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Can We Make It	By : Jenxiaris Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 10939 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Pain; incredible, unbelievable, undeniable pain was coursing through Hermione's body. The screaming and crying did nothing to alleviate the pain that she was being subjected to.

She could hear Ron calling from below, at least she thought it was Ron, it was always Ron. She could hear the cackling laugh of Bellatrix Lestrange as she cast Crucio again and again. Ron's voice was calling her over and over, but it was distorted.

She was sure it was Ron calling, but his voice kept changing, becoming silkier. She was sure she knew that voice. Bellatrix cast Crucio again and another wave of agony ran through her body.

Someone kept calling her but she didn't know who. All she knew was that voice was familiar. She felt like she was shaking. That wasn't right. Why was she shaking?

Hermione awoke with a start. Draco was shaking her and calling her name. She had been thrashing around in the bed and crying out.

"Baby, calm down, it's ok. Hermione, Hermione stop" Draco grabbed her arms partially to stop her from hitting him and tried to bring her back to reality.

"Oh! I'm sorry Draco. Bad dream" Hermione wriggled out of his grip and turned over. She couldn't face him after having that particular dream.

"Baby, was it about my aunt again?" it wasn't the first time Hermione had woken up in the night screaming. She was still having terrible nightmares over six months after the war had ended.

Hermione nodded, she couldn't keep the tears from her eyes and she didn't want him to see.

"I'm so sorry. I'm sorry I didn't stop her, I'm so sorry" he put his arm around her and held her as close as she would allow.

At eleven weeks Hermione's belly had become slightly rounded and Draco loved to put his hand over it. He drew circles around her baby bump and whispered calming things into her ear, trying to help her relax and stop crying.

Hermione loved Draco's obsession with her bump and felt herself calm as he continued to draw circles over it. She eventually turned over and gave him a peck on the lips "Thank you Draco, I feel better now. I'm sorry I woke you"

"Don't ever apologise for that. We all have nightmares about the war. You went through hell last year; I would be shocked if you didn't"

"Okay" Hermione curled into his side.

"Now, lets go back to sleep, we have a long day of lessons tomorrow" Draco put both his arms around Hermione as she rested her head on his chest. Hermione fell asleep fairly quickly, the affects of pregnancy taking hold of her; however Draco stayed awake most of the night thinking about that night at the manor and what he would have done differently if he could.

….

The next morning Draco and Hermione had breakfast in the Great Hall. They sat with Pansy at the Slytherin table as Hermione felt bad that she was always alone with George opening the shop early every day.

Pansy and Hermione had been getting on a little better in the three weeks since their conversation in the girls bathroom. They were nowhere near friends yet, but they were no longer bickering and were trying to get along.

Pansy was carrying a rather prominent stomach, being ten weeks pregnant with twins. Fortunately her morning sickness seemed to have stopped so she had started eating breakfast in the Great Hall again.

Blaise came and joined them and piled his plate high with scrambled eggs and bacon before engaging any kind of conversation. "So how is everyone this morning, looking forward to another potions double?" he was very perky that morning.

Hermione groaned. The smell of cheese didn't affect her anymore; however the fumes that billowed from Professor Slughorn's classroom had made her sick in every one of her three periods with him last week.

"Not particularly. Wow Blaise, is Lavender starving you or something? What's with the huge pile of food?"

Draco laughed at his wife's observation "yeah mate, what's got you so hungry this morning?"

"Well, I got some good news this morning; at least I hope it will end up good news. Lavender told me that she's two days late. If that means what I hope it means then I don't have to go near her again for at least a couple of years!"

Hermione was a little shocked at his statement. She knew that Blaise and Lavender didn't really get along very well, but not wanting to be anywhere near her was going a little far in her opinion.

"Well congratulations I guess" what else could she say.

"Thank you. Why are you looking at me like that? If you had to live with her you would understand"

"Well actually I did live with her. For six years in the girls dorm. I know she's difficult Blaise, but once you have a baby you'll have to be around her. You have to be there for your child"

"I know that. It's just so difficult. I can't have any sort of intelligent conversation with her. We have nothing in common. And the worst thing is when she doesn't get her own way she starts with the tears. I can't handle the fake tears"

"Don't worry mate. Maybe things will improve when she's pregnant" Draco was trying to see the bright side and aiming to stop Hermione from going into one over Blaise's lack of interest in his wife.

Pansy had been listening to the conversation while finishing her breakfast. She was rather grateful that things were going well between her and George. After all, she could've been in the same situation as Lavender now, and without George she couldn't have coped over the last ten weeks.

"Blaise, if she is pregnant, you have to be there for her. Pregnancy is hard enough with the support of your husband, never mind alone. I couldn't have coped without George. Please don't abandon her"

Hermione agreed completely "Pansy is right Blaise, without Draco by my side during the morning sickness and the tiredness I couldn't cope with this pregnancy, you are going to have to make an effort, no matter how difficult she is".

Draco leaned over to his friend and whispered in his ear "Do you and me a favour mate. Don't argue with two hormonal pregnant women, because trust me you won't win"

Blaise nodded his agreement to the girls and finished off his enormous breakfast before getting up and going ahead to the dungeons.

"Draco, please talk to him. I really don't like Lavender but it's not fair on her if he pulls away while she's pregnant" Hermione's eyes began to tear up. Draco agreed and went off to find Blaise. He didn't want to do anything to set Hermione off crying.

This left Pansy and Hermione alone to talk.

Hermione began the conversation "How are you feeling Pansy?"

"I'm ok. Much better now the morning sickness has stopped, although that little tip you gave me about eating toast before leaving the flat really helped" Pansy smiled.

"Well, I'm glad to hear that. How about you and George? I know he can be a little difficult sometimes when he starts joking around. I had to chase him and Fred around the burrow on more than one occasion."

"Actually, I quite like when he starts to play around. It always cheers me up when I'm feeling a little down, although he hasn't quite learned when to stop yet. We're working on that."

"That's good. I'm so pleased that you are getting along, but if he starts to irritate you, come and knock on my door, Ginny taught me loads of ways to stop him when he's on a roll." Hermione grinned.

"Thanks Hermione. Can you keep a secret?"

Hermione nodded.

"Last night he told me that he loves me. And I think I love him back."

Hermione let out a rather uncharacteristic squeal. "Oh Pansy, I'm so happy for you. That is brilliant!"

"What about you and Drake, how are things going between you two?"

"Um... We're ok. We've been getting on quite well actually. The first month or so was a little difficult. We obviously had a lot of bad blood to work through, but since we found out I was pregnant he's been so attentive and caring. It's a little unnerving actually, I never expected Draco to be like that."

"I've known him a long time. He always puts on such a hard front that most people wouldn't realise how good a person he really is. All the death eater stuff never would have happened if he wasn't trying to protect his mother."

"I know. To be honest Pansy, I think I'm falling for him."

"That's great Hermione. Draco needs a lot of love. His mother has been the only one there for him for a long time. You mean a lot to him, and he adores the baby."

"I know Pansy, I know. Look, please don't say anything to anyone. I haven't mentioned it to my friends yet because I don't' think Ginny and Luna need the boys being all moody at the moment. Trust me they are not fun when they're like that."

"Don't worry I won't. I'm glad we're becoming friends like this Hermione, thanks for coming and talking to me that day."

"Anytime" The girls got up and headed to their potions lesson, where Hermione proceeded to bring up her breakfast after one whiff of the classroom.

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A few days later saw Hermione, Draco and the rest of the sixth and seventh year couples making their way to the hospital wing as it was the 1st December and they were to have their tests.

Hermione was officially twelve weeks pregnant. She was constantly peckish and craving the oddest combinations of foods at all hours of the night, such as the Pumpkin Pasty covered in chocolate that Draco has to procure for her at 3 o'clock the previous morning upon penalty of never getting near Hermione again if he didn't!

She was tired and emotional and had been thinking up new ways of murdering poor Grogan Lufkin if she ever had the unfortunate opportunity of meeting him. She had been joined by Pansy in this particular task throughout the week as being pregnant with George's twins was beginning to put a strain on her also.

Ginny and Harry were called in first, followed by Pansy and George. Hermione and Draco waited with Ron and Luna. Lavender and Blaise joined them a moment later. He had his arm around her shoulder (and looked very unhappy about it) in a show of support for her, as he didn't want Hermione and Pansy to start telling him off again.

"Blaise, Lavender" Hermione nodded to them. "How are you both?" Hermione soon realised she had made a mistake when Lavender burst into tears and ran off to the girls toilets.

"She told me this morning that she's definitely not pregnant. It's a bit of a waste of time us even being here but we have to come or we'll get in trouble."

"Oh. I'm sorry Blaise. If I had known I wouldn't have said anything." Hermione felt bad for upsetting Lavender.

"Not your fault, you didn't know. I tried what you said though. I was as supportive as I could manage this morning when she told me." Blaise seemed a little upset too. "I kind of got excited the last few days at the thought that she was pregnant. Not just because of the reasons I said before. I was sort of getting excited about being a daddy."

Draco clapped him on the back "Sorry mate. Next month, yeah. Just keep trying. It will happen"

Blaise nodded and went to find Lavender.

"Mrs. Malfoy?" Madam Pomfrey called from the doorway.

Draco and Hermione entered the hospital wing and went behind one of the curtains. Madam Pomfrey followed them in a moment later followed by a screen similar to muggle projection screens that she was floating with her wand.

"Lay back please Hermione and lift up your shirt." Madam Pomfrey immobilised the screen in midair and turned to Hermione. Draco stood to the side so as not to be in the way. The nurse began to feel Hermione's bump "How have you been feeling? I've heard from Professor Slughorn that you've been unwell a few times in his class."

"I'm okay, just the smell from the potions makes me sick. I'm fine the rest of the time. Maybe a little tired but that's normal isn't it?"

"Oh yes absolutely. You seem to be growing normally." she waved her wand and mumbled some spells under her breathe. "Right all seems well. I have one more thing to do today and then you can go off to class."

She motioned for Draco to join them at the bedside. She then waved her wand in a circular motion over Hermione's protruding abdomen and then aimed it at the screen.

Hermione gaped in awe of the screen and tears filled her eyes. Projected in front of them was their baby. "There you can see the head. That's an arm there; see it looks like it's waving. There are the legs. Look, see the baby is kicking its legs just there. Can you see that little pulsing? That's the heartbeat"

"Oh wow. Look Draco, that's our baby. Draco? Are you okay?"

"Huh, oh yes, I'm fine. Sorry I was just a little taken aback. So is everything Okay Madam Pomfrey?"

"Yes, fine Mr. Malfoy. I need to carry on with the other couples but I can leave the projection on the screen for a few minutes if you would like"

"Oh yes please, if you wouldn't mind. Madam Pomfrey, can I just ask one thing?"

"Yes Hermione, what is it?"

"In the muggle world, they give the parents photographs of the scans, do wizards do the same?"

"Oh yes, sorry didn't I say. Once you are ready to leave come to my office, I can give you as many as you like for family and such."

"Excellent thank you" Hermione said with a big smile.

"Your welcome my dear. Now I must move on, your piers will be getting restless waiting for me"

Hermione and Draco sat a little while longer watching their baby's heartbeat. Draco kept kissing Hermione's temple "Thank you"

"What for?"

"For that," He pointed to the screen "Thank you for creating that with me. No matter what happened in the past or happens in the future, I will always be grateful to you for sharing this with me."

"You're welcome and ditto."

She kissed him on the lips, which he deepened and only stopped when Madam Pomfrey clearing her throat interrupted them. "I'm sorry but I need the screen. One of the sixth year couples is also twelve weeks along"

She left with the screen and Hermione took Draco's hand and led him out of the hospital wing and into the Madam Pomfrey's office to wait for the pictures.

She joined them about ten minutes later along with a couple that Hermione recognized as Hufflepuff sixth years. "How many did you want my dear?"

Hermione thought about it and decided "Six please Madam Pomfrey"

"Why do we need so many Hermione?" Draco didn't see the need.

"Well obviously one for us. One for your mum. One for my mum. Mrs. Weasley will never forgive me if I don't send her one and a couple of spares."

"Here you go dear." Madam Pomfrey handed over the photo's in an envelope.

Hermione and Draco looked at the photos. As per usual for wizarding photo's this moved, although the only thing that was moving was the heartbeat. Hermione felt tears fill her eyes again.

"This makes it real Draco. In 6 months this little one is going to be here with us, I can't wait!"

"Yes, me neither" Draco was struggling to keep it together. He couldn't believe he was going to be a father. But Malfoy's do not cry so he put his arm around Hermione and led her out into the corridor.

There they found Harry, Ginny, Ron, Luna, George and Pansy. Ginny saw them first "What took you guys so long? You went in before Ron and Luna!"

"This took so long" Hermione pulled one of the pictures from her bag and showed it to the group.

"Oh wow. Oh 'Mione this is so beautiful, you must be so excited. I can't wait until I'm twelve weeks and Harry and I can see our baby!"

"Yes it was a very surreal experience..."

"Well we have a free period now and then its lunch, does anyone want to come back and hang out at our place?" Draco had found his voice.

"Luna and I have Divination, so we will have to meet you there at lunch, actually we should go now." Ginny led Luna away.

"Okay, see you there, how about the rest of you?" Draco enquired.

"Wish I could, can't leave Verity at the shop alone all day." George kissed Pansy on the lips then on the belly and with a wave to the others left.

The rest of the group made their way to the entrance hall to floo over to the Marriage Wing.

Draco unlocked the door to the flat with his wand and everyone went in. Draco offered drinks and made Hermione sit down and put her feet up "You just told Madam Pomfrey that your tired, now sit. You too Pansy."

"Shall we wait for the girls before ordering lunch and see what they want?" Draco asked.

"Thanks Malfoy, you better wait for Gin, she started saying that she felt sick at breakfast this morning and I don't want to get the blame when she eventually is. We thought Ginny was scary before, you guys haven't met hormonal Ginny yet" Harry looked like he had just been told he had to look for another Horcrux, hormonal Ginny must be pretty scary!

Draco went off to the kitchen to get some pumpkin juice for everyone while the rest of the group chatted, "So when are you having your scan pansy?" Hermione enquired, "They can't make you wait for the next round of tests, you'll be fourteen weeks by then."

"Madam Pomfrey scheduled us for next week; George is going to make sure Verity can cover him so he can be there too."

"Oh good. Please do show us the pictures after and don't forget to get a copy for your mother-in-law. I'd hate to see Mrs. Weasley if you don't send her one."

"Yeah mum would go proper mental" Ron finally spoke up.

"Wow he speaks. Is everything okay Ron? You've been very quiet since we left the hospital wing."

"Yeah, I'm fine. I was going to wait for Luna to come back but I'm sure she won't mind me telling you guys. Madam Pomfrey did some tests on Luna today and..erm…well she's carrying twins as well. Something about it running in our family…" Ron trailed off as Hermione practically jumped up and hugged him followed by Harry.

"Oh this is fantastic news Ron, congratulations. Your mum and dad are going to be so happy." Hermione was very excited for her friend.

"What's all the noise in here about? I was only in the kitchen for five minutes" Draco had just come in carrying a tray with pumpkin juice and some glasses. "Hermione, I thought you were going to sit down and rest."

"Ron and Luna are having twins as well, isn't it exciting!" Hermione was practically bouncing.

"More red headed babies. Oh Merlin, the school is going to be overrun with them when it's their turn to come here?"

"Hey Potter, please say you and Ginny aren't having twins too."

"No Malfoy, just the one for us."

"Phew!" Draco joked.

"Oh Draco stop it!"

"Sorry baby," Draco gave everyone a glass. "Congratulations Ron, I suppose it's not terrible news."

"Draco! Stop it!"

"Sorry Hermione. No seriously congratulations. Cheers everyone!"
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