Chapter 4

Alright everyone… so I've been doing research for the next couple chapters and I have found out that a 2 month old belly is pretty noticeable… soooo… I'm going to fix this little boo boo in this chapter. Also thank you to everyone who reviewed! Your positive comments really get me in the mood to write! I got over 600 hits on the last chapter on the first day!! Thank you! Also, I'm very excited about this chapter because a certain scene in this chapter (I'll let you figure it out) is the scene that made me want to write this story. It decided to pop into my head one day during a hard day of work (I mow lawns and work landscaping.) I had this scene in my head and I had to write it down, so I have been carrying around in my purse a tiny piece of paper with this scene written on it. And now I'll stop my rambling and on with the story!!!

When Harry woke up in his hotel room from a very deep sleep he realized something… or rather someone was missing. And that was Hermione. He knew he owed her an explanation for why he had ignored her and been a complete pompous ass. He thought about the previous night and how much he regretted the things he did to Hermione.

**Flashback to the Night Before**

After a long day of conferences, Harry and Draco needed some time to wind down and not think about work. So they went to a pub down the street to have a couple beers. 4 beers later, Harry and Draco were swapping old Hogwarts stories. "I will never forget when Moody turned you into a ferret fourth year!" Harry cried wiping the tears from his eyes. "Crabbe and Goyle looked so bloody scared! They had no clue what to do!" Draco cringed and retorted "Well at least I didn't bloody wet myself every time I looked at Cho Chang." Harry blushed a deep scarlet and said "Malfoy, you had to bring that up didn't you?" Draco smirked back at him and took another gulp of his beer. "That's what you get for calling me ferret boy."

After a few more beers they decided that they didn't want to go back to the hotel and headed for a club down the street. When they got inside, they both went up to the bar and grabbed drinks. "Ginny would kill me if she knew I was here right now. But I love Ginny so I wouldn't even bloody think of messing around with someone else. And the fact Gin's brothers would rip me limb from limb." Harry just laughed and looked around at all the people grinding to the music on the dance floor. He started to walk through the dance floor to get to a table on the other side. Halfway there however, he was stopped and was looking into the deep brown eyes of Cho Chang.

He couldn't believe it. He was about to say something to her but she stopped him by putting a finger to his mouth. " Let's not spoil this night with words Harry" she said. She quickly turned around and started to gyrate to the music. Harry was feeling more than a little uncomfortable about their position but he went with it. "I'll dance with her for one song." She could feel her bum pressed up against his crotch and he was trying not to be turned on by the sensations she was making him feel. For a brief moment he forgot all about Hermione. But then as briefly as she left his mind, she was back flooding his memory about their wonderful night together. As soon as he thought about her again, he missed everything about her and he was then wondering why he was even with Cho. What he didn't realize was that while he was thinking about Hermione, Cho had led him outside the club and was now leaning up against him.

"Cho!" he said roughly. "What are you doing?" Cho looked up at him and said "What does it look like I'm doing Harry? I'm seducing you." She grinned slyly. Before Harry could react to what had just happened, Cho's tongue was in his mouth and her body was planted firmly against his. What he didn't realize however was during all of this, a photographer from The Prophet was standing outside the club waiting for a break like this. He quickly snapped a picture and Apparated away before anyone could catch him. Harry meanwhile quickly shoved Cho away. "Cho are you mad?! We are out in public! Anyone could have seen that! Do you realize how careless you were a minute ago?" Cho just glared at him. "Harry you were always such a prude, you always wanted the present but you never wanted to show it off. What is your problem?! I thought you wanted me!" she cried at the end. "Cho…" Harry cautioned. "It was a first crush at Hogwarts. I liked you and you were too hung up over Cedric to really give me the time of day." As Cho stood there crying he was running out of ideas. "Where the flying fuck is Malfoy?" he thought wildly as he tried to think of a way to escape from Cho.

"Cho, I know this sounds like an awful thing to say, but I have to go, I have meetings all day tomorrow and then an early morning Portkey back to London. Maybe we can catch up then, when you're slightly less intoxicated." Cho just nodded in agreement. "Yea Harry, I think your right… maybe I should call it a night." Harry then flagged down a cab for Cho. Before the cab pulled away, Cho rolled the cab window down and said "Maybe when we get back to London we can have drinks one night? We can catch up. You were always too good for me Harry, and I regret not taking the chance with you sooner. I'll owl you."Harry couldn't think of any reply so he just smiled and waved.

Harry walked back to his hotel and went straight over to Draco's room and banged wildly at the door. 2 minutes later Draco swung it open looking right pissed. His expression changed however when he saw Harry standing at the door. "What the bloody fuck is your problem you wanker? What you finished with Chang already? You couldn't hold out very long for her huh?" he grinned sleepily. Harry just glowered at him. "No you bleedin' fuck, I didn't do anything with Cho! She and I are just friends. She did however try to ram her bloody tongue down my bloody throat which wouldn't have happened if you had fuckin' been there!" he practically screamed at him. "Do you have any idea what could have happened if there had been a fucking reporter crawling around looking for a story?!" Finally it was Malfoy's turn to look sheepish. "Listen I'm sorry man, Ginny owled me and I wanted to get back and write to her. You seemed to be taking care of yourself just fine." Harry crossed his arms. "Well I wasn't fine. I want to fix things with Hermione and the last thing I need is a picture of me with Cho's tongue down my throat in the bloody Daily Prophet!" Harry hollered. Draco retorted back, "Well if there was its too late now! You were the one who put yourself in that position by dancing with her! I do not want to discuss this anymore, I am tired and we have meetings all day tomorrow and then, we have an early morning Portkey so I need to sleep." With that, Draco shut his door. Harry huffed then stalked back to his room and slammed the door. "It's going to be a long day tomorrow" he thought as he striped to his boxers, climbed into bed and fell asleep.

*~*End of Flashback*~*

Harry was so excited to be going home, he practically skipped through the day's meetings and Draco couldn't help but be just as excited as Harry. Draco could tell Harry was anxious to see Hermione and knew that a makeup was in the works. As both men got ready to Apparate back to London, they had no idea what was in store for them when they got home.

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Back in London, Hermione and Ginny were equally pacing the Trio's flat. After Hermione's initial freak out about the article of Harry in the Prophet, she had been in an almost trance-like state, staring off into space. Trying to lighten the mood Ginny asked the first thing that popped into her mind. "Hermione, why didn't you realize sooner that you were pregnant? I mean, when Megan pulled your shirt up to perform the spells, a pretty noticeable bump was already there. Didn't you also notice that you had probably gained a little weight?" Hermione looked tiredly at Ginny and replied "Gin, I was taking all those extra shifts at the hospital so I wouldn't have to see Harry I just thought or really, assumed the bump was stress related weight gain. And again I didn't even think about missing my flo because I've been so busy. Anyway I read in a book that most witches don't get morning sickness until around the 8th week so right now I am on the right track." Ginny just nodded and continued pacing about the flat.

"Ginny?"Hermione asked tentatively. Ginny whipped her head up and looked at Hermione who at the moment looked like a little lost puppy. "If things don't go exactly as planned today…." She gulped. "Would you go with me to my appointments? I really don't think I could go through with this alone. I may be stubborn about doing things on my own, but right now I know my limits." Ginny tried to cover up her frown and put a smile on for Hermione. "Hermione, I would be more than happy to go with you. However, I know Harry and he is going to want to be included in this process every step of the way." Hermione just smiled meekly up at Ginny and rubbed her belly. Ginny then watched Hermione get up and walk to the kitchen to retrieve a carton of ice cream from the refrigerator. To Ginny, it felt like hours her and Hermione spent waiting for the boys to return. She couldn't imagine how bad Hermione had it.

Finally around 10:00, two very loud pops were heard outside the trio's flat. Ginny quickly looked at Hermione and said "Hermione floo me the second you and Harry finish talking. I'm going to get Draco out of here as quick as possible so that you two can have some time alone to talk. When the boys opened the door both girls were blown away at how much they missed them. Ginny immediately rushed into Draco's arms and he enveloped her in a mind blowing achingly sweet kiss. Hermione felt her heart strings pull when she saw the love Draco and Ginny had for each other. She hoped that maybe Harry could somehow love her like that too.

"Alright then" Draco grinned at Hermione and Harry. "We shall be off. I have a beautiful day planned out for this beautiful woman and it includes no clothes and not leaving the flat for the rest of the day." Ginny flushed scarlet at what Draco just said and gave Hermione and Harry one last look before her and Draco Disapparated back to their flat.

Harry looked at the place that Draco and Ginny had just been and looked back at Hermione who was sitting frozen on their couch looking down at the coffee table. He thought that he would never get a better chance to talk to her so he said "Mione I've been doing some thinking and…" but was cut off by Hermione who said in a very low tone. "Did you shag her Harry?" Harry looked at Hermione to see that she had finally lifted her eyes to meet his. "Come again?" Harry said confused. "I said did you shag her." Hermione stated slightly louder and clear enough for him to hear. Harry moved closer to the couch "Mione what are you talking about?" Harry said in a slightly panicked voice. "Harry please don't play games with me."Hermione said pressing her nose between her fingers. "I am not in the state of mind right now to have you lying to me." "Mione, I'm not playing games with you…"he noticed that Hermione was starting to look angry and said "Haven't you seen the Daily Prophet Harry? On the front page is a giant picture of you with that WHORE Cho Chang. And her tongue down your throat!" Hermione stated with reverence.

Harry's blood immediately went cold. "Mione it's not what you think!" but again Hermione cut him off. "Don't say that Harry because inside the paper there is an almost full page summary of your steamy rendezvous in Paris with her. Dancing in a club and then walking outside together. Sounds pretty romantic to me!" she said sarcastically. It was Harry's turn to be angry. He couldn't believe that she believed the Daily Prophet over him. "When is it your business who I see anyway? Why do you care so bloody much Hermione?" Hermione knew then that he was mad at her because he used her full name, which he never did. But Harry wasn't finished. "I think it's pretty rich of you to be angry at me. You, who every time I tried to talk to you, would run away at the first sign of confrontation or took extra shifts at the hospital so that you wouldn't have to face me after our night together. Hermione we made no promises to each other. So it is none of your bloody business who I shag!" he yelled. Harry took several deep breaths to calm down and waited for Hermione's reaction. The only thing she said was "I hope you used protection…" Harry looked at her sharply and said "why would you ask such a dumb question?!" Hermione then looked back up at him and he could see her eyes beginning to fill with tears. "Because it turns out we didn't and I'm pregnant."

As a highly trained Auror, Harry thought he was prepared for anything, but nothing compared to the shock he felt after he heard the words "I'm pregnant" leave Hermione's lips. In fact, he was so shocked he quickly whipped around. He felt so many emotions run through his mind at one moment he couldn't look at Hermione. When Hermione saw Harry turn away from her she knew he had made his decision and she could not help the tears that started to spill. However she quickly wiped them away so that he could not see them."Well then" Hermione said standing up from the couch. "It looks like you have nothing to say about this so I am going to go to my parent's house for a couple days. I need to tell them about the baby and since it seems you have nothing to say I can tell I will need to get some things in order... if you ever feel like you want to be in your child's life Harry, I suggest you owl Ginny. She will know where I will be." And with that she picked up her purse which was sitting on the couch next to her and disappeared with a pop.

Harry stood rooted to the ground for about 3 more seconds. "AAAARRGGHHHHHH!!!!!" Harry screamed at the top of his lungs. "Hermione's pregnant!" he thought wildly as he started throwing a fit in the living room. He picked up the closest breakable object, (a tea glass Hermione or Ginny had left in the living room) and chucked it on the ground. He tried to calm down several times but each breath made him angrier and angrier. So he did the only thing he could think of doing. He Apparated to Ginny and Draco's. When Harry entered the flat he noticed several things that were off. One, Draco was drinking tea. Two, he looked like Buckbeak had tried to attack him again and, Three, Ginny was standing behind Draco on the living room couch and she was as red as her hair.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER!" Ginny hollered. She then tried to take several calming breaths after she saw Harry flinch. "Harry…"Ginny started again, "What were you thinking? Do you realize how long Hermione has been holding this in? She has been on the verge of a breakdown ever since she found out she was pregnant with your baby." She said the last words with emphasis. "I have been trying to keep her calm all morning, she was very unsure of your reaction but I thought 'no not Harry, The only thing he has ever wanted in his life is a family and now he finally has the chance at one he will be so excited!' then 5 minutes ago she apparated into my flat sobbing uncontrollably. I'm surprised she didn't splinch herself, she was crying so badly. I was finally able to get enough information out of her to understand that you just stood there. Really Harry what were you thinking? Cho Chang? You know that woman has had it out for you for ages. I know you care about Hermione and now she is convinced that you feel nothing at all for her."

Harry cut her off by saying "I had a million emotions running through my head what the hell kind of reaction was she expecting? We aren't married and we sure as hell aren't in a relationship so I don't know what kind of reaction you wanted from me. I care about 'Mione a great deal and I don't want you or her thinking for one minute that I don't care about my baby. The thought of not being in my child's life sickens me." He choked. So please Ginny, Please, take me to her. Let me explain to her, we both deserve that much and if she decides that she still doesn't want me in our child's life then I guess I will leave and never bother her again."

Ginny nodded and quickly went into her kitchen and came back with a piece of paper. "Here's Hermione's parents address. I really hope things work out Harry. Good luck."

Harry took the piece of paper from Ginny's outstretched hand, quickly read over the address written on the paper and called out the address of Hermione's parent's home. A crack signaled that he had reached his destination. When he opened his eyes he was looking at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Granger.

A/N: Alright please don't kill me I know it's been like 2 months… I've basically had this story done for almost a month and a half but the last couple paragraphs I was completely stuck. I'm going back to college Sunday so this may be the last update for awhile… I'm not going to promise anything but I just want to say that I am completely committed to this story so I will post something whether it's a 1000 words or 9000. Thank you to Ginnylovesharry07, UnkownFriend, Chelsea2013, ramenlova610, and Mac for the comments!