A/N: First i have to say a thank you to Hellakat... for the flammer. You're the first one who has criticized me blindly, and still made some sense. Draco isn't misunderstood, Hermione just brings everything he could've been, out of him. She makes him realize the true person he wants to be... the person his father taught him for so long, was of a weak and puny status. But that will be better explained in chapters to come. Though your image of me and my writing is scewed in my opinion, i do not think anything less of you. Some part of you had to like my story because you reviewed it. And though you may not like it... everyone else who has ever read my storyLOVES it. In fact i had several tell me they cried when they read this. So i'd have to say i'm doing pretty good. And i'm sure there arestories a lot like mine, but every story is different in some way.Oh and BloodJewel... it's not Ginny's baby, its Tre's. As for GooseCarsair welcome to the club, i'm glad you liked my story... i dedicate this next chapter to you.
"Draco you should stay." Ginny was rushing after him as he stormed down the hall.

"She doesnt need me here, she's got everyone else." He was fighting back his angry tears.

"What are you talking about? Of course she needs you, you're her husband. You're supposed to stand by her even if she says she doesnt want you there. If you walk out on her now, you'll ruin everything you've been working hard to create." Ginny stopped walking and had crossed her arms. She knew she had gotten under his skin, for he too stopped, with sagging shoulders.

Draco suddenly turned on his heel and walked back down the hall towards Hermione's room. He threw open the door,startling her, "I told you to get out." Hermione turned onto her side, away from him.

"I'mnot going anywhere. I know your hurting, but so am I. In the beginning i thought i didnt want this baby, and now it's killing me that it's gone. But you can't sit here and blame me... it wasn't my fault." Draco was fuming but trying his best to be compassionate.

"Not your fault?" Hermione rolled over, glaring at him, "Draco, if you didn't have me so stressed out about not wanting a baby, or if you weren't constantly working late, i wouldn't be here...childless." Hermione had started crying and all Draco could think to do was take her into his arms. She cried into his chest, her small frame heaving with the sobs.

"Hermione, your body just wasn't ready to bear a child." He ran his hand through her hair.

"What do you want from me Draco? You got what you wanted, we're not having a child, you happy now?" Hermione's rage was back and she pushed away from him.

"Hermione-" Draco was confused, he didn't know how to respond to her in a time like this.

"Get Out! I don't want you here." Hermione swung at Draco in a fit of anger, "GET OUT!" She screamed as the doctor and three nurses pushed past Draco. Herald wasn't far behind then and he looked at Draco's shocked expression with an attempted look of reassurance, but he saw the fear in Draco's eyes.

Draco slowly backed out of the room apprehensively.


The doctor and his staff exited the room moments later, Herald had stayed behind to watch over Hermione. Emerging a half hour later he quickly made his way to a flustered Draco, "Maybe you'd better go home. Get some rest?" Herald had pulled Draco aside and was talking very low to him. "Take Ginny and Tre with you." Herald sounded very professional, not at all like a concerned father-in-law.

Draco shook his head in compliance, turning to Tre in a daze.

"It wasn't your fault Draco." Herald said firmly, and for once, Draco could here the love in Herald's voice, "Many young women go through this after having miscarriages. I see it all the time." Herald's attempt at comforting Draco was heartfelt, but made no difference to Draco.

"Yeah." Draco muttered turning to leave. Herald looked to Ginny and Tre, cocking his head towards Draco. The two immediately jumped up and hurried after him. Sighing heavily, Herald plopped down into the chair next to his wife.

"Look at how these kids respond to you. You're like a father to them all." Vilda rubbed her husbands back affectionately, disregarding her magazine, "Oh Herald. Everything will work itself out in the end. (sigh) Maybe it's time we stop meddling with Hermione's life." Vilda looked at the door.

"Maybe we didn't meddle enough. Maybe we should've told her the truth." Herald spat scoffingly, "There's too many damn maybe's." He choked.


Draco walked up the stairs in a trance. He seemed to be feeling nothing, and yet everything all at once. He found himself on the 3rd floor, walking to the baby's room. he flipped on the light and looked around. He could see Hermione, asleep in the rocking chair over in the corner, a little figure resting softly on her chest. Smiling to himself, for the first time realizing how much he wanted that baby, he turned out the light and slowly closed the door. The door would stay closed for awhile to come.


The sun was beginning to come up when Tre located Ginny, who was sitting on the back steps, picking blades of grass, and watching them carry in the wind. "I kept him company in his last year of Hogwarts. I'd sneak off to the head boys room and we'd be together all night, then in the early hours of the morning, he'd tell me to go back to my room, and I'd listen. And (laughs) when we'd see each other in the hallway, he wouldn't even acknowledge me. I was just something to keep him occupied... but it was so much more for me." Ginny laughed pitifully at herself, surprising Tre.

"What was it for you?" Tre sat down next to her, watching the blades of grass.

"My first real love. And now, seeing him like this, it hurts... I wish I could do for him now, what I did for him them." Ginny again laughed pitifully, but this time, Tre heard the quiver in her voice.

"And what's that." Tre knew their relationship had been physical, but he also knew the tortures his cousin faced as a teen.

"Help him to forget. Help tend to the pain." Ginny looked at Tre, the river's of tears, staining her porcelain face. Tre nodded his head, and wrapped his arm around Ginny. The two stayed that way, watching the sun rise over the tree's.


A/N: Okay I know this was short but it was soooooooooooo good. I had so much fun writing this. My only concern is that you won't feel the intensity of when Hermione has her break down... I can see the image play so clearly in my head... but i dont know if i accomplished it on here... it's one of those heart wrenching moments you see on t.v. that make you want to cry... hope you enjoyed this one.