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Chapter 10- A Miracle

Hermione lay down on the hospital bed waiting for the doctor to come back and let her leave. Draco was on one side of her holding her hand, and Ron and Harry we're on the other side.

"How are you feeling, Love?" Draco asked.

Hermione saw Ron sick up his nose at the name Draco called her. "I'm feeling a lot better. I still can't believe what I did yesterday. It was really foolish of me," Hermione sighed, "Does this mean we still can't be together, Draco?"

"Yes, I'm afraid it does, unless come kind of miracle happens," Draco replied gloomily.

Just then, the doctor walked in.

"How are you feeling Hermione?" the doctor asked.

"Oh, much better, thank you," Hermione replied.

"Well, that's good. I'm going to need to ask you visitors to step out of them room now; I need to talk to you, privately," the doctor said nodding at Harry, Ron and Draco.

"Okay, we'll leave," Harry said.

The boys left and the doctor got out his clipboard with Hermione's records on it.

"Hermione, while we were taking blood samples, to see if you had any more toxins in your blood stream, we came across some surprising news," the doctor began, "as we did more tests on your blood, we found out something you might be dreading,"

By now, Hermione sat up on her bed and was staring intently at the doctor.

"You might want to sit back for this," the doctor said calmly.

Hermione, expecting the worst, turned whiter than Draco.

"Hermione, you are pregnant," the doctor said.

Hermione lay back and closed her eyes. 'I'm pregnant,' she thought, 'oh my goodness and it's with Draco's child. Was this child the miracle Draco was talking about? Oh no, Lucius will kill me when he finds out'. Hermione sat up and began to cry. She couldn't believe this was happening to her.

"Doctor," Hermione whispered, "I think I would like to see the baby's father. Can you get him for me, his name is Draco…he's the tall one with the blonde hair."

"Sure thing. I'll get a nurse to go get him right now."

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Draco saw a nurse walking towards him, and he got worried; what if something was wrong with Hermione?

"Are one of you Draco?" the nurse? asked.

"That would be me," Draco replied.

"She would like to see you."

All three of the boys began to walk towards the Hermione's room, but the nurse stopped Harry and Ron.

"She only said to get Draco; I'm afraid you two will have to wait here," the nurse said and walked away.

"Okay, Draco, let us know how she is," Harry said.

"Will do," Draco replied as he ran over to Hermione's room, knocking over a nurse on the way.

Draco knocked on the door and slowly opened it. He saw Hermione laying on the bed with her head buried in her hands. Hermione heard Draco come in, and she lifted her head up. Draco, seeing her tearstained face, ran over to her and embraced her in a hug.

"Hermione, what happened? Are you okay?" Draco asked frantically searching for a reason why Hermione was this distressed.

"Draco, promise me you won't get mad at me," Hermione whispered through tears.

"Hermione tell me what the matter is," Draco said sternly, thinking it was something very serious.

"Promise me Draco. And promise me you won't leave me," Hermione said.

"I could never leave you Hermione, I promise."

"Draco, I'm pregnant," Hermione whispered looking down at her stomach.

She heard Draco swallow hard before he said anything.

"You're mad at me, aren't you? I am so sorry. I wish this never had happened. We should have…" Hermione began, but Draco cut her off.

"No, Hermione. I'm not mad at you. I just can't believe I'm going to be a father," Draco said as he leaned down and kissed her stomach, "I am so happy," Draco mumbled into her belly button.

Hermione smiled. She knew Draco would stay with her and do whatever it took to keep her and the baby safe.

"Draco, what are we going to do about Lucius?"

"Lucius," Draco seemed to forget who he was for a moment, "oh. We can't tell him. We can tell my mum though; she would do anything to keep the baby safe, even if it meant giving up her own life."

"Should we tell Ron and Harry?" Hermione asked.

"Do you want to?" Draco asked.

"I think we should, they might get suspicious if we don't. Oh! I know how we can tell them. You can go out into the lobby, and when they ask if I am okay, tell them that you can't believe you are going to be a father. Knowing them they'll be like 'What?' and run to my room. I wish I could see their faces; it would be a laugh," Hermione said.

"You are so bad, but okay I'll do it," Draco laughed.

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Draco walked back into the lobby, and Ron and Harry ran up to him.

"Is she okay? What is the matter with her? Can we see her now?" Ron asked.

"I dunno. But one thing is, I can't believe I am going to be a father," Draco said, and winked at Harry.

Harry and Ron's mouth dropped open and they stared at Draco like he was running around with his head on fire.

"Yo-you are gon-gonna be a-a-a wha-what?" Ron asked.

"You heard me Weasely, I'm going to be a father… to Hermione's child," Draco smirked, it was too funny seeing their faces.

Harry and Ron ran over to Hermione's room with Draco trailing behind.

"HERMIONE!" Ron yelled, "When did this happen?"

"You mean when did I find out that I was pregnant or when did I get pregnant?" Hermione asked, innocently.

"When?" Ron asked.

Draco answered for Hermione, "That is none of your business, Wea-Ron."

"When did you find out?" Harry asked.

"When you guys left the room," Hermione answered.

"Well, are you going to keep the baby?" Ron asked.

"Umm…" Hermione looked over at Draco, and he nodded, "Yes we are going to keep the baby."

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A/N: Hey Guys! (Jenn here) Sorry this chapter took so long to be posted—my dad's been on the computer for work, and I couldn't get on the internet to post it. Oh by the way, do you guys know any good excuses to be on the computer so long typing? My parents are getting extremely annoyed—especially since I won't let them read the story (hmm… I wonder why) So if you guys know anything that works… let me know. Thanks to the following for reviewing chapter 9:

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