Chapter 15- Sometimes His Light is Too Bright

I knew then that my day was going to be a long one, as I sat in the library waiting for him to come and see me. When I did, I didn't bother trying to tell him then. The day was rather long, but dinner was when it all started.

Shortly after we built the Great Hall people no longer sat in the sanctioned seats of their house but sat with friends. That night I sat with Harry and all his friends at the old Gryffindor table. He was telling Hermione about the funeral. I didn't want to listen but couldn't help it when he got to the part where he discussed his conversation with a mother who was there. "She was glad that the future generation of wizards would have me and my family to lead them. She said that she couldn't wait to hear about the next Potters coming in through Hogwarts." He looked sad as he spoke the next part. "I couldn't bear to tell her I won't have any children."

For a short minute the Veela in me was sad because that sentence meant that the family it had, unknowingly, dreamt up for Harry and I wouldn't come true. It was sad until Hermione gave him a question.

"Why wouldn't you have family? I mean you'll have Draco, and us, and…"

"Hermione, Draco and I are both guys and even if you and Ron had children and I was an Uncle to them and I adopted children. I would never be able to have my own children because men cannot conceive."

Ron spoke up next. "Harry, we are wizards and though it is hard for wizards to have children, Draco is a Veela and Veela are able to have children no matter their gender."

The two of them looked at him weirdly. "What? Harry? Hermione? Was it something I said?"

Hermione spoke first. "How did you know that? I mean I knew it because I read it in a book, but how do you know that?"

Ron blushed. "Well after Bill married Fleur, her cousins surrounded me, and after seeing that she pulled me aside and told me that all Veela regardless of gender, or if the are full-blooded or not, she told me that should I try messing with one of her cousins with those intentions that I at least protect all involved. I didn't want to remember that ever again, but when he said what he did, I remembered."

She paused for a minute after and then spoke to Harry. "Regardless as to how Ron got that information, he is right Harry. Besides, Veela are creatures that wish for children of their own, so that proof of the love they shared with their mate lives on. They'd do anything for their mates and you saying you'll never have kids is slightly cruel, because its as if you are telling your Veela that you will never complete the bond or let them have that proof of your love."

Harry went wide-eyed before turning to me. "Is this true?"

"Yes, it is. I would have told you when we got closer to a point where that needed to be brought up, or just a time that was good. I didn't think you would assume it impossible. I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize Draco, this is my fault. I wasn't raised with this knowledge, and I should have done some research about Veela before making that comment. I am the one who should be sorry."

I smiled at him. "It's okay, now you know, and it doesn't hurt anymore." Which is true, when I heard that he didn't know that my heart fluttered, and I felt extremely better.

He smiled back. He then whispered in a small voice that only I could hear. "I could be a dad, one day?"

I giggled so that he was the only one who could hear me. "Before thinking about whether you'll be a father. You should at least think about marrying me first." He blushed with a smile on his face. My Veela was suddenly happy. He pulled me close and gave me a light kiss. "I'm truly sorry Draco but knowing this makes me really happy. Can you forgive me for my stupidity?"

"Only if you promise to do research about Veela."

"It's a deal."

He smiled for the rest of the day till he escorted me to my room. I watched him walk away and as I looked at him I wondered if his joy was sometimes too bright.