The entire night, Draco and Hermione made love off and on. Sometimes it was rough and hard but mostly soft and slow. Sometimes Hermione would doze off and be awakened by Draco's lips on her body and his thick member entering her. By the next morning, Hermione was very sore from the night of lovemaking.
As Hermione opened her eyes, she rolled over to land in Draco's arms and found the bed empty. She sat up and clutched the blanket to her naked body as she called Draco's name.
"Draco? Are you here?" Hermione's voice sounded loudly through the room. At that moment, a piece of paper flew into Hermione's face at eye level and she looked upon a note left for her by Draco. It said:
Good morning sleepy head. I'm sorry I'm not there to see you wake up, because you know how much I love that, but I had some things I needed to take care of today that I could not put off any longer. I've ordered breakfast for the room but if you wish to go down to the Great Hall for breakfast, then I'll find you later in the day.
Lovingly, Draco
Hermione waved and the note floated down to the desk beside the bed and noticed a small house elf fixing her breakfast on a table that had been transfigured there by Draco. The house elf turned as Hermione got out of bed and scurried out of the room. Hermione got up and winced in pain. She was very sore from all the lovemaking she and Draco had been doing. Hermione glanced at the clock and noticed it was almost lunchtime. Hermione sighed and summoned her wand.
Hermione limped over to the table and looked at all the food. All of a sudden a wave of nausea passed over her. Hermione quickly covered her mouth and ran into the bathroom.
As she retched, Draco walked into his room and heard the sound of Hermione in the bathroom. He ran in and saw her lying on the floor, slightly pale with her eyes closed. Draco kneeled and pulled Hermione into his arms. She gasped in the shock of finding Draco holding her and the pain of her soreness.
"Mione, are you alright? What happened?" Draco asked with a look of concern, as he lifted her into his arms and put her down on the bed. Hermione looked into his silver eyes and saw the fear in them
"I'm alright. It's just morning sickness. Its normal for pregnancy. The breakfast just brought it on quite suddenly. I'm al..ahhh" Hermione moaned in pain as she got up.
"What?" Draco asked, while looking into her hazel eyes.
"I'm just sore from last night, that's all". She looked up and saw a smug smile on Draco's face. Hermione shook her head and went into the bathroom to brush her teeth. When she had finished and come out, she saw Draco eating some pancakes at the table. He looked up as she limped to the table and sat down. Draco smiled and pulled out his wand. He whispered something under his breath and pointed it at Hermione. Hermione instantly felt the pain disappear from her limbs. She turned and smiled at Draco as he continued to eat his pancakes.
When they had finished, she took a quick shower, got dressed and went down to the grounds with Draco, hand in hand. They strolled slowly and looked out on the lake. Then Draco stopped Hermione underneath their oak tree and turned her to face him. He looked down at her and smiled.
"Hermione, I know we've had a bad history together up to this point, but I think that the dreams that were tormenting me before we got together, was just my subconscious showing me my true feelings for you. I don't want to lose what we have and I just love you so much Hermione that it hurts when I'm away from you to long. The reason I was away this morning was because I went to speak to my father about you and …" Draco pulled out a small velvet box. Hermione's breath caught.
Draco got down on one knee and grabbed Hermione's left hand. He looked up into her face and smiled at her.
"Mione, I love you and I never want to lose you again because it is the worst pain I've ever felt so…" Draco opened the box and Hermione looked upon the large diamond embedded in an array of tiny diamonds in a gold band.
"Hermione Emmaline Granger, will you do me the honor of taking my hand in marriage?" Draco looked up and saw tears swimming in Hermione's eyes. She looked at the ring and looked into the eyes of the man she loved and nodded her head.
"Yes Draco Malfoy, I'll marry you." He slipped the ring onto her finger and pulled her into his arms for a passionate kiss. Suddenly, applause was heard all around them. Hermione pulled out of the kiss and looked to see her friends surrounding her, with smiles on their faces. They all came up to congratulate Draco and Hermione. They were all hugging when a loud yell was heard. They all turned to see Pansy Parkinson crying at the sight of them all.
"No!!!! Draco's mine!!! And I'm not going to let that mud blood have him." Pansy raised her wand and pointed it at Hermione and began to yell, "Avada-", but she never finished the spell because 10 different spells hit Pansy in the face, knocking her out. They all stood in silence at this turn of events and Draco walked over and looked down at the disfigured girl.
"Who used the owl nose charm? Gosh. She looks a mess, but she deserved it for what she almost did to Hermione. But I guess I'll have to take her to the hospital wing." Draco stood and transfigured a gurney for her and lead it up to the hospital wing. While Draco was gone, they all looked over Hermione's ring.
"Wow, when Draco buys something, he really goes all out." Ron said as he looked over the ring glistening on Hermione's finger.
"Oh my Gosh, you're getting married and to Draco surprisingly. But you're getting married, I'm so jealous. I hope one day, I can find that kind of true love." Ginny smiled and glanced over at Harry. Hermione saw this and squeezed Ginny's hand. She smiled into the girl's green eyes.
"It'll happen for you I know it. It might not be with who you expect but when it does it'll be amazing." Ginny smiled at Hermione's words.
The whole day was spent out by the lake, picnicking and celebrating Draco and Hermione's engagement. As evening began to approach, Hermione moved to stand beside Harry as Ginny, Draco and Ron spoke about their plans after graduation. Harry smiled down at Hermione as she linked her arm in his.
"Harry, I'm really glad that I got to spent this day with you guys. It was just amazing how you guys knew about this." Hermione snuggled into Harry's arm.
"Draco told us his plans this morning. That ring he gave you is beautiful." He lifted Hermione's hand to look at the ring. She pulled her hand away.
"I know you're going to be very happy with Draco. He really loves you Hermione. Don't ever forget that." Harry kissed Hermione's forehead and led her back to the group. They all began to walk back to the castle, Draco with Hermione, Ginny with Harry and Ron behind them all. They all went to dinner and Hermione's ring caught attention quickly. Soon all the girls were crowding around to see it and hoping to get an invite to the wedding. Eventually Hermione slipped away from the squealing girls to meet Draco and go to his dorm for the night.
As they reached his dorm and closed the door, Hermione jumped onto the bed and turned to face Draco. He joined her, she lay her head on his chest and he wrapped his arms around her. Then Draco began to unbutton Hermione's top. She looked shocked.
"Draco, is there not a moment when you want sex?" He shook his head and opened her top only above her rounded stomach. He lay his hand upon it and Hermione knew what he wanted. She put her hand on top of his and led it to a spot where the baby had been kicking. Draco laughed as he felt his child inside of Hermione.
"Mione…. Do you think it'll be a boy or a girl?" He said as he stroked her stomach.
"I don't know but I hope it's a boy, so he can look just like you." She whispered back.
"I hope it's a girl , so she can look just as beautiful as you." He whispered back. She smiled at his words and kissed him.
"Draco, no matter what we have, we'll still love that child like no other." She squeezed his hand.
"Of course. I just hope I don't become like my father. I don't want to corrupt my child like that….or any children we have because I don't want that life for them." He said with conviction.
"Hey, you are not your father. Just the fact that you were able to overcome his rules and do what you wished shows that. And all the children we have, will have one of the best dads in the world. Okay?" She kissed him and smiled. Draco kissed her back and began to deepen the kiss. Hermione whispered on his lips.
"And if we keep this up after I have this baby, we'll definitely have more kids." She smiled into the kiss he gave her as they slowly sank onto the bed for another night of passion.