Wow! I couldn't believe how many goodbyes I got! Thanks a million for everyone who said their goodbyes and wished me a good trip. It was fairly decent though I could've skipped somethings like my sister eating my contacts… long story. Anyway, I felt very much loved and appreciated. You have no idea how great it felt to come home to so many goodbyes! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!
- By the way, congrats to every author writing for DM/HG Romance PG-13! We passed our 100-page mark a few weeks ago!!! Hurray for us all!!!!
- And a happy belated birthday to Harry Potter himself! I was thinking about him while I was in NYC!
Disclaimer- I don't own any of this EXCEPT for my plot, which I did work on while I was on vacation!
Chapter 4 Telling Him
They stared. Stared at those two words, those twelve letters. Not one of them could tear their eyes away from them or close their mouths. Each was thinking the same thing: how?
"Taylor?" croaked Mona after what seemed like hours, "How did this happen?" Taylor burst into tears.
"It's… all… sniff… my… fault!" she wailed.
"Well duh." Muttered Megan, who got glares from everyone after saying this.
"You know…that day… sniff…that I asked for…off, just for that one day?" asked Taylor while accepting Chelsea's handkerchief that she offered her. They nodded remembering the day that happened two months ago…
-Flashback-
"Hey Mona, I need the day off." Said Taylor as she rushed into Coyote Ugly around noon. Mona and Draco were unloading a shipment of beer that had just arrived so they were there early just to set up for the night. The other coyotes were there as well, helping Draco unload since Mona was pregnant and couldn't help nearly as much.
"You just had your day off. It's Kristina's." said Chelsea and she set a container of beer on the counter.
"I know, I know, but uh… a very important relative… uh yeah relative came to Chicago and they won't be here for long so it's very important that I see them." Explained Taylor shakily.
"Why don't you just bring them here. It's not that dirty." Said Draco. Mona and the coyotes nodded in agreement, but Taylor just shook her head.
"I can't. They wouldn't approve of what we do here. Please Mona! Just for today!"
Mona thought for a minute before calling Draco into the back room to talk. When they came out, they had an answer.
"We've decided that Taylor will get this extra day off, but she won't get another day off until everyone else has one, Draco and I included." Explained Mona.
"And no more free drinks for your one-nighters, Taylor." Added Draco. Taylor smiled and left immediately.
-End Flashback-
"He showed up on my doorstep, telling me how much he missed me, and I had to admit that I missed him too so I let him in. We did it all night long… It was incredible! Every touch, every…"
"Taylor please. We really don't want to hear all of the gory details." Said Kristina stopping Taylor before she could continue.
"Especially since he was my old house master and professor." Said Draco almost feeling sick.
Taylor rolled her eyes and continued, "Then I told him how we couldn't be and he was mad and left. I usually use a charm for protection against pregnancy and diseases, but I was too caught up in the moment."
Everyone was quiet for a few minutes. It was hard to decide what to do.
"One thing's obvious." Said Chelsea. "We have to contact Snape. He does have the right to know he's going to be a father."
Taylor looked at Chelsea as though she were crazy. "You're insane! I couldn't tell him. He told me he loved me, but then he took it back when I wouldn't say it back." Said Taylor getting quiet with tears in her eyes at the last part. "I really did love him, but I just… couldn't say it back for some reason."
Mona sat down next to her and gave her a hug. "You can't take that back no matter whom you are. I'm sure he didn't mean it, and if we contact him, I bet he'll come back on his hands and knees begging to be in the child's life. Right guys?"
Megan gave a sarcastic nod while Chelsea and Kristina really did nod. Draco didn't nod until Kristina elbowed him.
"How could he resist you?" asked Kristina joining Mona and Taylor in a hug. Kristina and Chelsea joined while Draco just stood there. The coyotes broke apart and Mona gave Draco his own hug and kiss.
"Let's go or this baby will kill me if it moves any more than it already has."
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The next day, Draco and Mona took Pongo, Perdy, and the puppies out for their evening walk and to clear their minds of all that had happened. Mona's stomach was starting to really grow and no one had heard from Victor Krum since they set him free. Now Taylor was pregnant with Severus Snape's baby!
"What do you think will happen next?" asked Draco as he and Mona strolled through Lincoln Park. "Maybe one of the coyotes will turn out to be a wolf instead of a coyote."
"Eww… nasty though. That's almost as bad as Taylor and Snape together. I can't believe it…" said Mona for the millionth time that day.
"He's really not that bad of a guy. If he would wash his hair, he would be a little better off, but still."
"Yeah, but he could be her dad! Snape grew up with Harry's parents, and they would be grandparents by now!" exclaimed Mona, her hormones getting the better of her. "It just makes me mad, and now Snape probably won't take her back being the slimy haired bastard that he is."
"Weren't you the one who said he would take her back?"
"Oh please! That was just to calm her down. He won't take care of her or the baby!" Draco put an arm around Mona hugging her close.
"It's okay. You know Taylor better than I do, but I still know that she'll come out on top like she always does. You're making Snape the bad guy when he's not to blame and he's not that heartless."
"It's not only that, but now she's in danger too." Said Mona quietly hanging her head. Draco looked at her curiously.
"How? I thought we were the ones with the enemy,"
"We are, but what if he hears she's pregnant and decides to go for both of us? You're here for me, but who will be there for her when she has to throw up? Or who will go on all of those stupid errands just because she has a craving for pineapple? Or-"
"Mona relax." Said Draco soothingly. "Snape will come. I know he will. He'll be there for her. And if he isn't, then we'll kill him."
Mona smiled just a little as they continued their walk through the park.
When the two finally reached their house, they saw the lights on and a faint sound of music could be heard.
"What the hell?" asked Draco unleashing Pongo and running up to the house with Pongo right behind him, barking. Hermione kneeled down and hugged Perdy and the puppies close, hoping and hoping that everything was okay.
Draco found the door open and walked in. There in the living room sat Taylor, Megan, Kristina, and Chelsea all talking over the stereo and eating popcorn. Draco stood dumbstruck in the doorway until Megan noticed him.
"Oh you're home? Well, we called, but you didn't answer so we just came over." She said offering Draco some popcorn, which he declined though Pongo helped himself.
"We had the spare key and we really needed Mona's help on our letter to this Severus Snape." Said Kristina. Draco groaned and rubbed his head.
"Couldn't you have waited until we got home instead of scaring the shit out of us?" he asked.
"No!" they yelled back. Draco rolled his eyes and called for Mona, who appeared moments later looking relieved.
"Don't ever do that again." She said in a deadly voice. It turned cheerful as she sat on the couch next to Kristina. "Let's see what you here…" she said taking the letter. Draco rolled his eyes yet again and unleashed the rest of the dogs as he went upstairs to shower. Mona read over some of their rough drafts. "Dear asshole, I'm having a baby. Come now! Signed, Taylor Berk. Yeah, like he'll really come to that." Said Mona reading the first one. "Dear Severus, You idiot! You got me pregnant! Get the hell over here and take care of my baby! Yours Fatly, Taylor Berk. Okay, refrain from swearing." Mona said.
"That's all we have so far." Said Taylor. Mona reread them again and looked around.
"Well, you won't get anywhere with hate mail so I suggest you tell him nicely and at least put in some proof." Mona took the pen that was sitting on the desk next to her (she liked to use pens rather than quills) and began to write a note of her own.
"Dear Severus," she began as she read it as she wrote. "You won't want to believe this, but I'm pregnant, and I know that the baby is yours because I checked it with a spell. I would appreciate it if you would please contact me and we can possible talk about this." Mona paused thinking of a good ending. "Pregnantly Yours, Taylor Berk. There, how's that."
"Great! Do you think he'll reply?" asked Chelsea.
"He better." Said Taylor as she attached the letter to her own owl named Peony. "Or else I'll come and kill him." She said to them. "Take this to Severus Snape please, Peony. You can probably find him at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in England." Explained Taylor as Peony hooted and flew off into the night. "Bring him back to me." She whispered as the owl flew out of sight.
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It was another week before they heard from Severus. His letter arrived at Coyote Ugly right when Taylor arrived. She grabbed it eagerly and read it aloud.
"Dear Taylor, I don't know how you screwed this up, but I will take my responsibility and come check for myself if the baby is mine. I will arrive next Thursday on the five o' clock plane into Chicago. I request that Draco Malfoy come and pick me up and we'll talk then. Regards, Severus Snape." Taylor looked up at them.
"At least he's coming." She said hopefully.
A/N Well I hope that this chapter answered a few questions of yours. The reason the letters weren't written letter form was because they were being actually read aloud by someone and not the character reading them mentally. Thanks a million for reading and please review!!
Me,
RonFan