Hermione woke up the next morning leaned up against a warm body. She glanced over and smiled at Thomas, he had his arm wrapped around her shoulder, holding her to him, sound asleep with his head cocked in a very uncomfortable looking position and just a tiny bit of drool seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Most girls would find this gross but she found it endearing in a weird way. He had fallen asleep on the couch with her, in an obviously uncomfortable position for his taller frame and didn't seem bothered enough to try and move her.

"Am I drooling?" he mumbled, looking at her with one eye

Hermione chuckled, "Just a tiny bit."

He groaned.

"It's okay really" she told him in a cheerful voice, "Because I apparently drooled on your arm."

He glanced down and noticed the small wet spot and laughed. He sat up straighter and stretched, popping his back and neck as he did so.

"Remind me that couches are not the best place to sleep." he mumbled

"Agreed" She replied, standing from the couch so she could stretch herself.

Thomas took her out to breakfast considering his food supply was severely lacking. He made a mental note to make it to the market to stock up a bit. He then took her back to her flat as he had to be at the hospital in an hour for a 14 hour shift.

"What are your plans for tomorrow?" he asked as he walked her just inside the door.

"Nothing that I know of. I know Draco is supposed to owl me for a date and time to discuss the baby, but other then that."

Thomas nodded, "Well then, Would you like to join me for dinner tomorrow night?"

Hermione smiled, "Of course... what time?"

"I get off at 5 tomorrow... would say 7 be alright?"

"Sounds good to me." she replied.

He then took his chances, he knew she would either accept his kiss or slap him but there was only one way to find out. He raised his hand to her cheek and leaned in, placing a short but effective kiss on her lips. -- she didn't pull away.

"Ahem" a voice cleared from the couch.

Hermione whipped around to see an angry looking blond sitting on her couch and by the looks of him, he had been there for a while.

'Will you be alright?" Thomas asked. He knew the Malfoy's didn't have the best reputation.

"I'll be fine." she stated, stepping up to kiss him again, " and I'll see you tomorrow at 7."

Thomas gave her a nod, then nodded at Draco before apparating away.

"Moving on quickly I see." Draco sneered as he took on her rumpled clothes.

"I'll have you know that I have not done anything with him...yet." she knew that would piss him off but dammit he deserved it.

"So you sleep at some guys house?"

"I feel asleep on his couch as we watched a movie... but really, that's none of your business."

Draco waved his hand dismissively, he could tell by the look in her eyes that she was being truthful.

"Why are you in my flat?" she asked as it dawned on her where he was.

"I came here last night to talk."

"I told you to send an owl – you just cant pop over here anytime you want now, You ended things with me remember?"

"Thats neither here nor there. The fact is, you are carrying my child and I will continue to pop over to check on you whenever I feel the need."

"I'll change the wards." She said while crossing her arms.

"And I will get passed them like I always do."

She had tried to block him out a few times before during arguments but he always managed to get through them.

She huffed but made her way to the couch and sat down, "Whatever, lets just get this figured out."

"Fine by me."

They agreed that he would be involved as much as possible, including going to every appointment she had. He had insisted on using the Malfoy healer, but Hermione refused saying Thomas and Joseph would be her choice and he would just have to deal with it. They discussed living arrangements for after the baby was born, but he didn't commit himself to anything – if he had his way, they would be back together before the baby was born and living with him.

"Is there anything else?" she asked, starting to feel tired again – she was really starting to hate her hormones.

"Actually, I would like to discuss our relationship or lack there of." he replied

Hermione flipped her head back onto the back of the couch and sighed, "What's to discuss? I said I loved you.. you freaked out and within a few weeks you were already with someone else – seems pretty open and shut to me."

Draco shook his head, "That girl you saw me with was Blaise's sister.. I was merely taking her out as a favor to Blaise, nothing happened between us."

She quirked an eyebrow, "and I care why?"

"Dammit Hermione." Draco said while standing, "I told you that so you wouldn't think I wasn't just going out with random women... I want us to try again."

Hermione shook her head, "I'm seeing Thomas now and I'm happy with things so far."

"But that is my child you are carrying, not his."

"I know that Draco, he knows that but that doesn't change anything." Hermione replied while standing herself, "The fact of the matter is, I told you I loved you. I figured after a year it would be alright but you bolted, you left me feeling like I was wrong for saying it. If you couldn't handle what I said, how are you going to handle it when this baby says it – are you going to bolt on him or her too."

"I just wasn't expecting that and I panicked .. I'm sorry."

"And what about not replying when I told you I was pregnant? You left me hanging for weeks – it's not like I get pregnant everyday by a man who freaks out at the first sign of affection."

"I had to figure things out. I had to work out what I was going to do and how I was going to do it. It was a bit of a shock for me."

"I didn't have a chance to think on it.. I was pregnant, sick and had no one to help me. I had to deal with the first part of this alone while you sat in your parents manor, debating on what was best for Draco, not what was best for me or the baby."

Draco raised his hands in defeat, he knew she had a point and arguing it would do no good.

"Can we at least try? I want to be in both of your lives full time not part time while another man raises my child."

Hermione wanted to jump in his arms and tell him yes. She still loved him but his lack of response and his behavior made her seriously consider what their relationship was really made of. If he had returned her feelings, she felt that he should have come to her right away when she owled him.. not waited for weeks.

"Look Draco, I am really tired right now and I'm not entirely sure what I want from you. Just give me time to decide on my next move, let me decide what is best for me and this child."

Draco nodded, she was obviously not going to just take him back so he was going to have to work for it, prove to her that he could be the man she needed him to be. He wasn't sure what was going to happen but he was sure this Thomas guy was not going to play daddy to a Malfoy, not while he still had a breath in his body.