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Fanfiction100 – Sneaky Griffins
Chapter 29 Birth
"...so the best option is to contact the Economical Department and request-"
"Mr. Malfoy." Someone opened the door – without knocking – and walked in. It wasn't his secretary. "I have a message for you, sir."
"Can't you see I'm in the middle of a meeting?" he sighed "Whatever you have to say you can do it to my secretary."
"It's from your wife." The intruder insisted, probably not noticing how all his subordinates were staring at them now.
"My wife knows better than to call me in a meeting."
"But, sir-"
"My secretary is on the other side of the hall."
Biting his lower lip, the messenger closed the door behind him as he left the conference room.
"What was I saying again?*"
"We needed to call the Economical Department..."
"Ah, yes, thank you, Thomas. We need to tell them that their price is unacceptable, if they really want our support they must do better than that. They know what we're really worth-"
"Malfoy!" this time it was his secretary who entered without knocking.
"What do you want, Mary?" the blond asked, sighing.
"Your wife. She sent you a message. An important message." She added the last part when he started to protest "She says labour work started."
All the employees stared at their boss as he gaped.
"I see." He recovered "I'm sorry, gentlemen, it seems we'll have to finish this another time." He slowly got up, looking at all of them "You take care of my stuff?" he asked Mary "And my schedule?"
She nodded.
"Excellent." Then he walked off to the nearest fireplace with the most speed and dignity as possible and floo'd to St. Mungus.
He found Harry and Ron already there.
"Potter, Weasley." He ran to them "Where's Hermione?"
"In the delivery room. They don't let us in. And they won't let you too." Harry told him.
"What do you mean they won't let me in? I'm the father!"
"Malfoy, they didn't let the Boy-Who-Lived, saviour of all mankind, blah blah blah or whatever they call him now." Ron rolled his eyes "Why would you stand a chance?"
"So...you mean...I'll have to wait?" he sat next to them.
"It's not the first time you do this, do you always have to sound so surprised?"
"I always expect them to change the rules sometime." Draco rubbed his forehead "Did someone call my parents?"
"Your mother is in the Delivery Room too. Your father...is complaining to the responsible for this area for not being allowed to go in."
"Good man, that one. From time to time." Draco laughed "So, where are the kids?"
"Scorpius was all pissed off for not being allowed to go in too-"
"Must run in the family." Draco made a small smile.
"-so the boys took him outside to catch some air." Harry continued "the girls went to get something to eat."
"Teddy?"
"He's getting Victoire and Remus."
They waited in silence for their sons and daughters.
"Births are too stressful. I'm getting too old for this." Draco leaned back in his seat.
"So are we. And this isn't even about our family." Ron sighed.
"Don't let Hermione hear you say that. This is about your nephew." Draco closed his eyes.
"Draco, are you admitting that my kids are your nephews?" Harry smirked.
"In a way. Shut up, Potter." Draco opened one eye to glare a him "It's not like they don't call me Uncle. And their favourite too."
"They don't like you better than me!" Ron protested.
No one answered.
"Ungrateful gits." Ron whispered under his breath and crossed his arms.
"Uncle Drake!" Lily ran and hugged him "You're finally here!"
"Hey." He smiled as Rose also ran to him and kissed his cheek. "Where are your mothers?"
"With yours."
"Why can't we go in? This is sexism! Discrimination!"
"'This is as important to me as it is to her!'" Ron mimicked.
"We know the speech, Uncle Drake." Rose laughed.
"The circumstances aren't quite the same, are they?" Draco tried not to smile.
"Yeah, you guys are old now." Lily said "Just look at my Dad's hair! It's getting grey!" she pointed to Harry's head.
"I also noticed, Potter." Draco laughed "But unlike your daughter, I thought it would be polite not to mention."
"Hey!" Harry not pouted "The only reason she's been mocking me like this is because you're a bad influence on her!"
"That also doesn't stop me for doing it." Ron grinned.
"Or me." Draco added.
"Only because Ron's that Weasley permanently orange hair and your is too light anyway to notice if you had any white hair!"
"I do have great hair, don't I?" Draco flipped his eyelashes.
"Blond hair is pretty, isn't it?"
They all turned around.
"Although I rather have mine blue."
"Teddy! Victoire!"
"Sorry for the delay, we had t get a nanny for Remus." Victoire said.
"We found James, Albus, Hugo and Scorpius outside. Why aren't they here with us?" Teddy asked.
"Scorpius sulking."
"What a surprise." Teddy rolled his eyes "Like father like son, eh?"
"You tell me." Draco smiled "But now that I'm here...Rose, could you go call them?"
"Sure. But no one touches the food until I get back! Don't even try to eat a single thing." She pointed and glared at all of them "I counted everything!"
Glaring again she went outside as fast as she could.
"Sometimes, Ron, she reminds me of you."
"Can't argue that. She obviously didn't take it from Lav."
They didn't have to wait long for Rose and the boys to return.
"Dad!"
"Uncle Drake" James walked to him "Wazzup?"
"Your hand." Draco pointed at the hand James had lifted to high five him.
"That one never gets old." Laughed Albus.
"And he falls every single time." Hugo shook his head with a smirk.
"How long have you been here?" Draco asked.
"A few hours." Scorpius answered with a frown "And they still don't let me in! It's my sister they're talking about!"
"Yeah, yeah, we heard the same from your father."
They kept waiting, ate the snacks, Narcisa appeared at some point to say how it was going and to drag Lucius out of the Head Healer's Office. After reassuring everything was fine she returned to the room.
Soon they were able to see the moon rise from a window.
In the middle of the night Lucius yawned that he was too old to be waiting like that. Ron and Harry would have laughed if they were awake.
Most of them were asleep, Lucius was barely conscious, the girls were asleep against the wall, James and Hugo on the chairs and Albus resting his head on Scorpius shoulder.
Draco was trying to scowl at his son's hyperactivity, due to a pepper up potion, but he was too tired for it, when a Healer went to them and told them they finally could go to the room.
Draco asked her to wake the others as Scorpius woke Albus and he ran with his son to the room.
He ran inside and grabbed Hermione's hand.
"How did it go? How's Jane?"
Scorpius ran to his sister and grabbed the baby.
"Hey, you." He smiled at the baby girl, as Albus entered and put a hand on his shoulder "I'm Uncle Scorpius."
"Ad those," Jane said tiredly, with a smile "are Gramma Mione and Grappa Drake."
"We're grandparents." Hermione whispered with a smile to Draco, who squeezed her hand.
"What's my granddaughter's name?" he asked his daughter "Merlin, I still think I'm too young to be a grandfather."
"You're old, Dad." Scorpius laughed with Albus.
"She's Narcisa. After Gramma." Jane motioned to have her baby back to her arms.
"Where's Peter?" Hermione asked as the rest of the visitors came in "I thought he was outside with you."
"Isn't he in France, working undercover as a muggle?" Draco shrugged, really not caring.
"He came earlier." Harry yawned "And was stunned after trying to blow the door to get in. He's in the next room."
"Only a Hufflepuff would do that." Draco snorted.
"Don't talk about my husband like that, Dad!" Jane glared at him "There's nothing wrong with being a Hufflepuff."
"Of course not, darling." Draco rolled his eyes "I still can't believe I'm a grandfather."
"Ahah, you old man!" Ron laughed.
"I'm younger than you, Weasley!"
"Yeah, but I'm no one's Grappa!"
"Hum...dad?" Rose asked "Actually, there's something I need to tell you..."
"WHAT?"
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*- how many of you thought of 'You were telling me to sit on a knife'? xD
I really like this chapter. Really. I couldn't stop smiling while writing it on paper (yes, in classes, shuddup) and now again as I wrote in on computer. It's SURPRISE! And then...SURPRISE AGAIN!
Love it xD
I kept the same names for the kids so I wouldn't have to explain who was each one...hope you got it D:
Harry/Ginny: James, Lily, Albus; Ron/Lavender: Hugo, Rose; Draco/Hermione: Scorpius, Jane (Hermione's middle name and all that...)
(btw, did you get the Scorpius/Albus hints? :D they weren't there when I first wrote the chapter, but now I couldn't resist but to add it. I'm not sure about it, so just tell me whadda think, mkay? :D)
