Chapter 14 - Christmas
A/N: Thank you to my beta Jacy you rock!
"Harry, wake up! Come on Harry wake up!" Hermione shouted. Harry just rolled over.
"Harry, wake up!" Hermione shouted again.
"I'm up. I'm up. What's the matter?" Harry said half awake. He saw a blurry figure at his bed. He knew it was Hermione. He reached over to the nightstand to get his glasses. Sure enough, Hermione was there in her robe about to burst.
"Happy Christmas Harry, let's go down and open our presents," she said with a warm smile.
"Happy Christmas Hermione," Harry said as he went forward for a good morning kiss.
"I'd better put a shirt on. I don't think that anybody wants to see me in just my boxers," Harry said.
"But I like you this way," Hermione said with a mischievous smile.
"I know you do, but I don't think anybody else does," Harry said as he grabbed a shirt from the dresser. Harry went to the loo. He splashed cold water on his face so he could get the sleep out of his eyes. He took off his glasses and replaced them with contacts. He put the tee shirt on followed by a black robe. He stepped outside and to no surprise, Hermione was sitting on the couch waiting for him impatiently.
"Finally," Hermione said and arose from the couch. She grabbed him by the wrist and opened the door. She raced him down the hallways and stairs.
"Hermione slow down!" Harry yelled as they turned a corner.
"I want to open my gifts," Hermione said excitedly and reached the sitting room.
Harry saw that Draco, Blaise and Mrs. Malfoy were already waiting for Hermione and him. Harry sat down on the couch across from Draco and Blaise. Mrs. Malfoy was sipping her tea. She too was not yet fully awake.
"Well it's about bloody time," Draco said sarcastically.
"Sorry Draco but Harry wouldn't wake up," Hermione said as she seated herself on Harry's lap.
"Yeah sorry mate," Harry said.
"Since everybody is here, we could start opening gifts," Mrs. Malfoy said with a yawn.
"Okay sweetie, I need to get up really quickly," Harry said as took off her his lap.
"Here are my gifts," Harry said as he handed them their gifts and placed Hermione back on his lap.
"They're beautiful Harry. Thank you," Mrs. Malfoy said as she looked at the small diamond earrings.
"You're welcome," Harry said with a warm smile.
"Yeah, Harry. I love this perfume. It smells absolutely fabulous," Blaise said.
"Hermione did you open your gifts yet?" Harry asked.
"No not yet," Hermione said. She took her gift and unwrapped it.
"Oh Harry, I love it!" Hermione exclaimed. Harry had bought her a sliver heart locket. In the front of the locket was engraved Harry and Hermione and on the back was For eternity.
"Open it," Harry said. A few tears fell down her face. Inside were a photo and an engraving. On the left was a picture Harry holding Hermione laughing outside the castle. On the right was a message - I love you.
Hermione turned to Harry and gave him a loving kiss. He gently wiped away her tears and looked into her dark eyes. She was again lost in his emerald pools. They were jolted back to reality when Draco nudged Harry's side.
"Hey thanks for the broom cover. I needed a new one anyway," Draco said thankfully.
"You're welcome," Harry said as he looked away.
"Here Harry. This is my gift, " Hermione said as she handed him his gift.
"Thanks," Harry said and gave her a peck on the cheek. He unwrapped the gift. It was a picture book of the four of them playing around in the hallways, in the Great Hall or outside, hanging out in the Head Boy and Girl Common Room with some of their other friends. There were also pictures of him and Hermione.
"Thanks sweetheart. I love it," Harry said excitedly.
"I knew you would," Hermione said happily
"Here mate. It's from Blaise and me," Draco said as he handed him his gift. Harry quickly unwrapped the box.
"Wow, a broomstick cover with my name engraved in it!" Harry said happily.
"I guess we think a like," Draco said chuckling.
"I guess we do." Harry smiled.
Harry ending up getting a broomstick cover, four new outfits from Mrs. Malfoy, and the picture book. Hermione got the necklace, seven new outfits from her mum, a friendship bracelet from Blaise, and pair of sliver cat shaped earrings and four new books from Draco.
"Here Edward. I bought you something too," Harry said happily.
"Oh thank you," Edward said gratefully. He opened the gift and got a huge smile on his face.
"Thank you. I never had cologne," Edward said.
"Don't mention it," Harry said with a warm smile.
"Dinner won't be ready for a few hours," Edward announced.
"Great that will give us time to have a snowball fight," Harry said with a grin.
"Well I have time for one," Draco said.
"Count me in!" Hermione shouted excitedly.
"Me too," Blaise said happily.
They all walked back up stairs to get dressed. After thirty minutes, everybody was downstairs putting on their cloaks. They all went outside and separated into teams.
"Okay girls vs. boys," Draco announced.
"That's not fair! You two are stronger and faster," Blaise complained.
"Exactly," Draco said with a mischievous smile.
"It's okay Blaise. They may be stronger and faster, but we are smarter then them," Hermione said in a snobbish tone.
"Let the games begin!" Harry said and threw a snowball at Hermione. Harry grabbed another huge pile of snow and threw it at Blaise's face.
"You'll pay for that one Potter." She laughed.
She grabbed a huge pile of snow and threw it at Harry, but Harry ducked and it hit Draco instead. Harry turned around to see Draco wiping his face. Harry laughed hysterically; he turned around and a huge snowball hit his face. He could see that Hermione was laughing hysterically at him. He wiped off the snow and chased Hermione down.
"Help me Blaise!" Hermione shouted. The foot deep snow didn't allow her to get away as easily.
"No Hermione help me!" Blaise shouted back Draco chased her as well. The two girls ran into each other and quickly grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at Harry and Draco. This bought them some time to escape.
"Come on we'll hide behind this bush," Hermione suggested.
"Hey is my face red?" Blaise asked.
"Just a little bit. Why?" Hermione whispered.
"Harry threw that snowball really hard," Blaise said rubbing her face.
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"Where did they go?" Draco asked.
"I don't know. They're probably hiding," Harry suggested.
Harry and Draco started looking behind every tree and bush.
"Come out, come out where ever you are!" Harry yelled. "Hermione you can't hide from me!"
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"Hey, they're coming closer," Blaise said.
"Let's get ready," Hermione said as she began to make snowballs.
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"Hey, did you hear that?" Harry said
"Yeah, it sounds like it's coming from that bush over there," Draco said suspiciously.
Harry and Draco slowly walked up to the bush.
"Caught ya!" they both shouted.
"There's nobody here," Draco said frustrated.
"Let's just go back and get our snowboards," Harry suggested.
When they turned around, numerous amounts of snowball came flying towards them. Harry and Draco started to run away.
"What the fuck is happening?" Draco asked.
"I don't know!" Harry said as he ducked the snowballs.
The snowballs stopped and Harry saw two girls running back inside as fast as they could. Harry and Draco quickly got up and chased after them. Harry and Draco ran in front of the girls.
"And where do you think you're going?" Harry asked.
"Um…Um… No where special," Hermione said innocently.
"You're going to pay for that one," Harry told Hermione. He went forward and started tickling her. She fell down to the ground wiggling out of Harry's grasp. Blaise ran away and Draco ran after her.
"Stop Harry! I can't breathe," Hermione said trying to get her breath back from all the laughing. Harry finally stopped and helped her back up.
"I think we're even now," Harry said with a smile.
"I was thinking about something today," Hermione said.
"What?" Harry said as he dusted the snow off of his cloak.
"I was thinking about telling Draco today."
"I don't know. How do you think he is going to take it?" Harry asked.
"That's the only thing I'm worried about. I think he's going to be really mad at me for not telling him sooner," Hermione said as she dusted off the snow from her cloak.
"Well, we can tell him after dinner," Harry suggested.
"So we're going to tell him?" Hermione said with an unsure tone.
"I really don't think he his going to overreact that much," Harry said a he went toward Hermione. She put her arms around his neck and gave him a sweet kiss on the lips.
"Hey Harry can I ask you something else?" Hermione said looking his eyes.
"Sure," Harry said.
"When did you get this picture?" Hermione asked looking at her locket.
"Remember when we were going back to the castle after Hagrid's class the day before we left for Christmas break and Draco made that joke about Neville and his toad and I put my arms around your waist and you heard me mutter something?" Harry asked.
"Yeah?"
"Well, I was casting a photo spell. It takes a picture and it goes straight to the photo lab to get printed. Draco knew what I was planning to do, so I asked him to say a joke or something so the photo spell would get us laughing together," Harry said with a smile.
"I think it's our best picture yet," Hermione said as she leaned in for another kiss.
"So that's what you two been doing all this time - snogging each other's brains out I bet," Draco teased.
"It's getting really cold. I bet Edward could get us some hot cocoa and then we could go to the theater and watch a movie," Hermione said.
"May I make a suggestion?" Draco added
"There is no way in hell that I'm going to watch Mary Poppins. Sorry mate but that's where I put my foot down," Harry said with a chuckle.
"No, not that smart ass. I was going to suggest A Christmas Story," Draco said aggravated.
"Sure, that's one of my all time favorites," Harry exclaimed.
"I have never seen it!" Blaise said embarrassed.
"Well you're in for a treat," Hermione added.
"What are we waiting for? I'm freezing my ass off," Blaise said shivering.
Harry put his arm around Hermione's waist so that back of her head was leaning on his chest and they walked back to the manor. Once there, they handed their stuff to Edward.
"Dinner will be ready in three hours," Edward announced.
"Great! Edward, we want four mugs of hot cocoa when we arrive at the theater," Harry ordered.
"I don't want any marshmallow in my hot cocoa. I also want some snacks," Hermione asked.
"What will those snacks be?" Edward asked.
"I would like strawberries with whip cream on the side, a bowl of grapes and three plums."
"Is that all? Dinner is in three hours - aren't you going to be full?" Draco asked.
"I'll have room," Hermione said.
"We should go down to the theater," Harry suggested. Three floors down, they finally reached the theater.
"So, at movie are we going to watch again?" Hermione asked.
"A Christmas Story," Harry exclaimed.
They sat down in the middle row. When the movie started, the hot cocoa appeared in their cup holders. So did Hermione's snacks. The movie began and they laughed. In the middle of the movie, Hermione left the room in a hurry. Harry followed her. She ran to the nearest bathroom and slammed the door. He went up to the door and knocked.
"Hermione are you okay?" Harry asked in concern.
"Hermione are you okay," Harry asked again. He then heard her throw up. He knew what was going on.
"Hermione do you need anything?" Harry asked.
He heard the toilet flushed. She must have turned the faucet on because he heard the water running. Hermione splashed water on her face and drank some water. She wiped her face and opened the door.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked.
"Yes, I guess I forgot to take my medication this morning," she said weakly.
"You want some water?" Harry asked as he put his arm around her waist.
"No, I'll be fine," she said as she placed the back of her head against his chest. They walked down the hall and headed back to the theater.
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"I hope Hermione is okay," Draco said worriedly.
"She'll be fine. I think it's that pregnancy sickness they talk about," Blaise said as she kept her eyes on the screen.
"What's this pregnancy - " Before Draco could finish, Blaise nudged his side to shut up about it because Harry and Hermione were coming back.
"Hey sis. Maybe that will teach you not to pig out like that again," Draco said sarcastically.
"Maybe," Hermione said with a weak smile.
They finish watching the movie and by Harry's request, they watched Mary Poppins. Draco didn't like that joke very much, but watched the movie with excitement. He even sang along. This made everybody laugh so much their sides began to hurt. Before they watched the movie, Draco warned Harry if he told anybody he would hurt him badly. The movie ended and they headed back to their rooms.
"Man I'm really hungry," Hermione said as she rubbed her stomach.
"Hungry, you just threw up your snack an hour ago. If I didn't know any better, I would think you were pregnant," Draco said with a chuckle.
Harry felt his stomach go upside down. Hermione must have felt the same thing because she had the same face as Harry. All the color in their faces disappeared.
"Are you guys okay?" Blaise asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Hermione?" Harry asked.
"Um… yeah," Hermione said.
"Hey Hermione, we better go and get dressed," Blaise said trying to ease them from Draco's comment.
"I'll see you later okay Harry?" Hermione said and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Alright, I'll see you in a little bit sweetie," Harry said as he left for his room.
Harry got in his room and took a long shower. He picked khaki dress pants, a blue dress shirt, a matching tie and brown dress shoes. He spiked up his hair and put cologne on. He put the ring in his pocket as he was planning on asking Draco for Hermione's hand in marriage.
He headed down to the dinning area. Draco was already waiting at the table.
"How do you get dressed so fast?" Harry said as he pulled out a chair and sat across from Draco.
"I don't know." Draco shrugged. Once again, they got in a deep conversation about Quidditch.
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"Hey Hermione, I think Draco is starting to suspect something," Blaise said as she looked at herself in the mirror.
"I think so too," Hermione said as she stepped out of the loo. Hermione wore a knee length black skirt with a pink spaghetti strap shirt and matching sandals. She let her long brown curls down tonight.
"So, how do you plan on telling him?" Blaise asked.
"Um… I guess I'll just say it flat out," Hermione said as she put lotion on her legs and arms.
"Hey, could I see your locket?" Blaise asked.
"Sure," Hermione said and handed her locket to Blaise.
"Wow, when was this picture taken?"
"I think Harry said when we heading back to the castle from Hagrid's class on time. Harry did some kind of photo spell," Hermione explained as she put perfume on.
"Now that you're pregnant, does that mean you and Harry are going to get married?" Blaise asked and handed her locket back.
"I don't know," Hermione said unsure, looking at Blaise from her mirror. "I mean, I know we are going to have to live together when the baby is born, but marriage was never brought up - could you help me put this on?" Hermione asked
"Sure! So marriage was never brought up?" Blaise said trying to get the necklace on.
"No, but I know if he is going to ask me it's because he wants too. Or - what if he has to now because I'm pregnant?" Hermione said with a worried tone.
"Stop talking like that! I see the way he looks at you. That man is madly in love with you. I bet he was going to ask you even if you weren't pregnant," Blaise said with a smile.
"I know. I don't know why I was talking like that," Hermione said with weak smile.
"We should go downstairs," Blaise suggested and went towards the door
"Hey Blaise?" Hermione said
"Yeah?" Blaise answered and turned around.
"Thanks for being such a good friend. You always knew how to make me feel better ever since Draco wrote in my favorite book on our fourth birthday," Hermione said.
"Oh yeah! You were crying and I asked my butler to do an erase spell on your book," Blaise said with a chuckle.
"I never forgave Draco for that," Hermione said with an annoyed voice.
"Didn't we meet the Law sisters on your fourth birthday?" Blaise asked
"Yeah - isn't that year Draco threw cake at Jacqui's face because she was trying to give him a birthday kiss?" Hermione said with a chuckle.
"She really hasn't changed," Blaise said nodding her head.
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Mrs. Malfoy, Draco, and Harry were already at the dinner table talking.
"Draco, Mrs. Malfoy now that we are alone, I want to ask you a very private question," Harry said seriously.
"What is it mate?" Draco asked.
"For the past two months, I have grown to love Hermione deeply. She is beautiful, smart, funny, caring, and honest. I know that I can't live without her. I have never known real love in my life because no one has ever shown me what that was. When I'm with Hermione, I know what we have is love and I don't ever want to lose that. What I'm trying to say is that I want Hermione to be with me forever. Marrying her is the only way to accomplish that. So Mrs. Malfoy, Draco, will you give me Hermione's hand in marriage and your blessings?" Harry said with a hopeful _expression.
"You want to marry her," Draco said in shock.
"Yes, I love Hermione and I want her to be my wife," he said sincerely.
"Aren't you a little young to be getting married?" Mrs. Malfoy asked.
"I don't want to have the wedding until after graduation. When we have a place to live and actually know what we want to do with our lives, then we'll talk about a wedding date," Harry explained.
"I don't know what to say!" Mrs. Malfoy said still in shock. "Well, I know that you love her and you will be able to provide for her. So you have my blessing!" She said with a warm smile. Harry got a huge smile on his face, but then he turned to Draco.
"I won't do anything until I have your blessing," Harry said sincerely.
Draco just sat there, still in complete shock. He couldn't believe it. Harry wanted to marry Hermione. His twin sister. He knew how much Harry really cared for Hermione. He also knew that he would protect her and knew that he could trust Harry and knew that he would never hurt her.
"Draco?" Mrs. Malfoy asked in concern.
Draco looked at his mum and then at Harry. "Welcome to the family mate," Draco said with a warm smile.
Harry had tears coming down his face. It was the second greatest moment in his life (the first Hermione being pregnant). He wiped his tears of joy and went over to give Mrs. Malfoy a hug.
"You're one of us now," Mrs. Malfoy said happily. Draco went over to Harry and gave him a congratulation hug.
"I couldn't ask for a better man for Hermione," Draco said.
They sat back down and Harry took out the engagement ring. He showed it to Mrs. Malfoy and she let out a loud gasp.
"Oh Harry, it's beautiful!" Mrs. Malfoy said in admiration.
They heard the girls giggling. Mrs. Malfoy quickly handed back the ring. Harry shoved the ring into his pocket.
They girls came in and saw their boyfriends already having a conversation with Mrs. Malfoy. Harry and Draco stood up at the sight of Hermione and Blaise. Harry went over to Hermione and gave her a peck on the cheek.
"You look beautiful sweetheart," Harry said to Hermione and pulled out her chair.
"Thank you Harry. You look handsome yourself," Hermione said as she sat down.
Harry went back to his chair. Hermione felt a hand on her thigh. She looked at him and he gave her a mischievous look. She smiled at him and put her hand on his lap. She squeezed his thigh and felt a lump in his pocket. Harry probably didn't notice because he turned back to talk to Draco.
What's that, Hermione thought to herself.
"Hermione are you okay?" Blaise whispered to her.
"Yeah," Hermione said confusedly.
"Harry and Draco were suggesting we go to Australia fro the summer," Mrs. Malfoy commented.
"I would much rather go to France for the summer. I just love Paris," Hermione said excitedly.
"Because of all the history and art museums right?" Harry asked playfully.
"No! When I'm on summer vacation, I try to have fun," Hermione said annoyed.
"Sorry! So what do you like to do during the summer?" Harry asked with a mischievous smile.
"Shop and go to the beach of course," Hermione said excitedly.
"I was thinking on going on another cruise!" Blaise added.
"Maybe we could go to California in the United States," Mrs. Malfoy suggested. Everybody looked at her with confused face and began to laugh.
"What would everybody like to drink?" Edward asked.
"I will have a the usual," Hermione ordered.
"Make that two, but one without lemon," Mrs. Malfoy added.
"Make that three, only with only four cubes of ice," Blaise requested.
"I will have a butterbeer," Harry ordered.
"I will have the same," Draco added.
"I will be back shortly," Edward said.
About two minutes later, Edward appeared with their orders.
"The dinner will be ready in five minutes," Edward announced.
"Hermione, I just got news that Daisy's just got their spring fashions in this morning," Mrs. Malfoy said.
"We should go tomorrow," Hermione said excitedly.
"Spring! That not for another four months!" Harry exclaimed.
"Harry, you're supposed to go shopping this early if you want to get the newest fashions," Blaise said.
"Excuse me, but dinner is served," Edward announced. He snapped his fingers and a huge Christmas dinner appeared in front of their faces, which included turkey, corn, mashed potato with gravy, steamed vegetables, and rolls of bread.
They talked about everything you could think of, but soon Draco and Harry were debating who was going to be the new Chudley Cannons Seeker. The girls didn't find any interest in that conversation, so they began raving about different resorts and spas. They were all stuffed by the end of the night, even Hermione - after two helpings of everything, including desserts, she was really full.
"Sis, if you don't stop this eating rampage, you will turn out to be like Millicent Bullstrode." Draco laughed.
"Shut the fuck up Draco! I've just been really hungry lately," Hermione said back trying to defend herself.
"Yeah Draco lay off!" Harry added and put his on her thigh.
"I'm off to bed," Mrs. Malfoy said.
"Yeah me too. I'm exhausted," Blaise said with a fake yawn. "Will I be seeing you later Draco?"
"Maybe," Draco said with a smirk
Mrs. Malfoy and Blaise left the dining room.
"Draco, Hermione and I wanted to talk to you about something important," Harry said.
"What?" Draco added.
"Well… It's… um…" Harry said nervously.
"I'm pregnant," Hermione blurted out.
"You're what?!" Draco shouted.
"Pregnant," Hermione said again.
"Whose baby is it?" Draco asked.
"Harry's dumb ass. Who else have I slept with?" Hermione said and rolled her eyes.
"How long?"
"Just few weeks," Hermione said.
"I thought you used protection."
"Well, I forgot one time," Harry said.
"Are you sure it's Harry's?" Draco asked again.
"Yes, jackass," Hermione said again.
"So that means… I'm going to be an uncle," Draco said with a smile. "Well that's just great. All we need are little Hermiones and Harrys running around," Draco said sarcastically.
"You're not mad?" Harry said confused.
"I don't know. I mean, you two are still really young to have a family right now, but on the up side, I am going to have a chance to show this kid the Malfoy ways." Draco smiled.
"You are such an asshole! You scared the hell out of me," Hermione said and playfully punched Draco in the arm.
"See, I told you he wouldn't overreact." Harry nudged Hermione.
"I do have one problem," Draco said.
"What's that?" Harry asked.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"Well… I was afraid that you would get mad because we weren't careful," Hermione said nervously.
"You're bound to screw up some time," Draco said and smiled at Harry. "I'm going upstairs to make my own little Dracos," Draco said and put his signature smile on. He ran upstairs and quickly ran back down. He gave his sister a hug.
"Congratulations sis, you're going to be a great mum," Draco said and smiled at her. "Good luck mate. Now you'll have two Hermiones in the house," Draco said and patted Harry on the back.
"I'm looking forward to it," Harry said and smiled at Hermione.
"Yeah, you say that now," Draco said sarcastically. Hermione just rolled her eyes and looked at Draco.
"Go shag your girlfriend already and stop brainwashing Harry with your nonsense," Hermione snapped.
With that comment, Draco went back upstairs to meet Blaise.
"You know Hermione, Draco's just jesting with you," Harry said softly.
"I know, but I just don't want him to give you second thought about us," Hermione said in a worried tone.
"Hermione, I would never have second thoughts about us," Harry stated.
"You're right Harry! It was stupid of me to make such a comment," Hermione apologized.
"It's been a long day. I really don't want you sleeping by yourself. Sleep in my room tonight," Harry said.
"Why don't you want me to sleep by myself?" Hermione asked.
"Well… What if you wake up at night and you need something or what if you get sick again I won't be there to help you?" Harry explained.
"Alright! How did I ever find such a loving man?" Hermione said loving voice. She leaned for a quick kiss. "I'll meet your in room in about thirty minutes."
"Okay," Harry said.
"I'll see you in a little bit sweetheart," Hermione said as she went up to her room.
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Hermione got to her room where she slowly undressed and put on her pajamas. She suddenly felt a lump in her throat. She quickly went to her room and threw up her dinner. She went over to the sink and rinsed her mouth. When she was putting her jewelry away she got the sudden urge for ice cream. She quickly finished what she was doing and went to the kitchen.
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"Should I ask her tonight or during school?" Harry said to himself.
"No, not tonight. Maybe I'll ask her later on in the break," he said to himself as he unbuttoned his shirt.
He quickly got into his sleeping attire (which consist boxer and a shirt). He noticed that his room was a mess. Homework, magazines, and clothes were all over the floor. He quickly picked everything up. He got his ring out of his pocket and placed it at the bottom of his trunk. There was a knock on the door.
"Here's you water sir," Edward said.
"Thank you. Goodnight," Harry said politely.
"Goodnight sir."
Harry closed the door and placed the pitcher of water on the nightstand on Hermione's side of the bed. He went to the bathroom to take out his contacts. He heard a knock on the door; he placed his round frames back on.
Harry went to the door and saw Hermione licking a vanilla ice cream cone.
"Had a sudden urge for ice cream?" Harry chuckled.
"How did you know?" Hermione asked sarcastically and stepped in.
"Hermione, when do you find out what the sex of the child will be?" Harry asked as he went over to Hermione and put his hand over her belly.
"I already know," Hermione said happily.
"Really - what?"
"A girl," Hermione said as she went toward the bed.
"How do you know?" Harry asked curiously.
"I don't know for sure, but I have a feeling it's going to be a girl," Hermione said climbing into bed.
Hermione went under the covers and sat up. Harry got a Quidditch magazine from his nightstand and went to the bed. She cuddled up next to him and he kissed her on the top of head.
Hermione wondered if she should ask what was in his pocket earlier.
"Harry, what was in your pocket during dinner?" Hermione asked.
"What do you mean?"
"When I put my hand on your leg, I felt a lump in your pocket. What was that?" Hermione asked again.
"That? Draco and I played a little bit of pool. That was some of the galleons I had left," Harry said smoothly.
"Oh," Hermione said disappointed.
"What did you think it was?" Harry asked curiously.
An engagement ring, what else, Hermione thought to herself. "Oh nothing. I figured it was something like that," she said with a disappointed tone. She finished her ice cream and went to the nightstand. She poured herself some water; she took a quick sip and turned to Harry.
"I'm getting sleepy. I think I'm going to call it a night," Hermione said and gave a fake yawn.
"Goodnight sweetheart," Harry said and gave her a peck on the lips.
"Goodnight love," Hermione said. She turned on her side and was still wondering if extra galleons were the only things in his pocket.
She got tired of thinking about what was in his pocket and fell asleep.
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"Does she suspect something?" Harry said to himself. "Maybe you should just ask her before you leave for King Cross station. Yeah, that's what I'll do. You are such a genius Harry Potter," he said conceitedly. He put down his magazine on his nightstand and went to bed.
"This was the best Christmas I have ever had," he said quietly and pulled Hermione closer to him. His eyes closed and he dreamed of the many Christmases he would now have with his new family.