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Announcements and surprises…

Harry and Ginny were the first to arrive as usual. Ginny screamed and threw herself into my arms, nearly knocking me over.

"HERMIONE" she said, wrapping her arms around my neck.

"GINNY! Nice to see you! Hey Harry." I said giving him a friendly hug.

"You look great Hermione," he said returning the hug.

"Hey Harry and Ginny." Draco said walking over to them.

"Hey mate." Harry said.

"Make yourselves at home." I said and motioned them into the living room. Harry took off his coat and took Ginny's to hang them into the closet.

Next came Ron and Lavender. Ron looked very happy for once, and Lavender clung to him like he was going to run away at any moment.

"Hi Ron, Lavender, come in please." I said, before wrenching Ron from her grip and giving him a big hug, strictly platonic of course. Lavender smiled politely, before taking a death grip on his arm once again.

"Have some punch." I said handing them both a glass before motioning them to the living room. Lavender quickly grabbed me up and pulled me into the small hallway closet.

"What the…" I said as she yanked my arm and pulled me in.

"I know" she said seriously.

"Uh, you know what?" I asked.

"You are pregnant." she said with a straight face. "I saw it in my charts last night. You are going to have a…"

"NO." I said. "We have not decided whether or not we want to know." I said quickly before she could finish her sentence.

"Ok." she said in a hushed voice.

"And don't tell anyone else, that's what this party was supposed to be for." I whispered. She nodded and we left the closet. Draco was waiting and pulled me towards the door where Blaise and his new 'flavor of the week' were standing. He introduced her as Bronwen, and she proudly told me her name means 'dark and pure'. I feigned a smile, and Blaise winked and grinned madly.

"Deflowering all of the purebloods?" I whispered to him.

'Wouldn't you like to know?" he asked before leading the dark haired woman into the living room. Draco grinned, telling me he knew something I didn't.

Next Professor McGonagall stepped out of the living room fire, followed by my boss, Mr. Lovell. My mum arrived 15 minutes later, no dad. And soon after Pavarti followed with her new squeeze. I didn't catch his name.

"I think that is everyone" I said to Draco as he hung up Pavarti's coat.

"Nope, there is one more coming, ah, there she is now." he said strolling up to the door. He opened it and there, standing on my porch, baby on one arm, and a tall, dark brooding man on the other, was Pansy Parkinson. My jaw just dropped.

"Pansy!" Draco shouted, and she threw her now empty arm over his neck. I felt like vomiting.

"Draco, it's been too long." she said stepping into our hallway. "This is my husband, Cameron." she pulled the man forward and he put out his hand to Draco.

"I have heard a lot about you from Pansy. It's nice to finally meet you." he said as Draco shook his hand. Cameron was tall, with dark hair and even darker eyes. He had an olive complexion, and wore black from head to toe. Pansy on the other hand was dressed in pale pink robes. Her hair was still shocking midnight black, and cut short. She had put on some weight, probably due to the pale baby clinging to her arm.

"You too" Draco said. "Cameron, this is my wife, Hermione." he said pulling me forward. I put on a fake smile.

"Nice to meet you." I said. His dark eyes looked me up and down, contempt gleaming in them, and then a second later it was replaced by a look of warmth. Weird.

"Nice to meet you too." he said warmly taking my hand. "I hear from Pansy that you two were friends at school." Draco coughed as if he were choking. We had been far from friends.

"Uh, yeah. Best friends." I smiled at Pansy, who obviously was not amused.

The baby started to wail loudly.

"And who is this?" Draco said smiling.

"This is Dorian." she said proudly. He looked to be about 9 months old. Dorian continued to scream at the top of his lungs. Cameron looked like he was about to lose his temper.

"Isn't he sweet?" I lied. The baby was the palest child in the world. He had the same midnight black hair as Pansy, and shocking blue eyes. "Please, make yourselves at home." and they walked into the living room where she and the baby were attacked by Ginny and Lavender who were cooing over the screaming child.

"Draco, can I have a word." I said sternly. He nodded and we went into the kitchen.

"What is it darling?" he asked kissing the back of my neck.

"Uh, let me think, PANSY?" I screamed.

"What about her?" he said shoving a small sandwich in his mouth.

"Why didn't you tell me she was coming? We didn't exactly get along in school you know." my eyes were burning.

"I ran into her at the ministry, and I invited her. No big deal." he was being very nonchalant about it.

"Well, I wish you would have prepared me that was a shock." I said.

"Are you jealous?" he teased.

"Of course not." I lied. I knew he had only been with me and Pansy; it was a lot less than most guys, but still.

"Well than there is no problem, now let's go talk to our guests." he said grabbing the tray of appetizers and walking into the living room. Everyone was laughing and talking to each other when we entered. Draco set the tray on the side table. We walked around and chatted with everyone. I grabbed my mum and took her to the side.

"Daddy wouldn't come?" I said, already knowing the answer.

"No, he moved out actually. I didn't want to spoil your party." her eyes filled with tears. I hugged her.

"I'm sorry, this is all my fault" I cried. "This started because of Draco and I." she patted my shoulder.

"No, this had been coming for a while."

"I wish he would have come to hear our announcement." I sobbed, wiping my eyes so my make-up wouldn't run.

"What announcement. I thought this was just a party."

I smiled, and her mother's intuition kicked in.

"Are you…am I?" she couldn't get the words out. I nodded my head.

"OH HERMIONE!" she pulled me close again, crying on my shoulder.

"Shhhh…" I said, "We want to make the announcement in a minute, we'll talk later Grandma." I said winking at her. She practically shone with happiness.

I walked to Draco and whispered;

"It's time" and he followed me to the fireplace where we both stood on the hearth so we were just slightly taller than everyone else, except maybe Cameron.

"ATTENTION" Draco said loudly. "Can I have everyone's attention?" the guests stopped and looked over at us. I blushed. I never liked that much attention.

"We have invited you all here today for a reason, not just to enjoy our company." he smiled and everyone laughed.

"With a rough start to the year, I thought everyone could use some good news. My lovely wife Hermione has done me the honor of marrying me already." he said wrapping his arm around me. Blaise yelled;

"She did you a favor you mean." the room laughed again.

"Thanks Blaise. Anyway, she had done something else for me; she is going to have my baby. That's right, the Malfoy line continues!" he held his glass high and the room erupted with cheers and congratulations. Ginny bounded over the sofa and hugged me again.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HERMIONE, A BABY? OH, I CAN'T WAIT! IM GONNA BE AN AUNT!" she squealed.

I considered her a sister, so aunt Ginny would be appropriate. I smiled at her.

"Yep."

"How far along are you?" Pavarti asked.

"A little over 2 months. I figure sometime in November will be my due date, we go to see the doctor in a few days." I said excitedly.

Lavender flashed a knowing smile at me, and mouthed the words

'Wanna know what it is?'

'No' I mouthed back, even though I was dying to find out. She shrugged her shoulders and turned back to Ron. Pansy was making a beeline for me, and I had nowhere to hide.

"Oh Hermione, congratulations. Just think your baby and Dorian can play together all the time." she was smiling like she thought I would actually allow that.

"Oh yes, all the time." I shot her another fake smile. I didn't know why, but she irritated me.

"Want to hold him?" she asked thrusting the baby towards me.

"Uh, sure." I said taking him and holding him close to me. I smelled his sweet baby scent and soon realized that even though he screamed a lot, he was still the most precious thing in the world. Now I knew why Pansy was so proud of him. No matter what your child does, they are the most wonderful thing to you.

I looked into his bright blue eyes, and he smiled at me. Tears rolled down my cheeks.

"He is beautiful Pansy.' I said handing him back to her.

"Isn't he?" she said cooing at him. "I remember being pregnant, every time I saw a baby I cried. Near the end, Cameron made sure to avoid babies and places where babies would be so he wouldn't have to deal with a pile of mush for a wife." she laughed. And I, for the first time, smiled genuinely back at her.

"So when are you due?" she asked.

"Sometime in November, I think. I see the doctor sometime this week."

"Oooh," she squeaked, "Dorian and your baby will only be a little over a year apart. He will be one in September."

"When did you get married to Cameron?" I asked her.

"Oh, about 3 months after we graduated. We had been dating for almost a year before that." she said sipping her tea.

"Oh, I see." I replied. "You know Pansy, we didn't get along in school, but you are much different that I imagined you to be."

"Is that a compliment?" she smiled.

"Oh, well I guess it is."

"You do love him don't you?" she asked.

"More than anything." I smiled.

"That's good. I hoped he would find someone who could love him like he needed. I couldn't be that person." she said trying to get Dorian to sleep.

"I thought you loved him." I asked.

"I thought I did, but when I thought of spending my life with him, I knew it would never work. I only loved him because my parents drove it into my brain that I should. Arranged marriages, whoever thought that up needs their head examined." she laughed out loud, causing Dorian to start to cry again. I smiled and excused myself. I was abruptly grabbed up by Harry and Ron.

"Hermione, I can't believe you are pregnant." Ron said. "It is just weird." he smiled at me.

"I know" Harry said "how odd will it be to have a little ferret running around." he smiled to let me know he was joking when I raised my fist to him.

The rest of the party went well as planned. I got more hugs than I could have imagined. I was beat by the time everyone left and decided to take a nap on the couch.