ch9

Amanda looked at the clock on her desk it told her it was a quarter to four, she could easily go see Bradley and when she got back she could simply lie, and tell every one that she had just got out of the hospital wing.

Amanda was about to leave when another two girl came into the room, with linked arms and big smiles on their faces.

Lavender introduced herself and her friend, "Hi I'm Lavender Brown and this is my friend Parvarti Patil we're also sixth years."

"Hi I'm Ama…"

"Yeah Amanda Torque, we know."

"Is your lip and eye okay, they look terribly sore?"

"I'll be fine, but is it normal at Hogwarts to be attacked for no reason?"

"No, not really, this is probble a first since I've been here."

"Good, so who else is in our room?"

"Us, you and Hermione."

"Are you two sharing a bunk?"

"Yeah we do every year even when there is another whole bunk free, we're pretty close."

"Cool, anyway I had better be going. Harry, Ron and Ginny will be looking for me."

"Wait before you go we just wanted to tell you, that we think that what Hermione did was really bitchy and you deserve better, so you are more then welcome to hang around with us if she gets to annoying. I would love to do stuff with your hair it's really pretty."

"Thanks for the offer guys, I'll defiantly keep it in mind."

Amanda left and headed towards the kitchen of the directions Dumbledore gave her. She stopped at a large painting of a bowl of fruit; she reached out and tickled the pear, making a door magically appear.

The kitchen was rather big and was full of house elves, she estimated around a hundred. She had her way around little house elves to the back of the room where she found two doors. While deciding which door to open, she felt a tug on her robes, "Miss Torque?"

Amanda turned around to see Dobby the Malfoy family's old house elf, wearing a wide range of coloured clothes, none of which matched.

"Miss Torque, have you come to see your brother."

Amanda nodded; she hadn't seen her son in a week and missed him dearly.

"Hey Dobby, how many house elves know Bradley is here?"

"None but Dobby Miss!" Dobby told her with a hint of pride as he put a long silver key in the lock and turned it.

Dobby grabbed a handful of her robes and pulled her into the room where she found a beautiful nursery. With a cot, magical changing table, many stuffed toys, a table and two chairs. The walls were a beautiful shade of baby blue, which matched all the furniture.

"Miss Torque it is time to give baby Bradley his bottle, do you want me to feed him?"

"No thanks Dobby, I will, and also you can call me Amanda now."

"Okay Amanda," Dobby clicked his fingers and a bottle of milk appeared on a table in the corner, "I'm going back into the kitchen to help prepare dinner."

"Thanks Dobby."

Amanda picked up the beautiful baby boy, making sure to support his head, and then rested him on her chest facing her. She carried him over to the table where she rested him partially on her lap and partially on her arm. With the other hand she picked up the bottle of warm milk, and squirted a little on the inner side of her other wrist. It was the perfect temperature. She put it in his open mouth and he began to suckle, it only took him fifteen minutes to drink the whole bottle. Amanda only stayed with her son for another three quarters of an hour, as she knew people would be starting to try and find her. Amanda hugged and sang for her baby boy while he looked into his mothers blue eyes.

Amanda admired her son, as her stared at her with his beautiful grey eyes (with the tiniest hint of blue), which sparkled and made them, appear silver. He defiantly had his father's eyes which is the main reason nobody could know about him because legally she is to young to be a guardian of a child, even if she was seventeen the ministry would unlikely give her custody because she is still so young. There was no way she would let Lucius find out there was a Malfoy out there, most likely with healing powers. Lucius being Lucius would use the child to his own gain, ignoring the child's best interests.

Amanda gently placed him back in his crib and pulled his little blanket over him.

"I'll see you tomorrow," Amanda gave him a kiss good-bye and told him, "I love you."

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That was a really short chapter, but I didn't want to ruin the moment by adding more. P.S. Bradley reminds me heaps of my baby cousin who just turned one, he's so adorable.