My Last Breath
Part Ten
I paced back and forth in the living room. Letting what Hermione said sink in. "What do you mean she's mine?"
"Well she's your daughter."
"But how?"
"Ok. you and Josie had - "
"I know how it happened! I meant, why didn't anyone tell me?"
"She was scared."
"Scared of what?"
"Scared that you wouldn't want to be with her anymore. So she told me and made me promise not to say anything."
I stared out of the window to the backyard and watched Jamie run around out back with a boy about her age.
"Whose he?"
Hermione walked over to the window and looked out.
"Oh, that's the neighbors kid."
"Ok I'm going to sit down and you're going to tell me everything that Josie so conveniently kept from me." I sat down and she sat across from me.
**FLASHBACK** (Hermione POV)
I woke up to a loud ringing. When I finally realized it was the phone on my bedside table I picked it up. " 'ello?"
"Hermione? Where you sleeping?"
"Yes I was. What it is Josie?"
"We need to talk. Can you come over?"
"Um. sure. let me just get dressed."
I hung up and went into the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and put on a pair of jeans and a plain white t-shirt. Then walked over to Josie's house. She lived in the next neighborhood.
I walked into Josie's room and saw her sitting on the floor with her long black hair up in a bun. Her brown roots were starting to grow in. she looked up at me, "What is it?"
she handed me a,
"Pregnancy test?"
she nodded.
"What does that mean?" I looked at it. and there was a thick clear red line.
"Oh my god!"
"What Hermione?" she stood up and stood next to me looking at the test.
"Josie, you're pregnant?"
"No, that's what I was afraid of. What if it's wrong? Maybe it's wrong? Maybe you read it wrong? Maybe I should take another?"
"Josie calm down. Just accept it. You're pregnant."
"Draco wont accept it. What if he hates me for it?"
"It's not your fault. He's too blame as well."
"We can't tell him."
"Why not?"
She took her down and sat on her bed messing with her pink tank top.
"Because he already has enough problems. I don't want to give him anymore."
"Josie he deserves to know."
"Not yet, ok? We'll tell him when all this is over. Promise me you wont say anything?"
I looked down at the test and then at her.
"Ok I wont say anything. yet."
She smiled and walked over to her mirror. "I need to re-dye my hair."
**END FLASHBACK**
I stood up again and looked out the window again. Jamie was now sitting near her swing set smelling the flowers around it and picking some.
"Draco? There's more."
"Of course there is." I went back and sat down.
**FLASHBACK**
9 months later. she went into labor. It was the same day Draco went on a "family" trip. I rushed to the hospital with Ron. They wouldn't let us in. So we waited until she gave birth. After about 36 hours they let us see her. Harry was already there. He was with her when her water broke. He smiled at us and then looked down at Josie. She was signing something the nurse had given her. When they nurse left she looked up at Harry.
"Um. Ron, help me with something."
"Ok."
Ron and Harry exited the room. And Josie and me were left alone.
"Would now be a good time to tell Draco?" I asked her.
"I don't want to tell him."
"Josie - "
"Hermione before you start preaching to me just listen."
I pulled up a chair and waited for her to start.
"I know he deserves to know. But he just has so much happening with his father and this whole Voldemort thing. That I don't want to bring any more complications into his life. And I'm sure he'll live without knowing. His life would probably be a lot better. Just don't say anything. please. It's not your business to tell anyway."
"Josie, this isn't something you keep from someone - "
"SAVE IT HERMIONE! I'm not Ron and I'm not Harry. I don't need your lectures on how to handle my life or my problems. So just promise me you wont say anything."
"Fine, I wont say anything. I promise."
"Thank you."
**END FLASHBACK**
"After you were taken she asked me to take care of Jamie if anything happened to her."
"Does she know about me?"
"Yes, I told her when she was old enough to understand."
"What did you tell her?"
"I told her that you lived somewhere else because you had some things to take care of. And then you were going to come back for her soon."
"She must hate me."
"No, I didn't give her a reason to hate you. I told her you were really brave and that you were the most amazing person in the world. She even asked me if you were even more amazing then Harry."
"And what did you say?"
"I didn't answer. Harry did. He told her you were even more amazing than he could ever be. So don't worry we didn't bad mouth you to your kid."
Just then Jamie walked in.
"Hermione I'm hungry."
"Jamie I want you to meet someone."
"Ok."
Jamie came farther into the living room and stood in front of hermione and me.
"Jamie this is Draco."
"Hi." She smiled and held out her hand. I smiled back.
"Hello."
"Are you Hermione's new boyfriend?'
"No, Jamie he's not my new boyfriend. He's your father."
Her smile faded and she stared at me.
"I thought you looked familiar. You look just like the pictures Harry showed me." her smile came again and this time she came in close for a hug.
"Are you going to stay here with us?"
"Um. well I was thinking maybe you could come live with me."
"Where?"
"America."
"Live there with you?"
"Yes with me."
"Just you and me? Like father and daughter?"
"Yes."
"Yes! I want to go! Are we going now!?"
***
**FLASHBACK** Hermione ran out to get help and I followed them out the window.
Harry was standing at the edge of the roof and Voldemort was approaching him.
"You should have just given up Potter. There was no way you were going to beat me."
I ran inside grabbed the dagger off the floor then ran back outside.
"VOLDEMORT!!!!"
He turned to face me and I threw the dagger. He nearly missed it. The dagger went straight through his hand. His wand tumbled to the floor and rolled off the roof. He took a hold of the dagger with his other hand and pulled it out. He sneered at me then dropped it. He went to turn his attention back at Harry.
"CRUCIO!!!"
Voldemort screamed and fell.
Some how he broke away and tackled Harry to the floor. Harry's wand fell out of his hand and also went rolling off the roof. They both rolled around on the ground fighting like muggles. I ran and picked up the dagger. Voldemort had just thrown Harry through another window. Then turned his attention back at me. I started backing away until I realized I couldn't back up anymore or I would walk right to my death.
"I don't like to be betrayed DRACO!!"
"Well that sounds like a personal problem."
He laughed. "I'll get rid of you just like I did your disgusting muggle bitch!"
"YOU FUCK!!" I ran at him and tackled him to the floor. Screaming obscenities I punched him and clawed at his face. Until he pushed me off. He stood near the edge of the roof and I stood up right in front of him. I no longer had the dagger. I didn't know where I dropped it but soon forgot it and pulled out my wand.
Voldemort waved his hand and my wand went flying out of my hand and off the roof.
"It's over Draco."
"DUCK!!!!"
I threw myself on the floor. The dagger went flying over me and caught Voldemort in the stomach. I looked to see who threw it. Harry stood near the window looking a mess. Just then I started moving. I looked back towards Voldemort and he had a grip on my robes. He fell off the edge and was dragging me with him. I looked back at Harry. He came to try and grab me. But missed.
"HARRY!!!"
He disappeared out of my view. **END FLASHBACK**
Part Ten
I paced back and forth in the living room. Letting what Hermione said sink in. "What do you mean she's mine?"
"Well she's your daughter."
"But how?"
"Ok. you and Josie had - "
"I know how it happened! I meant, why didn't anyone tell me?"
"She was scared."
"Scared of what?"
"Scared that you wouldn't want to be with her anymore. So she told me and made me promise not to say anything."
I stared out of the window to the backyard and watched Jamie run around out back with a boy about her age.
"Whose he?"
Hermione walked over to the window and looked out.
"Oh, that's the neighbors kid."
"Ok I'm going to sit down and you're going to tell me everything that Josie so conveniently kept from me." I sat down and she sat across from me.
**FLASHBACK** (Hermione POV)
I woke up to a loud ringing. When I finally realized it was the phone on my bedside table I picked it up. " 'ello?"
"Hermione? Where you sleeping?"
"Yes I was. What it is Josie?"
"We need to talk. Can you come over?"
"Um. sure. let me just get dressed."
I hung up and went into the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and put on a pair of jeans and a plain white t-shirt. Then walked over to Josie's house. She lived in the next neighborhood.
I walked into Josie's room and saw her sitting on the floor with her long black hair up in a bun. Her brown roots were starting to grow in. she looked up at me, "What is it?"
she handed me a,
"Pregnancy test?"
she nodded.
"What does that mean?" I looked at it. and there was a thick clear red line.
"Oh my god!"
"What Hermione?" she stood up and stood next to me looking at the test.
"Josie, you're pregnant?"
"No, that's what I was afraid of. What if it's wrong? Maybe it's wrong? Maybe you read it wrong? Maybe I should take another?"
"Josie calm down. Just accept it. You're pregnant."
"Draco wont accept it. What if he hates me for it?"
"It's not your fault. He's too blame as well."
"We can't tell him."
"Why not?"
She took her down and sat on her bed messing with her pink tank top.
"Because he already has enough problems. I don't want to give him anymore."
"Josie he deserves to know."
"Not yet, ok? We'll tell him when all this is over. Promise me you wont say anything?"
I looked down at the test and then at her.
"Ok I wont say anything. yet."
She smiled and walked over to her mirror. "I need to re-dye my hair."
**END FLASHBACK**
I stood up again and looked out the window again. Jamie was now sitting near her swing set smelling the flowers around it and picking some.
"Draco? There's more."
"Of course there is." I went back and sat down.
**FLASHBACK**
9 months later. she went into labor. It was the same day Draco went on a "family" trip. I rushed to the hospital with Ron. They wouldn't let us in. So we waited until she gave birth. After about 36 hours they let us see her. Harry was already there. He was with her when her water broke. He smiled at us and then looked down at Josie. She was signing something the nurse had given her. When they nurse left she looked up at Harry.
"Um. Ron, help me with something."
"Ok."
Ron and Harry exited the room. And Josie and me were left alone.
"Would now be a good time to tell Draco?" I asked her.
"I don't want to tell him."
"Josie - "
"Hermione before you start preaching to me just listen."
I pulled up a chair and waited for her to start.
"I know he deserves to know. But he just has so much happening with his father and this whole Voldemort thing. That I don't want to bring any more complications into his life. And I'm sure he'll live without knowing. His life would probably be a lot better. Just don't say anything. please. It's not your business to tell anyway."
"Josie, this isn't something you keep from someone - "
"SAVE IT HERMIONE! I'm not Ron and I'm not Harry. I don't need your lectures on how to handle my life or my problems. So just promise me you wont say anything."
"Fine, I wont say anything. I promise."
"Thank you."
**END FLASHBACK**
"After you were taken she asked me to take care of Jamie if anything happened to her."
"Does she know about me?"
"Yes, I told her when she was old enough to understand."
"What did you tell her?"
"I told her that you lived somewhere else because you had some things to take care of. And then you were going to come back for her soon."
"She must hate me."
"No, I didn't give her a reason to hate you. I told her you were really brave and that you were the most amazing person in the world. She even asked me if you were even more amazing then Harry."
"And what did you say?"
"I didn't answer. Harry did. He told her you were even more amazing than he could ever be. So don't worry we didn't bad mouth you to your kid."
Just then Jamie walked in.
"Hermione I'm hungry."
"Jamie I want you to meet someone."
"Ok."
Jamie came farther into the living room and stood in front of hermione and me.
"Jamie this is Draco."
"Hi." She smiled and held out her hand. I smiled back.
"Hello."
"Are you Hermione's new boyfriend?'
"No, Jamie he's not my new boyfriend. He's your father."
Her smile faded and she stared at me.
"I thought you looked familiar. You look just like the pictures Harry showed me." her smile came again and this time she came in close for a hug.
"Are you going to stay here with us?"
"Um. well I was thinking maybe you could come live with me."
"Where?"
"America."
"Live there with you?"
"Yes with me."
"Just you and me? Like father and daughter?"
"Yes."
"Yes! I want to go! Are we going now!?"
***
**FLASHBACK** Hermione ran out to get help and I followed them out the window.
Harry was standing at the edge of the roof and Voldemort was approaching him.
"You should have just given up Potter. There was no way you were going to beat me."
I ran inside grabbed the dagger off the floor then ran back outside.
"VOLDEMORT!!!!"
He turned to face me and I threw the dagger. He nearly missed it. The dagger went straight through his hand. His wand tumbled to the floor and rolled off the roof. He took a hold of the dagger with his other hand and pulled it out. He sneered at me then dropped it. He went to turn his attention back at Harry.
"CRUCIO!!!"
Voldemort screamed and fell.
Some how he broke away and tackled Harry to the floor. Harry's wand fell out of his hand and also went rolling off the roof. They both rolled around on the ground fighting like muggles. I ran and picked up the dagger. Voldemort had just thrown Harry through another window. Then turned his attention back at me. I started backing away until I realized I couldn't back up anymore or I would walk right to my death.
"I don't like to be betrayed DRACO!!"
"Well that sounds like a personal problem."
He laughed. "I'll get rid of you just like I did your disgusting muggle bitch!"
"YOU FUCK!!" I ran at him and tackled him to the floor. Screaming obscenities I punched him and clawed at his face. Until he pushed me off. He stood near the edge of the roof and I stood up right in front of him. I no longer had the dagger. I didn't know where I dropped it but soon forgot it and pulled out my wand.
Voldemort waved his hand and my wand went flying out of my hand and off the roof.
"It's over Draco."
"DUCK!!!!"
I threw myself on the floor. The dagger went flying over me and caught Voldemort in the stomach. I looked to see who threw it. Harry stood near the window looking a mess. Just then I started moving. I looked back towards Voldemort and he had a grip on my robes. He fell off the edge and was dragging me with him. I looked back at Harry. He came to try and grab me. But missed.
"HARRY!!!"
He disappeared out of my view. **END FLASHBACK**