I sat on my bed, cuddling under the sheets, wishing Draco was here. And suddenly he appeared. "Draco!" I got out of bed and ran to him. He gave me a tight hug, a long tight hug. He wouldn't let me go. He kissed my head. "I love you, Hermione." "I love you, too."
He finally let me go and looked at me. "What happened? Did he hurt you?" "No, I'm okay. Now." "What happened?" I demanded. He looked at his toes. "Nothing important." I started to protest but he silenced me with a kiss. "I'm perfectly okay, that's the only thing that matters, isn't it?" I smiled and nodded. "Sure."
I woke up with the same old routine;puking. And I couldn't deny it any longer. I was pregnant. I didn't know how I was going to tell Draco. Would he leave me? Would he hate me? Would he love the baby? I planned on telling him over lunch, but he was gone. I shrugged it off and ate alone.
He arrived back just at 6PM. "Hey Hermione sorry I wasn't here. I'll be here tomorow though." I kissed him on the cheek. He held my waist the rest of the day, kissing me, unwilling to let me go. I didn't mind.
We crawled in bed together, us on our sides facing eachother. I snuggled my face into the space between his shoulder and neck. He held me tight. "I love you," he murmured in my ear just as I fell asleep.
I woke up to Draco thrashing in his sleep, yelling, "No...love...stop...killing...love...mine....stop..." over and over. I shook him awake. "Babe, babe it's me. C'mon, wake up!" His eyes flew open and he smacked me, right in the middle of the forehead. I stumbled backwards, my eyes wide with shock. His head turned. "Hermione?" "Uh, yeah!" "Oh gosh, sorry." He rushed over by me. "It's fine, it's fine. What were you dreaming about?" "Huh?" "You were screaming in your sleep. It scared me." "Oh...oh that? Nothing. It was just a dream."
All day Draco was so lovable. Always holding onto me. After lunch he scooped me up into his lap. I nuzzled the side of my head on his chest, and listened to his heart beat. He rocked me back and forth. It was silent for a while, his head resting on mine, but then I broke it.
"Draco, I'm pregnant." I blurted out. His head shot up. "What?" "I said I'm pregnant." "Are you absolutly sure?" "yes. The morning sickness. Everything. It all fits together." He closed his eyes,and I saw a tear slip out. "This is all my fault. I should never, ever have taken advantage of you." "Draco this is both of our fault's. And I did it too, so you didn't take advantage of me, okay?" I rambled. And in a smaller voice, "I love you." He looked at me. "I love you too."
A week later, with one week left of vacation time, Draco took me to St. Mungo's to check on the baby...
Well, I went into the bathroom to change into my hospital robe, and what do you know! I got my period! I squealed, and Draco, who was waiting outside, rushed in. I looked at him with a huge grin. "What?" Draco asked. "I got my period! I'm not pregnant!!" All of this seemed to dump on him like a ton of bricks. "Wait, are you sure." "Yes, I'm sure!" He smiled a wide smile and I jumped into his arms. We left the hospital and back to Hogwarts. Everything was abosolutly, wonderfully amazing.
The last couple days of Christmas vacation Draco kept screaming in his sleep. The same things over and over. "Kill....no....love....stop....her....no!!!" And that's when it happened.
The last day of Christmas vacation, when it started getting dark, Draco freaked. "Hermione, Hermione..." He called frantically. "I'm in the bathroom!" I walked out and when I did Draco pulled me into a tight hug. "Honey, you're going to have to trust me. I need you to trust me, okay?" "Uhm, yeah, sure." "Okay. We're gonna apparate somewhere..." "Wait, we have classes tomorow. I should be studying..." I looked away and he pulled my chin to where I was facing him again. "Hermione this is serious!" His eyes met mine, and I understood that it was serious. He looked scared. A bad scared.
We apparated to a forest. "Damn it! No! Hogwarts would have been safer than this!" He muttered to himself. "Draco, what is it?" He looked at me with sad eyes. It was dark around us, the trees barely moving from the little bit of wind. And Draco's head snapped behind him. He tackled me and I fell behind a tree. "Draco what the hell?" "Shh," he crouched on top of me, looking at me, and then behind his shoulder. I swore I saw a couple tears escape his eyes. "Babe, please, please stay here. No matter what. No matter what!" I looked around me. "Draco what are you talking about?" "Damn it Hermione just promise me!" I was taken aback by his words. "Sorry," I mumbled and his eyes got soft.
"No, I'm sorry, just please, please promise me. Don't leave this spot. No matter what!!" He whispered now.
"Yes...I promise."
He kissed my forehead. "Good girl. I love you." He touched my cheek, and apparated somewhere before I could even say 'I love you' back. I looked around me, frightened. Where did he go? What was wrong? What was happening??