Sorry for the history lesson on Draco and Rose's constellations, but I thought it was really interesting and cute lol. I make it up to you guys in the next chapter. Promise (:

DPOV

"She did what?!"

"Hermione, we would have had to tell everyone eventually." I said calmly.

"Rose, please go to your room." she said, casting a silencing charm on her door before turning back to me.

"I know that we would have to tell everyone, but this isn't exactly how I wanted to go about it! I mean Rita Skeeter in the fucking Daily Prophet. You have got to be kidding me." she said, not even trying to keep herself from cussing anymore.

"You think I wanted people to find out about it like this?" I snapped.

"I'm sure your dad will just be oh so thrilled to find out that you've been hanging around me again. Why don't you just save all three of us the hassle and just leave now?"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

She turned away from me, but I grabbed her arm and pushed her back into the wall. "Tell me."

Her eyes were glassy and she wouldn't look at me, and that's when I knew exactly what was wrong.

"Hermione," I said, turning her face to mine, "Do you think I'm going to leave again?"

"Get off me."

"No. Not until you tell me. Do you think I'm going to leave again?"

"You did it before. What's going to stop you this time?" she said, a tear escaping and sliding down her cheek.

"I have a daughter this time."

She laughed humorlessly and said, "Right, because I never was good enough for you to stay just for me. How stupid of me to think it'd be any different this time."

"Hermione that's not what I meant."

"Then what did you mean? Because really, I'd love to know." she snapped.

"I thought about you all the fucking time. I was a coward and it was the biggest mistake of my life, and I realized that then and I still know it now, but the only difference is that now I've grown up. Now I realize what a family is supposed to be like."

She shoved me away from her, but didn't move away from the wall. "How should I know, because when it comes to you it turns out that my judgement is absolute shit. I mean I thought you weren't going to leave me back then either, and look what happened. You left because he told you to. How am I really supposed to believe that you won't do just that again."

The hurt in her voice was exponential. I couldn't believe that I had been so stupid as to really give her up, but I knew without a doubt that I wouldn't ever make that mistake again.

"Because you know that I've changed." I said, taking a step towards her.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I hope that you've changed."

"Hermione, I love you." I said, closing the remaining space between us. "I'm going to stay until you tell me to leave. Do you know why?"

She shook her head so I cupped her cheek and turned her face towards mine.

"Because there is nothing about this that makes me want to leave. Nothing about you that makes me want to leave."

Her eyes widened in what looked to me like shock, before she threw herself into my arms and kissed me.

"Promise?" she said quietly, her arms around my neck in a hug.

"Promise."

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"Are we there yet?"

I chuckled and looked in the rear view mirror at Rose. We'd been driving for quite some time and now she and Hermione were alternating asking me that question.

"We're almost there. Five more minutes."

This seemed to suffice for Rose, so I turned my attention to Hermione. She was staring out the window, a serene look on her face. I never pictured her for a city girl, so it was interesting to see how in awe she seemed by the country side.

"Enjoying the view?"

She nodded, "It's beautiful."

We drove in silence for a few minutes until I pulled down the small gravel pathway that led to the cottage. When we pulled up in front of it, Hermione and Rose both had smiles on their faces.

Hermione got out of the car and let Rosie out, who immediately ran inside.

"Rosie wai-"

"Don't worry, everything in there's safe, and I set up wards so that nobody would be able to apparate in or out." I said. I'd made sure to cast charms on everything so she couldn't get hurt.

She smiled and took my hand, walking up the front steps with me.

"This place is beautiful. How'd you know about this?"

"I own it."

"You own this?" she asked, taking in the size of the cottage. I suppose it was quite large.

"You know, the word cottage is quite misleading. I mean, marble floors, high ceilings, fully equipped kitchen...Merlin this place is absolutely amazing." she said.

I chuckled, "I suppose. I think Rosie will love the backyard."

"Backyard?"

"Yeah, there used to be an old playground out there, so I just used magic to fix it up a little bit."

She smiled, "That was sweet of you."

We walked over to the back door, and just as I had expected Rose was playing on the jungle gym.

"Well Mr. Malfoy, show me the rest of the house."

I chuckled and took her hand, leading her through the foyer and up a set of stairs, "Now this is nothing like the Hogwarts Library, but I think you'll like it none the less."

I pushed open the door to reveal a room lined with bookshelves. The look on Hermione's face was priceless.

"Wow..."

She walked forward and trailed her fingers along the spines of the books, stopping every once in a while to pull one out and examine it. I was waiting for her to find-

"I can't believe you have Hogwarts A History!"

I chuckled and walked up behind her, sliding my arms around her waist and pressing light kisses along her neck.

"I didn't even know you liked to read."

I mumbled something against her neck, not wanting to discuss anything at the moment. She must have caught on to that because she turned in my arms so that she was facing me and wrapped her arms around my neck.

She smirked up at me, her honey eyes twinkling, "Are you just going to stand there and stare or are you going to kiss me?"

I chuckled and leaned forward, capturing her lips in a kiss. I felt her smile and run her tongue along my bottom lip, asking for entrance that I gladly gave.

I slid my hands under the tank top she had on, my hands now against the soft skin of her sides and stomach, while she was gently tugging on my hair.

She broke away first, but I had no intention of stopping just yet. Instead I trailed my lips across her jaw, down her neck, pausing to suck on her pulse point, before trailing back up and nibbling on her earlobe.

"Draco..."

I moved back up to her lips, sliding my tongue into her mouth, while moving my hands to her breasts. I still couldn't believe how badly I wanted her, all the fucking time.

She moaned and slid her hands up my back underneath my shirt, her warm fingers sending sparks up and down my spine.

We both heard the back door open, and jumped away from each other like two teenagers who had just gotten caught by their parents.

"Mummy?"

"We're back here sweetie." she said, picking out a book on constellations.

She walked in and climbed onto one of the chairs in the room, before looking at me.

"Daddy, why are your cheeks all pink?"

Hermione laughed and walked over to her, lifting her onto her hip and saying, "Come on, let's go see what we can make for lunch, and then we'll decide what we want to do."

"How long are we staying?"

"Today and tomorrow, and then you get to go spend the night with James, Albus, and Lily. Does that sound fun?"

Rose nodded her head and I smiled, following them into the kitchen.

This would definitely be a good weekend.

HPOV

"Mummy, will you read this constellation?"

The three of us were sitting in the living room, Rose and I on one of the big fluffy chairs and Draco stretched out on the couch facing us.

I took the book from her and looked at the page she had pointed to.

Draco's constellation.

I chuckled and looked over at him, and he raised an eyebrow. Instead of saying anything to him, I just started reading.

"In Greco-Roman legend, Draco was a dragon killed by the goddess Minerva and tossed into the sky upon his defeat. The dragon was one of the Giant Titans, who battled the Olympic Gods for ten years. As Minerva threw the dragon, it became twisted on itself and froze at the cold North Celestial Pole before it could right itself.

Draco is also sometimes referred to as the demon son of Gaia, Typhon, and in the Christian religion it is believed that Draco was the serpent who tempted Adam and Eve.

In scientific terms, Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations today It is a blue-white giant star of magnitude, 309 light years away from Earth. "

Rosie squinted, as if trying to decipher what it was that I just told her.

"So does that mean daddy's constellation was a bad dragon?"

I looked over at Draco, who had a bit of a pained expression on his face. I knew how he felt about his past, and how accurate his name really had been back in Hogwarts.

"No, it doesn't mean that." I said, looking back to Rose even though I could feel Draco's eyes on me. "Sometimes people, or dragons, have to do things that may not seem so good because they don't have a choice. I mean look, in Greek mythology, the dragon Ladon was supposed to guard the golden apples, and got killed doing so. Someone would have had to tell him to do that."

Rose nodded, "So the dragon wasn't bad."

"Exactly." I said with a smile.

She smiled back and slid off of me and moved over to Draco.

"Smile daddy, you're a happy dragon!" she said, putting her little hands over his cheeks.

He broke out into a grin and pulled her onto his lap, "A very, very happy dragon."

I smiled and flipped through the book, looking for Rose's middle name. I hadn't wanted Draco to have anything to do with her, but for some reason I couldn't let go of his family's tradition with the names of constellations, so I'd picked one for her middle name.

She saw me flipping through the book and asked, "Are you looking for my name mummy?"

Draco raised an eyebrow, "Your name?"

I smiled, but didn't answer him, instead flipping until I found what I was looking for.

"Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky, and it's named after the mythical bird of the same name. In Greek mythology the Phoenix is a long lived bird that is reborn by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. The Phoenix can represent many things, ranging from the sun to resurrection, to life in the Heavenly Paradise."

Rose clapped and looked over at Draco. "See daddy? I have a cool name too!"

He smiled and said, "And it's a beautiful name."

I smiled and walked up the stairs to put the book back in the library.

While I walked I tried to figure out Draco's facial expression. He had looked...surprised? Would he like that I had given her that middle name? Did he really mean it when he said the name was beautiful?

Merlin, take a breath.

I slid the book back into place and stepped back, looking at all the rows of books. It really was like a mini library in here.

I picked up Hogwarts A History and sat down in one of the plush chairs, opening the book and trying to calm my mind by reading my favorite book.

A few minutes later there was a knock and Draco walked in.

"Where's Rose?" I asked, keeping my finger in the book so I wouldn't lose my place. Not that it really mattered anyway, I hadn't been able to focus much.

"Outside."

I smiled, "So..."

He rolled his eyes playfully and asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You never asked." I said, standing up and putting the book back on the shelf.

He opened and closed his mouth a few times before any sound actually came out. "You should've told me."

"I didn't know how you'd react." I said, hopping onto the table.

"What? Are you insane? I love that you named her Phoenix." he said, walking over to me and putting his hands on my hips. I put my arms around his neck and moved my legs so he could stand between them.

"Promise?"

"Promise," He said with a smile, bringing his lips to mine.

He pulled back after a moment and asked, "What made you decide to name her that?"

"Like the book said, the Phoenix stood for the sun, and rebirth, the Heavenly Paradise, everything good. And that's what rose is to me. Everything good and pure in the world."

He nodded, "I couldn't have picked a better name myself."

I laughed and swatted his arm, "Let's go play with Rosie. We'll have plenty of alone time tomorrow."

To all my readers who have been waiting for the usual lemon that tends to pop up in my stories, you'll be super duper happy with the next chapter (; I've got half of it typed up already so it shouldn't take me too long to update.

For those of you who don't like lemons...sorry lol. If you want I can recap the important stuff that might happen in the chapter after next so you don't have to read it if it really bothers you.

So I suppose this was like my WARNING DO NOT READ IF type thingy.

**If any of you are reading my other chapter story, When In Rome, the next chapter should be up within the next few days, and will also have a lemon in it (I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have some citrus after their date) sorry for my shitty updating schedule (or lack thereof) I usually update way faster than this, but school work and blah blah blah. I'll get it up soon I promise!**