A/N: So yeah, I know it's been a while since I updated but I said I was going to have a hard time updating since school started, especially since I have swimming for my P.E. class, so when I get home, I'm completely drained of all energy, it's crazy. But anywho, I want to say thanks to xX.Marshmellow.Xx, HPLover12, and changeangel for the reviews. You guys are always keepin me going! Anywho, I really enjoy hearing from you. Hope you like this chapter. :)

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Chapter 38

The Big Fight

HERMIONE--

I woke up early in the morning with Draco laying right beside me. At first I didn't remember why I had been so tired. Then it all came flooding back. The dungeons and the fight, the bleeding and of course, the shot. Mostly I remembered the fear I had felt when I had thought that I had a miscarriage. I was so happy that my baby was okay. I couldn't believe that I had been cut. I didn't even notice it. I thought it was odd but oh well, as long as Draco, my baby, and I were okay.

"Draco," I said pushing his hair from his face.

"Hmm?" He asked with his eyes still closed.

"I love you." I said looking at him.

"I love you. How are you feeling this morning?" He asked.

"I'm still really tired. Do you know what happened with the fight?" I asked remembering that Harry had fought Voldemort.

"No, I wanted to get back here to be with you so I didn't have time to ask what happened. Let's go find Harry and find out." He said.

"Okay, well, I need to get some clothes on." I said since I was only wearing a t-shirt and shorts. I grabbed a tank top and a pair of jeans and threw them on. Draco got dressed in a t-shirt and jeans and we left the dorm. We made our way to the Great Hall but didn't see Harry anywhere.

"I wonder where he is." I said perplexedly.

"Maybe he's in the hospital wing." Draco suggested.

"Let's go find out." I said and lead the way. Draco tried to keep up, but I was so worried that I was almost flat out running, I was so worried that Harry was going to be hurt or that Voldemort had gotten away and was coming after Draco and me.

"There he is." I said as I flung the hospital wing doors open and looked around. We made our way to Harry's bed and I looked at him.

"Hey Hermione. How are you doin?" He asked.

"I'm fine, how are you?" I asked worriedly.

"I'm not bad. Madame Pomfrey just wanted to keep me a little longer to make sure that I was okay." He said rolling his eyes at me. I smiled at him and then leaned down to give him a hug.

"So, what happened?" I asked.

"Well, after you guys got out of there, it was crazy. Curses thrown everywhere, people falling, screaming, it was just insane. Draco, I hate to tell you this but your father got away." He said and I could feel Draco's fear rising at an abnormal speed.

"Don't worry, it'll be okay. He won't come to the castle right now. There's too much of a chance of him being caught and killed." I said looking at him.

"Yeah, it just worries me. What of Voldemort?" He asked Harry.

"Well, I was facing him, looked him right in the eyes and he shot the killing curse at me, missed obviously. I didn't want to shoot the same curse at him, because it's Dark Magic, but I had no choice. I shot it back, and it missed, but hit one of his followers. Someone shot a curse at me that missed and hit him. It hurt him pretty good, but he's still out there somewhere." He said frowning.

"Are you serious?" I asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, I wish I would have killed him." Harry said shaking his head.

"You'll get him, don't worry Harry." I said smiling at my friend.

"I'm not worried for me, I'm worried for you two." He said looking between Draco and me.

"Why?" Draco asked.

"Because, you guys are my friends. I really want you to be safe. I'm just worried that Lucius is going to get in the castle and kill you both. He's already tried remember?" He asked.

"Yeah, we know Harry." I said thinking of when Draco almost died.

DRACO--

Hearing that Harry was concerned for Hermione and me made me that much more scared of my father. My biggest fear was that he was going to kill Hermione and the baby. I really wished I could kill him myself. Voldemort getting away wasn't that big of a surprise, he was a very brave powerful wizard. But the only reason my father escaped was because he was too much of a coward to stay and fight anyone and fled before the real fight began. Stupid old man, I thought to myself.

"I'm glad you're okay Harry." Hermione said sitting down on the side of the bed.

"I'm glad you two are okay. I know that you guys were there for a while before the fight even started, what happened during that time?" He asked.

"Well, I guess Hermione, Ginny, and Alex were all chained up in a room together and I was chained up in a room with my father in it. He was there when I woke up and he was talking all macho that he could beat me in a fight with no magic, Voldemort said that he wanted to see it. We fought, I beat him. And then he threatened to kill Hermione, Ginny and Alex if I didn't succumb to his rule. That's right about the time that you guys showed up and saved us." I said recounting the events in my mind.

"So, how did you get back here?" Harry asked.

"Tonks apparated us here, and then Hagrid took us from the gates to the castle." Hermione said.

"I heard that you had a scare about the baby?" Harry asked questioningly to us.

"Yeah, when I got here, I was bleeding. I didn't remember getting cut or anything and as far as I knew I was fine. Well, I was losing a lot of blood so we went to our doctor. She looked and found out that I had a cut near my private areas and that I have hemophilia, which is where your blood doesn't have enough protiens to clot, so you bleed excessively. She referred us to another doctor who gave me a shot and then we came back here and I went to sleep." She said quickly.

"Wow. That's amazing. I'm glad you guys are okay." Harry said nodding his head at us.

"Thanks, we're glad you're okay too." I said smiling at him. I couldn't believe that Harry and I had actually sort of became friends. I thought he would always hate me. I guess I was wrong.

We talked to Harry for a while longer and then lunch time rolled around. I was really hungry, as was Hermione so we went to lunch. We sat together at the Gryffindor table, which I got some really odd looks for, but I didn't care. I didn't want to be apart from Hermione. I was so scared for her.

"Draco, I'm sort of scared." She said looking at me.

"Me too. I just hope that Dumbledore can keep us safe." I said looking up to the teacher's table. Almost all of the teachers looked banged up and I realized that almost all of them fought to save Hermione, Ginny, Alex and me. I was grateful for that. They were some of the greatest people I had ever known.

"So, Hermione, how are you doin?" I heard Ginny say from Hermione's other side.

"I'm fine. I'm sort of scared though, Lucius and Voldemort got away." She said to her friend.

"Really?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah, I don't think either of them is stupid enough to try to get in here." She told her friend.

"Well, you never know Hermione. Lucius is pretty sneaky. How is the baby?" Ginny said suddenly.

"Fine, I found out that I have hemophilia, which makes it to where I bleed a lot. It scared me really bad, cause I thought I had a miscarriage, but it was only a cut. Luckily, I'm okay, and so is the baby." She said smiling at Ginny.

"Well, that's good." Ginny replied and continued to eat.

We ended up back in our dorm room. We laid down and just enjoyed being together. I looked at her and couldn't help but smile, she was my everything. I loved her so much that it almost hurt. She was the only thing I knew at that moment. I think she felt it too. She finally fell asleep and I continued to watch her until I finally drifted off to sleep around ten oclock. I slept peacefully that night, probably because I was too exausted to have any dreams. Although I was asleep, I could still feel Hermione was there. It's like I was asleep but I could still see what was going on, from another point of view. I felt like I was watching us sleep. It was weird but I kind of liked it.

I wondered if anyone felt the way Hermione and I did about each other. This was such a strong feeling that I was sure we were the only ones who felt it. Then again, I didn't know everyone in the world, so how could I possibly know if anyone else felt it? I didn't care, I just knew how I felt about her and I was grateful for having her. She was my life, as was our baby.

A/N: Okay it might be a little short, but I'm having trouble writing, having serious writer's block here. I have to just sit down and think about this stuff for a while tomorrow, lol. But thanks to all of you who have been reading, you guys are awesome. But I must go, so, keep an eye out for the next chapter!

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