beware, angst and tears ahead! i warn you, this chappy has a huuuuuuge twist, ending in a cliffie that even i hated. and i wrote it!
anyway, enjoy this. cuz i have summer school in 4 days. (no, i did not fail any classes, i'm just doing some courses in advance cuz i wanna take gym next year... so savour this chappy)
tee hee!
Harry sighed happily as he lounged in the cozy, warm bed and Draco gently rubbed his aching feet and jam-jam dozed beside him. It was heaven. He took another bite of his peanut buttered celery and took a sip of his mango puree.
"How are you feeling now?" Draco asked, breaking the silence in the room.
"Better." Harry replied quietly. He had been feeling flashes of discomfort all day and his feet were hurting from all the unpacking they had done. On top of that, the family had to buy lots of new clothes, cancel multiple credit cards and start up new bank accounts. They were exhausted and Harry had been dead on his feet when he had finished packing his and jam-jam's clothes into the drawers and closet. But he couldn't help but worry about those subtle flashes. He hoped they weren't serious. The baby was due in only one month's time and he wanted to hold off on the labor for as long as possible.
He wasn't very nourished at the beginning of his pregnancy, as a result, the baby was small. Harry only hoped that the baby was healthy. Through all the recent drama, he hadn't been able to meet with his doctor. Harry's stress level had been high as well. But he could only hope and wish that they would be ready when his water broke.
"We need to set up a crib and change table for the baby soon." Draco said as his hand found Harry's belly. Harry hummed in agreement and comfort as he fell into Draco's arms and melted like an ice cream cone in the middle of summer. The warm, hard chest rumbled with soft chuckles as Harry burrowed into him and jam-jam rolled over to hug Harry's belly. The sight made Draco smile. He had a little family of his own.
"Mmmm, ba-ba?" jam-jam asked groggily as he woke, the next morning. He sat up; rubbing his eyes and saw his ba-ba sleeping on the bed beside him. He didn't bother to wake Harry up as he slid out of the bed and toed on his fluffy slippers ba'dray had gotten him. He walked over to the door and slipped out of the room. It was very quiet in the house and he was getting a bit scared. Maybe ba'dray was in the bathroom and he was on the toilet.
"Good morning, Jamison." Severus greeted the little boy. He refused to call him the 'ridiculous and childish' nickname that everyone else used.
"Good morning, Severus." Jam-jam said. "Is everybody still a sleeps?"
"No. Lucius and Cygnus are at the park and Draco is in the study." Severus informed the boy.
"Okay, thanks you!" jam-jam chirped he skipped to the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Severus sighed and continued on his way to the door. He was dressed in a grey sweater and dark dress slacks, ready to go out and find his husband and son.
Harry hummed contentedly as he stretched his back and sat up slowly. The day was already under way; he had better get out of bed.
He winced as pain erupted in his pelvic area and crawled up his spine. That could not be good. He panicked and called out for Draco, who came running immediately, almost knocking over jam-jam. He found Harry looking worriedly down at his belly, wincing once again.
"What's wrong, love?" Draco asked softly, going to rub Harry's belly softly.
"I've been feeling these weird flashes all of yester dayand now, they're painful… ouch" Harry said as another flash shot up his already sore back.
"Okay, let's go to the hospital, maybe the baby's coming." Draco said as he helped Harry sit up.
"But I'm only 8 months!" Harry cried. "It's too early!"
"It might just be normal, but we had better make sure. Jam-jam, go find Lucius and Severus and tell them that we have to go to the hospital." Draco said. He put extra clothes and things into Harry's new duffle bag and packed up a bunch of baby clothes and things for the baby.
"But Lucius is at the parks and Severus went outsides I thinks." Jam-jam said.
"crap." Draco cursed. "Okay, never mind. I'll just take you there and call them afterwards."
Harry gasped as he felt a sudden weird pop and liquid gush out from between his legs. Shit!
"Draco, my water just broke." Harry said shakily. Draco immediately slung the large bag over his shoulder and gave jam-jam the smaller duffle bag. He lifted Harry into his arms and rushed out of the house. He rushed to the car that the family was renting and opened the door and let Harry down on the passenger seat. He then buckled jam-jam into his car seat and hopped into the driver seat and started up the car. He drove at breakneck speeds and reached the hospital in record time.
Draco helped Harry into the hospital and kept jam-jam close. He spoke to the elderly receptionist, who only knew french, - thank god for french highschool courses - and got a wheelchair for Harry quickly. They were rushed into the maternity ward and Harry was immediately brought to the delivery room, given some pain relief drugs and ice chips. Draco sat with jam-jam for a few minutes before his eyes widened, he had forgotten all about jam-jam's medications and inhalers! And Lucius was probably at home wondering where the hell everyone went.
Draco dialed Severus and thankfully got an answer on the second ring.
"Sev, I need you get all of jam-jam's meds and get to the hospital, Harry's water broke and we're outside the delivery room. Jam-jam's fine right now, but he needs to take his medicine. So, get down here." Draco ranted. He did that when he was nervous.
"certainly." Severus drawled. "I suppose that we're coming in the RV?"
Draco then remembered the car that was left outside in haste to get Harry in the hospital. The car was probably towed by now.
"Yes…" Draco said.
"We're on our way." Severus said.
Draco nodded and sat back down beside jam-jam. He sighed and looked over at the small boy. Jam-jam's green eyes were looking right back at him. He held the duffle bag in his lap and he looked straight into Draco's silver eyes.
"What?" Draco asked, smiling slightly.
"I'm hungry, ba'dray." Jam-jam said. "And I thinks that ba-ba will be hungry too."
"Let's go to the food court and get some breakfast and get back here quickly, okay?" Draco said standing up, the walk would do his nerves some good. Jam-jam took Draco's hand and led the tall man to the Chinese food booth downstairs in the lounge. He asked for rice and sweet and sour chicken before they got up to the counter, asking also what Draco wanted to eat.
"Spring rolls. Lots of spring rolls." Draco replied looking at the menu board. He noticed that they didn't serve fried rice, Harry's favorite and he wondered why. Thoughts about Harry suddenly reentered his mind and he got worried all over again. What if Harry needed him right now? Couldn't this line go any faster? What if jam-jam had an asthma attack? Well, they were already at the hospital, so he guessed he could get help fast, but all the same, jam-jam hadn't had his medicines and he was already looking a bit pale. Draco was a binge worrier at times like these. He also pigged out on spring rolls when he was fretting.
Finally, jam-jam was eating his rice and chicken and Draco was gnawing at his fifth spring roll. His phone rang and he nearly dropped his precious roll. He answered the phone, and froze when he heard the voice on the other end.
"I hope the baby is delivered fine, I'd hate to see something happen to them, your Harry and your baby." The voice hissed. There was only one person in world who spoke like that. Voldemort.
"jam-jam, we need to go back to Harry now." Draco said, panicking and thinking the worst.
"Okay, I cans finish laters." Jam-jam said as Draco packed up the food in the plastic bag given to them and grabbed jam-jam and carried him all the way back to the waiting room. He froze, dead in his tracks as he saw the most gruesome sight he ever saw. Severus was unconscious, a bullet lodged in his chest, blood spilled all around him. All the doctors and nurses were shot and dead. Harry, Cygnus and Lucius were no-where to be found. Jam-jam's medicine bag was soaked in blood on the floor. The hospital bed that harry had previously occupied was soaked in blood and still warm.
"ba'dray? Is this a bad dream?" jam-jam whimpered brokenly. "Where's my ba-ba?"
Draco turned and ran. He took jam-jam home and dialed 911. He was in a daze and jam-jam was scared out of his mind, clutching at Draco, bawling his eyes out. Draco sat and cried with him for what seemed like hours.
Long after jam-jam had fallen asleep, Draco had an epiphany.
He would find his family and get his Harry back, or he would die trying. That Voldemort had better prepare himself.
what? severus! lucius! CYGNUS! HARRY NOOOOOOOOOOO!
WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO? TO JUST LEAVE JAM-JAM LIKE THAT? ALONE, (well, he had draco,) CRYING, AND SAD!
THE HUMANITY!
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