Flames

Chapter 34 - Hermione's POV

*3 days later*

My mind felt foggy as I tried to remember what had happened. I remembered Draco taking my magic, but nothing else.

I could feel the magic humming in my veins so I knew he had returned it.

"Love? You awake?" I heard Draco think.

"Yes, but I can't open my eyes. Where are you?" I asked.

"Your body went through a lot. It's resting. You'll fully wake up when you're ready" he explained.

"Okay. But just one question, why does it feel like a third person is listening to us?" I asked confused.

I felt the moment his emotions changed from worried to excited, "I'll explain later. Try to rest some more. We miss you."

I felt him fade and assumed he had fallen asleep.

When I tried to wake my body, several hours later, it finally complied.

I opened my eyes slowly, blinking at the light.

I looked around and figured out I was in the infirmary at school. Draco was asleep in a chair next to my bed.

I admired him before reaching out and touching his hand.

He jerked awake and looked around nervously before noticing me.

"My love! You're awake!" he exclaimed excitedly.

I smiled at him, "Hello Draco."

His face changed to serious, and I felt his emotions changed to sad, "I missed you so much love. I thought I'd lost you. When you came home that day, I noticed the bond had weakened, but you wouldn't let me near you, so I didn't know what had happened. I know it was the curse, but, I never knew how much you could miss someone who was right in front of you."

I looked at him sadly, "I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you so badly. And I tried so hard to fight the fucking curse but every time I'd try, he'd threaten you and our friends so I just gave up. It was horrible, loving you from afar."

He shifted to the edge of the chair and grabbed my hand, "I have to tell you something…"

I waited for him to continue, "You're six months pregnant love. We're going to be parents."

I froze, "Wait… is that why I feel like someone is listening to me?" I asked in shock.

Draco nodded, "More or less. The baby can't hear what you think and you can't hear them, but they can feel what you feel. Neither one of us can feel the baby though. Your soul is tethered to the baby's and because we share a soul, it means I'm tethered to the baby as well. I get physically sick if I'm away from you both for too long. The longest I can stay away is about 6 hours. After that I get sick until I'm with you. Apparently it'll be like that the entire time you're pregnant. So that's fun."

I digested the information he gave me, "Wow. I can't believe I'm pregnant Dray. What are we going to do? What will your mother say? Surely she won't be happy about us…"

Draco took my face in his hand, "Baby, my mother couldn't care less who I have children with as along as she gets a grandchild. Trust me, she's the least of our worries. I'm more worried about what your Gryffindor friends will say about everything."

I relaxed into his touch, "Yeah, I don't know either. What did the group say when you told them?"

He scratched the back of his neck nervously, "Well…um… they don't know yet. The only person who knows is Theo but only because he helped me save you…"

I opened my eyes at him wide, "Dray we need to tell them, NOW!"

Almost as if on cue, our friends walked through the door.

Pansy was the first to my side, "You're finally awake! Now someone can actually explain to us what happened. All Drake and Theo kept saying was that you had gotten hurt. We were worried sick. Now explain."

Between the three of us, we explained everything about being twin flames, our magic merging, Theo's power, our bond. We explained what had happened these past 3 weeks and why I had been acting weird. The three of them gasped at different parts, especially the parts about being under the curse.

They all stood in shock looking at us.

Draco stood up from the chair, and sat on the bed next to me.

He put an arm around me and cleared his throat, "We also have something to tell you…"

They looked between us, waiting for one of us to talk, "I'm pregnant…" I told them.

They stared at us like we had 3 heads.

"She tamed you Malfoy. I mean, she actually got you to stop whoring around! I can't believe I'm going to be an uncle, and so young too" Blaise said first, a smile on his face.

The girls attacked us in hugs and jumped around in excitement.

After a few more days in the infirmary, Pomfrey had let me go, but only after triple checking the baby was okay.

I had asked why I wasn't showing yet and she had informed me that I was probably just a late grower.

Harry hadn't take the news well and had called Draco a slew of slurs and names. Draco sat and took it quietly until Harry had switched and turned to insulting me.

Draco's protective side flared and he'd punched Harry in the face, almost breaking his nose. Harry had kicked us out of his home and when we'd gotten back to our dorm, Draco had sat and comforted me the rest of the day as I cried.

Ginny and Luna had taken the news exceptionally well and had been excited for us. They got along great with the group of Slytherins.

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