Hermione stared blankly down at the sink hardly believing what she saw. Sunlight beat down on the back of her neck from the open window. The autumn breeze cooled her body and she deeply breathed the scent of decaying leaves. She looked down at the pregnancy test resting on the edge of the sink. She looked at the two pink lines trying desperately to remember on her own if that mean positive or negative. She slowly pulled her eyes from the plastic test and looked to the box on the vanity table. This was the only test she had ever hoped to fail.
The door to the flat she shared with her boyfriend Harry opened noisily and shut with a bang. There was a scuffle of feet and suddenly a loud booming voice.
"Hermione? You home?"
"Yeah. I'm in the-," she stopped to think. "I'll be right there." Hermione grabbed the test and the box and with trembling fingers and threw it into her makeup drawer. She walked out of the lavatory tucking her brown hair behind her ears. "Hi love," she said laying her chocolate eyes upon her boyfriend. She slipped her arms around his neck and kissed his forehead.
"Are you alright 'Mione? You look pale." Harry Potter looked upon Hermione's cat-like face.
"Um, Harry I have something to tell you. You should sit down." Harry plunked down into a thickly upholstered sofa and put his hands on his knees.
"What is it?" Harry looked anxiously at his girlfriend, now pacing the length of the sitting room.
"I just don't know how it happened Harry. It should not have happened. It should have been blue. Not pink. Never pink. Well, maybe not 'never pink'. Someday I would love it to be pink. I want it to be pink when I'm married and I have money and a house. Oh and a job. I don't have a job" Hermione bit her lip trying to stop the tears welling up in her eyes from falling down her cheeks. "This wasn't supposed to happen, " Hermione muttered under her breath softly. She sat down on Harry's lap letting the tears fall.
Harry looked worriedly at Hermione, reaching up to brush the tears from her face. "Hermione, what on earth are you talking about? What's going on?"
"Harry, I'm pregnant."