Unexpected Consequences

Ch. 7 Another Dad?

One week after the incident in the chamber of secrets Abby was let out of the hospital. She walked back down to her dormitory and thought about all the new information she had learned in the last few days.

First off she found out that she didn't have a mom at all. In reality, she had two dads. Exactly how that worked she still wasn't sure. Harry had told her that it happened because of a potion that he was slipped but he didn't know any of the details about it, he never bothered to figure it out.

The second thing she learned was that her potions professor is her other father. She wasn't sure how she felt about that just yet. She was still trying to digest it information before she decided on if it was good or bad. Though based on the way her two fathers fought all the time it was probably going to be bad.

Abby sighed and sat down on her bed. Tomorrow she would have to see professor Malfoy in class. 'I wonder how that will go over,' she thought to herself as she lay down on the blankets. She pulled out her cell phone and saw that there were already 3 messages from her father. Instead of listening to them she deleted them and put her phone away.

Earlier that day, when her father finally left, the two of them had been talking about life and love and all kinds of random stuff in between. In the middle of their conversation she had asked her father if he's seen Professor Malfoy since the morning that they had the fight and he was told that he had a child. The rest of their conversation had been about how the two of them got together and how the two of them broke up. He told her that he always loved Draco, but he never answered her question.

She took that as a no.

'I wonder if I should go talk to professor Malfoy before I see him tomorrow. Would it be a little less strange if they weren't in front of a whole class full of students?

Abby rolled over and pulled out her map and looked to see if anyone was out and about. She scanned the map and saw that Professor Malfoy was sitting next to the lake and she decided to go and talk to him.

She grabbed her invisibility cloak and ran out the door of her dorm. When she got to the hallway right outside the common room she slipped the cloak on. She walked quickly down the hall and out the door of the school. As soon as she got outside she could see where Malfoy was sitting. He was sitting and staring at the water, not moving at all. She walked up to him, still hidden under the cloak, and saw that he was sitting there crying.

"Professor are you ok?" she asked quietly as she pulled off the cloak.

Malfoy jumped up and pulled out his wand, but when he saw who is was he lowered it quickly. "Abby what are you doing out here?"

"You looked like you could use some company, so I came out side," she replied shyly. He just looked at her and she smiled back. She sat down on the ground and pulled her knees up to her chin. A few seconds later Malfoy sat down next to her, but neither of them said anything for a few minutes.

"What did he tell you about your relationship?" Malfoy asked quietly.

Abby thought about it for a minute and said softly, " well… not all that much. He told me that the two of you had been together. That you got together after a Halloween party in your 7th year and that there was a misunderstanding that made you split up. He wouldn't even tell me what the misunderstanding was."

Malfoy sat there and stared at the water for a few minutes, remembering what happened when the two of them had finally figured out that they weren't enemies.

A 17-year-old Draco was walking down the hallway, and trying to avoid getting caught by any of the professors that he knew were patrolling the halls at the late time. It was Halloween and he was trying his best to go to sleep after a large party but he could not do it so he opted for going to the kitchens and finding a small snack.

He turned a corner and was instantly knocked off of his feet and onto the floor. He groaned and looked around to see what he ran into but could see nothing. "What the fuck?" he said to himself softly.

What he saw next he did not expect. He was staring at an empty space not to far from him when suddenly it was filled with none other then Harry Potter. He stood there in tight pants and a shirt that was way to large for him. His hair was messy and his face was a deep red. He was drunk.

"Potter? What are you doing out here?" Draco asked him as he got up and walked over to the boy standing there.

"Getting some food, same as you I'm guessing."

Draco stood there and looked at him for a minute before deciding that he was not going to let Potter walk back to the room by himself. The last thing he needed was for something to happen to Potter and have him be that last one to have seen him.

"Come on Potter I'm going to walk you back to your dorm," Draco said in a way that left no room for questioning. Half way up to the tower Harry stumbled and fell to the ground. He sat there for a minute laughing, and he wasn't paying attention to exactly what he was doing.

When he calmed down he shook his head and moved a little bit so that he could lean up against the wall. "Draco, why don't you sit with me for a minute? I need to rest real quick."

Draco really didn't want to sit down with him but he did anyway. The two of them sat there for a lot longer then either of them had thought would be possible. Before they knew it the sun was raising and they both had to run off in opposite directions so that they could get to their dorm with enough time to have a quick shower and get ready for class.

Draco went back to him dorm and sat down on his bed. He thought about how much Harry told him about his life while he was drunk. And how great of a person he was when he eventually sobered up.

The two of them were never enemies again

Slowly Draco said, "When Harry and I first stopped fighting it was the strangest thing that had ever happened to me. And yet, it was the best thing at the same time."

Abby sat and smiled at him. "Do you still love him?" she asked quietly. Draco just looked at her for a minute and shrugged.

"I don't really know. I don't hate him, and I could see myself falling for him again, but I don't think it will ever happen."

"Why wouldn't it?"

Draco sighed, but he did not answer. Abby knew she would not get any more from him about it.

Just as she was about to get up and leave him alone she heard him say, "I hate him." Abby looked at him and waited for him to continue. "How could he not tell me that I had a daughter? Why would he not tell me way back then?" He turned to her, tears in his eyes, and said, " I would have been a part of your life if I knew you existed."

Abby just smiled and hugged him. "I know you would have, but daddy was just scared. The longer he waited the harder it was to tell you. He never said it but I know that's why he didn't say anything. I didn't even know until the same moment you found out."

The two of them sat there for a while longer. Eventually it got to dark for them to stay, and it got so cold that Abby thought she was going to lose her fingers. They got up and walked back to the castle together. Malfoy walked her to her dorm to make sure that no one stopped her on the way.

He turned to leave and she said, "Professor?"

"What is it Abby?"

"…Never mind"

Abby turned and walked into her dorm and back up to her bed. She crawled into the sheets and fell asleep quickly.

Draco, however, could not sleep very well. He tossed and turned for an hour or so before getting up and walking over to the fireplace. He grabbed a handful of Flu powder and threw it into the flame. He stepped inside the flame and yelled "Godric's hollow"

When Draco stopped spinning he was staring at the perfectly designed living room of Harry Potter. He stood there for a minute and looked around the room. He remembered coming here with Harry a long time ago. When he was here last the place was a wreck. Nobody had been living in it for years, and a lot of it was blown up from the last visitor that had been there.

He knew where the bedroom was and he slowly made his way over there. On the way he could see little reminders of the past he had with Harry. An old guitar that Harry had played in a band they had, a green scarf that was obviously from a long time ago, and a small box sitting on an end table from a Christmas they spent together.

When Draco got to the bedroom door he stopped for a minute, waiting to figure out exactly what he was doing here. He pushed it softly and it swung open to reveal a fully awake Harry sitting up in bed, looking at the door.

"What do you want Malfoy?" he asked softly.

"So were back to Malfoy now? I thought we were well beyond that Harry"

"Fine… What do you want Draco?"

Instead of answering Draco walked over to the bed and sat down next to Harry. "Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell HER?"

Harry refused to look at Draco as he sat there, waiting for an answer. "I was scared. I tried to tell you once but you just yelled and said you already knew when I was going to say. You said that you knew about me and Ginny, though that never happened, and that you were fine with just stopping anything we had right then and there."

Draco looked at Harry, and at the sad look in his eyes. "I should have let you explain. I'm so sorry. Do you think you can ever forgive me?"

"I don't know Draco, I just don't know. It's been so long…"

"I know… but will you try?"

"Yes."

Draco smiled and stood up again. I'll leave you to sleep. I hope we can at least get along again, for Abby… Lilly's sake." Harry smiled and nodded. Draco left and when he got back to his bed he broke down and cried himself to sleep.

hey there everyone!! I am so sorry that it took so long to update this thing. I had been trying to update it and then it wouldnt let me upload the chapter for some reason... but my friend Liz helped me get around that. Shes amazing! lol. SO I am sooo sorry it took so long, it wont happen again, I promise!!