6. Shopping to the Death

Parents Too Young

Disclaimer: JK owns HP and everything else in the books.

A/N Ok guys, you wanna hear the bad news or the good news? Bad news is - on Sunday I'm going to NY for 2 weeks and that means no updates! Good News - But after the 2 weeks..i should remember to update, This chappy is longer than normal so get reading and then review!

Chapter 5: Shopping to the Death

It was Wednesday and all the sixth years were gathered outside in the courtyard ready to head off to Hogsmeade. McGonagall was having trouble speaking over the crying babies as their parents desperately tried to calm them down.

'Now, is everyone here?' She yelled.

Harry put his hand up. 'Err Hermione and Malfoy aren't here yet'

Ron, who was holding Alex, looked rather worried. 'Hermione's never late! What if he's killed her? Or something's happened to her?'

'Does anyone know where they are?' She was answered by a lot of people shaking their heads in the negative.

Meanwhile...

'That was my best top' Hermione yelled in the living room.

'Not my fault you left it next to the Bath'

'Well, you could have moved it away from the edge instead of chucking it in coz it was in your way!' Hermione fumed. 'I was going to wear that today'

'Well now your going to have to wear something else aren't you?'

'I can't believe I'm running late, I never run late, I am an expert at time keeping' She muttered as she got Ella ready.

'I'm ready' Malfoy announced coming out from the bedroom in a long black jacket, jeans and a shirt.

'So am I' Hermione said holding Ella as they started walking to the courtyard.

A few minutes later they were walking down the steps to see everyone looking at them impatiently.

'Ah and how's the Malfoy's today?' Snape droned as they walked past him. Hermione shot him a look that suggested he should shut up or she would hex him.

'Sorry we're late, Malfoy didn't leave enough time in his schedule for him to perfect himself in front of the mirror.' Hermione said to McGonagall. Malfoy gave her a mock hurt look and rolled his eyes.

'Ok well now we're all here, lets go' McGonagall shouted from the front.

'There's a lot of crying babies here aren't there? Don't they know how to make them stop?' Hermione said as Malfoy, Ron, Harry, Claire and Lavender held back a little.

'Yeah, You should have heard Josh at 3am this morning' Harry said giving a tired sigh. 'Your lucky Ella doesn't cry a lot'

'Yeah, she did but she's sort of well...stopped, thank goodness' Hermione smiled, she noticed Claire on the other side of Harry looking Malfoy up and down and smiling.

'Oh Claire, meet Malfoy' Hermione said with a rather bored tone to her voice. Malfoy turned and looked her up and down and gave her his best charming smile and wink. Hermione rolled her eyes.

'Nice to meet you Claire' He said with a lopsided smile.

'And you, I've heard a lot about you' She said moving to stand next to him.

'Really? Good things I hope, but I suppose if you hang around with Potter, you think I'm a little ferret with one single brain cell and no personality at all?' He said, again shooting her his best smile.

She laughed and shook her head. 'Actually, I've heard the same kinda things about you all over the school'

'Go on' Malfoy said intrigued. Hermione, Ron, Harry and Lavender were all now standing behind them listening intently.

'Well, all the guys say you're a complete git' Claire said matter-of-factly. Malfoy faked a hurt look.

'But all the girls..' she said smiling, he smirked. 'Say you're an incredibly charming and good looking git'

'Well, I do try' He said smugly.

'Malfoy? Good looking? Have all the girls eyes been removed or something?' Ron hissed.

'I don't think he's that bad' Lavender said staring at him in front of her. Ron looked like somebody had just stolen his favourite toy. 'Traitor!'

He turned to Hermione desperately. 'Hermione, you agree with me don't you?' Ron said encouragingly.

'Yes, I've spent about a week with him and I still think he's an insufferable, vain, egotistical, little git with nothing between his ears' Hermione said with a smile, she looked down at Ella who was looking up at Harry with a smile on her face.

'Wanna hold her Harry? She seems to like you' Hermione said handing over Ella.

'Yeah, thanks'

A little while later, when they were just entering Hogsmeade, Claire tried to pull Hermione aside.

'I know I haven't known you a long time or anything but, can I ask you something?'

'Sure' Hermione smiled.

'Do you know if Malfoy is single?' Claire said rather nervously.

Hermione blinked at her and then burst into complete laughter at the thought that Claire might be interested in Malfoy. She looked up to see Claire looking rather embarrassed and that's when it dawned on her. She wasn't joking.

'Oh sorry, fit of the giggles and all. Err yeah, I think he is. Before you ask him out though, I think I should tell you, he only goes for purebloods.' Hermione said.

'Oh good, I am' She said smiling. 'And I thought as your paired with him, you could perhaps put in a good word about me to him'

'Yeah that's no problem at all' Hermione said nodding her head. 'I'll try my best'

'Ok well I better get back, I've left Josh with Harry and I'm worried he's going to try and feed him something strange again'

When they got back, they were not at all surprised that in their absence, Ron and Malfoy had started yet another fight that Lavender was trying to stop.

'I know what your doing with Hermione' Ron shouted.

'And what would that be?'

'Your corrupting her! I know what you're like Malfoy'

Malfoy didn't know whether to answer sarcastically or viciously. He chose the first.

'Your right Weasley, I am corrupting her. Every night for the past 3 days, me and her have been having hot, sweaty se-'

'Excuse me?' Hermione said with her arms crossed and her eyebrow raised.

Ron and Malfoy stopped glaring at each other to look at Hermione who wasn't looking impressed. She turned to Malfoy 'Me and you will never have hot and sweaty anything! ... And Ron, Malfoy is not corrupting me'

'Oh what? You think I want you do you Granger?' Malfoy said looking highly amused. 'I think I remember it as you being the one to crawl into my bed a couple of nights ago not the other way round'

Everyone's eyes widened as they all looked at Hermione who was standing there trembling. 'We didn't do anything!' Hermione said as Ron looked at her in disbelief.

'But you did get in his bed?' Harry said suspiciously.

'Someone was in our living area, I was scared so I went to wake up Malfoy and I ended up staying in his bed' She looked down at her shoes. Malfoy had the biggest smirk on his face that Hermione was close to slapping off.

'I don't believe this' Ron said looking dejected.

'Look if it wasn't Malfoy who was in that bed, it wouldn't have made my actions any different. I still would have done the same thing even if it were you or Harry' She said explaining to Ron. 'You know I don't like Malfoy, Ron' Malfoy's smirk became fake at that last comment, he didn't want to let his hurt show so he continued to smirk.

'Come on Lavender' Ron said as he walked away with Lavender after him with Alex.

'Harry, your not mad at me are you?' Hermione said with her eyes begging him.

'Errr a little annoyed, I mean it's Malfoy.'

'For the last time, we did nothing!' Hermione shouted.

Claire also looked a little wary of Hermione now but still gave her a smile as her, Harry and Josh went off.

'Why? Why did you do that? Do you enjoy making my life a misery?'

'Yes' he said simply with a smirk. Suddenly his smirk vanished from his face and Hermione, looking confused, turned around to see what he was looking at. Lucius Malfoy.

'Draco' He said shooting Hermione a confused look and Ella a suspicious look. 'I was not expecting to see you here on a school day'

'We don't normally' Draco said rather nervously as he watched his father look Hermione up and down.

'And why Draco, are you hanging around with this rif raf? He drawled.

'For a class'

'I hope that is not your baby in her arms' He said almost smiling at the very thought.

Malfoy stood there not knowing what to say. 'It is, but it's come from a spell'

'Indeed' He said looking rather taken back.

'Well, you would do well not to associate with muggles-borns in public or anywhere for that matter' He said talking as if Hermione wasn't there.

'Hermione!' They all turned to see Claire walk up to them. 'I've seen the cutest thing in the world, you have to come look' She stopped and looked up at Lucius Malfoy.

'I believe we haven't met' Lucius smirked.

'Father, this is Claire Trender. Claire, this is Lucius Malfoy, my father' He said in a rather bored voice.

'Nice to meet you' She said cautiously shooting a sideways glance at Hermione who was unusually quiet.

'Are both your parents magic?' Lucius said casually.

'Yes sir they are' At this Lucius smiled and looked at his son.

'Draco, a word'

He walked over to his father as they walked a little further away from Hermione, Ella and Claire.

'She's a pureblood' Lucius started by glancing at Claire. 'You would do well with her'

Draco held back the urge to roll his eyes. 'I see the way you look at that Mudblood too' His voice becoming cold and harsh. 'She may be a pretty face but don't let that blind you, she is a mudblood and will always be a mudblood. She is below you and is not even worth talking to. If I see you looking at her that way again, I will deal with it in my own way' He said turning on his heel and walking off.

Draco let out a sigh he didn't know he'd been holding and walked over to the girls.

'Your father seems nice' Claire said with a smile.

'He's alright' He mumbled.

'OK, now I'm going to show you the thing I wanted to show you.' Claire said dragging Hermione towards a shop with Draco following behind.

They walked in to what looked like a small shop from the outside but was extremely big on the inside. Baby clothes and toys were in every direction.

'Wow' Hermione said taking in all the racks of endless clothes for children. It seemed that they weren't the only couples to find this shop, most of the Hogwarts students had found their way there too.

'Draco mate!' Said Blaise coming up to him. 'Run while you still have a chance!' He said pushing him towards the door.

'What's going on?'

'When women come in the this shop, their voices go up a few octaves and they all put on their squeaky voice. Oh that is sooo cute' He said, doing an impression.

Malfoy laughed and patted his friend on the shoulder. 'Well, dya wanna go insult Longbottom?'

'Yeah alright' Blaise said heading over to Neville who was currently picking up a rack he had just knocked over.

Meanwhile Claire was picking up clothes everywhere and anywhere.

'I think you need to remember we only have our babies for 2 more weeks' Hermione said grinning at Claire.

'Exactly, if I don't buy baby clothes now, I might never buy baby clothes ever'

'Good point' Hermione said picking a tiny pink dress.

'Oh they have dress robes for babies' Claire squealed with delight. 'Harry! Bring Josh over, look at all these'

Hermione looked across the store for a trace of metallic blond hair and found him next to Neville. Blaise and Malfoy were towering over Neville and saying something that was making him tremble.

'Be right back, I need to go save Neville' She said to Claire, who was currently holding up dress robes to Josh.

'Leave him alone' she said when she got to the boys.

'Leave it Mudblood' sneered Blaise as Hermione tried to grab Neville's arm.

'No I won't you idiot' Hermione said, making Malfoy smirk. 'Come on Neville' She tried again.

'Hoping to get in there Longbottom? Isn't she a bit out of your league? Bit too clever isn't she?' Blaise said with a smirk.

Malfoy laughed. 'Yeah, Neville can't get a girl if his life depended on it'

Hermione was fuming, she would do anything to put the Slytherins in their place so she reached over, put her hand behind Neville's neck and kissed him.

Blaise had his mouth open and Malfoy looked as if he had just seen his dad do the YMCA. The people around them started laughing and Hermione simply turned and walked back over to Harry and Claire with Malfoy fast on her heel.

'What was that?' He said with an angry tone in his voice. Hermione looked completely confused and then laughed.

'What are you on about?'

'You kissed him!' He snapped.

'Yes thank you Malfoy, without you telling me, I'd probably not have known!' She laughed again and shook her head. 'Why are you acting like my dad?'

'I'm not!'

They both stood face to face and looked one another, Ella sensing the tension between her parents started to cry.

'See what you did?' Malfoy snapped angrily.

'Claire can you hold Ella for a second, I need to have a talk with Malfoy' She said handing Ella over as Claire nodded.

'Come with me Malfoy'

'I don't have to go anywhere. You don't tell me what to do'

Hermione pulled out her wand in one fluid movement and pointed it at him. 'I will hex you into oblivion if you don't follow me right now'

Malfoy sulked as he followed Hermione outside while muttering 'PMS' under his breath.

'What dya want Granger?' He said sighing as he leaned against the wall outside the shop.

'I have spent one week with you in close proximity and I can't handle it. You make me feel anger I've never felt before' Malfoy smirked at this and Hermione ignored it and carried on. 'We have 2 weeks left and at this rate, I don't think I can stop myself from hexing you in your sleep so I want to call a truce. You be nice to me and I'll be nice to you'

'I'm not nice to mudbloods' he sneered.

'I don't get you!' She shouted. 'One minute you're all nice and the next you're calling me mudblood and insulting my friends'

'No one gets me, and that's the way I want to keep it'

'Fine then, but I can't handle another week with you OK? So you're going to have to make this easier for me. Be civil to me and I won't hex you in your sleep.' Hermione said putting her hands on her hips.

'Fine' he grumbled. They looked at each other and Malfoy smirked. 'You just kissed Longbottom'

'Don't remind me' She mumbled as she walked back into the shop.

They walked back in and located Claire with Ella.

'You guys alright?' Harry said looking at Malfoy and Hermione.

'Yeah' They both mumbled.

'Malfoy check this out' Blaise said appearing behind them with what looked like a smaller version of a snitch. He threw it into the air and it started circling Blaise extremely fast around his body. 'The idea is for you to try and catch it. Well ok, it's made for toddlers but still. It's fun'

Most of the Slytherin guys continued to pick up toys while the girls went to look at clothes.

They made a lot of squealing noises to the annoyance of the boys who were playing with enchanted building bricks. 'Do they ever stop?' Malfoy said.

'Nah, that's why I'm never getting married or having kids.'

'You never want kids?' Malfoy said raising an eyebrow as he jumped up to catch a brick that was floating above his head.

'Not if you paid me. I suppose you have to have kids, your dad wanting to carry on the pureblood line and all'

'Yeah, but I'm 16. I don't wanna think about kids till I'm at least ... 30' He said with a smile.

'How you doing with Granger?'

'She's not bad for a mudblood' he smirked.

'Yeah, not too bad to look at anymore either. If I were you I'd go for it, you can play with her'

'I'm too good for her' He said heading towards the girl in question.

'You nearly done?' he said leaning against a rack.

'Nearly done?' Hermione said in disbelief. 'I am only one quarter of the way around the shop'

He groaned. 'What you looking for anyway?' he said looking around.

'Nothing just looking at all the clothes. I found the most beautiful little dress but it was way too much money for a baby that's going to disappear in 2 weeks' She laughed.

'Hmmmm' Malfoy said looking down. 'It's weird that she's going to be gone in 2 weeks'

Hermione smirked. 'Was there a trace of feeling in your voice there?'

'No' He said looking offended. 'So how much longer you going to be? I'm thirsty'

'Stop acting like a baby'

'Bitch' He smirked.

'Ferret' She smiled at him as he grinned back.

'What's going on?' Ron said appearing at the side of the smiling pair. 'You guys are smiling at each other ... Are you alright Hermione?' Ron said putting a hand on her arm, which caused Malfoy to smirk.

'I'm fine' Hermione said shrugging off his hand uncomfortably and glancing at Malfoy.

'Ok' He said looking a little hurt as he walked back over to Lavender.

'Someone's in love'

'Shut up, you don't what that is'

'Oh I do, more than you know' He whispered in his ear as he breezed past her leaving Hermione looking once again, confused.

'Idiot' He mumbled to himself when he got over to Blaise and Pansy who were playing with an enchanted buggy.

'Who's an idiot?' Pansy said linking her arm around Malfoy's.

'Oh err..Granger' He lied.

'Poor Draco, it must be so hard to be stuck with her'

'Yeah, more than you can imagine' Malfoy said running his hand through his hair in anguish as he watched Hermione smiling at Ella.

After another hour and a half of squealing and playing with toys, Hermione and Malfoy were ready to go.

'Let me get this straight, you spent about 2 hours in that one shop and you didn't buy anything' Malfoy said irritably as he bounced Ella up and down in one arm.

'Well, everything was too expensive anyway. What did you get?' She said eyeing the bag in Malfoy's hand.

'Have a look' He smirked. She gasped as she pulled out the pink dress that she had wanted for Ella earlier but couldn't afford.

'How did you know it was this one?'

'I asked Claire and she pointed me in the right direction'

She smiled. 'It's so pretty'

Malfoy looked at her and stepped back, he knew what was coming.

'Thank you!' She said as she put her arms around him gently and kissed Ella's forehead.

Ron watched them from across the street with fire in his eyes. He didn't like the way they actually looked like a proper couple, obviously he knew better. He knew they both hated each other but for some reason there was still a sinking feeling in his stomach that made him nervous.

After drinking a few butterbeers and more shopping, Hermione and Malfoy were the last couple back to Hogwarts. Malfoy was muttering to himself about never shopping again and Hermione was on a complete buzz.

'I hate shopping' He said when he sat himself down in a big comfy chair in front of the fire in their living area.

'I love shopping' Said Hermione as she came back from putting Ella into her crib to nap. 'It wasn't that bad, was it?'

'Yes, I never shop'

'I suppose you have maids'

'Actually, Elves'

'Slave labour Malfoy, they deserve better' Hermione said crossing her arms as she sat next to Malfoy on the sofa.

'They're elves' he said shrugging.

'Wait ... did we just converse without insults?' Hermione said narrowing her eyes at him.

Malfoy looked around. 'Quite possibly ... Mudblood'

'Don't call me that'

'Pfft!' He grunted as he turned towards her. 'Anyway, I'm off to shower'

'Oh no you don't, I need the loo!' She yelled as she ran for the bathroom. They both got in at the same time and looked at one another.

'Well, get out. I need to shower' He said leaning against the doorframe.

'I really need to go to the loo' Hermione said putting her hands on her hips. He walked over to her, picked her up and put her over his shoulder.

'Put me down right now!' She screamed as her arms flailed about everywhere.

He walked into the living room and threw her on the sofa. She jumped up and ran for the door again while nursing a sore bum.

'Granger, give up' He said as they both stared at one another in the doorframe.

'Just let me go to the loo! 2 minutes I promise!' She begged. He put his mouth right next to her ear and whispered 'no' softly.

He pulled back a little and looked at her, she was pouting. 'Stop it' He said with his face close to hers.

'Stop what?' She said with a mischievous glint in her eye.

'Pouting' He said softly.

'Why?'

'Because ...' He said shrugging.

'There's only one way I can get past you Malfoy'

'And that is?' He said smirking.

She put her hand on his inner thigh and kissed him slowly. She pulled back, ran into the bathroom and shut the door behind her leaving a very shocked Malfoy standing at the door.

True to her word, 2 minutes later she sauntered out of the bathroom, Malfoy was where she had left him but he looked less shocked.

'You can shower now' She said flicking her hair.

'Wow, big day for you Granger, me and Longbottom in one day' He smirked looking over at her as she got out a quill and parchment.

'Hmm, Neville was better' She said breezily.

'Excuse me?!' He shouted as he marched over to where she was. 'I am better than Longbottom, Granger'

'Whatever, I need to write this essay'

He grabbed the parchment out of her hand and threw it behind him.

'Malfoy, what are you doing?' She glared up at him, he took her hand roughly and pulled to her feet. 'Malf-' She didn't get to finish as Malfoy leaned in and kissed her. She stood there completely rigid as he continued to kiss her, he suddenly pulled back and walked to the bathroom.

'Now who's better Granger?' He said over his shoulder with a smirk.

Hermione just stared after him before collapsing on the sofa with a thud.

'Stupid Ferret' She said with a laugh.

A/N Ok so I was planning on having this up on thurs night, but that didn't happen! Sorry! And that also means, this will be the last chapter before I go on holiday unless I can write really fast! But that's unlikely as I have a lot to do tomorrow. Anywaaaaaay, I love you all! And I will update in just over 2 weeks. If I don't, I want someone to e-mail me a very angry email! Don't hold back! ::hands out Malfoy posters:: For your wall! hehehehe