"And this is Draco," Sloane smiled as the blonde and his mother walked towards her cousins and her. "Draco, this is Zenaida, Kovu and Thailia." The three kids were all blushing and looking a little intimidated by the Malfoy heir who smiled warmly and tried to appear as friendly and approachable as possible.
"Is you Swone's boyfriend?" Thailia asked leaning out of Sloane's arms a little and whispering the last part.
Draco leaned towards her and whispered "I am" making the three-year-old squeal in delight.
She then turned to Narcissa and put her arms out to her. "Cissy!" Narcissa beamed and lifted the young girl out of Sloane's arms and began to converse very quietly with her.
"Aren't you going to say hello Zenaida?" Joanna chuckled as the girl gave a squeak, turned a deeper shade of red and buried herself behind her father's back. "I think that means she likes you."
Kovu stuck out his chest before speaking. "I have seen you in the paper. I am only seven, so I couldn't read the hard words to see what it said, but you were in handcuffs in the picture which is awesome!" Now it was Draco's turn to blush. "So you are dating my cousin?" He scrunched up his face. "Girls are annoying."
"Are not!" Thailia pouted.
Draco chuckled. "You will feel different when you find the right one," he smirked at Sloane. "So who is your Quidditch team?" After that Sloane knew she had lost the two of them, so the next Merlin knows how long. Not that she was bothered as she got to show Zenaida around the grounds and introduce her to Hermione, Harry, the Weasley's, Luna, Blaise, Theo, and Daphne who was huffing and puffing making Hermione very nervous looking.
"Are you alright Daph?" Hermione asked after several minutes.
The blonde nodded. "Healer said it was false labour pains, and they were very common towards the end of a pregnancy. They are going to help me prepare for the real thing." She was rubbing her bump as she spoke smiling in between pains.
"I could never go through all that at our age," Ginny sighed. "You are very brave Daphne. I get all woozy at a paper cut."
"So does Theo," Blaise chuckled.
Ginny raised an eyebrow. "And how exactly are you going to be there and conscious when your child is born?" She folded her arms and looked at Theo, amused as he paled and sucked in a large breath.
"I...em...haven't figured that part out yet," he sighed looking at his feet.
"You will be fine Theo," Sloane said reassuring him. Both she and Draco could feel his unease and nerves at the entire situation. "I am sure it will feel like a very different situation when you are actually in....OUCH!" She bent over as Draco ran to her side, putting one hand on her back and kneeling down in front of her.
"Are you hurt?" He asked with concern as he looked over her body. He had got much better in recent weeks at healing so he was pretty confident that if she was hurt or in pain he could fix her up right away. There was puffing, followed by three deep breaths, but it wasn't Sloane who was still bent over in pain. It was Daphne. Draco looked between the two girls and then nodded in understanding. "Oh, I get it now," he said softly as he continued to rub Sloane's back.
Ron was standing with them scratching his head. "I am confused."
It was Harry who answered, just as Hermione was opening her mouth. "I suppose it has to do with the whole empath thing. Sloane is feeling Daphne's pain during her Braxton thingy's, I forget what they are called."
"Braxton Hicks," Ginny explained as everyone, Joanna and Narcissa included, turned to look at her. "What? I remember from when Fleur went into labour."
"Well Braxton is very welcome to take these back," Daphne hissed. "If these are the fake ones I hate to think what the real ones would be like." She was still rubbing her belly as Joanna conjured her a seat to rest on. As she did, Joanna was exchanging glances with Narcissa, both looking a little excited about something.
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