Chapter 10
The following morning, Hermione took Ally to Ron and Daphne's house.
"Hey Mione, come in" Ron said greeting her at the front door, as held Cynthia in his arms.
"Hi Uncle Ron" Ally smiled at him.
"Hey darling, Adam is playing in the lounge room, you can go join him" he told the little girl.
Ally ran into the living room.
"Come through Daph is just hanging out the washing" Ron told her.
"Oh I hope wasn't interrupting you" said Hermione
"Nonsense, you can stop by whenever you want" Ron smiled at her.
"Good morning Mione" said Daphne as she came through the back door, carrying a now empty laundry basket.
"Morning, you put the washing out the Muggle way?"
"Yeah, well we live in a Muggle neighbourhood, so we have keep up appearances" laughed Daphne, as she levitated that the basket down the hallway back to the laundry.
"Well I suppose I should tell you what happened last night" Hermione said sitting down at their dining table.
"Something bad?" Ron asked taking a seat, and placing Cynthia on his lap.
"Not necessarily, Blaise came over to the hotel" Hermione said looking at Daphne.
"Oh Mione, I'm sorry, I only told him your room number yesterday evening, I didn't realise he would go straight there or I would have warned you" Daphne apologised
"Don't be sorry Daphne, it didn't go too badly actually, he met Allison finally" Hermione responded
"And how did Allison react?" Ron asked sceptically
"She took to him straight away, he even showed his patronus and she was amazed by it" the brunette told him
"Wow, that is a good reaction I guess"
Hermione nodded.
"Want some tea?" Daphne asked
"Sure, I've actually made up my mind regarding the proposal Daph"
"Oh?"
"Yeah, it looks like Ally and I will be staying London, I couldn't possibly take Ally away from her Blaise now or her grandparents" Hermione told them.
"Oh that is such good news" Daphne said hugging Hermione.
"I had a feeling you would think so" laughed Hermione.
"Oh, we have so much to organise regarding the photo shoot, Ally's school, somewhere for you both too live, hang on, you still want to model right?" Daphne asked sounding worried.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well I thought since you're back, you might want to go back to the Department of Mysteries" Daphne told her.
"No, I will stick to modelling" Hermione smiled at her.
"Good stuff, how does Ally feel about it?" Ron asked his best friend.
"Well at first she was confused, then I explained that she would see her grandparents more, and now her daddy and you guys of course, then she got upset because she would miss her friends, but then she got happy" she told him.
"Ah kids so adaptable like that" commented Daphne as she poured tea for them all.
Ally and Adam came into the kitchen "Mum can I have a snack?"
"Sure sweetheart, Ally would you like something to eat as well?"
The little girl nodded "Yes please"
"Here you go" Daphne said placing two plates on the table for the kids.
"So Ally, your mummy said you met your daddy last night?" her Uncle Ron asked her.
"Yep and tomorrow we are going to the acarium" she told him.
Both adults looked at Hermione with confused expressions.
"She means the aquarium, she and Blaise are having a daddy/daughter day tomorrow" she told the other two.
"What's an aquarium?" Daphne asked.
"They have displays of Fish, sharks and other sea animals" Hermione explained.
"I want to see the Penguins" piped up Ally.
"Yeah they are pretty cute" Daphne smiled at the little girl.
On Sunday morning Ally was so excited to see her father, that she insisted that she dress herself. Hermione allowed her daughter to choose own clothes, sadly what she chose didn't quiet match.
"It's going to be warm today, how about you wear a skirt or a dress instead of jeans?" Hermione asked her.
Ally thought for moment "Okay!"
As Hermione was sorting through Ally's other clothes for a more suitable outfit. The little girl asked her mother. "Mum, are you okay?"
Hermione turned around "I'm okay darling, why do you ask?"
"You looked sad last night and this morning too"
"Oh honey I'm not sad" the brunette smiled at her daughter. She was little sad, that her daughter was so excited to spend the day with her father, someone hadn't met this time last week. She felt like she was being pushed aside
"I love you mummy" Ally said in a sweet voice as she hugged her mother.
"I love you too baby girl" she responded through happy tears.
Blaise arrived not long after Ally had finished getting ready.
"Morning" Hermione greeted him at the door.
"Good morning" he said with a small smile as he walked into the room.
They both stood in the room in an award silence. Which Hermione thought was utterly ridiculous.
"I signed the proposal from BeWitched, which means both Ally and I are staying here" she said suddenly.
Blaise looked at her "I'm glad to hear that, it will mean good things for you both"
"What do you mean?" she questioned him.
"Well, you'll be able to see your parents and friends more often and your parents will get to know their granddaughter" he told her.
"You forget one thing"
"What?"
"You'll get to spend more time with your daughter Blaise" she told him crossing her arms under her boobs, lifting them a bit, Blaise quickly averted his eyes away from her.
"You're right, so ummm…what are you doing today?" he asked her.
"Well the gym first, then shopping and the spa with my mum for a massage and facial, are you brining her back here?" Hermione replied.
"Well yes, why are you going somewhere else?"
"Ginny invited us for to dinner to hers and Dean's place, if you want you can bring her by there, I'll be there around 6pm.
Blaise nodded "Sure 6pm it is"
"Daddy! You're here" Ally came tearing into room into Blaise's waiting arms.
"Hey sweetheart, what have you been up to? Any trouble?" he asked her.
"No trouble daddy, but yesterday at Aunty Daphs' and Uncle Ron's, Adam showed his toy lion called Charlie"
"Oh yes, I know that Lion pretty well, he got it for Christmas last year, named it after his Uncle" he added looking at Hermione.
Hermione cleared her throat "Well Ally baby, be a good girl for daddy today and I will see you later for dinner at Aunt Gin's" she said kissing the girl on the cheek.
"See you later" Blaise told her.
"Bye Blaise"
"oh and Hermione?"
"Yes?"
"You don't really need a facial, you face is still beautiful" he told her before heading to the lifts with Ally.
Hermione closed the door in shock. Wow, he is full of surprises; maybe he does't hate me so much anymore.
Blaise was having a great day with his daughter, sure he had spent loads of time with the other kids, but being your own child was something special.
So far he and Ally had seen the fish and the crocodiles. Ally decided that they were ugly animals and didn't like them that much.
They walked to the walkway that took them under the shark pool.
"Daddy I'm scared" Ally said squeezing Blaise's hand as hard as she could.
"Don't worry sweetheart, they can't get to you and anyways I will always protect you" he told her.
"What about mum? Will you protect her too?" Ally asked her father innocently.
"Ah yes, I'll protect her too" Blaise told her. As if he could tell their daughter anything else, they might not be together anymore, but she is still the mother of his child.
"Look daddy, there's a baby shark" Ally said excitedly, pointing to where a baby shark was swimming with it's mother.
"So there is sweetheart" Blaise said picking up Ally and carrying her through the rest of display.
"Can we go see the penguins now?"
"Sure let's go see those cute little creatures, then we'll go and have some lunch"
That evening Hermione was at the Thomas residence waiting for Blaise to come back with Ally. She was watching Mia drawing, occasionally she would ask the little girl a question or two about what she was drawing.
Mia seemed to be speaking a lot as opposed to using sign language. Ginny and Dean didn't mind either way, as long as she was comfortable.
"So how was your day?" Ginny asked walking into the living room.
"It was great, I loved spending just a girls day with mum" Hermione smiled back at her.
"Anyone want a drink?" Dean called from the kitchen.
Ginny looked at Hermione who shrugged.
"Two glasses of wine, please love" the red head called to her husband.
Mia looked at her mother.
"Oh and Apple Juice for Mia" Ginny added winking at her daughter.
"So when are you and Ally moving to your new place?" Dean asked walking into the living room with the juice, wine and a beer for himself.
"I'm not sure, I'm going to speak the manager and Daphne tomorrow" Hermione smiled back at him.
The doorbell rang and Ginny went to answer it.
"Mummy" Ally squealed as she launched herself at Hermione.
"oh my baby, I missed you, did you have a good day?"
"uh huh, looked what daddy bought me….it looks just like Nemo"
"Wow darling, it does too, I hope you thanked daddy for it"
"I did, I want to go show Mia, where is she Aunt Ginny?" Ally asked looking at the red head.
"She's in her room sweetheart"
Ally started to run out of the room , heading to Mia's bedroom "Oh and mummy?"
"Yes baby?" Hermione smiled at her daughter.
"Daddy said that he would protect me and you" Ally told her before running out of the room.
Hermione's eyes widened as she averted the gaze of Ginny and Dean and turned her attention to Blaise.
"Sorry about that, I couldn't tell her I wouldn't protect you" Blaise told her.
"No I guess you couldn't" Hermione said snapping out of her shock.
"Well I hope you had a good day with your mother"
"I did, it was very lovely, I hope Ally behaved herself today"
"She did, I would to see her again, perhaps take her to a movie?" Blaise said looking at Hermione.
"uh, yeah sure, she likes the cinemas" Hermione smiled back at him.
"So Blaise would you like to stay for dinner?" Ginny asked interrupting them.
"Oh no, I don't want to put you out, I should get back home, I have a big day in court tomorrow"
"Nonsense, c'mon let me get you a beer" Dean said directing Blaise towards the kitchen.
Hermione saw Ginny smirking at her.
"I know what you're thinking Ginerva, so stop right there!"
Hermione couldn't deny, that she started to fall Blaise again that evening.
A/N: Thanks again for reading. Please let me know what you thought of it.
I'm starting a new job next week, so my updates will be less frequent.