One Fine Day

Chapter 7: Yelling and a Little Truths

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter (and the winner of the most generic disclaimer goes to...ME!)

Previously:

"So while I was here, I discovered that my daughter's father is in fact, Draco Malfoy." Hermione started to giggle. "Wow, this feels like when I was still in school and talking to Ginny about all this stuff!" Hermione giggled again and Madame Pomfrey joined in. "So, yeah, I should probably go talk to them. Thanks."

"Anytime. Though, from now on, I'd suggest staying away from those masquerade balls!" Hermione smiled and left the room to see an empty chair where she left her daughter.

"HARRY POTTER!" Hermione bellowed as she slammed the Great Hall doors open to reveal a staring group of people.

"I think I saw him and Marli go towards the Quidditch pitch just a few minutes ago." Hermione looked to see that it was Ron talking. She turned on her heel and stormed out of the Great Hall, followed by Ron and Draco, who was suspicious as to why she was so mad.

"Hermione! What's goin on?" Was what she could hear behind her, but she refused to answer. She made her way up the stairs in the bleachers and plopped herself down as she watched the two figures flying around the pitch.

Am I overreacting?

Definitely!

Who's there?

I'm your conscience sweetie.

I didn't know I had a conscience!

Well you do. And yeah you're overreacting. You knew dear Harry was going outside to where your daughter was, so you shouldn't have worried. Harry's a dear fellow. Such a sweetheart. He wouldn't hurt a fly, well, except for the fly that has red eyes and is named Voldemort. But he's past that.

Wow, my conscience sounds eerily like Mrs. Weasley.

Wow, you are smart! Your conscience, me, is composed of all the lessons you've learned through Mrs. Weasley all those summers ago. Now, about this overreacting bit. Yes, Harry took your daughter out of the Hospital Wing without your knowledge, but hey, what 10 year old girl wants to stay cooped up in a Hospital while there are millions of things to do in a castle this size?

I see your point. But he could've TOLD me he was taking her out.

Honey, you were in the office. He probably didn't want to bother you.

But why does this have to happen to me?

"Excuse me? Why does what have to happen to you?" Hermione jumped slightly and realized that she'd said the last part aloud without even realizing it. Hermione turned around and saw Draco making his way down the bleachers and sat next to her.

"Oh, it's nothing, well..." Get on with it Granger! You have to tell him sooner or later. And sooner is better than later. At least now you can let him have time to get use to the idea.

"Okay, Draco. I'm going to tell you the whole truth. Nothing but the truth. And I want you to have an open mind, and please, don't run." Draco frowned and then gave a slight, "sure".

"Okay, now I have a similar story to your Masquerade ball story. One major difference is that I'm a girl and I fell deeply in love with a guy there. Of course I never knew who he was. I fell in love after multiple dances and as the night went on, we got a little more physical. We left the ball and hours later, I awoke with a splitting headache and a masked someone next to me. It was about four in the morning, so the spell hadn't worn off yet." Draco paled slightly and nodded for her to move on.

Harry spun around and did a few tricks for Marli on his broom while carefully watching Hermione talk to Draco. He didn't dare go close so she wouldn't get nervous and flake out. He'd already figured out that she wouldn't be talking to him like that if he wasn't the father. She Harry watched Marli try and do a flip but then almost fall. She regained her composure and then started flying around the pitch again leaving Harry to watch Hermione and Draco again. After about a few minutes, he saw Draco fall to the floor and Hermione jumped and leaned over him.
"Now, I didn't know it at the time, but I became pregnant that night. With Marli-Jane. I left for America because I was ashamed. Now I don't know what I was ashamed of but I felt as if I should be at the time." Hermione shifted in her seat and continued with her story.

"After Marli was born, the first thing I noticed was her eyes. She had the most beautiful eyes and I couldn't resist staring in to them. They were like her fathers. That's all I could remember to help me figure out who her father was. I wanted so badly to find him, but then again, I didn't." Draco nodded and she continued.

"So, I hadn't seen his eyes in ten years but now I've found them. I've found her father. Before this week, I'd only seen him once, but it was too late to do anything. I saw them and he disappeared. So, when I came here, I was determined to find him. And now that I've found him, I guess I should tell him, don't ya think?"

"Yup. Definitely. I think it is in everyone's best interest to let him know. Marli deserves a father, the father deserves the right to know he is a father, and you deserve to have a family. A complete family. Now, I say you march right on up to the father and tell him, 'Hey, you're my daughter's father.' Just go out and tell him."

"I guess that's what I should do right?"

"Yes."

"Okay then, um, Draco, uh, you're my daughter's father." Hermione screamed a little as she saw his eyes roll in the back of his head and he fell backwards on the lower bleachers.

A/N: I finished this on Sunday March 12th, and I'm sorry it's so short. But as of this moment, I'm not posting it till a little later. I want to write a few more chapters before I go to France. Then when I get back I'll have some to give ya'll. So, please review. I loved all the reviews from the chapter 2 before this.

Sorry it was so short. I'm just now posting it 19 days after I wrote it! I really didn't plan on that. But our teachers gave us a lot of work the last week of school before break. And I'm just now getting to log in. The past week, I haven't really read many of my story alerts that were in my inbox. So I read all 30 of those then had to check the other 38 e-mails I got while I was away, and so now I'm updating!

Again, sorry it's short. Please review if you have anything to say or you liked it or just want to say something random! I love the taradiddle (word of the day today meaning: pretentious nonsense)!