ways_infirmary | (no subject)

Mia comes into the infirmary, wearing the purple shirt Coreen made for her and a pair of drawstring trousers. She's holding Draco's hand, smiling very bright.

Draco warily glanced around, and his grip on Mia's hand tightened slightly. Considering he didn't have a lot of good memories in here. Between being mended for Ruin's stabbing, and his breakdown years back, it was understandable. Even with the dimming of his memory charm and time have done, he still couldn't help feeling a bit uneasy in the surroundings.

"Hi, come on in." Guppy says to them both, smiling reassuringly. "Mia, if you'd like to hop on the bed..."

He preps the scanner.

"Hi Guppy."

Mia gives Draco's hand a reassuring squeeze and a kiss before she lets go. Just briefly so that she can ease herself onto the bed. Once she's situated, she takes his hand again.

"It's okay, Draco," she tells him. "Guppy's used the scan with me before. It doesn't hurt at all."

Draco muttered something about muggle contraptions and kept a grip on her hand when she grabbed it again.

"This will be brief, correct?"

Guppy nods.

"Draco, in a moment of pressure here, a few years ago, I was unkind to you in order to successfully treat you - I was in the wrong, and I apologise. But most muggle medicine is not like that, and I will do my best to prove it for you both. So in short, yes it will be brief, and no it won't hurt."

Mia nods her appreciation to Guppy for apologizing. She's very glad that she has such a good friend.

"Must it be brief?" she asks. "After all this waiting to see and hear the baby, I don't want it to just be a short, rushed moment."

Well, she should talk. She's already heard the baby's heart, as she's likely told Draco several times over by now.

She tries wiggling her fingers in Draco's hand, but she's not sure she can.

"I accept your apology," Draco remarked stiffly if evenly, and focused on his wife again.

"You've already heard the baby, luv. From that Howl chap. You haven't stopped talking about it."

Guppy runs the scanner over her, presses a button on the machine, and turns it to face the happy couple.

"Okay, that's his head there - you can see his brain and spine. Hands, feet, and that's his little heart beating there."

Mia's jaw drops as she looks and she's gripping Draco's hand tightly now.

"Oh goodness," she whispers. "That's him. That's really him. Our little baby."

She sniffles a little, tears of joy pricking at her eyes.

Draco stared at the picture, "That's our son? Really?" He then leaned over to kiss Mia's head.

"Easy, Mia. You all right?"

"It's made by reflection of sound waves, sort of seeing through him." Guppy says.

"I'm fine," she says, wiping her tears away with her other hand. "Just really happy."

She tilts her head up to give Draco a proper kiss, laughing a little before she does.

"That's our son," she replies to him.

Draco lingered with the kiss before breaking off to remark.

"It's not hurting him either is it?"

"No, it's just like a moving photo, only made of sound waves not light waves."

Mia giggles a little.

"I trust you, Guppy. I know he's fine."

She moves Draco's hand to nuzzle it against her cheek.

"He's perfect," she whispers. "Isn't he, darling?"

"Think so, love. But hard to tell from here." He rested his hand against her cheek.

"Would you like a three dimentional one?"

"I don't know," Mia says thoughtfully. "I remember the one you showed me of your son and it gave me a little start. But if Draco wants one, that's fine with me."

She gives her husband's hand another kiss.

"I know I'd like a copy of this one to keep."

Beat.

"He is all right, isn't he Guppy? You would have told us by now if something was out of the ordinary, right?"

Draco wasn't sure about it either, and since Mia wasn't interested...

"This is fine. Cheers."

He did frown with more possible concern. Nothing should be wrong.

Guppy prints off some 2D scans.

"I can't see any abnormalities, and neither can the scanner at present." he says. "You can never be completely sure until he's born, but I don't see any cause for concern."

"Wonderful," she says, and she takes a scan with her free hand as soon as Guppy has them.

"What do you think, Draco?" she asks. "I mean, this wasn't so bad, was it?"

Draco paused for a moment, and then agreed, "No it wasn't. Bad that is. We should probably get back. Not too tired yet are you?"

Guppy puts the scanner back, letting them decide what to do.

"No, I'm not too tired yet," she says, using Draco's hand to help her up from the bed. "Thank you for letting us see and hear our baby, Guppy."

Mia squeezes Draco's hand one more time.

"And next time, dear, you don't have to squeeze my hand quite so hard."