Chapter 9
Draco is sitting impatiently but appearing patient as he sits amongst the long cue here to speak to Harry potter. "I wonder why does everyone wish to speak to him today of all days." He grunts gazing down as others glare daggers at him. No one is used to him and especially after the event, people seem to hate him more which he assumed wouldn't be possible. Sometimes he wishes he could go back in time and hug his mother. Just then a panicked hermione rushes to him and pauses. "What happened?" He asks worriedly.
Hermione glances around and whispers. "Come with me draco, please." Hermione doesn't address him as draco rather malfoy. He nods following behind with a strange feeling in his gut. What could possibly be the reason.
"Granger, make it quick. I wish to speak to potter about something very important."
"You will meet him." He nods. "At the hospital ... with scorpius."
Something inside him stills, with scorpius? "Why would potter be in the hospital with scorpius? Where is estella? What happened?"
"Come draco. Come with me. We will go together." She tries to grab his hand but he flinches it off.
"Tell me what happened!"
"Scorpius got hit by a car outside harry's residence."
"What was he doing there!?"
"I was hoping you could tell me." She rubs her forehead as draco starts pacing, forcing himself to not pull out his hair. "Let's go draco." He nods and Hermione grasps his hand offering comfort but draco doesn't feel any. Soon the two apparate to the national wizard hospital - the best in today's time.
But draco doesn't care, he rushes to the reception. "Where is scorpius Malfoy? I am his father." The receptionist sneers at him but hermione looks sternly at her and she hands the visitors card over. Draco can't find the elevator so he rushes up the stairs as hermione's screams become less and less audible behind him and soon he arrives on the third floor. He runs to the room only to find a gazed down harry potter guarding the door. Right before draco can push through, Harry catches him tightly halting him.
"Easy there malfoy. He isn't in there."
"Where is he!" Harry points in a further direction on top of which in bright red, draco reads ICU. "What happened."
Harry releases draco as draco thuds to the ground clenching his fists. Tears fall down his eyes and harry offers him a handkerchief but draco is too busy staring at the floor beneath hoping it can gulp him whole. "He was outside my residence and i had gone inside but a car hit him and he's got internal bleeding. Though he will make it. He has magic remember."
"What was he doing there?" Harry hands him a piece of paper which draco recognizes instantly. "He wanted to leave the house today, though he didn't tell me it would be for this. I could have given it to you. How dare he do this himself." Draco covers his face sobbing as hermione and pansy arrive rushing towards them.
"Oh Draco! It's all my fault! He used my floo to get to harry's. I am so sorry!" She cries cradling him and draco can finally let himself out. He cries and cries in her embrace.
"He went to luna first, she was about to inform you but fortunately, coincidentally i called her before. I thought it would be better for me to tell you rather you finding out in the middle of a crowd." Hermione bends down patting his back.
"He went to luna and to pansy but not to his own father. Why?" Draco hiccups. If something happens to scorpius, draco might just, no actually will kill himself. He and estella is all that draco's got. "Estella! Where is she!" He panics rising up.
"With luna." Hermione assures. "She doesn't know." Draco nods in relief.
He sighs. "Thankyou for bringing him here potter. You can all leave now. I will forever be grateful for your help."
Hermione glares at harry as he looks down ashamed. "You didn't know scorpius was coming to meet me?"
"No, if i did, i would have stopped him. I was at the ministry anyways to meet you."
"Why?"
"The stones. The money could do us some well i thought."
"Yes, about that ..."
"Harry!" Hermione glares at him as draco looks on confused.
"What's the matter?"
Pansy scowls crossing her arms. "The matter is that dear harry potter lashed out at a boy thinking he's lying and lead him to the hospital."
"What?" Draco looks at him shocked.
"No, it's just ... i know it's my fault and i am feeling terrible malfoy. Trust me i am. I can't even go to the ministry but trust me i didn't know and i thought he had ulterior motives so i said a word or two ... few more words than that and slammed the door." Harry starts spurting grabbing draco by the arms.
"A child with ulterior motives?" Pansy asks arrogantly pushing him away.
"Let's not jump to conclusions here. Scorpius was hit because he didn't see a car coming. We cannot be blaming anyone here. Let's just hope he's alright." Hermione intervenes narrowing her eyes at pansy. "If anything, it's you who wasn't careful with her floo."
"What if he dies?" Draco whispers and everyone looks at him. "What if he dies potter! What will you do then!" And in a second he's all over him punching him and kicking him as harry takes it all in. "If you hate me take it out on me not my children! How many times should i tell you! You ignorant piece of trash!"
"Malfoy!" Hermione pulls him as pansy pulls her and this goes on for a couple of seconds till the doctor appears and harry being the first to see him, sprints towards him followed by others.
"What happened!" Draco asks frantically. His heartbeat rises as the world around him stills.
"He's out of danger and is doing well. Though he needs rest and observation then soon we can discharge him.
"Let me meet him!"
"Later." The doctor says. "He just found out he can use magic."
"Great. All because of harry potter." Pansy crosses her arms at a bruised harry.
"You all should leave." Draco says seriously. "I mean it."
Pansy and hermione nod glaring at each other when harry says. "No, i am not leaving. Not until he's home."
"Potter did my punch mess up your brain? I said leave and i mean it."
"And i said no, malfoy. This is because of me ... if only i hadn't lashed out so terribly he wouldn't have been hit so let me stay here and apologize to him. Let me make things right." He looks devastated though he tries his best to not show it. All these years of sacrificing himself as truly made him selfish beyond no return to a point where a child today could have lost his life. Harry is disgusted by himself and he rather die than pretend it's noting. Harry knows better than to be mean to a child! He's gone through it to!
"Potter do you really think scorpius would want to see you?"
"Malfoy do you really think he'd want to see you after finding out he possesses magic - pure blood magic?" He raises a brow as draco sighs.
"All thanks to you."
The other two leave and Draco, Harry sit in silence far from each other. Every now and then harry lifts his head wanting to say something but as if on reflex draco averts his gaze. The doctor allows them to meet him and even though they both thought it would be better for draco to meet him alone, the doctors don't allow stating its dangerous due to their hate against death eaters. "What do you mean? He is the father! Take me to your head and i will shut down this hospital!" Harry shouts.
"Look how the tables have turned. One would expect you to agree with them considering your past behavior." Draco sighs. "As much as i appreciate the sentiment potter, i just want to meet my son." He walks in as harry reluctantly follows behind shooting daggers at the doctors who squirm in their positions. Harry will shut down this hospital.
As soon as they enter, scorpius averts his gaze looking outside and draco approaches him cautiously. "Don't speak to me."
"When has that ever stopped me." Draco grabs scorpius hugging him as tears fall down from both their eyes and harry feels like he's invading something intimate and personal. "I am so sorry."
"Why ... wouldn't ... you tell ... me?" Scorpius hiccups.
"The world is very mean to people like me and unfortunately they continue to be to my children as well. I merely just wanted to protect you and estella."
"Is estella also?" Draco hums. "Will i be going to a magical school like hogwarts now?"
"I don't know. It's going to be terrible and after today i doubt i can handle any more harm coming towards you. Scorpius we will leave this country and go somewhere far." Draco informs and harry feels a pang in his chest, scorpius doesn't deserve that.
"I don't want to! I have magic and i want to use it!"
"Scorpius please." Scorpius shakes his legs and then suddenly holds his head.
"Are you in pain? Should i call the doctor?" Harry asks worried - he will fire the doctor later.
"Are you alright scorpius?" Draco asks frightened as well and scorpius nods.
"Just a bit dizzy when i shake to hard. The doctors said i will be fine in a hour considering my magic." He smiles and his gaze moves towards harry. "What are you doing here?" Scorpius grunts hiding his face in draco's embrace.
Draco is about to speak but harry stops him and approaches the bed carefully. "I am here to apologize scorpius. It was wrong of me to lash out on you."
"Why do you think i am a bad kid? Just because I took the stone the first time?" He stares intently through his silver eyes and harry sees the heavy resemblance between draco and scorpius though this one is more innocent.
"You are not. I just have a bad time differentiating good and bad people. Not many were nice to me growing up. But you are good and so is your father." Harry smiles.
Draco scoffs. "Was this realization before or after reviewing my every activity after the war."
"The war?" Scorpius asks but fortunately the doctor enters shaking under harry's red gaze.
"What is it?" Harry asks impatiently.
"Well, we don't have a payment method yet." He averts his gaze to draco. "Would you prefer to pay by card or cash ... sir?"
"This couldn't wait?" Harry frowns.
"It's policy ... for some."
"It's alright. By cash. How much is it?" Draco asks as his heartbeat rises. Now that he's in his senses after seeing and embracing scorpius, he realizes he's in the best hospital. Surely, he'd have to sell his kidneys to pay the amount.
"3500 galleons."
Draco and scorpius's breath hitches. Scorpius is young but he knows the amount his huge. Draco nods but harry beats him to it. "Pay through my card and leave." He pulls out his card shoving it to the doctor.
"Potter don't. I am perfectly able to pay."
Harry raises a brow at him then looks away smiling at scorpius. "It's nothing malfoy."
"No, i mean it. If only you could transfer the money for the stones you sold. It should be more than enough." Scorpius also nods expectantly at draco.
"Papa, i heard one was sold over a million."
The doctor chuckles. "About that, well when people found out who it belonged to originally. No one bought it." Harry gets up sternly and the doctor leaves quickly, his running audible through the hallways.
"I will find a way to sell them." Harry assures seriously and now its draco's turn to raise a brow, a small smirk appearing on his face. "As a matter of fact, i will buy them all!"
"No need potter. The ministry potioneer job must be enough for me to repay you one day."
"It's my fault malfoy. You shouldn't. It's the least i can do. Trust me these galleons mean nothing to me!"
"I know it's the least but it's not right and this is not the type of parenting i wish for scorpius to see. We work hard and we repay our debts." Draco pinches scorpius's cheeks.
"Also this way papa would have to stay here for much longer. I don't want to move." Scorpius pinches draco's cheeks back when another nurse walks in terrified.
"Sir, there is a crying estella here with ms. luna lovegood."
Draco gasps quickly getting up. "I will go bring her. I should inform her before she sees all this." Scorpius nods and draco's gaze falls upon harry. "Potter if you do anything and i mean anything, i will end you." He says and leaves as harry nods obediently.
"So, scorpius have you forgiven me yet?" He smiles apologetically.
"Nope."
"When will you?"
"Never."
"I really liked your drawing. I still have it." Harry pulls out the wrinkled paper but scorpius shrugs. Harry sighs disappointed. He is always good with kids heck he should be the last that scorpius ever gets mad at.
"Well, there are somethings you could do." Scorpius suggest and harry scoots in excitedly making him flinch.
"Sorry."
"I always wanted to go to the wizards amusement park but we weren't allowed inside because i don't know why. Take us there and you will be a bit closer to your apology being accepted." Scorpius lifts his thumb and finger showing them to harry with maximal distance. Harry nods agreeing. "You have to carry our bags and food. Also, estella when she gets tired or sleepy."
"Accepted." He feels giddy inside. He doesn't think that him and scorpius are much different now. When he was young, he wasn't given everything either and just a small trip to the zoo would have him excited and content for an entire month. Scorpius just found out he has magic, the amusement park is the best place for him to see the magical world.
Soon the sounds of a wailing estella can be heard getting louder with each passing second and as a tired draco enters with a red puffy face estella, harry announces. "We are going to the amusement park! Tomorrow!" And estella smiles clapping.