Chapter 12
Of Morning Sickness and Showering Together
Draco woke up the next morning with a sigh. His only thought was of how nice it was to hold Hermione while she cried and not to be the one who had caused the pain for once. Back in school he went to bed at night kicking himself for his jibes that he had flung at her during the day. He looked down at her sleeping next to him and before he could stop himself, before he could stop the tears and the words, they were out.
"Hermione, I am so sorry I did all that crap to you. I'm so sorry. I don't deserve you and all you are giving me. I love you so much. I'm so sorry I didn't treat you better all those years, but I have changed now. I love you Hermione."
Hermione's eyes fluttered open and she turned over and looked at him, wiping the tears from his face and comforting him as he had comforted her.
"Draco, please don't cry. I know you are a changed person and I love you too. And- oh God, I don't feel so good."
With that she flew out of bed into the bathroom, where Draco could hear her throwing up. He walked into the bathroom and knelt down beside her pulling her hair back from her face with one hand and rubbing her back with the other. Hermione stopped vomiting and sat down on the floor next to the toilet.
"Are you ok love?"
"Morning sickness sucks."
"What is morning sickness?"
"It means that because of hormone imbalance- I am sick because I am pregnant."
"Is it serious?"
Hermione laughed softly.
"No dear. 99 of pregnant women get morning sickness. At least they do in the muggle world. Do they usually get morning sickness in the wizarding world?"
"I don't know, I have never been around a pregnant woman before you."
Draco blushed sheepishly.
"Well that explains why you don't know what morning sickness is. Now, why don't you go get some breakfast while I clean up?"
"What if I don't want to? What if I want to get cleaned up with you?"
Draco leaned in to kiss her.
"Draco, I just threw up, are you sure you really want to kiss me?"
Draco backed away slowly.
"Right, go ahead and brush your teeth and then I will give you that kiss."
"Ok, let me brush my teeth and wash my face and then I will call you when I am ready for you, ok?
"Yes, that sounds great. After we shower and eat breakfast we'll go get your parents and bring them home. How does that sound?"
"It sounds lovely, but I don't think it will be that simple. You see, I don't really remember where they are in Australia or if they would even be in the same place anymore. Sheep farmers move around a lot."
"That's ok darling, we can apparate to them. Just focus on your parents and we'll get there. Remember the rules? Destination, deliberation and… um…."
"Determination. Yes, I remember. I thought you said Malfoy's never forget anything. I do believe you have forgotten something dear."
Draco smirked.
"Oh ha ha, at least I remembered the first two rules. You have to remember that I didn't really pay much attention in those apparition classes. I had other more important things on my mind. Besides, I have known how to apparate since I was a child. Now, you take care of your breath, and I will be in the bedroom. Holler when you are ready for me."
"Ooh, that sounds kinky. I'll be sure that I do call you when I am ready."
Hermione gave Draco a devilish smirk and proceeded to brush her teeth. Draco went and sat on the bed and started thinking. When had Hermione become so Slytherin-ish? She wasn't mean like most of them, she was just… oh, he didn't know what she was. All he did know was that he liked the way she was now. He was brought out of his thoughts mere seconds later when he heard her calling him saying she was ready for him. He walked into the bathroom and gasped, for there she stood standing stark naked in the shower, indeed ready for him.
"My my, you never get tired of me do you?"
"Oh Draco, just get in here so we can shower."
"Whatever you say love. I love you."
"I love you too, Draco."
Hermione pulled him into the shower clothes and all. She rid him of the clothing quickly and pushed him up against the shower wall, pinning him there. She kissed him fiercely and with a fire Draco had never before seen in her. Draco pulled her close and held her to him in a hug. He pulled away gently and looked down at her.
"Hermione, I love you but if we don't stop this we will never get to your parents. It isn't that I don't want to do this, but I just thing getting them out of their current state is more important. We can resume where we left off some other time if that is ok with you."
Hermione sighed in disappointment and then looked up at him.
"I guess it has to be ok with me. Come here though and I will wash you. Then you can wash me after that."
Draco smiled at her but pulled her over to him and started washing her hair instead of letting her wash him.
"I'd rather get your shower out of the way because after that kiss you gave me I am going to need the shower to myself. Ok, you're done. Out with you so that I can take a cold shower."
Hermione got another devilish look on her face and reached down and pulled the handle to being all cold water and watched as Draco cringed at the freezing cold water. She then scrambled out of the shower so he could not retaliate, grabbed her towel and ran into the bedroom and got herself dressed. Now she was just waiting for Draco to come and get dressed so they could eat breakfast.
A/N: Ok, so this chapter is a little longer than previous ones were. I hope you like it! I realize that the whole thing is a little mushy, but I like to think of it as a sappy romance novel. Thanks for reading and if you have the time, please review. If you don't review I will still keep reviewing though because I don't believe in leaving my faithful readers hanging on a cliff. Enjoy and I will have the next chapter up soon!
