Chapter 24. I still want responses on what my viewers want me to do with this story…Anyway, I'm hoping you all liked the last chapter. I'm sorry again for not making it more descriptive, but I didn't have time and I wanted to update soon because I went to my bro's house for the last couple of days and their computer doesn't have internet and all so…yeah, but I'm trying to keep up with you all.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Chapter 24: The Morning After

Draco woke up to the smell of Hermione's hair. He opened his eyes and the night's events came back to him. He grinned from ear-to-ear. He leaned up and looked at his wife. They were both covered up in the blankets with no clothing on. He wiped a single strand of hair from her face and kissed her cheek.

He smirked to himself and decided to wake her up. He kissed her lips until she was kissing back and he smiled into the kiss and pulled away.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" he asked her. She yawned.

"Great." she smiled.

"I sure hope so." he grinned evilly. "Last night was fun, huh?"

"Do you feel the need for me to answer that?"

"No." he smirked. He leaned down and kissed her hungrily. She kissed back the same. He moved over to her until his torso was on top of hers.

"Not now…" Hermione said, pulling back from him unwillingly. He gave her a puppy dog face.

"No, I'm sore enough as it is, I want to at least be able to walk down to breakfast." she said seriously. He sighed and looked down and then looked back up and nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to take a shower," she got up and walked to the door, "but you're welcome to join me." Draco hopped up and followed her into the shower.

About twenty minutes later, they got out and separated into their rooms to get dressed. They met up in the common room and left for the Great Hall. Hermione wasn't as near sore as she was last time. She could walk normally and only feel as though she forgot to stretch before running a mile or something of the sort.

They walked towards the double doors and locked fingers before pulling the handles. They pushed them open and everyone's head turned their way. Suddenly, everyone started cheering. 'Congratulations, Hermione!' and 'Way to go, Draco!' could be heard throughout the hall. Hermione looked at Draco and nodded her head towards the Gryffindor Table to show she was going to sit with her friends.

Draco nodded, but before they let go, everyone started to bang their fists and cups on the table.

"I thought that was only a muggle tradition?" Hermione said to Draco.

"Nope." he smiled and pulled her into an intoxicating kiss. Everyone whooped and cheered again. Draco pulled away and looked at her. She smiled and turned away towards the table, as did he.

"Hermione, we heard all about your wedding from Ginny." said Parvati, who was next to Harry and next to Hermione was Ginny.

"Go figure." Hermione said and looked Ginny.

"What? You actually thought that I could keep something like that secret?" she smiled. Hermione laughed. "Well?" she asked.

"'Well' what?" Hermione said with a confused expression.

"Oh, you know what I'm talking about, Hermione…" Ginny smirked. Hermione got it.

"Ohhhh." was all she said.

"Well, give us some details!" Parvati squeaked quietly so no one would hear, but Harry heard.

"Did someone call my name?" he pretended and smiled at Hermione. "Congratulations, Hermione." he said and kissed her cheek. He got up quickly to get away from the giggling girls. Hermione began eating while the girls gawked at her.

"Well, dish!" Ginny said.

"I think that is private and that's for me to know and you to never find out." Hermione said and smiled.

"Oooh, that good, huh?" Lavender piped next to Parvati. Hermione sighed and nodded. The other girls shrieked quietly in excitement. Hermione rolled her eyes. She hated it when girls did that.

"If you must know, then yes….Let's just say that March 1st was one of the happiest days of my life." Hermione grinned, but let it drop as soon as the girls squeaked again.

"Sorry, Hermione," Ginny blushed at Hermione's glare when they shrieked, "but we can't help it….you have to admit, your husband is sexy." she laughed.

"Did I just hear what I think I heard?" Draco suddenly appeared behind Hermione and watched as Ginny turned as red as her flaming hair. He smirked.

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"The Draco Malfoy, the one who planned on never getting married or settling down anytime soon, was the first one out of all of us." Blaise stated as Draco sat down. "Tell me, was it worth it?" Blaise pretended to be a newscaster and held an imaginary microphone to Draco.

He smirked, "The wedding night was."

Blaise smiled, "Alright, Draco!" he said and gave him a hi-five. Pansy glared at them a few seats down the table.

"What's the matter, Parkinson? Did someone take your 'Drakie-pooh'?" Blaise said and everyone around him laughed. She scoffed and left, holding the urge to turn around and smack him.

"Dude, I have been waiting all morning for that." Draco said.

"Me too." Blaise said. Draco began eating his food. When he was finished, he went to see if Hermione wanted to take a walk with him. He got up and said bye to Blaise and went towards the Gryffindor Table. Hermione didn't notice him so he came behind her.

"Sorry, Hermione," he heard Ginny say, "but we can't help it…you have to admit, your husband is sexy." he saw her laugh.

"Did I just hear what I think I heard?" he smirked and watched Ginny turn red from embarrassment. He walked up to Hermione who turned her back to him to grab a book that was in front of her. He leaned her head back and kissed her upside down.

He pulled away, but still held her head upside down, "Do you want to go for a walk?"

"Sure." she got up and he grabbed her hand and walked out of the hall.

They walked in silence all the way out to the lake. They stopped by a tree and sat down, Hermione sitting in Draco's lap.

"I never dreamed I would have this." she said suddenly.

"Have what?"

"This…" she looked around, "Love, marriage, happiness…" she said slowly. "I planned on going through Hogwarts then getting a job and moving into an apartment by myself." she continued. "I didn't plan on marriage or falling in love, hell even having a boyfriend wasn't on my list."

"I planned on it, just not anytime soon." he said. "Why didn't you plan on having all that sometime?" he asked suddenly curious.

"I was alone up until I got with you. I never had anyone with me. I just figured that it would be like that forever." she said, eyes fixed on nothing.

"Well, you were wrong, weren't you?" he smiled and kissed her.

"Yes, I was. For once, I'm happy I'm wrong."

"Me too."

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"I'm married!" Hermione said happily to her parents. Dumbledore had granted them, Draco too, to visit Hermione's parents to tell them about their marriage. At the current moment, her parents were staring at her in shock.

"You're what?" her mother said.

"I'm married, Mum, Dad." Hermione held Draco's hand tightly.

Her mom sighed, "I'm happy for you, dear." she hugged Hermione tightly.

"Dad?" Hermione asked hopefully.

He looked Draco over and sighed, "Do you love him?"

"With all my heart."

"Do you love my daughter?" he turned to Draco.

"Very much."

"Will you treat her well, take care of her and keep loving her?" he asked.

"Wouldn't dream of anything else." Draco said.

He looked Draco over again and waited a moment, as if he was in deep thought, and then spoke, "I approve," was all he said. Hermione's face lowered, but not much.

"Fine, can we talk more later? I need to tell Danny, Greg, Ryan, Terryl, and Kim." Hermione said.

"Yes, dear." said her mom and Hermione pulled Draco's arm out of the kitchen and into the living room.

"Everyone come down here!" she shouted up the hall. Three boys and two girls came down, one of them pregnant and the other holding a one-year-old.

"Who is that?" Danny said, referring to Draco.

"Everyone, this is my husband, Draco." she said without a stutter.

"Excuse me?" asked Greg.

"Greg, this is my husband. I got married on the 1st of March." she said sternly.

"Why would you do something like that?" Ryan asked.

"Because I love him," she said harshly. She expected her brothers to be this way.

"You love him? Right…" Danny asked disbelievingly.

Hermione glared, but she didn't expect her brothers to believe she fell in love because she'd never been with anyone. She also knew they would accept Draco one way or another. They were just overprotective of her.

"Do you have the audacity to doubt my veracity and insinuate that I am prevaricating?" her eyes narrowed.

"What?" the boys asked confusedly in unison.

"That means," she let go of Draco and walked up just a few inches from their faces, "do you dare call me a liar?" she asked threateningly in a low voice. She walked back to Draco and took hold of his hand again.

"We think it's great," said Kim and Terryl at the same time. "I'm Terryl, Hermione's sister-in-law" Terryl stated her name as she held out a hand to Draco, "pleasure to meet you…I'm married to that one." she pointed to Greg

"Draco Malfoy, pleasure's all mine." he said and shook her hand.

"Kim," Kim stated and held out her hand too, "I'm married to that one." she pointed to Danny.

"Pleasure to meet you too, are you Hermione's sister-in-law as well?" Draco asked casually, while on the receiving point of the boys' suspicious looks.

"Yes, I am." she said and both girls gave Hermione a hug with a little trouble, Kim because she was pregnant and Terryl because she was holding Kelsi.

"He's a keeper, Hermione." said Terryl.

"Thank you…How far along are you now, Kim?" she asked suddenly turning towards Kim.

"Eight months." she said. "It's a baby girl, but we can't decide on a name." she turned back to Danny and Terryl turned back to Greg. They were obviously mad at their husband's for not being happy for Hermione, let alone scrutinizing her husband.

"Well, do you have anything to say for yourselves?" Hermione asked the boys. Danny, although he was only the second oldest, was the most overprotective. He walked towards Draco. Hermione stepped in his way before he got there.

"I don't need your approval, but there will be serious consequences if all of you don't accept him." her eyes narrowed and her voice low and determined. Danny stared back into his sister's eyes. He sighed.

"Do you love her?" he looked over Hermione's head because he was much taller. They don't sound one bit like their father, do they? Hermione asked Draco sarcastically in his mind. No, not at all he thought just ask sarcastically.

"Yes, I do." Draco said.

"How are we supposed to believe you?" he asked more curiously than angrily.

"I killed my parents for her." he said automatically. Danny looked taken aback, as well as the others. Hermione explained dully on how his parents were murders who escaped prison and came after them. Then she explained the duel and how he was in a coma for a month, she emphasized that she almost died because she missed him so much.

Danny looked at the other brothers, as though they were talking in their minds. He looked back at Hermione, "We like this one." he smiled.

"You better. Otherwise, you'd be screwed because I wouldn't leave him for anything in the world." she jumped up and hugged all her brothers. Draco sighed in relief.

"Welcome to the family," said Greg, who was the oldest, and shook Draco's hand.

"Thank you," Draco said.

"Dinner is served." Tom suddenly appeared from the entrance to the Dining Room.

"Thank you, Tom. Oh, Tom?"

"Yes, Hermione?" he asked kindly.

"This is my husband, Draco Malfoy." she said and pulled him closer.

"Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Malfoy." he said and disappeared before Draco replied.

"Come on, everyone, let's eat." They all moved into the dining room and sat down. Danny next to Kim, Kim next to Greg, Greg next to Terryl, Terryl next to their daughter Kelsi. On the opposite side of the table was Ryan next to Hermione, Hermione next to Draco, and the parents sat at each end of the long table.

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"Jesus Christ, Hermione." Draco said as he plopped down on the couch in their common room.

"What?" she asked she plopped next to him.

"Did your brothers grow up next to a power plant? They're bloody tall!" he said.

"No! They just have a different father than I do." she said with a little laugh. He looked at her funnily.

"You mean that wasn't your father with your mother?"

"No, that's my step dad. My real father ditched us when I was four and a half." she said emotionlessly.

"So he is your brothers' dad, but not yours?"

"Yup."

"I see…. They're still fucking tall." he said. She laughed at him. He obviously didn't like to be laughed at, so he kissed her. She stopped instantly at his touch. He pulled away and smirked.

"How do you do that?" she asked.

"Do what?"

"Every time you kiss me, it's like…" she struggled to find the right words.

"Intoxicating?" he suggested right when she was going to open her mouth.

"Yeah, how did you know I was going to say that?"

"Because you make me feel the same way." he said and kissed her. He didn't pull away and neither did she. He kept going and going and going-well, you get the idea-until early the next morning.

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For all of you who don't understand the power plant joke, it means when you grow up next to a power plant, you're usually very tall. That's a joke at my school cuz there is this really tall kid and his best friend, as a joke, says he grew next to a power plant and that's why he's so tall…Anyway, I'll let your guys' mind wander about later in the night. Don't forget to review. Ttyl.

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