A/N: Thanks to Miranda for fixing a few mistakes in my last chapter. I am gonna throw in a few names you haven't heard of before. If you get confused by them, send a review and I'll explain it. But I will tell you one name, Dave is Stevie's (from last story) husband and Alex's (also from the last story) father.
It had been 3 months since Harry and Ron moved into Hermione's house. It was slightly crowed, but they were making it work. Draco and Harry hadn't fought, at least not in the presence of Hermione. In Hermione's opinion, everything was working out great; way better than she planned it to.
It was now September 17th, the day before Hermione's birthday. Earlier that day, Harry and Ron said that they were going to by some new clothes, but Hermione was pretty sure they were out shopping for her birthday present. She was really excited about tomorrow because Draco told her he had a BIG surprise for her.
"C'mon Draco, just give me a hint?" Hermione said, sitting on the couch next to Draco. Michelle and Max were asleep in their room and Hermione and Draco were just relaxing.
"No Hermione, you'll see tomorrow," Draco said.
"Aww...c'mon Draco...just a little hint," Hermione pleaded, doing a sad puppy face.
"Nope, you can't crack me, Hermione. I'm not telling you anything."
"Fine," Hermione said, turning away from Draco and folding her arms to make it look like she was mad.
Draco noticed what she was trying to do and when she wasn't suspecting anything, Draco tickled her. She couldn't help but laugh.
"Draco stop it. You'll wake up Max and Michelle," Hermione stated.
"I won't wake them up. You're the one that's laughing," Draco responded.
Max started to cry in the room, so Hermione went to get him. She wrapped him up in a blanket and took him out to the rec. room. She sat on the couch with him and started to rock him to stop him from crying.
"See, I told you you'd wake them up," Draco said jokingly.
"Shut up Draco," Hermione responded, jokingly as well.
A little while later, Harry and Ron came back home. They went upstairs and laid their bags in their room and then walked downstairs to where Draco and Hermione were. Harry noticed Max in Hermione's arms.
"I see Max is awake," Harry said.
"Shh...he's not awake," Hermione said in a low voice.
"Well how come he's out here?" Harry asked.
"Because he started to cry, so I took him out here and rocked him so that he would fall back asleep," Hermione said.
"Oh."
Hermione got up and brought Max back in the room and laid him in the crib. She went back out to the rec. room and sat next to Draco again.
"What do you guys wanna do?" Ron asked.
"Well, we can't do much. Both the kids are asleep and we can't leave," Hermione said.
"Well, one person can stay and the others can leave," Harry suggested.
"Yeah, but that wouldn't be fair," Draco said.
"Well, who says we even have to leave. I'm sure we can find something to do here," Ron said.
Hermione went to her bedroom and grabbed her laptop. Ron, who had no idea what a laptop was, looked at it with interest.
"What's that Hermione?" he asked.
"It's a laptop. It a smaller version of a computer. You can use it to play games, write things and do all kinds of things," Hermione explained.
"Cool," Ron said.
Hermione hooked her laptop up to the internet and checked her e-mail which she hadn't checked in forever. She deleted all her junk e-mail and opened one from Stevie (dated September 17th), which read:
Hermione,
I don't know how often you check your e-mail anymore, but I hope you get this before it's too late. I just got an e-mail from Rob. Remember, Rob's my ex-boyfriend who hates Dave. He's coming back to town and he wants to go out for coffee with me. For some reason, he thinks I divorced Dave. What should I do? If I tell Rob that I am still married to Dave, he won't speak to me ever again and I don't want that, but if Dave found out that I went out with Rob for coffee, he would get mad and think that I was cheating on him or something.
Please help me Hermione. What should I do. Write back as soon as you can, or phone if you think it'll be quicker.
Hermione checked on her instant messenger and Stevie was online so Hermione started up a conversation with her.
"I got your e-mail and I think you should tell Dave that you are going out for coffee with Rob, but only as a friend to catch up on old times and things. I think Dave will understand. He is an understanding kind of guy. And about Rob, I think you should tell him that you are still married to Dave, otherwise, it'll be like you are living a lie. If Rob doesn't understand, then he's not worth your time anyway," Hermione typed.
She waited for Stevie's reply. Ron kept asking questions about a computer and what Hermione was doing.
"You know what Hermione? You're right. Dave will understand. I mean, Rob and I are only friends. And if Rob doesn't want to talk to me anymore because I am still married to Dave, then it's too bad. Dave is the love of my life and Rob will just have to understand that," Stevie replied.
"Yes, they will both have to understand," Hermione said. "Well, I have to go. I just got on to check my e-mail that I haven't checked in forever. I'll see you later. Phone me and tell me how everything went. Love you," Hermione said, signing off and unhooking the internet. She put her laptop back in her room.
"Sorry about that."
"It's ok," Draco said.
"Well, what do you guys wanna do?" Hermione asked.
"Umm...we could always...," Ron started, but before he could get a chance to finish, there was a rapping sound on the window. Ron went to open it and an unfamiliar (well to him anyway) flew in the window and onto Ron's shoulder.
"Hey, that's Pansy's owl," Draco said. "Why would Pansy be sending anyone here owl post?"
"Well, it looks like it's for me," Ron said, taking the letter from the owl and reading the front. The owl hooted and flew out the window again. Ron went over to a beanbag and sat down to read the letter.
"It's definitely long enough," Ron said glancing down to the end of the 16 inch long parchment.
He began to read the letter which went something like this:
Ron,
How have you been? I'm good. We haven't talked since graduation, and I'm to blame. But I have some news. I don't think you'll like it and I know you are probably gonna freak. Remember after graduation? In the Slytherin dorms and how we were just "fooling around"? Well now, I'm 3 months pregnant. I know you're probably thinking "Holy fuck! Is the baby mine?" right now, but just hear me out. Believe it or not, you were the first and only person I've slept with so yes, the baby is yours. I know you probably have a girlfriend by now and probably don't care about me anymore, but I really need you Ron.
Ron's eyes got wider with every line of the letter he read.
(letter continues)
Ron, I'm really sorry about putting this on you, and I know you probably want nothing to do with me, but please give me and your child a chance. I would really like to see you again Ron. I just hope I'm not too late. If you are interested and wanna be in your baby's life, please meet me at Flourish and Blott's in Diagon Alley at noon on the 18th of September. You have no idea what kind of pain I'm in right now. Physical and emotional. I shouldn't have let you get away so easy Ron. I really wanna be with you again. I really hope you aren't taken by someone else.
And the letter continued saying things about how much she missed him and how much she wants him to be in his child's life and all that.
Ron finished the letter, but continued to stare at it in shock.
"Ron, what's it about?" Hermione asked.
"Pregnant..." was the only word Ron could mutter.
"Who's pregnant? Pansy?" Harry asked.
Ron nodded his head in agreement. Hermione took the letter and read it, Draco reading over her shoulder.
"Wow Ron. Are you gonna see her again?" Hermione asked. Ron still stared at his hands. Hermione walked over and slapped his face. "Snap out of it Ron!"
"What?" Ron said.
"Are you gonna see Pansy again?" Hermione repeated.
"Of course I'm gonna see her again and be there for her. It's my child too," Ron said.
"Congratulations Ron, you're gonna be a dad," Harry said, patting him on the back.
"Yeah, I am gonna be a dad," Ron said, standing proud. "I've gotta write Pansy back."
Ron grabbed a piece of parchment and scribbled a note to Pansy, which read:
Pansy,
I can't believe I'm gonna be a dad! I am so happy. Of course I wanna see you again, and no, I'm not seeing anyone. I'm all yours whenever you need me. I wanna be there for you every step of the way and of course I wanna be in my child's life. As for meeting you noon tomorrow, could you make that noon on the 19th? Hermione's birthday is tomorrow and I wanna celebrate her birthday with her.
Please send an owl with your response ASAP, Love Ron
After the kids woke up, they went for a quick horse ride and then played with the kids before going to bed. The next morning, Draco woke Hermione up by giving her a soft kiss on the lips. As she slowly opened her eyes, he said, "Happy Birthday sweetie."
"Thanks Draco," Hermione said, sitting up in bed.
"I have a surprise for you," Draco said, handing Hermione an envelope. Hermione looked a little confused but opened it. Inside was a pass for a free day at the spa.
"Wow, thanks Draco," Hermione said, hugging Draco and kissing him.
"Thought you'd like it. You need a day to relax. Then, when you get back, we can go out to a nice supper to celebrate your birthday. Just the two of us," Draco said.
Hermione smiled and climbed out of bed. She went a got a shower then went upstairs to get breakfast. Harry and Ron were already upstairs, along with Draco.
"Happy Birthday 'Mione," Harry and Ron said in unison.
"Thanks guys," Hermione replied.
"There's eggs and bacon on the stove and coffee in the pot. Help yourself," Ron said.
Hermione smiled and went to pick up some food.
"What are you guys planning on doing today?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing much. Just watching the kids I guess," Harry responded.
"Oh, ok. Well, I'm gonna run down and take a shower if I wanna be at the spa on time. I'll see you guys later," Hermione said, running downstairs. She got in the shower and freshened up and got dressed. She grabbed her purse and cell-phone, along with the free pass and headed out. On her way, Draco stopped her.
"Phone when you're on your way, ok?"
"Alright, I got my cell," Hermione said. She kissed Draco on the cheek and got in her car and drove to the spa. She spent the rest of the day getting pampered in heaven. Little did Hermione know that the guys had a HUGE surprise up their sleeves.
At 5 o'clock Hermione left the spa, feeling wonderful. She decided that she would go to buy a new outfit for tonight. She called Draco and told him that she would be about half an hour late. Then she drove to the mall and went to pick out a new outfit, nothing too formal, but slightly dressy.
She spent about 20 minutes looking for an outfit, but finally decided on a pair of casual black flair pants with a white halter top, that showed a little cleavage (something extra for Draco). She paid for the clothes and phoned Draco to tell him that she was on her way. She drove home and when she pulled into the driveway, Draco was waiting to take her inside.
"You look relaxed," Draco said, smiling.
"I feel relaxed too," Hermione said, returning Draco's smile.
"I have something to show you," Draco said, taking Hermione's hand and walking down to the basement with her. As soon as he opened the door and walked inside, Hermione screamed.
The basement had been transformed to look like an apartment. There was a kitchen in the far corner, fully equipped. Her rec. room was the same, with the exception of an extra bathroom. There was a laundry room next to the kitchen and on the side where her bedroom was, there were now 3 other doors. Draco noticed that she was questioning the doors, so he explained.
"The two doors to the right of our bedroom are Harry and Ron's bedrooms, and the one to the left is for Michelle and Max when they get old enough. Then, when they get too old to share a room, I can always make another one." Draco said.
"Wow, thank you so much Draco! I love it!" Hermione said.
"I thought you'd like it. Now we have everything we need downstairs. We don't need to eat upstairs anymore," Draco said.
"Yeah, you're right. I love this Draco. I can't thank you enough for this."
"Well, I have some bad news," Draco started. "It's nothing major, but, well, the restaurant didn't have any openings for tonight, so I thought we'd have a picnic at the park. Harry and Ron went to visit the Weasleys' so Ron could tell him mother about him being a father. They took the kids with them, so it's just you and me. I've already got the picnic basket and blanket ready."
"Draco, you're full of surprises, aren't you? Ok, just give me a minute to change," Hermione said, running to her room and took the outfit out of the bag and changed into it. She put up her hair in a bun and applied some make-up. While she was doing this, Draco put the picnic basket and blanket in the car. Hermione went out to the car and Draco opened the door for her.
"You look beautiful Hermione," he said.
"Thanks," she replied.
Draco got in the car and drove to the park. When they got their, Draco got out, opened Hermione's door and took her hand, grabbing the basket and blanket from the back seat. They walked to a spot and as Draco was getting ready to lay down the blanket, about 15 people jumped out from behind trees, yelling, "Surprise!"
"Oh my God!" Hermione exclaimed.
Everyone started walking over to Hermione.
"Happy Birthday, 'Mione," Harry and Ron both exclaimed.
"You guys are the best, the three of you," Hermione said, motioning to Draco as well.
Hermione hugged the three of them individually and kissed Draco.
"Are you ready to have the party of a lifetime, Hermione?" Matt asked her.
"Hell ya!"
And that's exactly what they done. They had the party of a lifetime!
