Hermione rushed outside to look for Draco but he was no where to be found so she decided that he probably was in Slytherin house so she went down to the dungeons to talk to Professor Snape. Hermione found him in his classroom at his desk doing work, she ran up to him immediately.
"Professor, I have to talk to Draco right now, it's an emergency!" Hermione exclaimed.
"And what is this emergency and why are you coming to me?" Snape asked.
"Because I need to talk to Draco and I think he's somewhere in the Slytherin house, and since I can't go in there I came to you, as a member of the Order of the Phoenix I ask you to please help me find Draco. And you'll be able to find out from Dumbledore because he has to tell all the teachers," Hermione pleaded.
"Oh fine, but only this once Granger, and I trust that it is a severe emergency or you wouldn't be asking me for help, wait here," Snape got up and left Hermione alone in the classroom.
He walked to the Slytherin House entrance and went inside in search for Draco, he soon found him sitting on a couch in the common room talking with Crabbe and Goyle his two most loyal best friends.
"Draco," Snape said once he reached Draco, "you must come with me, an emergency has arrived that involves you. Do not ask me questions, for I do not know the state of the emergency just come with me."
Draco stood up, bid his goodbye's to his friends and followed Snape out of the common room and to his classroom nearby.
"Hermione," he said once he walked into the classroom and saw her, "what's wrong, Professor Snape said there was an emergency."
"Come on, let's go back to our common room so that we can talk," Hermione said standing up and walking towards the door with Draco right behind her. She stopped and turned around to face Snape, "Thank you," she said to him.
The two walked out of the classroom and silently traveled up to their destination and once reached they entered and took a seat on the couch. While Professor Snape was going to see Professor Dumbledore about the reason why Hermione needed to talk to Draco and why they were acting so civil to each other. When he reached Dumbledore he demanded an answer and Dumbledore explained rationally that Hermione was Pregnant with Draco's child. Back in their common room Hermione and Draco started to talk and Hermione inched closer to telling him.
"Oh Hermione please tell me what's the matter? Does it have anything to do with you being sick lately?" Draco begged.
"Yes, it does. Today I threw up again this morning and decided to go to see Madame Pomfrey because I had vomited a couple times in the course of a few days. So she ran a lot of tests and found out what was wrong," she began.
"And what is it?" He responded.
"Well, at first we thought it was just a flu."
"And was it?"
"No, it's something way more serious than that." Hermione was getting increasingly more nervous as she got closer to telling him what was wrong.
"Is is something life altering?" Draco guessed.
"Yes." Hermione said and waited for Draco's reply.
"Well, than spit it out Hermione," he said now clutching her cold hands inside his own warm ones. "You now that I will always love you, dead or alive, is that what it is, are you dying?"
"No Draco!" She was starting to yell at him, she got to her feet and was finally ready to tell him, "I'm pregnant with your baby!"
Hermione sighed and sat back down, Draco had an expressionless and unreadable face. She looked at him and he finally spoke.
"Are you happy about this?"
"I am if you are," she replied. Draco began to smile and he gave her a huge hug.
"My one wish in life is to marry a beautiful woman and have her children, you have just made me the happiest I could be, but there is something I must do first. I will be back shortly, oh and, I love you!"
Draco stood up and left he then ran as fast as he could to Snape's classroom because he needed a huge favor. When he went into the classroom no one was there so he went to his office to look for Snape. When he walked no one was there and he was about to leave when he heard a voice behind him.
"Ah Draco, just the person I wanted to see, sit down," Draco turned to see Professor Snape at the doorway.
"Professor, I need to ask you a really huge favor." Draco said immediately.
"Well I need to talk to you first, please sit down Draco." Once Draco sat down Snape started to talk to him. "Now as a Slytherin and a pureblood you are expected to do certain things, like one for example is to fall in love with someone like yourself, but to every rule there are exceptions. I am not happy that you have impregnated a girl like Hermione, but it 's your choice of who you engage in certain activities with and if you really love her I will let it pass, you may speak now."
"Oh Professor I do love Hermione and I extremely happy about what has happened, but it is just not good enough, I need her to be my wife and that is why I come to you. I need to go to Hogsmeade and buy her a ring but I can't wait until next week when there is a Hogsmeade weekend. Please take me there, I beg of you as a teacher and a friend, please help me." Draco was practically on his knees pleading.
"Well, I am in a gracious mood today so I will help you, let's go," Snape got up put on his cloak and the two left Hogwarts after Snape sent a message to Dumbledore.
Once at Hogsmeade they went to the first jewelry store they spotted, and with Snape's help Draco picked out the perfect ring. It was simple but sweet, it had a medium-sized sapphire (Hermione's birth stone and favorite gem) in the center and a small diamond on either side of the sapphire. Draco and Professor Snape then went to a small card shop so Draco could buy Hermione a present. First he bought her a large bouquet of pink and white roses with one lavender lily (which were her favorite flowers, and roses were her second favorite and the most romantic. He then bought her a large teddy bear that had a heart-shaped box of chocolate caramels tied to the stomach. He bought his items and then the two headed back to Hogwarts.
"Professor, now I need another small favor, I need you to bring me to see Professor Dumbledore," Snape half-smiled and brought him to see the headmaster,
"Dumbledore, it is Professor Snape and Draco coming to speak with you," Snape called in the empty office. Dumbledore showed up in an instant.
"Yes, what is it that you need? I assume you two have just returned from Hogsmeade, may I see the ring?" The old headmaster asked wearily, and Draco showed him the beautiful engagement ring.
"Professor, I need your help. Tonight I plan on asking Hermione to marry me, but I would like it to be under a candlelight dinner under the stars up in the Astronomy tower. But for my plan to succeed I need the help of you Headmaster and the house elves, though Hermione cannot know about that since she is still actively involved in her club S.P.E.W." Draco explained to Dumbledore.
"That sounds absolutely lovely, but since it is already five o'clock we must hurry," Dumbledore then wrote a quick note on a small piece of parchment and gave it to Snape. "Severus, take Draco and this note adown to the kitchens and give it to the head House elf, Dobby. Then wait for the food and bring it up to the astronomy tower I will have the table partially set up, now hurry off."
They split up at the Grand staircase, Dumbledore headed up to astronomy tower and Snape with Draco went down to the kitchens. Draco really hoped that this would turn out perfect and Hermione would accept his offer.
