Forever

Chapter Sixteen St. Mungo's

Hermione's Point of View
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        I know that Draco's ashamed because he looked away but I can't help being upset. Ginny, I say in my mind, could everyone leave and go get food for a little bit you should eat. Ginny nods and everyone stands up to leave but I hold stubbornly to Draco's hand, but he doesn't move to leave. He turns to look at me and I make room for him to lay down next to me. I lay my head on his chest and sob. He holds me tight, and I finally stop crying. I pull his mouth down to mine, though he's not much taller than me. He kisses me softly before saying, "I'm sorry, I just I can't help you and you looked so desperate that I couldn't take it, I didn't want to cry." "Draco," I say softly. And suddenly he's leaning on me instead of me leaning on him. He try's to cry quietly but he can't stop the sobs quickly enough to stay quiet. He finally stops, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be crying, I should be your rock in this time not the other way around." "We'll be each other's rock." "I love you Hermione, I love you." "I love you too. So much more than you can understand." "We need to talk about this." I nod, "I'm sorry that you may not be able to get pregnant but that doesn't mean I won't do everything in my power to make it happen." "And if I can't have a child?" "We'll adopt." "You would be okay if the child wasn't ours, you'd love it like it was." "Hermione, of course I would because, as you constantly remind me, I'm not my father." "No your not you a much better man than he ever was." "You know what I love about you the most?" Even though it was rhetorical I answered, "My body?" I laughed lightly to show him it was a joke. He chuckled, "No your smarts, your wit, your stubbornness and your amazing positivity." "Thank you. And same to you, I guess we're more alike than we seem." "I assure you we are." Draco said, kissing the top of my head. I sighed, "I think we should try as soon as possibly because I love you and I want a life with you and a child and we'll adopt if we have to but all of our friends will have kids and we'll treat them like our own even if they aren't." "Of course, and we'll be the awesome aunt and uncle." I laughed. Ginny, you guys can come back in now. Draco nods to me, happy that I'm strong enough to see our friends, and try's to stand. I hold him tightly, or as tightly as I can, to the bed. He could have gotten up but he gets it he's not allowed to move. Ginny and the rest of them walk in and Ginny smiles at us laying together, hands intertwined as close together as possible. I roll my eyes at her as if to say because you and Harry don't have this. She gets it and stops smiling, because it was more of a smirk than a smile. Harry comes in and sits beside Ginny, and then Neville sits beside him, Luna beside him, Hannah beside Luna, Ernie beside Hannah, Theo beside Ernie and Pansy beside Theo. They formed a chain of people around the bed, Draco and I in the middle. We all talked and laughed and had a good time until Mr. And Mrs. Weasley, who had only just been allowed up, burst through the door. "We would have been here sooner but the witch at the front wouldn't let us up. They sat beside Ginny and I grabbed Mrs. Weasley hand so she would know I was okay. "I'll kill him myself." "If Ginny doesn't get there first," I say to her weakly. She laughs, "Of course dear." And she hugged me so I could cry, the closest thing I'd have to a parent since my parents had disappeared and I'd cut them out of my life. She held me tightly to her chest as I clutched tightly to Draco's hand. And suddenly everyone was holding hands, even Draco was holding Theo's hand. Everyone was connected. I felt the charge of my family coursing through the hands of everyone and I felt safe and secure.