A/N: okie, this fic has 50 chapters and i'm finished with writing and fixing all of them, hehe, so only a few chappies left :(, but there is an epilogue,

anywhos, i'm leaving on vacation on saturday october 14, so i will be posting two chapters daily in order to finish posting the fic before i leave, coz i don't want to leave anyone hanging. Tell me what you guys think it really does mean a lot.

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Chapter 44:

The morning after the matrimony was one of the best morning's Hermione had in a long time. As if it was planned Hermione didn't have any morning sickness, and it allowed her to cuddle with her husband till noon.

When they finally got up Draco decided it would be great to have a picnic on such a fantastic day. Hermione packed up a picnic basket and they left the house for the park in high spirits.

Draco and Hermione found a secluded tree and decided to have the picnic under that tree. The tree provided the advantage of a shade, and was located near the pond.

After eight amazing hours of being outdoors they packed up their belongings and headed back home. At home they enjoyed a short nap and went out to eat afterwards. They ate in a Mediterranean restaurant which was located in the center of London. After a nice romantic dinner they headed back home, to enjoy their second night as a married couple.

Draco woke up earlier then Hermione the next morning and left the bedroom quietly. He didn't want to wake Hermione up, after all she was pregnant and needed her rest.

He walked to a nearby bagel shop and purchased fresh bagels with various types of cheese. Once he got back home he started making the preparations for their breakfast.

By the time Hermione woke up Draco was finished with setting the table, they sat down and had a refreshing breakfast. After the breakfast they went apartment searching. When they were back from looking at various apartments they decided that they didn't find the one they loved yet, and noted to look further.

Hermione tried to convince Draco to hire a Real Estate Agent, but he insisted on doing everything on his own. Hermione just sighed in reply and decided to go along with Draco's decision. After all she didn't want to argue over such a minor thing.

They got home around 3 pm, Hermione headed to the bathroom right away. She had to take a quick shower otherwise she wouldn't feel right. Draco decided to use this time to watch some other absurd show on the muggle television.

Half way through Tom and Jerry Draco was distracted by a tapping on the window. He looked back over his shoulder and saw an owl that looked awfully familiar yet he couldn't remember where he saw that owl before.

It was a snowy white owl, probably one of the only white owls there was in England. He opened the window and let the owl in. The owl flew around looking for someone, once Draco realized it was probably looking for Hermione, he did the craziest yet sanest thing for the moment.

"Erm, if you're looking for Hermione, she's in the shower, but you can leave the letter with me, I'll make sure she gets it." Draco said to the owl.

The owl looked like it was considering his suggestion for a minute, and then flew over Draco and stretched out its leg for Draco to remove the parcel. As soon as the parcel was off of his leg, the owl flew away.

Draco hesitated over opening the parcel for a long time, but after all he decided to open it. They were married and he was sure Hermione wasn't keeping any secrets from him. Neither did he think she would mind if he read her post.

He opened the letter up, and started reading. The handwriting on the letter seemed strange but as soon as he read the first paragraph he understood who was the author.

"Hermione,

I am very sorry I didn't write to you for a while, I have been under very high danger and I couldn't risk it by sending out owls. But I do have very good news. I found and destroyed the last horcrux.

I was right, it was Nagini. Now all that's left is to find and kill Lord Voldemort.

Enough talking about me, how are you? How is your summer vacation so far?

Have you met with Ron, Ginny and Ruby? Or with anybody I might know for that matter?

Give Ron and Ginny my hello, and apologize from me, I barely have time to write anymore.

What is new in your life? Did anything exciting happen lately? Did you hear anything from your parents in the U.S.A? I hope they are having a great time relaxing.

Don't be too lonely alone, soon I will be back and we will all be able to hang out like we did back in Hogwarts.

I hope to see you very soon, Harry."

Draco read the letter over five times. He couldn't believe what he was reading. Not only was Hermione talking to Harry, as oppose to what she told him, Harry didn't have a clue about anything that's been going on between him and Hermione.

'Why wouldn't Hermione tell me about Harry? Why has she lied to me about that matter? Ok, maybe the first few weeks she didn't trust me enough and decided to keep it to herself; but now, how could she? We're married, and we're about to have a child. How could she keep this from me? What does she think I would do? Run off to the Dark Lord and spill it all to him?

Harry doesn't seem to know anything about my existence either, why wouldn't she tell him we're together? Is she ashamed of me? Is she ashamed of our love? Of our marriage and future child? If she's not, then why is she keeping it a secret? Isn't she fed up with fighting because of this? Wasn't our previous fight enough to learn the lesson? Would I ever be good enough? Would I ever be worth of her?"

Draco was feeling hurt and betrayed. He couldn't believe that the one person he told everything to the one person he loved more than life itself would keep major secrets such as this from him. What would cause her to act this way?

He sat on the couch, gripping the letter. He was furious. He tried to keep his calm, he kept on telling himself that it was all some sort of a mistake, but he didn't believe it.

He waited for Hermione to come out of the shower, and once he finally heard the water stop running he stood up and waited for her to come into the living room, with a deadly glare in his eyes.

Hermione walked into the living room with a smile on her face.

"Did you miss me, love?" she asked cheerfully.

She looked up at Draco, her smile faded away and was immediately replaced with a concerned look. Draco's face was red from anger, and his nostrils looked like they would shoot daggers out of them at any given moment.

Hermione didn't know what could have changed his mood abruptly. She looked up at him with a hint of fear in her eyes.

"Draco what is it?" she asked.