Forever and Always - Dramione/Blinny Veela Sequel

Ch. 29

Ginny stared at the door that Blaise had walked through, an unbelievable weight of disappointment and sadness hitting her. She actually wished to be back in that room chained to the wall; that would've been more forgiving.

And the emotions she was feeling from Blaise confused her even more; there was worry, nervousness, and guilt? Why guilt?

Draco immediately held out a hand to try and calm Ginny. "I'm going to go talk to him; please don't overthink this. I'll be right back."

"How am I not supposed to overthink this?" Ginny asked, heartbroken. "He just figured out he's going to be a father and he walks out?!"

Hermione reached over and took Ginny's hand, squeezing it. "Let Draco talk to him and figure out what's going on."

"I know what's going on!" Ginny lamented, laying her head back against the pillows and staring up at the ceiling, tears forming in her eyes. "I can feel his emotions; he's not excited at all!"

She squeezed her eyes shut and Hermione looked up at Draco with a worried expression. Draco nodded and immediately left the room, stepping out into the hallway and finding an exasperated Blaise pacing back and forth.

"What the hell was that?" Draco demanded after shutting the door.

Blaise didn't answer, his eyes wide as he stared at the floor, still pacing back and forth down the hallway. His hands were firmly thrust into his pockets and he was breathing hard.

"Blaise," Draco tried again, leaning down to try to meet his friend's eyes. He stood up immediately though when he realized that Blaise's eyes were turning black again. "Blaise, she's safe. She's in that room right now, waiting for you to go back in there. And I think you should."

"I..." Blaise paused and finally stopped pacing. "She's pregnant, mate."

"I know that, Blaise," Draco said. "I was in the room when she said it."

"Draco." Blaise turned around and faced him, a wild expression on his face. "They tortured her, while she was carrying my child. They tortured my wife. My mate."

Draco held up his hands in defense, feeling the combative energy coming from Blaise. "Calm down, Blaise. They aren't around to hurt her any longer. And frankly, you walking out of that room hurt her worse than they ever could."

Blaise paused at this and took a few deep breaths. He realized just how badly she was hurting now, feeling the sorrow and hearing her cry from the other side of the closed door. He rubbed the back of his neck and groaned. "I just panicked...I've really messed up this time, haven't I?"

"Well there's a quick way to fix it."

When Draco left the room, Hermione turned back to Ginny and moved so that she was sitting next to her friend, giving her hand another squeeze. "It's going to be alright, Ginny."

Ginny looked up and glared at her through tear-soaked eyes. "How do you know?"

"Because if Blaise wasn't committed to this, he would've left the building by now," Hermione said calmly. "Just calm down; he's right outside the room and Draco went to talk to him."

Ginny couldn't stop the tears as she laid back into the pillows, covering her face with her hands. "He left, Hermione! He just walked out the door!"

"I know," Hermione said, putting a hand on her friend's arm. "But he's still here. This was probably a shock to him; his wife is pregnant with his child, and he's just finding this out after getting her back from being kidnapped. You're overthinking this majorly."