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Chapter 26

Finally, when the eighth month came to a close and the final month rolled in, a certain anxiety fell over the house. Hermione and Draco never let Abbey do anything, they would always do it for her.

One day when Abbey reached for something on top of the refridgerator, Draco had jumped up and told her to sit down, and that he would get it for her.

"I'm pregnant, Draco, not helpless!" Abbey had snapped, irritated. But Draco ignored her…he had long been used to her mood swings.

Then one morning there was a loud knocking on the front door while they were all eating breakfast. Hermione and Draco had jumped up at the same time to answer it, but Hermione, remembering that this wasn't her house, cleared her throat and sat back down.

Draco went to the door, expecting it to be Lucius, but when he answered it he was in for an unpleasant surprise. It was Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. They both had trunks.

"Oh no," Draco said, shaking his head, "You're not staying here too!"

"Too bad, Malfoy," Harry replied casually, pushing him aside and coming into the house, Ron following suit.

"Yeah, you should be glad we hadn't come sooner," Ron continued, "But we gave you the benefit of the doubt."

"Harry? Ron?" Hermione called excitedly, running out from the kitchen, "Is that you?"

"Hey, Hermione!" Harry replied as Hermione gave him and Ron hugs while Draco still stood scowling by the door.

"How's Abbey?" Ron asked.

"I'm fine!" Abbey answered, wobbling out behind Hermione, her stomach now to its full size.

"Wow, Abbey, you're huge!" Harry cried, walking over and putting a hand on her stomach.

"Due in almost three weeks!" Abbey replied, hugging Harry and then Ron.

"We came just in time, then!" Ron said cheerfully.

"Are you guys hungry?" Abbey asked, "Because I'm starving!" Hermione laughed and rolled her eyes.

"I see your appetite is still in full swing!" Ron laughed too, following Abbey, Harry, and Hermione into the kitchen.

Draco watched them, secretly wishing he could join in on the cheerfullness, even if it was his three arch enemies.

That night, Draco came into the bedroom to get ready for bed and found Abbey already in bed, reading. But tonight classical music was playing softly from some unseen source in the ceiling.

"It's supposed to be good for the baby," Abbey said, spotting Draco's confused look. Draco shrugged, taking Abbey's word for it. He looked at Abbey's enormous belly and wondered if the baby was going to be a girl or a boy. He and Abbey had agreed that it was going to be a surprise when it was actually born.

Then Draco was suddenly hit with the true realization that he was actually going to be a father. He remembered as if it was yesterday being at school, not even knowing where he was going to be after he graduated. And here he was, married to a girl he had hated, and now they were about to have a baby. A baby that was half him, half Abbey. It blew his mind how much things had changed in such a little amount of time.

And then it hit him that Abbey wasn't such a bad girl after all, even if she had been a Gryffindor. She had been horrid with him at first, but he had been just as bad, if not worse, to her. Now that they had been married for a while, things had seemed to calm down between them. Abbey wasn't so mean to him anymore, and he had pretty much stopped bothering to insult her every five minutes, like he used to do. True, they usually just ignored each other, but at least they weren't at each other's throats all the time.

As Draco crawled into bed, Abbey gazed over at him, the same things going through her own head.

Draco's making good progress...but love takes time. ;) Hoped you liked it, and thanks for reading!

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