A/N: Here is another chapter for you to all read and hopefully enjoy. I have finished writing this so I will post three chapters at a time until they are all up. Thanks
DISCLAIMER: The plot is mine…everything else isn't.
Chapter 8:
The next day went slowly for Hermione and Draco. They kept themselves busy, Hermione helping Narcissa with some washing and Draco was teaching Thomas how to fly on a broom. Hermione and Narcissa watched them from the window.
"You seem to be a little nervous Hermione. Is everything ok?" Narcissa asked.
"What? Oh yeah everything's fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, everything's fine." Hermione smiled at Narcissa and grabbed the basket of washed clothes to take them out to the line. Hermione had insisted on getting a washing machine and a clothesline. Narcissa was a little apprehensive at first but let Hermione get them as it gave Hermione some normality in her life. After all she had been bought up by muggles and Narcissa respected her way of life.
After hanging out the washing, Hermione went up to her room and sat on her bed, deep in thought. Narcissa sensed that something was going on and Hermione knew that her and Draco would be telling Narcissa tonight should the pregnancy test come back positive. There was a soft knock on the door and it opened up quietly. Hermione smiled as Draco walked in.
"Why did you knock?" she asked.
"Well I thought you might be asleep again. You've been really tired lately."
"Yeah…I think…I think that it might be because…"
"Due to the pregnancy?" Draco finished for her. Hermione smiled at him and nodded.
"Yeah…what's the time?"
"We've got twenty minutes. Should we go now?" Draco was looking extremely nervous. Hermione nodded and stood up. Draco wrapped his arms around Hermione's waist.
"Well, lets go find out if your pregnant." Draco grinned. Hermione smiled and hugged him tightly. They headed down the stairs and into the lounge room where Thomas was playing his usual game of trains with his grandmother.
"Mum, Hermione and I need to go somewhere. Were taking Thomas with us. We wont be to long and we will be back for dinner."
"Ok. Where are you going?"
"Over to Harry and Ginny's." Hermione answered thinking quickly. Thomas gave a gleeful cheer and hoped up. He grabbed hold of his mother's hand and they said goodbye and headed out of the oak front doors. They had decided to drive to London; they only lived 10 minutes away. Hermione had learnt how to drive the day she had left Hogwarts. She was only on her red P plates. Draco was keen to learn but Hermione had explained to him that he would have to wait until she had her full licence before she could teach him.
They drove along until they reached the familiar old fashioned, redbrick department store called Purge and Dowse Ltd. Hermione parked a little way up the road and the three of them got out. They stood facing the window of Purge and Dowse Ltd. She stated her reasons for being there to the dummy, who then gave a small nod and beckoned them forward. They stepped through the glass, unnoticed by the torrent of muggles passing by the abandoned store. Hermione, Draco and Thomas looked around as St Mungo's materialised before them. Without bothering the welcome witch, Hermione went over to the lift. She pressed the up arrow and they stood there waiting. Once in the lift, Hermione hit the button for the second floor and the lift gave an unpleasant jerk. The lift ride was quick and Hermione, Draco and Thomas stepped out of it and headed up the hall. Hermione opened a door that read, Maternity Ward. The three of them walked over to the reception desk.
"Please state your name and the reason you are here." The witch asked in a bored voice.
"Hermione Granger. I'm having a pregnancy test."
"Very well. Sit over there," she pointed to where 6 spindly looking chairs were, "and Healer Brown will be with you in a moment."
"Thankyou." Hermione said giving her a small smile before taking a seat with Draco and Thomas.
"Mummy why is we here?" Thomas asked giving Hermione his cutest smile.
"How would you feel about having a brother or sister?" Hermione asked her son.
"A brother? What's that?"
"Well we would have another child. Like you but it might be a girl and it will look different and be really small like you were once."
"Can I play with it? Is it like a playmate?"
"Yeah like a playmate." Hermione agreed thinking Thomas would be happy with that answer.
"Cool. Someone to play with." Thomas answered happily.
"Well that us why we are here. To find out if you'll have a playmate soon. But you will have to wait a little while before you can play."
"I hope I do." Thomas smiled. He pulled himself up onto Draco's lap and put his thumb in his mouth. Hermione sat there twisting a tissue in her hand. Draco placed a hand over hers.
"It's ok Mione. You either are or your aren't. Whatever the outcome we still have each other and our gorgeous son."
Hermione smiled at him but didn't say anything. After another 10 minutes of waiting, a person dressed in green came up to them.
"Hi I'm Healer Brown," she checked her notes, "Miss Grang- Hermione?"
Hermione looked up startled.
"Lavender! You work here?"
"Yeah. How are you? What are you here for? Is that Malfoy?" Lavender whispered forgetting her professional manner.
"Yes it is. I need you to give me a test…a pregnancy test."
"Pregnancy test…your not pregnant to Malfoy are you?" Lavender looked disgusted.
"Can we just get on with the test? I've got things to do."
"What? Oh yeah the test, right. Well come on then let's go into the room up the hall here. Er…is Mr Malfoy coming?" she asked reverting back to her professional manner.
"Yes he is." Hermione answered shortly.
"Alright. Follow me please." She told them. They followed her a little way up the hall and into a room containing a single bed, a desk with medical equipment and an office chair. Hermione, Draco and Thomas walked into the room and Lavender closed the door with a sharp snap behind them.
"Ok sit up on the bed and pull your shirt up please."
Hermione did as she was told. Lavender walked over to the bed and pointed her wand at Hermione's stomach.
"I'm just going to perform the spell to determine if you are pregnant." She told Hermione who had quickly pulled her shirt down. She hesitantly lifted it back up. Lavender performed a complex spell and a bright purple light shone from Hermione stomach. Lavender lowered her wand and smiled.
"You are pregnant Miss Granger. Congratulations."
"Really? Oh my god…Draco, were going to have another baby!" Hermione screamed with joy, tears streaming down her face. Draco's face suddenly broke into a smile. He picked Thomas up and pulled Hermione into a hug.
"I'm so happy. We finally get the chance to be parents together. This is the second best day of my life!" he exclaimed.
"Second?" Hermione enquired.
"Well the day I found out that Thomas was mine was the first."
"Right. I guess I can understand that." Hermione laughed at him.
"Er…Miss Granger if I could interrupt for a moment."
"Yeah sure. What is it?"
"You will need to see me again in three weeks time. For a check up. Oh and I was also wondering if you would like to know whether you are having a boy or a girl?"
Hermione looked at Draco. He shook his head and Hermione was glad of that.
"No. We want to wait. We want it to be a surprise." Hermione told Lavender. Lavender nodded. She led the three of them out of the room and over to the reception desk. She put Hermione's file into the filing cabinet and took the 2 galleons that was required for the test from Hermione. After she had paid Hermione and Draco left St Mungo's and headed back home. As they drove along the country lane leading towards the Malfoy Manor a voice from the back of Hermione's car startled her.
"Mummy is I going to have a playmate?" Thomas asked happily.
"Yes you are honey." Hermione smiled at him through her rear vision mirror. Thomas smiled happily back.
"Yay. Does Grandma know?"
"Not yet. You have to let Mummy and Daddy tell her before yo say anything ok?"
"OK. When we get home can I go bed? My eyes are sleepy."
"Sure honey." Hermione answered as she turned into their driveway. Hermione parked her car in front of the stone steps and Draco got Thomas out of his car seat before the three of them went inside. Draco took Thomas up to his room for a nap and came back down shortly after to find that Hermione was still standing in the foyer.
"Are you ok Hermione?"
"Yeah. Should we tell your mum?"
"If you want. Although I think we should because Thomas is bound to tell her," Draco chuckled, "He's really happy about the baby isn't he?"
"Yeah. Luckily. I thought he was going to take it badly. Come on. Let's go tell yourmum." Draco placed an arm around Hermione's shoulder and led her to his mother's study. Draco knocked on the door and entered. Narcissa was sitting at her desk deep in thought. She looked up as Draco and Hermione took a seat.
"How was your visit to Harry and Ginny's?" she asked.
"Well the thing is mum…we didn't actually go there." Draco told her.
"What? Where did you go?" Narcissa asked looking confused.
"How would you feel about becoming a grandmother for the second time?"
Draco smiled as the shocking news sank in. A wide smile spread across Narcissa's face.
"Are you telling me that Hermione is pregnant?" she breathed. They both nodded. Narcissa cried with joy. She ran around the desk and hugged them both.
"Oh my god I can't believe this. This is so wonderful. How far along are you?" She asked all in one breath.
"A month, 5 weeks." Hermione answered beaming. She had never been able to enjoy this moment when she had fallen pregnant with Thomas. They had all believed him to be Lord Voldemort's. Hermione wasn't sure how to feel. All these happy emotions were new to her. Life took a wonderful turn that day and Hermione was the happiest she had ever been. Now she would also be able to enjoy the upcoming birth of her second child without the worry that Lord Voldemort would eventually kidnap her, make her marry him and use her child as his heir.