"Cissy, are you sure he's ready for this?"
"I wasn't sure before, but I am now. He's ready, because he thinks he isn't. You didn't become a real father until you realized we, your family, needs to come first. You'd just been playing the part until then."
"When do you think that happened?" Lucius asked.
"Six months ago, when you realized Draco wasn't you, and you weren't your father. He's dead, darling, you don't have to keep trying to impress him. Children are like flowers, you can only support them for so long before you have to let them grow on they're own. We need to let our baby dragon spread his wings and fly. That doesn't make him any less my baby dragon." Narcissa stated, and Lucius just nodded in response.
Draco walked into the back room with Healer Johnson behind him, and he walked right up to harry and took her hand. "I'm right here, love." Draco whispered.
"The baby is yours; I doubled and triple checked. Your bond is still there; it's just not trying to kill the three of you anymore."
"The three of us." Draco whispered with a smile as Harry's eyes fluttered open.
"I am concerned about the baby given the circumstances, so I want to see her every other Saturday. I figured that would be the best day."
"Yes, that would be best. That way Sunday can be dedicated to homework." Draco said as he wrapped his arms around Harry's waist, his fingers sprawled across her still flat stomach, and Harry leaned into his shoulder.
"You look really cute together." Healer Johnson said. "I want to keep you here for a few hours just to make sure everything is alright. I want one hour with you, and one hour without you, and then you can go home." She said. "I need to get back to some of my other patients, but I'll be back." She then walked out of the room, and Draco shifted Harry and crawled in behind her on the bed. Holding her close, Draco watched her as she fell asleep in his arms. Draco slowly fell asleep as well.
The next thing Draco knows is someone is shaking them awake. "Draco, wake up. The first hour is up." Draco's eyes fluttered open to find healer Johnson standing next to his mother.
"Mum," Draco whispered as he woke up.
"It's alright, dragon. Mel will stay with Harry, and you're going to stay with me in the other room, dragon. You'll both be fine."
"First, I want to check everyone's vitals, and then Draco is goin to go with Narcissa. Okay?"
"Okay." Draco whispered, and Harry nodded her head. Healer Johnson pulled out her wand, and she started casting diagnostic charms. When she finished she stepped close to them.
"Well, both of your vitals are better than when you walked in. way better, actually. Most patients wouldn't be doing this well, but now comes the hard part, I want to separate you for an hour and check your vitals at the end of the hour and see if that effects your recovery. Narcissa," Healer Johnson said with a nod towards Narcissa, and Narcissa took Draco's arms and helped him off the table. Draco protested at first, but then Harry pulled him in for a kiss and whispered something in his ear. Draco nodded and allowed his mother to pull him from the room.
"What did you say to him? I don't think I have ever seen anyone talk Draco down from the verge of tantrum." Severus said as he walked into the room.
"I told him I loved him." Harry responded with furrowed brows.
"That's all you said?"
"No, but the rest is between Draco and I." Harry said.
"Potter, we are here to examine the bond you have with the creator of the potion I need to understand the effects of the potion and Melody needs to understand how to treat you now and in the future."
"I told him I'd give him a blowjob later. Is that pertinent to your research, Professor." Harry shouted, and Severus and Healer Johnson both flushed. "Exactly."
"I apologize, Miss Potter. We shouldn't have pried, but I delivered Draco, and Severus is his godfather. We've known Draco since he was a baby, and no one has ever calmed him down like that. It was impressive considering Narcissa was the only one who has ever calmed him, but never as fast as that."
"I am glad I'm capable of the unthinkable." Harry stated as she laid down and just fell asleep.
Draco stood on the other side of the door with his palms against the door along with his forehead. "Dragon, you are going to be in a lot of pain if you stay like that."
"What am I supposed to do, mum?"
"We are going ring shopping."
"I already ordered a custom made engagement ring for Harry, Mum. It'll be here for Christmas." Draco stated.
"When did you have time to do that?"
"I'm a Malfoy, mother." Draco stated without turning around. "I wasn't going to go to some shop and buy a ring off the shelves for my Harry. She's special and unique, and she needs a ring to compliment her."
"Draco, how much did you spend on this ring for Harry?" Lucius drawled as he dug his fingers into his temples.
"Not that much."
"How much, Draco?" Lucius insisted.
"75 Galleons."
"Please tell me that came from your allowance?"
"Yes, I'm not stupid enough to take money out of the vault without permission." Draco stated. "I learned my lesson third year."
"Good. How much of your allowance do you still have?"
"150 Galleons."
"Draco, how do you have that much?"
"I don't spend that much, father. I have money saved up over the years. Like I said, I'm not as stupid as you seem to think I am." Draco stated as he pulled away from the door, and he glanced at his father. "I'm not the little boy you can push around, father."
Lucius bowed his head as Draco stormed out of the room, and Narcissa glared at her husband as she followed her son out of the room. "Draco, wait up, dragon." Narcissa closed the door behind her after Draco slammed it shut behind him. "Draco, please wait. I just want to talk."
Draco stopped in the middle of the hallway, and Narcissa stopped behind him as Draco ran his fingers through his hair. "Mum, if she dies, I die. If anything happens to us, I want you to take care of our baby, and I don't mean how father raised me. I want my baby to be raised properly. The pureblood stuff can stay, but the rest of the bullshit can disappear. I don't know if you will ever have to trust you with this, but with the bond I can't not have a plan if something does happen, I need a plan."
"What if I'm not Harry's first choice for her child? What are you going to do then, dragon?"
"The next Malfoy heir is not going to be raised by a Weasley, and Harry knows I won't allow that to happen. I think she will be fine with you raising our baby. The two of you have been growing closer, and she likes you, mum."
"Draco, how do you know that's what she will want? She is strong and independent, dragon. Now, just because you are bonded to her, she will always be able to think for herself."
"I know she is, and I know she can. Those qualities are part of the reason why I love her, I loved her when she was a him, and that won't change, not ever?" Draco stated.
"I believe you, dragon. Why don't we go and get some fresh air." Narcissa said as she slipped her arm through Draco's, and they headed down the hall to the lobby, where they walked out the front doors onto the street. "Dragon, I know this is difficult for you. Your father was a nervous wreck the first few months after we found out I was pregnant with you. He was constantly by my side making sure I was alright. The Dark Lord was furious with your father, but your father fought his case with the Dark Lord. I honestly think those months I was pregnant with you were the only times he argued and went against the Dark Lord. He loved me, and he wanted to make sure I was alright."
"What do you mean he loved you? He still does love you, right?" Draco questioned.
"Yes, dragon, of course he does. Just not the same way he did when we were first married. I've changed over the years as has your father, just from the mire circumstances we have been through. After my seventh year, Lucius pulled away from me, which is why we married later than most in our class. Lucius was a year ahead of me in school, you remember that right?"
"Yes," Draco replied.
"Well, as you may know from experience, at a young age it is difficult to keep your hands off your partner. Well, your father wasn't coming back to school with me, and he was just starting to officially court me. We were both nervous about the other being unfaithful, and the week before I left for school your father invited me to France with him. He told my parents that his father was coming with us, and we were going to be locked on our own rooms. It turned out it was just going to be the two of us. We had a marvelous time, and he brought me back so I could leave for school."
"Mum, where is this going?" Draco interrupted.
"I'm almost there. Promise." Narcissa said as she turned towards he son. "A few weeks into school I got sick, or I thought I was, so I went to the hospital with to figure out what was wrong. Turns out your father missed one of the protection spells while we were in France, and I ended up pregnant."
"Mum…"
"Stop interrupting, dragon. I was ashamed. There was no way my parents wouldn't disown me for my transgression. I broke the rules of courting and those of pureblood ways, so without telling anyone about what the results were, I had Madam Pomfrey terminate my pregnancy from complete fear of my family, without even talking to your father about what happened. Now, before you judge your mother, think about how different I grew up from how you grew up. Sex isn't as big of a deal as it was when I was young. I you were having sex before marriage when I was your age, no one knew except the two people involved. I couldn't deal with the stress of having to tell my parents so I got rid of the evidence, the baby. I didn't tell, anyone, not even your father, and until I was four months out of school. Your father, the clever man that he is, noticed how off I was, and questioned me on it. I, of course, pushed it off as nothing, but he would have nothing of it. Finally, he got the entire story out of me, and the shame came crashing down on me. once again not only because I got pregnant before I was married, but also because in my entire thought process about the pregnancy I never once thought to ask your father his opinion on the pregnancy. He was furious with me, and I pulled away from the relationship, I think in that moment in the entire time I have known him, I was actually afraid of him. That day was the only day, he raised his hand to me and yelled at me. I feared the man I loved, and I pulled farther away from him.
"Eventually, your father came around, obviously. He apologized for his actions after finding out what I had done, and he told me I had done the right thing if it was what I absolutely wanted. I wasn't his decision, it was mine, and he understood that. I accepted his apology, but I was still afraid of him. Every time he went to touch me, I flinched, and we realized that we would have to start our relationship over from scratch. Your father slowly got me to trust him again, and finally three years after I graduated, we finally got married and soon after that we had you. Two years we waited and tried to get pregnant again, and I was starting to think I gave up my only hope to have children. Your father never gave up hope though, and when I finally got pregnant with you, your father wanted to be there every step of the way. Your father and I fell in love twice, and fell out of love twice. After I had you, there were complications, I almost died, and your father couldn't see me it was so critical. All he had was this little baby boy that he didn't know how to raise on his own, and when I finally stabilized, we were informed that I wouldn't and shouldn't try to have another child. If I were to somehow end up pregnant, the pregnancy would be terminated for my safety. This decision was made by your father before I woke, and when I found this out I lost trust in your father. Mind you we still loved each other, but not the same as we did before my last year at Hogwarts. All the betrayal pulled us apart." Narcissa finished.
"Mum, what was the point to this story? I mean, why tell me?" Draco asked.
"Trust and truth are important in a relationship, dragon. That is the moral to this story. If you want this to work with Harry, you have to have those two things, and I want this to turn out for the pair of you. She is good for you, dragon, and you are good for her. I just don't want you to mess it up, and lose what you have, but be stuck with one another because of your bond. I just want you to understand one of the ways this could end, the other is beautiful and you will never regret it."
"Thanks, mum." Draco whispered as he pulled Narcissa in for a hug.
"Always, dragon." Narcissa said as she pulled away. "We should head back inside the hour is almost up." Draco looked at his mother and them up at the building they walked out of, and Narcissa chuckled. "Come, dragon, let's get you back to your love." They started walking inside when they stopped because of yelling that filled the room.