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An Aberration: Out of the ordinary. After a one-night stand, Hermione's over men and ready to give them up. But with a positive pregnancy test and the phone number of the father, she's been given no choice. A story of overcoming the past, family and love.
Chapter 10
Crossroads and Questions.
Draco Malfoy
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads.
So you won't be lonely.
Crossroads – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Today was the day. The day of her appointment. A crossroad of sorts. The decision that would be made, whether he would go and support her, or whether he wouldn't go, breaking all his promises, and breaking her heart. It was such a simple decision, with not-so-simple consequences.
I needed to marry, and Hermione needed a father to her child. Simple, as easy as pie. But, apparently she thought it not so simple. If he went to the appointment, would she shoot him down again? Would she leave him with no choice?
If he didn't go to the appointment, how disappointed would she be? They both knew they were fighting, but this was a significant day, and coming along would be a very significant action, fight or not. She wanted him there. She needed him there.
Then there was the issue of her baby. Our baby. It was an accident of sorts, but as everything came together, it was more than that. It was meant to be, as cheesy as it sounded. They were long lost rivals; their childish fights barely memories of their Hogwarts days, the fights that happened even then. She was a Muggle-Born Gryffindor, the third counterpart of the Golden Trio. A significant figure of the light side.
Draco was nearly the polar opposite. He was the Slytherin Prince, the witty boy who played with girls' hearts and threw them aside, the boy who was born into a pureblood family who was siding with the Dark side, destined to become a Death Eater. Somehow, that didn't happen. Maybe it was just the start of the journey that led him, yet again to Hermione. What was with this girl? She was everything he used to loathe, and now it was everything that made him whole, that made him the new Draco Malfoy.
His life seemed to pale in the events of the past eight weeks. He encountered Hermione as the mystery girl and then he met her for who she really was. He embraced her, taking it all into his stride. It was slightly alarming, but it was set in stone now. He couldn't take it back if he wanted to, but he certainly didn't want to.
Hermione shed light onto his life, making the dull greys and the original black and white flash with an array of colours that could only be described as breathtaking. There was his pain, his anger, his want, his love, his work, his apartment. Everything he had ever done, everything he had planned, every part of him, the whole of his entity was lain out for her to see.
And she didn't mock, she just looked it over, helping and just being with him. She was herself with him, not a watered down version, or just that young school girl from years past. She was mature, quirky, seductive, witty, kind, gentle, helpful and a million other things. She was as close to perfect as anyone could get.
And he was the furthest.
And yet, she didn't judge. She took him, all of him. And that's what made Draco like her even more. She had all the features that made her real that made her special and then some. Then there were the features of her that made it enjoyable along the way. Her determination, her strength, her eyes, which seemed to speak in their own way, to send messages to Draco. The way her feelings played-out over her face, a flash of doubt or her mouth twitching when she found something funny.
She enthralled Draco, and that's why he had a crush on her. It felt as if he was in school again, and she was the innocent, gorgeous girl that had every boy drooling. She was the complete package; only a mad-man wouldn't find her interesting in a way. But, he couldn't get caught up in his feelings. He didn't want to delve into a relationship when he was trying to be there for her. What if they didn't work out? They would be broken; maybe they couldn't even stand to be in the same room as each other. That wouldn't be good for Draco's plan and promise to be there for her.
So, he had to keep his crush under wraps. He had to halt his advances and just be the shoulder to lean on, a best friend of sorts. Maybe, after the baby was born he could do something, like take Hermione out on a date and see what happened from there. They had come this far, so why ruin it now?
And yet, had they come this far just to be friends? Just so Draco could be the shoulder or the comforter, the provider in the pregnancy? Or, was he there to be her love, the one Hermione talked about when she wanted to get married? She wanted to feel that feeling, where you were desperate for that person, that you would do almost everything for that person. Maybe he was there, for that reason.
But, as pertinent as these questions were, they had to wait. He could think things over and figure them out for himself first and then he could do something about it. One step at a time, because he didn't want to do something wrong, and ruin it all.
Because that would just be bloody fantastic. He would do all this work for Hermione, then he would screw it up, being the flawed Draco he was. Maybe yesterday was the only screw up they would have. Maybe not.
Having come to a decision, I stood up and took a deep breath, ready to face what came my way. There may be tears, there could be anger, but he had thought it over, and it was what felt best for them. His decision could hurt a lot of people. It may be the ending of many friendships, might give him a few tough battles to fight, but he had decided, and it was final. Nobody changed Draco Malfoy's mind when it was made up, and god forbid that he had made the wrong choice, because it would be a choice that would haunt him in years to come.
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