Chapter 6
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I just want to say thanx to all of my loyal reviewers. This is Chapter 6 revised ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Hermione stopped laughing, and calmly placed Andretti back in his playpen.
"You know," She began quietly, "When I was a little girl I vowed someday I would be a mama, but then when I grew up and those happy dreams filtered away leaving an unfilled void. I dismissed the idea of ever having a child of my own. I was 17 then, I admit a little close minded maybe even wild, and during that time I did drugs, drunk alcohol, and went out with random guys whenever I felt like it. When I grew closer to Draco he showed me that those dreams were still there waiting for me to harvest them and I thought he was just crazy because he did x and drunk more than I did. I pushed him away until one night at a party, I had just turned 19, we were both smashed like hell and I guess you could say Andy was produced" She stopped talking and stared down at Andy, who was busying himself with a few toys.
A few tears ran down her fair face and she bit back any sound,
"All I ever wanted was to be a mama and now I can't handle it", tears now flew freely down her cheeks but she never took her gaze off of Andy. Draco got up, wrapped his arms around Hermione, and she buried her face in his neck and clutched tightly to his t-shirt. Isabel watched helplessly as her sister cried on the shoulder of the man she'd ever truly loved, and neither Hermione, nor Isabel noticed that Charlotte had left. Draco sat down with Hermione curled up in his lap playing with the rings on his fingers. Isabel carried Andy to his room and laid his down to sleep in his crib, stopping to take in his features. She had to admit, Draco and Hermione had produced a beautiful child, his dark eyebrows, blonde locks, and long lashes gave him a boyish quality with a touch of feminine beauty. Isabel tore herself away from the sleeping baby long enough to see Draco laying Hermione's sleeping form down in his bed.
"You're a wonderful person do you know that" Isabel said once Draco had pulled the door to his room closed
"That means a lot coming from you" He said smiling a true genuine smile at her
"I'm glad to hear that, I'd love to indulge in more flattery but where can I crash," Isabel said yawning
"In the bed with Hermione I'll sleep on the sofa"
"I can't let you slee on that sofa plus you're too tall" Isabel fussed
"It opens out to a bed, don't worry I'll make it" Draco said nudging her toward his room. She looked at him reluctantly and muttered a soft goodnight before disappearing into the room.
~*~
Hermione rolled over, glanced at the clock and snorted 7:30 a.m. damn. Isabel lay next to her snoring softly and she could hear movement in the kitchen. She gently pushed the covers off of her body and realized during her fitful sleep she'd managed to kick off her already loose cotton shorts, Now she was only dressed in her black underwear. She pulled on her shorts and smoothed out her ponytail. She found Draco sitting cross-legged on the disheveled sofa bed with a bowl of cereal watching cartoons with Andretti, who was sitting against some pillows occasionally sucking on his warm bottle.
"Hey" She said in a soft, awkward voice
"Feeling better?" He questioned
"Yeah thanks to you" She laughed a little
"I try," He said smirking
Hermione smiled and turned her attention to Andy,
"Why is mommy's baby drinking straight milk, doesn't daddy know that you need cereal just like he does?" She cooed in a baby-like voice
"He didn't like it he told me so" Draco said finishing off his own cereal, "He wanted cheerios but he doesn't have any teeth"
"Tell daddy to stop teasing you" Hermione, said picking him up and walking to the adjoining kitchen
"Daddy want's more cereal, tell mommy that" Draco said walking in and dropping his bowl in the sink
"Tell daddy to fix it his d---…never mind mommy will tell him later" Hermione said setting him down in his high chair obviously giving him the go sign to bang the spoon laying on it repeatedly on the plastic base.
"Tell daddy what" He asked
"Tell daddy to fix his own damn cereal," She said sassily
He chuckled and grabbed the box she'd shoved at him. Hermione screwed the top back on Andy's bottle and took him out of the chair making sure the spoon was left behind. Isabel trudged wearily into the room and made her self-comfortable in front of the television.
"Don't you have any food?" Hermione said going through the cabinets in the kitchen
"Nope don't have time to shop," He said laying back on a thicket of pillows
"Even lawyers have to shop you're just lazy" Hermione said grabbing her hoodie
"Isabel let's go. Draco we're going back to our parents house to change and then we're getting food so give me money" Hermione yanked Isabel up by her arm and smiled at the weary girl
Draco grabbed his wallet off of the end table and gave Hermione his credit card.
"Don't, I repeat, don't overdue it" He said holding the platinum card out to her
"Aww honey don't you trust me" Hermione said pinching his cheek
"No" He said swatting her hand away.
Isabel and Hermione left the apartment and headed to her black Chevy Cavalier.
"Have you and Draco ever thought about marriage?" Isabel asked putting on her seatbelt
"Nope. Why?" Hermione threw a couple of magazines in the backseat and drove off
"Well you two look so… well you two fit like a puzzle and look what a beautiful baby you've produced with him" Isabel bit on her pinky fingernail as if in thought
"Andretti isn't a love-child he's the result of Hard Liquor and too much x, we don't need marriage to verify that we love each other on some twisted level"
"Are you two back together now that we're living with him?"
"No, and I doubt we'll ever be" Hermione pulled off her sunglasses and got out of the car
"We're home," She said sarcastically.
Hermione opened the door and found the house totally empty with a little note stuck to the door with a dagger
Hello Hermione,
How are you this fine day? Well I'm peachy except your poor mother is screaming bloody murder here. If you ever want to see your parents…alive ever again then bring Draco to me make sure you have that little brat with you. I can already tell this is going to be fun.
XOXO
