Hermione laid there fully awake. She looked up at the ceiling rubbing her stomach thinking of Harry. She thought of laying next to him and wondered if the baby was fully Draco's. Hermione and Harry had been sexually active and it wasn't unheard of for a child in the magical world to have two biological fathers. She had done her research on it and found it common with pure-blood women with a husband and a lover. But Draco was not her husband and Harry her lover. Draco was her ex and Harry her boyfriend. She thought about going to Ginny to find out who was the father but knew Draco wouldn't allow her to. She frowned and got out of bed. She pulled on her deep crimson robe and hurried off to Draco's study. She, unsurprisingly, found him there looking over some papers most likely about the new wing in St. Mungo's for different forms of arthritics. Witches and wizards were going to muggle medical collages to learn about it and bringing that knowledge to St. Mungo's to see if there could be a magical cure for all and the Malfoy's were funding it. Draco looked up as she entered and he stood up to greet her.
"Why are you out of bed love? Your midnight excursions can't be good for our child." He touched her stomach lovingly. She tried not to cringe at his touch. She couldn't help it. He had cheated on her through out most of their engagement. And she hated the though of him touching her after he had touched another woman.
She looked up into his grey eyes with true sadness that never left her eyes anymore. "I need to see Ginny."
He frowned. "Hermione, we have several mediwitches and mediwizards living with us that are highly experienced yet you continue to pick her." He removed his hand from her and looked at his soon-to-be wife in the eye sternly as if to scold a child. "I understand you trust your best friend more than these strangers but, they are the best of the best and she isn't even fully trained."
Hermione sighed deeply. "Well, I want to see who the true father is before I give birth. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if your wife gave birth to another man's child?" She looked back into his eyes intently trying to make the point get across.
He shook his head. "Fine." He turned away from her and she started out of the room. "But,"
She turned her head to look over her shoulder coldly at him. "But what?" She narrowed her eyes.
"If the child is mine, I want ylu to come back to me completely like the girl I fell in love with."
Hermione nodded her head curtly. "And i the child is not, the contract is null and void and I leave to go back to Harry." Draco nodded to the window he was facing with his hands behind his back. As she left the room, he shed a tear.
"Ginny," Hermione squirmed slightly as the ginger girl smoothed out the cool gel with a silver spatula.
"Hermione, we're going to find out the gender first." Ginny soothed.
"No! I need to know who the father is first!" Ginny sighed exsasperatedly.
"We can't do that until after the baby is born." Hermione grumbled crossing her arms. "And," continued Ginny unfazed. "You've only been pregnant for six months. So findin out who the father is now, even if we had the ways and means, would do no good."
The kitchen door opened down stairs but neither girls took notice. The new commer leaned againt the door fraim and watched the two girls bicker. He smiled.
"Merlin Mion." Ginny huffed. "Just let me check the gender."
Hermione frownd. "Fine." A chuckle came from behind Ginny.
"She's almost more stuborn than you Gin."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Don't you have some where to be Ronald?" He stepped around his sister to best friend.
"Nope." He smiled at Hermione. "Harry wants me to be here to know the gender and father of the child."
Ginny huffed but continued what she was doing. She smiled. "Hermione, you're having a boy."
"And the father!?" Hermione demanded impationatly.
Ginny waved her wand a few times over her friend's stomache and smiled.
R&R please? I haven't gotten much feed back as I'd like on this ya'll. The plot bunnies are just hoppen around ready to be used! They just need some encouragement to come out!
