"WAAAAAAAAAAA!" Hermione heard bringing her back to consciousness. AS Nicole wailed, Hermione crawled out of bed and into Nicole's room. What she saw when she entered the room surprised her.
"Shhhhh… Some on Nikki calm down sweetheart," soothed a slightly rumpled Draco Malfoy. As he spoke softly to her she seemed to relax. Soon she was asleep again.
"Draco? Thank you. I truly appreciate you getting up to get Nikki," Hermione whispered so as not to wake Nicole up.
"Anything for you m'lady. Anything to make caring for Nicole easier on you," Draco said with a flourish taking Hermione's hand. He spun her out and back to him leaned her over and kissed her.
"And you kind sir, Draco. Anytime you want you feel free to help me, even if you're helping my lips," Hermione said with a wink.
"Gladly," Draco said as he leaned down and kissed her passionately on the lips. Then pushing her gently up against the wall he continued to snog her.
"Draco, we need to stop," Hermione whispered as she leaned back in for another round, "I have homework that I have to do before Nikki wakes up again."
"Fine, but you have to give a good bye kiss before you go," Draco answered with a smirk. As he pushed her back up against the wall and leant into her body to give her a final kiss before she left him to complete her homework.
As Hermione sat on her bed completing her homework she wondered about her and Draco's relationship. Did they have a relationship? Or was she just another girl he'd hook up with and then dump? What made her so special that he might actually stay with her? With thoughts like these Hermione couldn't concentrate so she decided to go question Draco on his expectations of them.
"Draco!" Hermione hollered as she ran down the steps. It was then that she heard the cries of Nikki. She must be hungry Hermione thought rushing up to her.
"Hey! You are going to leave the room so that I can feed Nikki," Hermione said with a smile.
"Can't I stay?" Draco asked with a wink.
"Sorry but no you can't," Hermione answered with a smile,"Oh! Draco! I want to talk to you when I finish with this."
"Ok, I'll just be in the common room," Draco answered, walking out of the room.
After feeding Nikki, Hermione walked down the steps to speak with Draco.
"Draco? What are we?" Hermione asked as she walked into the room.
"What do you mean?" Draco answered not looking up from his History of Magic essay.
"Draco! Please look at me when I'm talking to you. Yesterday you were spreading rumors about me, this morning we were snogging. Are we going out? Are we just friends? Are we friends with benefits? What are we? I need to know it's driving me crazy! I can't be friends with benefits! I have a daughter! I can't just do that. I have Nikki to think about. With me it's going to have to be all or nothing. If you're going to be with me you have to be a one woman man, with me it's all or nothing," Hermione ranted at Draco.
"Ok, Hermione. I'm not asking to be just friends with you. I wouldn't be able to do that. After everything that has happened today I don't think that's possible. I'm not asking for friends with benefits either. You have Nicole to look after and can't risk it. I totally understand. I think I can to the one woman man thing," Draco said after a minute of thinking about what to say.
"So are you asking me out?" asked a still unsure Hermione.
"Yea Hermione, I think, I am. Hermione What-Ever-Your-Middle-Name-Is Granger, will you go out with me?" Draco asked already knowing the answer.
"Yea! I will. But we have to move slowly. Just because I have Nicole doesn't mean I'm going to be willing to-"Hermione started before she was silenced by Draco's lips.
"Mione, I understand. I figured you would do that and it makes total sense."
"So, when do we go public with this?" Hermione wondered a loud.
"We shouldn't wait too long, but do we have to talk about it today?" Draco asked as he kissed her cheek. "Come on Mione! I want to take a break from all of the thinking," Draco whined.
"Ok," Hermione responded giving in to Draco's tempting offer of a little fun. So they spent the remainder of the day like that, in one another's arms and playing with Nicole.
I hope you liked this chapter! I won't guarantee another one over Spring Break, but you might get one... if you're lucky. I had to retype almost all of this chapter because I was working on it during a tornado watch and the power got wiped out. I can't help when I get inspired! gives a small ashamed smile Oh, well! But any feedback is always welcome!
Babe-ette or Slytherin in Mind (what ever you want to call me)
