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A soft knock at the door startled me, I jumped whilst Draco cursed under his breath.
"Enter" he said before realizing whoever was behind the door wouldn't hear. With one last stare at me, he strode over to the door and threw it open. Lottie stood on the other size looking sheepish.
"Master, Lottie is sorry. But Master's mother is here." her eyes widened to the size of plates and she scurried away. Draco turned to face me. He sighed loudly.
"My mother is here, come" I was already getting to my feet, the moment had passed and I was now feeling rather embarrassed at my outburst and at his demand.
"I'll stay in my room" I muttered.
Draco took me by my elbow, "No, you can come see my mother with me."
He slipped his fingers into mine and we walked quickly down to the kitchen, there sat Narcissa with Scorpius. I had never seen such love in her eyes before, I don't know if the fact the war is over so she's stress free or if I just never looked hard enough, but it was obvious she was very much smitten with the young boy.
She didn't even look up when we entered, "You're not sleeping with the help are you Draco?"
I gaped at her, Scorpius was sat right beside her, how could she ask that right now?
Scorpius looked up at us, "Father, Y/N."
"Hey buddy" he ran straight into Draco's open arms, I couldn't help but melt. Seeing a guy with a child always gets girls melting.
Draco looked up at Lottie and she instantly came over, "Master Scorpius, lets play."
They both left the kitchen and made their way to the living room, I could hear their laugh carrying all the way to us.
"Mother-"
She got to her feet and walked around the table to stand in front of us, "Draco" she interrupted. "I don't care, sleep with who you like, I'm looking out for Scorpius, that's all. I haven't known you this happy in a long time, a very long time."
She held out her hands and gripped Draco's. There was that look of love again, it almost looked like she had unshed tears filling them. Draco looked sideways at me shyly and smiled.
I don't know what she meant be happiest he'd been in a long time? We hadn't had sex, we hadn't even shown interest in each other.
"Now I'm going to enjoy Christmas with my grandson, please excuse me." she smiled softly at us and made her way to the giggles down the hall.
Draco sat on the stool directly in front of me, "Look, my mother is-"
I grabbed his hands that rested on his knees, "She's a lovely woman." I smiled at his look of horror.
"That's not normally something she is called," he smiled, his eyes lighting up.
"I've been hurt-" I started, Draco pulled me sharply towards him, his legs slightly apart so I fell into them. He pressed his lips to mine. I gasped but didn't pull away.
He slipped his hands up through my hair to cup the back of my neck, his lips felt so soft against my own, I parted them slightly and Draco slipped his tongue inside my mouth. He tasted sweet and minty at the same time.
I inhaled deeply as I kissed him back, my hands gripping his own like my life depended on it. It was like nothing I'd ever experienced before, he was so gently and slow. Frustratingly slow if I was being honest. But I knew why he was doing it.
Someone suddenly cleared their throat, I pulled away like I'd been slapped. His mum and Scorpius were in the doorway, Narcissa was smirking and little Scorpius, sweet little boy was grinning ear to ear and when we looked at him, his fist bumped the air, "Yes" he said happily.
I couldn't help it, I laughed. I adored that sweet boy.
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The next week went by in a blur, family and friends came and visited and we went to them. No one knew about the kiss between Draco and myself. I'd been burnt so many times, I wanted to hold off.
A couple of days before New Years I received two letters, one off Pheobe, telling me how amazing Hogwarts is over Christmas. It bought memories back of my days, so long ago, of being there, enjoying the innocence of childhood.
The other was from Hermione with a date set for the trial. Marcus' trial. Draco assured me he's be there every step of the way but I was still terrified. I had tried to forget what had happened to me and that letter bought it all back with a vengeance.
I sat on my bed near midnight the night before the trial, my head whirling, tears silently streaming down my face. I sniffed loudly as a knock sounded on my door.
I wiped my face roughly on the back of my sleeve and made my way to the door. 
"Hey" it was Draco. He took one look at my face and pushed past me. I followed slowly, preparing myself for the lecture.
He stood right in front of me, looking down with a slight frown on his face, we stood like that for a moment before I pulled me into his arms and held me, I mean really held me.
I broke down further, just the comfort and safety of his hug made me sink further down into the pit of darkness.
I sniffed, snorted and slobbered all over his top but he didn't care, he continued to hold onto me, basically holding me up at this point. I could hear him softly, soothingly saying 'shh' and eventually I did. Eventually.
It felt like he held me for hours just letting me sob with no real reasoning. I wouldn't have to speak to Marcus but seeing him terrified me. I wasn't ready for the confrontation, for him to try and humiliate me.
He slowly released me once he'd deemed me calm enough, then started to pull off his shirt, "Come" he ordered.
I froze, my eyes filling with tears once more, "I- I ca-can't" I mumbled. He frowned at me.
"Not that" he held out his hand and I took it, he pulled me towards the bed, "I'm going to stay in bed with you tonight, I will just hold you and be there if you need me, Scorpius is already at my mother's ready for tomorrow."
I let out a loud sniff, he really was turning out to be a sweet guy, nothing like I remember from school. I climbed into the bed and curled into a ball, Draco got behind me and wrapped his big, strong arms around me, holding me tight. It felt nice, definitely better than being alone.
"Thank you" I whispered into the darkness, his nuzzled into my neck and cooed me until eventually I drifted off into a dream filled sleep.

A/N
Hey guys,
just a short one ready to lead up to the trial, it's been a hot minute since my last chapter so I wanted to get something out for you :)
Please vote and let me know what you think may happen at the trial