Baby Baby

By Crazy4Cocopuffs

Chapter Two: Oh Baby!

Draco woke to the smell of roasted chicken and Hermione's perfume. Opening his eyes slowly, he immediately realized that he was still on the living room couch but his head was rested in Hermione's lap. Hermione herself was absently running her fingers through his hair, her eyes closed, and she was humming.

Feeling Draco shift in her lap, she looked down and smiled. "It's about time," She said mockingly. "Dinner was ready twenty minutes ago."

"Oh. But what hap-" He stopped as the memory of what happened came back to him. He jerked his hear out of Hermione's lap and jumped to his feet. "We're going to have a daughter?" He asked, making sure that it hadn't been a dream.

"Darling, " Hermione started.

"Yeah?" Draco replied, looking attentively at his wife.

She reached out and gently held his hand. She gave him a smirk and answered, "Are you gonna just stand there gawking all day or are you gonna help me get up?"

Hermione laughed as Draco's face registered shock then to concerned as he rushed to help her stand.

"Sorry Mione. I forgot." He said as he helped her up. Once she was up, he went back to the statement that was running through his mind, "Mione, are we having a daughter?"

Deciding that, while it would be fun to play with her husband's mind, it was easier to just get to the point, Hermione looked into Draco's deep silver eyes and answered, "Yes."

She watched as his eyes lit up and before she knew what was happening, she was in Draco's arms, laughing as she was spun around while he whispered over and over, "We're going to have a daughter. We're having a little baby girl."

After a few minutes, Draco put her feet on the carpet. Holding her in his arms, Draco placed a gentle kiss on her lips and asked, "Merlin! We're having a baby girl. What more could we want?"

Hermione smiled and replied, "I don't know about you, but we're hungry! Let's eat."

Draco laughed, thinking, 'I don't know how she is still the same as when I met her, yet so very different. How does she do it?'. He held his arm out for Hermione and said, "Shall I escort you to the dining room, my lady?"

With a small giggle, Hermione took the offered arm, replying, "Why thank you, dear sir."

When they sat the table, smiling while they ate, the same thought ran through both of their minds, 'When the baby comes, thing will be so different. For better or worse...who knows?'

After dinner, Hermione and Draco settled down on the living room couch, Hermone rereading 'Magical Baby Care and You', and Draco reading a muggle book that Hermione had never read before.

"Whatcha reading, sweetie?" Hermione asked.

"It's the book that you gave me for my birthday. It's called 'The Seer and the Sword'. A Muggle book, but it's still pretty good."

"Oh yeah. You like it?" She asked, shifting so that she was leaning against her husband's shoulder.

Draco smiled. "Yeah. You'd like it too. It's about a princess who falls for a forbidden prince," He grinned and winked at her. "Sounds familiar, doesn't it, Gryffindor princess?"

Hermione tapped a finger against her chin. "Yeah, I think I may have heard a story that falls along those lines." She smiled up at him and snuggled in tighter against him.

Suddenly, she gasped and placed a hand on her large belly.

"Mione, you okay?" Draco asked, worried.

"I'm fine," Hermione replied, reaching to grab Draco's hand with her own. Placing it on the spot her other hand had occupied, "The little princess seems to like the story." She laughed.

Draco felt his daughter kick and, grinning widely, stated, "Well, I guess that means I have to read her the story." The baby kicked in response and he laughed, saying "I'll take that as a demand. She's already just like her mother."

Hermione laughed as Draco, flipping the pages of the book back to page one, leaned his head against her belly and began to read his daughter her very first bedtime story.

AN: Okay, guys, more to come soon. . Thanks to all my reviewers! I love you all! Get ready for a BIG surprise and an old face!