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Can We Make It	By : Jenxiaris Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 10938 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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1st October 1998

Hermione and Draco had been married just short of a month and as of the day before the rest of the ministry appointed couples had all been wed and the ministry official, looking slightly relieved, had left and gone back to London.

That morning at breakfast Professor McGonagall stood up at the head table and asked all the married couples to stay behind when everyone else went to lessons.

When the only students left in the hall were the specified couples, the professor rose again "As you all know it has been a month since the marriage law was legalised and as per the law you are all to go the hospital wing this morning and on the first day of every month for your pregnancy tests. Now obviously most of you won't be pregnant yet as it has only been a month but rules are rules and we don't want to see any of you getting into trouble so please make your way to the hospital wing now".

Everyone in the hall began to murmur and there seemed to be a few shocked faces. Hermione shook her head, as usual she was the only one that had thoroughly read the pamphlet that ministry had sent to them all.

The students made their way to the hospital wing, where a rather stressed looking Madam Pomfrey awaited them. Some of the sixth year students had gotten there first and were all going behind the curtains to beds to wait to be tested.

Hermione, Draco, Harry, Ginny, Luna and Ron were all waiting together and not saying very much. Draco still wasn't very comfortable around Hermione's friends although he and Harry did try to be civil with each other if they had to be in close proximity. Ron however still couldn't seem to get over the fact that his best friend and one time love was married to his enemy.

Just behind them was Pansy; she was on her own as George left early every morning to open the shop in Diagon Alley. Hermione got Draco's attention and they both walked over to her.

"What do you want Granger?" Pansy sneered.

Draco immediately interrupted "Pansy we have been friends since we were toddlers, but if you talk to my wife like that again I will hex you".

Pansy looked slightly taken aback, she obviously thought that Draco would always be on her side, but some things change and she realised that this was one of those things. They left her on her own after that, as she quite obviously didn't want company.

Hermione was also giving Draco a strange look, but hers was more like appreciation and maybe a little longing. The truth was that even though she could stand up for herself, Hermione liked the way that Draco would look after her. It showed her that eventually he could be someone she could grow to respect and maybe even love one day.

Eventually it was their little groups turn. Hermione and Draco went behind one of the curtains and sat down together on the bed. Hermione was very nervous. She knew that wizard pregnancy tests were a simple potion but she still felt herself take hold of Draco's hand, and felt him tighten his grip in a show of support.

He didn't seem nervous and she just couldn't understand why. She wasn't ready to be a mother yet they were both so young. She had just had her nineteenth Birthday and Draco was still eight months away from his. Yet he seemed perfectly calm and collected as they waited for the school nurse to join them.

Ten minutes later Madam Pomfrey joined them and silenced the area around them with a flick of her wand. Draco stood up but kept hold of Hermione's hand. "Drink this all down in one go please Mrs. Malfoy" Madam Pomfrey quite obviously wanted to get it done as quickly as possible and get onto her next patient.

Hermione drank the potion and waited. Madame Pomfrey then placed her wand over Hermione's abdomen and watched as it span twice and turned blue. Hermione knew what this meant and the look on Madam Pomfrey's face confirmed her conclusion.

She looked over to Draco, whose grip on her hand had tightened even more. He was grinning from ear to ear, not a look the witch was used to seeing on his face. "Well, I offer my congratulations to the pair of you. You are pregnant and from my calculations I'd say around three maybe even four weeks depending on when the first day of your cycle was but we'll know more accurately later."

Hermione was slightly confused, she knew that wizarding medicine was far more advanced than muggle medicine but she still couldn't see how they could tell so early. "Madam Pomfrey, are you sure? I mean isn't it too early to know if I'm pregnant?"

"Mrs. Malfoy, this potion can tell from as early as a week after conception, which is why we are using it at the moment. The school is doing everything possible to keep the students in line with the law".

"But, I don't feel any different. No symptom's at all. My period was only due today in fact so I haven't even missed that yet. Please, is there anything else you can do to be sure?"

Draco could see Hermione was beginning to get hysterical. "Listen Hermione, there is no way that potion could be wrong. It's the same one that everyone uses. We are going to have a baby".

Hermione took a deep breath and looked up at him. "How can you be so calm? We are too young for this. I can't do this!"

"Madam Pomfrey is there anything we need to do right now, I think I should take Hermione home".

"No Mr. Malfoy, she is to come back on the first of every month along with the other girls that are coming for tests so that I can do check ups and keep an eye on her and if you need any questions answered then please come back, but I don't need you for anything else at the moment".

Draco led Hermione to the fireplace in the hospital wing and they flooed over to the Marriage Wing and went up to their flat. Hermione was very pale and she seemed to be shaking slightly.

"Hermione sit down" Draco kneeled down in front of her and took her hands "You asked me before how I could be so calm. Well the honest answer is that during the final months of the war, I honestly didn't think I had much longer to live and that terrified me. The thought of never finishing school, or getting married and having children was the worst thing I have ever had to deal with and I am so happy that right at this very moment my child is growing inside you".

Hermione looked him in the eye; he meant every word. Draco had surprised her a few times over the past month. He had organized for her friends to share dinner with them in their flat on her birthday and had given her a beautiful bracelet that she never took off (amazingly it was not green, but a beautiful silver with three sapphire stones as these were her birth stone). He had really made an effort with her friends and had even kept his smirking to a minimum.

But the idea of being pregnant was really going to take some getting used to.

"Draco, are you really alright with the fact this baby isn't pureblood? I'm sorry I know that you aren't your father but I fought against you in the war, I suffered the worst kind of torture right in front of your eyes and it was all in the name of being pureblood or not and now I'll be giving you a half-blood child, I'm finding this all very difficult to process right now"

"Hermione, this is OUR baby. I don't care whether it is pureblood, half-blood or has green blood! I'm going to be a father. I'm going to be everything to this child that my father should have been to me. I hope eventually that you and I will get to a place where we can trust each other enough that you don't have to worry about this anymore. But until then get up, go and write a letter to your parents and give them the news, use Mercury to send it and let's go to class".

…..

After going by the Owlery and sending letters to their parents, Hermione and Draco went and got on with the days classes. They went to the Great Hall and had dinner and Draco did the unthinkable and sat with Hermione at the Gryffindor table. "Draco I'm feeling much better than this morning, you don't have to make yourself uncomfortable".

"You are carrying my baby; I'm only letting you out of my sight when I absolutely have to" he responded.

"OH MY GOD" Ginny screamed. "Did I just hear that right? Are you pregnant 'Mione?"

"Ssshhhh, thanks for announcing it to the whole hall Gin" Hermione was bright red, she didn't need the whole school knowing the news just yet, she was still trying to deal with it herself.

"Yes she is pregnant" beamed Draco; he was the epitome of the proud father.

"Congratulation 'Mione, I'm do happy for you. You too Malfoy"

"Well thank you Weaslette".

"I think you'll find its Potter now Ferret"

"Will you guys stop calling each other these stupid names. Draco Malfoy I'd like to introduce you to Ginny Potter, we are civilised people so start acting like it or neither one of you is coming within five feet of this baby!"

After a congratulations hug for Hermione and a handshake for Draco from Harry and a furious Ron walking away to sit with his wife at the Ravenclaw table, they all got on with dinner.

Before leaving for the evening Draco invited Harry and Ginny back to their flat. They accepted and the foursome walked back to the Marriage Wing. Draco offered Harry a glass of Firewhiskey that he had hidden from Filch in his trunk at the beginning of the year, to celebrate the recent news and they all sat around in the living room to discuss recent events.

Ginny seemed to be very knowledgeable about the gossip going around Hogwarts that day. "Only two other couples are pregnant. A couple in my year that are both in Hufflepuff and I didn't want to say anything in the Great Hall but…"

Hermione instantly looked at Harry "Are you two…."

"No no no" Ginny continued, "Not us, but I am going to be an Auntie. George and Pansy are expecting. It would seem they are getting on better than originally thought".

"Oh wow. That's great news. I hope he's happy, I never get to see him with him going to the shop and us in the castle all day" Hermione was thrilled that George and Pansy were at least trying. "I don't understand why Pansy was so hostile with me earlier if she's not so obsessed with blood status anymore though"

Draco cleared his throat "Maybe I can answer that. To be honest, with or without this law most of the purebloods in our world still had arranged marriages. It had always been understood that Pansy and I would get married when we left Hogwarts. She may be getting on with George but you still got what she was always supposed to have"

Hermione was slightly relieved. She really couldn't continue fighting the blood battles forever and eventually Pansy would get over her upset. She also now understood why Draco seemed to take most of the past month in his stride, no matter what he didn't have a choice to marry whom he loved so he just continued on regardless.

"Well anyway, come on Mr. Potter lets go home and leave mummy and daddy here to their evening" Ginny took Harry's hand and they left.

"Wow, mummy and daddy, I'm not quite used to that yet". Draco smiled at Hermione and said "well mummy, I think we should go to bed".

He took her hand and led her to the bedroom and for the first time he made love to her that night.
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