Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Ron and Hermione would never ever have liked each other... at all.

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When she got back to her rooms she went upstairs to get Nicole. When she got to the door to Nicole's room she heard giggling. So she figured it was dobby playing with her. So when she opened the door to see Nicole in Draco's arms she was to say the least very surprised. She ran over to Nicole and took her from Draco's arms and looked at her to make sure she was ok.

"DRACO WHATEVER-YOU-MIDDLE-NAME-IS MALFOY! KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER!" Hermione all but screamed at him.

"Granger! Calm down. Did I hurt her? No. Exactly I won't hurt a defenseless girl! I'm not that cruel!" Draco said before storming off.

Hermione looked over her daughter for a single bruise or mark to yell at Draco for and thought about what he had said. Why would he hurt Nicole? What kind of man did she think he was? He wasn't evil! He wasn't like that there was no way he would ever do anything like that. He might have been mean to her in the past years but Hermione had never been defenseless. She had always had a form of protection. He had never touched her in any way.

He was even being civil to her this year. She should apologize for being mean to him.

"Draco, I'm sorry for yelling at you. You would never do anything to Nicole. You're not that kind of man," Hermione gasped as she ran to catch up with him.

"You better believe I'm not! I would never do that. Especially to Nicole, she's too cute," Draco said angrily.

"I know I over reacted! I was worried about her! What did you expect? She's the only thing in the world that means anything to me. I love her more than my own life!" Hermione explained as Draco walked away.

"Oh, and by the way… my middle name is Xavier," called Draco over his shoulder. "You coming?" asked Draco as he kept walking.

"No, I have to go watch Nicole," said Hermione turning around.

"Hermione!" yelled Draco, "the common room is this way!"

"I knew that!" yelled Hermione turning around and running to catch up with Draco. When she reached him he was laughing, but still waiting for her.

"Let's go get Nicole and take a walk around Hogwarts. Come on. She's waiting. Did you leave her in the common room alone?" Draco asked as they walked towards the common room.

"Ok, that sounds fun. No, Ginny came by after you left and stayed with her while I came after you," Hermione replied with a smile, thinking about how great of a friend Ginny was. She would always be there for Hermione no matter what she did.

"Ok, just worried you'd left adorable little Nicole all alone," Draco said with a genuine smile.

"Here we are!" smiled Hermione as they arrived at their common room. As she burst in she saw Ginny and Nicole asleep on the couch. Ginny holding Nicole in her arms with Hermione's head phones on her ears.

"Awwwwwwwww! They're so cute!" Hermione sighed to Draco as she laid a blanket over her best friend and her daughter.

"Let's just leave a note telling them where we've gone," whispered Draco.

"Ok," Hermione replied in a whisper so as not to wake them up

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That's it folks! Sorry it has taken me that long to update. I haven't had any confidence in my writing for a while so I haven't written anything until last week and that was for class. That made me realize how much I missed writing.

Thank you Hotkatt114 you have convinced me that writing is worth the time and that someone cares if I update. You have really made my day.

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