Lullabies [d.m&h.g]

6 [Night with Rose]

Draco

The little toddler stirred in my arms before opening her big brown eyes. 

"Mummy?" the little girl said. Once I got into my room and I sat the girl down on the edge of the bed. 

"My name's Draco." I said quietly, "I'm your.... your father."

The little girl beamed at me, "I know. Mummy shows me lots of pictures of you." 

Who knew the two year old had such an educated vocabulary for well... a two year old! 

"Mummy is very tired." I said clasping Rose's hands in mines, "You will be staying with Daddy for the night."

Rose nodded eagerly. "I'm not even tired anymore." she said. 

The whole night was spent with my fascination over my very own daughter. We spoke, we played, I sang to her, and we simply had fun. I found myself falling in more and more love with the girl. 

I woke up to footsteps next to my bed. I quickly grabbed my wand and pointed at the intruder. 

"Draco, bloody hell!" Hermione cursed. "Put down your wand!"

"What are you doing in here?" I yelped, "You scared me!"

"Well if you weren't such a heavy sleeper, Rose was crying her head off." Hermione implyed, "She's hungry."

"Oh. I'm sorry."

"It's fine," Hermione said. "I should probably be bringing her back to my apartment anyway. I'll just apparate out."

Hermione gathered her satchel along with her now calm little girl in her arms and was about to apparate when I stood up immediately. 

"Hermione, will I be able to see you two again?"

Hermione looked shocked. I saw her eyes travel to areas other than my face. 

I felt a blush come on my cheeks when I realized she was staring at my shirtless figure. I felt a dominance and I flexed my chest. 

"Granger..." I teased. 

Her eyes began to focus again and she quickly snapped, "Erm. I don't know if that's such a good idea."

"She's my daughter too." I said.  I felt inconcievably hurt. Rose was mine just as equal as she was Hermione's.

"Yes I know but Draco. Rose deserves something stable." Hermione started. She looked awkward and uncomfortable. "Not for someone to just come into her life for a little while just to disappear. I can't do that to her and I won't."

"Bloody damnit!" Draco said gripping the ends of his hair, "First Ginny, then you! Why does everyone think I'm just going to leave my daughter once I've just found her. Scratch that, why does everything think I'm just going to leave you once I've just found you!"

"W-What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that... Granger I was so in love with you and I still love you. And I learned that it only took 8 hours for me to fall in love with Rose too." I snapped at her, "Merlin I love the both of you."

It only took me half a second before I realized that her lips were on mine with a sleeping child in between our chests. 

A/N: Sorry for the short chapter. But it's late at night and I still have to finish the update for Use Her. Please make sure you take a chance to read that story too! It would mean a lot, thank you! I will try and update again tomorrow.