A/N: As previously stated I still don't have internet at the moment so it takes longer to post than it normally would take me, I have found a way to post though! Thanks to all of you who will read this even though I have been gone forever and a half! And thanks to those who reviewed my last chapter, those wonderful readers of mine would be McFlyer-Girl-Frankie, xX.Marshmellow.Xx, fictionwriter191, Zarroc, darthfiredragon, and p.mongoose. You know I love you all! Enjoy the chapter.
JOELSANGEL
Chapter 48
Doctor's appointments and Shopping.
HERMIONE--
I woke up to the sound of Draco rummaging through his drawers for clothes. I sat up in bed and watched him for a minute.
"Hey, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Getting some clothes so I can go take a shower. Want to join me?" He said.
"Sure. I have to go find Ginny afterward, though. I was thinking about having her go with us to my appointment tomorrow and then you can come back here and we can go shopping, I just have to make sure that all will be good with that. Sound good to you?" I asked getting out of bed.
"Yeah, that sounds fine. We will have to tell Dumbledore though. Did you get any money to shop with?" He replied.
"I know. I still haven't told him that I have a doctor's appointment today. I keep forgetting. And yes I got money already. Oh, hey there's an owl outside." I said and opened the window.
The owl flew in and dropped the letter on the bed. I picked it up and opened it.
"Who's it from?" Draco asked.
"My mom." I said recognizing the handwriting. I finished opening it and read it out loud.
"Dear Hermione,
Doctor Smith called this morning and asked if she could change your appointment to four o'clock today instead of having it at two o'clock tomorrow. I told her that would be fine because you already have your appointment with Doctor James at three o'clock. Hope your appointments go well! Write to let me know what happens. Love you and Draco both!
Love,
Mom"
"Well, that works quite well, doesn't it?" Draco asked.
"Yeah, now I only have to leave once this week instead of twice." I said folding the letter back up. Suddenly, another owl flew through the window.
"Wow, another letter." I said. Draco picked this one up.
"It's from my mother." He said and opened it. He read it aloud.
"Draco,
I talked with Dumbledore and I will be arriving next Tuesday to spend time with you two. I cannot wait to see you both. I love you and hope you are doing well.
Love,
Your Mother"
"Well, that's not bad. Next week we don't have anything important happening." I said to him.
"Yeah, next week is good." He replied. We finally made it to the shower and then headed for breakfast.
When we got to the Great Hall Draco went to his table and I went to mine. I sat down next to Ginny.
"Hey, Gin, what's up?" I asked.
"Nothing, I'm just trying to decide if I'm hungry. I have been sick all morning." She replied.
"You need to eat, no matter what." I told her.
"I know. I just don't want to throw up any more. Why don't you have your bag with you?" She asked.
"I have a doctor's appointment today and so I am going to miss pretty much all of my classes, which reminds me that I wanted you to go with us so you and I could go buy some maternity clothes today." I said to her.
"That's fine with me, we will have to ask Dumbledore though." She replied.
"I know, I still have to tell him that I have my doctor's appointments. We will go talk to him after we eat something." I told her and we ate some bacon, toast, and eggs.
DRACO--
After we finished breakfast Hermione, Ginny, and I set off for Dumbledore's office. We thought he must be there since he wasn't at breakfast. We made it to the top of the spiral staircase and knocked on the door.
"Enter," We heard from beyond the door.
"Hello, professor." I said as the three of us walked in.
"Hello. What can I do for you three today?" He smiled at us over his half-moon spectacles.
"Well, sir, I have two doctor's appointments today so Draco and I must go to them, afterwards I need to buy some maternity clothes and Draco isn't much of a shopper so I wanted to know if I could take Ginny with us." Hermione said to him.
"I don't see a problem with that. I will let your professors know. Thank you for asking to take her instead of just taking her." He said writing a little note on a spare piece of parchment.
"Thank you, professor." I said and we left the room.
"How are we going to get there?" Ginny asked suddenly.
"Well, both Hermione and I can apparate so we will walk to the gates of the grounds and once we are outside them we will apparate from there. You can do side-along-apparition with Hermione." I told her.
"Oh, okay." She replied. We finally reached the gates and stepped outside of them.
"Ready?" Hermione asked Ginny.
"Yeah, let's go." Ginny replied.
We apparated to an alley way just around the corner from Doctor James's office. We walked in and Hermione told the receptionist that we were there. She said it would be just a moment and then Hermione came to sit beside me. A couple moments later the doctor came out and called us back.
"So, who is this fine young lady?" He asked as we went back to the examination room.
"This is my best friend, Ginny. She is going to go shopping with me this afternoon because I can't fit into most of my clothes." Hermione told him.
"Well, very nice to meet you, miss." He said shaking her hand.
"It's nice to meet you, as well." She replied.
"So, Hermione, as you know I have to do a blood test so I will need your left arm." He told Hermione. She stuck out her arm and the doctor took blood from her. It almost made me sick to watch the man take blood from my love's arm.
"Are you alright, Draco?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, that just grosses me out." I told her.
"Well, it's over now." Doctor James said.
"Good." I said and shuddered.
"I will be right back." He said after he put the band-aid on Hermione's arm so she wouldn't bleed anymore. He left the three of us sitting there. After a few moments he returned.
"Well, I have some good news and some bad news." The doctor said.
"What's the bad news?" I asked before Hermione could say anything.
"The bad news is that you two will not see me as often anymore. The good news is that the hemophilia seems to be better. I will have to have a check-up about once every two months to make sure that you are still doing well. If you have any excessive bleeding then just come in and I will take care of you. But it seems that you are doing just fine. I think the few shots of protiens we gave you helped your body to know which ones it needed to produce more of." He said to Hermione.
"Wow. That's great. Thank you so much, Doctor James." She said shaking his hand.
"You're very welcome. Now, you kids need to be on your way." He smiled at us and led us out to the reception area. Hermione made an appointment for two months from then and we left the office.
"That's amazing. Two shots and I'm better. How crazy is that?" She asked smiling broadly.
"It's awesome. I said hugging her. We hailed a cab and went to Doctor Smith's office. We checked in with the receptionist when we got there. After about ten minutes Doctor Smith came out.
"Hey, guys." She said to us.
"Hi," Hermione and I said in unison.
"And who is this?" Doctor Smith asked as we followed her to the examination room.
"This is Ginny. She's my best friend. She is going to go shopping with me today because I hardly fit my clothes. She's also pregnant as well and she wants to see what the ultrasounds look like and everything." Hermione told her.
"Oh, well she came to the right place." Doctor Smith smiled at Hermoine and Ginny.
Doctor Smith did an ultrasound on Hermione's belly to show us the baby and showed us the baby's heartbeat. Ginny was totally amazed. The doctor made sure Hermione had all the vitamins that she needed and then we went to the receptionist's desk. Hermione made an appointment for a month from then and we left. We went out to eat and then I apparated back to Hogwarts.
HERMIONE--
After Draco left Ginny and I hailed a cab and asked to be taken to a maternity store that I had heard about from my mother. We got there and we paid the cab driver and then went into the store. A young woman greeted us at the door.
"Hi, I'm Samantha, how are you ladies today?" She said.
"Well, besides one of us getting chunky and the other one being sick, we're doin pretty good." Ginny said.
"Ah, I take it you are both pregnant?" She asked with a smile.
"Yeah, I am in my fourteenth week, and my friend Ginny here is in her first or second. She just found out the other day." I told her.
"Well, congratulations, ladies. We are actually having a sale this weekend so everything in the store is at least fifty per cent off. So, if you need anything just let me know." She said.
"Okay, thanks." I said and we went on our way looking at clothes.
"Oh, look at this one Hermione." Ginny said holding up a brown shirt. It was like a tank top but the bottom wasn't tight, it was more belled at the bottom to fit a pregnant belly.
"That's cute. I think it would look good on you. Get it." I said.
"I was thinking for you." She replied.
"Gin, you're going to need maternity clothes, too. So, feel free to grab things. Oh, hey, look at these pants." I said holding up a pair of capri's. They had the cloth top but the rest were jeans.
"Those are cute." She replied. After about an hour and a half we were ready to check out. Ginny and I both had six pairs of pants, eight shirts, two skirts, and four dresses.
"Will this be all for you ladies?" Samantha asked.
"Yes." I said smiling at her.
"Alright, well, altogether that will be one hundred twenty seven dollars and thirty six cents." She said and I saw Ginny's jaw drop.
"It's okay, Ginny, I have plenty of money." I said and handed her a hundred, a twenty, and a ten. Samantha handed me back sixty four cents and two dollar bills.
"Thank you ladies for shopping with us." She said. We took our clothes and went outside. We found a deserted alleyway and apparated back to the Hogwarts grounds.
Once we got up to the castle I thought Ginny was going to fall over from exaustion. I helped her up to the Gryffindor common room and then went to my own common room.
"Miss Granger, where have you been?" Mrs. Johnson asked when I reached the portrait.
"Shopping for clothes." I said.
"Did you have fun?" She asked.
"Yes, I did." I said and gave her the password and she let me in.
"Draco I'm back!" I yelled through the common room.. He didn't answer so I went up to the bedroom and when I opened the bedroom door I saw he was sleeping. I shook him a little.
"Hey there." He said rolling over.
"Hi." I said kissing him on the forehead.
"What did you buy?" He asked.
I showed him all my clothes and actually tried them on. He said they all looked great on me. Then I put my clothes away and we headed down to dinner.
"So, Ginny said you two went shopping today." Ron said.
"Yeah, we bought some clothes. I needed them really bad and I knew she would need them eventually so I bought her some." I said as I scarfed down my dinner.
"Well, I hope you guys had fun." Harry said.
"We did. So, we all know that Ginny and I are doing great in our relationships. How are things with you guys?" I asked my two friends.
"Well, things with me and Cassie are going great. She's been busy with her homework but she is good. We were talking about having our wedding in August. Not this August obviously but the one after so we will have plenty of time to get things ready." Ron said.
"That's good. I was thinking about Draco and I having our wedding that July. We haven't talked much about it, considering everything that has happened. So, how are things with you Harry?" I asked.
"Well, you remember that girl, Shelly that I met a while back?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, I haven't met her yet but I remember you talking about her." I said.
"Well, she had told me that she didn't want to date me, right? Well, I guess she changed her mind. She came up to me last night after dinner and said she wanted to date me and let all the girls know that I was hers and if they wanted to get in my pants then they'd have to go through her. She's really serious about this. She said she likes me so much that she doesn't care if all the other girls want me, she just wants to be with me." Harry said.
"That's good. I'd like to meet her sometime soon. We will have to hang out. Maybe we can go on a quadruple date on one of these weekends. Doesn't that sound like fun?" I asked.
"Yeah, we could go to a nice muggle restaurant and have some good food. That sounds fun to me." Ron said through a mouthful of food.
"Sounds fun to me." Harry said.
"Good. Well, we will have to plan it. But I think I am done eating for the night. I will see you guys tomorrow in class." I said to them.
"Alright. Goodnight, Hermione." Harry said.
"Night." Ron said through another mouthful of food.
"Goodnight, boys." I said and left the table. Draco caught up with me and we went back to our common room.
"So, Harry, Ron and I were talking about having a quadruple date. You know, You and me, Ginny and Alex, Ron and Cassie and Harry and his new girlfriend Shelly. Does that sound fun?" I asked.
"Yeah, I think it would be nice to go to a really nice Italian restaurant. Don't you think so?" He said.
"Yeah, I love Italian food. So, we will have to plan it for a weekend when we aren't busy and then I will see if it's good for everyone else. But I am exausted, we will talk more about it tomorrow okay?" I said changing my clothes.
"Okay, I love you." Draco said.
"I love you." I replied. We laid down in bed and I started to think of our wedding. It was going to be large and we would either have it at Malfoy Manor or somewhere near my parent's house. I couldn't wait for it. I fell asleep dreaming of my future.
A/N: So thanks to all of you for reading. I love all my readers very much!
JOELSANGEL