Chapter 12
Two weeks had passed since Hermione and Allison had moved into their new house. It was now August, tonight all the ladies were gathering at Ginny's house to celebrate her birthday.
Hermione had been busy the past week, with shooting the Autumn campaign for BeWitched. She had been to various locations in Germany and Switzerland. While in the latter she managed to catch up once with Anna, who was delighted to see her.
She had also managed to speak to Blaise regarding Ally's trust account at Gringott's. She understood that he wanted to provide for their daughter, especially since he was kept out of her life for so long. They agreed that both of them would make contributions to the account regularly.
"Mummy, where are you going tonight?" Ally asked her mother as they got lunch ready.
"I'm going to Aunt Ginny's house to celebrate her birthday"
"Oh, can I come?"
"I'm afraid not sweetie, it's for grown-ups only"
"So where am I going?"
"Well your daddy is going to pick you up and take you to Uncle Ron's house, where you'll have a sleepover with Adam and Mia"
How the men had managed to come up with the idea of looking after the kids for the night, Hermione had no clue, but was happy with, because she knew her daughter would have fun and more importantly be safe, with Blaise around.
After giving Ally a bath, Hermione herself took a shower. She entered her bedroom in her robe and found her wardrobe door open.
"Ally baby, what are you doing?" she curiously.
"Oh hello mummy, I'm getting clothes for you" Ally replied poking her head around the wardrobe door.
Hermione looked into the wardrobe and saw that her daughter had a pile of her tops in front of her. She was going to get upset with Ally but decided against it, because it was just too cute.
"What did you find for me to wear?"
"Mum, you wear this top" Ally said handing Hermione a dark brown Prada knitted top with a boat neckline.
"This is a nice top baby, but I was going to wear a dress"
"Oh" Ally pouted.
"Baby, sorry, but I really was going to wear a dress" Hermione told her daughter.
"I pick a dress for you mummy?" the girl asked hopefully.
"Uh…yeah sure baby, course you can" Hermione said before going over to her dresser and reading a text message from Blaise saying he would be over shortly.
"Mum, what about this one?" Ally said holding out a Plato dark green halter neck dress. Plato was another magical designer brand from mainland Europe.
"That looks perfect, baby, thank you….hopefully your aunt Daphne forgives me for wearing a competitor" the older witch mumbled.
"Huh?" Ally asked in confusion.
"Nothing baby" Hermione said kissing her daughter's head.
Hermione slipped on the dress over her new BeWitched underwear. She was due to do a catwalk show for that line in a few weeks' time and received some free pieces via Daphne.
"How do I look?" she asked her daughter.
"You look so pretty mummy" Ally smiled back.
"Thank you sweetheart….why don't you go pick out some books to take with you tonight? Hermione told her daughter.
The little girl ran back to her room to gather her things.
Hermione was putting her shoes on when Ally raced back into her bedroom.
"What is it darling?"
"Daddy's here, may I please open the door for him?"
"Are you sure it's him?" Hermione asked Ally. She had taught her daughter to ask her before open the front door for someone, unless she opened it herself.
"Yes mummy, I saw his car"
"Okay then you may open the door for him" she smiled back at Ally.
Hermione heard the little girl open the door for her father and her cry happily "Daddy, you are here finally"
"I am sweetheart; do you have your things ready?" Hermione heard Blaise ask their daughter.
"Yeah, I do, Nana bought me a new bag, it's blue!" Ally told her father excitedly.
Hermione's mother had indeed bought her granddaughter a new blue backpack with a picture of Sleeping Beauty on it. Ally was thrilled when she was presented with it, she hoped she could use it for school, but when Hermione told her that she had to use the school one she was disappointed.
"Well blue is a great colour, where's your mum?" Blaise asked.
"She's still getting ready…she's very pretty" the brunette heard Ally tell Blaise as she slipped on her silver bracelet.
"Yes you're mum was always pretty" Hermione blushed at Blaise's response.
She picked up her clutch and made her way to the living room.
Hearing the clicking of her heels, Blaise looked up and felt his jaw drop.
"Hi Blaise, how are you?" Hermione asked.
"Uhhhh, I'm great, how are you? You look great by the way" he responded taking in her stunning appearance.
"I'm great and thank you" Hermione smiled back at him.
"How are you getting to Ginny's?" Blaise asked
"I was going to apparate over, I had an apparition spot put in the backyard, sorry I forgot to tell you that" Hermione told him.
" Oh that's okay, driving to Ron's gives me more time to spend with Ally" Blaise replied
Hermione smiled at him.
"Ally why don't you go get your bag darling?"
"Sure be back soon daddy" the little girl said dashing down to her room.
"Would you like me to drive you to Ginny's?" Blaise the brunette.
"Oh no, its okay, I don't want to trouble you" she replied.
"It's no trouble Hermione" he smiled back.
"Well if you're sure" she replied as Ally came back with her Sleeping Beauty backpack on her back.
"I'm ready!" she announced.
"Well then let's go!" Blaise said.
Hermione locked the door and put the security wards around the house before slipping into the passenger seat next to Blaise.
"Mummy are you coming to Uncle Ron's too?"
"No baby, daddy is just dropping me at your Aunt Ginny's on the way there" Hermione turned around and smiled at her daughter as Blaise started the car.
"But why don't you drive there?"
Blaise looked over at Hermione waiting for her response.
"Well I might be too tired to drive back from Aunt Ginny's and that will be dangerous" she told her daughter. Blaise snorted at her reply and she glared back at him.
She couldn't tell Ally that she might be drinking too much at the party and couldn't drive back. How do you explain being drunk to a five-year old?
They arrived at Ginny's, Hermione turned around to Ally "Be good for daddy and Uncle Ron, I love you" she blew a kiss to her daughter.
"I love you too mummy" Ally replied blowing a kiss to her mother.
"Thanks for the lift Blaise"
"You are most welcome Hermione, don't drink too much" he winked at her.
Hermione blushed and stepped out of the car and waved as they drove off.
As she made her way up the path to Ginny's front door, she caught a glimpse of blond and black hair just inside the front window. She shook her head in amusement.
Ginny opened the door for her "Hermione, you look fantastic" the red head said hugging her.
"Thanks Gin, so do you" Hermione said looking over the purple dress Ginny was wearing.
"I thought you were apparating here?" the red head asked raising an eyebrow.
"Oh she just wanted to spend time with a certain wizard" said Pansy walking up the hallway. "I saw your arrival" the former Slytherin added.
"Blaise drove you here?" Ginny asked in shock.
Hermione nodded "He did"
"Hermione Granger, what are you wearing?" Daphne asked as stuck her head out of the living room looking over Hermione's dress and noting it was a from a competing designer.
"Well, you can take it up with my daughter, since she chose it for me" Hermione smirked as she walked into the living room.
"Hmm, remind me to buy that girl a full wardrobe of BeWitched clothing for Christmas" Daphne said pursing her lips together.
"Oh no you don't have to do that, she has ten times more clothes that I had at her age" Hermione replied.
"Ally chose your dress?" Ginny asked as she walked into living room and handed Hermione a wine glass.
"Who knows we might have a future stylist on our hands" joked Pansy taking a sip of sparkling water. Being pregnant, she couldn't drink any alcohol.
"We'll see" said Hermione.
"So where is Padma?" asked Daphne.
"Oh is she coming tonight too?" Hermione asked.
"Yes a lot of girls from school are coming and she said she was putting Clinton to bed before coming over" Ginny replied.
"Speaking of Padma, did you hear that Parvati had a baby girl two days ago?" said Pansy.
"What did her and Anthony name the baby?" asked Hermione
"Sarah Edith Goldstein"
"Have you and Neville decided on a name for the baby?" Ginny asked Pansy.
"Well as you know, he doesn't know it's a boy, but we both like Frank as a middle name, after his father of course, just like Alice is Nicole's middle name, we can't decide on a first name"
"Well there are still a few months ago" Ginny said before they all heard the familiar sound of someone apparating in.
"We're in the living room" the red head called out to her new guests.
"Yes indeed you are" came the voice of Padma Patil-Corner as she entered the room.
"Hello Padma" smiled Hermione.
"Hermione so good to see you, I see you enrolled your daughter a my school, I'm so happy, I'm sure she'll have lots of fun" the former Ravenclaw said hugging the brunette.
Padma hugged the other witches before taking a seat next to Daphne.
"Did Clinton go down alright then?"
"Yeah, he's a stage where he'll only go to bed if I put him there, doesn't allow Michael to do it, Ingrid was never like that"
"Want a drink?" Ginny asked.
"Ah yes, red wine for me" smiled the former Ravenclaw.
"I'm sorry, Ingrid is your daughter?" asked Hermione
"Oh yes she is, I forgot who didn't know those kind of details, she'll be four in a week's time" said Padma.
"Oh don't be, I'm still learning it all" laughed the brunette.
"Who's been the biggest surprise?" asked Daphne.
"Don't take this the wrong way, it was Pansy and Neville" Hermione replied glancing over at the former Slytherin.
"Oh don't worry, we shocked more than just a few people with our relationship, I'm pretty his Grandmother was going to faint when she first met me" laughed Pansy.
"Ah crap" they all heard someone say from the other room.
"What's wrong Lav?" Ginny yelled out.
"My shoe's strap broke when I apparated here" Lavender yelled back.
A few minutes later after fixing her shoe, Lavender Davies walked in.
"Sorry about that" she apologised taking a seat next to Hermione.
"I told you to come visit me for new shoes" Pansy told the blonde.
"I know I'll come by soon" replied Lavender.
"So tell us Hermione, how are you getting on with Blaise?" asked Daphne coyly.
"C'mon guys, it's not my birthday, we are here for Ginny"
"Yes but I want to hear about you and Blaise" said the red head in a sing-song voice.
Hermione glared back at her.
"Fine, but your birthday is next month, and we'll talk about then" Ginny winked at Hermione.
The night's celebration continued on. Hermione thankfully didn't drink too much and was able to apparate home safely.
In the morning she woke and saw it was just after eight.
She heard the banging of pans in the kitchen and heard Blaise and Ally's voices.
She got out of bed and slipped on her robe and flip flops and made her way to the kitchen.
"Oh hello" she said.
Blaise turned around from the stove "Morning Hermione, I hope you don't mind, I picked up Ally from Ron's and brought her home via apparition"
"Oh no, that's okay, thanks for doing that" Hermione smiled back at him.
"You're welcome, so was it a good night?"
"Yes thanks, I had fun, are you making breakfast?" Hermione asked him.
"Umm, yes I hope you don't mind, I thought I would make pancakes for Ally, would you like some?" he asked her.
"Sure, but only if you stay for breakfast too" she replied a little too quickly for her liking then looked away.
Why on earth did I just say that Hermione thought to herself.
Blaise took a few moments to comprehend what she had said.
"Sure I'll stay for breakfast" he smiled at mother and daughter.
After breakfast, Hermione cleaned up the dishes as Blaise helped Ally unpack her bag from the previous night.
"She's all unpacked" he told her as Hermione walked him to the front door.
"Thanks for doing that, for all really, picking her up and dropping her home and then breakfast"
"Oh that's okay, you're a wonderful mother Hermione" he told her making her blush.
"Thank you Blaise, you're a wonderful dad" she replied.
They stood they awkwardly not really sure what to say or do next.
Blaise leant in and pressed his lips to hers. Hermione was shocked initially but soon started to kiss back. Hermione parted her lips and Blaise massaged her tongue with his, savouring her taste of pancakes and honey. Hermione moaned a little into his mouth before Blaise drew back.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to do that" Blaise stammered out before hurrying out the front door, leaving behind a confused Hermione.
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