Authors note: Sadly I own nothing of the Harry Potter realm...*Sigh* All contents, save the plot, belong to the lovely J.K. Rowling.
Song: Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You by Kellie Pickler
Chapter 4 - Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You
"I've cried myself to sleep every night for 2 weeks, Gin!" I sobbed. Ginny pulled me in to a hug.
"He's not worth all of this 'Mione. Forget him."
"I can't! I love him! I thought he loved me, Gin." There was a knock on the portrait and Harry came in. I hurriedly cast a spell on my face to get rid of my red eyes and held back my tears.
"Have you guys read the Daily Prophet yet?" He asked. We both shook our heads. "Narcissa Malfoy is missing. She disappeared from her Manor last night."
I remember the way you made love to me
Like I was all you'd ever need
Did you change your mind
Well I didn't change mine
Now here I am trying to make sense of it all
We were best friends now we don't even talk
You broke my heart
Ripped my world apart
'What's wrong with me?' I thought standing infront of my mirror naked. My waist was slim. I had nice D cup breasts and a tight behind. My hips were a little wide but it just added curves. Sighing, I dressed for the day. 'Was Draco lying for some reason? Why would he do that?'
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
Didn't you know how much I loved you
I was sitting in potions, brewing a sleeping draught, when I was hit by a huge wave of nausea. Clamping my hand over my mouth, I ran out of the room. Professor Snape was yelling about losing house points and I could hear Harry and Ron running after me. But all I cared about was getting to a toilet. I swung in to a bathroom stall just in time to empty my breakfast into the toilet. I heard Harry and Ron calling my name and I'm guessing they just followed the sounds of puking. My hair was pulled away from my face as I emptied my stomach's contents. I finished and flushed the toilet with a shaking hand.
"Are you ok 'Mione?" Harry asked, letting my hair fall back. I wiped sweat from my forehead and nodded slowly. I stood up and suddenly felt much better. We went back to potions and the period passed with out anymore vomiting.
I can't get you out of my head
I still feel you in this bed
Left me all alone
You couldn't be more gone
From falling apart to fighting mad
From wanting you back to not giving a damn
I've felt it all
I've been to the wall
Classes continued like that for the next few days. Every once in a while I saw Draco shoot a worried look at me. One night during Astronomy, I was hit by another wave of vomiting and I ran for the bathroom. Feet pounded behind me but I ignored them. Once again, my hair was pulled back from my face and a shaking hand rubbed my back comfortingly. I finished and looked up to see Draco holding my hair.
"What do you want?" I asked, wiping my mouth on my sleeve.
"Are you sick?" He asked, trying to sound off-handed. I shook my head. "Then why, my I ask, have you been puking your guts out for the last week?" I shrugged, though I had a pretty good idea. He sighed. "Come on. Let's get back to class." He helped me stand but dizziness came upon me and I fell against his chest. "That's it. I'm taking you to Madam Pomfrey."
"No!" I struggled to stand up straight despite the dizzines. "I'm... I'm fine." He shook his head quickly and placed an arm behind my legs. He picked me up like I was a doll and carried me to the hospital wing. I was protesting the whole way.
"What seems to be the problem, Ms. Granger?" Madam Pomfrey asked when Draco laid me on the bed.
"Absolutly nothing." I crossed my arms acrossed my chest and winced when my arm hit a tender spot on my breast.
"She's been puking everyday for at least a week." Draco said impatiently.
"How many times a day?" he question was directed at me but I refused to answer. I didn't want to know what was wrong with me.
"At least once each class. As far as I've seen. I sometimes hear her vomiting in the middle of the night as well." Draco said quickly.
"Hmmm, well I have my suspicions. Mr. Malfoy please leave us. I need to run some tests." He scowled but walked to the other side of the room. Madam Pomfrey drew the curtains around us. "Ms. Granger, when was your last period?"
"Umm... December?"
"That was 2 months ago!" I shrugged. Madam Pomfrey handed me a thick purple potion. "Don't swallow it!" She yelled as I went to do just that. "Smell it. And tell me what you smell." I took a smell and gagged. It smelled like horse shit and rotted eggs. "As I suspected." She took the potion back and corked it. "You're pregnant Ms. Granger."
'Well, shit...' I vaguely heard her ask if I wanted to know what it was. When I didn't answer she sighed and waved her wand over my stomach which immediatly began to glow blue.
"It's a girl." We heard a thump and Madam Pomfrey pulled the curtain aside. Draco had obviously heard her last statement. He passed out.
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
Didn't you know how much I loved you
'What am I going to do, what am I going to do?!' I paced my room furiously. Draco had tried to talk to me several times in the last few days and I ginored him everytime. I stopped dead in my tracks. 'GINNY!' I ran out of my room and flew through the common room. 5 minutes later I was pulling the portrait open to the Gryffindor Common Room. It looked the same as always. I spotted Ginny by the fire with Harry and Ron.
"Ginny!" I said coming up to her. "I need to talk to you. NOW!" I dragged her down stairs to the 5th floor and paced furiously in front of the wall. A door appeared and I towed her inside quickly.
"Hermione! What's going on?" She asked when I had slammed the door shut.
"I'M PREGNANT!" I collapsed on the floor and cried.
One day justice will come and find you
And I'll be right there in your memory to remind you
I felt a hand brushing hair off of my face and smiled. I missed him so much. I knew who's hand it was but I also knew that this could only be a dream. Lips touched my temple and I fought against conciousness. I didn't want to wake up. My dreams were so much better than my reality right now.
"Wake up, Hermione." Came his voice.
'No. I don't want you to disappear.'
"I'm not to disappear." I shot up out of bed and realized that I ahdn't been dreaming and that I'd said that aloud. I pulled my blankets up to my chest and glared at him.
"What do you want?" He sighed.
"We need to talk."
"About?"
"The baby." He took a deep breath. "Our daughter."
"There's nothing to talk about." I said quickly. "You made it very clear that you wanted nothing to do with me." He chuckled softly.
"It's amazing how quick you are to believe me when I say I don't love you but so slow to believe me when I say I do." He placed his hand on the side of my face and slowly stroked my cheek with his thumb. I fought the urge to close my eyes and sighed against it. He had broken my heart. What's to say he wouldn't do it again. My heart was screaming at me to believe him. But my head had different ideas. However, my head went blank as his lips touched mine. Throwing all caution to the wind, I flung my arms around him and pulled him down on the bed with me. When we came up for air he said, "I took your advice. I went to the Order. They now have my mother in a safe house and as soon as I graduate I'll be joining her there until either the war is over, my father is in prision, or he's dead. I'm hoping for the later." He sighed. "I'm so sorry 'Mione. I left you because my father found out about us. He threatened your life and I couldn't deal with that."
"Draco," I said, tracing his lips with my finger. "I'm a big girl. I can protect myself. Not to mention, the Order is watching over this school every second of every day."
"Forgive me?" He asked. I smiled and kissed him fiercly.
"Of course. But," I said pulling back. "If we're going to do this, I don't want to hide it anymore. I want to be able to walk down the halls with you, sit with you in class. Do normal couple things." Draco nodded slowly.
"We can try."
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
The Great Hall went completely silent as Draco and I headed for the Gryffindor table. I absolutly refused to sit at the Slytherin table so Draco agreed to sit with me. We sat down and the whispers started. I had had a long talk with Harry and Ron about it. They were furious at first of course but when I had finished explaining everything they immediatly ran to Lupin to check his story. When Remus confirmed that the Order was helping Draco and his mother, Harry and Ron grudgingly accepted it. Draco fidgeted around at the table. I placed a hand on his thigh and he sighed.
"This is weird." He whispered to me.
"I know. But you promised that we would try. Harry can you pass the butter?"
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby
Baby, tell me
I gave you everything, every part of me
So far, no one had been to nice about Draco and I being together. Many rumors were spreading about how I made a love potion or that he had placed the Imperious curse on me. But over all, everything was ok. We both knew that the rumors would continue until they found something better to talk about and then when I started showing they were start up again, worse than before. But I had decided long ago that no matter what anyone said, I love Draco. And no matter what happens, we'll get through it as long as we're together.
