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Chapter 14: Grasping the Idea
Draco slowly awoke, hoping that what had happened was just a dream. But, as he slowly came back to consciousness and he saw a tear-struck Hermione lying next to him, he knew that her being pregnant was not at all a dream. Draco took her hand in his and upon feeling him, Hermione looked at him and threw her arms around his neck; sobbing even more.
"Shh..." Draco soothed, "It ok, Hermione."
"No it's not, I'm not ready to be a mum." She cried into his shoulder.
And there they sat in the infirmary, holding each other, Hermione crying on Draco's shoulder, and both at a lose for words.
'What do I say? How can I tell her everything will be fine?' Draco asked himself and then his head shot up as he heard the infirmary doors open. Draco scowled at seeing Potter and Weasley. 'What the bloody hell are they doing here?' Draco asked inwardly.
They both seemed to be fuming, "Hermione? What are you doing with him?" Ron asked. Clearly he didn't learn his lesson.
They didn't even acknowledge that she was crying or the fact that she was in the Hospital Wing and that pissed Draco off.
Hermione wiped away the tears and with a hick-up said, "You know fairly well what I'm doing with Draco."
Harry began to speak, but Hermione spoke first, "Please, you guys" She said with a sob, "I don't need this right now. If Ginny, Luna, and everyone else can accept my relationship with Draco, then so should you two. Now, I'm sick and tired of always being interrogated by the both of you." She cried and Draco rubbed her back.
"Maybe, you guys should leave." Draco suggested with a grim expression.
"You don't get to tell us what to do, Malfoy." Harry interjected.
"Quite the contrary." Said a humble voice from the infirmary door. Everyone looked to see Professors Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, and Kay. "You see Harry, Draco and Hermione are both Head Boy and Girl. So you have to listen to them, otherwise they can give you detention or dock house points." Dumbledore said with a smile, the twinkle in his eye present. "Now, with the condition Hermione is in, I suggest that the both of you," Dumbledore indicated to Harry and Ron, "Should leave."
"Condition?" Harry and Ron asked in unison.
Dumbledore looked to Hermione and Draco, both who were shocked that Dumbledore had already known, "Poppy informed me." He told them and they both just nodded any sign of shock completely gone. "Know would it be a good Idea to inform Harry and Ron of your condition, Hermione. For they both seem a little puzzled."
Hermione looked up at Draco and he just gave her a look telling her it was her choice. Hermione knew that right away Harry and Ron would criticize her, but they'd find out eventually. Hermione took a deep breath. This was all happening too fast. How did she get here? She knew how she got here, she wasn't completely stupid. But, what road had she turned on to be in this situation? Would this have happened to her if her parents were still alive? Hermione pushed the thoughts away. A being was growing inside of her, at first she was scared to death and regretted the night her and Draco spent together, but now, knowing that together, her and Draco created life, she smiled.
Looking to Harry and Ron, Hermione simply stated, "I'm Pregnant." Both Harry and Ron's eyes bugged. "And Draco's the father." Her smiled couldn't help but grow at the thought that Draco Malfoy was the father of their unborn child.
"Are you serious!" Ron bellowed.
"Yes, I am." Hermione said and she could feel Draco squeeze her hand. She looked to him and he lightly kissed her lips.
"Like I said before." Dumbledore stated. "Harry. Ron. The two of you should really leave." With that Professor McGonagall led them out of the infirmary. Dumbledore smiled at Hermione and Draco, "I believe that a Congratulations is in order." He told them and raised his hand, making blue and pink balloons appear. "Now, we should get going." He said looking to the other Professors. And they soon left, leaving Hermione and Draco alone.
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Hermione and Draco sat there in silence for what seemed to be an eternity. Then Madam Pomfrey came in a huge smile on her face, "Would you two, like to know the sex of you child?" She asked rather abruptly.
Draco and Hermione were still trying to grasp at the idea of having a kid. Hermione, though was a little further into the loop. She was starting to get a little exited that she was going to have Draco's child and Draco was even starting to think of names. Both knew that things were flying by at an extreme pace, but neither cared for the time being. And at the same time they both looked to the Medi-Witch and gave a nod.
Madam Pomfrey disappeared for a moment or two only to return with a milky like potion. "Take this and then we will see what that little bundle of joy will be." She said and gave a small laugh, noticing that what she just said rhymed.
Hermione looked at the potion skeptically. Realizing that Madam Pomfrey would never poison her, she popped off the stopper and downed the vile's contents, which tasted utterly awful.
From her expression, the Medi-Witch said, "I know it's not Pumpkin Juice but it does the job." And she gently took the vile from Hermione.
Suddenly a glow emitted from Hermione's stomach. The glow turned a bluish-green and Madam Pomfrey clapped her hand together and smiled, "Oh, Dearies." She said hugging Draco and Hermione both, "Your going to have a boy." The Medi-Witch tried to help herself from crying.
Draco's eyes widened and then a smile spread across his features. He was going to have a son. A son! And he was going to be a father, and a damn good one, not at all like his father. Draco Malfoy would show his son love and he would teach him how to do everything a boy needs to know how to do. Draco kissed Hermione's cheek.
Hermione felt the tears take over her eyes and wrapped her arms around Draco and cried into his shoulder. Her tears not of sadness, but of happiness.
"We're going to have a son." She sobbed and then laughed, "A son." She said backing away smiling at Draco. "Hopefully he has his fathers hair", she said with a laugh wiping her tears away.
"And his mothers eyes." Draco said wiping away a stray tear Hermione had not gotten.
Both getting wrapped up in the moment, kissed passionately, forgetting that the old Medi-Witch was still in the room with them. Poppy smiled at how well they coped with their exciting new. 'Most student, would have broken down in a heap on the floor. But, not these too.' She thought and exited the Infirmary, thinking that the new Mother and Father to be, needed some time to themselves.