Chapter 3

Hermione laughed as Fred came to the door and greeted her, twirling her around in a circle.

'If we'd have known you'd been hiding all this under that hair..'

'We might have offered you a deal.'

'Two Weasleys for the price of one.' Fred finnished, wiggling his brows.

Hermione laughed. 'Thanks boys, but I got someone else in mind.' she said. Then turned twords Ron. 'Can I talk with you a bit, outside?' she asked, her eyes glittering with her smile.

Fred and George fell over themselves, pretending to be mortally wounded by a magical arrow of some sort.

Ron couldn't help but smile backat Hermione. 'Yeah, sure. ' he said and walked over and opened the door for her, waiting for her to pass through.

'Let us know...'

'...If you change your mind.' The twins called out from the floor as the door closed behind Ron with a little jingle of the bells hanging on it. Ron turned back to stick out his tongue, then quickely turned forwards before Hermione could see him do it.

'There's uhm, something I need to tell you.' Hermione began, biting her lip.

'Okay...' Ron siad, sticking his hands in his pockets.

'I uhm...I waited for you to come back a long time..' She looked down, clutching her purse. 'But eventually, I had to move on...' she let out in a horse whisper. She was ashamed of herself, why hadn't she waited for him? What would have happened if she had been a little more patient?

'I know.' Ron interupted. 'It's allright. I didn't expect you to wait for me.' Ron said, a little ashamed himself.

'There's something else...' she siad, looking up to gaze at his face. 'Something I need to tell you...' she added, looking back down.

Ron's mind wandered. What could it be? What could she have possibly done that would make her so nervous to tell him? It was then that Ron's mind wandered back to the thoughts he'd overheard from her.

'I wonder if he knows...

Should I tell him?

I should. No!

I shouldn't; if I do, what if he gets angry?'

Ron wondered what she could possibly think would make him angry. Then a thought hit him like a ton of bricks. Hermione's Pregnant. Could it be possible? It made sence afterall.

Ron put a hand on Hermione's shoulder. 'It's allright Mione. I know already.' he siad. There was no need to cause her more pain by making her say it.

Hermione looked up at him with tears in her eyes. 'You...how could you possibly know?' she asked in what seemed like a forced whisper. She couldn't fathom how he could possibly know. She'd not told anyone about it...

Ron forced a smile. 'I had a little accident earlier. One of Fred and George's experiments.' he rolled his eyes. 'I overheard your thoughts, when I was walking by.' he addmitted.

Hermione's jaw fell. She didn't know what to say...she thought about asking him what he'd heard, but she knew. She had been thinking about telling him all afternoon. Surely he knew. 'I see.' she said faintly.

'Who?' Ron asked, too curious to stay quiet.

'Draco Malfoy.' Hermione said, her voice shaking.