Chapter Thirty-Four:
Hermione wakes enough to undress, take her hair down and makeup off before falling into bed. Marcus smirks and undresses, pulling her body inline with his, before thrusting deep within her. Hermione moans and responds to him. He rocks in and out gently, not wanting to really get hot and heavy with her.
Hermione snuggles closer, making him groan when he sinks deeper. "Princess, you drive me wild." He whispers to her, knowing that she is half asleep. He wraps her into his arms and holds her tight as he can, falling asleep buried deep within her.
Marcus wakes first this time, with a raging need to give Hermione a good time. He rams as deep as he can and pulls her hips in time with his thrusts. Hermione moans awake and starts moving on her own. He throws a leg over his shoulder and slides deep with each stroke. He can feel her locking up and soaking his cock. "It feels so good when you do that, Baby." He forces out, trying not to moan along with it.
He refuses to go too hard, while she is expecting. Hermione goes over again and takes him along for the ride. He rests his head against hers and pants out. "I love you, so much, Hermione."
Marcus pulls away and hops out of bed to make her some breakfast. Tomorrow is his first day of practice, so he wants to enjoy pampering his woman today, before the grueling schedual starts.
Hermione rests her head against the wall of the shower as the water pours down her back. One more day before she only sees him at night and will most likely be asleep then.
They spend the day walking around the park, visiting with his father at the manor. Micheal was surprised that it was her idea to come. "I have to face my fears at some point." She tells him, still a little nervous.
Marcus shows her the other properties. The one that she likes the most is in Swansea, which is interesting, given how Harry's family is from Wales. It's about a four hour drive to Swansea from London, but it is closer than the house in Glasgow.
For the next month, the only time that they really have any quality time is when they attend her first healer's appointment. Marcus outright tells his coach that his woman has an appointment that he is not about to miss.
"Either allow me the block of time to go or find another. For Merlin's sake, you could work with the beaters some more." He growls at the coach.
Marc rushes through a shower and floos to St. Mungo's just as Amanda and Hermione are getting there. Hermione runs into his arms and shakes with relief.
"Hey there, Princess. I told you I would not miss an appointment. I know the schedual for the games, so I can help plan the next one around them. Let's go find out about our baby." He whispers to her while rubbing her back, calming her down. Amanda hugs him and tell them that she will stay in the waiting room while they are in the exam.
The nurse calls them in and has Hermione take a urine test. The results are positive and she starts asking both of them questions about their family histories and habits. Hermione is getting a little irriable at the interview. Marcus reaches out and rubs her back again, working on a knot that he finds in the center. The nurse finally leaves and they are alone until the healer comes in.
"Thank you Princess for the daily meals that you have been sending with me. I appreciate them a lot." Marcus whispers, not really wanting to speak any louder, given that the office is most likely bugged by the Daily Prophet. With how loud that nurse was, she probably is getting a cut from leaking things. Hermione, thinking the same, scans for bugs. She finds both magical and mundane ones in the room. When the door opens with the healer, she silently summons them all from the whole office and sets a ward up so they cannot be replaced.
The Healer is a quiet man that upon seeing his patients, swears an oath to not leak any infomation of their pregnancy. Once he hears that they were engaged before getting pregnant, he feels better about it all. "Just make sure you marry at least two months before this one is born. That way the child is legitimate in the eyes of the Ministry."
Marcus sets his jaw in thought. If they got married right after he gets done with the team, Hermione would still not be showing, even with how tiny she is. He turns to her and sees that she also is determined about something. Marc pulls her closer.
The healer walks them through what is going to happen. Then, scans Hermione's belly, showing them the child inside's size. The fetus is no bigger than a bean. He asks them to come back in a month for another check up. "If anything arises, don't hesitate to floo, there is a nurse on call all day and night. If you start bleeding, don't call, just come to the emergency wing. Pregnant women are just a step below major trama." Hermione nods.
At the desk, Marcus and Hermione work out their next appointment. Amanda waits patiently, though she has seen a lot of people sneer at her. "What is it with these people? All they've done is sneer at me. I figure that I am not that obvious in my attire." She looks down at what she is wearing. Granted, she is not wearing robes, but neither is Marc or Hermione.
"I figure it's because of me, Mum. You and I look alike. Now just because we won, doesn't mean that many purebloods still don't wish for the old days. Look at Adrian's mother. If she had her way, I would be a step above a house elf, and those buggers are not even aknowledged in her eyes, except to order around and blame for her own foibles."
Marcus snorts at Hermione's comment. "Boy, do you have Chantel pegged." He snickers into her hair. Amanda says her goodbyes and hugs her kids before parting ways with them to return home.
Marcus knows he will hear about it from both his coach and teammates in the morning, but he is glad that he gets to spend some time with Hermione. They floo to the nearest point and walk home through the park.
Hermione leads him into their apartment and locks the door. She turns to find Marcus' large imposing body right in front of her, but not facing her. What's going on?
When she looks around him, she sees the reason for his stance. Standing there is a strung out Chantel Pucey. She is obviously on something. as she is shaking uncontrolably. How did she know where we lived and why would she come to us? She hates me. Hermione thinks as she quickly pops off a stunner at the woman, who doesn't see it coming.
Hermione raises a brow to Marc. "Hey, I never told anyone where we lived. All I put on the forms for the team is London Metro. That encompasses a lot of area. I know Ade has no idea where we live. She must have done a blind appraration to get here." He tells her and watches as Hermione sends out a mass patronus to Harry, Draco, and Adrian. The magic is something that he has never been able to do.
All three men pop to the address and upon seeing his mother, Adrian looks to his friends. "What's going on?"
"Mate, that is what we would like to know." Marcus tells him. "She was sitting on the couch, shaking like a junkie when we walked in. How did she know where we lived?"
Adrian shakes his head. Hermione has been going over Marc's words since he said them. "Could someone have followed you home or put a tracer on you, Marc?" She asks, looking up at him.
He shrugs. "Guys, be my guest to scan me, but it would be without my knowing. It is possible though. The question is how Chantel would get the infomation." Harry scans the man. He finds two bugs. One has a transmitter and the other is mic. Harry disables both and turns to the couple.
"Hermione, Marcus, I found a tranmitter charm and a mundane mic on you." He scans Hermione for the hell of it, again finding the same and disables them. He nods to Hermione. "My advice is to move house again." He tells them solemly. He knows that Hermione loves it here and wants to be near her parents.
Marc looks over to his lady. He knows she wants to stay. "What about warding and charming the heck out of this place?" Trying to find a way for them to stay.
Draco steps up. "Marc, you know it won't work. One slip and we are back to this." He points to Chantel. The older man sighs and looks to Hermione again. She nods and with tears leaking down begins packing up her belongings. It takes a little under an hour, given as she has not fully unpacked from the last time.
Adrian, Draco and Harry all hug the couple and reassure them that they will take care of Chantel. Marcus takes Hermione in his arms and holds her. She isn't the only one that is sad to see this place go, they made some good memories in this apartment; the first time he made her something to eat, the first time he stayed the night, their first fight and making up from it, learning how to run a dishwasher (which he is still proud of), christening every surface in here, holding her every night and waking up to her sleeping face nestled on his shoulder. He wipes away a tear and pulls her tighter.
"I want to stay in the area, Princess." He tells her, not trusting the walls to go any higher than a whisper in her ear.
Hermione felt the same, but has decided that apartments are not the answer anymore. Warding them is a nightmare, unless you own the flat or building. She tells him this under a silence spell.
Marcus decides that the best way to do what they want is to have a floo installed at her parents. That way, the commute is not as long. Her parents would not be able to go through it on their own, but it would save countless four hour trips to see them. They could have the floo set to a password that only they, Ginny, Percy, Ragnock, Harry, Adrian and Draco would know.
He relates the idea to her so she can mull it over. "Marc, that is a sound thought. I like it, though how difficult is it to do? Albus was always going on about how unsafe it was to have one set up and yet, almost every home in this world has one." She asks, there were still things that he would know that she didn't, especially when it came to being pureblooded.
"You only need to notify the Ministry that one is being set up, pay a nominal fee and buy some floo powder. It sounds to me that he just didn't want to be bothered to protect your family, which is sad given how important you were to both Harry and the overall mission." Hermione smiles sadly at him.
"I may have been important to Harry and ultimately the mission, but to Dumbledore, I was just a tool that most of the time got in his way of controlling Harry's will. He was just as bad as Riddle at trying to kill Harry. He just passed it off as whims of fate and training, but it all came out with Snape's memories. Harry was Albus' sacrificial lamb. Harry had to die to save the world from Riddle. Though in truth, if Harry had done away with the wraith Riddle before he gained a body, he might have been alright. This is where Albus held him back, saying he was too young to worry about this stuff and to be a kid. Yet, once Riddle gained back a body and busted his minons from Azkaban, Albus was on the let's train Harry bend." Hermione explains.
"If only that did happen, I would not have had to deal with Viktor or Ron." She grumbles. The couple go to her parents and explain the whole thing. "Both of you scan the house and us, then you are staying here until you get a new place. After that you have our permission to open the floo connection." Jack tells the kids.
In the morning, before going getting ready for the home game, he sends a note to the Ministry that he wants to have the Granger's house floo opened, with a private grate name. He sends in the fee and asks his inlaws for a name. Jack and Amanda are swamped for ideas, so Hermione takes over with a grin, "Orthodontist." She tells her fiance. "It's a specialized dentist, which neither Mum nor Daddy are, but nobody needs to know that." Marcus nods to her sense and asks her to tell their list of friends and his father. "I'll see you tonight, Princess. I love you."