It was the day before Ginny and Harry's wedding. Jade, Hermione and Ginny went to shop for Ginny's honeymoon and something that Jade and Hermione would wear to the wedding.
"What?! You both haven't gotten a dress to wear to my wedding?" Ginny asked as they shook their heads.
"I've been losing weight." Hermione said.
"And I've been gaining. But I know we'll find a dress today." Jade said smiling at the look on Ginny's face.
They entered a store and Jade looked around the store to find something to wear. "I'll be over there." Hermione said busying herself with a few gowns.
Jade dropped a dress and cursed, not wanting to bend down. She saw someone pick it up for her and she almost did a double take, seeing Dean standing in front of her, with a dress in his hand.
"Hey." He said softly.
"Goodbye." Jade said going to leave.
"Wait! I just need to talk to you for a minute." Dean said.
"I don't want to talk to you Dean." Jade said looking for Hermione and Ginny.
"Look! Malfoy left you after impregnating you! I'm not going to leave you! I'll help you raise this child." Dean said.
Jade turned around and narrowed her eyes. "Don't you dare say anything against the father of my child. You had better leave me alone before I hex you dead." Jade threatened.
"You chose to have sex with a man you knew for a month behind my back. I was engaged to you for almost a year and you couldn't sleep with me?" Dean asked angrily.
"I see what's bothering you. You're more disturbed by the fact that I never permitted you to sleep with me. Why I chose Draco? Do you really want the answer to that?" Jade asked seeing Dean nod. "Draco has higher standards than you." Jade said.
"You stupid little-" Dean stopped to see someone behind Jade.
Jade turned around and saw Draco standing behind her, waiting for Dean to finish.
"Go on, what was that last bit?" Draco asked.
Dean quickly left the store without a word and Jade burned in embarrassment. "How long were you here?" Jade asked without looking at him.
"Long enough to want to beat him up to a bloody mess again." Draco said. Jade stood silent and nodded.
"Where's Jade?" they heard Hermione. Jade and Draco appeared and Jade saw that Ron and Harry were there as well.
"Why are you all here?" Jade asked.
"I couldn't find a dress to wear for tomorrow's occasion." Ron joked.
"Very funny." Jade said as everyone chuckled.
"Well I can't find a dress. Jade, is that what you want to wear?" Hermione asked as Jade looked at the dress she was holding.
"No! I wasn't even finished. I have to find a dress my size and tailor it." Jade said looking around.
"Does anyone here need any help?" a woman asked walking to them.
"Yes, I was wondering if you had any dresses fit for me?" Jade asked.
"Oh you're pregnant! God bless you, come right along!" the woman said taking Jade along.
"Why are you standing here? Go on!" Ginny said nudging Draco.
"I don't need a dress thanks." Draco said walking away. Ginny shook her head.
"Do you like any of these colors?" the woman asked placing different gowns on display.
"They're all beautiful colors. I don't think I can go that bold." Jade said pointing to the bright red gown.
"So we'll go for subtle colors." The woman said getting rid of all bold colors.
"No! Hang on to that color. I like that color." Jade said pointing to a wine colored gown.
"This is a beautiful color." The woman said taking it from display.
"I also love the design." Jade said. It was a flowy tube dress that complimented her pregnant figure. The front had several neat creases that wrapped around her back and the rest just flowed down. Jade walked into the changing room and shut the door to try out the dress. Draco stood near the platform, where the saleswoman stood, waiting for Jade to finish changing. Hermione stood right next to him and the two started to speak to him about the wedding. Jade walked out of the changing room and Draco looked up marveling at the purple dress.
"Wow." Hermione said.
"Do you like it?" Jade asked seeing Hermione nod slowly and looking at Draco who traveled his eyes up and down Jade.
"What do you think Draco?" Hermione asked. Jade bent her head slightly, hating that Hermione asked of Draco's opinion.
"You…it's ok." Draco said. He heard a giggle and he looked to see Pansy sitting on the platform where Jade stood.
"Well…I probably should look for more then." Jade said looking down at the dress.
"That wasn't the right thing to say Draco." Pansy said.
"Shut up." Draco snapped.
Jade snapped up and Hermione stared in bewilderment at Draco who started to shake his head. "No, I wasn't talking to you, I was…thinking about something at work that came up today." Draco said seeing the distrust on Jade's face.
"Tell her you're talking to the voice in your head. She's bound to hitch up that dress and run away from you…after all that's what you want isn't it?" Pansy asked crossing her legs.
"That's not what I want." Draco said out loud. He spoke to himself too much nowadays.
"What? What do you not want?" Jade asked feeling that he was intentionally fooling around to get her angry.
"I…I don't want you to wear any other dress than that." Draco said surprising Hermione and Jade.
"Quick thinking." Pansy said.
"Why? There are so many other dresses I haven't tried on." Jade said.
"Tell her it's because she's beautiful in it." Pansy said quickly.
'No.' Draco thought.
"Tell her!" Pansy hissed.
'NO!' Draco thought.
"Tell her she's beautiful!" Pansy demanded.
"Because you're beautiful." Draco said finally.
"Did you just-" Jade went to say but was cut off by Draco.
"Yes. You look beautiful in that dress. If you don't like it, it's perfectly fine." Draco said feeling himself sweat. He never lost his cool and felt this nervous and scattered in his life. Usually he'd know how to deal with situations and be perfectly calm and collected. If this woman made him do this, Draco knew that she was definitely someone worthwhile.
"I've got to hand it to you; you're not as pathetic as I thought you'd be." Pansy said clapping her hands.
"Thank you." Jade said. She smiled lightly, feeling incredibly giddy by hearing him tell her that she looked beautiful in this particular dress.
"Excuse me." Draco said leaving quickly. He touched the back of his neck and felt the perspiration. He tugged his collar and fanned himself, regaining his composure before Jade came back, making her purchase.
"You know, that was really cute, what you said back there." Hermione whispered as Jade spoke to the saleswoman.
"It wasn't cute, it was a disaster. I probably pulled the cheesiest line from the book. I haven't acted so stupid in front of someone in my life." Draco said.
"Liar. You forgot you were the school bully that got flogged by me in my third year."
"Granger, you slipped and I happened to be right in front of you as your…hand flew to my nose." Draco said wincing at the memory.
Hermione smirked and shrugged.
"Say whatever version you want Draco, you were an immature and foolish child in Hogwarts." Hermione said.
"That applies to nothing that's happening now." Draco said.
"Think hard Draco…if you think hard enough, you'll be able to find out exactly why you're still pursuing the woman you love who's carrying your daughter." Hermione said.