Daddy I Love You
Chapter 2
Summary: 6 years ago, Matt was brought into their lives. But she ran from their life and Draco was left to raise their baby all on his own. Now, she's regretting her decision, but when she spots them one day heading home from work, she freaks out. She had put so much room between them. No way could they be here. Not now, not when she was just returning to normal. Will this send her back to a time she wishes to forget? Will she try to fix her mistake? And if she does, will Draco let her? Or will she just keep running?
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot and characters that obviously don't come from the books.
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Previously:
He was walking Matt across the street when it happened.
It was on this warm autumn night, with the sky clear and the streets lined with the beautiful colors. A light wind was blowing and the neighbourhood was almost silent, the only noise coming from the kids playing in their backyard.
He saw something he had hoped to see and something that he wished would never have showed up again. The straight brown hair, olive complexion and chocolate eyes.
It was that night that he saw the mother of his child for the first time in six years. She was looking right back at him, her frame frozen, emotions dancing through her eyes.
It was on this autumn night was that he once again saw Hermione Granger.
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Hermione's world froze when she saw Draco walking across the street. She had been so sure that he would never come here. That he would never A) live among all these muggles and B) bring Matt over here. She was sure that Draco would want to raise him in London.
But, apparently she had been wrong. Her eyes traveled to the little boy who was now tugging on Draco's arm. This was him. This was the son, the life that she had ran from.
He was so beautiful. He had the perfect features that the Malfoy's had. But something was different. His skin was slightly darker, but that wasn't it. Then she looked in his eyes. They weren't that stormy grey. They were almost a golden colour. A mix of her brown and his silver.
Finally, Draco was able to move again. He could feel Matt tugging on his arm, anxious to get to the park. But Draco didn't want to walk away now. Didn't want to leave as if he hadn't seen a thing. Yet, he couldn't let Matt near her and couldn't let her near Matt.
As far as he was concerned, she had made her choice. She had left him and Matt and that was that. He wasn't going to put Matt through anything like that. Wasn't going to let him be hurt by this women, not the way he had been.
He let Matt pull him to the side walk then let him run ahead to the park. Draco headed for the bench right by the swings. It was the only place he could sit and be able to see Matt no matter where he was and Matt could always see him.
Hermione turned the corner, and circled the block. She pulled into the curb, trying to decide what to do. She wanted so badly to see her son, get to know him. Draco was another story though. She didn't know if she was ready to face him and she was sure that he wouldn't let her anywhere near Matt.
Finally, she wrenched the drivers side door opened and got out. She had to face this at some point and she knew it. After this, she might never see them again. Still, though, in the deepest part of her heart and soul, she just wanted to run. Run like she did 6 years ago.
One foot in front of the other, she walked over to the bench at which Draco was sitting.
"Draco" she breathed, coming up behind him. That name hadn't even been mentioned by her since the day Draco took Matt and moved back to the Slytherin dorms.
"What do you want?" his voice was like ice, just like it had been that night. He had been waiting for her to come over. Waiting for the inevitable. He knew what she wanted, but no way in hell was she getting it.
"Draco, please I…" but Draco cut her off.
"You what, Granger? I told you to stay away from me and my son and I meant it. Until the day I die, you will not have contact with him" He finally turned to her, his face emotionless.
"What do you mean your son. He's mine too" anger was now present in her eyes
"You gave up rights to him when you left. He's not your son in anyway! All you did was give birth to him, what makes you think that that makes you his mother? You have to earn that title" Draco growled.
"I was confused, alright. I admit it, I made the biggest mistake of my life 6 years ago and I regret more with each passing day"
"You should of thought about that then shouldn't of you? Matt, come on we're leaving" he called to his son.
Matt ran up and took his dad's hand. He looked up at the lady standing in front of him. She looked so sad. "Hey, who are you?" he asked, his curiosity taking over.
"She's just an old friend of mine Matt" Draco answered for her, just so she wouldn't say anything. "Now come on, lets go rent a movie for tonight" He and Matt started to walk away.
"Draco wait, please" Hermione made one last feeble to get Draco to listen to her.
"No, Granger, I will not" his old Malfoy mannerisms taking over.
Hermione looked down at the ground. Then, right before Draco turned around again she looked back up and caught his eye. "Fine then Malfoy. Ifs that's how you want it, then that's how we'll have it. You told me to stay away then, and you told me to stay away now. Well, you got your wish. I'm gone, out of your life for good and sure. I wont bother you ever again. But don't you ever say that I didn't try. That I just left and never looked back. I did look back. I've been looking back since that year. And you'll have to tell him someday. It'll come up, you know it will" she glared at him, then rushed past to her car, got in and drove away.
"Daddy, who was that lady?" Matt looked up at his father, his eyes questioning.
"Just an old friend of mine. One that made many mistakes when we were in school" Draco watched until her car was no longer in sight. "Come on, lets go" he picked Matt up and they crossed the street to the video store.
All he could think though was, did I just make a huge mistake?
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The next day, Draco found her address and went looking for her. He found the house empty and a lady locking pounding a for rent sign into the ground. He found out that Hermione had moved out that night, without any notice. When he asked, the land lady gave him her place of work and the address to it.
But when he got there, she wasn't anywhere to be seen. He want up to her boss and questioned him about her.
Apparently she had just up and left. Completely out of the blue. It's like she had vanished off the face of the earth. She hadn't told anyone where she was going or why she was leaving. She was just gone.
Draco went home that night defeated. He didn't know what to do. But this nagging would leave him alone. For five years the words what have I done? echoed through his mind.
It wasn't until Matt was eleven that Draco saw her again. Problem was, he didn't know it was her.
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Hey People, chapter 2 out. This story, I have to admit, is sooo much harder to write the my Givin Up trilogy or Crimson Rain Drops. Maybe it's because its new and veers off my usual style. But it never hurts to branch out right?
Anyways, Reviews are much appreciated and they basically give more life to the story. Thanks to all that reviewed the last chapters. I'll go thourgh and do each name one day, I'm just to lazy right now.
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