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A/N – I'm sorry that it took me so long to update this story. My grandparents were up for a week making it impossible for me to update. Then a few days after my grandparents left I got a call for my sister saying that since our step mom (she lived with our dad and I with our mom) was having twins and needed another room in the house that she would be moving back in with her. So they past week I have been spending time with her. I'm sorry for the wait, but here is an update for ya now. I hope that all of ya like it. I would also like to think you all for the reviews.I loved them all!

Chapter 8: Daddy?

The room remained silent as Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy stood looking at one another in shock. Neither had ever expected to see the other in this sort of circumstance. One of the two secretly hoped to never see the other again while the other had hoped and prayed every night that he would get to explain why he had done what he did.

While everyone's attention was fixed on the pair of adults, one little blond girl was quietly making her way over to where Becca sat in her father's lap. During the week Aaliyah had become close friends with Becca and she wanted to see what Becca's father looked like up close. Aaliyah, like her mother, was smart for her age. She noticed significant similarities between this man and herself and her brothers, but before she was able to say anything, she was flying through the air and soon secured in her mother's arms. However, before her mother had caused her to go flying through the air, Becca's dad had gotten one good look at her eyes.

The next thing she knew, she was sandwiched between her two brothers as her mother took of running to the house with her three children in her arms. As their mother carried them, all three looked at one another in confusion. They had no clue what was going on. Only a little while ago they were having fun while trick-or-treating and now they were being carried off as fast as their mother could run.

The kitchen in the Weasley/Potter house remained quite for another minute after Hermione's departure until Harry voiced the question that was on most of everyone's minds.

"What exactly just happened hear?"

"I think that seeing me here has come as quite a shock to Hermione. How come none of you mentioned that she would be here? And don't even try saying that you forgot because I know damn well that when your friend has been gone for five years, you don't just forget that they have returned?" Draco asked a little hurt that they had not even told him that Hermione was back. Sure, they had never known about the private relationship between him and Hermione, but they could have mentioned something about her. If they had it wouldn't have been that big of a shock for him and he might have been able to plan a way to talk to her without this happening.

"We're sorry Draco. We just know that you and Hermione never became friends during or after Hogwarts so we didn't want to startle either of you. As you can see Hermione didn't know either. All she knew was that Becca's dad was going to be coming here for Halloween." Ginny explained.

Hearing Becca's name, Draco instantly thought of something.

"Did you by any chance tell Hermione Becca's story?" Draco asked both dreading and anticipating the answer.

"We did. And she was a little shocked at first, but she is fine with it now. She has been over here all week and Becca has become close friends with all three of her children." Harry answered Draco's question.

"Children?" Draco cried. Sure, he had seen the little girl, but he hadn't thought much of it. Thinking now though, he had gotten the chance to see her up close and he now saw that there were similarities between him and Hermione's child. The hair, and the eyes were all his. Suddenly, he sprung up and flew out the door leaving the room silent once more.

Draco couldn't believe it! She had hid his children from him for four years. The four long years that he had spent in guilt, always thinking of what he had done, and here she was hiding away the children that he had never gotten to know. Yeah, she had been under the influence that he supported Voldemort, but how could she hide his children from him? She knew that the one thing that he had always wanted was a family. A family of his own to raise his own way. He wanted to raise a family so that they would not turn out how he was suppose to. She knew that his only dream was to have a family, yet she had kept that dream from him for five years.

Draco ran after Hermione as he saw her closing the door to a house across the street. Quickly he pictured himself on her front lawn and then quietly slipped into her house. From the doorway, he watched her place the three children into a room and then make her way into another room. Walking on his tiptoes as to not disturb and scare the children, Draco entered the room that Hermione currently resided. He wasn't surprised when he saw her furiously throwing things into a suitcase.

"Oh, no you don't! You can not leave now. Not when I have just found you. Not before I get the chance to explain what I have done!" Draco said from the doorway, angry that she even thought about running away again.

"Explain? Explain? What is there to explain? You betrayed me! You told me that you didn't believe in Voldemort! You told me that you did not believe in his way of things! You lied to me! You told me that you loved me, but did you really? NO! You were just using me! There is nothing for you to explain that I don't already know so you can just leave me and my family alone!" Hermione shouted angry that he would dare enter her home and begin telling her what to do.

"You never gave me a chance, Hermione! None of that is true! None! I am NOT a supporter of Voldemort. I fought for the light in the last battle. Dammit! Listen to me, Hermione! I love you. I really and truly do! Please believe me! And how can you say your family? Those children are just as much my children as they are yours! I have every right to see them. You on the other hand had absolutely no right to keep them from me!" Draco yelled now furious with her. How dare she say any of that!

A disgusted look fell across Hermione's face, but before she was able to say anything the two adults were interrupted by a quiet knock of the door. Before either could reply, the door opened only to reveal Aaliyah.

Seeing the man from the party, Aaliyah smiled wide and threw herself into the man's arms before opening her mouth to ask the question she was sure she knew the answer of.

"Daddy?"

A/n: well that is chapter 8. I hope that you all enjoyed reading it. I have started working on chapter 9 and I hope that it will be up this weekend or the beginning of next week. Please leave me a review to let me know what you thought of this chapter. Thanks for reading.

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