Last time:
He leaned over close to her ear and whispered "Everything will be alright now, I promise."
She mumbled a little but stayed asleep. Not caring that Blaise and Harry were still in the room, he placed his hand on her stomach and started a gentle rub, earning him a kick of thanks from the baby growing inside.
Now:
A week later, Hermione was back in the new house, where Draco had moved in without giving her a choice, not that she minded. He had spent the last week making sure she was no longer dehydrated and her vitamins were back to normal. Blaise and Harry continued to make daily trips to the house to check on her, even playing a small prank on Draco by taking their shirts off and crawling in the bed with her one on each side, spooning and pretending to be asleep. After Draco ripped the covers off the bed, vein bulging from his neck, Harry and Blaise burst out laughing and tore down the stairs to avoid being punched.
Hermione was put on bed rest because of something the hospital picked up during a scan, the healer thought he had heard two heart beats, but when he went to check again he only found one strong beat. They decided to do a scan, much like a muggle ultrasound, but found only one heart beat and one baby. They feared the baby might have had a slight heart murmur thus making the call for bed rest.
Today was the day Draco planned on asking her to marry him. He placed a call to the healer that placed her on bed rest to see if it was alright to take her out to dinner, once he was given he okay, he made reservations at one of the nicest restaurants around.
"Come on Hermione, the reservation is at 7, do I need to come up and carry you down?" he yelled up the stairs.
"I'm waddling as fast as I can, I'd like to see you take on pregnancy for one day, just one."
She made her way down the stairs, ignoring the dull ache in her back figuring it was just because of the added weight of the baby on her small frame. Draco had gone out earlier that week, leaving Hermione in the care of Blaise and Harry, to buy a muggle car, knowing it was no longer safe to floo or apparate. Unfortunately for Hermione, Draco bought an S.U.V. She made her way outside and looked to the large black vehicle and turned to Draco.
"How am I supposed to get into that thing in my condition?" she asked, trying to figure out why he would buy such a large car.
"I'll help you get in and out, if I had thought about it, I would have bought you a step stool or something." he finished with a chuckle.
"Oh shut up and help me in the damn car."
Draco came up behind her and attempted to lift her up, she wasn't heavy, just awkward. She pulled herself in by the handle, Draco pushing her up by her butt. "Damn woman, do you have to make everything so difficult."
Once she was in she gave him a healthy smack on top of the head. "It wouldn't be difficult if you had bought a normal sized car." Draco closed the door, chuckling as he walked around the back so she wouldn't see him laugh.
Thirty minutes later, they arrived at the restaurant. Draco not wanting to cause a scene, decided to lift Hermione out of the car. When they walked in they were taken to one of the best tables available.
"This is so sweet Draco." she said as she looked around.
"Well, I figured we'd go out one more time before the baby gets here." he replied, turning up the charm.
"Well I think this place is great and I couldn't have chosen better myself." she smiled at him sweetly as he gave himself an imaginary pat on the back.
The dinner was nice, they ended up having a conversation on baby names, which put them no closer to finding a name then before. Draco wanted to dance, but didn't bring it up due to the fact she was on bed rest. Deciding that this was the perfect time, he stood from his seat and walked around to her side, earning him a raised eyebrow. He smiled and dropped down to one knee, causing Hermione to freeze and everyone within 40 feet to turn around and watch.
"Hermione, I know we haven't been together long, but I realized when you went missing that I loved you. I had dreams about you and our baby night after night. All I wanted was to be with you again, hold you again... and never let you go. Hermione, will you do me the honors of becoming my wife?"
She was still frozen solid, there was Draco, now on one knee, saying the sweetest things while holding out the Malfoy ring with what seemed like a million people watching.
"Draco, I would love to marry you." she said with a smile as he placed the ring on her finger, "but only after you take me to the hospital."
"Hospital?" he asked confused
"Yes, Hospital, my water just broke."
Draco went into what is commonly known as panic, he threw some money on the table and scooped her up in his arms, running all the way to the car.
"What the hell am I supposed to do?" he asked himself after putting her in the car and climbing in.
"You can start by driving." she replied with nervousness, she still had at least six weeks to go before this was supposed to happen.
"Right" was all he said as he started the car and drove off. The hospital was twenty minutes from the restaurant, he made it in 13. He scooped her up once again, and made his way into the hospital.
"She having a baby, and its early." he yelled to any healer he could find. She was quickly taken up to the maternity ward and given a room.
The healer who Draco had phoned earlier in the day was on call, "Maybe the dinner wasn't such a good idea." he said to Draco before walking over to her.
"Have you been having and pain today?" the healer asked
"My back was hurting a bit, I just assumed it was the weight of the baby." she replied
"Well Ms. Granger, with the fact that your water broke, I can tell you that you'll be having a baby soon enough."
She already knew that thanks to the pregnancy books, but obviously Draco missed that chapter because he started to pace back and forth through the room.
