A/N: I'm baaaccckkk! LOL. I'm back from my holiday in Alberta and I finally got my next chapter done. Sorry you had to wait so long. Thanks to leafs-gurl999 Harry's supposed to be a jerk in my fic, lol and also thanks to Miranda (I fixed the mistakes and I don't mind that you used my store name in your fic) for reviewing. Anyways, on with the chapter.

The next morning, Hermione and Draco were still cuddled together in he hammock. Draco woke up first and when he moved, Hermione just cuddled in closer to him, the warmth of his body rushing through her. Ron was also awake, wondering what happened to Draco and Hermione. He asked Harry to go outside and see if they were there.

As Harry walked out, he saw the two of them wrapped up in the blanket. Since the hammock was close to the pool, Harry took off his shirt and jumped in the pool, doing a cannonball. As soon as he hit the water, it splashed all over Hermione and Draco, waking the two of them with a start.

"Potter, what the hell was that for?" Draco asked, freezing.

"I just came out for a morning swim," Harry replied innocently.

"That was so cold and uncalled for Harry," Hermione said.

"C'mon Hermione, let's go inside and get dried off," Draco said, glaring at Harry.

"Well, at least you were wearing swimsuits," Harry said, laughing.

Draco and Hermione walked in the house and got dried off and changed. While Hermione was drying her hair, Draco took Max.

As Draco was holding him, something unexpected happened. Max's appearance started to change.

"Hermione!" Draco called, stunned at what was happening.

By the time Hermione came out, Max looked like himself again (black hair and green eyes).

"Draco, what is it?"

"It's Max. His appearance started to change. Now he looks like Potter." Hermione looked at Max and sure enough, Max looked like he did when he was born. Hermione started to cry.

"Hermione, what's wrong?" Draco asked.

"Draco, I'm so sorry. When we were pretending that you left me, I slept with Harry. I didn't mean to honestly. But then he performed a memory charm on me so I would forget about it and then when Max was born, the memory spell wore off and, Draco will you ever forgive me?" Hermione said, in one breath.

"Hermione, are you saying that you screwed Potter and Max is his son, not mine?" Draco asked, putting two and two together.

"Yes," Hermione said in a small voice.

"Hermione how could you sleep with someone else?! Especially Potter! We're supposed to be married, remember?"

"Draco, I know, but I didn't mean to sleep with Harry. He must have put a spell on me or something," Hermione sobbed.

"Hermione, don't try to cover it up. You slept with someone else and lied about it! And to top it off, you lied to me about Max being my son! Hermione, I've had it! I'm out of here!" Draco said, going to Hermione's room, taking his wand and using magic, he put everything into his suit case. Then he done the same for Michelle's things.

The entire time, Hermione was crying and trying to convince him to stay and forgive her, but Draco was ignoring her. He levitated the suitcases and took Michelle to Hermione's back yard and Apparated to Malfoy Manor.

Harry and Ron, who had heard Hermione crying, came downstairs and asked her what was wrong.

"Draco left me, but for real this time," Hermione said sobbing.

"Why did he leave you?" Ron asked.

"Because the disguise spell that I put on Max didn't last and Draco saw him change back and asked me why and I told him that Max wasn't his and he left."

"But where's Michelle?" Harry asked.

"He took her with him."

"Hermione, we're here for you. We'll help you through this," Harry said.

"I don't wanna get through this. I wanna crawl in a corner and die!" Hermione starts sobbing uncontrollably.

"Hermione, you weren't like this the last time," Harry stated.

"Harry, last time, it wasn't real. It was a joke. This time, it's real."

Hermione got up off the couch and ran to her bedroom and slammed the door. She buried her head in her pillow and cried.

"Gawd, I'm gonna kill Malfoy," Harry said furiously.

"Harry, calm down. Draco won't stay away forever. He's bound to come home sooner or later," Ron stated.

"But I can't stand Hermione being like this. I have to do something about it," Harry said, walking in Hermione's room.

"Hermione, can I talk to you?"

"Get out," Hermione said, not looking up at all.

"Please Hermione, I need to talk to you."

Hermione grabbed a book from her night stand and threw it at the door. The book just missed Harry's head, but rather than risk getting his eye out, he left.

This continued for the next week. Hermione stayed locked up in her bedroom, not leaving for anything. Whoever tried to come in got a book thrown at them and they left. Hermione just stayed on the bed, staring at a picture of Draco and Michelle in the park. Since she developed the picture magically, it moved. Draco and Michelle were smiling and waving at her.

She was snapped out of her trance by a knock on the door

"Go away!" Hermione yelled.

"Hermione, it's Draco."

Hermione got up and opened the door, and Draco was standing there. His hair was muffled and it looked like he'd been crying.

"Hermione, we have to talk," he said, very seriously.

"Is Michelle here?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah," Draco answered.

"Well, I wanna see her first, then we can talk," Hermione said, running out to the rec. room and picking up Michelle and hugging her tight.

"Oh baby I missed you so much," Hermione said, crying again (but tears of joy this time).

"Umm, Hermione, we need to talk. Please," Draco said. Hermione nods, putting Michelle down and kissing her forehead. They go to Hermione's bedroom for a bit of privacy.

"Hermione, I need you to explain something to me. Why did you lie to me about Max not being mine?"

"Umm...isn't it obvious? If I told you the truth, you would be so mad and you'd leave me and never come back. And I love you Draco and I don't want to lose you."

"Well Hermione, I left anyway, but you still could have told me. I mean, of course I'd be mad, but I wouldn't have been as mad."

"Draco, I'm sorry, but I mean, if you were in my position, would you have said anything?"

"Yes."

"Yeah right."

"Hermione, I've missed you, and I can tell that Michelle has too. I know I probably shouldn't have left, but would you mind if we came home?"

Hermione didn't respond. She just hugged Draco as tight as she could.

"I'll take that as a yes," Draco said, coughing slightly.

"Yes," Hermione replied. "I'm so sorry Draco. I'll never lie to you or keep and secret from you again."

"Well Hermione, I'm not gonna forget this easily, but I will get over it and I wanna stay here and help you take care of Max and Michelle," Draco said.

"I love you, Draco."

"I love you too, Hermione," Draco responded.

"Maybe we should go tell Harry and Ron the good news," Hermione suggested.

"Yeah, but I have to ask you something. Are Harry and Ron living here now?" Draco asked.

"Well, they have been, but I don't know if it'll be on a permanent basis. Harry might want to be here for Max and all that," Hermione answered.

"Well, we should go and ask them because I would like to know if they are planning on living here."

"Ok, well, let's go," Hermione said.

She, along with Draco, walked out to the rec. room where Ron and Harry were sitting on the couch. Ron was holding Michelle while Harry was holding Max.

"Umm...guys, Draco just asked me if you guys were planning on living here or not. I couldn't answer because I don't know, so maybe you guys could give him an answer," Hermione asked.

"I take it that he's coming back?" Harry asked with a bit of disappointment in his voice.

"Yeah, I realized that I couldn't stand to live without Hermione and I know that Michelle couldn't either. She was always crying," Draco said. "Why do you sound disappointed? This is my house too you know."

"Well, back to what Hermione asked earlier, I plan on living here, that is, if it's ok with Hermione, because I want to be here for my son and I want to watch him growing up," Harry said.

"Well Harry, I don't mind, but you have to ask my parents. It is their house. And also, you have to respect how Draco feels about this too. Like he said, it is his house too," Hermione said.

"Well, I really don't like the idea of him staying here. It could happen again you know. I mean, what if he tries to seduce you again?" Draco asked.

"I won't Hermione. I promise. I see how big of a mistake it was when Draco left you and I saw how much it hurt you. I don't want to hurt you," Harry said to Hermione.

Hermione smiled at Harry and he smiled back. Draco on the other hand, looked like someone had just done the Freezing Charm on him. He stood there, nothing moving at all. He finally snapped out of it.

"Hermione, why do you want him to live here? I can help you take care of Max. Even though he's not really my son, I'm still gonna treat him like he is," Draco said.

"The hell you will," Harry snapped. "He's my son, not yours, and he'll know different."

"Guys, stop fighting!" Hermione said, raising her voice. Both guys looked at her. "You're both acting like children! You two have to learn to get along. If not for your sake, for mine."

"Sorry baby, you're right," Draco said, kissing Hermione softly on the lips.

"Yeah, sorry 'Mione," Hermione said. Hermione looked at Ron.

"What about you Ron? Are you staying here as well?" Hermione asked him.

"No, I wouldn't want to impose," Ron replied.

"You're not imposing Ron. If you want to stay, you can," Hermione said. "Harry's staying, one more person couldn't hurt. The house is big enough."

"Are you sure, Hermi?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Well, ok then, I guess I'll stay," Ron said.

"Ok, let me just go up and tell my mum to set up the two guest rooms for you guys," Hermione said, walking upstairs to the kitchen where her mum was.

"Mum, Harry and Ron were wondering if they could stay here with us. Move in, I mean. Harry wants to live here so he can be there for Max and I couldn't ask Harry to stay without asking Ron too," Hermione said.

"Sure sweetie, but what will Draco think if he comes back?" Hermione's mum asked, not knowing that Draco had came earlier.

"Draco's already here. He knows about it. He came back already," Hermione told her mum.

"I'd say your lucky Hermione. Most guys wouldn't come back that easily," her mum informed her.

"Draco's special, mum. He told me that he won't forget what happened, but he will try to forgive me," Hermione said.

"Well dear, Harry and Ron are sure welcome to stay here, but if anything happens to cause Draco to leave again, I don't think he'll come back anymore."

"It's ok, mum. I'll make sure nothing happens to make Draco leave. Thanks mum," Hermione said, walking back downstairs and telling Harry and Ron that they can both move in.

"You guys will be each staying in a guest room upstairs. My mum is gone to set them up for you."

"Thanks Hermione," Harry said. "I'm glad you're letting us stay. I really need to be there for my son."