Chapter 4 Decisions
Harry and Ginny showed up an hour later. Ron still wasn't able to make it.
"Where's Draco?" asked Harry as he walked into the room.
"I told him I needed some space and time so he left," said Hermione.
"What? Hermione! Why would you do that? I know you don't remember but he's your husband!" said Ginny.
"I can't think with him here! He's always watching me and waiting for something magical to occur but nothing is going to happen! I'm not getting my memory back any time soon," said Hermione.
"Just try to be nice to him! He hasn't done anything wrong," said Ginny.
"Well from what I can remember he has so until then I don't want to be around him," said Hermione.
"So what happens when they release you from here? Where are you going to go? You live with him," said Harry.
"That's what I need help with. At first I was absolutely planning on going somewhere on my own away from him, but then he told me I'm… pregnant," said Hermione, "He's not lying right just to try to get me to go with him?"
"No. He wouldn't lie to you," said Harry.
"You told me yourself a week ago when you couldn't figure out why you were so sick and if you need proof a healer can certainly show you," said Ginny.
"So what did you decide then?" asked Harry.
"I don't know. Honestly I don't want to be anywhere near him, but if I'm pregnant… our lives are invariably intertwined forever. Plus I can't get this stupid ring off my finger. Everyone will know I was 'his' I guess. Who spells a ring anyways?" asked Hermione frustratedly.
"Was that a rhetorical question?" asked Harry.
"What?" asked Hermione confused.
"About the ring," said Harry, "Because I hate to tell you this but you told him to spell the ring. It already has protection elements but then you told him to spell it on when you were married because you would never leave him and if something ever happened you wanted to be his forever and this would be your reminder."
Hermione opened her mouth but then closed it when she realized she had nothing to say. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all? Or maybe she went back to her original thoughts that maybe she was Imperiused or something.
"Hermione I promise you won't regret it if you go back with him. We'll all help you try to remember," said Ginny, "You had a good and strong marriage. We wouldn't let you go back if we thought something was wrong. You know us."
Hermione gave a small smile. That part was true. They would interfere if they needed to.
"Well I did tell him to bring back pictures to help me maybe remember. Maybe when I see them I will feel better about going back," said Hermione.
Ginny smiled at Hermione.
"Wait, where do I live?" asked Hermione, "Please don't tell me the Malfoy Manor or I might have to change my mind."
"No. It's not there. Draco wouldn't make you stay there because of… well just because you didn't want to," said Ginny again still hiding the Manor war events.
"It's a really great house he bought you though. It's got a library and everything. And there are no elves present. You guys do everything yourselves, well I guess with the help of magic," said Harry hoping to make her feel better.
"No elves? Really? I swear he was absolutely dependent on those things," said Hermione.
"He was, but you whipped him into shape. You said you wouldn't move in with him unless there weren't any," said Ginny laughing.
"Wait I'm not a house wife right? I mean like I don't do the cooking instead of the elves," said Hermione.
Ginny and Harry both laughed.
"Yeah right! You? Honestly Hermione you're still you even though you got married. Draco is a fabulous cook," said Ginny.
"Well with you both trying WAY too hard I guess I can go back," said Hermione, "Can you just be there at any time in case I need you?"
"Of course," said Harry.
"Trust us. You'll be fine," said Ginny.
"Could you do me another favor? Can you get Draco here and tell him to bring me an acceptable pair of clothes to get out of here and some pictures?" asked Hermione.
"Yes! I'm sure he'll be here soon so we'll go ahead and leave you. Good luck but you'll be fine," said Ginny.
"Trust us," said Harry at the door.
"I do. Thanks," said Hermione.
They weren't kidding. It took about 10 minutes after they left for Draco to show up.
"Hey," he said with a timid smile.
"Hey," said Hermione giving him a small smile back.
"Here's some pictures," said Draco handing them to her and sitting next to her.
Hermione looked at the first one. Naturally it was of their wedding. Hermione was wearing a beautiful silver gown that made her look absolutely stunning. She watched as Draco kept putting his arms around her and pulling her into a kiss. She looked happy enough and surprisingly to her so did he. The next was another wedding picture of them dancing. Once again they looked incredibly happy and in love. She flipped to another that was apparently someone's birthday.
"Is that…?" pointed Hermione.
"Lily and James? Yes. Don't worry we babysit for them A LOT. You will see soon I'm sure," said Draco.
Hermione smiled. They were pretty darn cute, two little brown haired blue eyed children with lots of freckles; a perfect combination of the two of them. She thought of her own child she was carrying again. She wondered who her child would look like and if maybe she would have a memory of something by then so they wouldn't have such a messed up life.
Hermione flipped to the last picture. They were waving in front of an absolutely adorable pale yellow three-story house with blue shutters. She couldn't hold back that smile. It was perfect! It even had a garden and a huge tree with a swing. She couldn't wait to get inside of it!
"It's so cute!" said Hermione.
"You picked everything yourself. I hope you still like it as much as you did when we first built it," said Draco.
"I did it?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah. You designed it and I had someone build it for us. You decorated everything inside and it's even got a library and everything you ever wanted. Or so you told me," said Draco smiling at the memory.
"Is it ok if I change so we can go?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah. I'll get the healer to work on the papers so we can be home soon," said Draco happily.
The healer came, discharged them quickly, and they were out the door. Unfortunately they were stopped by Hermione's boss.
"Hermione it's great to see you're ok!" said Jane giving her a hug.
"Uh, yeah! Thanks!" said Hermione absolutely and completely confused.
"Oh I'm sorry! You must think I'm some kind of crazy person; I forgot you don't remember anything. I'm your boss. You do research for us here. In fact you were about to make a break through right before the accident, but it's ok we have all your notes. I just wanted to let you know you can take all the time you need before you come back. Just take the time to take a break and get to know everyone again," she said.
"Thanks," said Hermione.
She left and they finally reached the apparition point. Draco wanted to apparate so she could see the whole house from the inside instead of going through a fireplace. It made him happy to see her so happy. Maybe things were looking up after all.
HA or so Draco thinks... this won't be an easy journey for them because that would be no fun :)
