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Chapter 24

Abbey found Draco standing in the den, staring into the fire. Abbey paused, gazing at him for a moment silently. He was leaning on the mantle, and the only movement he was making was breathing.

"Draco," Abbey finally said softly. Draco jumped slightly and spun around, visibly surprised to see her home so soon.

They both sensed that things were different between them due to their recent intimate engagement. It was less hostile and more tense and awkward.

"Abbey," he replied, his voice barely audible. Before Abbey had even said anything, she saw in his eyes that he knew. Abbey took a deep breath.

"I'm pregnant," she muttered after a pause. Draco didn't have much of a reaction. He just gave a nod and turned back to the fire. Abbey opened her mouth to continue, but she was suddenly hit with a bout nausea. Groaning, she turned and hurried out of the room.

Draco turned at her abrupt departure, and watched her run down the hall and to the bathroom. Wondering what was wrong, he followed her and stopped by the bathroom door, from inside which her vomiting was clearly audible. He winced…that didn't sound very pleasant.

A few minutes later Abbey emerged from the bathroom, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. Draco just stared at her for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"Er…" he mumbled.

"I'm fine," she replied quickly, rubbing her face with her hands. She shuffled wearily past him and towards the kitchen.

A few minutes later he found her devouring a piece of cake at the table. Not having eaten breakfast yet either, Draco fixed himself a plate of the bacon and eggs that Jingles had cooked.

He silently sat down across the table from Abbey and slowly began to eat his food, but staring at her amazedly as she finished the piece of cake and got up to get another one. But this time she put a few slices of bacon next to it on the plate before she sat back down.

"Hungry?" Draco asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Very," Abbey answered dully without looking at him. Her food was gone in five minutes. She then got up and gulped down two full glasses of orange juice consecutively.

Draco's eyes moved down to her abdomen and he thought deeply for a moment between bites of his breakfast.

A sudden knock on the front door broke his thoughts. Abbey jumped slightly, as she was now in the middle of drinking a glass of milk.

"I'll get it," Draco said, getting up. Abbey shrugged and continued to drink the milk.

Draco went to the door and opened it. He was slightly taken aback when he found Hermione Granger standing there, looking anxious and disheveled. Clearly Hermione hadn't been expecting Draco to answer the door. She drew herself to her full height and puffed out her chest.

"I don't care what you say, Malfoy--I'm staying here to help Abbey," she said quickly, eyeing him sharply.

Draco was very agitated by the thought of having this mudblood staying in his house, but judging from the look on Hermione's face, there wasn't anything he could do about it. Without a word, he stepped aside to let her in. Hermione looked a little surprised at his silence, but quickly recovered and stepped inside, dragging her trunk behind her.

Aww, Hermione's come to stay! She'll help Abbey keep her sanity. lol. Hoped you liked it, and thanks for reading!

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