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I woke up to the sounds of smashing glass and shot up quickly.

Who the hell was in my house?

I looked at the clock. 8am. Great, this was meant to be a resting day. Merry fucking Christmas to me, just what I wanted, a burglar in my house. I got up briskly and found my wand. I left my room and carefully crept around the hallway to get a view of the rest of my house, and hopefully the cause of the disturbance.

I had my wand ready to jinx this bastard the second I saw him. I thought about what spell I could use to stop the imposter, deciding to go for the trusty bat bogey hex for starters. I jumped around the corner, wand pointed at the kitchen to begin with, when I noticed a familiar blond man hiding the broken item in the bin.

"Scorpius, what are you doing here?" I shouted from across the apartment.

He jumped with fright before finding my eyes, "Shit Rose, um hi!"

My heart stopped racing, however my stomach took over, launching a vomit up. I flung myself into the bathroom and spewed up, just like I had every single morning since finding out I was pregnant. It was not fun. I composed myself, brushed my teeth and headed back out to the noise maker.

"Mind telling me why you're breaking shit in my house this early in the morning?"

"I was trying to make you a coffee quietly, so I could bring it to you in bed, but I fucked that up didn't I?"

His intentions were sweet, but the disturbance to my sleep still left me in a bitter mood. "Merry Christmas," I yawned.

'"And to you too, Rose," he smiled, ignoring my bluntness as he attempted to make the coffees once more. "I bought a gift around for you, I hope you like it."

A gift? How in the world did this guy get me a gift in the short 10 hours since I saw him last? A why did he have to? I didn't need anymore guilt. Still, I picked up the boxy parcel and began unwrapping it.

It was a camera, something I had yet to own myself. My eyes grew wide in shock, these things were not cheap. "Scorpius, a camera? I can't take this from you!"

"Don't worry, Rose, it does come at a cost," Scorpius said held out a cup of coffee for me to take, as I narrowed my eyes at him. "Nothing awful, I just want you to send me photos whenever you can, of you and your stomach especially. I want to see you grow!"

I smiled at him for his commitment to this pregnancy, but my mind was cringing. I was going to grow. I was going to be huge! I'd worked off my 14-year-old puppy fat for the past 9 years and now it was going to spring right back again. Merlin please let this pregnancy be kind to my body!

"Of course! Thank you Scorpius, it's such a lovely gift, but now I feel bad for not getting you something!"

"It's okay, I honestly don't expect anything."

I groaned into my coffee mug. Damn men. Maybe this is why I'd steered clear of them for so long - they were impossible! I looked over Scorpius' attire and noticed he was dressed in suit pants and buttoned shirt. At least he'd look good in front of the family before they attacked him.

"You're not trying to impress anyone are you?" I smirked.

"Well I'm hoping I'll look charming enough that your family won't want to tear me to shreds."

I put my coffee mug down and sighed, "You really want to do this?"

"I'm only meeting your family today, we don't have to tell them about the baby yet, but we should at least give them a chance to acclimate to me before they know the full story."

This was going to be terrifying. "I'm heading there just before lunchtime, I'll send them an owl to warn them I'm bringing a guest."

And with that, I acquired a quill and parchment with my wand and wrote a quick warning message to my parents. I sent it off with my owl Juniper and sat back down at the kitchen table. Scorpius finished his coffee and began manually rinsing it in the sink.

"So, when's your next appointment? I need to give some warning to the trainers so I can definitely leave for it."

"I have an ultrasound in 4 weeks time, they're going to make sure its developing properly then, and all that stuff," I went over to my calendar to confirm the date, "21st of January, 9:30am. My friend Tracey is doing it for me, she's a maternal healer."

Scorpius copied the information down on a scrap piece of parchment and placed it in his pocket. "Sounds like an important one. I'll be there."

I decided to take advantage of being alone with Scorpius to get to know him, in a more formal matter than I had previously. "So, you like quidditch?"

He scrunched his face up, "I don't like playing it, but it's pretty entertaining to watch."

A wizard who didn't like playing quidditch? Merlin, what was wrong with him? "So what do you like doing instead?"

"Uh, I don't mind brewing up potions, and playing chess. I was the Hogwarts Chess Champion during our time there."

I snorted, "Oh yeah, I remember. You bet Rory Wood in the finals and he cried for about a week over it!"

"He never spoke to me again, poor Rory," Scorpius laughed. "What about you Rose, what do you like doing?"

"Oh I'm a hardcore quidditch junkie. I guess I have to be, with dad being a quidditch coach and all. I'm a pretty strong beater, although I doubt I'll be doing much flying for the next 9 months."

"And what else do you like doing then, seeing as quidditch is out or the cards?"

"Well, reading and drawing, mostly. I like going out for drinks, but that's also out of the cards. I'm not a big fan of chess, sorry to say."

We sat quietly for a little too long so I decided to jump up and start some breakfast. "You like bacon and eggs?"

"Ah, I prefer toast and pancakes, if you had any?"

I was a little taken aback, who doesn't like bacon and eggs? "Sure I'll cook some up too."

I set a charm on the food to let it cook itself and came and sat back down. It was time to ask the real deal-breaker questions to figure this Malfoy out. "So, after all of your training is done, what are we going to do?"

"You mean like living arrangements?"

Not exactly, but that was part of the question. "Yeah, and other stuff, like, what kind of relationship are we meant to have?"

"Well, I think this place seems okay for a baby, and when I get myself my own place, I'll make sure it's suitable as well for when the baby visits me."

"Visits you?"

"I guess? I don't know, is that not how it would work?"

I shook my head, holding down my anxiety. This sounded exactly how I didn't want it to turn out. "I was hoping you'd be more involved than just having visitations."

"Well, yeah that could work, but you know, we're both young, I'm sure you didn't want to be stuck with me for the rest of your life?"

His plans were all wrong. When he said 'I'm in' I didn't think he meant this. I was willing to sacrifice finding my own husband and home for this baby and he planned to sacrifice every second weekend? I stood up abruptly and headed towards the kitchen and stared plating the food.

I didn't know whether it was the fact that he didn't like quidditch or bacon and eggs or the fact that he'd just implied a completely different future for us than the one I had imagines, but something trigger the damn hormones because I could feel tears stinging in my eyes.

"Rose, did I say something wrong?"

I tried to compose myself but didn't quite get there, "No, I just- I'm just trying to get my head around this big change of direction in my life."

"I'm still going to be there for you, it's not like I'm abandoning you or the baby."

I snapped, "Well you might as well be!"

I passed him the plate of pancakes and toast, and stuffed my own piece of bacon into my mouth. Food was my only comfort here. Goodbye, nice figure.

"What did I do wrong?"

"You said you were going to be there for me. You're already away for pretty much the whole pregnancy, now your saying you just want visits from your baby? I'm sorry, but even you acknowledged this was your fault, you're meant to be by my side through it all, not just when it suits you!"

Scorpius looked down at the floor in shame. "Rose, look, this pregnancy thing is scaring the shit out of me, honestly. I will be there for you, and I bloody do want to be! I thought you would've wanted a flexible life after having the baby, but if you want me by your side, I will be. We can get a house together if you think that's best! Just please tell me so I know what to do!"

I cleared away the tears on my face and took a few large breaths, feeling silly for my outburst. "I just need security, and comfort. You're either in this 100% or your not, I don't want any half-assed attempts. I'm sorry for getting emotional, it's these damn hormones."

He laughed slightly, "It's okay, I can get used to hormones. Just, if you feel the urge to kill me at any point, give me a chance to run first?"

I laughed quietly, still shovelling the bacon and eggs into my mouth like an elephant. We both finished eating quickly and I decided to start getting ready for the big "meet the parents" encounter that was about to occur.

"Alright, we have a few hours until we have to leave, did you want to stay here while I go shower and get ready, or should you just come back before midday?"

"I'll just wait here, I'll find something to do."

I nodded and made my way to the bathroom.

I was about to take a Malfoy into my family home. If that wasn't a death wish on it's own, then telling the family I was pregnant to a Malfoy surely was.

How's this one? Look out, all hell is bound to break loose at the Weasley's right?
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