Complicated Love (Dramione)

I love you mummy

Hermione collapsed to the ground at the shake of the healer's head, Ron and Draco both went to catch her, but Draco got her first.

"I'm afraid it's not looking good Mr. Lupin, your wife is literally on the brink of death and I'm afraid your daughter didn't make it. You can now come in if you like?" The healer asked Teddy, stepping to the side. Teddy swallowed the lump in his throat and followed the healer into the room.

It was cold and empty, nothing happy could happen here, Teddy looked over to the bed and saw his wife. She was so pale, she looked freezing, there was still a bump in her stomach where their baby had been, Teddy then saw a female healer over in the corner was cleaning something gently, it was his daughter. She wasn't too small, she was the perfect size, she was beautiful, but she was so still, Teddy wished with all his heart that his daughter would move! Breath! Cry! But nothing could bring back the dead; he knew that better than most.

"Can…can I hold her?" Teddy asked the healer timidly. The healer gave him a sad smile before placing the little body in his arms, he looked down at his beautiful daughter, her hair was pink, but not a bright pink, it was dull and tainted, tainted by death and pain.

Teddy was looking at his baby daughter so intently he didn't even notice when two people entered the room.

"Teddy, is she ok?" Draco asked him, nodding towards Minerva's still body.

"No, there's nothing, she's just barely alive." Teddy said, a tear running down his cheek and dropping onto his daughter's still face.

"Oh my darling!" Hermione said, running over to her daughter and dropping to her knees by the bed.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't here for you enough, I love you so, so much!"  She cried, squeezing her hand, willing it to move. But of course it didn't, and Teddy feared it never would again.

For the rest of the day everyone sat in the room, saying their goodbyes to the little baby they never got to know.

Teddy didn't move from Minerva's side, she had been with him through so much in both their lives, he couldn't bear to loose her, it was just too painful, but as each second passed he felt her slipping further away.

Later on that day there was a commotion out in the hall.

"I'm fine, I need to be here!" a voice was saying, the voice sounded angry, and very worried.

Into the room walked Mrs. Weasley.

"Grandma! You shouldn't be out of bed!" Teddy said, giving her his seat.

"Yes I should, I came as soon as I heard, I’m so sorry Teddy." She said, giving him a hug.

"I know grandma, but what matters now is that you get better!"

"I feel stronger now, some people get stronger when their families are weaker, I am needed here, so I will get stronger Teddy, I will get stronger and help you both through this terrible ordeal." Mrs. Weasley said, sitting down in the chair and grasping Minerva's hand.

Teddy hoped she was right, but if he lost all three of them…

"Teddy, what about Remus, don't you think he needs the chance to say goodbye to his mother? Just in case?" Hermione said, getting up from the chair for the first time all day.

Teddy knew she was right, so he went down to the crèche to collect his son.

Remus was so young, only four years old, he would never understand what was going on, and in a way Teddy didn't want him to. When they got back to the room Remus ran in ahead of Teddy.

"Mummy!" he screamed excitedly, but when she didn't look at him he started to get annoyed.

"Mummy, wake up mummy! Wake up!" he cried at her.

Everyone stood around and watched the heartbreaking scene; Teddy didn't want his son to experience the pain of growing up without a mother.

Remus lay down on the bed beside his mummy, tears running down his face.

"I love you mummy." he said, giving her lifeless body a hug.

Minerva opened her eyes.