Chapter 2
*Here in the shadows
Im safe, Im free
Tegan woke up to Warren crying and groaned. Now she knew why she hated babies so much. She looked at her clock and saw it was only 5:00 am. She walked over to Warren in his crib and she picked him up. She smelt the problem right away and scrunched her nose up in disgust. Another reason why she didnt like babies. She search through the darkness for diapers while holding Warren but knew it was impossible. She walked over to the light and turned it on. She saw Draco stir a little as she walked back over to the boxes with Warren's necessities. She took out a diaper and some baby wipes as she tiredly changed the babies diaper. She looked over at Draco who was now leaning on his elbow looking at her. He had a pissed off look on his face and she only shrugged.
" I couldn't find the diapers in the dark and he needed to be changed. We don't want to neglect him now" Tegan said as she was about to crumble up the dirty diaper when she noticed something odd. Warren's well...poop was a very strange color green. Tegan watched as Draco held his nose.
" Weasley, dispose of that thing right now. It's stinking up the room" Draco said and Tegan completely ignored him.
" Malfoy, You wouldnt happen to know if a baby is supposed to have green colored poop do you?" Tegan asked as Draco shrugged." I don't know. I've never actually looked at it. But it's just great to know you have an obsession with baby crap" Draco said smiling smugly as Tegan glared at him.
" Oh just go ahead and think that Malfoy. But I think it's a symptom" Tegan said as she disposed of the dirty diaper and went to her bag. She pulled out a piece of parchment as she heard Draco groan.
" So now you have the urge to write? Really Weasley it's 5:00 am" Draco said as Tegan handed Warren over to Draco.
" I'm writing down the symptoms so we remember them" Tegan said simply as she wrote down the possible symptoms and put the paper back in her bag. She took Warren from Draco and put him back in his crib. Tegan was about to turn the light off when Draco stopped her.
" I cant possibly go back to sleep now. I think the smell of the baby's crap took all the sleepiness out of me" Draco said as Tegan rolled her eyes. But somehow she felt he was right. She suddenly felt wide awake.
" Yeah same here" Tegan said as she sat down on her bed and looked anywhere else that wasn't Malfoy. They sat in silence for a little while until Draco started talking again.
" So did you want to talk about..." Draco started to say.
" No I don't want to talk about it OK" Tegan said as Draco looked at her confused.
" I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about Warren's symptoms" Draco said as he heard an " oh sorry " being mumbled from Tegan's lips." Well we know that the babies really light and it has a strange color to it's poop. But I don't think that's enough symptoms to distinguish what the baby has" Tegan said as Draco just shrugged.
" Yeah I guess" Draco said as Tegan looked at him curiously.
" So what happened to the bad boy act of yours?" Tegan asked as Draco looked stared at her.
" What do you mean?" Draco asked as Tegan rolled her eyes.
" Suddenly your all caring and worried and stuff. What happened to your asshole attitude all of a sudden" Tegan said as she saw Draco's eyes flicker knowing she hit a target.
" It's still there Weasley. Don't think I let it slip away or something" Draco said as he raised an eyebrow towards her.
" Yeah. Sure." Tegan said but continued " Are you getting soft Malfoy? I haven't heard any comments from you lately towards anyone. Feeling guilt for hurting people?"
" What are you getting at? I don't hurt people I just give them a hard time" Draco said as he heard a sarcastic laugh from Tegan.
" Oh is that what you think? Maybe you should listen to your insults a little closer Malfoy. Maybe try putting yourself in your victims shoes" Tegan said angrily as she glared at him and walked to the bathroom. She saw Draco still sitting there knowing that what she said would never get through to him. She slammed the door and heard Draco stomp around the room a few times. Slamming the drawers of the dressers a few times before finally slamming the door. Tegan smirked to herself, maybe she did hit a nerve. She did what she had too in the bathroom and then retreated from it. She made sure Warren was still sleeping as she walked over to her own dresser. She put on her school clothes and slipped on her robe just as Warren started crying. Tegan went over to Warren and picked him up and comforted him. She felt the baby pull on her hair a little as she put his head on her shoulder. Tegan smiled to herself and picked up her bag and walked out of the room. She headed down the hall and watched as all the pictures glanced at her. She rolled her eyes, when a professor gave them a weird assignment it should be announced to the portraits also. She felt Warren pick up his head and smile at the portraits who were making funny faces at him. Warren started to clap his chubby hands happily and hit her in the face a few times. Tegan took his hands and he only smiled at her as he stopped. They were about to make there way into the Great Hall when Tegan heard someone calling her name. She stopped instantly when hearing the unfamiliar voice and turned around coming face to face with Hermione Granger.
" What do you want?" Tegan asked as Hermione was taken aback a little.
" I just wanted to ask how you and your medical magic baby were doing. I'm sure Malfoy cant be that much help" Hermione said as Ron and Harry joined her. Ron shot a cold glare at Tegan and she returned it.
" The baby and I are doing just fine. I'm not sure why your suddenly caring after all these years. But I'm not buying it. So why don't you three leave me alone and go back to ignoring me like you always have" Tegan said glancing at Harry's shocked reaction before walking in the great hall.
" Well she's a feisty one isn't she?" Harry asked but mainly stating the fact.
" Yeah, always has been" Ron said as they walked into the Great Hall themselves. Tegan took a seat at the deserted end of the Slytherin table and put her bag on the ground. She watched as some food appeared before her and noticed there was a small jar of baby food also. She held Warren on her lap as she started to eat quickly. She felt a pair of eyes on her and glanced too her left wondering who it was. She met Draco's eyes and quickly looked away. Why wouldnt he just leave her alone. He was like one of those annoying flies that kept on buzzing around your ear. She finished her food and pushed her dish away as she heard someone sit down next to her. She looked up and saw it was Draco or in her world, the annoying fly. Tegan just mumbled something under her breath as she tried to open the jar of baby food while holding Warren. She glanced towards Draco and saw him smile a bit as he took the jar away from her. He opened it without any trouble and picked up the baby spoon.
" What are you doing?" Tegan asked knowing exactly what he was doing.
" Fulfilling my responsibility. Don't worry Weasley I'm not going soft on you. I wouldnt dream of it" Draco said as he dipped the spoon into the baby food and scooped some food on it. He took the spoon out of the jar and tried to feed it to Warren who wouldnt open his mouth. Draco sighed in frustration as he started to make a train noise. Tegan couldn't help but laugh and suddenly stopped at Draco looked up at her.
" I try to help and you laugh at me" Draco said.
" That's the worst imitation of a train I ever heard" Tegan said smiling slightly.
" Then why don't you try Weasley. Since you seem to be a miss know it all like Granger" Draco said as Tegan only rolled her eyes. She handed Warren to Draco and took the spoon and the jar of baby food. Tegan made a funny face at Warren and the baby started to laugh. Tegan quickly stuck the spoon in the babies mouth and Draco's mouth dropped open.
" Cheater!" He said as Tegan only smiled.
" I know, I know. But I just had to show you up" Tegan said as Malfoy smirked and they continued feeding Warren. When the jar was empty and Warren was well fed. Draco started bouncing the baby up and down on his lap. Tegan was going to object but then didnt wanting to seek revenge on Draco. As soon as she started to read from her potions book she heard a loud yell from Malfoy.
" Yuck! He vomited on me!" Draco yelled as he shoved the baby at Tegan and Tegan started to laugh. She stopped when she noticed something different about the vomit. It was also a strange greenish color just like the color of Warren's poop. She watched as Draco walked quickly out of the Great Hall and wiped Warren's mouth. She gave the baby something too drink as she wrote down her new discovery on the piece of parchment from earlier. She felt a different feeling run through her body as she thought of how she allowed Draco to be so close. He had seen her smile and for some reason it scarred her. She wont not allow Draco to see her like that again, he wouldnt even come close to seeing through her.
* Song By Evanescence
*Here in the shadows
Im safe, Im free
Tegan woke up to Warren crying and groaned. Now she knew why she hated babies so much. She looked at her clock and saw it was only 5:00 am. She walked over to Warren in his crib and she picked him up. She smelt the problem right away and scrunched her nose up in disgust. Another reason why she didnt like babies. She search through the darkness for diapers while holding Warren but knew it was impossible. She walked over to the light and turned it on. She saw Draco stir a little as she walked back over to the boxes with Warren's necessities. She took out a diaper and some baby wipes as she tiredly changed the babies diaper. She looked over at Draco who was now leaning on his elbow looking at her. He had a pissed off look on his face and she only shrugged.
" I couldn't find the diapers in the dark and he needed to be changed. We don't want to neglect him now" Tegan said as she was about to crumble up the dirty diaper when she noticed something odd. Warren's well...poop was a very strange color green. Tegan watched as Draco held his nose.
" Weasley, dispose of that thing right now. It's stinking up the room" Draco said and Tegan completely ignored him.
" Malfoy, You wouldnt happen to know if a baby is supposed to have green colored poop do you?" Tegan asked as Draco shrugged." I don't know. I've never actually looked at it. But it's just great to know you have an obsession with baby crap" Draco said smiling smugly as Tegan glared at him.
" Oh just go ahead and think that Malfoy. But I think it's a symptom" Tegan said as she disposed of the dirty diaper and went to her bag. She pulled out a piece of parchment as she heard Draco groan.
" So now you have the urge to write? Really Weasley it's 5:00 am" Draco said as Tegan handed Warren over to Draco.
" I'm writing down the symptoms so we remember them" Tegan said simply as she wrote down the possible symptoms and put the paper back in her bag. She took Warren from Draco and put him back in his crib. Tegan was about to turn the light off when Draco stopped her.
" I cant possibly go back to sleep now. I think the smell of the baby's crap took all the sleepiness out of me" Draco said as Tegan rolled her eyes. But somehow she felt he was right. She suddenly felt wide awake.
" Yeah same here" Tegan said as she sat down on her bed and looked anywhere else that wasn't Malfoy. They sat in silence for a little while until Draco started talking again.
" So did you want to talk about..." Draco started to say.
" No I don't want to talk about it OK" Tegan said as Draco looked at her confused.
" I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about Warren's symptoms" Draco said as he heard an " oh sorry " being mumbled from Tegan's lips." Well we know that the babies really light and it has a strange color to it's poop. But I don't think that's enough symptoms to distinguish what the baby has" Tegan said as Draco just shrugged.
" Yeah I guess" Draco said as Tegan looked at him curiously.
" So what happened to the bad boy act of yours?" Tegan asked as Draco looked stared at her.
" What do you mean?" Draco asked as Tegan rolled her eyes.
" Suddenly your all caring and worried and stuff. What happened to your asshole attitude all of a sudden" Tegan said as she saw Draco's eyes flicker knowing she hit a target.
" It's still there Weasley. Don't think I let it slip away or something" Draco said as he raised an eyebrow towards her.
" Yeah. Sure." Tegan said but continued " Are you getting soft Malfoy? I haven't heard any comments from you lately towards anyone. Feeling guilt for hurting people?"
" What are you getting at? I don't hurt people I just give them a hard time" Draco said as he heard a sarcastic laugh from Tegan.
" Oh is that what you think? Maybe you should listen to your insults a little closer Malfoy. Maybe try putting yourself in your victims shoes" Tegan said angrily as she glared at him and walked to the bathroom. She saw Draco still sitting there knowing that what she said would never get through to him. She slammed the door and heard Draco stomp around the room a few times. Slamming the drawers of the dressers a few times before finally slamming the door. Tegan smirked to herself, maybe she did hit a nerve. She did what she had too in the bathroom and then retreated from it. She made sure Warren was still sleeping as she walked over to her own dresser. She put on her school clothes and slipped on her robe just as Warren started crying. Tegan went over to Warren and picked him up and comforted him. She felt the baby pull on her hair a little as she put his head on her shoulder. Tegan smiled to herself and picked up her bag and walked out of the room. She headed down the hall and watched as all the pictures glanced at her. She rolled her eyes, when a professor gave them a weird assignment it should be announced to the portraits also. She felt Warren pick up his head and smile at the portraits who were making funny faces at him. Warren started to clap his chubby hands happily and hit her in the face a few times. Tegan took his hands and he only smiled at her as he stopped. They were about to make there way into the Great Hall when Tegan heard someone calling her name. She stopped instantly when hearing the unfamiliar voice and turned around coming face to face with Hermione Granger.
" What do you want?" Tegan asked as Hermione was taken aback a little.
" I just wanted to ask how you and your medical magic baby were doing. I'm sure Malfoy cant be that much help" Hermione said as Ron and Harry joined her. Ron shot a cold glare at Tegan and she returned it.
" The baby and I are doing just fine. I'm not sure why your suddenly caring after all these years. But I'm not buying it. So why don't you three leave me alone and go back to ignoring me like you always have" Tegan said glancing at Harry's shocked reaction before walking in the great hall.
" Well she's a feisty one isn't she?" Harry asked but mainly stating the fact.
" Yeah, always has been" Ron said as they walked into the Great Hall themselves. Tegan took a seat at the deserted end of the Slytherin table and put her bag on the ground. She watched as some food appeared before her and noticed there was a small jar of baby food also. She held Warren on her lap as she started to eat quickly. She felt a pair of eyes on her and glanced too her left wondering who it was. She met Draco's eyes and quickly looked away. Why wouldnt he just leave her alone. He was like one of those annoying flies that kept on buzzing around your ear. She finished her food and pushed her dish away as she heard someone sit down next to her. She looked up and saw it was Draco or in her world, the annoying fly. Tegan just mumbled something under her breath as she tried to open the jar of baby food while holding Warren. She glanced towards Draco and saw him smile a bit as he took the jar away from her. He opened it without any trouble and picked up the baby spoon.
" What are you doing?" Tegan asked knowing exactly what he was doing.
" Fulfilling my responsibility. Don't worry Weasley I'm not going soft on you. I wouldnt dream of it" Draco said as he dipped the spoon into the baby food and scooped some food on it. He took the spoon out of the jar and tried to feed it to Warren who wouldnt open his mouth. Draco sighed in frustration as he started to make a train noise. Tegan couldn't help but laugh and suddenly stopped at Draco looked up at her.
" I try to help and you laugh at me" Draco said.
" That's the worst imitation of a train I ever heard" Tegan said smiling slightly.
" Then why don't you try Weasley. Since you seem to be a miss know it all like Granger" Draco said as Tegan only rolled her eyes. She handed Warren to Draco and took the spoon and the jar of baby food. Tegan made a funny face at Warren and the baby started to laugh. Tegan quickly stuck the spoon in the babies mouth and Draco's mouth dropped open.
" Cheater!" He said as Tegan only smiled.
" I know, I know. But I just had to show you up" Tegan said as Malfoy smirked and they continued feeding Warren. When the jar was empty and Warren was well fed. Draco started bouncing the baby up and down on his lap. Tegan was going to object but then didnt wanting to seek revenge on Draco. As soon as she started to read from her potions book she heard a loud yell from Malfoy.
" Yuck! He vomited on me!" Draco yelled as he shoved the baby at Tegan and Tegan started to laugh. She stopped when she noticed something different about the vomit. It was also a strange greenish color just like the color of Warren's poop. She watched as Draco walked quickly out of the Great Hall and wiped Warren's mouth. She gave the baby something too drink as she wrote down her new discovery on the piece of parchment from earlier. She felt a different feeling run through her body as she thought of how she allowed Draco to be so close. He had seen her smile and for some reason it scarred her. She wont not allow Draco to see her like that again, he wouldnt even come close to seeing through her.
* Song By Evanescence