Wednesday
In the morning, Jade woke up to see that Draco wasn't sleeping next to her. She slid off the bed and walked into the hallway to use the bathroom.
"Ron, get out." Jade half yelled and yawned, knocking on the door when she heard Ron singing inside.
"Up yours!" he said cheerfully.
Jade squinted at the door and giggled. "Someone's in a good mood today." Jade said.
The door opened and Ron stuck his head out, with a toothbrush in his mouth. "Why wouldn't I be happy? This is the best Christmas I could ever ask for." He said seeing Jade's eyes widen.
"Oh it's Christmas! Happy Christmas!" she said jumping up and down. Ron looked at her as if she came from another planet. "I need to use the loo Ronald! Please hurry!" Jade said.
"Tough luck, I came here first." Ron said.
"Don't make me come in there and whip you. I need to use the toilet Ron…get out!" Jade yelled.
"This should be fun you know. Wait until your husband sees you wetting yourself from waiting." Ron snickered, disappearing into the bathroom again.
"MUM!" Jade yelled.
Ron poked his head out again and this time, Jade grabbed his toothbrush and held it away from him.
"Give me my toothbrush or you'll never get the bathroom." Ron said, stretching his hand out.
"Give me the bathroom and you get the toothbrush…I also know where you keep your rubber ducky." Jade threatened. They heard Molly Weasley huffing up the stairs with Arthur right behind her.
"What on earth is going on?" Molly asked. Ron freed the bathroom and Jade ran in closing the door.
Jade stepped out of the bathroom feeling like a child again on a Christmas morning. She walked down the stairs and into the kitchen to see her whole family sitting there, smiling at her.
"Happy Christmas Jade." They chorused.
"Happy Christmas everyone." Jade answered. She took a seat next to Draco who immediately felt for her hand.
"We were teasing Draco a bit about what we found out last night." Angelina said, with her son Arthur on her lap. Jade paled and looked at Draco who raised his eyebrows at her.
"Try having all these women tell you 'we know something you don't know.'" Draco said as the rest of the men agreed with him.
"Makes you wonder if you're gay or something right?" Ron asked. Everyone looked at him oddly and Fred snorted.
"No…but thanks for sharing your concern with us." Fred said. Ron's face turned to a deep shade of scarlet as everyone determinedly tried to keep their faces straight.
"Mummy! When are we going to open the presents!" Roxanne Weasley asked appearing by Angelina's side. Right after she had said that, the other children joined in, wanting to know what Santa had given them. After having breakfast, the family shifted to the living room and watched the children unwrap their presents and squeal in delight.
"When are you going to tell him?" Hermione asked softly to Jade who looked at Draco who helped explain to Victoire about her intermediate broom from Harry and Ginny.
"Honestly I don't know…I don't even know how to break it to him." Jade said shaking slightly from the experience a few years ago.
"This is your first time telling him?" Hermione asked seeing Jade shake her head and meet her eyes.
"My second time…the first one never worked out." Jade said seeing Hermione give her an empathetic look.
"Miscarriage?" Hermione asked.
"Abortion." Jade corrected.
When the presents were opened, everyone hung around, talking to each other. Jade got up and touched Draco's hand to see him look up at her.
"Hey honey, everything all right?" he asked going to pull her on his lap but she resisted.
"Draco, I need to speak to you in private. It's rather important." Jade said. Draco got up from his seat and Jade pulled him away to take him outside. She didn't want her family to see Draco scream and have a fit over her pregnancy and ask her to choose between him and the baby. It would kill her family as well as him.
"But there's snow outside." Draco said.
"It's just a stroll outside. Please?" Jade asked. He softened and kissed her cheek. Taking this as a yes from him, Jade draped her cloak around her and slipped into one of her brother's dragon boots.
"One minute." Draco said zipping up his boots. He tightened the cloak around him and the two walked out of the house, into the field of snow. Jade walked on with him in silence until they were out of hearing range from the house.
"That lake must be great for summers." Draco said peering at the small lake in front of him. He looked up at the tree next to him and knew he wouldn't be able to climb the willow tree. He smiled, remembering the time in Hogwarts when he had his first kiss with Jade on a tree. He turned around, to make the reference to her but saw her as pale as snow and looking as if she were about to break down at any given moment.
"What's wrong?" Draco immediately asked. Jade tightened her mouth and placed her hands over her face, not being able to bear the tension any longer.
"It's my entire fault! I should have been more careful!" Jade cried. Draco watched her in bizarre fear, wondering what in the world she was talking about. He walked towards her and placed a hand on her, seeing her shrug him off and shake her head.
"I'm pregnant Draco! I'm pregnant!" Jade sobbed.
Draco felt relieved. Of course he knew that. He realized that she was looking at him, waiting for his reaction; good or bad.
"Oh…oh you don't say?" Draco asked. He wasn't the best at acting per say, but at least he said something.
"You don't seem surprised…" Jade said looking at him suspiciously.
"No…I am…it's just, it takes time, no I am surprised." Draco pleaded.
Jade wondered if this was good or not. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Jade asked.
"Are you asking if I want it or not?" Draco asked her.
"Draco…please don't be angry with me. I want this child so badly. I've always wanted children all my life and to see my brothers and sister with all of their children and I'm the only one who doesn't. I got rid of the child the first time like you told me to but please don't ask me to give this baby up. I swear I won't let the child bother you or your work." Jade pleaded, wringing her hands together looking incredibly desperate.
Draco lowered her hands and got a good hold of her, seeing her look terrified.
"One of the biggest regrets in my life that I've ever made in my life and I'm saying this because I hardly ever regret anything I've done but one of them is that I asked you to abort our first child. It's a decision that I'll regret for the rest of my life and kill myself for. I'm not going to allow myself to make that selfish mistake again Jade. I realized that I want to have children with you more than I've ever wanted anything in my life." He said.
Jade stared at him, entirely stunned. She had not expected at all that he would tell her that he equally wanted the child as much as she did. She dreamt of it! Every dream that Jade had in her life was being fulfilled by Draco. Jade launched herself on him, kissing him fiercely. They fell on the ground and Jade kissed him, feeling him kiss back eagerly.
"I'm so glad that you're finally back. I love you…I've always loved you." Jade said ripping off her cloak.
"Hey! Easy! You'll catch your death here, trying to make love to me on the snow. Are you crazy?" Draco asked helping her up.
"I don't mind…I'm so happy, I think I'll take you anywhere." Jade told him. Draco grinned at her and pulled her into the house.
