I HOPE ALL OF YOU READ MY A/N AND THE SPECIAL THANKS BECAUSE I'VE GOT
SOMETHING TO POINT OUT:
A/N: The chapter that I have been longing to do! Seriously. I've dreamt of doing this chapter. I'm really having so much fun writing this story and I thank God for giving me this idea. (Sorry I'm very Catholic in a strange not so way) And now I want to tell all of you that this is all fanfiction. For once in my life I have control over something, my writing. And when authors write fiction whatever they want to happen can happen because it is all in the mind of the author. Like if I wanted Voldemort to be good, I could make him good and vice-versa, okay? So just because I turn a devil into an angel in my story doesn't mean that it is going to happen in real life.
Summary: There will barely be any action on the other characters in this chapter. Mostly it will be between Draco and Sadie. From what I've read most of you are aching for this one to come so I hope you all enjoy!
Special Thanks: I went on line and saw that I got like thirty plus reviews so I really want to thank you all and I am going to thank each and everyone to let you know that I really appreciate it. Gosh! Honestly I love all your reviews! You guys have got to see me right now I am like beaming from ear to ear, aaahhh!! (Now I feel like Miss Universe, "Oh! If I only had a brain" - Miss Congeniality!) Thanks to FreeZze Mint, avri (your name will be mentioned in the upcoming chapters), Bloody Raven (Isabel - Mabuhay!), Lady Malfoy (Megz, I promise to put you in the story but in the upcoming chapters so watch out!), Sam, Maddie (I will forever thank you! Thanks for reviewing! And Ron did die. patience is a virtue. haha), angel_1215, Sam (I'll see what I can do with the picture thing), ckrfan, nko, Melissa, A Fan, Banana Flavored Eskimo, Morgan, Kaitiland (I e-mailed!), Sushie-Chan (another faithful reader!), Fruit Loop (FANKS!), rynn, cheerchik 113, CindyLea, Kaiirei (here's more!), tomsbeachchikbum, Moonshine, Kat (I'm not sure how many Kat's there are. you're probably all one person and I've thanked you like three times! LOL!)
And now this is my turn to reason out. As the author I want to explain something so whether you are the person who sent me the comments or not I hope you read this too. I will not mention any names.
To No. 1 - What I trying to point out in the story is that Hermione sacrificed her own happiness for Draco (going way back). Now she is willing to give up everything for her daughter and Sadie knows that which is why Sadie didn't get mad. The two girls share a special bond. And Sadie being the daughter she is understood why her mom hadn't told her father and it wasn't for selfish reasons. It goes with the saying, "Sometimes you need to be selfish to be selfless." I hope I cleared that out. And sorry if I frustrated you. PEACE! And thank you for allowing me to voice out my opinion. And BTW, I'm glad you like the story, I enjoy writing it. : )
To No. 2 - Your review really caught my eye. Dear, the reason we are in fanfiction is because we want to write fanfics. Fanfics allow the writer to let their imagination go wild! So when people want Draco to be the good guy he can become the good guy because this is all FICTION! That is why we have the disclaimers and everything else. And maybe some of us really can't accept that there are people who are naturally evil. Maybe there are people in this world who don't think that there really is danger behind the walls of their own homes. There are people like that. And you know what. I know a girl who used to remind me of Draco, a lot! Looking back she did some pretty nasty things to me but you know what? Later on she became my best friend. And my old best friend became my best enemy so in this world anything is possible. People change. And if you ask me no matter what there is probably a good side to everyone and that includes Saddam Hussein but that is only from my point of view. And for your 411 I do not want him dead. No one deserves to die, no one is allowed to make that decision. So thank you for allowing me to point this out. I hope you don't take this the wrong way. PEACE! God Bless! And I know Draco is REALLY ooc. : )
Great Apologies: To everyone who doesn't like the way my fanfic is turning out, I'm sorry. To everyone who thinks I'm a sucky writer. this is my writing style, I can't do anything about it. To everyone who thinks my plot is screwed up. I'm sorry for you. I happen to like my story, a lot. So to sum it all up. whether you like my story or not. I AM SORRY! : ) And sorry if I sound like a b@#*&. : ) And I realized that if I try to make everyone happy I'll probably die of an anxiety attack. And so all I can do is. say sorry!
Corrections: Y'all know what to do.
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"A person who can't forgive, needs to be forgiven." - I don't know who made this again. sorry.
"Sure, Draco." Hermione moved away from him.
"Can I take Sadie out tonight. Just me and her." Draco looked at Hermione.
"It's up to her. I'll inform K." Hermione nodded.
"Without the bodyguard." Draco cut in. "I want you to be able to trust me to be alone with her."
"But what will everyone else think?"
"I'll tell them that I promised to show her what London is really like." Draco put his hand on top of hers. "The way you showed me."
Hermione smiled at Draco. She did miss him. She missed him a lot.
"Mom, I'm back from." Sadie walked into the room. "Oh." She glared at Draco. "You're here."
"Sadie." Draco nodded his head.
"Sadie baby come here first." Hermione clued her to come to them. "You two haven't met properly. Draco this is your daughter Sadie."
"We've been introduced many times." Draco nodded his head.
"He doesn't have a daughter. He said so himself." Sadie said coolly.
"Sadie please." Hermione pleaded. The expression on Sadie's face softened. Draco knew at that very moment that this teenager would do anything to please her mother. "He would like to ask you something."
Draco cleared his throat. "Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?"
Sadie eyes shot open. "You can't be serious."
Draco looked at her as if asking for another answer.
"I.uh." She turned to Hermione who nodded her head. "It's okay, I guess."
"Okay." Draco smiled and clapped his hands. "You go and get ready and I'll be here after an hour and be prepared you're in for a long night." He said nervously. He obviously didn't know how to act around his own daughter.
Sadie nodded her head and walked to her mother. Hermione put one arm around Sadie and smiled at Draco.
"I knew she would've given you the chance." She smiled at him.
Draco said his good-byes and walked out the door.
"You knew I was going to say yes?" Sadie looked at her mom.
"Without a doubt in my mind." Hermione gave her daughter a peck on the lips. (No malice! I kiss my mom on lips too!)
"I've got to go get ready." Sadie pointed to the bathroom.
"You make yourself pretty for your date with your daddy." Hermione felt weird using that term but somehow it came out naturally.
"Mama?" Sadie turned to Hermione.
"Yeah?"
"What happened just a few moments ago?"
"The words that I've been longing to say have finally come out and things are turning out okay." Hermione smiled at her daughter. "Now, go and get ready. You've only got an hour."
"Please. I've got plenty of time." Sadie walked into the shower. She made sure not to show exactly how happy she was that she was finally going to be able to spend time with her father. But deep down she was still hurting but she refused to let Hermione know. She knew just how fragile her mother was.
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Draco nervously walked around his room. He had no idea why he had even gotten a room in the hotel his house was only a block away. (muggle house)
He stood up straight and studied his reflection. He wanted to look good for his daughter. He wore a white polo and jeans. He looked like a model. (He always does) He looked at himself one more time in the mirror.
And soon he was off.
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"Sadie he's going to be here any minute now." Hermione knocked on the bathroom door.
"Almost done." Sadie's voice came from inside.
"Out now." Hermione ordered. Sadie walked out of the bathroom in a short denim skirt and a pink spaghetti strapped top covered with a denim jacket. And on her feet was a pair of sneakers.
"You look so cute."
"The dress is skimpy." She tugged it. "Can't I just wear pants?"
"No. You look fine." Hermione hugged her daughter. "Trust me. You know your mothers got fashion sense."
"I do." She smiled.
"Go fix your hair and don't tie it up leave it down. You've got great hair."
"Okay." She walked back into the bathroom.
There was a knock on the door. Hermione walked over and opened it.
"Hey. Is she ready?" Draco asked.
"Almost. Come in for a sec." Hermione opened the door a little wider. "Sammy your dad's here."
"Who's Sammy?" Draco questioned.
"It's my nickname for Sadie. Her real name is Samantha Danielle." Hermione smiled at him. "So from time to time I call her Sammy."
"No you don't." A new voice came into the conversation. "Actually mom here wanted my real nickname to be Sandie but I kept for getting the N so it stuck to Sadie."
"She gave herself her own name." Hermione smiled.
"The history of names." Draco laughed.
"Yeah." Hermione smiled.
"Let's?" Draco looked at Sadie. He saw how cute she looked in that outfit. It pained Draco to know that he wasn't there for the last fifteen years of her life. She pulled her hair back with a pink headband.
"Okay." Sadie smiled. She walked over to her mom and gave her a hug. "I feel like a girl. It's all so. pink."
"You are a girl." Hermione laughed.
"Home by one." Hermione looked at them. Draco glanced at her. "I was just kidding bring her back."
"Can do." Draco s smiled. He looked at Sadie and walked out of the room. Sadie glanced at her mom one last time then followed her father.
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"Where are we going?" Sadie asked, as she got into the car making absolutely no eye contact.
"I've got a lot in mind but our first stop will be the restaurant then the arcade."
"The arcade?" She raised an eyebrow. "You have arcades here?"
"Hey. Don't belittle the British. We've got everything you've got." Draco pointed out.
"Sorry." The rest of the trip to the restaurant was mostly quiet.
They finally got to the restaurant and soon were seated in their seats. It was a quiet place on the balcony of what seemed to be a very old house.
"Why are you doing this?" Sadie looked at him.
"Excuse me?" Draco wiped his mouth.
"Why did you take me out tonight? Did mom put you up to this?"
"No." Draco shook his head.
"Is this someway to make you feel better because your guilty of what you said?"
"In some ways yes but not completely no."
"Then why? Why'd you take me out tonight?" Sadie looked her father in the eyes.
"Because I wanted to get to know my daughter."
His words caught Sadie by surprise. "You don't have a daughter."
"I did. I lost her last night and I found her again today in her mother's heart."
Sadie looked up at Draco tears welling up in her eyes.
"I didn't know about you. And I am so sorry if I caused you so much pain but I didn't know." Draco just let his feelings pour out. "I lost Hermione. uhh. your mother a long time ago and seeing her again after nearly sixteen years. it's a lot to handle. And I finally put the puzzle together. Now I know why you ran out last night."
Sadie merely nodded her head.
"I had no intention to hurt you and I would take back every single word I said." Draco pleaded to his daughter. "I do anything just to let you know how sorry I am. And I would die happy if I knew that I had your forgiveness. I didn't know who you were Sadie and I still don't know who you are now but I want you to know that I want to get to know you. I've missed fifteen years of your life and right now I just want to be there for you for the rest."
Draco's words softened Sadie's heart. For the first time ever Sadie gave Draco her first, real smile.
"There's this fatherly instinct kicking in telling me that I love you whether I know you or not and I do. But I want to know you and I want to love you." Draco finished his speech.
"Thank you." Sadie whispered as tears fell from her eyes when their food arrived.
"For what?"
"For returning the father I never had but lost." Sadie smiled through her tears.
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Hermione tossed and turned in her bed but still couldn't sleep. There was a small knock in the door. Hermione stood up to find Ginny and Pansy standing in front of her.
"Oh hi guys. Come on in." She walked to her bed (the one she shared with Sadie) and lay back down. "What brings you two here?"
"Nothing. We just thought you'd like to hangout." Ginny whispered and took a seat on Hermione's bed and so did Pansy. "We really missed you."
Hermione got misty-eyed and sat back up. "I missed you guys too." The three girls hugged.
"Where's Sadie?" Ginny asked.
"She's with her father."
"Oh I hope everything's okay." Pansy looked worried.
"Draco wouldn't do anything to her there is no reason to be worried."
"I'm not worried about what Draco will do but what Sadie will do to Draco. You should've seen the looks she was shooting at him this morning."
The girls continued to chatter.
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"So where are we going to now?" Sadie looked at Draco.
"Arcade!" He yelled. Sadie beamed.
The father and daughter spent the next two hours fooling around in the arcade. Eating junked and playing. As they were leaving Sadie spotted something that she wanted to do.
"Look!" She pointed. "I want to go to the photo booth!"
Draco smiled at his daughter and they walked to the photo booth. There was not enough space so Sadie had to sit on Draco's lap. They took three sets of pictures one for Sadie, one for Draco and one for Hermione.
"Now that, that's done. Let's go do my favorite part of the trip." Draco took Sadie's hand and walked out of the arcade. They walked passed the car.
"We're walking to the place?" Sadie questioned.
"Like it's so far." Draco pointed to the garden with the lake in the middle and over the lake there was a bridge.
"This place is so familiar." Sadie looked around.
"It should, we were here this morning. This is the Lafayette Gardens."
Sadie laughed and clung onto Draco's hand.
"Where are we going?"
Draco looked down at Sadie. "You don't stop asking questions do you?"
"Nope."
"Look up." Draco pointed to the sky.
"Oh my god! It's absolutely beautiful." She gasped when she saw how beautiful the sky was. Millions and billions of starts were twinkling.
"Come on let's go rent one of those telescope things." Draco pulled her hand.
"Where?" Sadie looked around.
"There." He pointed to an old man beside a sign that read. "God's Creations."
Draco and Sadie looked at the stars. Draco moved the telescope a little.
"Look at the biggest one in this part." Draco allowed Sadie to look.
"Wow! It's blue!" She said in shock.
"I made that for your mom and I pretended to discover it. The benefits you get from being a witch. You should've seen your mom when I told her about it. She was smiling for like two weeks."
Sadie smiled. "She never told me."
"You should ask her about it then." Draco looked at her.
"I will." She assured Draco.
Draco took Sadie to the bridge.
"Dance with me." He put out his arms.
"Huh?"
"Dance with me."
Sadie reluctantly put out her hands. "This is weird. There's no music."
Draco laughed. "That was the same thing I said to your mother sixteen years ago."
"I don't get it. We keep doing what you and mom did."
"You see I had so much fun that night. So I completely mapped out and copied what we did that night. I wanted this night to be as memorable for you as it was for me so many years ago. I wanted the first time you met your father to be just as memorable."
"Draco." A voice interrupted. "Draco Malfoy?"
A tall fare-skinned girl approached them.
"Morgan! Oh wow! It's been so long!" Draco smiled at her.
"How have you been. I heard you were getting married."
"I am."
"Morgan!" Someone called out.
"Well, I've got to go but do call me. Wait. who is this lovely girl. She looks very young." Morgan commented. Sadie was in awe of her beauty. She looked like a super-model.
"This is Sadie." Draco said. Sadie gave Morgan a weak smile. "My daughter." Sadie's heart soared when Draco said that. For the first time in her life she felt like she could jump up and hit the sky.
Morgan gave Draco an awkward smile and walked away.
"By the way Sadie. you are a very lovely girl." Morgan called out.
"Funny she should say that." Sadie laughed. "I was about to say how beautiful she was."
Sadie continued to smile at Draco.
"What?" He asked.
"You've just made this the most memorable night of my life." She kissed her father on the cheek. "Who was she?"
"A girl I went out with for awhile. We're just really good friends now."
Sadie nodded her head as she and Draco continued to dance around.
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"I'll see you two tomorrow." Hermione smiled at her friends as they left the room. She glanced over at the clock. 2:07 a.m.
She walked over to her night table and dialed Sadie's number.
"I'm here in the lobby." Sadie giggled.
"Okay." By the tone of Sadie's voice alone Hermione knew she had a good night and Hermione was very happy about it.
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Sadie and Draco walked into the hotel. A certain girl caught Sadie's eye. She had long brown hair and Sadie knew that smile a mile away. Sadie tugged Draco's hand and they walked toward the girl.
"Oh my god! Sasha!!" Sadie let go of Draco's hand.
The girl who heard her name called turned to Sadie and recognized her.
"Sadie!" Her eyes filled with shock and tears.
"Oh gosh. I can't believe it's you." Sadie smiled at her friend after a long hug. "Look at you."
"Look at me? Look at you!" She smiled.
"You look amazing." Sadie hugged her friend again.
Sasha and Sadie had been friends since childhood. Sasha, Crystal and Sadie used to hangout together all the time. They were the three musketeers. It had been two years since Sasha moved away.
"Are you staying in the hotel?" Sadie asked.
"No. I live here silly." Sasha laughed. Her parent's were geologists so they were forever moving around Sadie had lost track of where they were.
"Crystal is going to flip when I tell her this. How come your in the hotel?"
"My cousin."
"Oh, we really need to catch up." Sadie bit her lip. "You want to spend the day with me tomorrow?"
"Sure. I'll have to bring my cousin though."
"All good." Sadie smiled.
"Sadie we should go up." Draco out his hand on his daughters shoulder.
"Oh yeah, Sasha. this is Draco Malfoy." Sadie introduced them. This was going to be the first time Sadie ever used this term."My dad."
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A/N: Here it is chapter seven! Yeah! Thanks to everyone who has been reading and reviewing my story whether it is a flame or not. I really do appreciate it. Please tell me what you think about this chapter. By the way things are going to start slowing down because I have an arm problem. It started earlier this year (sometime in January) and I had to go through rehab for it (MY ARM!). So if things do slow down, I hope you all understand.
Happy Easter and God Bless and before I leave. again. I'm sorry!
--- guitar-goddess : )
A/N: The chapter that I have been longing to do! Seriously. I've dreamt of doing this chapter. I'm really having so much fun writing this story and I thank God for giving me this idea. (Sorry I'm very Catholic in a strange not so way) And now I want to tell all of you that this is all fanfiction. For once in my life I have control over something, my writing. And when authors write fiction whatever they want to happen can happen because it is all in the mind of the author. Like if I wanted Voldemort to be good, I could make him good and vice-versa, okay? So just because I turn a devil into an angel in my story doesn't mean that it is going to happen in real life.
Summary: There will barely be any action on the other characters in this chapter. Mostly it will be between Draco and Sadie. From what I've read most of you are aching for this one to come so I hope you all enjoy!
Special Thanks: I went on line and saw that I got like thirty plus reviews so I really want to thank you all and I am going to thank each and everyone to let you know that I really appreciate it. Gosh! Honestly I love all your reviews! You guys have got to see me right now I am like beaming from ear to ear, aaahhh!! (Now I feel like Miss Universe, "Oh! If I only had a brain" - Miss Congeniality!) Thanks to FreeZze Mint, avri (your name will be mentioned in the upcoming chapters), Bloody Raven (Isabel - Mabuhay!), Lady Malfoy (Megz, I promise to put you in the story but in the upcoming chapters so watch out!), Sam, Maddie (I will forever thank you! Thanks for reviewing! And Ron did die. patience is a virtue. haha), angel_1215, Sam (I'll see what I can do with the picture thing), ckrfan, nko, Melissa, A Fan, Banana Flavored Eskimo, Morgan, Kaitiland (I e-mailed!), Sushie-Chan (another faithful reader!), Fruit Loop (FANKS!), rynn, cheerchik 113, CindyLea, Kaiirei (here's more!), tomsbeachchikbum, Moonshine, Kat (I'm not sure how many Kat's there are. you're probably all one person and I've thanked you like three times! LOL!)
And now this is my turn to reason out. As the author I want to explain something so whether you are the person who sent me the comments or not I hope you read this too. I will not mention any names.
To No. 1 - What I trying to point out in the story is that Hermione sacrificed her own happiness for Draco (going way back). Now she is willing to give up everything for her daughter and Sadie knows that which is why Sadie didn't get mad. The two girls share a special bond. And Sadie being the daughter she is understood why her mom hadn't told her father and it wasn't for selfish reasons. It goes with the saying, "Sometimes you need to be selfish to be selfless." I hope I cleared that out. And sorry if I frustrated you. PEACE! And thank you for allowing me to voice out my opinion. And BTW, I'm glad you like the story, I enjoy writing it. : )
To No. 2 - Your review really caught my eye. Dear, the reason we are in fanfiction is because we want to write fanfics. Fanfics allow the writer to let their imagination go wild! So when people want Draco to be the good guy he can become the good guy because this is all FICTION! That is why we have the disclaimers and everything else. And maybe some of us really can't accept that there are people who are naturally evil. Maybe there are people in this world who don't think that there really is danger behind the walls of their own homes. There are people like that. And you know what. I know a girl who used to remind me of Draco, a lot! Looking back she did some pretty nasty things to me but you know what? Later on she became my best friend. And my old best friend became my best enemy so in this world anything is possible. People change. And if you ask me no matter what there is probably a good side to everyone and that includes Saddam Hussein but that is only from my point of view. And for your 411 I do not want him dead. No one deserves to die, no one is allowed to make that decision. So thank you for allowing me to point this out. I hope you don't take this the wrong way. PEACE! God Bless! And I know Draco is REALLY ooc. : )
Great Apologies: To everyone who doesn't like the way my fanfic is turning out, I'm sorry. To everyone who thinks I'm a sucky writer. this is my writing style, I can't do anything about it. To everyone who thinks my plot is screwed up. I'm sorry for you. I happen to like my story, a lot. So to sum it all up. whether you like my story or not. I AM SORRY! : ) And sorry if I sound like a b@#*&. : ) And I realized that if I try to make everyone happy I'll probably die of an anxiety attack. And so all I can do is. say sorry!
Corrections: Y'all know what to do.
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"A person who can't forgive, needs to be forgiven." - I don't know who made this again. sorry.
"Sure, Draco." Hermione moved away from him.
"Can I take Sadie out tonight. Just me and her." Draco looked at Hermione.
"It's up to her. I'll inform K." Hermione nodded.
"Without the bodyguard." Draco cut in. "I want you to be able to trust me to be alone with her."
"But what will everyone else think?"
"I'll tell them that I promised to show her what London is really like." Draco put his hand on top of hers. "The way you showed me."
Hermione smiled at Draco. She did miss him. She missed him a lot.
"Mom, I'm back from." Sadie walked into the room. "Oh." She glared at Draco. "You're here."
"Sadie." Draco nodded his head.
"Sadie baby come here first." Hermione clued her to come to them. "You two haven't met properly. Draco this is your daughter Sadie."
"We've been introduced many times." Draco nodded his head.
"He doesn't have a daughter. He said so himself." Sadie said coolly.
"Sadie please." Hermione pleaded. The expression on Sadie's face softened. Draco knew at that very moment that this teenager would do anything to please her mother. "He would like to ask you something."
Draco cleared his throat. "Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?"
Sadie eyes shot open. "You can't be serious."
Draco looked at her as if asking for another answer.
"I.uh." She turned to Hermione who nodded her head. "It's okay, I guess."
"Okay." Draco smiled and clapped his hands. "You go and get ready and I'll be here after an hour and be prepared you're in for a long night." He said nervously. He obviously didn't know how to act around his own daughter.
Sadie nodded her head and walked to her mother. Hermione put one arm around Sadie and smiled at Draco.
"I knew she would've given you the chance." She smiled at him.
Draco said his good-byes and walked out the door.
"You knew I was going to say yes?" Sadie looked at her mom.
"Without a doubt in my mind." Hermione gave her daughter a peck on the lips. (No malice! I kiss my mom on lips too!)
"I've got to go get ready." Sadie pointed to the bathroom.
"You make yourself pretty for your date with your daddy." Hermione felt weird using that term but somehow it came out naturally.
"Mama?" Sadie turned to Hermione.
"Yeah?"
"What happened just a few moments ago?"
"The words that I've been longing to say have finally come out and things are turning out okay." Hermione smiled at her daughter. "Now, go and get ready. You've only got an hour."
"Please. I've got plenty of time." Sadie walked into the shower. She made sure not to show exactly how happy she was that she was finally going to be able to spend time with her father. But deep down she was still hurting but she refused to let Hermione know. She knew just how fragile her mother was.
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Draco nervously walked around his room. He had no idea why he had even gotten a room in the hotel his house was only a block away. (muggle house)
He stood up straight and studied his reflection. He wanted to look good for his daughter. He wore a white polo and jeans. He looked like a model. (He always does) He looked at himself one more time in the mirror.
And soon he was off.
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"Sadie he's going to be here any minute now." Hermione knocked on the bathroom door.
"Almost done." Sadie's voice came from inside.
"Out now." Hermione ordered. Sadie walked out of the bathroom in a short denim skirt and a pink spaghetti strapped top covered with a denim jacket. And on her feet was a pair of sneakers.
"You look so cute."
"The dress is skimpy." She tugged it. "Can't I just wear pants?"
"No. You look fine." Hermione hugged her daughter. "Trust me. You know your mothers got fashion sense."
"I do." She smiled.
"Go fix your hair and don't tie it up leave it down. You've got great hair."
"Okay." She walked back into the bathroom.
There was a knock on the door. Hermione walked over and opened it.
"Hey. Is she ready?" Draco asked.
"Almost. Come in for a sec." Hermione opened the door a little wider. "Sammy your dad's here."
"Who's Sammy?" Draco questioned.
"It's my nickname for Sadie. Her real name is Samantha Danielle." Hermione smiled at him. "So from time to time I call her Sammy."
"No you don't." A new voice came into the conversation. "Actually mom here wanted my real nickname to be Sandie but I kept for getting the N so it stuck to Sadie."
"She gave herself her own name." Hermione smiled.
"The history of names." Draco laughed.
"Yeah." Hermione smiled.
"Let's?" Draco looked at Sadie. He saw how cute she looked in that outfit. It pained Draco to know that he wasn't there for the last fifteen years of her life. She pulled her hair back with a pink headband.
"Okay." Sadie smiled. She walked over to her mom and gave her a hug. "I feel like a girl. It's all so. pink."
"You are a girl." Hermione laughed.
"Home by one." Hermione looked at them. Draco glanced at her. "I was just kidding bring her back."
"Can do." Draco s smiled. He looked at Sadie and walked out of the room. Sadie glanced at her mom one last time then followed her father.
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"Where are we going?" Sadie asked, as she got into the car making absolutely no eye contact.
"I've got a lot in mind but our first stop will be the restaurant then the arcade."
"The arcade?" She raised an eyebrow. "You have arcades here?"
"Hey. Don't belittle the British. We've got everything you've got." Draco pointed out.
"Sorry." The rest of the trip to the restaurant was mostly quiet.
They finally got to the restaurant and soon were seated in their seats. It was a quiet place on the balcony of what seemed to be a very old house.
"Why are you doing this?" Sadie looked at him.
"Excuse me?" Draco wiped his mouth.
"Why did you take me out tonight? Did mom put you up to this?"
"No." Draco shook his head.
"Is this someway to make you feel better because your guilty of what you said?"
"In some ways yes but not completely no."
"Then why? Why'd you take me out tonight?" Sadie looked her father in the eyes.
"Because I wanted to get to know my daughter."
His words caught Sadie by surprise. "You don't have a daughter."
"I did. I lost her last night and I found her again today in her mother's heart."
Sadie looked up at Draco tears welling up in her eyes.
"I didn't know about you. And I am so sorry if I caused you so much pain but I didn't know." Draco just let his feelings pour out. "I lost Hermione. uhh. your mother a long time ago and seeing her again after nearly sixteen years. it's a lot to handle. And I finally put the puzzle together. Now I know why you ran out last night."
Sadie merely nodded her head.
"I had no intention to hurt you and I would take back every single word I said." Draco pleaded to his daughter. "I do anything just to let you know how sorry I am. And I would die happy if I knew that I had your forgiveness. I didn't know who you were Sadie and I still don't know who you are now but I want you to know that I want to get to know you. I've missed fifteen years of your life and right now I just want to be there for you for the rest."
Draco's words softened Sadie's heart. For the first time ever Sadie gave Draco her first, real smile.
"There's this fatherly instinct kicking in telling me that I love you whether I know you or not and I do. But I want to know you and I want to love you." Draco finished his speech.
"Thank you." Sadie whispered as tears fell from her eyes when their food arrived.
"For what?"
"For returning the father I never had but lost." Sadie smiled through her tears.
~*~*~*~
Hermione tossed and turned in her bed but still couldn't sleep. There was a small knock in the door. Hermione stood up to find Ginny and Pansy standing in front of her.
"Oh hi guys. Come on in." She walked to her bed (the one she shared with Sadie) and lay back down. "What brings you two here?"
"Nothing. We just thought you'd like to hangout." Ginny whispered and took a seat on Hermione's bed and so did Pansy. "We really missed you."
Hermione got misty-eyed and sat back up. "I missed you guys too." The three girls hugged.
"Where's Sadie?" Ginny asked.
"She's with her father."
"Oh I hope everything's okay." Pansy looked worried.
"Draco wouldn't do anything to her there is no reason to be worried."
"I'm not worried about what Draco will do but what Sadie will do to Draco. You should've seen the looks she was shooting at him this morning."
The girls continued to chatter.
~*~*~*~
"So where are we going to now?" Sadie looked at Draco.
"Arcade!" He yelled. Sadie beamed.
The father and daughter spent the next two hours fooling around in the arcade. Eating junked and playing. As they were leaving Sadie spotted something that she wanted to do.
"Look!" She pointed. "I want to go to the photo booth!"
Draco smiled at his daughter and they walked to the photo booth. There was not enough space so Sadie had to sit on Draco's lap. They took three sets of pictures one for Sadie, one for Draco and one for Hermione.
"Now that, that's done. Let's go do my favorite part of the trip." Draco took Sadie's hand and walked out of the arcade. They walked passed the car.
"We're walking to the place?" Sadie questioned.
"Like it's so far." Draco pointed to the garden with the lake in the middle and over the lake there was a bridge.
"This place is so familiar." Sadie looked around.
"It should, we were here this morning. This is the Lafayette Gardens."
Sadie laughed and clung onto Draco's hand.
"Where are we going?"
Draco looked down at Sadie. "You don't stop asking questions do you?"
"Nope."
"Look up." Draco pointed to the sky.
"Oh my god! It's absolutely beautiful." She gasped when she saw how beautiful the sky was. Millions and billions of starts were twinkling.
"Come on let's go rent one of those telescope things." Draco pulled her hand.
"Where?" Sadie looked around.
"There." He pointed to an old man beside a sign that read. "God's Creations."
Draco and Sadie looked at the stars. Draco moved the telescope a little.
"Look at the biggest one in this part." Draco allowed Sadie to look.
"Wow! It's blue!" She said in shock.
"I made that for your mom and I pretended to discover it. The benefits you get from being a witch. You should've seen your mom when I told her about it. She was smiling for like two weeks."
Sadie smiled. "She never told me."
"You should ask her about it then." Draco looked at her.
"I will." She assured Draco.
Draco took Sadie to the bridge.
"Dance with me." He put out his arms.
"Huh?"
"Dance with me."
Sadie reluctantly put out her hands. "This is weird. There's no music."
Draco laughed. "That was the same thing I said to your mother sixteen years ago."
"I don't get it. We keep doing what you and mom did."
"You see I had so much fun that night. So I completely mapped out and copied what we did that night. I wanted this night to be as memorable for you as it was for me so many years ago. I wanted the first time you met your father to be just as memorable."
"Draco." A voice interrupted. "Draco Malfoy?"
A tall fare-skinned girl approached them.
"Morgan! Oh wow! It's been so long!" Draco smiled at her.
"How have you been. I heard you were getting married."
"I am."
"Morgan!" Someone called out.
"Well, I've got to go but do call me. Wait. who is this lovely girl. She looks very young." Morgan commented. Sadie was in awe of her beauty. She looked like a super-model.
"This is Sadie." Draco said. Sadie gave Morgan a weak smile. "My daughter." Sadie's heart soared when Draco said that. For the first time in her life she felt like she could jump up and hit the sky.
Morgan gave Draco an awkward smile and walked away.
"By the way Sadie. you are a very lovely girl." Morgan called out.
"Funny she should say that." Sadie laughed. "I was about to say how beautiful she was."
Sadie continued to smile at Draco.
"What?" He asked.
"You've just made this the most memorable night of my life." She kissed her father on the cheek. "Who was she?"
"A girl I went out with for awhile. We're just really good friends now."
Sadie nodded her head as she and Draco continued to dance around.
~*~*~*~
"I'll see you two tomorrow." Hermione smiled at her friends as they left the room. She glanced over at the clock. 2:07 a.m.
She walked over to her night table and dialed Sadie's number.
"I'm here in the lobby." Sadie giggled.
"Okay." By the tone of Sadie's voice alone Hermione knew she had a good night and Hermione was very happy about it.
~*~*~*~
Sadie and Draco walked into the hotel. A certain girl caught Sadie's eye. She had long brown hair and Sadie knew that smile a mile away. Sadie tugged Draco's hand and they walked toward the girl.
"Oh my god! Sasha!!" Sadie let go of Draco's hand.
The girl who heard her name called turned to Sadie and recognized her.
"Sadie!" Her eyes filled with shock and tears.
"Oh gosh. I can't believe it's you." Sadie smiled at her friend after a long hug. "Look at you."
"Look at me? Look at you!" She smiled.
"You look amazing." Sadie hugged her friend again.
Sasha and Sadie had been friends since childhood. Sasha, Crystal and Sadie used to hangout together all the time. They were the three musketeers. It had been two years since Sasha moved away.
"Are you staying in the hotel?" Sadie asked.
"No. I live here silly." Sasha laughed. Her parent's were geologists so they were forever moving around Sadie had lost track of where they were.
"Crystal is going to flip when I tell her this. How come your in the hotel?"
"My cousin."
"Oh, we really need to catch up." Sadie bit her lip. "You want to spend the day with me tomorrow?"
"Sure. I'll have to bring my cousin though."
"All good." Sadie smiled.
"Sadie we should go up." Draco out his hand on his daughters shoulder.
"Oh yeah, Sasha. this is Draco Malfoy." Sadie introduced them. This was going to be the first time Sadie ever used this term."My dad."
~*~*~*~
A/N: Here it is chapter seven! Yeah! Thanks to everyone who has been reading and reviewing my story whether it is a flame or not. I really do appreciate it. Please tell me what you think about this chapter. By the way things are going to start slowing down because I have an arm problem. It started earlier this year (sometime in January) and I had to go through rehab for it (MY ARM!). So if things do slow down, I hope you all understand.
Happy Easter and God Bless and before I leave. again. I'm sorry!
--- guitar-goddess : )