After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 23 Book 3

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Justin was the thing to wake him after he fell back to sleep. Draco picked Justin up and got up himself. He rubbed his eyes for a moment before retreating his bedroom to go down to the kitchen to get Justin and himself breakfast. Usually Hermione made breakfast, but obviously she wasn't around, so Draco placed Justin on the floor, allowing him to crawl around and made it himself.

He had learned how to cook easily since every morning when he woke up, Hermione was already awake and by the stove. He would always sneak up behind her and distract her a little bit, but he'd just stand and watch from behind some of the time. Maya lazily exited her room and sat at the counter behind him.

"Not that it's any of my-"

"-Nothing happened Draco. He just stayed in there, like Hermione used to stay with you." Maya interrupted him. Draco nodded, he trusted Maya of course, he was just curious.

"Alright, then you can tell him he can come out of your room without getting his head bitten off now." Draco replied jokingly. He smirked as he heard Maya huff and get up, dragging her bare feet on her way back to her room.

A loud snap surprised Draco, and Justin, who yelped, but did not start crying. Fred collapsed on the couch, obviously exhausted, and Solomon treaded to his room, the door clicking behind him. Draco thought Solomon had come back hours ago, but clearly he hadn't.

"He refused to leave either of them. I should have let him walk." Fred complained from the couch, (which was facing away from Draco, so he couldn't see the face being made by the overly dramatic twin).

"I'm sure you got to sleep on one of the couches for a while." Draco responded with an eye roll. He placed a pan full of eggs, bacon, and toast on the counter for those to claim. He'd seen the twin use spells, charms and even hexes on himself to make him faster, but he'd never seen him get from the couch to the counter so fast.

"No. I didn't. I got no sleep at all because Solomon had me running around with him to help the healers. And dear Merlin they freaked out allot last night, especially this morning when Hermione woke up." Fred said, tearing through three pieces of bacon in a single breath of air.

"She's up?" Draco asked, Fred nodded.

"Thought you knew." Fred responded. Draco shrugged and picked up Justin.

"You mind?" Draco asked, extending a hand to indicate that he  needed to be apparated. Fred's expression went blank.

"No, go ask the other one that can apparate that actually slept last night." Fred snapped. Draco was slightly impressed at the response and walked over to Maya's bedroom door, knocking on it gently.

"One second!" Maya called from the other side of the door.

"Don't need you wolfie, knocking for your boyfriend." Draco said, trying not to laugh. He could here footsteps on the other side of the door. George opened the door, he was currently trying to fix his hair. He had major bedhead, or Maya messed it up. Either way, Draco was still trying not to laugh.

"Shove off." George said when he saw Draco's grin. "What do you want?" He added after a moment.

"Need a apparition to see Hermione." Draco said simply between small snorts of laughter. George punched his shoulder, and when Draco opened his eyes from laughing, they were at the hospital. "Thanks. I'll be about ten minutes, so it wont be long." Draco said calmly. George sat down in a waiting chair and Draco carried Justin to Hermione's room. She was sitting up in bed. Clearly her being up didn't make the healers happy, but she remained sitting up and smiled anyway.

Draco knocked on the door as he entered, just to let everyone know he was there. Hermione smiled at him and held her arms out so she could take Justin. Draco looked at her seriously when the healer looked away for a moment. She smiled and nodded, proving that what he thought was a dream, was actually real. His father wasn't fighting with Voldemort, he was against him. The thought made Draco shudder but he gave Justin to Hermione.

"Looks like your ready to go home, as long as you stay in bed for a few more days." The healer said in disbelief of how she could have possibly recovered so quickly. Draco nodded knowingly and got George to apparate them home. Once Hermione was sitting on the couch with Justin, George took Draco to go get Pansy, as she also recovered well.

Once everyone was finally home, the girls took over the living room to burst into a fit of giggles at the red Maya. Draco noticed George grin on his way upstairs.