Umm, it's been a while huh. Well, my muse has been on vacation and I have been unable to write anything except Lord of the Rings until I finally forced myself to finish this so if it isn't very good, you'll know why. Thank you to my faithful readers Nagini, NotQuiteSureWhatToCallMyself, eeh, IceFire (Aragorn is mine dammit), tealish, Princess Sparkle, hanson_phreek, Scratches and p.e.n.n.y (umm ok...) Well anyway without further ado, here's chapter 8 which neeeds a title! LOL. Oh yah, this chapter takes place about a week later and it's the first day back at Hogwarts after the Winter Holidays.



"Of all the rotten luck. I'm stuck with Longbottom," Tawny muttered to Hermione who was with Harry. Ron was very unhappy standing next to Draco.

"Miss Black pay attention. Five points fron Gryffindor," Snape snapped.

"Asshole," Tawny muttered under her breath as Snape began to pass out potion ingredients.

"Today we will be making a complicated truth potion. Do anything incorrectly and it will explode Mr. Longbottom," he said, giving Neville a dirty look.

"Don't worry about him," Tawny said to Neville as they started the potion.

"Thanks. Its the first day back from break and he's killing us already," he whined.

"Yah," she muttered, her eyes on Harry, whom she hadn't had a chance to talk to. "Ok listen Neville, when it's boiling, add this," she said, pointing to a blue vial. "I need to talk to Harry," she said, going over to the next table.

"Hi," he said, noticing her.

"Hey, uh what happened after I left the Weasley's?" she asked. Harry had just opened his mouth to answer when a loud commotion from the other side of the room distracted them.

"Weasley, Malfoy, stop that this instant," Snape yelled at the fighting boys. When he pulled them apart, Ron had a bloody nose and Draco had a black eye. "Headmasters office, now. Fifty points from Gryffindor," and as though it pained him, "twenty from Slytherin," he said to a round of boos. "Silence" he commanded harshly.

"Neville, no, not that one," Tawmy exclaimed, reaching Neville seconds too late. The cauldron exploded with a loud bang sending Neville and Tawny flying into the wall, knocking Tawny unconcious.

"Mr. Longbottom get out of this classroom," Snape yelled as Harry knelt down beside Tawny. "How is she Mr. Potter?" he asked coldly.

"I think she needs to go to Madame Pomfrey," he said quietly.

"Well, since she's unconcious, take her. As for the rest of you, back to work," he snapped as Harry effortlessly picked Tawny up.

"What happeded?" Madame Pomfrey asked as Harry laid Tawny down on a bed. He explained what happened abd she nodded. "I'll take it from here. You can go back to class," she said ushering him out. "I'm sure she'll be fine Harry," she said, noticing the worried look in his eyes.

"Thanks. Uh, can I come back and see her later?" he asked.

"After dinner. She should be up and around by then," she said. She had just begun ti examine Tawny when her eyes fluttered open. "Ahh so you're awake now. How are you feeling?"

"My head hurts but other that that I feel fine," Tawny said, sitting up.

"Your head's going to hurt for a while, you've got a huge bump. You're just lucky it isn't a concussion. I'm going to keep you here for a few hours, just to make sure the fall didn't hurt the baby," she said as Pansy Parkinson walked by. Pansys eyes widened when she heard Tawny was pregnant.

"Finally, something to ruin Miss Perfects reputation," she muttered to herself with a smile as she went off to tell anyone she could.

When Harry returned to the infirmary, Madame Pomfrey told hin that Tawny has already gone to Gryffindor Tower. Harry immediately headed up the stairs, said the password quickly and found Tawny in the common room going over Transfiguration homework with Hermione.

"Hey Harry," Hermione said, noticing him. He smiled and sat down at the table with them.

"Ron back yet? I need to talk to him," Harry said, watching Tawny closely.

"Not yet. Why are you staring at me?" Tawny asked.

"Just wanted to make sure you were ok," he said with a shrug.

"I'm fine, my head just hurts a little," she said as the potrait hole opened and an angry Ron stormed in.

"We need to talk to you," Hermione said as they followed Ron up to the boys dorms.

"What?" he asked, flopping down on his bed.

"What happened between you and Draco?" Harry asked.

"You really wanna know? Fine, I'll tell you. I confronted him about sleeping with Tawny. He didn't deny it. I called him a queer and he hit me, nuff said," Ron said dully. "He doesn't deserve you Harry. His father is a deatheater."

"True, but Draco hates his father. He only got the mark because it was do it or die. It's my life Ron, not yours," Harry said coldly.

"And its his fault I have detention for a month," Ron muttered.

"You started it," Hermione said softly.

"Are you on Malfoy's side now?" Ron snapped.

"I'm not on anyone's side. Just drop it," she said as Seamus and Dean came in.

"What are those weird looks for?" Tawny asked, glaring at them.

"We heard you were pregnant," Seamus said softly.

"Where did you hear that?" she asked shakily.

"Pansy Parkinson. She's telling everyone," he said.

"What?" she asked, her face going white.

"Is it true?" Dean asked.

"I'm gonna kill her, bring her back, then kill her again," Tawny said, pretending the wall was Pansy's face and punching it as hard as she could a couple times.

"So I take it as true," Dean muttered to Harry.

"Yeah. She didn't want anyone to know, or at least not yet," he said, watching Tawny sink to her knees in tears as Hermione slipped her arm around Tawny's shoulders.

"You ok?" Hermione asked quietly.

"Yah, I'll be fine," she said, looking at her already bruising hand. "A little pain never hurt anyone," she said, her eyes meeting Harrys across the room. "I'll see you guys later. I'm going to bed," she said, leaving the boys dorms.

"I'm worried about her," Hermione whispered when Seamus and Dean were out of earshot.

"Me too. The breakup is killing her. She hasn't eaten anything since according to Sirius," Harry said with a sigh.

"She just needs time to heal. She's in love with Fred, and he's gonna take time to get over. Her was her first love," she said as Ron finally spoke.

"She made my brother cry. I have never in my life seen Fred cry until HER. After she left, he started sobbing. She hurt him so bad and if anyone in the family sees her, there's going to be hell to pay," Ron said coldly.

"You need to accept it Ron, that's all I can tell you," Harry said with a sigh. "I'm gonna go talk to Draco," he said, leaving Ron and Hermione alone.

"Do you hate me too?" Ron asked quietly. Hermione sighed and sat down on the bed next to him.

"No. I don't agree with the way you're handling this, but I still love you," she said, kissing him softly.

"Stay here with me tonight," he asked after a few minutes of silence. Hermione nodded as she got comfortable with her head laying on his chest.