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Chapter 11:: You're Busted, Glamour Girl

Alyssa slowly rolled over to face him, her eyes slightly wide with fear. "Wha—What do you mean?"

"You know exactly what I mean. When were you going to tell me you're Hermione under all those glamour charms?" His eyes had lost their understanding, they were firm and resolved. Draco was going to get to the bottom of this once and for all.

"Glamour charms?" She was trying to play the ignorant route, but unfortunately for her, she was still a horrible liar, even after all these years.

"Don't play dumb, we both know it doesn't suite you." Draco reached over to grab his wand, undoing her glamour with a simple flick. Hermione winced as he sat his wand back down, ready for the yelling that was sure to come; but there was none. Just merely, "I want answers, Hermione."

Hermione made to jump up and run, but his arms encircled her midsection tightly, holding her to him in a captive embrace. "You have to stop running." He only meant to think it, but it came out in a mutter. She went limp with defeat in his arms, her large, soulful eyes boring into his. She couldn't even apparate away, if she tried he'd be pulled with her; and that happened without her wanting him along, who knows what parts of them would end up where. The idea of slinching didn't sound appealing to her, and even if that concern wasn't there, she was too worn out to even attempt apparition.

"Draco, you have to understand…" Her voice was quiet, unsure and unwilling.

"I've been trying to understand this whole time. You just won't talk." His fingers gently played at her hair, gently tangling themselves in her locks as he pressed a kiss to her forehead. Yelling and fighting wouldn't get him anywhere, it would only make her close up and run away again.

"Aren't you even the slightest bit angry?"

"Oh, I'm furious; but we'll save that for another time. Why hide, Hermione. What could you possibly be hiding from?"

"Everything. I didn't want to come back to the wizarding world. Ginny wanted to and she talked me into it. It's all a huge mess. I didn't want to run into you; I was afraid you would have been married now, or possibly dead from that engagement with Astoria." Slow, silent tears were making their way down her cheeks. "By the time we met, I was glamoured for the daycare; you took to that side of me but were still holding onto this me too. It frustrated me. I really do miss you; after all these years I thought I would be okay to come back, but when we met here to discuss Sky, it was a lost cause."

"You're not making any sense. I kept telling you to come back, I know you got my letters; my owl returned after each delivery empty handed. If you really missed me so bad then why not come back?"

"I don't know. I just couldn't come back and face you after everything."

"I see the ways of the stubborn and ever proud Gryffindor hasn't left you." Draco teased her lightly with his words, his fingers taking to cupping her face in his hands.

"I guess not." She looked down cast, taking her eyes off of him to his chest. "So… what do we do from here?"

"Well, you're fucking insane if you think I'm letting you go now." She brought her eyes back to his. "I've waited too damn long for you to come back and now that you're here, you're not leaving. Even if I have to chain you to the dungeon wall, you're not leaving me again." He was only half-joking; his manor didn't even have a dungeon… anymore.

"Well then, Mr. Malfoy, please tell me what I should be doing then." Draco gave her a long, heated kiss. Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck, embracing his affections.

"We'll figure it out in the morning." He said it between light kisses to her lips.

"I really am sorry about everything; I don't know why you want such a horrible person, and I know I really don't deserve you after all of this. But, for what it's worth, I do love you, Draco. I love you so much, and every day over these years I see Skylene growing up to look more and more like you. I'm so very sorry for everything. I don't think I'll ever be able to make it up to you, though I want to try to make everything right." Her eyes reflected with unshed tears, truly feeling awful for everything she's done.

Draco placed a kiss to her forehead before giving her a mischievous smile. "I think we can come up with some ways." He lightly kissed her neck, nipping her soft spot below her ear.

Hermione woke to the sunlight pouring directly on her face. That's odd… my window faces west. She rubbed her eyes slowly, trying to wipe the last remnants of sleep from her brain. She felt a little sore, but other than that she felt wonderful; leagues better than she had in a long time. She stretched her body out in the large bed. That's really funny, my bed isn't this spacious. She shot straight up as the previous night's events replayed in her brain foggily. She remembered being buzzed, but nothing too serious. She remembered being on a date with Draco and then… Oh god! Draco! She turned her eyes to where he had fallen asleep beside her after a marathon of adult material that would make Marilyn Monroe blush with modesty. His spot was empty.

Worry started to fill her as she hastily pulled on her cami and her blue jean skirt. She was just turning the handle of the bedroom door to exit into the hall when a soft voice came from behind her.

"Are you leaving without saying goodbye again?" Hermione whipped around to see Draco standing in a doorway across the room, freshly showered and dressed. She rushed across the room and flung her arms around his neck.

"I didn't know where you went." She looked up into his eyes as her fear fleeted from hers.

"Sorry, I didn't want to wake you. You're free to shower; you can wear some of my clothes for the time being. I'll have Tingle clean your clothes after breakfast, okay?" He crossed the room and pulled out the smallest t-shirt he could find and a pair of clean boxers. She blushed as he handed them to her and led her to the bathroom.

The warm shower was welcomed, soothing her skin and washing away about half her guilt. She cleaned herself thoroughly than gave herself a few minutes to just relax under the pulsing of the water. She stepped out and dried herself down with a towel, using a quick drying spell on her hair then a taming spell to control the frizz, giving her soft ringlets. She pulled on his clothes and emerged from the bathroom to find Draco laid back on his bed with his eyes closed, deep in thought.

"Hey, Draco?" She padded silently over to him in the plush carpet. He opened his eyes propping himself up on one elbow and looking at her with a questioning look. "How did you know?" Her voice was quiet and she watched as she fiddled her toes in the carpet, a nervous habit she had yet to break.

She didn't expect him to chuckle, but he did. He sat up and pulled her into his arms. "Ginny in the office was a dead giveaway, she doesn't lie as well as she used too—I would assume that has to do with spending so much time with you." He gave a playful tone to the last sentence, making her slap his arm lightly in mock-offense. "Then there was the way you reacted to Potter's Death. Alyssa was a muggleborn girl from Wales who attended a less prestigious school within Wales. Potter may have been raised by muggles, but aside from his trips with Dumbledore, I don't think he's left England. Being that as it is, I would assume Potter didn't know any witches or wizards from out of the country. It was just a broad assumption, but it was believable enough for me. Then there was your warning about Alyssa not being who she says she is; and Alyssa said she'd done something similar to an ex that you did with me. It was just all too much coincidence for me."

Draco gave a smirk before turning to her. "But, the big red sign over you that gave you away was you in action."

"Huh?"

"I've dated three girls since you left, not including your alter ego. None of them were able to rile me up like you did our first night together at Hogwarts." Hermione slightly flushed, trying to look away, but Draco brought her face back to his. "However, along come little Miss Alyssa doing all sorts of things that only you have been able to do." Hermione was red with embarrassment, giving Ron's angry face a run for its money. "Though, you know… You could have also given yourself away with the way those lips of yours were screaming my name over and over." She playfully shoved him away.

"You don't have to tell me in-depth what I do when we have sex, Draco Malfoy." She was chastising him with only mild seriousness in her tone, the blush on her face so bright Draco was surprised she didn't have steam coming out her ears.

"But you're so cute when you're embarrassed!" Draco pouted like a child but it earned him another playful slap before he caught her wrist and pulled her to him, begging for a kiss.

"Let's get some breakfast and have Tingle clean your clothes. Then we'll talk about this. After that, I want to see my daughter." Hermione's eyes widened in fear; she knew she was going to have to let them meet today, but his reminding her made her tense up at her daughter's reaction. What about Austin? She couldn't let Austin feel left out without a dad.

As if Draco could sense her troubles, he placed a kiss on her lips. "It'll be okay."

"What do I tell Austin? It's terribly unfair to just waltz in there and say 'Sky! Your father wants to meet you!' and leave Austin without a daddy."

"Well, until we can talk with the prick she has for a father, we can always let her come along with me. I'm not sure, but we'll come up with something." He wanted to encourage Hermione; they both knew it wasn't going to be easy, but it was better to do it while they were young, they had a lesser chance of remembering all the confusion and they would grow up with a father around. He definitely didn't want Hermione to feel alone it this.

She nodded and they headed down for breakfast, opting to eat in the living room on the couch rather than at the fancy dining table. They found themselves talking and joking as they ate. Zander came walking into the room dragging his little stuffed dragon and wiping his eyes free of his sleep.

"Uncle Draco!" The little boy lit up when he saw his Godfather sitting on the couch. He ran over and hopped in his lap. "Good Morning!" The little boy spoke a little louder than he ought to have for being in doors, but he was enthusiastic and cheerful.

Draco chuckled at the small boy in his lap and ruffled his reddish brown hair that was still messed from his sleep. "Good morning to you too, Zander. Did you sleep well?"

"Uhuh!" The little boy nodded enthusiastically making Hermione giggle. He turned to her as if noticing her for the first time. "Who is she?"

"This is Hermione Granger. She's Uncle Draco's special lady friend."

"Like a girlfriend?" Zander put his index finger to the corner of his mouth in thought, trying to comprehend.

"Something like that." Draco chuckled as the little boy smiled in understanding.

"Mummy always said you needed a girlfriend, Uncle Draco. She said you was going to die of loneliness if someone didn't come along and grab you after the one hussy left. I don't know what a hussy is, but mummy seemed mad that you were upset."

"Zander, hussy isn't a nice term to call someone."

"Is it a swear?"

"No, it isn't a swear; but it is very rude so please don't use it. As for Miss Hermione, she's very special to your Uncle Draco so be very nice to her okay?" The little boy nodded before crawling over the couch to sit into her lap.

"You remind me of my girlfriend."

"You have a girlfriend?" Hermione played along, feigning surprise at his statement.

"Uhuh. I have three of them. But you only remind me of one." Draco smirked as Zander talked.

"And which one, by chance do I remind you of?"

"Miss Alyssa. She's my daycare owner. She's real pretty. Not as pretty as you, but she's real pretty. She is real nice too." Hermione just smiled and hugged the little boy.

The entire moment was ruined when the sound of the floo drifted down to them. Someone had entered Draco's home and was frantically yelling. Hermione picked up Zander and cradled him in her arms as they ran towards the noise, Draco having his wand at the ready.

"Ah! There you are!" Ginny's frantic voice yelled as she found them coming up the stairs in her direction. "Why are you—nevermind! This is AWFUL Hermione! Someone kidnapped Austin!"

A/N::

WOO I made this one the length of my usual chapters. It is 2,291 words long and I got it done in just a couple hours. =3 Its much shorter, but I just wanted to leave you guys with a bit of a cliffy. I'm going to be working on the Parents for a little bit this weekend, I want to get about 2 or 3 more chapters out on that and I want to get an update for Shameful Sham up. Then I will come back to this one full force with, most likely, another long chapter.

How many people what more smut because at this point it would just be added in for those who really like smut. It's up to you guys because I can always just write smutty one-shots.

In case you missed my last author note, submissions for fanart will be accepted at my email cry . to . the . wind (at) gmail . com All submissions will be added to the Epilogue One-Shot =3

SHOUT OUTS!

Keesha::

HAHA! ^^;;; I actually think I wrote about hip bones in my other story. Mostly because they just recently became a strong point of attention for me. . I LOVE guy's pelvic hip bones D: it's like GAAAAHHH ^^;; I don't know if I put it in FT or not, but I'm pretty sure I put it in my latest one-shot. You've got a good memory though my dear! Awesome to be able to pull little details like that =3

Thank you so much for being a freakin AWESOME reviewer! =3 you've reviewed so much that your name sticks out in my mind. When I read my reviews I always look for familiar names. So, thanks a lot!

Angelsbabystarr::

Hee hee. We all know Draco isn't stupid ^_~ He just plays stupid until he's 100% sure he's right. It's the fear and humiliation of being wrong that makes him like that =3 But yes, her mannerisms are definitely what gave it away. That was freakin hard to write too because when I did their sex scene from chapter seven of forbidden touches, I didn't put any really unique reactions. The best I could go off was that in that scene, Hermione screamed his name repeatedly… sooo I just decided to have him get the same vibe when she did it again XD Hermione didn't quite think he'd remember their sexual encounters that vividly. They were over 5 years ago. But, Draco isn't a typical horny boy. He committed those sexual encounters to memory =3 mhmm so yeah XD