Daddy I Love You
Chapter 6
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?
Its now Matt's first year at Hogwarts. The hat informs him that his mother was in Gryffindor and that he had met her before. Puzzled, will Matt just leave it all to fate or will he go in search of the mother that abandoned them so long ago? And here's Rae, the best teacher in Hogwarts. She's the go to girl for all teens in trouble at the school, be it male or female. Everyone recognizes something about her, but no one will believe what their hearts are telling them and their heads convince them otherwise. And Draco, what's going on in his head this whole time?
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Previously:
The class watched as she went out into the hallway. Each hoping that she would forget to close the door so they could hear what was going on. Much to their disappointment though, Rae made sure that the door was firmly closed behind her.
"Rae, I feel this need to apologize you, though I don't know what I'm apologizing for. From the day you and I met, you've treated me with nothing but hostility. So, I thought I would come here today and apologize for whatever it was that I did to you" Draco looked into her eyes, pleading for forgiveness. She had seen that look only once before. . .
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Rae looked at Draco. "Malfoy, I know something you can apologize for. Never going to look for her that night. And never explaining to her why you did what you did"
He sent a confused look at her. What did she mean by all that?
"Think Draco, think really hard and you'll come up with the answer eventually. Come and talk to me when you do. For now, I have a class to attend too. Good day" she gave him a slight nod and slipped back into her classroom.
Rae looked around to room to see that Matt, Victoria and Derryck all seated together. She smiled to herself. Apparently this one wasn't entirely Malfoy. He just couldn't stand to see anyone alone.
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Rae stared at the letter in her hand. It had shown up on her desk earlier that day, but she hadn't had time to read it until now. It appeared as if someone no older then nine had written it, but she was now positive that the writing had been disguised.
She read it over for what must've been the hundredth time, even though she now kew it off by heart. It read:
Rae,
I know you have a secret and I know what that secret is. I know what you ran away from. I know more than most anyone else, but you may not know half of what I do. What I don't know is why you're hiding it from the world. I wont tell you who I am, not yet, but I will be in-touch again soon.
That's how it ended. No signature. No female or male indicator, no way of figuring out where it came from.
She had been going over her conversation with Draco in her mind all morning, hoping she hadn't in some way given herself away, only to open the letter and find this not. It was not written in Draco's style of wording, which she knew had not changed in years. She couldn't place the wording though. It looked so familiar, but she just couldn't place it.
Rae finally tore her eyes away from the letter and looked around her class. Could she leave this place? Get a new identity and start all over again? Was it worth running anymore?
There was a quick and simply answer to that. No, it was not worth running anymore. She couldn't go and start over again, it wasn't fair to anyone that was involved. To top things off, she finally had a chance to get to know her son, even if he didn't know that she was his mother. It was a chance to get to know Draco again to. To show him that she is not the awful person that he's painted in his mind.
Was anything worth losing her son again? No, nothing was. She was in a position now where she could watch Matt grow and form into a man over the next seven years, and have constant contact with Draco to find out how raising Matt had been for the last eleven years. That is, if she had not blown it earlier with that comment of hers.
Draco was not a dumb person, she knew that full well. He had border lined her for marks in every class throughout their stay at Hogwarts. He was ranking in the genius status, an IQ on a couple of points below hers. All she could do now was hope that he would not be able to read into her cryptic sayings. Lord, please, all I ask now is give me time, time to get to know my son.
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Draco looked around his quarters while eating his lunch. He didn't feel like eating in the Great Hall that day, there was just too much going on in his mind and there was a chance of running into Rae, something he didn't want to do right now.
"Malfoy, I know something you can apologize for. Never going to look for her that night. And never explaining to her why you did what you did"
What on earth could I have to apologize for to this woman who I've never met before in my life? had been running through his mind since she had said them that morning. He had been analyzing it al morning, over and over and over again. There was no other way to analyze, yet he knew that he had to be missing a piece of the puzzle somewhere. If he wasn't, then she was lying. There was too much anger in her voice when she had yelled at Dumbledore though for there not to be some type of past there. And there had been way too much fear I her eyes when he walked in on the first day.
Draco knew that there was only one way to figure out who she was. He had to watch her closely, watch every move she made. Stalk her basically. That may make him sound totally creepy, but he needed to find out what his past was with this girl.
Rae was not someone you easily forgot, kind of like Hermione. He could spot her from a mile away, any day of the week. Besides, he'd only had a grand total of two serious girlfriends since the day Matt was born, both after he had turned six.
There was still something about her that kept nagging away at her though. Something that just didn't fit this little puzzle. He felt like one of those little kids with a 24 piece puzzle, and getting to the end to find out that two pieces are missing. All that was left was to find out what those two pieces were.
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Matt stared up at the ceiling, trying not to think of the potions essay that Snape had assigned. They had until after Christmas to complete it, giving them time to learn and research. Also, the option was open as to whether they wanted to work with one other person or all by themselves, on the potions topic of their choice. In other words, take the length instructions and run with the assignment. Just learn something new.
Matt was built with the "get it done and out of the way early, so the rest of the time is free" personality. So he chose to work alone, and do an assignment on image changes. He'd watch his grandmother go through many of these over the years, especially when she was going away to another country, trying to disguise herself. It had fascinated him for years how she did that, and now was the perfect opportunity to figure it out.
The second thing on his to-do list: find a yearbook from the year his father graduated. There had to be one around the school somewhere. He'd ripped apart his entire house, but nothing had shown up, so he assumed his father got rid of it. This was Hogwarts, which had books centuries old, meaning they had to have one from only eleven years ago, right?
The point of this mission: to find out what his mother really looked like, how she acted, and maybe get a little start into finding out her side of the story as to why she left him and his father. His dad had told him for years that they didn't need her, she had made a choice to leave and they were going to respect it.
His dad had, however, always assured Matt that his mother was a good person who had just ran away when times got tough for them. Matt was to know that his mother was smart and beautiful, and full of life. She had just made some horrible decisions. Draco had never shared her name or picture with his son though.
Matt wanted to get to know his mother somehow. Find a way to find out who she was and what she was like all through school. And he was willing to go to all lengths to find her.
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