Disclaimer : The characters are the property of J.K Rowling. I'm just borrowing them for this story !
Hi,
This one has been written a few years back for a challenge with a friend.
Here's the challenge :
Background : Marriage interrupted because of feelings.
Ideas to place : Presence of a more or less violent dispute. Acceptance of knocks.
Words to place : Cataclysmic - Claimant - Adulescent/Adulescence - Blasphemy.
Present Day !
House of the McLaggens's !
Everything had happened so fast. She had hoped that he would have come to prevent her from making the biggest mistake of her life, but he hadn't come. Perhaps if he had known that the child she was carrying was not the one she was about to marry, but his own, would things have been different ? Probably...
And yet she was there, all dressed in white, contemplating herself in the mirror... but everything could have happened differently...
...
A few years earlier !
Classes at Hogwarts had resumed with their usual rhythm. Weeks passed, hours of sleep were lacking for all students, couples was formed, others separated, or others saw their love only increase... This was the case for Hermione Granger's two best friends, who watched them hug their respective girlfriends as Gryffindor's Quidditch training.
As she was about to leave the stadium, her view was blurred... Two hands had landed before hier eyes.
« Guess who it is ? »
« Oh no ! » she thought before saying out loud. « Um, I don't know ? Maybe Brad Pitt...? »
« Very funny ! » said the boy, who took off his hands to sit next to the girl. « I've been looking for you everywhere, and when I find you, you think of one of these muggles actors ? »
« Well, you've found me ! » she said, smiling slightly. « And admit it that you liked the movie I made you watch. »
« Hermione ! » he said in a dragging voice.
« Cormac ! » she said in the same tone.
« When are you going to give me some time, um ? » he wanted to know. « I feel neglected. »
« I'm sorry, but I'm overwhelmed with homework. » she replied. « And you know very well that I don't have the right to bring anyone into my common room. »
« You're too cautious. » he told her.
« One of us has to be, don't you think so ? » she amused.
« You're not wrong. » he said, smiling.
« Have you made your potions presentation ? » she asked.
« I haven't really finished it. » he confessed.
« So finish it, and if you get let's say, Exceptional Effort, maybe I could think of organizing a little one-on-one for ourselves. » she explained.
« Are you manipulating me ? » he said.
« So, do you have a problem with that ? » she asked.
« Not really, but I didn't think you'd use that, let alone for Rogue's homework. » he sighed.
« Come on, don't gave me that look, it's for your good, huh ? » she said to him, taking his hand. « You know I help you when I can. »
He carried her hand to his lips and then he leaned over to kiss her. Hermione answered it. She knew that Ron and Harry did not approve her love story with Cormac, which they thought was sufficient.
« We meet at dinner ? » she asked.
« Where are you going. » he wanted to know.
« In my common room finish a Metamorphosis's homework. » she replied. « So, we meet at dinner ? »
« Okay ! » he nodded.
She smiled at him and stole a kiss before getting up to leave the stadium. Praise be to God, he had not perceived her lie!
Common room of the Prefects-in-Chief!
Entering the common room, Hermione felt a slight apprehension raise in her. They were avoiding each other since what had happened between them on Harry's birthday last summer, because since that day the girl had developed feelings against the wizard. Feelings that she buried deep within her. It was also for this reason that she continued to date Cormac, because he was in a way a backup boyfriend if she ever got carried away by a forbidden desire. They both had someone in their lives so she didn't have to let her feelings take over. Feelings, she also had for Cormac, so she held back to that.
The gargoyle closed behind the young witch. Hermione walked towards the door of her room, smeared with red and gold marked with a lion, when the other Prefect-in-Chief with whom she shared the common room, came out of his own room. From the door smeared with green and silver marked with a snake. Blond hair, blue eyes almost gray, he made his appearance in the living room of the common room. His wizard's dress showed the right outfit for the boys at the school, and his green and silver tie was half-knotted. His still damp hair showed that he had taken a shower. When he crossed the girl's gaze, he stopped sharply and her heart missed a beat. To say that this misadventure – or not – of last summer had not marked him was a pure lie. He was as attracted to her as she was to him.
« Draco, you're already here ! » says Hermione.
She was trying to control her heartbeat as he advanced towards her.
« As you see. » he said simply. « You're avoiding me. »
« You're avoiding me too. » she replied.
« We made a mistake. » he began to say as he was only a few inches away from her.
« A huge mistake. » she nodded.
« I can't stop thinking about you. » he confessed, dipping his gaze into her own.
« Draco, we can't, even if I really want it. » she confessed in return.
« Because of Cormac ? » he asked.
« Yes, and Pansy. » she replied. « We can't do that to them. »
« It's already too late. » Draco said. « The only thing I dream of is kissing you. »
« Draco... « She whispered, but did not back down.
« It will remain our secret. » he says.
They were attracted like magnets. When he put his mouth against hers, Hermione forgot everything. She returned the kiss while surrounding her arms around his neck. Of course, the Metamorphosis's homework had been done since the day before. She had taken this excuse out to Cormac to find herself alone and think, but Draco's presence turned everything upside down.
The kiss grew, and Hermione found herself under the onslaught of Draco's caresses, who tipped his lips over her neck.
« Draco... it's wrong… » She gasped.
« Hermione... » He mumbled against his skin.
Hermione rolled her eyes. She wanted it, it burned her skin. With a mechanical and eager gesture, she rid the young man of his wizard's dress before grabbing him by the hair to kiss him fully. Draco lifted her up, and she wrapped her legs around her waist. He took them to his bedroom, Slytherin's colors all over the place, before lying her on the four-poster bed and green curtains. The clothes flew out of the bed, and the bodies of the two lovers fit together in a perfect set between the sheets of the bed.
In the evening, after dinner, Hermione had dragged Cormac away from prying eyes and she had kissed him, without realizing that they were being spied on by Draco.
Weeks passed without Hermione speaking to her roommate. She knew that if she talked to him, or looked at him for more than five seconds, she would not resist. For the Christmas holidays, Hermione had rushed to find her parents. On New Year's Eve, they had agreed to have her boyfriend come to their house, and the girl had let him have sex with her for the first time, while using effective protections. She did not know whether or not he had noticed or felt that she was no longer a virgin, but the fact that he had not raised anything like it had comforted her in the idea that he had not paid attention. She loved him, or at least she was beginning to feel love for Cormac, but it wasn't as strong as the one she felt for a certain blond-haired wizard.
And she found herself confronted by him as they're returned to school !
Common room of the Prefects-in-Chief!
Throughout the dinner, Hermione had not left Cormac, despite the incessant looks of her best friends, who still did not understand why she was staying with him. After the curfew, Hermione had gone around the school with Ron, but she hadn't said a word, claiming to be tired. Especially since Ron kept asking her why she was staying with Cormac...
...
Present day !
Five minutes... More perhaps... She could not detach her gaze from this mirror. She was only twenty years old, and already she was getting married. Nets of tears suddenly began to flow down her beautiful face. She was going to marry a man who was not the man of her life... She could leave, right away, and give up this marriage. Her love for this man had faded... so why did she say yes to him ?
...
He was there, sitting in the green armchair of the common room, facing the fireplace. He was not sleeping, even though it was almost midnight.
« You're still up ? » she wondered, looking away. « Don't look at him ! »
« I was waiting for you ! » he replied.
This response had the effect of stopping her sharply, just as she was about to enter her bedroom.
« Oh ? » she said, but did she not turn around.
« How long are you going to pretend that you don't have feelings for me ? » he wanted to know.
« I don't feel anything for you, Draco. » she replied, trying to control her voice.
« Liar ! » he said.
Oh no, he got closer ! she thought... If he was still approaching...
« If you didn't feel anything about me you wouldn't spend your time avoiding me. » he says. « And you wouldn't have glued so much to this moron. »
Hermione turned around with a movement, her face closed in anger.
« I forbid you to call him a moron. I'm fine with him, and I feel normal with him. » she exploded.
« In what way are you abnormal ? » said Draco.
« You think it's easy to be the nerd of the school, um ? » she retorted. « To be the best student and to be singled out ? I know that I am singled out because I am always the one who raises my hand first when a teacher asks a question, I am the first to return an assignment, and I am also the only girl in this school to take more courses than normal. »
« WHY ARE YOU STAYING WITH HIM ? » he shouted.
« WHY ARE YOU STAYING WITH PANSY ? » she slammed.
« BECAUSE IT HURTS TO LOVE YOU ! » he burst out.
These words reached her in the heart. He loved her ? Why did she feel her heart tighten with joy ?
« You love me ? » she choked.
« Yes, and for quite some time now. » he replied.
« Why... why are you telling me now ? » She asked, her eyes shining with tears.
« I'm scared, Hermione. I'm scared of what my parents might think. » he explained. « I reassure you, they have nothing against Muggles but, I'm scared to face them. »
« You think it doesn't scare me too ? » she adds. « I'm terrified of being in love with you, but the mistake we did last summer decided otherwise, and today I'm thinking only of you, when I already have a boyfriend that I love. »
« Is that... did you sleep with him ? » Draco asked.
« Why do you want to know that ? » asked Hermione in return. « I don't ask you what you're doing with Pansy. »
« Please, answer ! » he insisted.
« Only once. » she replied immediately.
Draco began to shake, and that, Hermione saw it.
« Don't inflict that on you, please. » she said in a begging tone. « You can't. »
« I love you Hermione, do you hear me ? » he said. « I love you, and even if we have to hide and I have to suffer to see you with this guy, so be it, but I need you. »
« If someone learns of our affair, it will be a real cataclysm. » says Hermione. « You won't have the right to make scenes, nor would I. »
« I would make an effort, I promise you. » he said as he approached further. « Do I have the right to kiss you, now ? »
She said yes with a brief nod, and Draco did not wait any longer. He filled the space between their lips and gave her a tender kiss, at first, then which becomes more consistent.
« No one has to know. » says Hermione, taking off her wizard's dress.
« No one ! » he nodded, removing his own. « It will be our secret ! »
« I wouldn't have sex with Cormac anymore. » Hermione said as she undressed as she entered her room, followed by Draco. « Anyway, I think of you when I'm in his arms. »
« Same when I'm with Pansy. » says Draco.
Him shirtless, her in underwear, they stared at each other with an identical desire that sparkled in their eyes. Hermione took his hand and dragged him to the bed. Very quickly, they were both naked, lying under the sheets that smelled of clean and freshness. Their bodies rolled in the sheets, they were one. They loved each other with tenderness. Draco made love to her with extreme gentleness. Each gesture transpire a heat that consumed them until sleep caught up with them.
In the early morning, at the usual time Hermione had to get up and prepare for classes, an arm was wrapped around her waist. She dodged a smile. It was not right. She had a boyfriend and she slept with another man. Showered and dressed half an hour later, Hermione waited for Draco to leave her room, also dressed and ready for another day of classes.
« How are you going to do, so that he agrees not to sleep with you anymore ? » asked the young man.
« I don't know, but Cormac is not particularly clever, he didn't even pay attention that I wasn't a virgin the first time he and I did it. » she replied. « I even pretended to be in pain, but it wasn't difficult, it was only my third time. And you, with Pansy ? »
« I don't know either, but I would find something. I would break up, if necessary. » Draco said.
« I can't break up with Cormac for no reason, not like that. » she said. « But I can make sure that we only kiss each other for the minimum. »
« As long as you don't have sex with him. » whispered Draco before kissing her.
... And this lasted until the end of the sixth year. With classes, homework to give, Quidditch games. Hermione managed to limit her time with Cormac and increase the one with Draco. The young man did the same on his side.
In the summer, Hermione went on holiday with her parents to Australia, and at the beginning of the school year, she once again shared her common room with Draco.
...
Present day !
How did they get to this point ? He had promised that he would tell his parents about them, but even after she had broken up with Cormac at the end of school, after having surprised him with another girl... he had done nothing.
...
A few months earlier !
« I just broke up with Cormac, and you still can't find a way to tell your parents that you love me ? » said Hermione.
« You have to understand... » he began to say.
« You want me to understand what, huh ? » she burst out. « We've been together for two years, we've been lying to everyone, and when we finally have the opportunity to be together in the open, you continue to have an adulescent behavior. »
She began to feel nauseous. She sat on a tree stump and breathed with a blow. They were not far from the Malfoy's Manor.
« You don't want to tell your parents that you love me, and I can't continue to live what we have in secret, so we end it. »
« What ? » strangled Draco. « I don't want to stop, I love you ! »
« So tell your parents that you want to be with me, tell them that you are in love with me. » she said.« I can't. » he repeated.
« Why ? » she exclaimed as she stood up.
« Because they expect me to tell them that I intend to marry Pansy. Despite the fact that I have left her, she persists in making people believe that I am going to come back to her. » Draco explained. « Her parents and mine are looking forward to being told about our engagement ! »
It cames of nowhere. Draco's head left on the right side, under the effect of the slap he had just received.
« You've had two years to tell them, and instead of facing your fears, you behave like a doggie with Pansy, you let yourself be done instead of fighting for the one you love. » spat Hermione. « I don't want to see you anymore ! »
He read the disappointment and anger in her eyes, but before he could take any steps in her direction, she had transplaned away from him. He fell to his knees and took his head in his hands, calling himself names for letting slip away the person he loved more than anything.
When Hermione set foot in her home, it was not her parents who were waiting for her, but the boy she dumped.
« Cormac ? » she was astonished. « What are you doing there ? »
« Please Hermione, give me a chance to make it up to you. » he begged her. « I swear to you that this girl was nothing for me, I was drunk. »
« So stop drinking too much. » she replied as she climbed into her room.
He followed her.
« Hermione, I love you. » he says. « Listen, I made a decision, and I got your father's blessing. »
« My father's blessing to do what ? » she asked, turning around.
She froze while he was on his knees, a ring in his hand.
« Oh ho ! » she thought to herself. « I didn't seen that one coming ! »
« Forgive me Hermione, please. Marry me ! »
She remembered Draco's words... « Her parents and mine are looking forward to being told about our engagement ! » She also remembered the doctor's words a few hours earlier... « You are pregnant, Miss Granger ! »
She replied mechanically :
« Okay ! »
From the moment she saw Cormac put the ring on her finger, nothing was the same for Hermione. She was pregnant with Draco's, but in a few weeks, by the time the wedding was celebrated, her belly would be seen, and suspicions would be ringing, so she decided to seize the opportunity. She allowed herself to be kissed by her fiancé, and did not push him away when he tried to remove her top. She let him make love to her, and deliberately did not give him protection. With a little luck, they will believe that this baby would be Cormac's. Hopefully...
And the announcement of their engagement soon made the rounds among the wizards. So was the organization of the wedding, which Cormac's mother had hastened to prepare.
Hermione looked at herself in the mirror, in the wedding dress she had chosen – or rather that her mother-in-law had chosen. She had tried about twenty, but it was not the one she would have preferred to wear for this special day. Ginny and Lavender, who were the bridesmaids, pretended to want to talk with Hermione alone, and the mother-in-law left. Once sure she was far away, Ginny placed a protective spell around them, and they were able to speak in peace.
« Hermione, tell us what's wrong. » Lavender said to her.
« I'm pregnant ! » she confessed to them, in a flat voice.
« Wow, no wonder Cormac asked for your hand. » grumble Ginny.
« He doesn't know. » Hermione replied. « It's not his. »
« WHAT ? » cried the two bridesmaids.
« No need to shout, I'm not deaf. » she retorted as she sat in an armchair.
« Wait... » said Lavender. « Why do you marry Cormac if the child you are carrying is not his ? And who is the father ? »
« Draco ! » said Hermione.
« What, Draco ? » said Ginny.
« He's the father of my baby. » says Hermione.
« What ? » said Lavender. « Wait, take everything back from the beginning, I'm not following you anymore. »
So, Hermione told them about the time they had slept together at Harry's birthday party, six years earlier, from their secret affair at Hogwarts while each of them being with someone, until she broke up on the same day that Cormac had made his proposal to her.
« Why didn't you tell us anything ? » sighed Ginny.
« We wanted to keep it to ourselves. » says Hermione.
« Do you see where it takes you ? » said Lavender.
« Thank you for reminding me of that. » Hermione muttered.
« Draco knows, for the baby ? » asked Ginny.
« No, I didn't have the courage to tell him. » Hermione replied. « Anyway, he doesn't want to tell his parents for us. »
« You have to make him change his mind. » says Lavender. « The wedding is tomorrow. »
« Don't do anything. » Hermione tells them. « I'm going to marry Cormac, and hope the baby isn't blonde, otherwise I'm fucked up for lying to him. »
« But, Hermione, you can't marry someone you don't love and whose child isn't his. » Ginny tells her.
« Yes, I can, and I will ! » decided Hermione.
Her tone showed the two young witches that their friend had made an irremediable decision. But which according to them, was not the best.
Potter's house !
Harry's room !
« What ? » cried Ron. « Are you kidding ? »
« I'm not, Ron, I assure you that's what she told us. » says Lavender.
« And Draco doesn't know anything about this child ? » asked Harry.
« She didn't tell him anything. » Ginny replied. « Something has to be done, babe, I refuse to see Hermione marry another man. She sincerely loves Draco, but she's making a huge mistake by deciding to marry Cormac ! »
« You have to tell Malfoy everything you know. » says Lavender.
« Above all, we have to talk to his parents. » says Harry. « If he hasn't done it after five years, then it's up to us to do it. »
« We have to spend the evening with Hermione. » Lavender told them.
« Don't tell her anything, and let us make it right. » said Harry.
Malfoy's Manor !
The night was full. The moon was halfway there. Harry and Ron transplane directly in front of the door of their Slytherin friend's gigantic Manor. Harry struck heavily, waiting for them to be opened. This was the case a minute later, by a middle-aged woman, with blond hair tainted with blacks. She was Draco's mother !
« Harry, Ron, what are you two doing there at this hour ? » she wondered.
« Narcissa, is your son here ? » asked Harry.
« Yes, he's in his bedroom. » she replied before moving away. « Come in, don't stay outside ! »
The two young men entered the imposing manor. Lucius Malfoy, the father, arrived.
« What are you doing here ? » he asked.
« We came to shake your moron of a son ! » replied Ron.
« What did he do ? » Lucius wanted to know.
« We have to talk to him, Hermione is making the biggest mistake of her life, and it's your son's fault. » Harry said. « I guess his room didn't change places. »
He grabbed Ron's sleeve and the two friends climbed the marble stairs two by two, leaving the Malfoy parents speechless. Pulling out his wand, Harry made a slight wrist movement and Draco's bedroom door opened on the fly. He and Ron entered the boy's room, which had risen from his bed immediately, on which he was asleep.
« What's wrong with you ? » exclaimed Draco.
« We could ask you the same question ! » replied Harry, putting away his wand.
« Are you crazy or what ? » says Draco.
Ron threw his fist on Draco's jaw, and the young man fell on his bed.
« HEY ! » he exclaimed. « Have you lost your mind or what ? »
« What about you then ? » replied Ron. « You're going to let Hermione marry this fool of McLaggen ! »
« I don't see why I'm concerned about it. » Draco said.
« We're aware of your affair. » Harry says. « She told the girls everything, who repeated everything to us. »
« Okay, I dated her. » Draco admitted. « What does it change ? »
« Do you really want to take back a straight one ? » asked Ron. « Hermione is pregnant with your kid, you moron ! »
« What ? » said Draco.
« Very subtle, Ron. » says Harry.
« We don't care about being subtle. I say this so that he wakes up. » Ron retorted. « Hermione will ruin her life tomorrow by marrying the other idiot. »
« What do you want me to do ? » asked Draco.
« Question : are you still dating Pansy ? » asked Harry.
« What, no ! » replied Draco. « No, I dumped her months ago, but she doesn't like it and she makes believe the opposite. »
« Do you love Hermione ? » wanted to know Ron.
« Yes, I love her ! » says Draco. « And don' think it doesn't matter to me either to know her being engaged to another. »
« So you know what you have to do. » Ron says. « Take your responsibilities and confront your parents by telling them the truth, and go to Hermione to tell her that you have been stupid and prevent her from marrying Cormac, otherwise he is the one who will raise your kid ! »
Without giving Draco time to retaliate, the two boys transplane, leaving him completely stunned.
Draco dropped himself on his bed, not realizing that his parents had heard most of the conversation. His mother entered, and Draco raised his head when he heard noise.
« Do you have something to tell us ? » asked Narcissa.
He immediately sat down.
« I guess you've heard everything ! » he said.
« Why did you hide it from us ? » she wanted to know.
« I was afraid of your reaction, learning that I loved a Muggle ! » he confessed.
« We could very well have understood. » says Narcissa. « Draco, you have to do something. »
« And what, huh ? » he asked, looking at her as she sat next to him. « She made her choice, and it's not me ! »
« Yes, because you stubbornly did not talk to us. » said Lucius.
« What do I have to understand ? » says Draco.
« Well, it's simple, you're going to interrupt this wedding. There is no question of this child being raised by another family since it is yours, and if you love this girl, then fight for her ! » Lucius explained.
« You... you would let me live my life with... a Muggle ? » asked Draco.
« A Muggle who is also a wizard ! » resumed Narcissa.
« We're not going to force you to stay with Pansy, because obviously you've left her. » Lucius says. « And you have already made your choice, it's up to you to claim it. »
« The night will bring you advice to, my son. » said Narcissa in a soft, motherly voice. « You will see more clearly tomorrow morning, but know that our hearts are with you. »
Draco doesn't sleep very much that night. Yes, he was going to talk to Hermione and tell her everything, he was going to do everything to make her change her mind, but what would he do if she didn't change her mind ? If she still decided to marry Cormac, what about the child she was carrying ?
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Present Day !
Closing her eyes, Hermione swallowed her tears. Deep down, she hoped that he would come and tell her what she had been expecting from him for months. She heard the door open gently, so she wiped away her tears so as not to show her sorrow to the person who had entered. The door closed just as slowly. Hermione blew a good blow and turned around, waiting to face her mother-in-law or her mother...
« You're beautiful ! »
Hearing his voice made her heart jump.
« What are you doing there, Draco ? » she asked.
« You were right when you said that I was afraid of my parents reaction and that I would let Pansy say what she wanted. » he replied. « I should have talked to my parents about it earlier. »
« It means they know. » she said.
« Yes, since yesterday. » Draco says. « Harry and Ron came to see me and yelled at me. Your girlfriends told them, and they came in a hurry to shake me. Besides, Ron punched me. »
« What ? » she staggers as she approaches him.
She saw a bruise adorning his jaw... She touched his skin with her fingertips.
« Does it hurt you ? » she asked in a soft voice.
« No, not anymore since this morning. » he replied without taking his eyes off of her. « I know about the baby. Are you going to let someone as stupid as Cormac raise my child ? »
« You didn't give me a choice. » she whispered.
« You should've told me. » he said.
Do you think I should have forced you to tell your parents, telling you about my pregnancy ? » she sobbed.
« Yes, you should have, but I don't blame you, I was the one who messed up, and I regret it. » he reassured her. « I love you Hermione, and I want to make my life with you. »
« It's too late ! » she replied, her face dripping with tears.
« No, it's not too late ! » he says, taking her face delicately into his hands. « It's up to you, Hermione, but whatever you decide, I would respect your decision, but if you decide to marry him, I refuse to see him raise our child. Even if you become the wife of another, I would recognize this child and I would take care of him, I would take care of both of you ! »
He sealed this promise with a kiss that revived them. Hermione clung to the shirt he was wearing, but sounds of footsteps that came in their direction brought them out of their bubble. Draco backed away and disappeared, leaving a completely desperate Hermione, in front of her mother-in-law, who was wearing a cream-colored dress.
« Come on, honey, it's time ! » she exclaimed, arranging the dress for her. « That's it, like that you're perfect. My son is very lucky ! »
Hermione forced herself to smile and had to hold a nausea when her mother-in-law pulled her out of the room.
Standing in front of her fiancé, with a bouquet of flowers in her hand, Hermione hardly listened to the priest's words. Despite the outdoor ceremony, Hermione felt uncomfortable, almost suffocating on the inside. From the corner of her eye, she saw Draco's parents, who had their eyes on her. Mrs. Malfoy seemed to want to pass on a message to her. A heave took Hermione, so she carried a hand to her mouth to curb her urge to vomit. The priest stopped talking.
« Miss, is everything fine ? » he asked.
She crossed the worried look of her fiancé, and she realized that she had made a huge mistake. A stupidity that she still had time to repair, but for that, there is no question of making a scandal.
« I don't feel very well, excuse me ! » she said, backing away.
She crossed the garden driveway in the opposite direction and entered the McLaggens house. She went to the bathroom, and vomited in the toilet. Why did her mother-in-law – or rather future ex-mother-in-law – have the idea to organize the ceremony in the morning ? What a crazy idea ! Hermione had been so stressed that she hadn't eaten anything. Some way, she got back on her legs and washed her mouth at the sink for several minutes, starting again and again.
This claiming side that she had seen in Draco when he had come to talk to her... Since when did he have it in him ? Why bring it out today ? Of course, he had arrived at the very last minute, and if Mrs. McLaggen had not interrupted them, she would have left with him... the father of her baby, the man she really loved. Besides, what was she still doing there?
« Hermione ? »
She turned around and saw Cormac. She had to recognize that he was very beautiful in his outfit, a brand new wizard dress and what went with it, but he didn't make her feel anything anymore.
« Are you okay ? » he asked, closing the door.
« I'm sorry Cormac, I can't. » she replied.
« I don't understand, everything was fine and all of a sudden...» he began to say before she interrupted him.
« I'm pregnant, but it's not yours ! »
« What ? » he choked.
« I was already pregnant when you asked me to marry you. I had just broken up with the baby's father, and you arrived. I didn't know what I was doing anymore, I was so angry at the time that I didn't think about it. » she confessed. « Excuse me, but I can't marry you. »
« Because of the child ? » he wanted to know. « Listen, I'm ready to go over it and raise it like mine... »
« No ! » slammed Hermione through her tears. « I don't love you like I used to, this wedding is just a joke, and no matter what your mother thinks, because I know she's going to want to make me pay for it, but I can't go on. I haven't been in love with you for a long time. »
Drying her tears, she removed her engagement ring from her left ring finger and advanced towards Cormac to return it to him.
« Think back to why you slept with that girl three months ago, then you'll find out the answer. » she tells him. « You and I are not made for each other, and you will find the perfect person one day, but it is not me ! »
She hoisted herself on tiptoe and kissed the commissure of his lips, whispering :
« Forgive me ! »
One last look, and Hermione came out of the room, removing the brooch that her ex-mother-in-law had forced her to put in her hair. She was horrible and she was too tight. The girl was happy to get rid of it, as her hair cascaded down her shoulders. Her bridesmaids rushed to her.
« Take care of getting my stuff back. » she said to them as she pulled up the skirt of her dress.
« Tell me you're cancelling the wedding. » Lavender said in an almost begging tone.
« Yes, the wedding is cancelled ! » agreed Hermione, taking her wand, which was attached to her thigh.
« Hallelujah, we're going to be able to take off these filthy dresses. » squeaked Lavender, squirming.
« Go find him. » Ginny urged her. « His parents told me he was at home. »
« Thank you for talking to the boys. » Hermione smiles at them.
« Go ! » they replied in one voice.
And Hermione transplaned, under the frightened gaze of Madame McLaggen.
« What is this going on ? » she exclaimed.
« Uh... » Ginny said as she turned around. « I think that means there won't be a wedding today ! »
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Malfoy's Manor !
Hermione lands in front of the manor's door. With her wand, she opened the door, which slammed hard against the marble wall. Entering the house, Hermione felt her heart beating at full speed in her chest. Where was he ? She could not venture into this house when she had never set foot there before. With a sharp movement of her wrist, she closed the large door behind her, which slammed again.
« Hermione ? »
She turned around sharply. He was there. He walked down the marble steps. She ran up to him and jumped on him, wrapping her arms and burying her face around and in his neck. He pressed her against him.
« Don't let me go ! » she begged him.
« Never ! » he said.
« Draco ? » she said.
« Hum ? »
« I'm starving ! » she confessed.
He began to laugh softly. She joined him in his hilarity.
Draco's room !
« Have you eaten enough ? » he asked her an hour later.
« Yes, thank you. » she replied.
She unbuttoned the buttons on his shirt one by one.
« Maybe it's my hormones talking, but I really want you. » says Hermione.
« Yes, it's probably your hormones. » Draco agreed.
« Do you want me ? » she asked, stroking his torso.
« Enormously ! » he replied.
« How much ? » she wanted to know.
« At one point that I refrain from tearing off this dress from you, » he said, stroking her hips.
« I would take it as blasphemy, if you didn't. » she retorted.
« Do you think it's the right time to come out with words like this ? » he amused himself.
« Draco, kiss me ! » she begged.
He responded to her request with a kiss that grew from second to second. The dress was hard to remove. Draco pulled on the strings of the corset with such force that they broke.
« This dress didn't fit you, after all. » Draco confessed.
« I hate it ! » says Hermione.
The rest of the dress was thrown into a corner of the room, leaving Hermione to appear in white underwear. Draco slipped his fingers over the girl's skin. A skin always so soft to the touch. He dodged a smile as he felt the fluffy texture of her skin under his fingers. It had been a long time since he had touched it, and to be able to do so again was a real delight. Hermione felt her body tremble as Draco ran his fingers on her. She closed her eyes to revel in this delicious sensation that she had missed so much. Another caress came to touch her neck. That of his lips.
Hermione let herself go into Draco's arms, who sprinkled with kisses every inch of her skin. With tenderness, he knelt down and placed the palm of his hand against Hermione's slightly rounded belly.
« How far along are you ? » asked Draco.
« Three months ! » replied Hermione. « Or more, I don't know, I haven't gone to see doctor since I knew. »
« So, we'll go and see one tomorrow. » he said.
He placed a kiss on her belly, then went up to his girlfriend's mouth. Gently, he lifted her in his arms and carried her to the bed, on which he placed her with equal delicacy.
« What if we got down to business ? » she whispered. « I haven't had sex in weeks. »
« Did he touch you again ? » he replied in a dry tone.
« Only once, just after I left you, but it was the only time, I promise you. » she said, touching his cheek.
« Okay, I believe you but... the idea that he could have made you... argh it drives me crazy. » he squeaked.
« Don't think about it anymore. » she tells him. « I love you ! »
« I love you ! » he replied before kissing her.
The hormones of the young witch were boiling. Draco was a most fabulous lover, but all these weeks going into abstinence while she was pregnant, made her more envious of contact. Responding to the kiss, Hermione put her hands around Draco's bare hips, who stroked one of her legs. With undisguised impatience, they shed their last ramparts before slipping under the sheets. No need for protection. Draco placed himself between Hermione's legs, and, without leaving her eyes, entered her. When he stumbled at the bottom of her belly, he felt in his place. He had dreamed of regaining the warmth of her intimacy for months, and today it was done.
Slowly, Draco began to move his hips. It was different from previous times. True, there was their love, and also the fact that they were officially together, but Hermione felt her pleasure double in intensity, even triple. Was it due to her new pregnant hormones ? It was very likely, but she did not complain about it and ignored it when Drago beged for a kiss. Their orgasm soon struck them, but none of them stopped, be it kissing or caresses.
A few hours later !
Lying on her side, her face engulfed by fluffy cushions, Hermione was awakened by a strange and pleasant sensation at the same time. Her eyes opened as she fluttered, for she had slept for hours at a time. There was a warmth more present than in her memory. Or was it because she was wrapped up in the sheets ?
« My love ! » said Draco's voice. « Did you sleep well ? »
She let out a pleasant sigh, before lying on her back, capturing Draco's blue eyes in her own.
« What do you think ? » she said.
« Given the time it is, I would say you slept like a baby. » he says.
« How long did I sleep ? » she asked.
« Um, I would say five to six o'clock. » he replied. « If it's not more, I fell asleep at the same time as you. »
« Wow ! » she says.
« Yes ! » he smiled. « What would you say about a good bath ? »
« Um, would you take it with me ? » she tried.
« Of course ! » he said.
The bath did a huge good to the two lovers. They stayed there until the water cooled, then, drying up and dressing, they returned to snuggle up in the big bed, where a small feast awaited them.
...
Epilogue !
Eight months later !
Life at the Malfoy's Manor had changed since the months before Hermione's pregnancy, as well as the weeks following her childbirth. The young mother had settled in the Manor by the time that the house that her in-laws had built for them in Godric's Hollow was finished. Draco continued his training as Auror, while Hermione took care of her baby, with the help of her mother and stepma, but the two women were mainly preparing for the wedding of both parents, who, after having their relationship accepted, had decided to marry. The young woman had given birth to a little boy, who was very well surrounded, and who especially received a lot of love from his parents, who were both at the height of happiness !
And to say that it had taken them five years to finally live the life they wanted to live... together !
THE END !
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