest wish. She is my life. I can not live without her. I wish to live the rest of my life with her by my side. I wish to start a family with her.
I know not many men ask for blessings in this day and age, but I grew up in a very traditional family. So, I thought it was best if I asked you first. I do not plan on marrying Hermione immediately, so you can take a deep breath.
I would also like to inform you that my father has been placed in Azkaban (the Wizarding Prison) in one of their most secure cells under my instructions. He will no longer be around to hurt her. I'm sure that will give you some piece of mind.
Also, my mother was hysterically happy when she found that I had found someone that loves me as much as I love them. She has already met up with Hermione, and adores her completely. She already considers her a daughter without her officially being my wife.
Once again I would just like to tell you that Hermione is the only one for me, I can see that, and I will not hurt her in anyway. I would appreciate your blessing greatly. But if you will not grant me the blessing, and would rather that I stayed away from her, because of all that happened during that summer, then I will, of course, try to respect your wishes until school gets out and I can go my separate way from her.
Thank you for reading this and not throwing it straight into the fire,
Yours Sincerely,
Draco Malfoy.
Hermione felt tears come to her eyes as she read over Draco's letter to her parents. She looked down into his concerned face as a tear trickled down her cheek.
'You really don't give them enough credit you know.' She muttered, handing the letter back to him. Draco smiled.
'Well, I know if something like that happened to my daughter, I probably wouldn't want the son of a tyrant anywhere near her. I gave them an option. I just hope they don't resort to it.' He replied with a sigh. Hermione smiled at him lightly and kissed his forehead, holding his neck with one hand, and Scorpius with the other.
'I'll be back late tonight. I have to see Ginny about something, alright?' She said. Draco nodded and kissed her sweetly, before Hermione turned around and left the room, Scorpius bouncing and gurgling in her arms, leaving Draco to read over his letter again, wishing there was more he could tell them to convince them of his love for Hermione.
When Hermione got to the Gryffindor Common Room and entered, she found Ginny, Harry, Ron and Seamus and Dean sitting on the couches by the fireplace, laughing and smiling. Hermione herself smiled at her friends wistfully, wishing she was as carefree at the moment, but loving everything that had happened to her anyway. Plus, if she hadn't had Draco, then she wouldn't have Scorpius, and she couldn't see her life without either her son or fiancé in it now.
That was when Harry turned around and saw her standing there, with that small smile on her face. Harry waved and called to her.
'Come on, Hermione! This wouldn't be any fun without you!' He cried, signalling for her to join them on the couches. Seamus and Dean looked a bit uncomfortable. They still felt horrible for believing Lavender and Parviti over Hermione. Hermione had forgiven them, but they still avoided Draco like the plague.
'Hey guys, what's up?' She asked, sitting next to Ron on the couch and bouncing her son on her lap.
'Nothing too amazing, just discussing Dad.' Harry answered, his eyes gleaming at the thought of his father. Hermione smiled at him.
'What has he done now?' She asked, wondering what type of mischief James and Sirius were making, and where.
'Oh nothing. Just how he found me and that sort of stuff. I know it was ages ago that he came back, but it still seems like it was yesterday, you know.' He explained, staring off into the distance a bit. Hermione nodded and looked around.
'Have you heard anything from him since the ball?' She inquired, playing with Scorpius' feet as he lay on his back facing her. Harry watched as the two played together and smiled lovingly at them.
'Nah, not yet. I haven't had the chance to write to him myself with exam revision. I guess he'll understand though, won't he?' He asked. Ginny rolled her eyes at him.
'Of course he'll understand, Harry. He knows what it's like to go through Hogwarts exams, remember?' She reminded him. Harry nodded thoughtfully.
'So, how's everything with you and Draco?' Ron asked, successfully changing the subject and annoying Hermione at the same time. Especially when he nudged her and winked.
'Brilliantly, superbly actually. Everything's going just as normal.' She answered confidently. Ron smirked.
'So there haven't been any problems because the baby's around?' He asked. It was now Hermione's turn to roll her eyes.
'No, Ron. There haven't been any problems.' She emphasised. Ron frowned and Hermione smiled cheekily. 'Having a room to ourselves helps.' She added. Ginny and Harry laughed, Seamus and Dean blocked there ears and Ron stuck his tongue out at her.
'So mature, Ron.' Hermione muttered.
'I know.' He answered.
'So what do you want to do when you get out of school, Hermione?' Harry asked, changing the subject.
'I want to be a healer at St. Mungo's when this is all over.' Hermione answered. 'What about you?'
'I want to lead a quiet life. I hardly need a job with the fortune that dad and I have. I haven't really talked about it with Sierra yet, but I'm sure it will be fine. I hope. What about you Ron?' Harry asked.
'I want to be an Auror. They get cool robes and get to do an awesome job. I can't wait to get out of school.' Ron said enthusiastically.
'Well, I want to work with Fred and George in their joke shop. It would be the best job. It has the good money, you get to make jokes and stuff, and I get to work with my crazy brothers. It will be the greatest.' Ginny answered the unspoken question.
'Are you sure that's what you want to do for the rest of your life?' Hermione asked. Ginny nodded.
'For the foreseeable future, anyway.' She said. Hermione nodded and smiled at her.
'I hope you have fun with that then.' She said. Ginny nodded and laughed.
'I hope I do.' She answered. 'What about you two?' Ginny directed at Seamus and Dean. 'Haven't heard much from you two yet.'
'Well, I don't really know what I want to do yet. With all the possibilities, it's hard to decide.' Seamus answered, Dean nodding along beside him.
'Well, what do you like doing?' Harry asked.
'Sport stuff, and charms. Charms class is fun.' Seamus explained. Dean grimaced.
'I like Transfiguration more.' He countered. Seamus shrugged.
'I'm not a huge fan of McGonagall. She's too strict for my liking. Flitwick is awesome. He let's you do nearly anything in his class.' Seamus laughed. Hermione rolled her eyes.
'You're supposed to do work class, Seamus; not muck around.' She chastised. It was now Seamus' turn to roll his eyes.
'Not everyone is like you, Hermione. Some of us just need a break from learning sometimes. And plus, I do the work, I master the charm, I just like talking to my friends as I do it.' He argued. Hermione still scowled at him.
'I take breaks too, Seamus. I'm not as bad as you think I am. In fact I hardly get to study at all with Scorpius being as nocturnal as he is. Bad sleep means bad concentration. Sometimes it's just easier to give up all together.' She responded. She held Scorpius close to her as he slept quietly in her arms, sometimes making small baby noises. She smiled at him.
'I better be going. I have to put this one to sleep before he wakes up and starts screaming.' She joked. Harry smiled up at her and held out his arms to hold him once before she left.
'Fine, Harry.' She relented, passing the slumbering boy into his arms.
'He's so cute.' Harry whispered, touching his nose softly, making him scrunch his nose in his sleep. Harry laughed softly and did it again. Hermione hit hi on the back of the head.
'Don't do that, you'll wake him up and I'll get no sleep tonight at all!' She scolded softly. Harry grinned sheepishly and handed him back to her.
'There you go, get him to bed before he wakes the entirety of the school that's already asleep. Night Hermione.' He said. Hermione smiled and waved at everyone, before leaving the room and making her way back to her shared common room with Draco.
'Hey love.' She called as she entered, Scorpius stirring slightly. Draco came in from the bedroom and walked up to her smiling.
'Hey, have a good time with the Gryffindors?' He asked. Hermione smiled.
'Yes, but Seamus was being typical Seamus, and Scorpius was sleeping against me, so I thought it would be a good idea to come back now.' She answered, leaning against his chest as Draco wrapped his arms around her and his son, and rested his chin on the top of her head.
'How about you put Scorpius in his crib and join me in bed, huh?' He suggested. Hermione nodded her consent and slipped out from his arms.
'I'll be right with you. You go climb in.' She said, making her way to their room and putting Scorpius down before starting to get changed. Draco smiled and came up behind her.
'You know, we could sleep on the couch tonight so we don't wake up Scorpius.' He whispered in her ear. Hermione moaned, and leaned her head back against him.
'You know, sometimes your offers are too tempting to refuse.' She whispered back. Draco smirked and kissed her firmly on the lips, turning her round to face him. Hermione moaned against his lips again softly, before Draco picked her up and started walking her out of the room.
Let's just say that the couch was never the same again. And visitors gave it a wide berth when the couple smiled at each other cheekily whenever a person or people sat on it.
-
The exams crept up on them quicker than they had expected, and soon it was the night before and everyone was cramming. People could be seen from all over the school, reading books as the walked, sitting in the little niches and crannies in the walls, trying to memorise everything they needed to. And the library was always busy during the exam time of the year, but, luckily for the Golden Trio and their partners and friends, they were able to dredge up a table and a few extra chairs.
There was a stack of books in the middle of the table, and every once in a while, someone would put a book back and grab another, hoping to have the right information in the one they just picked up. Sometimes, there were sighs of frustration, sometimes there were sighs of relief, and there were shared groans, moans and pounding of heads against tables and books. All said actions earned them glares and scowls from Madam Pince, the Librarian.
'I can't find anything I might need in here.' She complained, blowing out a frustrated breath. Hermione gave her a reassuring smile.
'Try looking through your actual text book, Gin. That might give you the answers you need.' She suggested. Ginny frowned.
'That would be a good idea.' She resolved. Ginny bent down and retrieved her text book from her bag and opened that on the table, tossing the other book back into the pile.
Draco slammed his book shut.
'That's it. I'm done. I'm going to get my son, and I'm going to bed. I think Madam Pomfrey has had enough of him for the day. Coming Hermione?' He asked. Hermione rubbed her eyes and nodded.
'I've had enough of studying too. I'll see you guys in the morning.' She muttered. They all nodded at her and Draco tiredly, signalling their goodbye.
The couple walked up to the Hospital Wing and collected their son, before taking him back to their room and falling into an exhausted sleep.
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The next morning, people still carried books around, reading over them quickly before their exams start. It was a Monday, and the exams would last all week. First was the group's written Charms exam, followed by the practical exam before break, and then the Arithmancy exam before lunch for Hermione, with Divination for the boys.
At lunch, everyone was still trying to cram information into their heads. The groups' next exams were Potions, written and then the practical.
'What a way to finish the day. A written potions exam, followed by a practical one.' Ron grumbled as they walked out of the dungeon classroom.
'It wasn't so bad actually. It could have been much worse.' Hermione reasoned. Rom rolled his eyes at her.
'Speak for yourself.' He retorted. Hermione made a face at him and walked closer to Draco, who threw a lazy arm around her waist.
'I have to tell you something too.' He muttered into her ear. Hermione turned to face him.
'What's wrong?' She asked worriedly. Draco shook his head imperceptibly.
'I'll talk you about it tonight when there aren't so many ears.' He murmured leaning down so she would be able to hear him. Hermione nodded and they continued on their way. The Gryffindors went to their common room; the Slytherins to theirs and Hermione and Draco took Scorpius from Madam Pomfrey and headed to their room before dinner.
'What was it you wanted to talk about Draco?' Hermione called from the bedroom as she put Scorpius in to sleep after feeding him.
Draco wandered into the room behind her and leaned on the doorway.
'I still haven't heard back from your parents yet.' He told her softly, getting straight to the point. After Hermione had put down her son, she turned to Draco abruptly.
'Are you sure? You've heard nothing from them?' She asked again, just to be clear.
'Absolutely nothing.' He replied, a sorrowful and doubtful look on his face. Hermione took a deep breath.
'Well, let's think this through. You actually sent the letter, didn't you?' She inquired. Draco nodded.
'Yes, I did. I used Cardon to send it, and I remember watching him fly off into the distance. He came back a couple of days later, carrying no other note, nothing. I waited almost a month before telling you, hoping that I wouldn't scare you.' He finished. Hermione took another deep breath.
'Well, what did you tell Cardon to do? Did you tell him to wait for a reply?' She asked. She watched Draco as he drifted into his thoughts, trying to remember what he had said to the bird almost a month ago now. That was when he remembered what he hadn't done.
'I forgot to tell the stupid owl to wait for a reply!' He responded, smacking himself on the head. Hermione smiled fondly at him and enclosed him in a hug.
'Silly boy. What will I ever do with you? Your owl dropped the letter and lent, leaving my parents0no means of wriuing back. I'll write to them explaining what happened and I'll tell them to give tjeir reply to the school owl I'll use and then you will get their reply, alright?' She suggested. Draco nodded and rested his head against hers.
'This is going to be a long week.' He muttered, and Hermione giggled.
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The next day, Tuesday, the group headed down to breakfast to get6something to eat before their Transfiguration written and practical exams started.
As the filed into the exam room, and found their seat, they saw Professor McGonagall standing at the head of the hall. She looked down on them with her usual stern glance and watched them all as they took their seats in silence.
The exam started and finished in silence and without a hitch. The students were then asked to wait outside while the staff rearranged the room for the practical examination. It only took a short time, and then they were called in five at a time and were assigned to a staff member. The students went to their members of staff and were asked to perform some more simple transfiguration spells first, before the gradually got harder.
Hermione was assigned to Professor Flitwick, and did all of her spells flawlessly. The tiny professor even gave her a round of applause, to which Hermione blushed and thanked him.
Draco was stuck with Professor Snape, and he tried to do as well as possible. He passed with flying colours though, performing everything to perfection.
In fact, most students did incredibly well in their exam. There were only a couple of incidents where a student had to be taken to the Hospital Wing to be tended too, and the teachers all counted their lucky stars that they didn't have to join them to be treated by Madam Pomfrey.
'That went reasonably well.' Sierra commented as they made their way to lunch after dropping off their belongings, and grabbing what they needed for their next exam.
'I think so too.' Ron agreed, pulling Pansy closer to him.
'You know what?' Ginny asked. 'I think us girls need to have a Girls' Night In at Hermione and Draco's room before the end of the year. I mean, we aren't going to see each other during the holidays, well, we won't see Pansy during the holidays, so, why don't we have a girls night?'
Hermione thought about it.
'Only if Draco agrees to leave the room and sleep somewhere else for the night. And he takes Scorpius with him.' She added, looking towards Draco. Said boy rolled his eyes.
'Fine. You girls can have the room for the night. Just tell me when and I'll pack up my stuff and we boys can stay in the Room of Requirement for the night. Happy?' He answered. Hermione and the girls nodded with huge smiles on their faces.
'Thank you, baby.' Hermione said, quickly giving him a peck on the lips and grinning widely. Draco smiled at her and hugged her to him.
'You owe me.' He whispered to her. Hermione raised an eyebrow to him.
'And when don't I pay you back?' She asked. Draco nodded in agreement, and smiled at her.
'You do always pay me back somehow.' He agreed. He then got serious.
'Did you send that letter and Cardon back to your parents?' He asked nervously. Hermione smiled at him.
'Yes, I did. You should get a reply within a couple of days.' She assured. Draco paled as he thought about what Hermione's parents were going to say.
'Don't worry, love. I'm sure they'll think it sweet that you asked them first. Well, my mum will anyway. I'm not too sure what Dad will say.' She conceded. Draco shot her a glare.
'That doesn't help. I'm more scared of your Dad than I am of your Mum.' He responded. Hermione giggled.
'Don't be. He has a heart of gold. He'll probably like how traditional you are.' Hermione reassured, but it still didn't help Draco's nerves.
After lunch was more exams, before they all came traipsing back in for dinner, exams over, except for the Astronomy exam that night at midnight. They all ate in silence, energy and mental capacity drained after having to think and recall information all day.
At midnight, they all headed up to the Astronomy Tower to complete their final exam. That lasted until two in the morning, and then they made their way up to their beds (Draco and Hermione taking a detour to the Hospital Wing to pick up Scorpius) and fell asleep almost immediately.
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The next morning, Wednesday, everyone was at breakfast. Hermione looked up and watched the birds as the owl post swooped in. She dropped her spoon as she saw Cardon, Draco's owl, glide down to land in front of him.
She watched as Draco took the letter with shaky fingers, and tried to read Sierra's lips as she read the letter over his shoulder. She gave up after a couple of minutes, realising that her attempt at lip reading was fruitless. She waited with baited breath, until she saw Draco get up, and nod towards her. She got up and followed him outside and up to their room numbly, not sure what to think. Horrible thoughts going through her head forced her to fight back tears, not wanting to seem negative in front of Draco, and tried to force the thoughts to the back of her mind.
Draco opened the door to their rooms, allowing her to walk to the fire place and gives her the letter gently.
Hermione took it with soft movements. She opened it.
Dear Draco,
Of course we give you our blessing to marry Hermione! Dearest, you can't compare yourself to your father all your life. You are not your father. As you remember, we have met both of you, and we wouldn't have guessed that you two were related if you didn't look incredibly alike. We couldn't have chosen anyone better for our daughter than you. As far as we are concerned, you are already part of the family.
We realise that you do not want to do anything with Hermione immediately, and for that we are happy. Both of you are too young to be having too much interaction anyway.
Draco, we give you our hearty consent and our biggest blessing. Granted, I am happier about this than Hermione's father, but he even told me that he couldn't have chosen better for our little girl.
It does make us happy that your father is out of the picture and in jail. It gives us a great amount of comfort, and thank you for telling us.
Love,
Mr. and Mrs. Granger
Hermione looked up at him with curiosity in her eyes.
'This is good news. Why are you so upset?' She asked. Draco stopped walking and turned to face her. He had started some time during when Hermione was reading the letter.
'I feel like I'm betraying their trust. They said that they glad that I wasn't going to do anything with you yet, and look at us! We have a son, and we're engaged!' Draco stopped at the look of anguish on her face. He came forward and took her hands in his, kneeling before her. 'My love, trust me. I wouldn't trade you and Scorpius in for the world. I just don't think that they'll quite appreciate a teenaged mother; especially when it went straight against their wishes.' He reasoned. Hermione nodded and looked down at their hands.
'You know, I think my mother will be glad all the same. She always told me that she couldn't wait to be a grandmother. Dad is a different thing entirely, but he liked you, remember? He shouldn't be too bad. You don't have to feel bad.' She tried. Draco nodded, but still didn't think the guilt would ever leave him.
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It was soon the weekend before the last weekend of term, and the girls decided to make their "Girls' Night In" on that weekend. Hermione informed Draco and he evacuated the room as Ginny and Hermione set it up for that night.
Draco came up behind Hermione as she was spreading a clean blanket over the top of their mattress, and took her into his arms. He kissed her neck sweetly, and turned her around so she was facing him. Hermione smiled brightly and warmly at him.
'What?' She asked. Draco smiled back and said nothing, just snuggling his face into her hair. Ginny noticed and made the excuse of checking on Scorpius to give them some space.
'I love you.' Draco mumbled, and Hermione could feel his breath tickling the soft hairs on her ears, making her giggle.
'I love you too.' She answered in between laughs. Draco rolled his eyes and pulled back.
'I'm going to miss you tonight.' He muttered, leaning his forehead against hers.
'I'll miss you too.' She replied, smiling slightly, breathing in his scent and closing her eyes. Draco leaned forwards and kissed her lips softly. Hermione leaned in and pressed more firmly against him, making him moan. Hermione smirked and pulled away. Draco made a noise of protest.
'Now you can't do that.' He complained. Hermione laughed.
'Yes I can! Now go get your son and go! The girls will be here soon. Shoo!' She ordered.
'As long as we finish what you started tomorrow night!' He called as he disappeared in to Scorpius room. Hermione sighed with a smile on her face.
'Of course! Now go!' She yelled. Draco appeared back into the room carrying his son and came up to Hermione again.
'Say goodbye to mummy, Scorp. She's kicking us boys out for the night so her and her girl friends have chat and gossip and do girly stuff. She doesn't love us anymore.' Draco whispered, making Scorpius wave to Hermione, making her laugh. Hermione hit his arm.
'Out you!' She ordered again. Draco pouted at her and hit her bum on the way out. Hermione turned on him with a surprised face.
'See ya sexy!' Draco called as he disappeared out the door. Hermione tried to pick up her jaw at his mischief, and jumped as she heard Ginny laugh in the background.
'He has some balls to be doing that.' Ginny said, coming up to Hermione. 'But, we do have to be getting ready for the more important people who are coming.' She subtly hinted, gesturing for Hermione to get changed.
'I'm going!' She cried, running into her bedroom and getting quickly changed before running outside and continuing to set up.
Minutes later, Sierra and Pansy knocked on her door. Hermione and Ginny ran to the door and opened it for them, inviting them in enthusiastically.
'I'll tell you what; we got some strange looks coming here. Everyone was like, "Why are those losers wearing pyjamas?"' Sierra said, putting on a high pitched, squeaky voice that sounded something like Lavender and Parviti's. Hermione, Ginny and Pansy laughed and settled onto the mattress and pillows on the floor.
'We've been in here for the past 30 minutes setting this area up so we could sleep tonight, or just be comfortable.' Ginny explained.
'So, how are your lives going?' Hermione asked, settling back onto the pillows and taking a Bertie Botts' Every Flavour Bean out of the bowl near her and popped it into her mouth.
'Nothing much really. I haven't been able to see much of Ron lately because of classes and quidditch practice and such. We really just need to have a night together without having to be separated soon afterwards.' Pansy said wistfully. Sierra rolled her eyes.
'It's called the holidays. Invite him over to your place, or mention that you would like to see the Burrow. With his parents at a different place over the hols, you two should have some fun.' Sierra replied suggestively, wagging her eyebrows at the other Slytherin, who hit her with a pillow while Hermione and Ginny laughed at the pair.
'Speaking of "having fun", how are you and Draco in the other room, Hermione?' Ginny asked, a smirk all over her face, and pointing to Hermione and Draco's bedroom. Hermione glowered at her.
'Do you really want to know that?' She asked, pulling a face. Sierra, Pansy and Ginny all grinned and nodded, leaning forwards. Hermione rolled her eyes. She told them as much as she could without her face going too red. She watched them as they all squealed and giggled, fidgeting around like worms on top of a compost heap.
'Right, I've finished. Sierra, I think it's your turn.' Hermione finished, looking towards the blonde girl and piercing her with her gaze. Sierra shot her a look and straightened up.
'Unlike our Hermione here, I'm not scared to tell everyone about mine and Harry's rendezvous'.' She answered proudly. Hermione rolled her eyes and hit her with a pillow. Sierra laughed and dodged her. She spilled her guts about what her and Harry had been up to alone in a room, and watched as the three girls laughed themselves silly and turned bright red as she reiterated everything without withholding anything.
Sierra's victim was Ginny, and they all listened again as Ginny told her story, and then Pansy telling them hers. They ended up all lying on their backs on the floor and laughing every once in a while.
'You know what we need?' Sierra asked, as they stared up at the ceiling.
'What?' Hermione responded. Sierra grinned.
'More chocolate! Tonight we can just eat all that fatty stuff, and then work it off in the morning with a run around the lake or something.' She suggested. The three other girls nodded and Hermione got up, quickly making her way into the kitchenette that was in hers' and Draco's chambers.
She went straight to the cupboard and saw that there was a fresh bag of about four blocks of chocolate. Hermione grinned and brought the entire bag out to where the girls were laying about, talking.
'Here's the chocolate!' She said, dumping the bag in the middle of them, and they all got up and opened a block each.
'What type of chocolate is it?' Pansy asked.
'I think it's just normal dairy milk.' Hermione answered. 'There doesn't seem to be a label on it.' The girls shrugged and ate the chocolate happily.
Ginny made a noise that gained all of their attention.
'Did you hear about Lavender and Seamus?' She asked once her mouth was mostly devoid of chocolate. The other three sat up, intrigued by this news.
'What about them?' Sierra asked.
'Harry told me this morning that he saw someone sneak into the boys' dorms last night. In the morning, when he woke up, he saw clothes lying around Seamus' bed, and when he looked, he saw Seamus and Lavender lying together in the sheets, and from what it looked like, naked.' Ginny explained. The girls gasped and came in closer.
'You can't be serious! I thought that they weren't going to try again after their escapade in fourth year!' Hermione exclaimed. Ginny shook her head.
'Well, apparently not. I've never known Harry to lie about something like this.' She reasoned. The girls nodded, dumbfounded.
'Daphne and Theo Nott have also been seen around the place in the little niches and crannies around the school.' Sierra announced.
'Really? I thought that was just a rumour?' Pansy asked. Sierra shook her head.
'Nope, I saw them with my own eyes. There was tongue and all in that, none-too-little snogging session of theirs.' She confirmed. Hermione gagged.
'Couldn't she do better than Nott?' She asked. The girls laughed.
'I'm sure she could. She has the body to get any guy she wanted.' Pansy answered, laying her palm face down in the air and shaking it sideways, while breathing in quickly. The girls laughed.
'You've seen her Pans?' Ginny asked cheekily. Pansy hit her with a pillow.
'I share a dorm with her idiot. She isn't exactly modest that girl. Gets around a lot too.' She offered by way of explanation.
'Yeah, yeah.' Ginny grinned, ducking again as another pillow came flying across towards her. The rest of the sleepless night was spent laughing, gossiping and mindlessly eating everything in the bowls in front of them.
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Hermione woke up Sunday morning with cold feet, and to the sound of snores coming from beside her. She pulled her face away from the blankets and pillows separating her and the floor and sat up, looking over the other occupants of the room. She gave a huge yawn and headed towards her room to grab her clothes for today, leaving the girls asleep.
He shower was a quick one, and when she walked back outside, she saw the girls sitting on the pillows and gathering their clothes they had brought to get changed into.
'Did anyone else wake up with bits of lolly on their face, or was that just me?' Ginny asked, peeling an Every Flavour Bean off of her cheek. The others laughed and took it in turns to have a shower and get dressed, while the others ate breakfast.
About an hour later, Draco and the rest of the boys turned up and crashed their breakfast party.
'Did you girls have a good night?' Draco asked, kissing Hermione on the cheek and placing Scorpius on her lap so he could say good morning in his own baby way. Hermione held onto him and cooed down at the boy.
'Did you miss mummy last night?' She asked.
'Did he ever! He started screaming in the middle of the night or his diaper to be changed! I am so glad I brought some with me otherwise we would have been screwed.' Draco recounted, running a hand through his hair. The girls laughed and continued eating.
'It wasn't funny! We didn't get back to sleep for another hour!' Ron complained. This didn't put a stopper on the girls' laughing.
'Did I ever tell you how much I love you, Draco?' Hermione asked, looking up at her boyfriends face and grinning, before giving him a swift kiss before turning back to her son, who looked like he was about to cry.
'No, baby, no crying on mummy today. Are you hungry? Yes, I think you are, I think you are.' She cooed, and moved into the bathroom, where she could feed Scorpius in peace. Draco sat down in her seat and started to eat.
'So, all-in-all, you guys had a good night?' Sierra asked. Draco shot her a look.
'Yes, Sierra, we had the best night ever.' He answered sarcastically. He seemed to be the only boy who had the energy to answer any of the questions. Hermione came back shortly afterwards, and sat on Draco's lap with Scorpius bouncing on her knee.
'What's got you so happy?' He asked. Hermione looked at him confusedly.
'I'm not allowed to be happy once in a while?' She asked. Draco frowned a her.
'Of course you are. The one thing I want on this Earth is for you to be completely happy. But you weren't this happy when you left to feed Scorpius.' He answered. Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes.
'I'm just happy is all. Okay?' She questioned. Draco nodded and kissed her softly.
'I love you.' He muttered. Hermione smiled.
'I love you too.' She murmured back, before kissing him soundly. The heard a voice clear their throat behind them and they turned to face the rest of the table.
'What?' Draco asked. Pansy and Sierra rolled their eyes and the boys smirked.
'Must you do that at the table? When we are eating?' Ginny asked. Draco smirked back at her.
'Yes, that we must.' Draco answered, holding Hermione tightly around the waist and looking down at his son cradled in her arms.
'Aww.' Sierra cooed. 'The perfect little family.' Draco was very tempted to glare at her, but then her heard Hermione laugh lightly.
'Yeah, you could say that.' She whispered. Draco kissed her neck and pushed her up.
'Well, I better go have a shower, because I smell horrible, so I'll see you all in a moment.' He announced. He kissed Hermione soundly, and kissed Scorpius on the head before waving at everyone else and heading towards the bathroom.
Draco's shower didn't take long, and not long after that, the group headed outside to sit under the tree by the lake, and talked the day away.
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The next weekend, the last of the term, was filled with celebration for most, and nervousness for one. Draco was freaking about what Hermione's parents would say about Scorpius and the engagement. He spent the entire day wringing his hands and zoning off into outer space. Hermione tried many times to calm him down, but all attempts failed.
'Draco, you have to snap out of this! My parents aren't going to kill you or anything! But, we are going to have to face my sisters. They are the ones picking us up. You can even stay outside while I talk to them and explain things. Please, don't make our last weekend together this year a horrible one.' She pleaded. Draco tried after that, but he couldn't get the feeling of nervousness out of his head or body.
On the Sunday night, Hermione tried to take his mind off things.
'Draco,' she moaned. 'Come on, let's take our minds off of things for tonight. Let's forget everything that's happening around us. Just take one night for ourselves. Come on, I gave Scorpius to our friends.' She rubbed her hands up and down his arms as he sat at the desk with his head in his hands.
Draco looked up at her and smiled.
'I need to take my mind off things, don't I?' He asked, sighing. Hermione smiled back at him and nodded. She took his hand and lead him into their bedroom. Draco smiled at her and pulled her forwards into him and claimed her lips. Hermione squeaked a bit in surprise, but soon had her arms wrapped around him and was pulling him closer.
They kicked their shoes off on the way to the bed and fell on top of it, still not breaking their kiss. No problems were on their minds for the rest of the night.
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The last day of school came with a lot of tears, goodbyes, kisses and hugs from everyone. You could hear everyone saying, "I'll see you again next year," with some denying it and others agreeing. A lot of students weren't coming back because the war was at it's highest.
The group didn't know what they were doing. Some wanted to come back, but others thought it would be a good idea if they stayed back and worked at bettering their combat skills. They decided that they would figure it out during the holidays, together with the rest of the Order.
There was a goodbye feast at the end of the day, with Gryffindor winning the House Cup again, with a margin 100 points between them and Slytherin.
The walk to the carriages was crowded. The fit all eight of them in a carriage, but it was very squashed. Hermione and Draco were on one side with Harry and Sierra, and Ron and Pansy were on the other side with Blaise and Ginny. They laughed and joked the whole way to the train station, and Hermione tried to take Draco's mind off what her family would say about Scorpius. Speaking of the little boy, he was asleep on Sierra's lap, as she had sneaked him out of Draco's arms, and was refusing to give him back until they arrived at Platform 9 ¾'s.
'What are you guys going to do during the holidays? I mean, are you coming to my place first, or Hermione's, or Draco's?' Harry asked. Hermione and Draco looked at each other.
'We are spending a couple of weeks at Hermione's, before going to my place if it's safe, and then coming to Sirius' house.' Draco explained.
'The timeline may vary, depending on my parents, the safety of Draco's house, and whether I can be bothered spending so much time with my horrible sisters.' Hermione added. Harry smiled.
'Don't worry, if the piss you off, you are allowed to come straight back to us.' He responded. Hermione smiled back.
'I know, thanks Harry.' She answered.
The landed at the platform and took all of their belongings onto the train, finding a compartment almost immediately. They stowed away their luggage and sat down, waiting for the train to leave the station.
'Sierra, can I have Scorpius back now?' Hermione asked. Sierra gave her a pouty face.
'Can't I hold him until we get to the platform?' She asked.
'Do you want to change his diapers? He's just about due for a feed too.' She added. Sierra hurriedly gave the sleeping baby boy back to his mother. Hermione smiled cheekily at her.
'He really isn't due to be fed soon, is he?' Sierra asked, and as if on cue, Scorpius woke up and started crying. Hermione laughed.
'Yeah, he is.' She answered.
'Good timing Scorp.' Draco muttered. Hermione shot him a look and walked out of the compartment to find a bathroom to feed Scorpius in.
On the way, she met up with Lavender and Parviti, who covered their ears at the little boy's screaming.
'How can you stand it? What is wrong with him?' They asked. Hermione smiled.
'He's hungry, and you get used to it after a while.' She answered. They walked off, still covering their ears.
Hermione found a bathroom soon after and fed her son and burped him, before making her way back to the compartment, rocking Scorpius so he would go back to sleep. By the time she got back, Scorpius was frustrating her by staying awake and not sleeping. She opened the compartment door and handed Scorpius off to Draco.
'You try and get him to sleep. I can't seem to get him too.' She huffed. Draco took him from her and rocked and bounced him. Scorpius was asleep within minutes. Hermione narrowed her eyes.
'How did you do that?' She asked. Draco grinned.
'Father's touch.' He answered. The others laughed.
The train ride lasted about three to four hours. When the train stopped, they gathered their luggage and exited the carriage. Draco was carrying Scorpius and Hermione was carrying Draco's owl, Cardon.
They stepped through the barrier and out onto the train station at King's Cross and made their way to the entrance.
The Weasley's were waiting for Ginny and Ron, who were bringing Blaise and Pansy with them to stay for a while until they had to go home, and the Weasley's had to go to Grimmauld Place. Sirius and James were waiting at the gate for Harry and Sierra, ready to take them back to Sirius' house.
Hermione and Draco stood around talking with everyone and occasionally shot looks out onto the road to check for Hermione's sisters, Haylee and Casey.
After half an hour of talking, everyone decided that they had to leave. Just as Harry, Sierra, Sirius and James turned the corner, Draco and Hermione saw the twins car drive up and beep the horn at them. Hermione sighed and Draco put his arm around her.
'One adventure over.' He commented as they walked towards the car.
'And another begins.' Hermione finished.
THE END (or is it?)
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