A/N: Hey peoples, I'm back!!! It's finally the holidays and I've finally found the time to write. Thank you all for your reviews, I am so happy you won't believe it!! YAY!!! Anyways here's the next chapter…I hope you all enjoy it!

Chapter 27: Explanations

Later that night, Hermione and Draco walked into the dining room to find a magnificent feast awaiting them. it reminded Hermione of the start of year feast at Hogwarts and her eyes almost welled up in tears at the thought and all the good memories she had of Harry and Ron…she quickly pushed the thought out of her mind though, the last thing she wanted was for them to spoil a special day like today. There was so much food laid on the table, Hermione was sure not even the whole Gryffindor house could finish it, let alone just the four of them. Nick came bounding down the stairs and came to a sudden halt at the entrance.

'Mummy? Daddy? What's the occasion?' he asked looking wide-eyed at the food.

'Well you see Nick-' began Draco but Hermione cut him off with a quick squeeze of his arm and a sharp head shake. He looked at her questioningly and then at Nick, not knowing what to say.

'What your father meant to say is that it's a surprise' said Hermione, helping him out 'we'll tell you after dinner'

'Okay' said Nick dropping the topic and running to his spot on the table, and pulled a plate towards him, ready to dig in.

Hermione and Draco laughed heartily and sat down as well. Just then Narcissa walked elegantly into the room beaming. Soon they were all digging in to the delicious food. Hermione took two helpings of everything, she seemed to have found her appetite and the food in front of her was a lot appealing than it would have been that morning. Nick ate five helpings of the treacle tart pudding that Narcissa had prepared herself, and for once Hermione did not complain about how unhealthy it was for him.

Dinner soon ended and the quad migrated to the living room where Nick became preoccupied in playing with his Wizard Lego in front of the fire. Narcissa took a seat in a fluffy armchair after picking a random book from the shelf. Hermione and Draco however sat on the love seat having a quite argument about how they were to tell Nick of the baby.

'I don't get why we can't just tell him' whispered Draco, his eyebrows furrowing, reminding Hermione painfully of the time he had showed up on her doorstep and forced her to come live with him.

'Draco, Nick may seem like an easy going kid, but when it comes to things like this he really is not'

'He's going to find out anyways'

'Yes but we have to tell him so we aren't telling him'

'What are you on about Hermione?' asked Draco incredulously

'Well we have to give him hints, so that he figures it out for himself, so that-' said Hermione trying to make Draco understand

'Hermione' whined Draco

'What?'

'You're not making any sense; maybe you need to lie down'

'How dare you? All because I'm pregnant does not mean I've suddenly gone stupid!' whispered Hermione furiously, detangling herself from Draco's arms and glaring at the fire, her arms folded.

'That is not what I meant Hermione' said Draco, putting a hand on her shoulder, Hermione slapped it away.

'Mummy, Daddy, I just remembered, you were gonna tell me something after dinner' said Nick, interrupting the two, making them stare at him wide-eyed.

'We were?' asked Hermione, trying her best to sound innocent

'Yes Mummy' said Nick laughing at his mother's memory span 'remember, you is gonna tell me what the occasion was, why is we having such a BIG dinner' he emphasized the word "big" using his arms.

'Draco, Hermione, how could you not tell him' asked Narcissa scowling her son and soon daughter-in-law. Before either Hermione or Draco could stop her she said 'Nick you are going to be an older brother, how does that sound?''

'Nick is going to be a what?' asked Nick, his eyes wide, wandering from his parents to his grandmother

'An older brother' repeated Narcissa, beaming

'But…but…how?' asked Nick, just as shocked as before

'Well Nick' it was Draco who spoke this time 'Mummy's gonna have a baby, meaning that soon you're going to have a little brother or sister'

Just then Nick burst into tears. He wailed loudly making all three adults jump up in panic and run to his side.

'What's wrong Nick?' asked Narcissa, clearly surprised

'NICK IS NOT WANTING A LI'LE BORTHER OR SISTER…NICK IS WANTING NO ONE…NICK IS NOT WNATING TO BE A OLDER BROTHER…NICK IS WANTING TO BE NICK…JUST NICK!' and with that he threw his tiny arms around Hermione knees, sobbing uncontrollably.

'Calm down Nick' said Hermione keeling down and taking Nick into her arms 'now why wouldn't you want a little brother or sister?'

Nick looked up at Hermione with his big blue eyes, tears running down his face, his face twisted into a scowl that looked a lot like the one that Draco usually greeted Hermione with in their days back at Hogwarts. 'If Mummy is having a baby then Mummy and Daddy is going to forget all about Nick and then Nick is going to be all alone' stated Nick as a matter-of-factly before bursting into tears again.

'Oh Nick, Mummy would never forget about you' soothed Hermione running her hands through his baby-fine hair.

'And think about it' said Draco kneeling down to Nick's level along with Hermione and rubbed his back 'when the baby is born, you're going to have a new friend to play with, and you can teach them to fly'

'Weally?' sobbed Nick

'Yeah' replied Draco smiling at Hermione, who smiled back at his quick thinking. Nick looked up at his parents smiling and wiping his eyes with the back of his hand.

'When is the baby coming then?' he asked innocently.

Both Hermione and Draco burst out laughing.

'What?' asked Nick, equally as innocently.

Instead of replying, the two of them tickled him until he was laughing so hard that his face turned red. After that they took him up to his bedroom, putting him to bed. Narcissa watched the trio a small smile on her lips. Who would have thought that a girl like Hermione could change her son so much. She had always thought her son would turn out to be the monster Lucius was bringing him up to be, she was glad to see that that was not the case and that Draco might lead a normal, happy life.

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The next morning came with a surprise for those living at the Malfoy Manor. They were all enjoying breakfast; when a house elf walked into announce that Misters Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley and Miss Ginny Weasley had come to see Hermione. At first Hermione sat there her eyes wide in shock, but then quickly made her way to the entrance hall, Draco hot at her heels.

'Hello' she greeted her "friends" who turned to look at her, not knowing what to say. 'Shall we make our way to the living room then?' she asked, leading them down the hall and into the magnificent room. The three visitors stared wide-eyed at their surroundings, taking it all in. They all sat down. Harry and Ginny on the three-seater couch, Ron in an armchair and Draco and Hermione on the love seat, Draco's arm resting casually across the top (a fact that made Harry and Ron look at each other in disgust).

'Hermione' said Ginny finally finding her voice 'we came to talk to you, to give you a chance to explain, you know explain everything about…' she finished looking at Draco.

'Exactly what do I need to explain?' asked Hermione

'Well you wanna start with what exactly made you sleep with that ugly ferret?' growled Harry; he earned himself a sharp elbow in the stomach from Ginny.

Hermione stared at him incredulously, while Draco simply smirked. 'Well she couldn't resist me Potter, you know how sexy I am' he said examining his nails, looking at Harry from above his hand, his eyebrow raised.

Harry made a move to jump on Malfoy but Ginny held him back. 'You filthy little…'

'Shut up Harry' said Ginny turning to him 'Hermione please, just tell us why him? He treated you like dirt at school and now suddenly you're marrying him? What is up with that?'

'Well Ginny' said Hermione before Draco could speak 'I really don't know how to explain this but Draco-'

'Draco' exclaimed Ron, speaking for the first time.

'Yes Ron I do call him Draco, we are going to be married, it would be really sad if I called him Malfoy, because I am going to be one soon' said Hermione, her word affecting both Harry and Ron with unnecessary intensity 'anyway, like I was say Ginny, Draco changed, I love him now, that is why I am marrying him.'

'But what about before this? What about Nick? If you love him so much why didn't you tell him before?' asked Harry, fuming at the fact Hermione had said she loved Malfoy.

'Well…you see-'

'See, now you don't know what to say, well spit it out Hermione, how are you going to explain that?'

'HARRY POTTER! HOW DARE YOU? I DO NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF TO YOU! HOW CAN YOU EVEN SAY THAT? I WILL DO WHATEVER I WANT, MARRY WHOEVER I WANT, AND YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS IN TELLING ME TO DO OTHER WISE, YOU UNDERSTAND ME?'

Everyone in the room was quite taken aback by Hermione's little out burst, well everyone except Draco, who's had was now slowly running up and down Hermione's back, in an attempt to calm her down. This did not go unnoticed and soon Harry was on his feet, he ran at Draco and punched him squarely in the nose.

'Don't touch her' he said furiously.

'What the FUCK Potter' yelled Draco, his nose bleeding horribly, he got up and pushed Harry roughly on the shoulders, making him fall back. Ron had gotten up by this time and lunged at Draco, throwing punches at his face. But this did not last long as Draco threw Ron off himself and punched him in the jaw, there was a horrible crunching sound, but Draco did not stop, he dug his knee deep into Ron's stomach, making him cough blood everywhere. At this Harry jumped onto Draco's back.

Unknown to the adults, Nick was watching the fight secretly from the doorway. 'Go Daddy!' he whispered to himself.

The fighting would have continued if it hadn't been for Hermione pulling out her wand pointing it at the three fighting men, yelling a spell that made the three break apart and land at different sides of the room ('Go Mummy!' whispered Nick).

'That will be ENOUGH!' said Hermione looking at her fiancé and her two friends. 'If either of you three so much as put a finger on each other I will hex you into oblivion, do you understand me?'

The three nodded before returning to their places. Harry and Ron glared daggers at Draco who simply, being the bigger man ignored them so that Hermione didn't loose her temper again; it was bad for her, especially in her condition.

'Now, Harry…and Ron I suppose, Draco is going to be my husband, he has every right to touch me ('yeah how do you think Nick was made?' thought Draco silently) so you will not retaliate every time he does so. Now I want to make something very clear, to all three of you, I am marrying Draco because I love him, I don't think you need to question me any further. Also that if you're not happy about my decision then I don't know what I can do, you're either going to have to accept it or just not continue being my friend.'

'We all understand Hermione, we accept your decision' said Ginny looking at Harry and Ron pointedly, who nodded.

'And Draco' said Hermione turning to him 'they are my friends, you're going to have to-'

'Yes baby I understand' said Draco cutting her off.

'Good' said Hermione smiling and giving him a quick peck on the cheek. It was then, out of the corner of her eye that Hermione spotted Nick peering at them from around the door frame. 'Nick you can come in now, I can see you' she said.

Everyone turned to look as Nick walked into the room, his face bright red.

'Hey Nick' said Harry

'Hello Uncle Hawwy' said Nick going up to him. Harry took him into his arms. 'Mummy, why is everyone fighting?' he asked turning to look at his mother.

'It doesn't matter Nick, they're not going to fight anymore' said Hermione

'Okay' replied Nick 'guess what Uncle Harry?'

'What Nick?'

'Nick is going to be a older brother, I is going to have a little brother or sister, and I is going to teach them to fly and-'

'What!' exclaimed Harry looking at Nick wide-eyed. He turned to Hermione for some sort of explanation.

'Yes Harry I am pregnant' said Hermione without looking at him. Harry didn't say anything, just stared and so did Ron. Ginny, however, squealed and ran up to Hermione and gave her a big hug. Hermione smiled at her.

'I'm so happy for you' said Ginny

'Yeah, Hermione congrat-congratulations' Harry managed to say. Ron also offered his congratulations before Draco said:

'Bloody kid, just can't keep his mouth shut'

They all laughed at this while Nick stared confused. Grown ups are weird he thought.

A/N: there we go people…watchu think? REVIEW!!! This is like probably one of my biggest chapters lol.