Chapter #5 Cody

Draco Malfoy woke up to the sounds of the bathtub running in the room next door.

He had been surprised last night to see Hermione following Professor Dumbledore out of the Great Hall. Him and Blaise had immediately gone over to Kelsey to find out what was going on. She hadn't known anything though.

Draco had hung out with Blaise and Kelsey for another hour or so then decided to go back to the dorms to see if Hermione was there.

He peeked in to see her asleep, still in her beautiful peach dress. He decided not to wake her and went to his own room.

Now, he slowly forced himself out of bed, pulled on a pair of khakis he found on the floor, and left his room.

He went up to the bathroom door and heard Hermione singing. She was probably taking a bath, he figured.

Draco started to head downstairs when he heard whimpering from down the hallway. He turned and noticed an extra door next to Hermione's. Curiously he pushed open the door and gasped.

It was a nursery, and in the crib at the back was Cody. He was standing up hanging onto the top of the crib. He smiled when he saw Draco. Draco smiled back and walked over to pick him up out of the crib. He held Cody at his hip and tickled him. Cody giggled and put Draco's fingers in his mouth. "Well, whatever makes you happy." Said Draco letting Cody suck on his fingers.

He figured Hermione would be in the bathroom for a while, she probably thought Cody was still asleep. He brought Cody downstairs and into the kitchen to find something to eat.

"What do babies eat?" He asked Cody, not expecting an answer. He found some bananas and cut one up in little pieces for Cody. He set him on the counter and held his back as he ate the bananas.

Draco conjured up a sippy cup and filled it with apple juice. He brought Cody downstairs and set him on the couch sipping his juice happily.

Draco turned on the TV and flicked through the channels. Hermione had shown him how to use the TV a few days ago. He stopped at MTV. He watched as girls walked by in bikinis. He looked at Cody his eyes were wide. "Not yet little man" he laughed and changed the channel. He stopped at Winnie the Pooh and sat and watched with his arm around Cody.

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Hermione's bubble bath had gotten cold 20 minutes ago. She finally got out and dried off, changing into a pink cami tank top, and white capri pants.

She threw her wet hair into a ponytail and walked into the nursery. Cody wasn't in his crib. He had still been sleeping when she took a bath. "Oh my god, Oh my god." She was so worried, she hadn't even had him a day yet and he was already missing!

Hermione ran down the stairs and sighed in relief when she saw Draco sitting with him on the couch watching Winnie the Pooh. Cody was drinking juice out of a sippy cup. He looked really happy.

She watched them for a minute; Draco had his arm protectively around Cody. He leaned over and tickled him, laughing as Cody giggled loudly.

She walked over and sat down on Cody's other side. "Well hey, how was your bath?" asked Draco. Hermione smiled, "Fine." She picked up Cody and set him on her lap. He smiled just noticing Hermione. Draco watched her "SO, why's Cody here?" Hermione hugged Cody close to her, a tear running down her face. Draco didn't know what to do; he hadn't meant to make her cry. "Hermione what's going on?"

Just then an owl flew to the window. Draco got up to let it in and saw an envelope addressed to him. He opened it and read,

"Dear Mr. Malfoy, I am sorry to inform you that your father, Lucious Malfoy was killed during capture. He was to be brought to Azkaban with the other death eaters involved in Karen and Brian Granger's death. It could not be avoided and if he had cooperated it would have not come to this. Cornelius Fudge."

Draco froze. His father had helped kill Hermione's parents. That's why Cody was here.

His father was dead. He didn't have to worry about him any more. He was dead, gone. He couldn't hurt him anymore.

Draco walked back over to the couch and wrapped Hermione and Cody in a comforting hug. Hermione cried into his shoulder and after a while she fell back asleep. Draco took Cody from her arms and wrote Hermione a note. He went through the portrait headed towards the Great Hall to find Blaise and Kelsey. Hermione needed her rest.

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Sorry this is kind of a short chapter…

Thanks for all the reviews last chapter, I forgot to run spell check on it, but, I went back and edited all my previous chapters.

So anyways … what's a beta reader? Do I need one? Someone explain this to me! Lol

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