A/N…heres the next chappie for ya! Sorry it took a few days, but I was working on it and then my computer shut down and I lost all of it. So no more dilly dallying…heres the chapter! Oh yea…this one is kind of sad…but I'll give it a happy ending.
Disclaimer…if you've made it this far, you should know by now…
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Draco stormed out of the garden and realized that he had no place to go, he normally went to think in the garden, and now a crying Hermione was in there. He went to the only place he knew no one would bother him.
He crawled into the secret passageway that led to Hogsmeade and sat at the bottom of the steps mulling about what he was going to do.
"If father ever found out it was my baby, he would kill me, Hermione, and the baby as well. But I would do anything to make her happy. We just have to be really careful about this." He stood up and went in the direction of Hogsmeade.
Even though it was very late at night, some of the stores were still open. One of them happened to be a baby store. Draco walked in and looked at the cribs and strollers that were all around the small store and went to the back where there was a collection of plush toys. He picked a normal muggle teddy bear that had a heart that said "I love you." on it.
He went back to the castle and to the room that he and the Head Girl shared. He found that she had not returned yet because her dress wasn't hanging on the back of her chair as it normally would be.
"Something isn't right. She should have been here by now." He left the bear on his bedside table and went back to the garden. That was when he found her. She was laying in the hall about 4 meters from where the entrance to the garden was. She was bloody and badly bruised and wasn't conscious.
"Oh Merlin Hermione!" He yelped as he scooped her up and ran her to the hospital wing as fast as he could.
Madam Pomfrey had him lay Hermione down on one of the beds and then shooed him away from her, bustling around the room to get the correct potions to revive her. All the while asking Draco what had happened to her.
"I don't know, I found her like this." He kept repeating to the bustling Mediwitch.
Soon enough Madam Pomfrey had revived Hermione and Draco was able to find out what happened to her.
"Hermione!" He kissed her on her forehead, "Who did this to you?"
"Pansy," She whispered. "She told me to keep my dirty Mudblood hands off you."
Draco knew that Pansy was jealous of Hermione, but not to the point where she would beat her, she could have killed her if she wanted to. Then he remembered, the baby.
"Hermione, do you remember if Pansy hit you in the stomach?" He tried to sound as calm as possible.
"She kicked me, but- oh God, the baby!" She sat up quickly but was overcome with dizziness and laid back down. Madam Pomfrey bustled over to her and scolded her for sitting up.
"Madam Pomfrey, can you tell if my baby is still alive?" Hermione held back the hot tears threatening to fall.
"Well, yes I can dear, hold on." She ran over to the counter and brought back a syringe. "I'm going to have to take some fluid out of your stomach, this might hurt a little bit."
Hermione grabbed Draco's hand and squeezed it tightly. Draco lost the feeling in his hand as she did this, but he didn't show any pain. Madam Pomfrey lifted up Hermione's night gown and stuck the needle into her lower stomach, it hurt horribly, but Hermione knew she would deal with more pain later.
As soon as the mediwitch had removed enough fluid, she removed the needle and went over to the counter again and emptied it into a glass vial then added a few drops of potion and swirled it around a little bit. The liquid turned pink and Hermione smiled.
"She's fine." Madam Pomfrey said.
"She?" The two said simultaneously.
"Yes, congratulations Hermione, it's a girl."
Hermione looked at Draco, his face showed no emotion. She had forgotten that Draco hadn't told her if he wanted to keep the baby or not.
Draco smiled in the direction of the Head Girl and whispered. "Our girl."
*****
A few months passed and winter faded into spring, bringing the change of colors everywhere. The color's weren't the only thing changing, Hermione was too. Her hair had gotten sleeker, and her skin was beginning to glow. She had also began to show a little which posed a problem. No one knew about the fact that she was pregnant yet, but with the rate she was growing, they would soon. She was 5 months along and the shapeless robes could no longer cover the fact that she was pregnant.
"Draco, what are we going to do? We can't let them know that its your baby, someone would tell Lucius."
"I don't know Hermione." Draco thought back to the day after Hermione was attacked
As he returned to his room, after Madam Pomfrey had forced him out of the hospital wing so that Hermione could sleep, he saw the oh too familiar eagle owl sitting outside his window. He opened the window so that the could remove the envelope sealed with the Malfoy crest. He sighed as he opened it and read the letter.
Draco,
Now that you have come of age, I want you to return home for Christmas holiday. You will receive the greatest birthday gift of your life. Send the owl back with the time I shall pick you up from the train station.
Lucius Malfoy
Draco sighed, he knew that his 'greatest birthday gift' would be the worst ever. The dark mark. He panicked and grabbed a piece of parchment to scribble a note onto and then tied it to the owl sending it off.
Father,
I am not permitted to return home for the holiday because I am Head Boy, therefore I will have to wait to get my 'present' when I return home.
Draco Malfoy
"Like hell I will." He sighed he watched the eagle owl carry the letter off into the sunrise.
Draco hadn't told Hermione about the letter because he didn't want to worry her. His father had sent a letter back telling him that he was disappointed, but would permit him to stay until the end of the year.
"I guess I could always tell them that it was someone else's." She sighed.
"Yes, but who? Weasly still doesn't talk to you, and no one would believe it was…Potter."
"Harry would do it for me, I'm sure he would, and I'm sure Ginny would be understanding about it." She sighed as she rubbed her stomach. Then the baby kicked. "Oh!"
"What? What's wrong!?" Draco seemed alarmed but Hermione just laughed.
"She kicked, here, feel it." She put Draco's hand over her stomach and pushed down lightly, their daughter kicked again.
"That's amazing." Draco was in awe, he just felt an unborn baby kick, his unborn baby.
"And that's just the beginning." Hermione smiled.
"So, …Harry…then." Draco forced himself to say his name.
"Yes, I suppose so. I'll have to ask him to do it tomorrow morning at breakfast."
"We need to tell Dumbledore though, so he can alert the teachers." Draco still had his hand on Hermione's stomach and he felt the little girl kick again.
"Yes, I'll go tonight then, you're coming with me though."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." He smiled, kissing her softly.
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A/N….oh yay…chapter 20...I feel like I've really accomplished something! Please review…and thank you so much to all of you that have…I really feel loved! And to Natalie (the reviewer…not me) Happy Birthday!
Love and Fluff,
Natalie
Disclaimer…if you've made it this far, you should know by now…
*****
Draco stormed out of the garden and realized that he had no place to go, he normally went to think in the garden, and now a crying Hermione was in there. He went to the only place he knew no one would bother him.
He crawled into the secret passageway that led to Hogsmeade and sat at the bottom of the steps mulling about what he was going to do.
"If father ever found out it was my baby, he would kill me, Hermione, and the baby as well. But I would do anything to make her happy. We just have to be really careful about this." He stood up and went in the direction of Hogsmeade.
Even though it was very late at night, some of the stores were still open. One of them happened to be a baby store. Draco walked in and looked at the cribs and strollers that were all around the small store and went to the back where there was a collection of plush toys. He picked a normal muggle teddy bear that had a heart that said "I love you." on it.
He went back to the castle and to the room that he and the Head Girl shared. He found that she had not returned yet because her dress wasn't hanging on the back of her chair as it normally would be.
"Something isn't right. She should have been here by now." He left the bear on his bedside table and went back to the garden. That was when he found her. She was laying in the hall about 4 meters from where the entrance to the garden was. She was bloody and badly bruised and wasn't conscious.
"Oh Merlin Hermione!" He yelped as he scooped her up and ran her to the hospital wing as fast as he could.
Madam Pomfrey had him lay Hermione down on one of the beds and then shooed him away from her, bustling around the room to get the correct potions to revive her. All the while asking Draco what had happened to her.
"I don't know, I found her like this." He kept repeating to the bustling Mediwitch.
Soon enough Madam Pomfrey had revived Hermione and Draco was able to find out what happened to her.
"Hermione!" He kissed her on her forehead, "Who did this to you?"
"Pansy," She whispered. "She told me to keep my dirty Mudblood hands off you."
Draco knew that Pansy was jealous of Hermione, but not to the point where she would beat her, she could have killed her if she wanted to. Then he remembered, the baby.
"Hermione, do you remember if Pansy hit you in the stomach?" He tried to sound as calm as possible.
"She kicked me, but- oh God, the baby!" She sat up quickly but was overcome with dizziness and laid back down. Madam Pomfrey bustled over to her and scolded her for sitting up.
"Madam Pomfrey, can you tell if my baby is still alive?" Hermione held back the hot tears threatening to fall.
"Well, yes I can dear, hold on." She ran over to the counter and brought back a syringe. "I'm going to have to take some fluid out of your stomach, this might hurt a little bit."
Hermione grabbed Draco's hand and squeezed it tightly. Draco lost the feeling in his hand as she did this, but he didn't show any pain. Madam Pomfrey lifted up Hermione's night gown and stuck the needle into her lower stomach, it hurt horribly, but Hermione knew she would deal with more pain later.
As soon as the mediwitch had removed enough fluid, she removed the needle and went over to the counter again and emptied it into a glass vial then added a few drops of potion and swirled it around a little bit. The liquid turned pink and Hermione smiled.
"She's fine." Madam Pomfrey said.
"She?" The two said simultaneously.
"Yes, congratulations Hermione, it's a girl."
Hermione looked at Draco, his face showed no emotion. She had forgotten that Draco hadn't told her if he wanted to keep the baby or not.
Draco smiled in the direction of the Head Girl and whispered. "Our girl."
*****
A few months passed and winter faded into spring, bringing the change of colors everywhere. The color's weren't the only thing changing, Hermione was too. Her hair had gotten sleeker, and her skin was beginning to glow. She had also began to show a little which posed a problem. No one knew about the fact that she was pregnant yet, but with the rate she was growing, they would soon. She was 5 months along and the shapeless robes could no longer cover the fact that she was pregnant.
"Draco, what are we going to do? We can't let them know that its your baby, someone would tell Lucius."
"I don't know Hermione." Draco thought back to the day after Hermione was attacked
As he returned to his room, after Madam Pomfrey had forced him out of the hospital wing so that Hermione could sleep, he saw the oh too familiar eagle owl sitting outside his window. He opened the window so that the could remove the envelope sealed with the Malfoy crest. He sighed as he opened it and read the letter.
Draco,
Now that you have come of age, I want you to return home for Christmas holiday. You will receive the greatest birthday gift of your life. Send the owl back with the time I shall pick you up from the train station.
Lucius Malfoy
Draco sighed, he knew that his 'greatest birthday gift' would be the worst ever. The dark mark. He panicked and grabbed a piece of parchment to scribble a note onto and then tied it to the owl sending it off.
Father,
I am not permitted to return home for the holiday because I am Head Boy, therefore I will have to wait to get my 'present' when I return home.
Draco Malfoy
"Like hell I will." He sighed he watched the eagle owl carry the letter off into the sunrise.
Draco hadn't told Hermione about the letter because he didn't want to worry her. His father had sent a letter back telling him that he was disappointed, but would permit him to stay until the end of the year.
"I guess I could always tell them that it was someone else's." She sighed.
"Yes, but who? Weasly still doesn't talk to you, and no one would believe it was…Potter."
"Harry would do it for me, I'm sure he would, and I'm sure Ginny would be understanding about it." She sighed as she rubbed her stomach. Then the baby kicked. "Oh!"
"What? What's wrong!?" Draco seemed alarmed but Hermione just laughed.
"She kicked, here, feel it." She put Draco's hand over her stomach and pushed down lightly, their daughter kicked again.
"That's amazing." Draco was in awe, he just felt an unborn baby kick, his unborn baby.
"And that's just the beginning." Hermione smiled.
"So, …Harry…then." Draco forced himself to say his name.
"Yes, I suppose so. I'll have to ask him to do it tomorrow morning at breakfast."
"We need to tell Dumbledore though, so he can alert the teachers." Draco still had his hand on Hermione's stomach and he felt the little girl kick again.
"Yes, I'll go tonight then, you're coming with me though."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." He smiled, kissing her softly.
*****
A/N….oh yay…chapter 20...I feel like I've really accomplished something! Please review…and thank you so much to all of you that have…I really feel loved! And to Natalie (the reviewer…not me) Happy Birthday!
Love and Fluff,
Natalie