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What's In A Name?

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"No, absolutely not!"

"Oh Draco," Hermione whined, "I think it's a lovely name, please?"

"No," Draco said adamantly, "I don't like it, I think it's rather plain almost, and no child of mine is going to have a plain name."

"Plain!" Hermione exclaimed, "It is not plain, I went to primary school with a lovely girl with that name."

"You want to name our daughter after someone you went to school with?" Draco asked, "Next thing you'll want to name her Lavender or Millicent, or something. No way."

"Draco?" Hermione asked he just shook his head, "Fine," she snapped, crossing out with her quill, Emma.

"What's next?" He asked, taking the parchment out of her hands. "Oooh that one is alright."

"You think so?" Hermione asked, "I didn't think you'd like that one."

"Why wouldn't I like this one?"

"I just thought you wouldn't like names that could turn into nicknames, like with Ronald to Ron…"

"Hold it right there missy," Draco interrupted, "There is no way in hell that any child of mine is being named Ronald. No chance."

"Well I quite like the name Ronald, so I think I'll keep it in mind if we ever have a boy," Hermione teased.

"No."

"Well moving on, you really like this name?"

"Yes I do," Draco answered, "Do you?"

"Yeah," Hermione smiled, "I'll put it on the other sheet," she said, writing the name Jessica down on the 'maybe' page.

"What the…" Draco muttered, as he perused the list, "Why the hell did you write down this name?"

"What one?" Hermione asked, looking over at the page, she started giggling as she looked at the name he was referring to, "What you don't like it?"

"What do you think?" Draco said, sarcasm dripping from his words.

"I think it's cute, and it is close to a name in your family already so I thought you would," Hermione smiled, "Shall I put it on the maybe list?"

"Uh, let me think about it…" Draco point a finger on his chin, and adopted a thoughtful gaze, "mmm…no."

"Why?"

"Why? People will think we are naming our little girl after my father, and the first thing I want them to think when they meet her is how delightful she is, not of him," Draco said.

"Ok, I understand the reasoning behind that," she replied, "So no to Lucy."

"Yes," Draco answered, looking over the list for a moment, "I have to say this one is my favourite."

"Why's that?" Hermione asked looking at the name.

"It fits with the other Malfoy names, and it's pretty," Draco said.

"I never thought you'd go for a pretty name," Hermione said, "Adrienne…yeah I like it too."

"So do you reckon it's a definite?" Draco asked.

"Yes I think so," Hermione said, grabbing the names book she'd bought the other week, at the beginning of their quest for the perfect name. "I wonder what it means…" she mused to herself as she looked through it.

"That doesn't matter," Draco said quickly, grabbing the book and putting it on the other side of him.

"Why?" Hermione asked, reaching around him to get the book, which was hard with her sixth month baby belly. He only made it harder, by throwing the book to the other side of the room, "Draco! You don't throw books! Now why don't you want me to know the meaning?"

"You wont like it," he said.

"Just tell me."

"It's meaning is 'dark'."

"Dark?" Hermione said incredulously, "You want to give our daughter a name that means dark?"

"It's a nice name," Draco reasoned, "And besides she will always be our little ray of light, isn't that what you say?"

"Yes, don't throw that back at me," Hermione said, "I'm not sure…"

"At least think about it," Draco said, "Please?"

"Okay," she said.

"And you can always give her a nickname," Draco said, "Ada Malfoy, that sounds nice."

"I like that," Hermione smiled, putting her hands on her belly, "Ada Malfoy."


Prompt: Dark