God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You

The sun streamed through the curtains of my window, it would have woken me if I'd been awake, but no, I'd been up thinking about the question that had left my 5 year old son's lips yesterday. "Daddy, when did you know you loved mummy?". The truth is I can't remember, I remember a time when I hated her, when she hated me, I remember when we became friends and I'm living in a time where I love her and she loves me, but I can't for the life of me remember when it all changed. I look down at my beautiful wife, sleeping so peacefully, her slightly tamed hair lay out across our pillows. All I can do is smile, my angel. I can't even put into words my feelings for this incredible women laying next to me, it's a miracle were even together, it was defiantly something I hadn't foreseen. Knock Knock. Scorp must be awake. So I decide to get up, I open the door and see my beautiful little man, he's almost a spitting image of me, yet there's a softness in his eyes that's hers. I put my finger to my lip to tell him to not speak. I shut the door behind us. "Morning little man, is your sister still asleep?"

"Yes, daddy, when can I give mummy her present?"

"After we make her some breakfast, okay?" He nodded his little head and we walked down the stairs, I'd got used to the fact that we had to cook our own meals. 'No house elves' she had demanded when we first bought a house. I smiled as the memory came back.

We had agreed to meet for dinner at her favourite restaurant, it was a muggle place, but honestly I didn't care, she enjoyed it, so did I. We'd been seeing each other for over a year, I wanted to ask her to move in, but I knew she would refuse to live in the manor or a flat. She wanted a modest life and children. So buying a house together would be the best solution. I ordered her favourite wine. Then the words spilled out, not quite how I wanted them to. "I know we've only been dating for a year, and I know how you hate the manor, so I was wondering if you might consider buying a house, with me?" The words came out painfully fast. I had a worried expression on my face, but a smile grew on her perfect face.

"If I were to say yes" She paused "You'd have to promise me one little thing."

"Anything you want"

"No House elves"

"Oh thank merlin, I thought you were gonna say separate bedrooms" I smirked at her, that was until she kicked me under the table. House hunting was awful though. But she finally found her perfect house and now 6 years down the road, here I am, still in the same house, still with her. Just with two little monsters to.

'Your love is like a river, peaceful and deep, your soul is like a secret that I never could keep when I look into your eyes I know that it's true God must have spent, A little more time on you.'

I turn on the radio to hear the chorus of her favourite muggle song, by some 90's muggle boy band. I get to work on her favourite breakfast, Eggs Benedict. "Scorp, can you get some pumpkin juice out?"

"Can I have a glass too?"

"Of course you can" I laugh as he runs to the fridge. "Now why don't you go wake Cass up?"

"sure dad" I laugh again as he runs upstairs. Scorpius and Cassiopeia, my two favourite constellations. Our first holiday together in Australia we had seen Scorpius and our first date I pointed out Cassiopeia..

"So what's that one called" she asked while she lies in my arms.

"Don't lie, you know what its called" I give her a smile, smartest witch of our age.

"Okay I do, but I like you to tell me"

"That is Scorpius, can you see how it looks like a a scorpion, with the tail and pincers"

"Can we name our first boy Scorpius?" I smile to her, she knows my family's traditions

"Are you sure, he can have a muggle name if you want"

"Scorpius is good" I lean over and kiss her.

The chorus of that song comes on again, listening to it now, it honestly describes her, she's always been just a little better than everyone else, she's smarter, more loving and most defiantly more beautiful. The next thing I hear is the children, coming down the stairs. Cassie's hair is my colour but, is as tamed as her mothers, her eyes are her mothers but she has my smile. "Ready to wake mummy up" They nod at me "Okay you to grab her presents, I'll take her breakfast" It takes about 5 minutes before we actually wake her up. She looks so happy, she opens her presents. When she finishes eating I take her plate downstairs and she follows me.

"Thank you Draco" she says as she wraps her arms around me.

"Happy Birthday darling" I say as I turn around and kiss her "you know the children want us to go to Florean's today"

"But it's cold out"

"Ice cream is ice cream to them" She giggles and I kiss her nose "Luna is looking after the children tonight" I give her a smirk "I was thinking dinner and then something we haven't done in a while" I kiss her neck and she looks into my eyes. Her eyes, still those brown orbs I remember from 1st year.

"You have no idea how much I love you" She kisses me and as I pull away

"Oh Hermione, I think I do, because I love you even more than that"

It's the first day of my new job, it's not hard all I have to do is deliver folders to other wizards and witches in the department. As I knock on a door I hear a voice I recognise "Come in" She says, I slowly open the door. "Malfoy? What in Merlin's name are you doing here?"

"Granger? I work here now" I remember like it was yesterday.

We've been working together for weeks, today I'm finally going to ask her to come get a drink with me. I lightly knock on her door, her lovely voice beckons me in. A deep breath is taken and I open the door. "Hey Granger, I was wondering if you wanted to get a drink later?"

"Sure Draco" she said as she blushed.

6 Years Later

"Scorp, don't forget to change before you arrive at Hogwarts"

"Yes mum"

"Don't come home unless it's Slytherin" I joke, which earns a slap from my wife

"Draco!"

"Okay I'm joking, anything but Hufflepuff"

"Don't need to worry dad, I'm a Malfoy, Malfoy's always go in Slytherin"

"That they do Scorp"

"Dad! We've discussed this"

"Right, now your at Hogwarts in public it's Malfoy" I laughed and felt a tug on my trousers as Cassie pushed past

"Bye Scorp, I'll miss you" Cassie still had years to wait, I watch as my two children hug each other goodbye, then Hermione hugs our son and moves Cassie away. I bend down to Scorp's height.

"Okay, this is it, are you ready?"

"Yes I am dad" I hug him

"Good, now work hard, not too many detentions and I'll be proud whatever house your in"

"It wont be Hufflepuff I can promise that dad" I laugh

"Right on the train, go find Zabini's kid okay"

"Bye mum bye dad" I watch him board the train and a memory of my first day on the train to Hogwarts comes to mind.

The door to the compartment slid open, standing there was a girl with bushy hair and buck teeth, already in her uniform, Crabbe and Goyle snigger, Zabini and me roll our eyes. "Is there something we can help you with?" I ask

"Oh yes, sorry to interrupt" She said politely, she looked a little intimidated by us "have you seen a toad? A boy named Neville has lost one"

"No, I'll keep a look out though" I smile at the girl "I'm Draco Malfoy by the way, this is Goyle, Crabbe and Zabini" I say as I point out each of my long time friends. "Pleasure, I'm Hermione Granger, I must be going I guess I'll see you around school" She was quickly gone.

"Granger's a muggle name, is it not?" Zabini questioned, it was then that I realised that I could never be friends with that girl.

Boy was I wrong, I slip my arm around my wife and the other around my daughter.