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Draco sat still, covering his face, feeling his heart ripping every time it beat. He felt as if the world had pulled the rug from under him. He was ready to have a family again and even bought a house. It had been one month after seven that he reunited with Jade and she was gone to Pansy with their child. What simmered in his soul, no one could understand. If he could trade anything in the world just to have them back and actually be happy in his life, Draco would do just that. He would agree to giving away his millions of Galleons worth of estate and companies just to be with the person he completely loved and trusted. Knowing that this wasn't a world to negotiate with, Draco said one thing to himself that coped with the reality. 'Happy Birthday to me.' Draco said. Triple Whammy.
"I don't get it. You two are sitting here for what reason?" Hermione asked walking towards Draco and Samantha.
Draco didn't bother to look up. He wanted to be left alone for a very long time.
"You know, some partner you are for just sitting here, sleeping on yourself. Wake up Man!" Hermione said shaking Draco.
"Hermione I don't think this is a good time." Samantha said softly.
"Not a good time? Why not? Is Alcaeus all right?" Hermione asked.
"Not Alcaeus-"
"You work here and you don't know what goes on, or are you one of them too, that do the best you can?" Draco asked, feeling the vein on his forehead throb.
"I'm sorry am I missing something here? I thought this was a happy occasion." Hermione said seeing Draco get up and leave. "W-what's going on? Where are you going Draco?!" Hermione asked seeing Draco ignore her. "How can you walk away like this?! Jade's been asking for you all day!" Hermione said. She ran after him, seeing him walk into an elevator. "Draco! Jade will kill me if she doesn't see you." Hermione said holding the elevator door.
"Jade's dead, Granger. How could you have not known that? Here's your stupid release form." Draco said taking the papers from Samantha. He signed them and shoved them to Hermione who was incredibly stunned.
"Dead…body release form? Where did you hear and get this from?!" Hermione asked looking through the papers.
"Doesn't matter where the bloody papers came from." Draco said trying to move Hermione from the elevator.
"I don't understand…I just delivered your daughter a few minutes ago. How can she be dead?" Hermione asked.
"What?" Draco asked.
"What are you talking about Draco? How can she be dead?" Hermione asked.
"The Healer told me himself." Draco said.
"Get out of the elevator. I think you're seeing things." Hermione said, still wondering why anyone would tell Draco that Jade and their child were dead. Something clicked in Hermione's head. The previous patients that shared the same room with Jade had passed away and wheeled away as Jade was taken to the operation room. "Did any of you get the owl that Jade needed to have a C-section, not a normal delivery? I told you both in the owl that the operation was occurring in the operation room, not in the delivery room." Hermione said.
"I didn't get anything." Draco said as Hermione guided him to the operation room.
"Baby Harper and Mum?" Hermione asked a nurse.
"They've been transferred to the Level upstairs, where both the baby and mother rests." The nurse said as Hermione gave a nod.
"Well let's take the elevator up! Jade's waiting for you. The whole time during the operation, she was asking me about you." Hermione said seeing how pale and shocked Samantha and Draco were.
"We thought she was dead." Samantha said.
"I think I know what happened. The room Jade had been in before she was shifted to the operation table; a pregnant woman was brought in because she was in labor. Unfortunately the mother died giving birth…and the child was stillborn." Hermione said.
"Oh that's horrible." Samantha said.
"So we decided to get back to Jade, since she needed an emergency delivery. That's when you probably came in and the Healer gave you the wrong information." Hermione said.
Draco put a hand to his face and sighed. "You don't know how I feel right now Hermione. I thought she was dead." Draco said. Hermione only placed a hand on his arm and gave it a small squeeze. They walked out of the elevator and into the floor where the new mothers rested with their children.
"Here it is." Hermione said walking into the room.
Jade was in the process of drinking down the potions that helped her uterus contract back to its normal size and recover completely from the surgery. She saw Draco and held up a finger to indicate that he was in trouble.
"You're all done, I'll come back tomorrow morning." The nurse said as Jade nodded.
"Where's the baby?" Hermione asked the nurse.
"She's in the nursery…shall I get her?" the nurse asked as Hermione nodded.
"You, you, you. Where were you? Do you know I had been all alone, giving birth to your-" Jade stopped being kissed by Draco. She kissed back, wondering what had caused him to kiss her like he had seen her for the very first time in years.
"I love you." Draco said simply.
"I…I love you too, but what-" Jade was stopped again as he kissed her. She knew how nervous he was about her giving birth but now that he had seen that nothing happened to her, he was probably very happy.
"Funny story actually." Samantha said sitting down. Hermione and Samantha animatedly told Jade the story and Draco quietly sat back, not interested in telling Jade anything about the incident that happened moments ago. As they spoke, the nurse walked in, wheeling in a hospital bassinette with the small wrapped bundle in it. Draco watched the nurse gently pick up his little girl and hand it to Jade.
"Hello Mum." Jade cooed at the sleeping baby.
"She's adorable." Samantha commented.
Jade looked up to see Draco looking at her. "Come here Daddy." Jade said softly. She leaned close and handed their child to him. Draco felt the warm and light little baby that was nurtured in Jade's womb for all these months. Just like the first time he had Alcaeus, he marveled at how life worked its magic. She was so small and so beautiful; it felt like the greatest thing in the world; to be a father to a little girl. He was proud to have Alcaeus as a son, but he felt strange in a good way to have a daughter. He always knew how to handle boys and just wished that he had been a little lighter on Alcaeus, but other than that, he swore that he would never lay a hand on a girl.
The first time he heard that he was having a daughter, all sorts of events passed through his mind. He knew that when she was off to Hogwarts, he'd have to start breaking a few bones. He got up from the bed and walked away from the women, taking his time looking over his daughter. Samantha left after a few minutes and Hermione needed to go back on duty.
"Have fun with your daughter! I'll be around if any of you need me." Hermione said as Jade nodded.
"Bye Herm." Jade said. Draco gave a small wave and Hermione closed the door behind her, leaving them alone. "How was work today?" Jade asked as Draco ran a finger up and down her arm.
"Who cares about work?" Draco asked kissing her cheek.
"Well then how was your day?" Jade asked. She giggled seeing the look on his face.
"Don't ask all right? I thought you had died." Draco said seeing Jade grin.
"Well that's a story to tell when your children get older." Jade joked.
Draco smiled and looked back at their child and realized that they hadn't given her a name yet. "Have you thought up a name for her?" Draco asked as they fed the baby from a small bottle.
"I haven't actually. We were supposed to think of a name the other day." Jade said as Draco nodded.
"Well the other day, I did think of a name I liked." Draco said.
"Well? Tell me." Jade said seeing him shake his head.
"You name her, mine isn't so great." Draco said.
"Draco…this isn't only my child…she has another parent. Tell me what you want her name to be." Jade said.
Draco sat quiet for a moment and wondered if he should embarrass himself, telling her what he wanted their daughter to be called.
"Jenita." Draco said.
Jade pondered on the name and felt herself adore it.
"It's a beautiful name. Where did you get the name from?" Jade asked.
"It takes only a few baby name books and a few days trying to find the perfect name." Draco said seeing Jade giggle.
"Thank you for finding our child a name. It's beautiful." Jade said. Draco only wrapped his arms tighter around her and rested his face on her head, closing his eyes. He felt Jade turn around slightly and kiss him on the mouth.
"Happy Birthday Draco." Jade whispered.