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Chapter 10 – Old friends
Draco was on the way home from another very stressful day at work, his bosses had managed to loose another client which meant that it was up to Draco to organise another client to boast business and make enough money so his bosses could have their million pound homes, their wife's, kids, flash cars and their many mistresses. It wasn't an easy job to have, it meant that Draco was run ragged all day and was lucky to even get a toilet break let alone a lunch break with his friends. Add to that he hadn't seen Blaise in weeks to make matters worse he was about to see Hermione's old Gryffindor friends that evening and he wasn't looking forward to it at all. He had been in the office surrounded by papers since 5:30am that morning and it was after 7pm. He was annoyed and really didn't want nor need to be dealing with what he was about to when he got home.
Just as Draco turned the corner on to the street where he lived the English weather was true to its self and the big heavy rain drops began to fall rapidly. Before he even made it half way down the street he was soaked to the bone, his hair clung to his face and his long grey over coat was practically dragging on the floor because it was heavy with all the excess water.
He stepped on to the porch and looked at his watch, it was 7:23pm and he knew that 'the tribe' he decided to call Potter and his family would be there in 22 minutes, they were due at 7:45pm.
He opened the front door and stepped on the mat in the family room and shook off his briefcase before placing it along with his shoes at the side of the door.
"Bloody weather" he said out loud before turning to see his living room full of faces both shocked and angry to see him.
"Evening Draco" Hermione said as she rushed to him and helped him with his coat.
"What are they doing here?" he whispered to her pointing with his eyes to her friends
"They came early, they sent me a letter saying it would be stormy tonight so they were apparating earlier and would be here at quarter past seven"
"They don't look very happy to see me, what have you told them?"
"Nothing, I haven't had the chance, only that I'm married and having a baby"
"Hermione?" both Hermione and Draco looked round to see Harry stood colder to them than the other, he held a drink in his hand and a very cross look on his face.
"Yes Harry?"
"Do you want to tell us why Draco Malfoy is standing in your family room?"
"Err, yes Harry, please sit we need to talk" Harry nodded and went to sit back down with Ginny and 3 children. The two boys were twins, Draco knew they were called James and Sirius and the little girl who was sleeping soundly in Ginny's must be Lilly. Draco also noticed Ron and Lavender had brought their children too. Weasley looked browner than he did and the Indian sun must be very strong to cover up all the freckles he use to have.
Hermione and Draco sat down on the Chippendale sofa and looked around to see 4 confused faces staring back at them.
"Hermione?" Ron said
"Draco and I are married, and this is our child" she said reaching for Draco's hand
"Married, you two?" Ron asked for confirmation
"Yes, the baby is due in less than two months" Draco beamed
"Congratulations, I guess" came Ginny's shaky voice, she looked nervously at her brother and husband before she added "for the baby"
"Thanks Ginny" Hermione mumbled.
"Well I think it's lovely, like Romeo and Juliet" Lavender added. Everyone looked at her "well in a way it is"
"How could you do this Hermione?"
"Harry please, you don't understand we love each other-"
"He couldn't love anyone" Ron snapped
"He loves me"
"He might say so"
"I love Hermione with all my heart and when this baby is born I will love it the same"
"He's changed guys"
"No one changes that much Hermione, except you by the looks of things" Harry said
"What do you mean by that Potter?" asked Draco
"Hermione wouldn't love you, even look at you unless you did something to her"
"Excuse me, Harry Draco had done nothing to me"
"Not that you know of"
"Ron!"
"I agree with Harry 'Mione, you must have changed, why Malfoy?"
"I love him, things happen"
"You tripped and fell in love, I don't believe that, he must have done something to you to make you fall in love with him"
"How many times-"
"Draco, stay out of this, Harry, Ron how dare you suggest that I am not on a sound mind by suggesting that Draco cast a spell on me, we might not have been together a long time and yes, we may only have fallen in love and yes we might not know everything about each other yet but we know one things for certain. And that one thing is love, we know we love each other"
"You really love him?"
"Yes I do"
"And you really love her?" Ron asked Draco
"I do" both Harry and Ron nodded but still looked unimpressed.
"Why him Hermione?"
"I don't know, you can't choose who you fall in love with"
"But he's Malfoy, you know what he was like at school. And I bet he hasn't changed" Ron said
"He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a egotistical bastard, but he's mine and I love him" she said. Draco didn't know weather to be please of offended
The rest of the evening was spent with the boys interrogating Draco and his business, why he left the wizarding world and his plans for the future. For Hermione it was nice to have her boys back looking out for her best interests but not at the lengths they were going too tonight. It was clearly a invasion of privacy for her and Draco.
"I think its time to go" Hermione said
"But we haven't-"
"Ron, we want to go to bed" Draco said sensing what Hermione was trying to say
"Don't call me Ron" Ron snapped
"Oh for goodness sakes, Ron grow up" Hermione snapped at him
"You want me to grow up? Then do me one thing, open your eyes Hermione" and with that he popped out. Lavender huffed and hauled the kids up taking them with her as she popped, with out even saying a goodbye.
"Ginny, Harry"
"Don't bother 'Mione, Ron's right you need to open your eyes" Harry popped out too
"As much as I don't agree with your choice of husband, ill be there for you Hermione, even if it means ill do it alone, ill be there"
"Thanks Ginny" she gathered the kids and the popped away too.
"Did you really mean that about me?" he asked
"About you been a pig and a egotistical bastard?" Draco nodded his head "Yeah I did mean them" she said walking up stairs with a sly smirk on her face that he never saw.
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