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Draco hovered outside the door to Ginny's room, wondering how best to enter. He and Ginny never got along and he knew there was friction between her and Hermione and he didn't know how she would take him. He put on his best doctor face and knocked on the door.

After a few moments, he opened it and walked inside. He was surprised at seeing Pansy in the room, too, but covered it up with a slight nod to her.

"Mrs. Potter," he said in a cheerful voice. "How are you feeling? You might be a bit sore for a few days."

Hermione cast him an amused glance. "Mrs. Potter?" she mocked. She and Pansy erupted in a fit of giggles.

Draco shot her an annoyed glance, but pulled out a sandwich from his pocket and handed it to Hermione. He gave her a small smile, one that he only reserved for her.

Ginny stifled a giggle. "She's right, Malfoy. You can call me Ginny."

"Then you can call me Draco." He smiled at her and sat on the edge of her bed like he did with so many other patients. "James Sirius Potter will be back in here to take his pictures." Draco started talking to Ginny about other official things. "Do you have any questions?"

Ginny nodded. "Have either of you been able to get in touch with my mum or dad? Or Harry?"

Draco frowned. "I talked to Blaise earlier and he said he left a message at the Aurors' office. He said he tried to get in touch with your brother in Diagon Alley, but no such luck yet. You'd think with so many wizards in your family, someone would respond."

"Good thing you ended up with the only wizard doctor in the hospital," said Hermione, gesturing toward Draco. "And the best one, too."

Ginny grinned. "Why thank you, Draco. And thanks for the Quidditch mobile for James, too. Much better than that stupid doxy fairy one from Ron."

Draco slightly blushed as he looked at Hermione. He sat next to her and took the sandwich from her hand, taking a bite of it.

"Hey!" she said, swapping his hand away. "Aren't you on duty?"

He gestured back to Ginny. "I just finished. I'm on a five minute break now." He took another bite of her sandwich and looked between Hermione and Ginny. "Are you two, uh, all right now?" he asked uncomfortably.

Hermione nodded. "Yes," she said happily.

"I'm all right, too," Pansy added with a haughty nod. "Thanks for asking, Draco."

Draco rolled his eyes at her and stood up, brushing his hand against the top of Hermione's head. "I should get back to work now. Ginny, just have me paged if you need anything." He took his mobile out of his pocket and handed it to Hermione. "Blaise said he would call if he gets in touch with anybody." Hermione nodded and pocketed his phone. "I'll see you later."

Ginny watched Draco leave and waited until he closed the door before saying anything. "I think he loves you, too. Did you see the way he looks at you? You should definitely tell him!"

Hermione shook her head. "No, that's just how he is. He's nice like that now."

"That is definitely not how he is," Pansy said. "He's never been like that with me. And he and I used to 'date' at Hogwarts! You should really just tell him, Hermione."

"What if he doesn't feel the same way?"

"You can't keep bringing that up! Just put yourself out there! You saved the whole damn wizarding world, for Merlin's sake!"

"I'd rather save it again than tell Draco Malfoy that I love him."

Pansy looked at Ginny. "What do you think?"

"I think he loves you too. Did you see the way he smiled at her?"

"They've been like that for weeks! It's gotten a bit annoying actually," said Pansy. "Giving each other secret love glances and all. What really goes on at your flat when we leave?" she teased.

"Wait, he stays at your flat?" asked Ginny. She sat up in the bed, interested.

"Ever since she fell in the water after that accident," explained Pansy.

"Oh yeah, Harry told me about it," Ginny said. "I wanted to come then, but…"

"It's okay, Ginny. And Draco only stays at my flat because he didn't want me to be alone at my flat!"

Pansy and Ginny exchanged a glance. "Because he loves you!"

Hermione rolled her eyes. "No, he doesn't. Not in that way, at least."

"You should ask him to the Ministry Ball," Pansy said. "It's in two weeks. Blaise is going to be out of the country," she said, pouting. "So I have to go by myself."

"You could hang out with me and Harry," said Ginny. She pointed to Hermione. "Or Draco and Hermione."

"Great, the third wheel."

Ginny laughed. She really liked Pansy now. And she was glad that Hermione was back in her life. She didn't remember too much about being in that Muggle department store. She only remembered feeling a bit too hot and passing out. When she woke up, Hermione, who she hadn't seen or spoken to in months, was with her. Pansy was also with her, soothing her and calming her down. And Draco Malfoy gave her a speech that saved her son. It was the strangest thing she had ever woken up to.

The three of them sat around, talking about other things. A few minutes later, a nurse brought the baby into the room and they cooed all over him. Pansy pulled out a bag full of things she picked up for him and they spent an hour having the young newborn try on a number of outfits.

Another hour or so later, the door crashed open and Harry nearly tumbled inside. Pansy stared at him in amusement and promptly handed the baby back to Ginny, taking a seat next to Hermione.

"Where is he? I'm sorry I'm late, Gin. I didn't know," he said, looking around the room frantically. Draco followed him inside, stifling his laughter.

"He's right here, Harry," said Ginny, with a grin. "James Sirius Potter, meet your father."

Harry approached the bed with a wide-eyed look. Draco held the door open and nodded for Hermione and Pansy to go outside, leaving them in privacy.

"You guys should probably go now," Draco said. "Give them a bit of privacy."

Pansy nodded. "I'll let Blaise know."

"Thanks, Pansy." Draco gave her a quick hug.

"I'll Floo you later," Hermione added, stepping forward and giving Pansy a long hug. Pansy nodded and headed down the hallway.

"Are you going to go home now?" asked Draco.

"What time do you get off?"

"10:30. Movie tonight?"

Hermione nodded and looked at her watch. It was 7:15. "Yeah, that sounds good."

"You could wait around, too, Hermione. Stay with Ginny. And I'm sure the rest of the Weasleys will be close behind. It'd be a good opportunity to get back in touch with them."

Hermione took a deep breath and nodded. "Yeah. I think I'll do that." She looked back at Ginny's room. "I don't want to go in there right now. It's their first moment as a family."

Draco nodded. "Grab some food? I'm starving." He rubbed his temple and briefly closed his eyes.

Hermione nodded and led the way to the cafeteria. They paid for their food and went to their table in the corner. "You've been working too hard lately. You look tired."

"I am. But I'm fine."

Hermione looked closely at him. "You're off the next few days, right?"

Draco nodded and rubbed his eyes.

"You should get some sleep when we get home."

"Don't look too hot yourself, Granger."

Hermione smiled and pushed a bowl of pasta in front of Draco. "Eat, too. How are your cases today? Did you have a surgery?"

Draco nodded and began to tell Hermione about his day. He liked this part about talking to Hermione. She always made him feel better. It had been a pretty frustrating day; he had a case where his patient didn't have the insurance to pay for the operation so the patient was opting out of the surgery that could save his life. He was pouring out all of his frustrations with Hermione, hoping that she could somehow help him figure something out. If not, he was just glad that she was there to listen to him.

Hermione furrowed her brow at the end of Draco's story. "Can you do it pro bono?"

Draco looked at her in confusion. The wheels were turning in his head. His hand hovered in front of his mouth as he was thinking fast about something that he had read. "I think…Hermione, you're a genius…I think…maybe if we just…or we could…I just have to…" he jumped up, gave Hermione a kiss on the cheek and bounced away.

Hermione sat at the table, wondering exactly what happened. Draco suddenly ran back and grabbed her hand. "I need your help. There's this case that I remember reading about, but I don't exactly remember where it was or what the case was about."

"Where are we going?"

"The research library here. I remember reading something about a stand-still surgery. And we may be able to do it pro bono if we do something like that. This patient…I really shouldn't tell you this, but it's the bartender from the bar across the street. We have to save him. He's a sound board for a lot of the doctors and nurses here."

"Of course I'll help. Just tell me where to get started."

Draco led Hermione into the library and shut the door. He pulled out a number of journals and handed it to Hermione while Draco settled with another stack of journals. They sat for hours, skimming through a number of articles until Hermione thought she found what Draco was looking for. She read bits of it out loud before Draco nodded and took it from her.

"I'll be back, Hermione. But go, hang out with Ginny. I'll let you know what happens, if I could get off on time tonight."

Hermione nodded. "Good luck."

"Thanks for your help, Hermione." Draco smiled at her and gave her a long hug before running down the hallway.

Hermione stared after him for a bit before walking back to Ginny's room.

"Hi Ginny," Hermione said. "Harry. James." She grinned as she saw Harry holding James. They smiled back at her. She walked over and gave Harry a kiss on the cheek and cooed over the baby.

"Hey," said Ginny. "Where's Draco? We have something to ask him."

Hermione looked concerned. "We could page him if something's wrong."

"No, nothing's wrong. The nurse said I could get discharged in the morning, but I just wanted to see him."

"He'll be in soon, I think. He might have a late surgery tonight."

Hermione sat on the other side of the already crowded bed, catching Ginny up on everything that had happened in her life since her parents died. She described to Ginny how she and Draco had grown closer and how he brought her to visit her parents' grave before she was ready to accept their death. She then told Ginny about their ensuing row and what happened after it—her realization that she loves him and her near-death experience.

Hours later, Draco entered the room with a knock. He nodded at Harry and smiled at James. He gave Hermione a hug and kissed Ginny's cheek.

"I hear you're ready to be discharged tomorrow, Ginny. Congratulations."

"Thank you, Draco. For everything."

"Will it work?" Hermione asked. "The surgery?"

Draco nodded. "It'll work."

"When are they going to do it?"

"Tonight, at 10." He rubbed his weary eyes.

"Are you staying?" asked Hermione. "I could just stay here, with Ginny, or wait for you at home. I imagine it'll be a long surgery. And you should try to get some rest before you do."

Draco shook his head. "I'm not going to stay for it."

"But it's a stand still surgery. Isn't it what you want to do?"

Draco nodded. "Yeah, but the attendings are going to do the surgery. I asked LA if she wanted to assist instead of me." He shrugged. "It's no big deal. I didn't want to keep you waiting."

"You could go do the surgery, Draco. Even if I think you should go home and rest."

Draco shook his head. "No, it's okay. I'll go home."

Ginny watched them go back and forth until she grew tired of it. "Hermione, just drop it. Draco would rather watch a movie with you instead of doing this big, expensive, once-in-a-lifetime surgery."

Draco's eyes fluttered at how Ginny described it. He nodded. "Yeah, there'll be time for that surgery later," he said to Hermione.

Ginny grinned at Hermione and winked. "Well, Harry and I are glad you both are here because we have something to ask you."

Harry nodded and sat on the bed next to Ginny. He handed her the baby. "Hermione, I don't think it's ever been a question, but will you be James' godmother?"

Hermione burst into tears. "Really? Me? Wow, thank you! Of course, I would be!" She grinned and leaned forward, wrapping her arms around Harry.

"And Draco…" started Ginny. "Harry and I were going back and forth with this because we always assumed that we'd ask Ron, but…Draco, would you like to be James' godfather? You're the reason why he's alive and why I finally decided to give in, so…"

Draco was overwhelmed with a strange feeling. It felt like he was floating. "Are…are you serious?"

"Of course."

Draco glanced at Harry. "You too, Potter?"

Harry nodded. "I'm forever grateful to you for my son, my wife, and my best friend." He nodded at Hermione. "And maybe a little bit jealous that you got to hold him first," he added with a slight grin.

Draco smiled. "Um…well, yes, then. Sure."

"Great!" Ginny reached her arms up, handing the small bundle to Draco.

Draco carefully grasped the baby and smiled down at the newborn. He sat on the bed next to Hermione and the two of them looked at their shared godson.

"He's beautiful," said Hermione.

Draco nodded and looked at Ginny and Harry. "Thank you," he said softly, feeling tears pierce his eyes.

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