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For The Sake Of A Name	By : Bickymonster Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 52498 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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AN: I present to you all, chapter 7, enjoy.

Warnings and disclaimers apply as always.

I am also looking for a new beta for this story (and maybe some of the others, apart from Erotes), if you are interested, please let me know.

Next Sunday is actually my 27th birthday, so I am thinking I might let you have an additional chapter on Sunday evening as well as Sunday morning ;)

Previously:

“I am going to go talk to Draco. See you tomorrow?” Harry sounded quite exhausted.

“Probably, if not before you get married, good luck.” Hermione hugged him and ran off towards the Gryffindor tower.

“Thanks....”

-#-

“You still awake Draco?” Harry asked as he got back to his girlfriend’s room.

“No Harry; I went straight back to sleep after my boyfriend ran out of the room to figure out some impossible scheme to allow us to become parents at fifteen years old.” Draco’s voice was heavy with sarcasm and Harry knew it was best he start explaining.

“Will you marry me, Draco?” Harry hadn’t quite intended to lead with that but it was a bit late to think about asking it a bit less out of the blue.”

“Err... Seriously?” Draco asked

“I feel I should probably explain.” Harry chuckled nervously.

“Yes, you should, but you better not take that proposal back, Harry Potter.” Draco said sternly with a finger pointing at him.

Harry crawled onto the bed and knelt next to Draco.

“Okay, so the only parents under the age of seventeen who have been able to keep their child have been married and before you point out the obvious, which is that we aren’t married, we have a plan.” Harry looked pleadingly at Draco and seeing that she wasn’t freaking out decided to continue.

“Dumbledore has agreed to marry us tomorrow, if you agree, and then back date the ceremony to the beginning of August. We have to just tell people we wanted to keep our marriage a secret for a few months. We also have to figure out a reason why we would suddenly be announcing our marriage now.”

Harry paused and bit his lip before asking again. “Draco, will you marry me?”

Draco actually managed a smile, “You actually did it, you found a way to save our family; of course I will marry you.”

She reached out to pull her fiancé against her and kissed him; clinging to him as relief and anxieties danced in her head. "Harry?"

"Draco?" Harry pulled away to look at her seriously.

“I have an idea," She grinned, "... for a little performance we can put on to explain finally telling people we are married.”

“Really?” Harry was impressed but should have known his Slytherin wife-to-be would know how to play the public to believe what they needed them to.

“Of course; your very hormonal wife is going to get very cross at you tomorrow, yelling quite loudly that ‘being my husband does not give you the right to tell me what to do’. There would be little point trying to keep any marriage a secret after that wouldn’t you agree.” Draco looked exceedingly pleased with herself. “This could be fun, have kind of missed yelling at you in public.”

Harry laughed, “Well it is kind of brilliant in its simplicity; I will give you that. I really do love you, both of you. Oh, we will also have to give this baby a few adult guardians too, but I know Molly Weasley and Sirius will want to be involved in everything anyway and I am happy to let you pick whoever you want looking out for our baby too.”

“We are really getting married tomorrow then?” Draco asked grinning, “You better get me a nice ring, you know; having knocked me up and cornered me into marrying you and everything.” She gave Harry a wink.

He leaned forward more so that he was leaning over Draco slightly; he wrapped his arms around her, to lie her down beneath him. “As my wife, you can have whatever you want, Love.” His voice was deeper than it usually was and sounded almost like a purr.

Draco felt herself giving herself over to him, to her husband to be; though the paperwork tomorrow would say that they had already been married for two months. Perhaps it was fortunate that they were so affectionate in public, was likely no-one would doubt that they had been married since before the start of term once they got over the initial shock.

-#-

“Come in.” Dumbledore called a few moments after Harry and Draco knocked on his door early the next morning.

The Gryffindor gave Draco a reassuring smile but his blonde fiancé could see how nervous he actually was. Draco found herself kind of hoping that the headmaster would have already told Sirius and Mrs Weasley about the pregnancy so that she wouldn’t have to be witness to their reactions but the first words she heard made it clear that hadn’t happened.

“What is this all about Dumbledore? Harry? Draco?” Sirius demanded to know, looking between the three of them for answers.

“I think that it would be best if you heard that from Harry and Draco.” Dumbledore seemed to be quite happy to sit back in his chair behind his desk and watch events unfold for now.

Draco was silently cursing in her head; she was dreading the looks of disappointment and feared that they would be disgusted or hate her. She was holding tightly onto Harry’s hand and as Mrs Weasley and Sirius were both looking at Harry expectantly, she looked up to return the half-hearted reassuring smile he had given a few moments earlier.

“Harry, what, in the name of Merlin, is going on.” Sirius demanded when no-body spoke.

“Well...” Harry ran his free hand through his hair nervously. “It’s...err...well...” He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

“Draco’s pregnant and now we have to get married so that they won’t take our baby away from us.” He spoke so quickly it was difficult to hear some of the words, but if the shocked faces of the people Harry considered his parents were anything to go by, they had got the idea.

“You COMPLETELY selfish, irresponsible CHILD...” Sirius was yelling; both the teens were rooted to the spot staring wide-eyed as he berated his godson. “A baby... you are FIFTEEN YEARS OLD!”

Molly in the meantime had walked straight past Harry with a very disappointed look on her face and pulled Draco into a hug, talking quietly in her ear. “It will be okay, you are family now, and we take care of family.”

“Thanks, Mrs Weasley.” Draco told her quietly and when she was released from the hug, just as quietly added to Sirius. “This isn’t just Harry’s fault, you know.”

“Oh, I am VERY well aware, Draco.” Harry’s godfather rounded on the petite Slytherin girl, making her flinch. “I have no place to yell at you for your incredibly poor choices; however that does not mean I am any less disappointed.”

The two teens hung their heads, no longer able to stand to look at those who had willingly taken them in, when their families were gone. Draco was rather alarmed by the bubbling emotions that seemed to be spreading like wildfire through her mind; her eyes prickled with tears and her head span as she felt a sadness that threatened to overwhelm her.

She managed to hold it back, only letting out a small sob as a couple of tears fell to the floor. It was enough, however, for Harry to notice and he seemed to forget everyone else in the room as he pulled her against his chest; his arms wrapped tightly around her, placing kisses on the top of her head.

“I am so sorry, Love.” He spoke quietly against her hair, her breathing coming in gasps as she sobbed against him.

After a couple of minutes Draco managed to get control over her emotions again and Harry had dried away her tears.

“Sorry.” Draco said to the three adults, though whether it was an apology for the pregnancy or her moment of emotional turmoil was not clear.

“Oh don’t be silly dear; pregnancy is going to make all your emotions go a little haywire.” Mrs Weasley told her dismissively.

“Well, now we are all informed, would I be correct in assuming that I will be performing a marriage here today?” Dumbledore leaned forward, resting his elbows on the desk to pear at the young couple who nodded with small smiles.

“Wait.... married...?” Sirius exclaimed

“Yes Sirius, if you had actually listened rather than flying off the handle, Harry already said that they needed to get married so that they could keep the child.” Molly glared lightly at the shaggy haired man.

“We are going to back date their marriage certificate to the fifth of August, Sirius; this would mean their child was conceived once they were already bound to each other. I believe I will then be able to ensure that no-one will take their Child from their care. I will also expect that both you and Molly will need to be declared adult guardians to the child, assuming that Harry and Draco have elected for the guardians to be you of course.” Dumbledore explained.

“I am Harry’s legal guardian and all this was decided without me?” Sirius sounded slightly affronted.

“Time was of the essence and given this only came to light late yesterday evening, I assure you that you have been informed very promptly, Sirius.” The old man’s voice was stern and made it clear that this was how things had to be. “Shall we proceed?”

Not waiting for a response Dumbledore selected a couple of scrolls from his desk as he walked around to stand in front of it, holding out two small boxes.

“I took a small liberty of retrieving this for you Harry, it was your mother’s” Dumbledore told him as he placed one of the small boxes into the young man’s hands.

Opening it carefully, Harry saw that it contained a beautiful ring made up of a gold and a silver strand which twisted around each other. He let out a small gasp, it was perfect. “This was my mother’s...”

“You mother’s wedding ring, yes, Harry. I also have your Father's for you."

“Thank you.” His words heavy with emotion the young Gryffindor turned to Draco. “Shall we get married, Love?”

Draco simply smiled and gave a small nod as Harry guided them to stand in front of Dumbledore and his desk; Molly and Sirius standing a few feet away as witnesses.

-#-

It had not taken long for Dumbledore to declare them man and wife, and they were done in time that they could still have breakfast in the great hall, which was always slightly later on a Sunday given that most students chose to have a lie in.

“Well Mrs Potter, shall we go eat.” Harry asked smugly, holding out his elbow for his wife.

“Shut up or someone will hear you; that’s supposed to be a secret at the moment.” Draco chastised but took the offered elbow non–the-less.

She couldn’t help but play with the ring that now sat on her right hand where it had magically adjusted itself to fit perfectly. She loved both the ring and that Harry had given her such an heirloom but knew it would take a while to get used to it being there even with the charms they had used to hide it from sight.

As they took their usual seats across from where Ron was shoveling food into his mouth, Hermione gave Harry a questioning look; it was a question Harry apparently understood as he nodded in response. Hermione seemed unable not to grin and Draco suddenly realised that she knew where they had been that morning. Frowning at her husband, she wondered when he had had the time to update one of his best friends on such matters but decided that it was a question best saved for later, when there would be less unwanted ears.

“Are you two joining us in the Library, to finish that Transfiguration essay today?” Ron asked, oblivious to the silent communication that had gone on around him.

“Of course.” Harry grinned at the redhead.

Draco had already served herself a couple of fried eggs, a sausage and some toast. Harry offered her some mushrooms which normally she loved but the smell made her turn a funny slightly green shade as she suddenly covered her mouth with her hand.

“No mushrooms.... got it.” Harry said quietly as he kissed her temple, moving to bowl of offending food as far away as possible

“You okay, Draco?” Ron asked as he looked up from the plate of food he had almost finished, “You don’t look well.”

Draco took a couple of slow breaths as she moved her hand from her mouth; her face was still slightly off colour but she managed to nod at Ron.

“Yeah, just slightly under the weather; I just need to get some food in me.” She gave him a small smile as she picked up a piece of toast from her plate. “Thanks for asking though.” She added after she had managed a couple of bites.

Harry kept his head down and was thankful that his wife and best friend seemed to be managing to actually be nice to each other. They had been managing civil for some time but it had sounded a lot like Ron had expressed genuine concern for the blonde’s well-being. He was a little suspicious about the timing and wondered if Hermione had mentioned anything, not that it would matter soon as the truth would be out.

‘Damn’ Harry thought, if they really were going to go public with their marriage that evening he had to tell Ron first, it wouldn’t do for him to find out with the rest of the school.

“Err, can we go for a walk around the lake, I mean all of us, before we go study.” Harry asked nervously, giving Hermione a pleading look hoping she would help him out.

“Sounds like a good idea. Hurry up and eat you two then we can go.” Hermione nodded in the direction of Harry and Draco’s still half pull plates.

“I don’t really feel like a walk at the moment, why don’t you three go; I will meet you in the library when you get back.” Draco suggested.

“You sure, Love?” Harry asked and when Draco nodded, helping herself to another sausage, he got up, kissed the top of her head and indicated that Ron and Hermione should follow.

-#-

“So I take it you weren’t just in a mood for a walk, Harry?” Ron smirked at his best friend.

They had barely made it out of the castle but, as it had rained over night and not many people were venturing out into the grounds, choosing instead to pass their Sunday with indoor activities. Harry looked around anyway to make sure they wouldn’t be overheard, as they headed in the direction of the lake, pulling at his hair nervously.

“What’s got you so on edge?” Ron asked as he noticed his friend’s anxious habit.

“It’s about Draco but no-one can know just yet, so I need you not to completely freak out and start yelling and such, okay?” It was the seriousness of Harry’s expression that made Ron nod his agreement.

“Why are you giving this speech to me and not Hermione.... oh... great... You already know?” He sighed as he rounded on his other best friend.

Hermione shrugged and then nodded. “I just kind of figured it out but I only found out for sure last night.”

“I knew something was up with her though, what’s going on.” Ron turned back to Harry.

“Draco’s pregnant.”

Whatever it was that Ron had been expecting it was not that, it was like someone had cast a body binding spell on him; he didn’t move, staring open eyed at Harry. He opened and closed his mouth a couple of times but words seemed lost to him.

“I know; that was more or less my reaction too.” Harry tried for a nervous laugh to break the tension.

“But you aren’t adults; the ministry will take the child... is that why no-one can know?” Ron looked as though he had never thought such scandals ever actually happened.

“Sort of, Draco and I are married so...”Harry started to explain.

“MARRIED?!” Ron yelled before suddenly clamping his hands to his mouth, Hermione just rolled her eyes.

“Yes Ron, married, Draco is my wife, which means that Dumbledore believes he will be able to make a case for us to keep our child.” Harry’s voice sounded tired, going from a boyfriend to a husband and father-to-be in less than 24 hours was exhausting apparently.

“So you are going to keep the baby but Harry you are fifteen...”

“And that child is the only family me and Draco have left, you really think I would let ANYONE take that from either of us?” The tone of his voice made Ron feel sorry for anyone who was going to try.

“So WHEN did you actually get married?” Ron asked suspiciously, wondering how long he had been kept in the dark.

“Well only found out about the pregnancy yesterday and we got married this morning, BUT Dumbledore is backdating the marriage so we will have been legally married since August fifth.”

Ron just looked confused and Hermione sighed before she explained.

“They need to have been married when the child was conceived.”

Ron cringed as apparently the concept of their child’s conception put some images in his head that he would rather have never imagined. Harry smirked at the red-head’s reaction.

“So I take it that we are supposed to be playing along with the whole, you have already been married for several months thing? When are we saying that you actually told us about this marriage of yours?” Ron was smirking again, glad that Harry had at least made a point to tell him as soon as possible.

“Well I was thinking about that; I think it is best if we say that you guys have known all along and were just keeping our secret. We will be accidentally letting it slip later today anyway.” Harry explained. “Sirius and your mother were our witnesses, so they already know, just makes sense that we would have told you too.”

Hermione pulled him into a tight hug, “Oh Harry, we are here for you. Still can’t believe this is all actually happening.”

“Yeah, me neither, Hermione. Shall we head back in? I am sure Draco is waiting in the library by now and it is feeling like it is about to start raining.” Harry indicated the path back up to the castle over his shoulder.

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Review responses:

blj.14 - I don't normally write het, slash is definitely my thing, but this story (and my fem!harry story I am about to start publishing this week) got stuck in my head. Thank you for giving this a try. Firstly yes, Lucius in this story is nothing less than a complete bastard and over the duration of the story he will eventually get what's coming to him. Snape is not Draco's godfather, at least not in this story, he is a friend of Lucius' (or at least he was before all this went down) but he has a lot of guilt issues over what has happened to Draco, in time these will become clearer and Snape and Draco will get to work on their relationship with each other. I am DELIGHTED you spotted that Draco is too short, no one else has, that is VERY deliberate; there is a reason she is so tiny and all will be explained. They are definitely mature for their years, though in some ways I think they are almost playing house and the reality of everything is still sinking in.

Gruffard - The things Lucius will do to get his male heir, he definitely will complicate their lives along the way.

Cindy - do you mean update my A/N with replies more often, I could do that I suppose, I just wouldn't want people to miss my responses by not checking the previous chapter. If this is what people want me to do, let me know and I will :) I love communicating with all of my readers.

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