Hey guys! New chapter. It is short but I couldn't figure out how to add more where I left off. Hope you enjoy! Please R&R

Chapter 27

Hermione watched as her son disappearing down the hall and whirled on Draco like a feral lioness.

"Do you see what you did?! GOD Draco I can't I just can't! Excuse me while I go and find my son and hopefully I can fix this mess!" She seethed slapping him across the face before turning to head after Aries.

Draco grabbed her arm and swung her back arounds.

"Hey, you do not get to just lay all of this at my feet, slap me and storm off. He's my son too maybe I should come with." Draco growled.

"Yes please lets have you, the reason he stormed off, come with me and ambush him with more new craziness! Just, uh, do whatever the hell you want. I need to go find Aries," Hermione jerked out of his grasp and raced down the hall.

Draco took a deep calming breath and fought against the urge to chase after her. Then her words sunk in and he turned toward the hospital wing. She did say to do whatever he wanted. That was enough consent for him.

Draco approached the entrance but was quickly blocked by Madam Pomphrey.

"Mr. Malfoy do you get permission to visit with Miss Gemini?" Pomphrey demanded.

"Yes I did. In fact, she said I could do whatever I wanted." Draco responded with a smile.

Pomphrey nodded and let him pass pointing towards Gemini's bed. A nervous tingling began to spread across his muscles with every step he took. Would he feel an attachment for her right away? Or would it be like looking at a stranger. He gave a slightly chuckle as he realized that's basically what his daughter was to him. All this time telling Hermione that she was THEIR daughter, but he didn't know a thing about her. What was her favorite color? Was she bright and fiery or cool and collected? Just who was Gemini Granger?

As he pulled back the curtain and his gaze landed on her Draco felt his heart explode in a collision of wonder and terror. Just one look at her face was enough to know that she was really his. The connection he had been worried about snapped into place like a puzzle piece he had never known was missing. He reached out and brushed his fingers against her cheek. He has a daughter. Draco leaned over a pressed a kiss to her forehead breathing in the clean scent of her hair. He felt a distinct wetness and pulled back. He noticed her forehead had droplets all over it. He checked her temperature worrying that she had a fever until he felt a sudden wetness on his hand. He reached up and realized he had tears streaming down his face. At the realization his mind and body seemed to reconnect and he started outright sobbing and just sat down and let it all out. He was so distraught that he didn't notice that Gemini's hand twitched against the bed sheet.

When Hermione finally found Aries he was on top of the astronomy tower throwing paper balls off the side.

"Aries what are you doing?" Hermione asked as she approached him.

Aries just scoffed and continued to throw more things over the side. Hermione reached out and place a hand on his shoulder. Aries jerked away as if she'd hit him, grabbed his torn-up notebook and stormed towards the entrance.

"Hey! Aries William Granger stop this nonsense and talk to me!" Hermione demanded.

"And just what should we discuss mother? That the father I always asked you about wasn't some fellow war survivor like you claimed? That it wasn't that he left you and didn't want anything to do with us? That it was actual you who kept him from us? That you didn't even think he should know that he had two kids who just maybe wanted to have a dad?" Aries exclaimed throwing his stuff back on the floor before turning towards her with tears in his eyes.

"Aries please its not like that. Let me- let me try to explain please." Hermione pleaded.

"Explain then. Was he lying? Did you tell him about us? Or did you run away like a coward? Please tell me that he turned you out and told you that he wanted nothing to do with any of us! Tell me he's a liar! Please just- just," Aries started to shake as tears started to flow in earnest.

Hermione's heart broke as she took in how completely broken her son looked.

"I wish I could say he was a liar. I was a coward Aries. I-We- Draco and I were very much in love but circumstance- *sigh* things didn't work out love. It's very complicated. No I never told him about you or Gemini because- he had another family Aries. He was getting married to a more acceptable bride in his families eyes. If I told him it wouldn't have changed anything. I did the best that I could." Hermione tried to explain.

"Did you think about us? Me and Gemini? Did you know what we used to wish for on our birthday for years? We wished for a father. Someone to make you smile like Uncle Harry did for Aunt Ginny or teach us to fly on the weekdays. Someone to tuck us in on those late nights when you were at work. Sure we had lots of Uncles who always tried to be there for us to give us a father figure but we wanted our own! I wanted a dad to play catch with or make up silly pranks and games with. I know you tried to be everything mom but you can't! You took that from us! You say nothing would change but there he was yelling at you for keeping us from him! HE WANTED US! You took that away. Why?! Because you didn't want to share us? Because we weren't good enough for the precious Malfoy family?! Because he wouldn't love us? Are we that unlovable mom? Is that how you see us?" Aries bellowed through his tears and frustration.

"Please please understand that not it at all. I love you and your sister more than anything in this world Aries. Please come here. I'm sorry love. God I am so sorry. You two are the most amazing and loveable children in the entire world." Hermione's own tears were now rushing down her face as she reached for him.

"I don't want to go to you! I don't want to even look at you! I HATE YOU! Go back home and just leave me alone!" With that Aries took off again.

Aries words drove a sharp dagger straight through her heart and she fell to the ground completely empty and heart broken.