It's been about two nights since Draco had sent his owl, Midnight out to send Hermione that love letter he had written. He waited each night to see if his owl was coming to him. He wondered if his owl had gotten lost, or even worst, someone had tracked it. Of course, no one would dare cross ways with a Malfoy or the Dark Lord himself. He waited patiently at his desk watching the night skies. His heart began racing because he saw his owl and it was carrying a letter. He quietly opened the window and let the bird fly into his bedroom.
His heart was accelerating like crazy. He walked over to the bird and pulled the string that was holding the letter onto the bird's leg. He unrolled the parchment and sat down on his chair and began to read the letter from Hermione. He was carefully reading each of her words. When he came to the words, "I'm with child, love," his eyes widened to the size of saucers that would give Dobby a run for his money.
"She's pregnant," Draco said setting the letter onto his mahogany wood desk. He stared at the letter and put his hands on the sides of his face and stared out of the window thinking of what had just happened. Slowly, a smile began to form on the young Malfoy's face. A true smile, which had been rarely seen in the past months since he was forced to become a Death Eater.
"I'm going to be a father," He said and put his face in his hands and felt tears well in his eyes. He shook lightly and uncovered his face still having that bright smile on his face. Tears were running down his face as happiness took over him, "Wow," He said to himself. He just stared at the letter with a smile on his face and ran his fingers through his blonde hair as he stared at the letter.
"I wish I was with you, my beautiful Hermione," Draco said with a smile still playing on his lips. He longed to be with Hermione since he now knew that she was carrying his child. It wasn't just that she was carrying the next generation of Malfoy's, but it was how he wished he could see their child grow and watch her belly expand. As corny as it sounds, he wanted to feel it kicking against his hand as he had it sitting on top of her stomach.
A few knocks sounded at Draco's bedroom door. Draco put the letter in his drawer and locked the drawer with a special spell he had created himself. He called it the Personal spell. It only responds to its caster, meaning if Draco had locked the drawer, only he is able to open it. Magic or no magic. Draco hoisted himself up from his chair and opened his door and saw his mother standing at his doorway with a tray full of food. He smiled and let his mother in.
"Draco, I brought you some food," She said and shut the door and cast a silencing charm upon the door, "Tell me, dear, what have you been up to all day, dear? You've shut yourself in this bedroom for the past few days," She said taking a seat on Draco's bed and smoothing out the silky green covers with her hand.
"I was waiting for a letter I had sent to a friend," Draco replied nonchalantly. On the inside, he was the proudest man, he could take his Nimbus 2001 and fly straight to the moon and back.
"From whom, may I ask, Draco?" Narcissa asked her son quietly. Narcissa could see that Draco had obviously received the letter because he was holding back a large smile. He looked rather animated and was forcing a straight face. Narcissa leaned forward and pulled Draco and his wheely chair towards her so she could talk to him. "Draco Nicholas Malfoy, I am your mother and don't pull this stint on me. I want to know what is making you so… alive! You're smiling on the inside, my darling boy," She said putting her hand to his cheek making him blush a deep shade of red.
"Mother," He murmured looking down at his feet and the floor, "I am happy for the first time in a long while," He said softly letting the smile grow on his lips once again, "I truly am."
"Who is the girl, baby boy?" She asked taking his hands in hers and looking Draco in his silver eyes. He smiled once more and looked at his mother wondering if she would take the whole "Muggle-born girlfriend" thing well.
"Promise not to get mad, mum?" He asked her and she nodded with a small smile on her face, "Hermione Granger," He said and his mother raised an eyebrow at him and he chuckled aloud softly, "We both had a lot on our plates. I had the duty the Dark Lord had assigned me and she had the duty of helping Potter and we were both stressed. When we first began meeting up, it was accidental because I told her to get lost various times. We would sit down by the black lake at different ends of it. One day, it was rather cold, mind you, she was crying from that Weasel breaking her heart just to be with Lavender Brown, and we ended up talking for hours," Draco said with a smile on his lips, "Mum, you mustn't tell anyone of the relationship between Hermione and I, it's completely confidential," Draco said to his mother. She nodded with a smile on her face.
"Draco, I know you dear, there's still more to the story," She said looking at her son with a smile on her lips. She was proud, her son had finally found love in the world, and it was in the person who wasn't of pureblood status, or a Slytherin. She was rather proud of her son for breaking the wretched pure blood measures.
"Yes," He confirmed to his mother, "Hermione's also…" He said trailing off thinking about how far along she actually is, "Four months pregnant," He said after a few moments of silence, "It's my child."
"Draco," Narcissa said putting her hand over her mouth in surprise. Narcissa thought that her son was still pure. She still thought of him as her cute, little innocent being who had yet to enter Hogwarts, but sometimes, she forgot of that. "Are you sure it's yours, sweetheart?"
"Of course, mother, do you doubt me? Besides, Hermione would never lie to me. Besides, the only other person she's dated was Viktor Krum," Draco said and he smiled wide at his mother. Narcissa couldn't help but smile back at her son, he looked so happy and was looking forward to something.
"You look happy, sweetheart," Narcissa said to her son patting his hands.
"I am happy, mum. I'm ecstatic about this. For the first time in a really long time, I have something to look forward to. I want to be able to watch my son grow up to be a strong person and I want to raise him the way Father should have raised me," Draco said and Narcissa smile and a thought popped into her head from what Draco had said only moments ago.
"It's a boy?" Narcissa asked and Draco smiled.
"I don't know, but I know it will be. Mum, the Malfoy's have a long line of boys, it's definitely going to be a boy," He said with a laugh evident in his voice, "I wonder what he, or she, will look like," Draco said smiling at his mother, "I hope he looks more like `Mione, she is, after all, the good looking one out of us two," Draco said and Narcissa let out a soft chuckle.
"Draco, I'm sure the baby will be a perfect combination between the both of you, dear. I'm also positive that both you and Miss Granger will love this child to its bones," Narcissa said rubbing Draco's shoulder in reassurance.
"I just hope they're both okay. They're all being tracked, mum. Her, weasel, and Potter. Especially Potter. The Dark Lord wants `Mione dead, but mum, I can't let that happen," Draco said and Narcissa nodded looking at her son, "I want my beautiful `Mione and our baby to be safe. I also want them to be healthy," He added.
"Here's what I'll do, Draco. We had purchased another house-elf shortly after Harry had released Dobby from our family and I will send that house-elf to take care of Hermione, okay? I happen to know that this house-elf has studied medical things and knows how to care for children," Narcissa said smiling at her son softly. She saw Draco nod in agreement and then looked at his mother's eyes, "I'm going to be a grandmother," She said to her son softly.
"I'm going to be a father," Draco said and looked at his mother. She leaned forward and hugged Draco tightly to her and let out a deep breath she hadn't realized she had been holding.
"You're going to make a great father, Draco, I can assure you that. I want you to try your best and teach through experiences. Just don't follow anything Lucius taught you," She said to her son softly and stared at him, "Where did my baby go, Draco? I still think of you as that little infant who would sit in the backyard and play with Dobby in the mud," Narcissa said and Draco chuckled.
"He's growing up, mum, he's becoming a parent himself," Draco said and smiled at his mother, "Mum, I have a-"
Narcissa cut Draco off and smiled at him as she said it, "Yes Draco, I'll keep Hermione's pregnancy a secret," She said and kissed her son's forehead before leaving the room. Draco sat in his chair staring at the door watching his mother leave. Before now, he never realized how much love his mother really did give him. She really did love him unconditionally. He wondered how Potter's relatives would react if Potter had gotten a girl (especially a witch) pregnant. He imagined that Potter would be kicked out.
"I'm going to do whatever it takes to protect them, Cecilia," Draco said to his owl and stared at the night skies praying that both Hermione and his child were okay.