A/N: Didn't I promise another chapter soon! I have been working on this chapter for ages, I really hope you like it! Oh, and tell me if I got anything wrong, I think I might have, but I wouldn't know. And guess what? It's a long one! About 11 word pages long! Aren't I great? Lol, you don't have to answer that. Just enjoy the chapter!
Disclamier: Don't own, never will. All JKR's.
Chapter Thirty
As the months went by, Draco would never leave Hermione's side, and before he knew it, he could feel the baby kicking inside Hermione's belly as well. He was so overjoyed that whenever he was with Hermione (which was pretty much all the time anyway) He would always have his hand on her stomach, and would crack a huge, wide, goofy grin whenever he felt his child kick.
Hermione thought it was so adorable and amazing that Draco was so into their child. She would always smile at the way his face looked whenever he felt the baby, and would always laugh at his goofy, amazed smile, because Draco was always in awe when he felt it.
The girls thought it was sweet, the way he was always cooing over her and the unborn child, but the boys were starting to get annoyed by it.
'Holy Merlin, Draco! Could you stop that for at least 10 minutes or something! It's driving me mad!' Blaise yelled. Draco looked up and scowled at him.
'You just wait until you have a child Zabini, then you'll know what I feel like right now.' He answered, narrowed and lips pursed. Harry and Ron were laughing at his expression before Draco felt the child kick again and his face broke into another wide grin.
Hermione sighed helplessly at her boyfriend, who was soon to be a father at the tender age of sixteen. She, herself would be turning seventeen in a couple of days, on the 20th of February (A/N: Completely made up day people! I don't know what her birth date is, so I made it up : ) ), and soon after that her child would be born. It was due sometime in early March.
Hermione was ecstatic, but she was also a nervous wreck. She had no idea about what she was supposed to do, and she didn't think Draco had any idea about it either. She didn't want anything to go wrong with this pregnancy, because it would be her and Draco last chance before his stupid family curse came into effect.
They had told Mrs. Weasley and the others back at Head Quarters and they all wished them congratulations and wished them the best. They were all excited for them.
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The couple of days past with nothing interesting happening, but then it was Hermione's birthday. She both loved and hated the day. She loved it because of the presents she was given, and hated it because of the attention she received. She was never an attention seeking person, though others would say otherwise when they saw her stick up her hand in class to answer a question.
She awoke for the third time this year to Ginny bouncing on her bed, but she was not alone this time, Pansy and Sierra had joined her.
'Happy Birthday, Hermione!' They yelled, waking up Lavender and Parviti along the way. They heard them groan.
'Do you guys think you could at least let us get our beauty sleep for once?' Parviti asked. Sierra looked over to them and raised an eyebrow.
'Honey, no amount of sleep you ever get is going to help that face of yours.' She said pitifully. The four girls on Hermione's bed laughed at the comment, but then Hermione herself groaned.
'I would like some of the beauty sleep too you know. I haven't had a good sleep in a while now.' She said, staring blearily at the offending girls, who just smiled and laughed.
'I'm sure you get good enough sleep whenever you are with Draco, so come on, out of bed, we have presents to give you, and since the boys can't get up here, though I'm sure Draco would love to, you have to go down there to them.' Pansy said. Hermione's eyes snapped open.
'They're down stairs already! What time is it?' She asked, looking at the magic clock beside her bed. '10.30!' Hermione screeched. 'I slept in until 10.30!' The girls on her bed just smirked.
'Obviously someone had a long night last night.' Ginny teased. Hermione made to swat her, but missed as the red-head moved backwards.
'Come on, you two, Draco will be getting nervous by now, you know what he's planning.' Sierra said with a sly wink, and then ran out of the door, Ginny and Pansy behind her. Hermione sighed. She really wanted to know what Draco had planned now, so she put a bra on and walked down the stairs in her pyjamas, which were a pink tank top and pink tracky pyjama pants.
When she got down there, she was blasted off her feet (figuratively) by the loud and resounding 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HERMIONE!' that everyone screamed. Hermione started laughing and blushing at this amount of attention. She never expected anything like this. She thought she would just walk over to her friends, get birthday wishes from them and then open her gifts. But no, someone had gotten all of her friends, even Luna from Ravenclaw, and her entire house, minus Lavender and Parviti, together in the Common Room, and had them all yell happy birthday to her. She was absolutely astonished.
She saw Draco and the rest of her friends walking to the front of the large group with huge smiles on there faces as they watched Hermione's shocked look on her face.
'How was it, love?' Draco asked. Hermione finally got out of her shocked state and threw her arms around him.
'You did this?' She asked in a whisper. She felt Draco nod.
'You deserve everything you can get, baby, who's carrying my baby.' He said. Hermione laughed at his little saying and let go of him, looking towards all her friends. She smiled widely at them.
'You guys are the best.' She said, hugging each one in turn. When she was done, they all looked at her excitedly.
'So, are you ready for your presents?' Ron asked. Hermione laughed and nodded.
'Yes, I am.' She answered, trying not to look to eager, but it didn't get past her friends.
'Don't look too eager Hermione.' Sierra teased. Hermione bumped her lightly and poked her tongue out at her. They made their way over to the chairs surrounding the fire, and they all took their seats, with everyone still around them, looking on eagerly to see what Hermione got for her birthday.
She looked around at them all nervously.
'What are they all still doing here?' She asked Draco in a hiss. Draco laughed softly.
'That, my dear, you will find out soon enough.' He answered mysteriously. Hermione looked at him suspiciously, but let it drop.
She started to open her presents as they were handed to her by her friends. She got many things, but mostly it was jewellery and make-up. Hermione didn't know how she was going to wear all of it. She did still wear the Dragon pendant that Draco gave her last Christmas though. She loved it, and wore it everyday.
Some of her other presents included shirts, skirts, and even a lacy pair of lingerie from Ginny. It was a deep forest green with black lacy edging. When Hermione saw it her eyes grew wide and she quickly hid it from view, but not before Draco saw it and started bursting out into fits of laughter. Hermione shot him a warning look and he stopped laughing immediately, but he was still trying to contain his smile. Hermione faced Ginny.
'Ginny!! What the hell?!' She yelled. Ginny burst into huge fits of laughter like Draco did before, and gasped out her answer in between huge gulps of air.
'I thought . . . they would . . . come in handy!' She gasped out, breaking into a fresh peel of laughter. Draco wrapped his arms tightly around Hermione's waist and leaned in towards her ear.
'We could put those to good use.' He murmured huskily, making Hermione shiver. She turned her head around and kissed him heatedly.
'We most certainly will.' She answered in a whisper, both breathing deeply. Draco grinned and straightened up.
'Now, it's time for my present.' He said. He was smiling, but Hermione could see the nervousness in his eyes. She wondered what was going on. He was always so calm and confident when it came to her gifts. Then he pulled something from inside his robes and bent down on one knee. Hermione's eyes widened in realization and tears sprung up in her eyes. Draco cleared his throat.
'Hermione Jane Granger. I don't have much to say, but what I do comes from the heart. I love you, my darling. I always have and I always will. You own my heart, and you can do with it what you will, but I hope you will keep it. I started to fall for you in fourth year, when I saw you all dressed up, ready to go meet your date for the Yule Ball. Let's just say I was very jealous of Krum that night. I realised it was love during that holiday break, and I knew I had to get you to love me too somehow. At that moment I didn't care what my parents would think, I only cared about how much I loved you and needed you. Hermione, you are my light and dark, and I want to spend every night and day with you for the rest of my life. Hermione Granger, will you do my the greatest honour, of becoming my wife?' He announced. Hermione was still staring down at him in a slight shock with tears running down her cheeks and love shining in her eyes. All she could do was nod. Draco stood up tall and pulled Hermione into a tight hug and passionate kiss.
Everyone around them burst into cheers and laughter, but all with huge smiles on their faces as the looked at the newly engaged couple.
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For the next couple of weeks, all Hermione and Draco could do was smile, they were so happy about the engagement. Everyone that witnessed it though was told to keep it on the hush, and was not allowed to mention it to anyone that wasn't there, or anyone period.
Hermione wore the ring on a silver chain around her neck, so no one would know, and only pulled it out and played with when she was sure no one was looking.
Ginny, Sierra and Pansy were all starting to make wedding plans. Hermione had appointed Ginny as Maid of Honour, and the other two as Bridesmaids, but nothing else could be done for the moment. Draco and Hermione had both decided to have the wedding after the war. They didn't want the added weight of that on top of looking after the child and having to fight. Pansy, Sierra and Ginny also couldn't agree on what they wanted to place to look like. Draco and Hermione had given them full reign, but everything had to go through them before it was fully decided and they had last preference. If the couple didn't like it, it was changed. The three girls had willingly agreed.
Harry had taken a different approach. He knew that as soon as Voldemort knew about the child and engagement, he would strike quickly and swiftly to eliminate them. So, he started up a club, one that the members had decided on naming the DA, standing for Dumbledore's Army, because Albus Dumbledore was the only man alive that struck fear into the heart of the Dark Lord Voldemort.
The DA was taught by Harry, and in it they learned how to fight, and the different spells they would need on the battlefield. They met whenever they could, and anyone who wanted to enter it could, because everyone would need to know how to duel and fight properly in battle.
James and Sirius would often be seen walking around with Harry, helping him with his plans and schedules for training. Remus would often look into the DA meetings and offer advice and new spells to learn. Harry would also ask the group if they knew any hand-to-hand combat, because if they lost their wand they didn't want to be completely defenceless. It turned out that many of the muggle born students knew Karate and Tae Kwon Do, or boxing or something of that sort, and taught them things that would be very useful.
Often other people would come in for one or two lessons, and would learn as much as they could, before leaving at the end. Most people would come a couple of times infrequently, then miss a few. Others just came when they wanted to.
Remus would teach the students useful spells in class, as would Flitwick. The other teachers also decided to take on the positions of teaching the students things they would need during the war. It had to be done.
Soon enough, everyone was learning everything they needed to fight in the war. Even though Hermione was pregnant, and due in a couple of days, she was learning all she could, though it was against what Draco thought should happen. He didn't like the idea of her doing anything, but he knew that if she didn't know then she would most likely be killed in some sort of struggle. It was better for her to know than not.
Both Hermione and Draco were now counting down the days until the child would be due. They knew it would be soon, and Hermione constantly went in for check-ups with Madam Pomfrey. They were both getting very anxious, but the Matron told them that everything was going along perfectly.
Draco would never let her leave his sight anymore. He wanted to be there when Hermione needed to go into the hospital. He didn't want to her to go through the first part alone.
Hermione didn't mind, she liked having him there, he was her comfort, and she didn't know what she would do without him. They only time they were separate, and this was by force, was when they had to say goodnight and go to sleep.
But unfortunately for them, that was exactly when it happened.
Hermione awoke with sharp pains in her lower body, and looked down to find a huge puddle of water on her bed. Her eyes grew wide and then scrunched up again as she had another contraction. I have to find Ginny. Was the first thought that ran through her mind.
Trying to make as less noise as possible, Hermione left the room and walked as carefully as she could down the stairs. She opened Ginny's door and made her way over to the younger girls bed, and that was when she noticed that her concealment charm had worn off. Crap. She thought. Forgetting about it for the moment, she quietly woke Ginny from her slumber.
'Ginny, Ginny! Get up!' She hissed, then she actually hissed as another contraction hit.
Ginny awoke slowly and looked over with confused and bleary eyes at Hermione.
'Hermione? What's going on? What happened to your concealment charm?' She asked tiredly. Then she took in Hermione's state, and her eyes widened.
'Shit! Are you having the baby?' She asked. Hermione nodded. Ginny quickly got out of bed and grabbed her dressing gown, before grabbing Hermione's arms and helping her out the door and down the stairs once again.
'How are you feeling?' Ginny asked once they were out in the corridor, outside the Gryffindor Common Room. Hermione flashed Ginny a glance before looking back down at the floor and where she was walking again.
'Horrible, it's so painful.' She answered. Ginny nodded.
'Just take deep breaths, deep breaths.' Ginny said. Hermione nodded and started taking deep breaths, as Ginny helped her down even more stairs, all the way down to the infirmary.
The walk was a long one, Hermione couldn't go very fast, and the stairs were tiring, but they got there in the end, and Ginny pushed the door open with a bang.
'Madam Pomfrey! Come quickly!' She yelled. They both saw the Matron rushing out of the door, tying up her dressing gown as she went.
'Oh Merlin!' She breathed. 'Come here Miss Granger, onto this bed, yes, steady now. Miss Weasley, go get Mr. Malfoy and the others, they'll all want to know.' She ordered. Ginny nodded, squeezed Hermione's hand and smiled one more time before bolting out of the infirmary and down to the dungeons first.
Madam Pomfrey put a numbing charm on Hermione and the girl began to relax. The Matron smiled kindly at her.
'Right, that should keep you. Just remember to take deep breaths and relax. I'll be right back with everything I need.' She said. Hermione nodded and the elderly Matron walked off.
Hermione laid there with her eyes closed, with a light layer of sweat on her face. She wasn't alone for long as she saw a blonde something fly into the infirmary. It raced over to her side and sat on the chair beside her bed. She smiled as she saw the nervous face of her Fiancé.
'Are you alright? How are you feeling? Ginny just came and got me and I ran all the way up those stairs, I was so scared for you-' He started to say but Hermione cut him off with a finger to his lips.
'I'm fine, Madam Pomfrey put a Numbing Charm on me so I wouldn't feel any of the pain. I'll be fine. Where's Blaise, Pansy and Sierra?' She asked. Draco looked a little calmer, but still rather frantic.
'They went with Ginny to get the others, they should be here soon.' He answered, then they saw Madam Pomfrey come back.
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After Ginny had gotten down to the dungeons, she quickly realised that she wouldn't be able to get in without a password. She looked thoughtful for a moment, before finally just banging on the wall that hid the Slytherin Common Room and yelled like crazy. Unfortunately, or fortunately, whichever way you want to put it, she woke up Snape, but not anyone in the actual House.
'Miss Weasley what on Earth do you think you are doing?' He asked. Ginny span around to face him, panting heavily.
'Hermione's about to give birth sir, I need to get Draco and the others.' She gasped. Yelling and running had taken it out of her. Snape scowled and give her the password, following her inside and woke up the boys, as Ginny went in search for the girls.
They soon had them rounded up and Ginny told them the situation. As soon as the words, "Hermione's giving birth", came out of Ginny's mouth, all of them where left in Draco's dust as he sprinted out the door and up to the infirmary. Ginny quickly took the others and they ran up to the Gryffindor Common Room.
Opening the Common Room, Ginny and everyone else rushes up to the Boys' Dormitory. They slam open the door, waking everyone in the dorm with a jolt. They all jumped up, rubbing their eyes sleepily, all except for Harry, who had his wand in his hand and glasses on his face already, ready to fight. Ginny rolled her eyes.
'Put the wand down Harry. Hermione's gone into the Hospital Wing. Draco's already there, come on, we have to hurry.' She said in a rush. Ron and Harry jumped at the news and chucked robes on before rushing out of the dorm, leaving a very confused Seamus, Dean and Neville in their wake.
They raced down the stairs to see Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape all waiting outside the Infirmary doors, looking slightly panicked. McGonagall was pacing, Dumbledore was wringing his hands and Snape was clenching and unclenching his fists. They ran up to them, panting heavily and resting their hands on their knees, heads down and breathing deeply, trying to get their breath back. Ginny was the first to look up.
'Are we allowed in?' She asked. Dumbledore shook his head gravely.
'Madam Pomfrey won't let anyone in until the child is born. She says that she doesn't want to stress Miss Granger out.' He explained. Ginny and the others looked slightly put off, but nodded all the same. Blaise put his ear to the door, trying to hear something going on inside.
'There is no point, Mr. Zabini.' Snape said with a shaky voice. 'The door has been silenced, so no students outside, wanting to come in can hear, and the door is locked, so they wouldn't be able to get in anyway.' Blaise nodded and stood with Ginny, wrapping his arm around her and holding her tight the others doing the same to their loved ones. Snape rolled his eyes, but McGonagall and Dumbledore smiled.
They had waited until the early hours of the morning before Madam Pomfrey opened the doors to the Infirmary and announced the new arrival, letting them all in and shutting the door behind them, locking and silencing it again.
When they walked in, they all smiled (yes, including Snape, though his wasn't seen by anyone) at the sight before them. Draco and Hermione were both laying on the bed, a baby in Hermione's arms Hermione in Draco's. Both had the biggest grins on their faces, thought Hermione's was more tired. They looked up to see their friends and teachers entering and Draco beckoned them closer.
They all crowded around the bed and the girls started cooing at the sleeping child in Hermione's arms. Draco smiled even bigger, if that were possible at the lot of them.
'Everyone,' he whispered. 'I'd like you to meet Scorpius John Granger-Malfoy. Well, it's Granger-Malfoy for the moment.' Ginny looked curiously at them.
'Why John?' She asked. Hermione smiled.
'It's my father's name.' She answered. They nodded with approval. Sierra squealed.
'Can I hold my little cousin?' She asked. Draco laughed quietly. He took Scorpius from Hermione's arms and gave him carefully to Sierra, who took him just as carefully. For the next half and hour, Scorpius went through everyone's arms at least once. Then Hermione and Draco decided to tell them who they wanted as Godparents.
'Do you guys want to know who the Godparents are?' Hermione asked. They all looked up at her and smiled, nodding enthusiastically. They both laughed quietly. Hermione had Scorpius passed back to her and she looked back up at them all before looking at Draco.
'Harry, we wanted you and Pansy to be the Godparents. You, because you would be a brilliant godfather, and Pansy because we needed a Slytherin in there somewhere.' They laughed at this and focused back on the baby. Pansy piped up.
'Thank you, it means so much that you would think of us.' Harry nodded along with her speech and they both gave the happy parents a hug.
'Hey, it's our pleasure.' Draco said. Dumbledore spoke up.
'Well, we better let the two of you get some sleep, I'm sure Hermione is a very tired woman right now.' He said. Hermione smiled and nodded, giving a huge yawn to prove it. The younger people in the room chuckled.
'Let us take our leave.' Snape said. The students all gave them all one last hug before exiting, leaving the adults with the two new parents. Dumbledore stepped up and shook Draco's hand before kissing Hermione on the forehead.
'You two will make amazing parents, but we will have to work out how we will work around the baby tomorrow, after you have had a good nights sleep. Congratulations to the both of you.' He said. They thanked him and Dumbledore left. McGonagall came up next and gave both of them a hug.
'You have done extremely well Hermione, for one who is only just seventeen. I am so proud of you.' She said, cupping Hermione's face in her hands. Hermione's eyes started to water.
'Thank you, Professor.' She whispered. McGonagall smiled.
'The situation will be told to the staff, so they will be know what's going on if you are called to the Infirmary. Don't worry, everything will go along just fine.' She assured Hermione. The girl nodded and smiled at her elderly Professor before again saying goodbye and being left with one, Severus Snape.
Snape came up to the both of them and shook Draco's hand, before doing something completely out of character and kissing Hermione on the forehead, like Dumbledore did. Hermione looked at him in thinly veiled shock and he let the side of his lips quirk upward in a small sort of smile.
'You have done well, Miss Granger. You have my congratulations. Your son is a very beautiful boy.' He said. Hermione smiled and nodded. Draco grinned.
'Guess what, Sev, you're going to be called Grandpa from now on.' He said. Snape glared at him.
'I will be called no such thing.' He said. Draco's grin softened and died.
'I don't have a father that I would want to introduce my son to. I want you to take Lucius' place.' He said. Snape looked shocked, but then his eyes softened and if you looked close enough, you could see that they almost had tears in them.
'Of course I will. I'm honoured that you want me to be part of young Scorpius' life.' He said softly. Hermione smiled.
'We wouldn't want anyone else. You've looked after Draco so well, we're sure you'll do the same for Scorpius.' Hermione said. Snape looked back and forth between the two and smiled a true smile for the first time in many, many years.
'Thank you. I would be proud to be called grandpa, thought I do seem a bit too young for the title.' He added. Draco laughed and the baby stirred slightly. Hermione shushed him and he went to sleep again. Draco smiled at them.
'You aren't too young. Bet you didn't think you were ever going to be a grandpa though.' He teased. Snape rolled his eyes.
'Of course I didn't. I've never had children.' He answered sharply. Hermione smiled and yawned. Snape noticed.
'Well, I better take my leave as well. Congratulations, both of you. And thank you.' He finished, before walking out of the Hospital Wing and back to his dungeons. Draco and Hermione looked at each other and Draco smoothed the hair back on her head before kissing it.
'Go to sleep, my love. You have done brilliantly, now it is time for you to rest.' He whispered, a slight smile playing on his face. Hermione smiled back and laid fully down on the bed, Draco leaning over her.
'Goodnight, my love.' She whispered, closing her eyes and quickly falling asleep. Draco smiled down at her.
'Goodnight to you too, sweetheart. I love you.' He said.
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Hermione awoke early in the afternoon to the squeals of a baby laying on her stomach. She looked down and memories from earlier that morning flooded back to her. Beside her lay Draco, breathing deeply, and obviously not affected by the squeals of little Scorpius.
Hermione picked him up and tried to shush him with a pat on the back and bobbing up and down either side. At that moment, Madam Pomfrey ripped open the curtains and shut them behind her. She turned to Hermione and raised an eyebrow.
'He's hungry. Don't worry, you'll soon know what he wants and be able to differentiate between the squeals and screams that will come from his mouth. Be careful though, you won't get much sleep for quite a while. Just be glad that you don't have any exams that you will have to concentrate on. He looks like he'll keep you awake most of the night.' She added, nodding to Scorpius. Hermione groaned and the Matron hit Draco in the shoulder, causing him to snort loudly before waking up, blinking furiously.
'What?' He asked confusedly, listening as Hermione giggled. Madam Pomfrey looked at him disapprovingly.
'Get up and out. Miss Granger here has to feed your child.' She ordered crisply. Draco nodded blearily, turned, gave Hermione a quick kiss good morning before stumbling out of bed and outside the curtain. Madam Pomfrey shook her head and looked back at Hermione.
She directed her on how to feed little Scorpius, then allowed Draco back in to be with his fiancé and child.
'How is he?' He asked quietly. Hermione smiled and looked down at him.
'He's fine now, he was just hungry before.' She answered just as quietly. She looked up at Draco with a serious expression.
'Is anyone out there?' She asked. Draco shook his head.
'Madam Pomfrey has blocked off our little area so no one can get in, or hear us.' He answered. Hermione smiled in relief and looked back down at her son, who slept soundly in her arms.
'What are we going to do, Draco?' She asked. Draco looked at her confusedly.
'What do you mean?' He asked.
'Well, we can't exactly live in separate dorms with Scor here now. And I don't want to bring him into the Gryffindor Tower, questions will be asked. How are we going to do it?' She questioned. Draco looked pensive.
'We'll talk to Dumbledore about it when he comes to talk to us about what's going to happen when we go to classes and such, okay, love?' He answered. Hermione nodded, still analysing her sons' face.
'He really is beautiful.' She whispered. Draco grinned.
'I know. He really is my son though. I can already see his blonde little hair. It's almost invisible.' He said. Hermione laughed.
'It is, too. His eyes are brown though.' She retorted. Draco narrowed his eyes.
'Damn, I wanted him to have my eyes. But yours are just as beautiful, if not more so.' He teased. Hermione hit his shoulder.
'Shut up, you. He'll still be beautiful when he grows up, and he'll have all the girls falling for him.' She said. Draco snorted.
'I hope he does. He won't be a real Malfoy if he doesn't.' He added. Hermione gave him a look, but just then, Dumbledore walked in on the happy scene.
'Sleeping, is he?' The old Headmaster asked. They both nodded and Albus smiled gently.
'He is a very handsome little boy.' He said. Draco and Hermione grinned.
'We were just talking about that.' Hermione said. Dumbledore chuckled.
'Well, I guess it is time to talk about what is going to happen in this situation.' He started. Draco and Hermione nodded and waited for him to continue.
'We are going to have to make an excuse for you running out of class all the time to feed Scorpius, and other such things. Madam Pomfrey should be able to change diapers, but you are going to have to feed him.' He said. Hermione nodded; she already knew that.
'What about, I'm helping Madam Pomfrey out with a newborn child that was placed outside the gate and was found. That what help with any rumours if someone saw me with him.' She suggested. Dumbledore nodded, looking deep in thought.
'Yes, that would work. I'll inform her of it immediately. Now, what of sleeping arrangements? I'm sure this was an issue on your minds.' He smiled knowingly. They both flushed and nodded their heads. Draco spoke this time.
'We don't want to be separated from him at night, and we also don't want to stay in the Hospital Wing all the time. We were hoping that we could get our own room.' He asked hesitantly. Dumbledore again looked deep in thought, thinking over his answer.
'Yes, I think that would be the only answer. You wouldn't want to inconvenience Madam Pomfrey and you wouldn't want the questions from your dorm mates and such. Though, we will also have to make up an excuse for that, too.' He added thoughtfully. Hermione brightened up.
'We can say that Draco is helping by being a father figure, and for us to play the part accordingly we have to stay in the same room.' She looked highly pleased with herself. Dumbledore nodded agreeably.
'That sounds like a brilliant idea. And since the whole school knows about you two dating, although, that really isn't applicable anymore, is it? They won't have a problem with it. Can I see the ring?' He asked suddenly, catching Hermione by surprise. She smiled and pulled her hand out from underneath her son and showed the Headmaster the emerald and ruby ring that Draco had given her. It had the emerald in the middle, with two smaller red rubies on either side. It was very beautiful.
'That is a most gorgeous ring. Good choice, Mr. Malfoy.' He complimented. Draco flushed and thanked him.
'Mother sent it to me. It was my grandmothers on her side.' He muttered. Hermione looked up at him with curiosity.
'Why didn't you tell me?' She asked. Draco grinned.
'Mother wanted you to think I actually spent money on you, instead of just using a family heirloom. I personally thought that the family heirloom gesture held more meaning, but you know my mother.' He answered. Hermione smiled nodded.
'So, Scorpius, is going to stay in here during the day, and with us during the night, is that right, sir?' Hermione went back on topic. Dumbledore nodded.
'Yes, that is correct. I will get around to getting your room ready now. I trust, whether I give you separate beds or not, you will only sleep in one?' He asked with a slight smile and amusement twinkling in his blue eyes. Hermione flushed and Draco grinned.
'Right you are, sir.' Draco said. Dumbledore chuckled at his forwardness, and patted his arm.
'Well, I shall go then and leave you with your child, though, from what I can smell, when I leave there won't be much pleasantness.' He added, chuckling even more. Hermione and Draco sniffed the air and looked down at their son, just to see him wake up and start crying.
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Later that afternoon, when Madam Pomfrey felt it time enough for Hermione, Draco and Scorpius to leave, she sent all of the things they would need to their new room, and Dumbledore showed them where it was, during dinner, which they had eaten in the Hospital Wing, so none of the students would see them. The next day they would be telling their classmates the made up story of Scorpius.
The room was beautiful. It had a fireplace lit already for them, and an emerald green couch sitting in front of it, accompanied on either side by two chairs, this time a deep red. The carpet was a matching shade of red, and off to the left side was a kitchen, and to the right was a bedroom.
The bedroom had a massive King Size bed, with green sheets and doona, and red carpet. The pillows were very big and fluffy, and a matching green to the rest of the bed. There was a vanity in one corner, a rocking-chair in another, a wardrobe against a free wall made of mahogany, and a babies cot and changing table sitting near the bed.
Draco winced when he saw it, imagining himself tripping over the changing table in the middle of the night on the way to the toilet, which was located off their bedroom.
Next to the bed, on either side, were two bedside tables, with drawers in them, and a chest of drawers sat next to it, towering over the bed with how many drawers it had. At least it would fit all of their clothes.
Dumbledore chuckled at their awed expressions.
'Well, I will leave you to it.' He said, and left them in their room.
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