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Chapter 29!
JOELSANGEL
Chapter 29
Meeting Her.
HERMIONE--
After I heard of Draco having an arranged marriage to some girl that neither of us knew, I started to feel sick more often. I didn't want to eat when we woke up on the day Draco was supposed to meet this girl. I was afraid that she was going to be a beautiful girl and Draco was going to end up marrying her and not me. It was just like Lucius to do this to us, I couldn't believe that I might lose Draco. If I did I would have to raise our baby by myself, I didn't want my child to grow up without a father.
"What's wrong Hermione?" Ginny asked as she sat next to me at the Gryffindor table.
"Last night, Draco got a letter from his father. Lucius has arranged for Draco to marry some girl that Lucius sees fit for their family. He has to meet her today." I said looking at my friend feeling the tears sting my eyes.
"Oh, Hermione, I'm sorry, but you know Draco won't go through with it. He loves you too much to marry someone else." She said putting her arm around me. I hugged her back and sat there for a while.
"That must be her." I said looking to the doors of the Great Hall. There was a girl with blonde hair and a nice figure standing there.
"Go to Draco." Ginny said pushing me off the seat.
"Okay, talk to you later." I said walking to the Slytherin table.
"I think that's her." Draco said standing up next to me.
"Yeah, I think so too." I said and we walked to her holding hands.
"Are you Draco Malfoy?" She asked when we reached her.
"Yeah, and this is my fiancee, Hermione Granger. I'm sorry for this but my father just set us up because he doesn't want me to marry Hermione. I'm sorry but I can't marry you." He said squeezing my hand tighter.
"It's okay, I'm Juliet, but people call me Jules, I didn't want to have an arranged marriage either. My parents sort of pushed me into this. I'm glad you have a girl you want to marry. I can't marry someone I don't even know." She said smiling at us.
"So, since we have established that neither of us will marry the other, I can help you find a guy that you like." Draco said to her.
"That would be nice. Do you have any guys in mind?" She asked looking at us.
"I know one." I said looking at Harry. I knew that he had met that other girl but I didn't think it would last long, actually he was looking a little sad that day.
"Who?" Draco asked.
"Harry." I said looking up at him.
"That might be a good idea. Why don't you go talk to him?" He asked looking at me.
"Yeah I will. You guys can go back to the common room and we will meet you up there. Okay?" I said starting to walk away from them.
"Alright." Draco replied and showed Jules out of the Hall.
"Hey Harry, what's up?" I said sitting across from him.
"Nothing, you know that girl Shelly that I was telling you about?" He said.
"Yeah?" I replied questioningly.
"Well, she said that she doesn't want to be with me, she doesn't want to have a boyfriend that's going to have every other girl on the planet after him. So, now I don't have a girlfriend." He said playing with his fork.
"That's actually a good thing, cause there's this girl, her name is Jules, and Lucius arranged for her to marry Draco but neither of them wants to marry the other and she wants to meet a good guy, so I volunteered you. Sorry." I said feeling a little guilty that I had just volunteered him without asking.
"That's okay Hermione. I guess I could meet her." He said standing up. I led him to our common room and went in. Draco and Jules were sitting on the couch talking when we arrived.
"Jules, this is my friend Harry. Harry this is Jules." I said gesturing to each of them.
"Hi." They each said.
"You know, you should take her down by the lake Harry. It's pretty down there and it'll give you some privacy to talk." I said looking at him.
"Okay, let's go." Harry said looking at Jules. They left the common room and I sat down next to Draco.
"I love you." He said after a few minutes of silence.
"I love you." I said leaning my head onto his shoulder.
"Thank you." He said.
"For what?" I asked.
"For being there for me, for always helping me out, just everything. You've helped me so much, I don't know how to say thank you." He said.
"All you have to do is say that you love me, and I'll know that you are thanking me. Draco, I thank god for you every day. I'm happy to have you. I love you." I said, it was true, I was always thankful for having him.
"I love you Hermione." He said and hugged me close to him.
DRACO--
"We should be getting to class." I said as I remembered that it was Friday.
"Oh yeah huh?" Hermione said sitting up. We got off the couch and went down to the dungeons, we got there just as Snape opened the door. The class was boring as usual, but at least I got to spend time with Hermoine.
"Don't you hate having Snape first thing in the morning?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah I do. I really hate having him at all since everything that happened." I whispered back. We took our notes and made our potion. Hermione and I were the only ones who got it right, as usual.
We left the classroom after class was over and we went to the rest of our classes, at lunch we saw Harry and Jules eating outside, so we went to join them.
"Hey you two." Hermione said as we approached them.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Harry said and motioned for us to sit down with them.
"Not much, are you two kids getting along?" I asked smiling at them.
"Yeah, we are, I really like Harry, we've agreed to go on a couple dates. I don't have school cause the school I went to burned down, so they're still trying to figure out where to send all of us. So, I'll probably be here for a while. I just need somewhere to sleep." Jules said.
"Well, we have another room. It used to be mine but I don't use it anymore because I sleep in Draco's room." Hermione offered.
"That's great, thanks." Jules smiled at us.
"You're welcome. We don't have another Hogsmeade trip until next month though, so it'll be a while before you guys can spend an actual day together away from the school." She said.
"That's fine, we'll have our dates around here, we'll think of something." Harry said.
"Good, so yeah. Things have been crazy around here don't you think?" Hermione continued looking at all of us.
"Well, I personally wouldn't know but I've heard that things have been a little weird." Jules said.
"Well, one of the teachers made it widely known that Hermione is pregnant, and he did it in a very rude way." I said remembering how much I wanted to kill Snape.
"Yeah I heard, I'm sorry for that. But congratulations on the baby. How far along are you?" Jules asked looking at Hermione.
"Five and a half weeks. The baby's heart started to beat this week. I'm so excited I can't wait until I have the baby." She replied.
"Well, you'll have to let me know when you have the baby, even if I'm not with Harry I want to know. You guys are great people, I don't think I have ever seen a better couple." She said.
"Thanks." Hermione and I said in unison. We had a way of doing that lately.
"You're welcome. But I have to go write a letter to my father to tell him that I'm going to stay here for a while. Your Headmaster said I could stay as long as I liked so I'm going to tell my father. Harry can you show me to the owlery?" She said looking at Harry.
"I'll just let you use my owl." Harry replied as they stood up. They walked away and we continued to sit there. Hermione laid back on the grass and I leaned over onto my side and looked at her.
"What?" She asked.
"Nothing, I'm just marveling at how beautiful you are." I said smiling at her.
"Yeah right. Beautiful? You're funny. I've gained weight already." She said.
"Hermione, I've already told you, you could gain a hundred pounds and still be beautiful. And just think, the only reason you're gaining weight is because of our baby. After the baby, you'll lose all that weight anyway. So be happy." I said kissing her.
"Yeah I guess I will. I can't wait to see our child. It'll be beautiful." She said closing her eyes and enjoying the little bit of sun we had. It wasn't cold out but it wasn't hot. It was just right.
"Well, our last classes are going to start soon. We had better get going." I said standing up. I helped Hermoine up and we went back into the school. Then I saw Jules and Harry and was going to say something, then I realized that they were kissing. I nudged Hermione.
"What?" She asked.
"Look." I said pointing at Harry and Jules.
"Well, I think that they're getting along really well." She smiled. We continued on our way and went to our classes. Then we went to dinner and met up with Jules in the Great Hall.
"Hey, I'll show you to your room after we eat." Hermione said.
"Okay, I'm actually not hungry at the moment, so when you get finished I'll be waiting on the stairs." Jules said and left the Hall.
Hermoine cocked an eyebrow at me and I shrugged my shoulders. I went to my table and sat next to Alex. We talked about Jules and how everything was going with Hermione's pregnancy.
"Who are the godparents going to be?" Alex asked.
"I don't know. We haven't talked about it yet. I'll make sure to talk to her soon." I said, Alex nodded and we finished eating. Then Hermione and I met at the door and met Jules at the stairs.
When we got up to the portrait of the Johnsons we told them that Jules would be staying with us and then we told her the password. We lead her to her room and Hermione showed her into her room. Her things were already there, I don't know how but they were. I guessed that the houselves had brought them up for her.
"So, the bathroom's down the hall and the kitchen is downstairs. You can spend your time in here or wherever else you want. It's no big deal. But Draco and I are going to go to bed. Have a good night." Hermione said as we stood in the doorway.
"Goodnight you two." She said and started to unpack her things.
"Hermione, who are the baby's godparents going to be?" I asked when we got into our room.
"Well, I was thinking, the godmother should be my best girlfriend and the godfather should be your best friend. So Ginny and Alex, if they want the responsibility." She said. I nodded in agreement, I knew that if anything happened to Hermione and me that Ginny and Alex would take good care of our child.
"We will have to tell them tomorrow." I said as I climbed into bed.
"Yeah, I know. But for now, let's get some sleep." She said as she got into the bed with me.
"Okay, I love you." I said kissing her.
"I love you." She replied and kissed me back.
We fell asleep and I had a nightmare that Hermione was having the baby and when the doctor looked up it was my father and he killed us both and took our baby. I woke with a start and realized that I was crying in my sleep. I breathed rapidly for a few moments, I prayed that it wasn't going to happen. I couldn't imagine if my father killed Hermione, and even worse if he took our baby. I didn't want my child to grow up in a life like I had. I was determined to be a better father than mine. I then went back to sleep and slept peacefully the rest of the night.
A/N: Alright, I got another review, from xX.Marshmellow.Xx Thanks soooo much for the review and for the compliments, they mean a lot to me. I'm so happy you like the story and here's another chapter for you! Please review everyone!
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