Author's Note: Huge Jo Rowling fan, love her so much (Promise!). Also, I love Harry but I'm in love with Ronald Bilius Weasley. This is my first FANFIC and btw I'm not British and English is not my first language so bear with me. (I was not happy with the earlier version so I deleted and reposted the story. Thanks!)
Disclaimer: Jo owns everything.
Chapter 1: Plus Sign
It was late October morning. Jean Granger is busy preparing her only daughter's breakfast. Cereal, eggs, crumpets, sausage, coffee, orange juice and the blasted chocolate frogs.
She had been caring to her daughter these days, since Hermione caught flu. Her daughter is in a constant bout with nausea and headache. She is also having issue downing food, so Jean had been cooking all her daughter's favourite meals for the past week just to get her to eat. Her efforts however remained fruitless as her daughter's appetite failed to improve, it seems that Chocolate Frogs and Gelato were the only food Hermione is willing to consume.
In all honesty, her instinct is telling her that her daughter is pregnant, the other day she was even tempted to purchase pregnancy kit just in case her daughter needed it. The current condition of her daughter even brought memories of her pregnancy with Hermione, and during that time, apples were the only edible food for her. But she is also aware, that the prospect of a grandchild is quite slim, since her daughter had been single for the past year.
Today, however she resolved that she had enough. Today she will force her daughter to see a doctor and she will bring Hermione herself to the hospital after breakfast. Her decision was affirmed when her daughter almost fainted in their house yesterday after their visit to Hermione's favourite restaurant.
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Jean went inside her daughter's room and place the tray of food on the table next to her daughter's bed. She drew the curtains and smiled at her daughter who is now stirring from her slumber.
"Good morning, love," greeted Jean as she sat next to her daughter. Hermione then yawn and stretch.
"I brought you breakfast and morning paper," added Jean as she move the tray from the table to her daughter's bed.
"How are you feeling?" Jean then move her palm to her daughter's forehead to check for her temperature.
No fever, good sign.
"Morning, Mum. You shouldn't have brought my breakfast. I'm feeling strong enough to have breakfast with you downstairs," replied Hermione in an attempt to pacify her mother's nerves.
"Nonsense dear, you can have your breakfast here until you regain your health. Hurry, your breakfast is getting cold. After this, we will meet Doctor Martin for your check-up."
Hermione now recognize that her mother meant business. So she then focused her attention to the morning paper in attempt to distract her mother from her worries by discussing the life of Wizarding celebrities.
"I can't believe that you still subscribe to Wicked Buzz," said Hermione as she went through all the papers laid in front of her ranging from London Times, Daily Prophet and Wicked Buzz.
After the war, Rita Skeeter established her own paper named the Wicked Buzz, it is the most gossip filled newspaper on the planet and sadly her mother Jean is addicted to the said paper.
Jean then cleared her throat as she felt her cheeks redden in embarrassment. "Oh well. I can't help it; Wicked Buzz really just beat the competition. I mean compared to normal tabloid, the story is just addicting. I'm sorry sweetie, I know you hate Rita and I know most of her stories are inaccurate but I can't seem to let go. It's much more salacious than the articles printed in a tabloid even Molly agrees," said Jean with impish look.
"Also sorry to the bearer of bad news but you did not make today's front page" Jean added with mischievous sparkle in her eyes.
Upon looking into her mother's eyes, Hermione concluded that her mother is teasing her. "Ha-ha. So who is the lucky celebrity?" asked Hermione as she read through muggle news.
"It's your friends Harry and Ginny. They finally figured that Ginny is pregnant since she was seen with a baby bump. The latest is that they are expecting twins," explained Jean as she show the front page with photo of Ginny with James in her arms walking around Diagon Alley.
"Mum! I can't believe you. You already know that Ginny is pregnant, it was announced 2 months ago in the Quibbler. Besides you already know that she is not carrying twins," said Hermione as she tried to hide her smile.
She can't help but find her mum's addiction to wizarding gossip endearing. Her mum never paid interest in muggle celebrity gossip so Hermione was initially shocked at her mother's addiction to wizarding gossip.
"Anyway as I was saying you didn't make the front page but in page 6, an article is dedicated entirely to you and you recent encounter with Viktor Krum," teased Jean.
Hermione rolled her eyes and replied "Mum I don't want to hear about it. You know what happened, you were there. We were on our way to meet dad for dinner last night and we bumped into him. I introduced you and we had a small conversation and then we went our separate ways. We had Italian for dinner, went home early since I've been dizzy. I'm sure the story made it seem that we were on a date or something."
"Oh my love, you are spot on, they even use a cheesy title for their story 'Two old friends meet again.' Can you believe that they are using old Muggle songs for that? And not to be outdone, Entire page 3 features Ron."
Jean felt Hermione's eyes moved from the muggle newspaper to the Wicked Buzz. She knew that she said too much since she know how irrationally jealous her daughter can be especially when Ron is the topic.
She made an attempt to change the subject to cover for her earlier slip "How are you feeling honey? Still feeling a little dizzy?" asked Jean.
"I'm fine Mum. So what's the article about Ron?" inquired Hermione, her eyes glowing with love as she mention Ron's name.
Jean tried to hide the paper from Hermione and started rambling "It's nothing really; it's about the inter-nation Auror exercises between Britain and Germany. Nothing important, just tactics and technical details. You know honey maybe you should start eating; your coffee is getting cold."
But Hermione was quick and got hold of the paper then turned to page 3. Her blood boiled as she saw the picture of Ron very dashing and charming in his Auror uniform, in his arms a voluptuous woman was singing to him. She tried to be level headed as she read through the article.
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UK and GERMANY'S INTERNATION TRAINING TURN FAB AS TWO STARS FALL IN LOVE BY RITA SKEETER
The inter-nation Advanced Magical Combat exercises between Britain and Germany were officially launched last June. The exercises are a joint effort of both nations to develop and enhance practical defense and investigation with goal of eradicating threats to wizarding community.
Top aurors from Britain were sent to Berlin to participate in the exercises which include war heroes and Hogwarts Alumni Neville Longbottom, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnegan and last but definitely not the least, the hunky Ronald Weasley.
Weasley is the one-third of the Golden Trio (along with his best friend Harry Potter and ex-girlfriend Hermione Granger). He is is the former Chudley Cannon keeper who raised the bar for the sport for after a perfect career for two seasons, and also the champion of the last Quidditch World Cup. When he turned 23, Weasley traded his broom for an Auror badge after the rise of the group, Neo-Deatheaters. The said cult was extinguished by Britain's top Aurors led by best friends Harry Potter and Ron Weasley early this year. The destruction of the said group resulted to the inter-nation training between two nations.
Last night however was a different setting for our war heroes as they were treated by their German counterparts in a formal gala. The night highlights include the performance of Germany's own and the Wizarding World's Siren Katarina Bertram. Katarina even requested Ron Weasley to be with her on the stage as she serenaded the young hunk with her latest hit, My Wizard and Keeper.
Blessed with an angelic voice, Katarina is the latest singing sensation and was even labeled as German siren. All her records and songs made the top of the charts in America and Europe. She explicitly mentioned in her performance that the song My Wizard and Keeper was inspired by Ron Weasley.
"I have been a fan of Ron Weasley since I saw his first match as Cannon's Keeper. My heart broke after I found out that he is retiring from quidditch but then seeing him in uniform as an Auror. Hmm, I think now I'm really in love with him," explained Bertram on stage.
"Kidding aside it is a dream come true to finally meet you and this song is inspired by you. This is your song," added Bertram before serenading the young auror. Bertram finished her performance with a kiss on Weasley's cheek.
Everyone in the gala is just so happy with this blooming relationship between the two stars. One of the guests even said that the couple is perfect for one another and should really pursuit dating each other since both of them are single. A top German ministry employee even joked that maybe next year a formal gala will again be held but this time it's not joint cooperation training but celebration of union of Bertram and Weasley.
With that, dear viewers, what nickname do you suggest for this blossoming relationship? Ron-Kat has potential, owl us and let us know what you think.
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After reading the article, Hermione can't help but feel hurt by this news. Her mind was reeling with various curses that she plan on using to Katarina. "And to think that I even bought her record, that is why that song remind me of Ron so much, it is because that song is for him" said Hermione as she crumple Wicked Buzz in her fist.
"Honey, remember what you said before, all the stories in that paper are baseless and unreliable. I know that you and Ron had broken up almost a year ago, but I know that he is still in love with you. I mean why would he use his free hours on calling and talking to you constantly if he doesn't feel anything at all? He is always making efforts to send you post cards, lengthy letters and gifts. He still have feelings for you and I know you are still in love with him. Give it time love, don't make harsh judgments. I'm sure once he comes back, you two can finally clear the air and decide. Now eat sweetheart," said Jean Granger as she open the tray of breakfast.
Hermione's stomach on the other hand could not take the smell and sight. She practically ran to the loo and empties her stomach. Once she is sure that she's done vomiting, she brushed her teeth and return to her room where her mum was looking at her anxiously.
Her mum supported her as she made her way to her bed and place a kiss on her forehead. "You should really try to eat your breakfast so we can go to the hospital for check-up. It's been weeks since you had these symptoms" her mom said with a look of concern.
"Mum, I'm ok. It's just a bug," said Hermione as she clutches her mother's right hand to reassure her.
Jean looked into her daughter's eye and smiled, "if Ron weren't miles away and had not been gone for the past months, I would have guess that you are pregnant. All your symptoms points towards signs of pregnancy."
"Mum!" exclaimed Hermione as her eyes widened at her mother's revelation. Her mom meanwhile laughs at her expression.
Hermione felt her heart skip a beat as she internally recalls her symptoms. "I could be pregnant, since my last period was September. No scratch that I am pregnant - Ron Weasley you need to get here fast, we have a lot of explaining to do," thought Hermione as she chew her lower lips nervously.