Hermione sat by Draco's hospital bed, holding his hand, watching his chest rising and falling. It was almost mid day, the day after the kidnapping. The girls were with the Weasley's while Hermione awaited news of her husband. She hadn't left his side since she was allowed access to it.
When she had first arrived at St. Mungo's, Ginny and Mrs. Weasley had accompanied her for moral support, in case the worst case scenario had occurred. Thankfully it hadn't; yet anyway. Healers had been attending to Draco, doing whatever they could to get him to wake up. They had, thankfully, removed the piece of glass that had pierced his side and healed the opening, leaving a small scar; however he had lost so much blood that he had been close to death. The healers had given him a blood replenishing potion, but it was slow moving, and he had yet to open his eyes. Everything appeared normal. All she could do was wait.
So that's what Hermione had been doing for the last twelve hours. Waiting. And waiting. And waiting. Nothing had changed. Draco remained unconscious, his heart beating and his breathing steady. Not a twitch was seen, not a movement made. Hermione was frustrated. She didn't understand what was going on and why he wasn't waking up.
Her eyes were tired; tired from crying, tired from lack of sleep, tired from worry. She couldn't take it anymore. She laid her head on the bed, her hand clutching Draco's, and closed her eyes, sighing.
"Please wake up," she murmured sleepily, "please Draco. I need you."
She felt like a broken record, repeating the same thing over and over again. She was beginning to get angry at him, and she curled her hands into fists, banging them onto his bed.
"Damn it Draco! Don't do this to me! Don't leave me! Do you hear me? I won't let you leave me! Not like this! Wake up, Draco! Damn it! Wake up!"
She brought her hands up to her head, clutching a hand full of curls in each hand, "you listen to me Draco Malfoy." She said quietly, dropping her hands to her sides; curls stuck out at an odd angle. "If you die on me I will never forgive you! Do you hear me, love? I will never forgive you!
"You have three beautiful daughters waiting back home for you. A loving wife who would do anything for you! And… and…" Hermione sobbed harder, "I never got to tell you, Draco, but I'm pregnant. Pregnant Draco! You have another baby on the way! That baby can't grow up without you! That baby needs their daddy to help them grow! You can't leave us, Draco. Not now. And not like this. So wake up, Damn it!"
"How do you expect me to sleep when you're screaming like a banshee?"
Hermione's eyes jumped open, having closed them during her rant. "Draco?" she whispered in shock. The croaky voice sounded nothing like the man she loved, but looking over at him she saw him struggling to sit up. "Draco!" She leaned over him, wrapping her arms around his neck, holding him so tightly she nearly choked him.
"Ease up love," Draco croaked.
"What are you doing trying to get up? Lie back down this instant!" Tears rolled down her face as she helped her husband to lie back on the pillows comfortably.
"Did I hear you right Mione? Did you say you were pregnant again?"
Hermione hiccupped as she nodded, wiping tears from her face. "I wanted to tell you when we got home from dinner last night but things got a little crazy."
"I'd say," he said quietly. "You have quite the way of announcing your pregnancy's to me, love."
Hermione laughed while wiping more tears away, "I was so scared I'd lost you." She said honestly, face serious. "You have no idea how worried I've been, how scared the girls have been. You've been out a long time."
Draco nodded slowly, "what happened Hermione? The last thing I remember is Weasley shouting."
Hermione took a deep breath, "Gemini was terrified of Ron, although she won't admit it now. Magic burst out of her, causing objects to fly around. Ron was picked up and thrown into the wall. He's dead, Draco."
"Bastard deserved it," Draco hissed, "I know he was once your friend Hermione but he took our girls, nearly hurting and killing them. He deserved what he got."
Hermione was quiet for a moment, "he was sick, Draco."
Draco ignored her, "what else happened?"
"A piece of glass pierced your side and you began to bleed out. I secured the piece of glass, too scared to remove it and tried to wake you up, but nothing was working. You wouldn't open your eyes." Hermione's vision became blurred as she recalled that terrifying moment when she had thought she'd lost her husband for good. "I was so scared Draco." She whispered.
"Shh, it's alright love," Draco said, "I'm here, I'm awake. I'm perfectly fine."
"I know," Hermione whispered, "I'm so, so happy you're alright."
"Where are the girls?"
"Mrs. Weasley took them so I could be with you. I said I'd send a message along when you woke up and she'd bring them here straight away. I haven't seen them in over twelve hours, I've been too worried about you."
"I'm fine," Draco insisted, "send the message along. I want to see my girls."
Hermione nodded and conjured a patronus, muttering a message into it before sending it off. Once gone, Hermione crawled into Draco's bed, settling in beside him.
"Don't ever scare me like that again," she mumbled.
Draco kissed her forehead, "I'll try not to."
The couple laid together for a few minutes, relaxing in each others comfort. It didn't take long before a healer walked into the room, though, disturbing the couple's peace.
"Mr. Malfoy it's wonderful to see those beautiful eyes of yours," the healer said, batting her eye lashes at him and ignoring Hermione.
"Yes my husband awoke about ten minutes ago," Hermione said coldly.
"Wonderful," the healer said smiling sweetly at her before turning back to Draco. "So, how are you feeling?"
"Uh, fine," Draco said glancing at his wife. "Hermione has been taking good care of me."
"I see," the healer said jotting notes onto a clip board. "Any pain? Discomfort? Anything I can do for you?"
"Just let me rest," he said.
"I can ask your visitor to leave."
"She stays," Draco said glaring at the healer.
"Alright then," the healer said, "enjoy your rest."
"Allow my children access when they get here." Draco added as the healer opened the door. "They should be here any moment."
The healer nodded once before closing the door behind her. Hermione's tense shoulders relaxed once the healer was gone and Draco chuckled.
"No need to be so jealous love, you know I'm yours and only yours."
Hermione took a deep breath, letting it out slowly, "yes I know, but the woman was hovering over you constantly while you were out, ignoring me the entire way. She almost wouldn't allow me to see you but I threatened her."
Draco's eyes widened, "you threatened someone?"
Hermione smirked, "yes, well, I wasn't exactly in the right state of mind. My husband was lying unconscious in a hospital bed!"
"Point taken," Draco said. "Has my mother been informed of my condition?"
Hermione gnawed her lip, "I didn't tell her." She admitted.
"What?"
"I didn't want to worry her! That's why I left the kids with Mrs. Weasley."
"You didn't tell my mother I was lying, almost dead, in a hospital bed?"
"No," Hermione replied quietly.
"Hermione I never would have done that to you," Draco said seriously. "If our roles had been reversed, and it had been you in this bed, wouldn't you want your parents to know?"
Hermione was quiet, her gaze stared at the white sheets on the bed, "maybe," she said softly, "but I wouldn't want them to worry."
Draco sighed loudly, "Hermione-." He began but never got to finish as the door to the room slammed open, three girls running in, with Narcissa Malfoy behind them.
"Daddy!" the girls screamed in unison, jumping on the bed and hugging their father. Draco held each girl tightly, kissing their heads and their cheeks, and hugging them again.
"I'm so glad you girls are alright," he whispered.
"I'm so sorry daddy," Ara cried, tears slowly falling down her face.
"Me too," Gemini agreed, blinking her eyes, trying to be tough.
"It's my fault daddy," Lyra said as she began to sob. "I got you hurt."
"No lovey," Draco said softly, hugging her again, "don't blame yourself. It wasn't your fault, you just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"But not me," Gemini said, lowering her eyes to the ground in shame, "I went after her when I shouldn't have."
"And I went after Gemini," Ara said.
"Yes that was wrong," Draco nodded, "not one of your best ideas girls, but all I care about right now is that you are all safe and uninjured."
"Does that mean we won't be punished?" Ara asked looking hopeful.
Hermione and Draco exchanged looks before chuckling, "not in the slightest," Hermione said, "but nice try."
The girls groaned but nodded in understanding.
"Don't be too hard on them," Narcissa said placing her hands on Gemini and Ara's shoulders, "they only wanted to make sure Lyra was alright."
"Mother," Draco said; she leaned forwards so he could kiss her cheek.
"How did you find out?" Hermione asked softly.
"My dear don't you think a mother can tell when something is wrong with their child?"
"Mrs. Weasley owled her," Gemini said.
"Oh hush," Naricssa said swatting gently at her.
Hermione looked ashamed, "I should have been the one to tell you, Cissy. I'm sorry."
"It's quite alright my dear," Narcissa said smiling, "I completely understand. You didn't want me to worry."
Hermione nodded, "I still should have told you."
"It's in the past," Narcissa said, "let's just worry about the present. You're safe, Draco's safe, and the girls are safe. That's all the matters, isn't it?"
"It is," Draco nodded in agreement, "now I want a hug from all the beautiful woman in this room." He stretched his arms out and the girls jumped up excitedly, hugging their father. Hermione and Narcissa joined in, the six of them hugging together on the hospital bed.
A/N: I almost wasn't able to get this out to you guys, my wifi is down and I had no other way of connecting but then I remembered I could connect my iPhone data to my wifi... I'm pretty much keeping my fingers crossed it doesn't eat up my data doing this but I couldn't stand to keep you guys waiting... I'm also going to go answer all your reviews right now too!
I wanna comment on one thing though, a lot of you are asking about a sequel... I have jotted a few notes down of a possible one but I just started a new story called "The Interhouse Exchange Program" (title die to change lol) where 4 students switch houses for the year yes Draco ends up in gryffindor so OF COURSE it will be a Dramione) so if you wanted to check it out I'd love you forever!
Ok since I havent read any reviews yet that's all I have to say! And of course Draco is OK, I'd never bring myself to kill him, I love him too much! (and yes I believe it makes my husband jealous that I also love a fictional character lol)
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