A/N…sorry this took so long, I've been reading a really awesome story called Not Myself, its really long with like 130 chapters or something like that! Happy Thanksgiving though, that's when I'm writing this, but God only knows when I'll get to post it. Christmas decorating this weekend…anyways, onto the story!

Disclaimer…Harry Potter and the clan belong to JK Rowling, but the characters Nico Jeshan, (pronounced Nik-o Jay-shan) and Destiny Harriman are mine.

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"I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death." Snape said to his first years, Draco leaned against the wall trying not to laugh.

Where have I heard that before. Apparently Snape wasn't a creative person at all, or he just couldn't figure out how to scare the Gryffindors any better than the year before. But all the same, Draco enjoyed watching their faces as they clung on to every word the potions master said. Everyone except one student, Draco noticed him sitting in the corner, rolling his eyes at everything Snape said.

When the assignment was given, Draco watched the boy closely, he reminded him of himself, over confident and cocky. The boy smirked as his "accidentally spilt" one of the Gryffindor's potions everywhere, but Draco had seen him, he had done it purposely.

"Mister Jeshan, can I speak to you a moment please." Draco said coolly from the place he was standing. Snape looked up, smirked and went back to torturing the Gryffindors again.

Nico looked up, rolled his eyes and went over to where Draco was standing. "What is it Professor?" His arrogance showed through the way he spoke. Draco smirked, oh he was going to love this.

"I would like you to stay after class and clean up the mess you made, then you'll have detention for one week, with me." His eyes bore into the boys head as he spoke but Nico remained calm.

"No." He said nonchalantly.

"What was that? I don't believe I heard you right?" Draco felt his anger rising, this kid was just trying to pick a fight with him, but he wasn't going to win.

"I said, no. Have one of the stupid Gryffindor's clean it up." He spat.

"Twenty points from Slytherin, and another week. Care to test me more Mister Jeshan?" Snape looked up at this and began to walk over when Draco looked at him with a glare. Snape shrugged and went back to stalking the room.

"Fine." Nico said, turning away from Draco and walking over to where he had been sitting.

When class was dismissed, Draco stayed behind and made sure Nico cleaned up every single spot, by hand. Draco wouldn't let him use magic, that would have been too easy. Once he left Snape came up to him.

"Good job, Draco. Couldn't have done it better myself." He patted his shoulder and went to his desk.

"This is going to be a long year." Draco sighed.

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Hermione sat in her office, Haley sleeping in the bassinet stationed in the next room. There was a knock at the door and Hermione called out for who ever it was to come in. The door opened and a tall red head stood in the door.

"Ginny!" Hermione squealed, jumping up to hug her friend.

"Hi Mione. Just thought I'd come and visit for a while, I had a free period."

"How have you been Gin?" Hermione asked, gesturing for her friend to sit down across from her.

"Great! Mum and Dad are sending me off to go see Charlie in Romania this winter break, and I have a surprise for you." She smirked.

"What's that?" Hermione asked, her eyebrows raising in question.

Ginny held out her hand, a diamond ring glimmered on her ring finger.

"Oh God, Ginny! Did Harry-"

"Yep, he thought it was better if I told you, but he's been dying keeping it from you." She giggled as Hermione hugged her.

"Oh I'm so happy for the both of you. What did Ron say?"

"He's alright with it, I think at least. Mum and dad are overjoyed, but a little upset about the fact that I'm going to marry one of my professors." She laughed.

"That's alright Gin, I married my worst enemy." The girls broke out into laughter again until there was a knock at the door.

"Come in." Hermione called. A small girl with long black hair stood in the doorway, her eyes were wide and scared as she looked around the room.

"I'd better be going. I'll see you around Professor." Ginny winked as she stood and walked out of the room.

"Please come in and sit down." Hermione said sweetly to the girl once Ginny had left. She obeyed and sat on the chair in front of Hermione.

"What is it I can help you with dear?"

"Professor Snape sent me with this." She gave Hermione the paper she had been clutching in her hands.

Hermione,

This girl won't talk! Get her to before I get too aggravated and strike your husband.

Snape

Hermione laughed inwardly as she read the letter then looked up at the girl. "What's your name sweetheart?"

"D-D-Destiny Harriman." She said quietly, avoiding Hermione's eyes.

"It's alright Destiny, tell me what's wrong. Is it Professor Snape?" Hermione remembered how scared she was of him on the first day.

Destiny nodded, "H-h-he scares me."

Hermione laughed and patted the girl's hand, "It's alright, he scares me too, now you go on back to class, and don't be afraid of him, if he acts up, you come back to me, okay?" She smiled warmly at the girl who nodded enthusiastically.

"Alright sweetie, go on back to class." She handed her a pass and watched the girl walk out of her office calmly.

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At dinner Hermione, Draco, and Harry talked about their long days, Nico and Destiny also came up in the conversation.

"That kid seems like you Draco," Hermione laughed, of course talking about Nico.

"Shut up, dear." He said, his old drawl back again, Hermione and Harry laughed.

Dumbledore looked over at the trio and laughed at Hermione's comment. "Seems you two are perfect for each other." He commented warmly.

"Why do you say that Albus?" Hermione asked.

"Any couple who can make fun of each other and laugh about it, will withstand anything."

"Speaking of couples, what's this I hear about you and Ginny being engaged Harry?" Hermione smirked, looking over at the dark haired man.

"She told you, thank Merlin, I didn't know how much longer I could have held out without telling you!" He smiled as Hermione hugged him and Draco shook his hand.

"Congratulations Harry." The couple said together.

"Thank you, I don't know what I would do without friends like you guys."

Draco thought for a moment, a comment like that, said to him two years ago would have been unheard of. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy…friends? Amazing.

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That night, after Haley had been bathed, fed, and put down for bed, there was a knock at the door. Hermione went to open it and found Dumbledore standing in the doorway.

"Hermione, I had been thinking. My sister could use a job, and she loves children, is there anyway I can persuade you to let her take care of Haley while you are working?"

Hermione gaped at the Headmaster, "Well of course Albus. I had no idea you had a sister, but that would be wonderful. I can always use someone to talk care of her, and I hate the idea of making those house elves do it."

Dumbledore smiled, "Wonderful, she will be here in two days, thank you." With that and a wink, he turned and walked away from the door. Hermione shut it and turned around to face her husband.

"Who was that?"

"Dumbledore. His sister is going to watch Haley for us while we work." Hermione shrugged.

"I didn't know he had a sister?"

"Neither did I." Hermione smiled.

Draco kissed her neck softly, and Hermione let out a quiet moan as he moved up to her ears and flicked them lightly with his tongue, whispering gently into her ear. "I love you."

"I love you too," She whispered as he picked her up and carried her off into the bedroom. She could only hope Haley would sleep through the night that night.

The next morning Hermione woke up and took a shower to get ready for work, Draco had apparently already gone down to breakfast as it was late and his first class was in an hour. She sighed as the warm water washed over her body. One of the house elves was feeding Haley at the moment, the baby had gotten used to elves and had taken a liking to them as they had to her.

There was a small creak that Hermione didn't hear as the door opened to the bathroom. A cold draft came through and Hermione shivered.

That's strange. She thought, but knowing the castle could be drafty sometimes she disregarded it and went on with her shower. Little did she know that there was a pair of red eyes watching from the crack in the door. As quickly as it had opened, it closed and the eyes were gone.

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Draco had gone down to breakfast early, but not because of the fact he had an early class, but because of the fact that he wanted to go and see his secret garden. Once he had finished eating, he excused himself and went into the hall, making sure the coast was clear, he said the password and crawled into the hole. The garden had been kept up by the elves, and for that, Draco was thankful.

He went to sit on the bench, where he had found out Hermione was pregnant. Thinking back to that night he smiled, glad he had decided to stay with her and the baby. Haley and Hermione were the two most important things in his life.

As he stepped back out he didn't notice the red eyes staring at him from far away, but as his wife had, he felt a chill run down his spine.

He walked down to the dungeons to start the day, passing the eyes not noticing them, but they were watching him. Always watching him.

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A/N 4 pages! WOO! Go me! And all in an hour and a half! I'm so proud of myself, but now is time for thank you's to all of my readers! (read the bottom too, there's an a/n down there!)

Chapter 3

Lil-filly007- I changed that French thing, thanks for the info!

Pegasus21-Don't worry, I'm definitely going to continue this story, and Haley will be included a lot in the story, thanks! Keep reading!

Samibeana Brittanica- thanks so much, I'm glad you like my new story and I hope to hear from you again soon!

ILUVRONWEASLEY- I have something very big planned, don't you worry, this is going to be a story with a lot of suspense and action! Thanks for the review!

Natalie- that isn't the first surprise, trust me, thanks for reading and the review!

Kat Davi- no, it would be too hard to move that far ahead when Haley starts Hogwarts, but I love Draco too! Even though he can be a git sometimes.

M.C -thanks for the review!

Alyssa -thanks!

Le joint philosophique- cute! Woo! Lol thanks

shadowfax-legolas- I'll try and read your story when I have time, but I can't make promises, thanks for the review!

Psykotik- sorry, Hermione probably won't get pregnant again in this story, I'm having trouble just trying to remember that they have Haley now, and not leaving her out, lol thanks tho!

InsanitySquirrel321- yeah, I thought about letting her go to Hogwarts with them, but decided not to, thanks!

Wolfdrifter- I thought about her having a boy, but another Draco…I don't know if I could live with myself, there can't be another Draco, he's too unique! Although I wouldn't mind one for myself…;-)

Lily Bell- this is 5 pages, I hope that's enough for you! Lol, thanks!

Whitetiger1017- thanks, glad you came back to review!

Chapter 4

Hedwig3-I hope it turns out good too! But I can only hope and write, lol. I had it Professor Hermione Granger, but decided to change it because, hey, shes a Malfoy now!

Karen-lol thanks for reading!

veggy-mite -I think Harry and Ginny's engangement kinda put a damper on your idea, lol that's not happening, sorry.

InsanitySquirrel321-thanks!

Rupertgrintfan546- I love writing these stories and I can't tell which one is my favorite to write yet, I think maybe this one, thanks for the review!

PinkTribeChick-it's going somewhere, I can tell you that! Hope you like it!

ILUVRONWEASLEY- don't worry, I won't refer to them as Professor Malfoy very often, and when I do, you'll know who it is. And the action will start in the next few chapters, don't worry.

Kat Davi- you reminded me that I hadn't included Ginny yet, so there ya go!

Alyssa -don't worry, I'll continue it

NAZ1 - yeah, I realized that mistake and changed it, thanks for the review!

Woo! There we go! Can anyone guess what's going to happen? Well…maybe, but I don't know…I guess you'll just have to keep reading to find out won't you! Action will start in the next few chappies, and I'm changing the kind of story from humor and romance, to romance and suspense…maybe angst later, depends on what I do with this story. Thanks for reading…now review!

Love and Fluff,

Natalie