Chapter Twenty
"Mr. Malfoy?" Draco heard a voice behind him. Draco had been thinking of all other possibilities in his head, and debating whether or not the option he chose was the right one. There was no one there to help him decide. No one to tell him that it would be alright. Hermione usually did that for him. But Hermione wasn't with him now, she was sleeping, and if he went through with this she might end up sleeping the rest of his life.
Draco stood up and looked at the man who had called him. The man in front of him, with clean cut hair and glasses, was a doctor; the white jacket was proof. "Yes?" Draco asked. The man stuck out his hand and Draco shook it. "I am Doctor Harrison, I'll be performing the operation on Miss Granger. I'd like you to think once more of what the options are, and then when your really sure tell me. Its very risky, this operation." Doctor Harrison informed him.
Draco looked at Hermione, who was laying on the hospital bed sleeping. He looked back to Doctor Harrison. "Hermione would have wanted it done. I know that." Draco said, determined. Doctor Harrison sighed. "Alright. I have no say in this, but I do believe your doing the right thing. After all, I wonder whether it is worse to lose someone you've always loved or lose someone you've never had a chance of meeting, but loved just the same. If it was me, Mr. Malfoy, I would pick the same thing. I would rather be able to love both my child and my wife, than not have either of them. I wouldn't be able to live if I lost one of them. I would need both to feel complete." Doctor Harrison patted Draco on the back.
Draco frowned. This man seemed to know a lot and feel a lot about the situation. "Did that happen to you?" Draco asked. Doctor Harrison stood up. "Yes, I lost my baby. And she left me for another man. I wonder if we would still be together if that baby had survived. If my baby had survived. That's why I'm doing this, Mr. Malfoy, so you, unlike myself, will never have to wonder."
Doctor Harrison walked out of the room. Draco had tears in his eyes. He worried that the same thing might happen to Hermione and the baby. And it had happened to the doctor-wait, didn't the nurse say it only happened once? It must've been a mistake. But Draco's decision wasn't. And Draco knew that.
Draco sat next to Hermione, and held her hand for a very, very long time.
"Mr. Malfoy?" Doctor Harrison called. Draco looked up. "We are about to do it. You may stay in here, but I think you should move. The nurses will need room." The nurses came in, with carts full of all kinds of hospital tools.
"Can I still hold her hand?" Draco asked. "Yes," Doctor Harrison told him, putting on his white mask, "but you'll need to move the chair and stand." Draco nodded, moved the chair to the back, and took Hermione's hand once more.
"Mr. Malfoy I know you have many questions, but please wait to ask them. I need to concentrate. Just trust us on doing our jobs." Draco nodded. He did have many questions, but he wouldn't asked them, at least he would try not too.
The sheet had been pulled back and the nurses had to hold Hermione's legs to keep her from moving. Hermione was asleep with the medicine they had given her, but she could still feel the pain. Ever so often her legs would twitch from pain.
Draco spent the whole time tearing. He did not make noises as he cried for the baby, for Hermione. He simply looked from Hermione, to her belly, to the man that was either saving them both or killing them.
It took about thirty minutes and then it was done. Hermione was bleeding, but Draco was told it was normal. Hermione was woken up and cried. She was told to drink the potion that they gave her. It was to make her go into labor.
"I thought that's just what you were doing." Draco admitted to Doctor Harrison. He shook his head. "No. I have to o some things to make sure there wouldn't be severe complications in her pushing the baby out. We have about ten minutes until she'll be ready to give birth, if she drank the potion."
"She did." Draco informed him. The doctor nodded. "She has already lost so much blood. Mr. Malfoy I do not believe the baby is alive." The doctor informed him, and walked back into Hermione's room. Hermione was awake, yes, but she was having contractions and was crying from the pain she felt from the operation. She wasn't able to talk, she wasn't able to move. She was too sore.
Draco cried with Hermione as he held her hand. He didn't tell Hermione what the doctor thought. It was too late to turn back. "I love you." Draco told Hermione, kissing her on the forehead. Though it pained Hermione greatly, Draco could hear her small words. "I love you." The contractions started coming closer and closer together and soon Draco heard Doctor Harrison saying, "Its time."
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