(A/N: Just so you l know I love all of you! Seeing reviews and Alerts for this story absolutely thrills me! In case anyone is confused, Harry is about one and a half months pregnant in this chapter * so about three moths along really. You all know that is when the fun starts! Lol!
Draco was frustrated! Harry would not answer his fire calls or owls. By Wednesday Draco was getting angry. So he apperated to the house and could not get in. Harry had changed the wards. What the hell was going on? Draco went home and really wanted to smash something. Instead he called for Lulu. He may have sent Lulu to Harry's but she was still a Malfoy elf. When Lulu appeared Draco didn't know what to ask her first. Lulu spoke up before Draco could get his thoughts together. "Is be begging your pardon Master Draco, but Master Harry said I was to give you this note and to let you know that he is ok, and he has been eating. Master Harry says if I tell you anything else I is not to be coming back, sir. He says it be ups to you" She lowered her head. Draco growled. He read the short note from Harry, saying only that he needed a break and was fine. He informed him that he would change the wards for his appointment. What the hell was Harry thinking? He sent Lulu back without a response. All he told her was to take care of Harry for him. It seemed to take forever for Friday to come.
*Friday morning dawned cloudy and rainy. It fit Draco's mood perfectly. Draco went to work. It seemed the day just kept getting worse. Mione was out sick. Some newbie had opened a package in his office without checking it for spells first and it was now snowing in his office. Nobody seemed to be able to get it to stop. After it reached six inches deep Draco had given up and left for the day. It was only noon and Harry's appointment was not until three. Draco decided to treat himself and go to his favorite restaurant, Di Carlo's. They were closed for the summer vacation they took every year. Could this day get any worse? That was when he saw his ex-wife walking his way. Well obviously it could get worse. He thought about leaving but she had already seen him. Proper manners required him to speak with her politely. Damn it. He was hungry and cranky and now he had to deal with this bitch.
"Draco" Astoria said with disdain is her sugary sweet voice. Draco looked at her and tried very hard not to sneer, "Ms. Greengrass". Draco tried to let it end there and walk past her. She reached out and grabbed his arm. He truly did sneer at her then. "I would like to have a word with you." She said in a slightly hushed tone. Draco laughed, "You can have as many words as you like, just not with me" He said sharply and walked away. Quickly turning a corner and apperating away. He knew he was early but he went to Harry's anyway. Draco stood outside the wards for a few minutes and wondered what he should do. He really didn't want to go home. He didn't have anything else to do. He was bored hungry and frustrated.
Lulu appeared in front of him. "Master Draco, Master Harry has asked me to tell you that it is only 1:30, and his appointment is not until 3:00." she said. Draco hung his head, "I know. I just have had a very bad day. I didn't have anywhere else to go. I am tired and hungry and aggregated. I was going to call Binx to bring me a sandwich or something. Do you think you could do it instead? I think there is a park around here somewhere." He said dejectedly. Lulu popped out without a word. A moment later she was back and informed Draco that he was to follow her into the house for lunch. Draco gave a small smile. He wasn't going to deny this small gift. He followed Lulu into the house and thought maybe, just maybe his day was looking up. Poor Draco.
Lulu led him to the kitchen where she indicated he should sit down. She brought him lunch. It was a very nice lunch. Of course she was a Malfoy elf and knew what Draco liked. He sat there and began to eat. He wondered where harry was. When he asked Lulu said he was in another part of the house and had already eaten lunch. Draco ate in silence. When he was finished he went in search of Harry. It wasn't very hard to find him. The house wasn't small, but it wasn't anywhere near as big as the Manor. Harry was sitting in the study, staring out the window. When Draco came in Harry didn't even notice. "Hi Harry." Draco said. Harry looked up at him. He offered up a small smile. Draco smiled back. "I wanted to thank you for letting me come in early. I have had a really bad day." Harry leaned his head to the side and asked "Why don't you tell me about it? I don't leave the house much and wouldn't mind listening." Draco almost fell over. Harry was being nice. He had been so aggravating the last week Draco was in shock. He told Harry about his day. Harry laughed about the snow and seemed genuinely content to listen to Draco. Draco told him about Astoria. Something is Harrys eyes changed when he heard her name.
"Well I don't see why you didn't talk to her. She is your wife after all. What does she think about all of this?" He practically shouted at Draco. "Harry," Draco said calmly, "You know that her and I had our marriage annulled. What you and I have is none of her concern." Harry just looked angrier at that comment. "Merlin help us all!" He said with contempt in his voice. "The great Lady Malfoy displaced, what ever will we do? But of course you wouldn't want to her to know, she might not take well to it! I don't even know why you're here Malfoy! You should have taken me up on me offer. You should just go and not come back! I will raise this baby. WE DON'T NEED YOU!" Harry shouted. Draco was truly angry now. "You and that baby are a part of my life, now and forever! Deal with it!" Draco shouted. The words had barely left his mouth when he felt a familiar tug behind his navel and found himself outside flat on his ass in the dirt.
Healer Dobbs walked up and looked down at Draco. "I take it you two had an argument?" He said laughingly. Draco was not amused, but allowed the Healer to help him up. Healer Dobbs asked him to wait outside while he went and found Harry. He would send Lulu out to get him in a few minutes. Draco was furious. He didn't remember ever being this mad in his entire life! What was Harry going on about? Was he mad Draco hadn't brought him a gift this time? Why had talking about Astoria made him so mad? It's not like Draco cared about Astoria. Harry should know that. Something Harry had said stuck out in his mind. She might not take it well. What did Harry care how she took it? Oh shit! That was what Draco had said to Harry that night. No wonder he was pissed. Did Harry still think Draco cared for Astoria? He had never told Harry he didn't give a shit about her, but he thought Harry would just know. Draco started thinking about when Harry and he had been together in school. He remembered how clingy Harry would get sometimes. Like he thought Draco would leave him for anyone. After all this time Harry still had no self-esteem. Shit, shit shit! Draco had to fix this! Quickly he called for Binx. Having her retrieve something from the house and bring it to him. He shrank it and put it in his pocket. Lulu appeared and brought Draco in to the living room where Harry and Healer Dobbs were waiting.
It appeared that Harry had been crying and Healer Dobbs did not look very happy. Well to be honest, he was glaring at Draco. Why would he glare at Draco? He paid the man. Shouldn't he be glaring at Harry? Healer Dobbs looked pointedly from Draco to a chair near the couch. Draco sat down. Healer Dobbs proceeded with the exam. Neither one of them said anything to Draco. He had to try really hard not to slouch. As Healer Dobbs began the spell to hear the baby's heartbeat Harry reached out a hand to Draco shyly. Draco took it and squeezed it comfortingly. Harry looked scared. The baby's heartbeat filled the room. Harry and Draco both smiled. Healer Dobbs preformed the spell to see the baby. They both sighed. Their baby. Healer Dobbs took some notes and told them that they baby and Harry both appeared to be doing well. Harry needed to work on his stress level and eating more, but other than that everything appeared to be fine.
After Healer Dobbs walked out Harry looked at Draco and smiled. "I am really sorry about yelling at you earlier. I haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately and it makes me edgy." He said. Draco looked concerned, "No Harry I am sorry, I had a bad day and took it out on you. Why aren't you sleeping?" Harry looked up at Draco. Draco had just apologized. A genuine apology. Malfoy's don't apologize. Draco actually did look and sound sorry. He looked concerned. Harry let his head drop. "Nightmares" he mumbled. "What?" Draco said. Harry repeated himself. "Nightmares, but I really don't want to talk about it ok Draco?" Draco didn't want to ruin this good mood Harry was in so he agreed. "Harry, I want to talk to you about something but I want you to promise you will not get upset and promise you will let me finish before you say something ok? Harry agreed.
Here it goes Draco thought. He turned his back to Harry because he knew he couldn't look him in the eyes and say this. He wasn't strong enough. "I need to explain some things to you. The night we hooked up at the bar, I really wanted to be with you. I never stopped loving you. I put a spell on you and Ron's drinks so that you would get drunk quicker. I wanted an excuse to take you home. I know it was wrong and you can be angry with me if you want to. I don't even blame you. I had just found out that my son wasn't mine. I knew Astoria and I never loved each other, but I didn't expect this level of betrayal from her. I just wanted to hold you and spend some time with you. Not in my wildest dreams did I think I would get to make love to you that night. I wanted to tell you then how much I loved you and how sorry I was about what happened when we were in school. Then later I started thinking about how badly I had hurt you and I let my fear get the better of me. I just knew you were going to wake up and yell at me and hurt me. I knew I had to deal with Astoria that day. I had to get her to agree to let me keep my son. I know it's stupid but I couldn't have you hurt me that day and have to deal with her. I planned on getting ahold of you as soon as I got home, but then I found out about how badly she had hurt him. I had to help him first. By the time I thought I could contact you, I knew it had been too long and I knew it had been too long and you would not forgive me. I am so sorry. I hope you can forgive me. I love you, I always have. I love this baby. I can't stand the idea of not being in your lives. I brought you something. I hope that in some small way it will prove to you that I never quit loving you." Draco reached in his pocket and brought out the box he had in it. He unshrunk it and turned around.
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