A/N: Hey everyone, I'm back! Thank you for all of your kind, lovely reviews! I don't have time to list all of you now, but I will next time! Sorry for the delay and the cliffhanger! College is going great and I'm having lots of fun! Enjoy this chapter! It's not really formatted right, so I hope it's not too funky!

Chapter 28

Draco gazed around uneasily while Abbey lay in silent bliss. He looked at her and saw that her eyes were a little glazed over.
"You know," she mumbled, her words slightly slurred. Draco looked back over at her, and she was faintly smiling at him, which caught him off guard.
"Er--what?" he asked.
"I don't think you're as bad as you want people to think you are," she said slowly, her eyes swimming out of focus for a second. Draco had to keep his mouth from dropping open. He quickly regained his composure.
"You don't, do you?" he replied, trying to sound indifferent. He forced himself to look casual.
"No, I don't," she said firmly, and her words weren't slurred this time. Draco was eternally grateful for the nurse that bustled in, relieving him of the obligation to reply to Abbey.
"It'll be a few hours, I'm afraid," she said, putting her hands on her hips, "So if you want a few visitors before the delivery, that's fine." She checked Abbey's chart. "There's already a huge group out there waiting to come in," she added with a grin, "Do you want me to send a few in?" Abbey nodded, grinning excitedly. Draco had to keep himself from rolling his eyes impatiently.
The nurse left and a few moments later the door opened again and Harry, Ron, and Hermione came in.
"How are you doing, Abbey?" Hermione asked anxiously, sitting down in a chair next to the bed opposite of Draco.
"Can't feel a thing anymore," Abbey slurred, grinning.
"So you can't feel this?" Ron asked, poking Abbey lightly in the stomach.
"Ron!" Hermione cried, but Abbey's grin only widened.
"Nope," she said gleefully.
"Good lord, what did they give you?" Harry laughed.
"I dunno, but it worked!" Abbey mumbled.
After Harry, Ron, and Hermione, the rest of the Weasleys came in. Fred and George promised to treat the baby to free treats from their joke shop as soon as it was old enough, and Mrs. Weasley announced that she had already started working on a sweater in the waiting room. Mr. Weasley had a muggle camera all ready to take pictures with (Harry had shown him how to use it).

Four hours later, Draco was dozing off from boredom in his chair, his head resting in his hand. Abbey was reading Witch Weekly, her face beaming with excitement.
Once again, the door swung open and now a nurse and a healer came in. Draco snapped awake, and rubbed his eyes. He checked his watch…it was eleven o'clock at night.
"I'm Roger, Mrs. Malfoy, and it's time to deliver that baby!" the healer said cheerfully, pulling up a chair at the foot of Abbey's bed.
Abbey set her Witch Weekly aside and sat up more straight, the glaze and fatigue gone from her eyes. They now glowed with pure joy as she grasped the rails of the bed.

Wow, long labor. Oh, and btw, I lied about how many chapters there are...there's 37 and then an epilogue. I guess I didn't realize how long this story was! lol. Hope you liked it, and thanks for reading!

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