Chapter 2: The Dragon Roars
"I found you. It took me a year, but I found you." The level of awe and amazement in Malfoy's voice is a little unnerving.
His grip on Ignis though is what really concerns me, I'm not quite sure I'll be able to retrieve her as easily as I thought.
"She's mine, isn't she? Don't lie to me Hermione." It's so weird to hear him say my name, but at the moment that isn't as weird as the fact that from what I've heard he is the father of my child, our child; and I don't think he is going to just walk away from her now that he's found her, not with the loving, adoring look he has on his face.
"We would need a paternity test to be sure of th-" I start, but he cuts me off.
"Your bed will be warm tonight; my womb will be warm for nine months. It's a win for us each, wouldn't you say? Also, it's my birthday; you wouldn't want to send the birthday girl home without a little present, would you?"Malfoy's voice is silky and warm as he quotes my words from our first meeting perfectly. My argument as to why he should agree to it. Hearing him now, word for word, telling me what I had told Ignis' father, it's unnerving.
"Well? What is it to you? We agreed you wouldn't be involved. I wanted her all to myself, no messed up family. Are you going to ruin that for her?" I'm crying now, if we go to court I'm not sure I would get full custody, and I can't do that.
I can't share Ignis, because that's not what's best for her. She needs a stable, loving environment. Not going back and forth between my house and Malfoy's.
"Malfoy please, please don't."
He pats the bed beside him, and I sit down, leaning against his pillow and pulling my feet up underneath me. He shifts Ignis to one pale arm and wraps the other around my shoulders. I stiffen and look at him weirdly; this is not the Malfoy I know from school. He would never have looked for his kid. He would never have comforted a muggle born; he's changed so much since then. I don't know who he is.
"Hermione, I want to have a chance to give her a normal life. I wasn't just looking for her; I was trying to find you too. The few meetings we had, I honestly started to like you. Will you go out on a date with me?" I can't breathe; after things with Ron didn't work out I had pretty much given up on dating.
Ron wouldn't talk to me after I told him that I just wanted to be friends, but once he found out I was pregnant he got upset it wasn't his and left me for good, claiming he didn't want to be friends with a 'whore'. What could be so bad about dating Malfoy though? Well first of all, I haven't called him by his first name, even though that's what he has been calling me for the last few minutes. Also, M-Draco, used to be horrible to me and my friends in school. Lastly, even though he has been pardoned, Draco had been a death eater. Wasn't I always preaching forgiveness though?
"Okay, I'll go on a date with you," His face breaks out into a large smile, and it's so foreign on him that I hardly recognize him as the boy we used to fight with in school. "But I will need to take Ignis; I don't like having other people watch her for too long."
"I want to take her. Let's go out to dinner, nowhere fancy because I don't want you to dress up, and then we'll go for a walk in the park. How does that sound?"
"Okay." My voice is little more than a squeak, because Draco has leaned in towards me, and as soon as the word passes my lips his are on mine.
There is a tingling sensation in my stomach, and I honestly don't want to stop. For some reason, this feels so right, even though it shouldn't. Draco pulls back to look into my eyes, and I actually swoon a bit as his gray eyes stare into mine. He leans down once more to kiss my lips, and then hands me Ignis.
"I hope to see you both at eight tonight." I giggle.
I actually giggle at him. Sure, I've already slept with the guy, and we had a kid, but still, I'm going out on my first date ever. Ron and I never actually got around to going on a date. More like Ron thought it was stupid to spend money on things your mother could make you. Draco hands Ignis back to me and I stand up to walk out the door. This is all moving so fast, I can't believe it. When I walked through that door today, the only thought in my mind was that I was hoping Malfoy would behave. As I walk through that same door now, I wonder if Ignis will have a true father, and if I may actually find love.
I know Draco said not to dress up, but I can't help it. I've put myself into a knee length, pink sun dress with black polka dots. It has a simple sweetheart neckline and a synched in waist, all in all it's much more than usual, but I think it looks good. Ignis is wearing a dress as well, a silver maxi dress that's just a little too long for so that you can't she her feet, she's too small for the clothes she should be wearing at this age. Thanks to a little healer trick I learned, her scar from this morning is gone as well, and she is once again a bubbly baby girl.
"Hey baby, you want to go see daddy? I bet you do." I coo while scooping her up into my arms, her dipper is wet and heavy, and I scrunch my face in disgust.
"Someone needs to be changed, come on princess." I carry her into the nursery and quickly change her will she is mesmerized by the spinning mobile that follows her around the room. I found the charm in a parenting book when I was pregnant; there are three strings and at the end is whatever fits her mood. Today they are eyes, two gray ones, and a brown one. The look on her face is not what you would expect on the face of an infant, almost as if she is contemplating why the two eyes are the same. I wish so much that I could see into her mind for just a minute.
Before we leave I breast feed Ignis and pray that she will not get hungry throughout the evening, it's a bit of a mood killer to have to duck out constantly to have to breast feed. It's still so weird to think like that, to think of not only that fact that I am going on a date, but with Draco Malfoy! I cannot wrap my mind around it still, it just doesn't feel real. As I prepare to floo to the hospital I keep mulling it over in my head. I am going on a date with Draco.
My departure is interrupted though when a large, silvery stag gallops through my living room window.
"'Mione, Gin's gone into labor, the baby won't wait and she can't floo this far along."
I instantly scoop up the floo powder and scream St Merlin. The dizzying sensation is over in seconds, and I walk up to the man at the reception desk for the day shift.
"Could you please escort my daughter up to room 206, Mr. Malfoy will watch her, and please tell him I need to reschedule." I feel awful doing this, but Harry and Ginny need me right now, the second the man stands up I am gone, sliding into the nearest fire place and screaming for it to take me to the Potter house.
The chaotic scene that meets me is heart breaking; Harry is sitting next to a pale lifeless Ginny, her vibrant red hair fanning around the small, fragile, once happy face. Now she seems to be sleeping, yet I see no movement. She is completely nude, her large belly protruding out from her petite frame, and atop her bosom is a small, blue, infant. There is a long stretching cord from between Ginny's legs that is attached to the infant's belly button, and he, for it is a boy, is covered in blood and other fluids.
Harry is the worst though, his long, shaggy black hair is sticking up in all directions, one hand is red and looks like a few fingers are broken. He is sobbing openly above Ginny and their child, grasping her hand desperately whilst stroking the face of his breathing son.
Sometimes, the universe just can't let everyone be happy.
A/N: Thank you to all my amazing reviewers! I love you all so much, and it's because of you that I continue to write 3 Another HUGE thanks to my beta Dancing Shadows Alchemist!
Okay, so I have a big question to you all; I want to write a second Dramione at the same time as this one. So first off, should I? I promise to continue to update this one on a regular basis, either way it will take three to four days to update.
Second, which one? I have a lot of Dramione Ideas, but I think for now I'll just share a few:
1. Marriage Law Dramione
2. Abusive Ron, Comforting Draco
3. Head Boy/Head Girl One night stand= teen pregnancy
4. Dramione secret relationship during their sixth year
So, leave me a review, and tell me your opinions on the chapter, and my next fic! Until then,
Love you all,
~Mandie
