Reason For Living

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Chapter two!

Draco woke up surrounded by bright white. He knew at once that he was in the hospital and his mind quickly filled with the memory of his latest conversation with his godfather, Snape. Draco jumped up and out of his bed and grabbed the first nurse he saw.

"Where is Potter?"

"He was released about twenty minutes ago, he's probably back in his dorm by now."

With that Draco was off to the Gryffindor dorms. The blonde was in luck just as he got to the painting on the fat lady it swung open as some first years went to leave for dinner. Draco shoved his way into the dorm and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Harry sitting on a large red couch dosing. Slowly he made his way across the surprisingly empty room to the old and warn looking sofa. Draco dropped to his knees and looked at Harry's sleeping face. There were blatant signs of worry and stress on his face. Draco sighed and realized for the first time just how beautiful Harry was. He pulled out his wand and cast a spell to break the glamour on Harry because he just had to see for himself if it was true. Draco looked down at Harry now visibly swollen stomach and for the first time in his life he felt an instant snap as all the pieces of his life fell into place. He was going to be a father he now had he's reason to break his ties to the Dark Lord and he had a reason to change and to be a good person. He had a will to live, which was something he had lost along time ago. Draco couldn't stop his hand from reaching out and gliding across Harry's distended belly. A small smile formed on his lips when he felt the baby kick as it recognized his magical signature as father. A glittering light formed between his hand and Harry's belly as the baby's way of telling him not to go that the baby wanted to feel him near. Apparently the baby was thrashing a lot due to Draco removing his hand from his presence, because Harry woke mumbling curses at the baby for kicking his bladder and making him have to pee yet again.

"What are you doing here Malfoy?"

Ron's voice broke Draco's stare from where his child lay.

"I'm visiting my child Weasley now if you don't mind."

Draco said in a bored tone, motioning for him to leave before looking back at a now very awake Harry.

"What the hell? You're not the father Malfoy." Harry snapped.

"Oh really Potter, I want you to look me straight in the eyes and tell me that I'm not the father."

Harry glared at the blonde.

"You are not - Oh will you quit looking at me like that. The father's Sean McBardie, he's a muggle boy that lives just down the street from my Aunt and Uncle's house. I got a little tipsy at my welcome home party and it just sort of happened."

"You're lying Harry and we both know it for two reasons one a muggle can't get a wizard pregnant and two your left hand always twitches when you lie. Besides didn't you know I'm part veela and can recognize my child's magic just as they can recognize mine? This explains why I've felt such a strong need to be near and care for you."

With that said Draco put his hand over Harry's belly and the twinkling lights started again.

"Stop that! She's already tormenting my poor bladder enough without kicking and squirming on top of it."

Draco's eye's lit up.

"It's a girl I knew it! Oh I'm gonna spoil you rotten little lady. Oh yes I am. We're gonna go shopping all the time and go to the beauty mage that lives in Hogsmead. And you'll have so many wittle ponies you won't know what to do with them all. You'll have everything you're little heart desires - yes you will."

"Stop that Malfoy. You're not having anything to do with this child. You were nothing more then some lucky sperm donor that's it."

Harry stated and Draco's face dropped from one of joy to fear and then to anger.

"Now you listen to me and you listen good Potter, I have just as much right to our daughter as you do. There's no way I'm letting you keep her from me now that I know. I doubt the Dark Lord himself could stop me. Haven't you every heard of the wrath of a woman scorned? Well, a veela scorned is several million times worse. Besides once our daughter is born she'll need me. She'll need to feed off of my magic to live."

Harry looked over Draco's shoulder for a moment then Harmonies voice answered his silent question.

"It's true Harry, if Malfoy really is part veela then the baby will die if she can't feed off of his magic with in the first couple days and the at least once a week for the first year of her life. The sooner the better most veela children feed from there fathers magic before they even have there first taste of milk."

"Fine but how do I know your not just going to hand her over to the Dark Lord to use as bait for me?"

Draco looked absolutely pissed as he began to shake. The trio watched in awe as he turned solid black and he began to lose control of his magic. Harry gasped as a bright light began to flow from his stomach to Draco. The moment the light hit him he dropped to the floor and began to cry.

"Merlin and I though Harry was emotional."

Ron mumbled earning him glares from all but Malfoy, who was now crawling towards Harry. Slowly he made his way up to him and laid his head on Harry's stomach.

"I'm sorry baby daddy didn't mean to scare you. I'm so sorry it's ok really baby, daddy's not mad any more it's ok. Shh."

Draco mumbled before he began to sing a soft lullaby to Harry's belly in some strange language none of them knew. Soon Harry noted that the baby stopped kicking and squirming almost as if she was settling down for a nap. As soon as Draco stopped he pulled away from a very shocked and confused looking mother to be.

"Uh are you feeling better now Malfoy?"

"Call me Draco please Harry we're really going to have to learn to get along if we want to bring our little girl up properly."

Then Draco's face darkened.

"And to answer your question about the rotten snake Voldermort - Weasley stop flinching - I've never been one of his followers. Look for yourself."

Draco stated pulling up his sleeve's to reveal only more of his perfect porcelain skin.

"My father may be one of his most trusted men but he knows that I'm not to be trusted. Do you remember last year when they planned to attack you on the Hogsmead weekend but Dumbledore had a secret source that had warned him in advance so that when the death eaters showed the only people there where aurors and order members?"

Harry just nodded.

"That secret source was me. I'd figured it out when my father had sent me a letter hinting that I shouldn't go on that particular weekend. The dark lord hasn't trusted me since then, but my father still does. He thinks that one of my dorm mates found his warning and told Dumbledore. You can ask Dumbledore if you don't believe me. Now if you're done questioning me, I've got eight months of baby loving to make up for."

Draco knelt back down in front of Harry and began to talk to his stomach once again.

"Uh . . . Mal- I mean Draco if you don't mind I haven't eaten anything since breakfast and I'm getting quite hungry. The great halls closes soon."

"What? Are you trying to starve our daughter? Come on get up this instant and I'm going to see to it that you eat a healthy full meal."

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