"Why are all of you staring at me?" Rose asked; all of the children's eyes were wide and, glued to her face.

"You mean Hermione Weasley as in the Muggle-born war hero and, best friend of Harry Potter, Hermione Weasley?" Antonio asked in uncertainty.

"Yes, Hermione Weasley is my Mummy," Rose said. "Draco Malfoy is my Daddy."

Half of the children were in disbelief and confusion; they honestly did not think that Rose was telling the truth. Hermione was famous so, wouldn't Draco Malfoy love her? Why would he have a child with a Muggle-born wizard? The other half were looking at Rose in astonishment and wonder. They couldn't believe that her mother was in books and knew Harry Potter (supposedly the greatest man who ever lived).

"Does that mean that you are not a Pureblood wizard?" Bella asked. Antonio nudged her and motioned her to drop the subject. Rose shrugged her shoulders; James just told her what her mother and father's blood status was, not hers. No one made a peep after that; they did not know what to say.

"So, Rose, are you going to be at the big Reunion Pool Party the Malfoy's host every year?" Antonio asked to break the silence. She didn't know what to say, she had never heard of a reunion pool party before.

"Don't tell me you don't know what he is talking about!" Ari shrieked. "It's only the greatest party ever! Have you ever seen the Malfoy pool? It is huge and there are dozens of water slides that go into it! I wish we had enough room in our yard for something like that. But, anyways, the party is for the Hogwarts Reunion. Anyone who ever went to Hogwarts can come but, usually only the Slytherins do, unless they married someone from a different house. Mum already made a Slytherin bathing suit for TJ and me. It's a tradition that you wear your parent's House apparel unless you are a student; then you wear the House you were Sorted into's colors. I hope you will be there. I mean I'm guessing you live at your Mum's house, which is why you do not come to any of the party's we have and stuff like that."

"Oh, yep, I live with my Mummy. I hope I can go too, I'll ask Mummy if she would be ok with that. She would have to get me a new bathing suit though."

"Yeah, I'd love to see yours, Rose! It will be like Christmas colors! We rarely ever see multicolored bathing suits and when we do it's usually green and blue. I have never seen a red and green one before," Ari said.

"Mmm, I think dinner is ready," Vince said dreamily. Ari looked upset that he ended the conversation with Rose. That boy could smell food a mile away. "Come on guys, remember one at a time from different sides of the table."

The children quickly put their shoes back on and the girls straightened out their dresses. Each one of them took turns of coming out from under their secret hiding place so, the grown- ups would not find out what they were doing. There would be too many questions that none of them felt like answering. Dozens of servers came out with trays filled with every kind of food imaginable; salad, soup, turkey, ham, bread, fruit, and even Muggle things like pizza, cheeseburgers, and hotdogs.

Rose went and stood by Draco since, all the other children were standing by their parents waiting to be seated according to the seating chart. She was awestruck at the amount of food there was. Often times, at her party, her mother would have to run and get more food at the nearest fast food place.

As it just so happens, Malfoy, Nott, and Zabini families were sitting together at a table. The children were all excited that they were able to talk to each other but, there was awkward tension in the air between the adults. Blaise was glaring at Draco for not telling him about Rose. Pansy was irritated at Draco because, he wouldn't say who Rose's mother was. Theodore was mad at Blaise and Mrs. Zabini for making fun of TJ's weight several months before and, he still hadn't gotten over it. Draco was pissed off at everyone and, Narcissa sat there amused at the whole situation. After all, Pansy was the one who arranged the seating chart; the least she could do was put people who weren't having problems with each other together.

Draco picked at his food and watched all the other adults, besides for Theodore and Pansy, do the same thing. He honestly wished this party would hurry up; it was nothing compared to a Malfoy party. He didn't understand why Blaise was still holding a grudge. They were supposed to be best mates and, respect each other's choices. It's not like he had a choice when Hermione decided not to tell him about Rose. Besides, he had only known about her for a few weeks.

Narcissa stared sternly at Rose, who was shoveling food into her mouth. She definitely needed to teach her young granddaughter some proper etiquette and table manners, judging by the way the Nott and Zabini children were using the appropriate silverware and taking small bites.

Rose, being a child, didn't see that the adults were having problems and really had to go to the bathroom. She tried to hold it but, knew she couldn't.

"Daddy, Daddy," Rose said tugging on Draco's shirt jacket. "I have to go to the bathroom!"

"You have got to be kidding me. Seriously Rose? Why didn't you go before dinner? Just hold it now,"

"I can't! I have to go now!" Rose shouted. The whole ballroom suddenly became quiet and everyone stared at her. Pansy and Theodore started laughing hysterically and Draco became red in the face.

"Fine," Draco sighed extremely annoyed and embarrassed. He grabbed her by the back of her dress and dragged her into the bathroom.

Rose locked the door and started crying as she was sitting on the toilet. She didn't know why he was mad at her. She did not do anything wrong. She just had to go to the bathroom. Obviously, he had to go sometimes, too. Maybe he wanted her to go back to Mummy's house so, he didn't have to see her anymore. Was he going to hurt her like Ron did? Rose didn't think he would but, she didn't think Ron would hurt her either; look how wrong she was.

"Rose come on! You have been in there for ten minutes," he said and jiggled the door handle.

"I'm not going to! Call, Mummy! I want to go home!" Rose shouted. Draco could tell she was crying.

"You are coming home with me tonight, not to your mother's house. Get out of the bathroom, Rose. Be a big girl and stop crying," Draco said.

"I want to go to Mummy's house! You don't love me anymore!"

Draco unlocked the door with his wand and found Rose sitting on the floor crying. He sat down next to her and patted her back. "Rose, stop crying. I love you more than anything else in this world.

Rose lifted her head up and looked into his identical stormy eyes, "Even more than magic?"

"Of course, even more than magic," Draco said soothingly. "You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. After everything I have done, I was lucky enough to have a daughter as sweet and cute like you." I don't deserve you…

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Sorry it's super short and I have not updated in a while. I have been having a rough couple of weeks in school and I got a horrible writers block. I thought I would post what I had.