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Harry had just come from the Library where he had been trying to finish a Transfiguration essay that was due the next day. He gave the password to the Fat Lady and walked into the common room as the portrait swung open. He looked around and noticed that Ron and Hermione were sitting near the fire, on the common room couch. Harry smiled; he had hoped that he would find Ron in the common room because he needed to talk to him about Quidditch practice.

"Hey Ron," Harry said sitting down beside his friend "I was wondering..." Harry didn't get to finish his sentence because Ron waved a frantic hand in front of his face to quiet him. Harry frowned, "What?" he asked annoyed.

Both Hermione and Ron turned to him and glared, silencing him. Then they both turned their attention to the corner of the room. Harry followed their gaze.

Lavender Brown was sitting on the ground, her trunk sat beside her and so did Parvati Patil. She had her head in her hands and she was shaking with sobs. Parvati was trying to comfort her by rubbing her back and whispering something to her.

Harry wondered what could have possibly happened to make her so upset. He strained to hear what Parvati was whispering to her.

"It's okay Lav, you'll be able to come back to school next year and graduate then, it will only be a year after us" Harry could hear Parvati tell her friend.

'What?' Harry's mind basically screamed 'Well that would explain her trunk but why is she leaving?'

Harry's thoughts were interrupted by the portrait door swinging open and a stern faced McGonagall walked in.

"Miss Brown, will you come with me please?" McGonagall asked it as a question but Harry knew it was an order.

Lavender got up; she looked at Parvati and hugged her tightly, tears still streaming down her face. Then she looked over at Professor McGonagall and hung her head as she walked over to the stern looking Professor. Her trunk floated along behind her. Professor McGonagall put a firm hand on her shoulder and led her out of the common room.

Once she was gone Harry turned to Ron and Hermione "Explain" he stated.

Parvati who was still looking at the portrait hole let her own tears slide down her face; she looked over at Harry, Ron and Hermione with a frown and then ran upstairs to girl's dorm.

Hermione waited for a moment just to be sure that Parvati was gone before she looked at Harry and whispered "Lavender is pregnant."

Harry's eyes went wide and he looked at his friends in shock "What?"he asked thinking that he had possibly misheard Hermione.

Hermione nodded with a sad look on her face "She told Parvati last night when they thought I was asleep. Apparently she and Justin Finch-Fletchly found out that she was pregnant on Friday after she had gotten morning sickness for a few weeks and missed her period."

Harry was still shocked; he didn't know what to say.

"Madame Promfrey was the one that told Lavender and of course she told Dumbledore and then Dumbledore called her parents and told them that they would have to pick her up today. She can't come back until after the baby is born and Justin has been suspended for two months."

"Wow" Harry said "That really sucks."

Ron practically snorted "Lavender thought so too, she said that Justin should have been suspended for the year not just for two months."

Hermione was shaking her head "I don't feel sorry for them in the least. Really Lavender and Justin should have known better. They shouldn't have been having sex in the first place."

Both Ron and Harry blushed when Hermione said sex but she didn't seem to notice "And even if they really couldn't wait until we graduated there are plenty of protective spells. It wouldn't have taken them much to learn them."

Ron and Harry's faces continued to get redder as she talked.

"And for Merlin's sake Justin is a muggle born, he should have thought to at least use a condom!" Hermione finished her rant, finally looking over at Harry and Ron.

"Oh come on you two" she said with a roll of her eyes "I'm sure you've both heard all of this before. There is no reason to be embarrassed."

"Uh yeah" Ron said "of course, we're not embarrassed."

Hermione couldn't help but laugh at the looks on their faces. She decided to change the subject for their benefit "So Harry, what did you need before?"

"Oh...I just wanted to run some things by Ron before our next Quidditch practice this week." Harry answered.

Hermione rolled her eyes again "I should have known it was about Quidditch," she said before getting to her feet and walking towards the stairs "I should go check on Parvati and make sure she is okay."

Harry and Ron watched her go.

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Hermione sat down at the Gryffindor table with a huff at breakfast on Friday.

"What's wrong Mione?" Ron asked with a mouth full of cereal.

Hermione glared at Ron for talking with his mouth full but didn't comment "It's Parvati, ever since Lavender left last week she had been following me around like a puppy. It's driving me insane. I know that she and Lavender were close and all but I thought that she would have latched on to Padma instead of me."

Ron shrugged "Padma's in a different house than she is, she probably feels more connected to you then her sister right now. Besides, you, her and Lavender have been dorm mates since first year."

Hermione was impressed, that had actually made some sense.

"I'm sure she will get over it soon enough, she just needs to get over her grief first. Lavender was her best friend. I'm sure I would be pretty lost if you and Harry weren't around" Ron continued.

"You're right Ron" Hermione said with a smile "Thanks."

Ron blushed, "No problem" he said.

"Where's Harry?" Hermione asked.

"He woke up late and said he would meet us down here, he should be down soon" Ron explained.

Hermione was just reaching for the cereal to pour herself a bowl when Harry sat down beside her.

Hermione and Ron looked at him; he was looking at the head table in confusion.

"What's wrong?" Hermione asked.

"Huh?" Harry asked looking at them.

"What's the problem?" she said "You look a little flustered."

"Oh..." Harry said looking down the table to see if anyone else was listening to him "I just overheard the weirdest conversation."

"Overheard?" Hermione asked sceptically.

Harry rolled his eyes "Yes overheard," he said "I was on my way down here when I saw Snape disappear down a hallway I've never been down. I was going to just keep walking, I mean I know the castle has hundreds of passages I've never been down but then I realised that Snape was talking to somebody. And he was talking to them about...sex" Harry hissed.

Ron's eyes bulged and he choked on his cereal. "Sex?" he whispered disbelievingly when he had cleared his throat "Why would Snape be talking about sex and with whom?"

Harry looked uncomfortable "You're not going to like this."

"What?" Ron asked annoyed.

"He was talking to Charlie" Harry said in a rushed voice.

Ron went pale.

Hermione shook her head "Are you sure Harry? Maybe you just misheard."

"No I didn't" Harry said "I wish I had but he was definitely talking to Charlie and I heard him say that anal sex really isn't that different from vaginal sex," Harry stated doing his best impression of Snape and looking a little green at the same time.

"I think I'm going to be sick" Ron said.

"Oh stop it" Hermione said "You're acting childish Ron."

He glared at her "Hey, who would you feel if you found out your brother was doing you greasy potions master?"

"One," Hermione said in annoyance "I don't have a brother. Two, how do you know that's what they meant when Harry overheard them, they could have been talking about anything. And three, if I did have a brother and that was in fact what he and Snape were talking about I would be happy for them."

"What?" Ron gasped "I can't believe you just said that Hermione. This is the greasy git we are talking about!"

Hermione didn't look at all pleased about Ron's comment.

"That's it" Ron said standing up "I'm going to find Charlie and have a talk with him."

"Ron don't..." Hermione began but she was cut off when Dumbledore stood and cleared his throat.

Ron looked up at the headmaster and then reluctantly sat down.

"If I may have everyone's attention" Dumbledore began and everyone in the great hall grew silent. "I have a few announcements this morning. Today's classes will be cancelled."

Noise grew in the great hall as everyone began whispering to each other.

Hermione looked quite upset by the news "Oh no," she stated "We had a quiz in Transfiguration today that I studied all week for; I was looking forward to it."

Forgetting about the disturbing news of his brother and Snape for a second, Ron looked at Harry and they shared a look. Sometimes they couldn't believe the stuff that came out of Hermione's mouth.

Dumbledore cleared his throat and got their attention again.

"We will be holding a two hour assembly for Years one, two and three in the Great Hall after breakfast. Then we will break for lunch and after lunch there will be another assembly for Years four and five. Finally at two in the afternoon I would like students from years six and seven to meet in the Great Hall. Until that time you may spend your day as you please." With that Dumbledore sat down and everyone in the Great Hall started whispering again.

"What do you think that's all about?" Harry asked.

Ron shrugged "Who cares, we get pretty much the whole day to ourselves."

Hermione glared at both of them as they smirked at each other.

"Do you wanna go out to the Quidditch pitch and get some practice in?" Harry asked.

Totally forgetting about the Charlie situation Ron nodded and jumped to his feet "See you later Hermione" he called as Harry and him made their way out of the Great Hall.