Hey here's the next chapter everyone! Sorry it took so long. It's been a rough week. School starts again this week! Uggg… not fun, but I will update as much as I can!
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Chapter 5 Super Market Sweep
Severus's reply letter brought both good and bad outcomes. On the one side, Taylor was a bit better about her unexpected pregnancy. Though she did squirt several guys with beer for no reason, her temper had come down a lot. Apart from her raging hormones, Taylor was keeping sane.
Draco and Mona, however, had a lot more on their plates. Severus would have to stay with them when he arrived. Between feeding him and keeping him happy (neither wanted to see his bad side) and running Coyote Ugly, things would be getting harder. Not to mention Mona's own pregnancy and hormones.
It was Monday now. Only three more days and Severus would be here. Taylor seemed to be having mixed emotions about this.
"Oh I can't wait to see him. He had the longest"
"Taylor!" Mona, Draco, and the rest of the coyotes yelled. Today was cleaning day for Coyote Ugly. Taylor was going on and on about Severus's arrival. Mona had also just barely passes her fourth month mark and Taylor was nearly two months along. Suddenly, Taylor began to sob.
"I'm so scared!!!" she wailed. "What if he hates me and won't even look at our baby?!" Draco groaned.
"She was excited two seconds ago!" muttered Draco to Mona. Mona nodded.
"It's the hormones. They're more intense if the baby's a witch or wizard. Think of how hard it must've been for Arthur Weasley. Molly had seven kids. Think of the hormones!" whispered Mona back to him.
Draco shook his head. "I admire that man." He said solemnly placing his hand over his heart. Mona giggled and went to comfort Taylor.
As soon as the cleaning was done, Draco and Mona headed for home when they were met with another surprise.
"Draco, we need food!" yelled Mona opening all of the cabinets and the fridge.
"What? That's impossible! I just went shopping last week!" he exclaimed.
"Two words: I'm pregnant!" Mona called back to him "Besides, we hosting dinner the night Snape comes for Taylor and the rest of the coyotes. We have to feed everyone." Draco groaned.
"Okay fine. Let's go shopping now then. You're cooking sp you'll know what to buy." Said Draco grabbing his coat. It was now November in Chicago and the winters here were cold. Thanksgiving would be coming up on the Thursday Severus arrived and Mona was planning a big dinner. Kristina was even bringing a guest of her own!
So Mona and Draco piled into Draco's black pick-up truck and drove off. Right outside of Chicago was a giant "Foods R Us" store filled with every kind of meat, fruit, and vegetable you could imagine. Though Mona and Draco usually bought their own food from small delis around Chicago, this was an emergency.
"What food did we have?" asked Draco as Mona grabbed a shopping cart and began to walk to the produce part.
"A box of Reese's Puffs cereal and left over tofu from the other night of low calorie Chinese food." Said Mona.
"What's wrong with Reese's for dinner?"
"Snape would kill us." Mona replied simply. Draco thought it better not to argue and followed her to look at strawberries. Since the news of Victor Krum's release, Draco had become extra watchful and was always looking around for weirdoes. No one here seemed out of the ordinary. Looking at bananas was a woman and her son while a man with a dark raincoat looked at cans of peaches.
"We need cranberry sauce." Stated Mona moving the cart to an aisle. Should we go with the brand name or generic?"
"Does it matter?"
Mona groaned. "Of course! You're guaranteed success with the brand name, but it coasts more while the generic brand might offer the same, but might not though it will coast less."
"Then go with the brand name." Said Draco. Mona nodded and added the cranberry sauce to the cart. Draco looked up the aisle and saw that man in the raincoat again looking at cans of soup. Trying not to worry Mona, Draco followed her quickly to look at stuffing.
"Who invented this stuff anyway?" she asked once Draco had caught up with her. "I don't even like this stuff, but according to Martha Stewart, you can't have Thanksgiving without it."
"You're listening to someone who got thrown away in jail." Said Draco.
"So? Anyway, do you like stuffing at all?"
"Not really. I thought you did."
"Than it's settled. No stuffing." Said Mona happily pushing her cart out of the aisle. Draco was about to follow when someone caught his eye. It was that raincoat man again! He was following them! Draco knew it! He ran to catch up with Mona, who was now looking at canned foods.
"How about corn this year?" she asked when he got there. Then she saw his worried face. "What?" she asked.
"I think this guy is following us." He whispered to her pointing his head in the direction of the raincoat guy. "He's been with us in every aisle. I dunno. It just seems weird." Mona looked at the raincoat guy. He was looking down at a can of chicken noodle soup, but every few seconds, she saw him dart his eyes to look at them.
"You're right. What do we do?" she asked Draco worriedly. Draco immediately wrapped his am tightly around her waist and placed a protective hand on her four-month stomach.
"We need to try and loose him." Said Draco leading Mona into the next aisle.
"But we still have shopping to do." Said Mona.
"I know. It'll be quick, but we can get it done." Assured Draco. Mona began to look from shelf to shelf and pull off cans of whatever she needed as Draco kept a look out. The man was in fact following them! He tried to blend in, but it was hard bow that Draco knew what he looked like. As Draco and Mona quickened their pace, so did the man. By now, they were nearly running and pulling things off the shelves as they rushed up and down the aisles.
"Draco, I can't keep doing this." Whispered Mona. "I don't know half of the stuff we have and it's hard to run with a giant belly." Draco looked behind them and saw no sign of the man so they stopped a minute to rest.
"I think we have enough things anyway. If not, then we always have that box of Reese's to fall back on." Said Draco. Mona smiled at him and gave him a quick kiss before turning around.
"Draco!" Mona yelled. The man was right behind them! Draco snapped into attention, but in his excitement, he knocked over a pyramid of boxes of Cheese Nips. The pyramid came tumbling down on them and knocked the raincoat man off his feet. Draco put a box of Cheese Nips in the cart and pulled it and Mona away and into the check out line. At least now they were in public view.
Draco and Mona waited anxiously as they cashier slowly rung everything up and put it in a bag. They quickly paid and rushed out of the store just as the raincoat man was coming around the corner. Draco pulled Mona into the huge parking lot filled with cars and started down an aisle that wasn't where their truck was parked.
"What are we doing?" she asked.
"Hiding. He's behind us somewhere." Said Draco. He ducked and pulled Mona and the cart between two cars and led them to where the truck was parked. After carefully loading everything, both got into the car and started the engine. Draco looked into his mirror and saw the man running right for them. Mona looked out her window and saw him too.
"Step on it!" she yelled as Draco put the truck in reverse. It zoomed backward nearly hitting the man. "Go! Go!" yelled Mona as Draco drove as fast as he could out of the parking lot. Looking back, they could see the man only looking back them and glaring hard before disappearing behind a white mini van.
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"Did you find them?"
"Yes, sir. It's true what you heard. The girl is pregnant. It's father is definitely the man she was with."
"Was he really that blonde man from Hogwarts?"
"The way you described him, yes."
"Interesting that she leave me for him when I was offering her more power and money than a Malfoy could possible offer. Very well then, Pierre. We shall wait a while. Let Hermione Granger worry, then strike. She won't know what hit her, or her baby."
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"We lost him." Said Draco as he parked on the curb in front of their house.
"Barely. That had to have been one of the scariest moments of my life." Said Mona getting out and unlocking the front door. Draco began to unload his truck as Mona fed the dogs and went to sit on the couch.
Draco finished unloading and came to sit with Mona, who was just staring and her stomach. He could see the tears in her eyes as he took her in his arms.
"It's okay." He whispered. "The baby's fine and so are you. We got the food and the guy is gone." Mona sobbed quietly on his shoulder.
"I know. I just can't stop worrying. What if I'm not strong enough and loose the baby, or he kills it?"
Draco's mind froze thinking of these things. She was right. There were still five months left and Mona's strength wasn't as strong as it once was what with working at Coyote Ugly. What if something did go wrong and she lost the baby? No! He couldn't think those things!
"You'll be fine. You've got me and the coyotes and even Sam. We're all here to protect you." Said Draco holding Mona tighter. Pongo, Perdy, and the puppies lay at their feet at Draco gently stroked her hair. With his other hand, he tipped her chin up and looked into her warm brown eyes. "I love you." He whispered bringing his lips closer.
"I love you too." She whispered back closing the gap between them. All of the love and care Draco could munster came pouring out into the kiss. He caressed her lips and sucked on her bottom one as she ran her hands though his hair. She parted her lips to let her tongue dart out as he met her tongue with his. Draco held Mona tight, never letting her go.
Draco and Mona stayed like that until it was time to go to the bar. Throughout the whole night, Draco's arm never left Mona's waist.
A/N: That's all for now everyone! Thanks a million for reading and please review!
Me,
RonFan
PS- I'm sorry about the indentions misstakes that are here. I don't know what's wrong with it, but I will fix it if I can.