Chapter 9
A few nights later Blaise found himself in Draco Malfoy's study, in the luxurious house where he lived in with Tracey and Orion.
"So what is up with you Zabini?" Draco asked closing the study door behind him and looking at his best friend on the couch.
"Hey love, I thought I heard…." Tracey said opening the door. "oh I thought I heard you Blaise" she smiled at him.
"Hello Tracey" he tried to smile back at her.
"I'll just leave you boys alone" Tracey said as she went to close the door.
"No its okay, you might as well hear this too" Blaise interjected.
"Hear what?" Draco asked raising a pale blond eyebrow.
"I have a daughter" Blaise told them both.
"Excuse me?" Draco blinked at him
"you heard me, I have daughter, which I just freaking found out about"
"What do you mean you just found out about?" Tracey questioned.
"Well she's five, and…Hermione is the her mother" Blaise sighed.
"You and Granger have a daughter?" Draco laughed.
"Drake don't make this a joke, its serious" Tracey snapped at him.
"Have you met her?" she asked Blaise.
"No, to meet Allison I have to see Hermione and I don't want to see her"
"Ever?" Tracey asked raising her eyebrow.
"No I don't want to see her" Blaise told her.
"Well then you'll never see your daughter" Tracey stated.
"I'm worried about her" Ginny told Daphne.
The blond was busy reading the menu, as they were out to lunch on Friday.
"Sorry Gin, worried about who?"
"Hermione, she hasn't been overly talkative since she had dinner with Blaise the other night"
"So she told him then?"
The redhead nodded and took a sip of her water.
"Well I'm not sure if we should interfere, it is there business Gin" Daphne told her sister in law.
"It's not like I want to interfere, but Mione and Ally will be back in LA in a few days, unless she accepts your proposal that is"
"Well I haven't heard back from here about that either, probably wasn't the greatest idea to give it to her the afternoon before she told her ex-boyfriend about their daughter for the first time"
The waiter came over and took their orders.
"Have you called her?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah I spoke to her briefly yesterday regards to the Autumn collection's photo shoot, but like you said she wasn't that talkative" Daphne replied.
They both shared a worried look.
That evening while Hermione was playing with Ally and having a tea party in their suite, there was a knock at door.
"Oh who's that mummy?"
"I'm not sure sweetheart, we weren't expecting anyone" Hermione said getting up from the floor.
Hermione dressed in sweatpants and a singlet top opened the door to find the last person she expected to see there, Blaise.
"Blaise" she addressed him sounding shocked.
"Hi Hermione, I was hoping to see Allison, if its okay with you and she's still awake" he said quickly looking at his watch.
Hermione was dumbfounded that he had suddenly shown up.
"How did you know which room was mine?" she asked crossing her arms.
"I asked Daphne, don't have a go at her for it"
"I won't, but you're lucky Ally is still awake we were just having tea with Colt and Marge" Hermione told him.
Noticing his confused expression at hearing the names "Two of her teddies, that's their names"
"oh right, well I don't want to interrupt tea then" he said trying to smile.
"No its okay, I suppose you can come in" the brunette said finally allowing him entry into her room.
"you can sit, I want to talk to you anyway before you meet her"
Blaise came in and sat down on the lounge.
"So I know you probably don't forgive me for not telling you about our daughter, but what convinced you to want to meet her? Hermione asked him.
"you're right I don't forgive you, but I spoke to Tracey and Draco, I told them about Allison, I also spoke to Daphne, then Ginny, then Harry and they all convinced me to see you and to meet her"
"You know when she finds out about you, she's going to have lots of questions, she's going to want to see you a lot, you can't abandon her" Hermione told him.
"Funny that you mention abandonment" Blaise said looking at her.
"Well perhaps, I'm not the best person to discuss that, but understand I love my daughter, I try to give her the best things in life, she's the best thing to ever happen to me and I love her wholeheartedly" Hermione responded.
"I'm not going to abandon her and I will love her too Hermione" said the wizard.
Hermione smiled at him and went to bring Ally out from the bedroom where she was playing.
Blaise stared in shock at the little girl walking out with Hermione. She looked just like him but with brown hair and her mother's brown eyes.
"Ally darling there is someone who I want to meet" Hermione smiled at her daughter.
"You remember, how you used to asked me about your daddy? And then you asked Aunt Ginny and Uncle Dean about him too?"
Ally nodded at her mother.
Hermione sighed before continuing on "Well this is Blaise Zabini, he and I went to school together and he's your father darling"
She wasn't sure how her daughter would react to the news or the man sitting near her. Likewise Blaise was wondering how his daughter would feel about meeting him for the first time.'
Ally turned and looked at Blaise studying his features as she slowly walked towards him.
"Are you really my daddy?" she asked him.
"Yes darling I am, it's very nice to meet you" Blaise smiled at her through his tears.
"Mummy, I made daddy cry I didn't mean to make him sad with me" Ally told her mother in panic.
Hermione smiled at her daughter's concern for her father.
"I'm not sad darling, these are happy tears" Blaise explained.
"Oh, so you are happy to meet me then?" the little girl asked.
"Very much so" he said moving to hug his daughter for the first time.
Hermione saw her daughter's arms reaching around Blaise's neck to hug him and she could feel her own happy tears forming.
"So Ally, can I call you that?" Blaise asked her.
She nodded "Sure you can daddy"
"Well what can you tell me about yourself?" Blaise asked her.
"Oh what did you want to know?"
"Well, if it's okay with your mother I'd like to find out a few things about you, I don't want to keep you up too late" he said looking at Hermione, who nodded back at him.
"Well I like the colour purple" Ally told her father.
"That's cool, purple is a great colour"
"Oh I like Eagles too, they are very cool birds, what is your favourite animal?" Ally asked him.
"Well I like Lynx's, have you ever seen one?"
Hermione smiled at this, the Lynx was Blaise's patronus.
Ally shook her head "Nope, never"
Blaise pulled out his wand and said 'Expecto Patronum' loudly. A Lynx sprung from his wand and moved swiftly around the hotel suite to the delight of his daughter.
"That was so cool daddy, did you see that mummy?"
"I did sweetheart, it was cool indeed" Hermione replied.
After playing and talking with Ally a little more, Blaise said goodnight and Hermione put her to bed.
Just before leaving he asked Hermione "Can I take her out one time, just her and I, I have the right to spend time with my daughter"
"I'm not denying you that right Blaise and yes you can take her out for some father/daughter time. I'm sure she would love that"
As Hermione slipped into bed that night, she knew the decision was made for her regarding the proposal from BeWitched.
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