For the next couple of days, Jade had been thoroughly consistent with her life. Every morning she'd wake up to Draco, they would talk in bed for a while, get up, shower, eat and leave together for work. They had set a date for dinner with Hermione and Harry and Jade wasn't surprised at all when the two showed up alone with their children sans spouses. Jade was relieved to start seeing Draco and Harry finally start to get along but their occasional jabs at each other were inevitable.
"So where did you order your food? I know you well to know that you can't even boil water." Hermione said handing Jade the washed dishes as Jade wiped them.
"You know me well, but you don't seem to know Draco well do you?" Jade asked seeing Hermione gasp.
"Draco cooks?" Hermione asked.
Jade went to nod but she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. "Hmm." Jade hummed, placing a hand on her stomach.
"What's wrong?" Hermione asked as Jade shrugged, still rubbing her stomach.
"Just lately I've been feeling a bit strange." Jade said.
"What do you mean strange?" Hermione asked.
"I'm still getting used to the shift from New York to London I guess. It's been a few months, I'm supposed to get used to it right now." Jade said.
"Are you constipated? Bloated? Do you have indigestion?" Hermione asked.
"Ough drop it Hermione." Jade said feeling embarrassed. She hated going to the doctor and never felt comfortable discussing how her body worked with someone else. Even if it was Hermione.
"You looked like you gained weight. That's good though." Hermione said seeing Jade nod.
"Draco loves it." Jade said.
The two women laughed and finished up the dishes. Jade and Hermione walked back to the living room to see Draco and Harry talking to each other and occasionally watching the children's show that Albus, James and Rose watched enthusiastically. Jade sat next to Draco feeling incredibly exhausted. Her head was spinning and Jade rested her head against his chest.
"Are you all right? Is your head killing you again?" Draco asked as Jade nodded.
"I don't know why." Jade said.
"Rose is falling asleep. I think we should leave. Ron's all alone at home." Hermione said picking Rose up.
"You're such a bad mother Hermione. How can you leave your youngest at home? Poor baby." Jade joked. Harry, Hermione and Draco laughed.
"Yeah well, Albus and James are walking past their bed time. I think we should leave." Harry said getting up.
"Thank you for dinner. Draco, you cook so well. Men like you are so hard to find nowadays, Jade's really lucky to have someone to cook for her." Hermione said knocking her shoulder with Jade's.
"Hey, let's not give Draco all the credit. Draco's lucky to have someone that actually eats his food." Jade said.
"Oh what I wouldn't give for a wife like that. Speaking of such an ill fated word, mine is probably ripping her hair out and running around the living room, owling her mother and accusing me of cheating on her. I'm going to leave before she packs her suitcases and reaches the Firewhiskeys." Harry said sarcastically. He smiled to himself as if he was enjoying some private joke and Hermione cringed in embarrassment.
"Er…yeah I guess you should go then." Jade said opening the door, starting to see white bright lights searing in front of her eyes. She blinked, clutching the door, trying to steady her balance. She heard Harry's muffled and far away voice call out her name. Her eyes rolled back and she dropped into Draco's strong arms, blacking out completely.
Jade opened her eyes to see Hermione looking back at her intensely.
"Draco's told me you've been having frequent headaches and issues of fatigue?" Hermione asked, helping Jade up.
"I gave you a conscious potion and asked the boys to leave. I need to ask you a few questions because Draco's not helping at all." Hermione said as Jade nodded.
"As if I've never heard that before." Jade said. "What's wrong with me Hermione? Why do I feel so weak?" Jade asked.
"Well that's what happens when the body supports two beings in one." Hermione said.
"What? I'm possessed?!" Jade yelled. Hermione stared at Jade for a moment and burst out laughing.
"Jade! Don't be silly! You might be pregnant." Hermione said.
Jade paled. She was not expecting this news at all. The very thought of something, a child growing in her made her stomach twist and churn. She didn't know if she would be happy or sad, but she did know one thing. She was absolutely terrified.
"We don't know if you are actually expecting or not Jade. Please relax and cooperate with me. When was your last menstrual period?" Hermione asked.
Another weight pressed against Jade's chest. How stupid was she to miss her period last month? She should have bloody noticed!
"Jade!" Hermione said.
"7 weeks ago." Jade said slapping herself in the face. Hermione told Jade to lie down and took her wand out. The wand cast out a blue light and Jade placed her hands on her face, groaning.
"It's confirmed. You're pregnant and you're around three weeks and a few days into the pregnancy." Hermione said. There was a knock on the door and Hermione told Draco to come in.
"What happened to her?" Draco asked from the doorway. He opened the door wider to see Jade place her hands over her face as if someone had died.
"Oh no…is something really bad? Do we need to take her to the hospital now?" Draco asked Hermione who tried fighting back her smile. He was truly confused and wondered what it was that made Hermione smile and Jade look incredibly depressed. A pillow smacked him in the face and Draco looked up startled to see Jade glaring at him.
"I am pregnant!"
Draco's face fell and he looked at Hermione for confirmation. "Honestly, if this is a joke, I wouldn't fare well in it." Draco said bleakly. "If you hadn't been told, this prank has been pulled on me before and I never found it funny." Draco said.
"Cast the pregnancy charm over her to see if she's pregnant or not. See the truth for yourself." Hermione said.
Draco stood there grimly, not wanting to be made a fool by the two women.
"I'm not Ginny Weasley Draco and out of all the pranks I can pull on you it will definitely not be this." Jade said.
Hermione got up and placed a hand on Draco's shoulder. "I'll leave you two alone. Good night." Hermione said softly. Jade nor Draco said a word as Hermione left.
"This is it." Jade whispered.
"This is actually real?" Draco asked seeing Jade nod.
"We're both going to be…parents." Jade said as the word tickled her entire body.
This was the first time she was going to be a mother. She couldn't even take care of herself, how was she going to take care of this child? A fresh batch of terror swept through her body and Draco wrapped his arms around her, digging his face into her stomach. She realized that this was so important to Draco. She never forgot the strange glint in his eyes when she witnessed Ginny told him she was 'expecting' their so called child. She recalled how insanely jealous she was to see Ginny receive all that attention and newfound affection that she never deserved.
She knew by that moment that Draco wanted to be a father his whole life and still did. She couldn't imagine how he must have felt when he found out when there wasn't a child at all, that he was being lied to. She saw how wounded he looked even summarizing the story to her when they had met after all those years. This pregnancy made her feel a bit happier knowing that this was real and that Draco was going to get what he really wanted, even though it scared her shitless. She ran her hands through his hair feeling him kiss her stomach tenderly.
"To know I'm having my first child with you drives me insane with joy." He said.
She smiled at him loving that words like these coming from him touched her and always reminded her why she loved him so much in the first place.
"Are you sure it's mine?" Draco joked.
Jade's smile deflated and she gave him the iciest stare she could muster up from her super worn out body. And there were times where words like these coming from him wanted her to desperately club him over the head and throw him out the window.
"Our baby is too early to give you a well deserved kick so I'll give you one on his behalf." Jade said hitting Draco hard.
"You know that hurt." Draco said snuggling into her stomach again.
"I hope it did." Jade said.