119What Was and What Is
Disclaimer: Characters taken from JKR's Harry Potter © and used in this fanfiction do not belong to me.
RECAP: From Last chapter
Hermione felt Draco kiss her so passionately, she was overwhelmed. She felt him lick her bottom lip and Hermione sighed into the kiss. Draco quickly slipped his tongue into her mouth and began to softly caress her tongue with his own. Finally they pulled apart to catch their breaths. They had never kissed like that before, there had been an amazing connection between them as they had kissed.
Hermione's eyes were shining. Draco smiled as he looked into the beautiful hazel eyes he had fallen in love with, the ones he had dreamed about for so long. Hermione looked into the silver eyes that she had missed for so long, looking back at her. Hermione smiled at Draco and kissed him lightly before he enveloped her in his arms.
Draco sighed as he felt Hermione in his arms. He breathed in her scent of vanilla and strawberries. He let his face be cradled by her bushy hair and loved how soft it was. Hermione loved being near Draco and sank into the strong arms that were around her. Hermione knew that she never wanted them to let her go.
They stayed interlocked in eachother' s arms the entire night. They fell asleep in the hospital like that, and the nurses let it slide because they knew how much the two of them, and especially Hermione, needed the healing. Finally Hermione and Draco were back together, for real this time.
Chapter 18: Renewed Happiness
Two years later….
Hermione was listening intently as Valerie told her mother about how Allen had proposed to her. Hermione's eyes continued to drop to the large diamond ring on her daughter's finger as Draco listened with fierce attention. Hermione turned to look at the hard look on his face as Valerie finished her story.
"Val, you're so young, and you've just begun your second year of Auror training. Do you really want to go and get married now?" Draco asked as he looked at his daughter. She smiled at him and nodded her head.
"Yes Daddy. Not right now, but definitely in the near future." Valerie looked at her father as he struggled with the fact that she was getting married.
"But are you sure he's the one? You know you're only twenty years old…." Draco was interrupted by Valerie.
"And two years older then you were when you and Mom had me and Damian. Plus you fell in love with Mom when you were only seventeen, so how can you judge me?" She looked at him incredulously. Draco smiled.
"I guess I can't but…." He was stopped by Valerie's hand.
"Stop Dad, I'm getting married and you're just going to have to get used to it. I'd argue with you some more but I have to go. I'll see you two later for dinner." Valerie stood up, kissed her Mom and Dad on the cheek and left.
As Valerie left the house, Draco growled in his throat. Hermione shook her head and crossed her arms.
"You're doing it again." Hermione said with a frown on her face. Draco looked at her with astonishment.
"What?" Draco asked as he got up and began to pace. Hermione followed him with her eyes.
"You're making the fact that our daughter is getting married into a big fiasco, while at the same time our son is getting married, you just make it a happy affair." Hermione stood up and moved in front of Draco. He stopped and looked down at her as she placed her hands on his arms.
"Don't start something when you know Valerie is smart enough to make her own decisions. And even if they are the wrong ones, at least she can learn from them. You haven't said one bad thing about Damian getting married and I don't want Valerie to be unhappy because her father is hassling her about her wedding. Don't do that to her, okay?" Draco looked into Hermione's hazel eyes and smiled. He pulled her close and took a deep breath.
"Okay. You know I only want her to be happy right?" Draco said on Hermione's hair.
"Yeah I know, but please don't be too hard on her. Don't make her have memories of fights with her father over her engagement. She loves you as much as you love her. She just wants to be as happy as us. So please let our daughter be free….so she can be as happy as us." Hermione whispered onto Draco's chest. He pulled away and smiled down at Hermione.
"Okay, I will. You know you're my voice of reason?" Draco said as he kissed Hermione's forehead and they began to walk upstairs.
"Yeah, I know. Now let's go get Damian." Hermione and Draco moved to the door of one of the two previous guest rooms and opened the door. There Damian sat in a rocking chair with a little pink bundle in his arms. He looked up as his mother and father walked in and smiled. They moved over to him as he sat there. Hermione moved and looked down into the bundle in Damian's arms.
"How long has she been sleeping?" Hermione whispered.
"Only about fifteen minutes. She didn't stop crying until I came in here and rocked her to sleep." Damian whispered back. Draco moved and picked the little girl out of Damian's arms. She was about two months old with brown hair on her head. She had chubby pink cheeks, a straight nose and when her eyes were open, they were hazel.
"Damian you look so natural with Alexandra in your arms. And she looks just like you, its so strange." Hermione whispered as Damian stood up. He moved over to his father and looked down at the baby again.
"Don't say that Mom, I'm not ready for kids just yet and anyway, she's only my little sister. She's supposed to look like me, but I think she's going to be a spitting image of you. She's got all your features and she only looks like me because I look like you. Plus Mom, don't call her Alexandra, call her Lexxy, that's cooler." Damian leaned down and kissed Lexxy on the nose and turned to kiss his Mom.
"I have to go finish some work at the Ministry, but I will definitely be here for dinner tonight. Bye Mom, bye Dad." Draco and Hermione watched as Damian left and closed the door slowly behind him.
Draco looked down at the sleeping baby and gently placed her into Hermione's arms. Hermione moved Lexxy to her crib, kissed her lightly on her forehead and lay her down. Hermione looked down at her daughter as Draco moved over and put his arm around her.
"We're really lucky aren't we?" Draco whispered into Hermione's ear as they turned to leave.
"Yes we are, but the only thing I worry about is you repeating the mistakes you made on Valerie on Alex- I mean Lexxy." Draco smiled down at Hermione and kissed her as they closed the door of Lexxy's nursery.
"Don't worry, with you by my side as my voice of reason, I won't make too many mistakes." Hermione smiled and moved onto her tiptoes to place a passionate kiss on Draco's lips. Draco began to take control of the kiss as he slipped his tongue into Hermione's mouth and began to caress her tongue. He pulled her tighter to him as she moaned and then suddenly pulled away. Draco looked down at her with love and concern in his eyes.
"Hermione, are you sure you're ready for lovemaking? I mean I don't want to hurt you and it has only been two months since….." Hermione laid a finger on his lips and smiled.
"I know how long it had been since I had Lexxy, and I'm ready to make love to you again." Hermione smiled as Draco pulled her close again.
"Okay…..but we're going to have to be unnaturally quiet." Draco whispered into her ear as he slowly led her to their bedroom.
"Oh I know. That's going to be the fun part…especially without magic." Draco moved into the room and closed the door. He moved into the arms of Hermione and kissed her, knowing this time, he was never ever going to let go.
THE END