Chapter 10

After their wedding night, Ginny had kept away from Draco, hiding in her room with the pregnancy books or packing again for Hogwarts. But she was back at Hogwarts now, staring at the King-sized bed that they would be sharing in his Head Boy room. The house elves had already brought her belongings from the Gryffindor house to his room, so she had nothing to preoccupy herself. She just wanted to sleep, just not in the same bed as him. She gave a small sigh, still thinking about what he had said over break. She hated how right he was about her feelings for Harry. Thoughts of Harry had slowly stopped occupying her mind except for worrying about his safety along with Ron and Hermione's. The safety net she had once found in Harry had disappeared.

She went into her dresser and pulled out her pajamas and the oversized Christmas sweater from her mum that she had taken to wearing at night and changed in the attached personal bathroom. She came out, pulling her hair out of the pony tail, letting her red hair free.

"You're going to sleep already?" Draco asked, just coming into the room from the Slytherin common room, looking down at the shorts she typically wore to bed, moving his eyes back up to her flowing hair.

"Yeah, I'm tired," Ginny responded, getting into his…their bed and pulling the covers tightly around her to protect herself from Draco's ogling eyes.

"Okay, goodnight then."

Ginny moved over the edge of the bed to stay away from him when he finally would get in as well and closed her eyes, imaging she was back in her room at the Burrow.

X

The following morning, Ginny felt eyes on her all throughout breakfast from most of the school, particularly from the Gryffindor table. She kept her eyes down on her plate, which she had piled on more food than she normally would have. Just looking down at her plate for 3 she felt large. She took her time eating, knowing that as soon as she and Draco were separated for their respective classes, someone would bombard her with questions.

Sure enough, once she was heading to her History of Magic class, while Draco was heading to his Potions class, Neville came up to her. "Ginny, can I talk to you?" His eyes searched around to make sure that it was safe to be talking to her. Ginny nodded, figuring that Neville would let everyone know what she said, so she wouldn't have to constantly repeat herself.

Ginny walked over to the side of the corridor and held up her hand before he started to talk and looked up at him, "Before you start, because I know exactly where you are going with this, I was forced into an arranged marriage with Draco Malfoy because," she hesitated, "after a heated moment, I'm now pregnant with the Malfoy heir. Yes, I am fine, I'm safe. No, I'm not suddenly a Death Eater supporter." She watched an array of emotions cross Neville's face as she spoke, going from shock, to horror, to some slight anger, and then tense relief. "I wanted to tell you, but they told me to keep silent. And since they have a lot over me—all my family and friends, I didn't want to risk your safety," she explained next, guessing his next question.

Neville shook his head, going back to shock, "Are you sure it's his?"

Ginny narrowed her eyes at him, her voice accusing "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Just in case it wasn't his, then you might be able to get out of the marriage…" Neville said carefully, seeming to realize that he was in dangerous territory with her at the present moment.

Ginny started to turn red from anger, "I'm not a whore, Neville. You're supposed to be my friend and know that. He was my first, and my only." She walked past him to head to her class, having no clue to where her sudden anger had come from.

Neville watched her leave, still shocked from the news, but even more shocked at her sudden lash of anger, hoping that it was from the pregnancy and not because of all the time she was spending with Death Eaters.

X

Later on in the day, Ginny walked into her Dark Arts class with two minutes to spare, sitting down at her seat that was normally beside Luna. She glanced around the room for Luna, but didn't see her. Although, it wouldn't be unlike Luna to dreamily show up for class a few minutes late, rambling on about some imaginary creatures she thought were affecting Hogwarts.

By the time Carrow started teaching, Luna still wasn't there; nor was she there for the rest of the class. The more Ginny thought about it, she hadn't seen Luna at all since Hogwarts had resumed; grant it, she had only been back for one day, but regardless... Ginny turned to a Ravenclaw beside her, "Did Luna come back to school after the holidays?" She asked in a low voice, getting a shake of the head in return. Ginny felt herself begin to panic at the thought of Luna gone, her panic only growing knowing that she couldn't do anything about it—at least not while she was in her Dark Arts class.

She barely paid attention to what Carrow was lecturing; she just sat there, tapping her quill anxiously against the paper, counting down minutes until Carrow released them from the class. When he did, she practically ran from the class, walking quickly to Transfiguration where Draco would be getting out of class. When she saw his blond head, she grabbed his arm quickly and pulled him away from the steady flow of students that were still exiting the classroom.

"Look, I know you are anxious for tonight, but you'll have to wait," he said with a smirk. Ginny glanced around, seeing Goyle and Crabbe still standing there and watching them. She turned back around and glared at him, not wanting to deal with his egotistical and hormonal humor right now to appease his henchmen.

"Where's Luna?" She said urgently, keeping her voice low.

"Loony Lovegood?" He asked, still smirking.

"Luna," she stressed, "Where is she?"

He moved his eyes from her face to his friends still standing there, then back down to her, "I'll tell you later."

Ginny sighed and let go of his arm, "Fine, I'll see you tonight." She left, hoping that his response meant that she was still alive.

X

She waited anxiously for the rest of the day to end until she was back up in their shared room, waiting for him on the bed while a million horrific thoughts of what could have happened to her went through her head. When he finally came in, she jumped up from the bed, "Where's Luna?" She asked, panic still evident in her voice.

She watched him let out a sigh, "Her father was printing many stories in The Quibbler that went against the Dark Lord, so He had Luna taken back to the manor. She'll be back if and when her father delivers Potter to Him."

Ginny stared at him, her voice growing low again, "How long has Luna been at the manor?"

"Since the holidays, they took her right off of the train."

Ginny's ears turned red and her Weasley temper took over, "SHE WAS AT THE MANOR THE ENTIRE TIME AND NO ONE TOLD ME? I COULD HAVE USED A DAMN FRIEND IN THAT TIME!" Her hands were in fists as she yelled at him, "ARE THEY EVEN TAKING CARE OF HER THERE? SHE COULD HAVE USED A FRIEND TOO, I'M SURE!"

He stared at her in shock, obviously not accustomed to girls yelling at him. She stared at him for a short moment, feeling herself heated up, and she walked out of the room not wanting to be in the same room as him any longer or to give him something to continue gawking at.

X

From then on, Ginny stayed in the library until curfew and would take her time walking down to the dungeons; sometimes conveniently 'forgetting' her way down to the Slytherin house. Frequently, when she got back to the room he was doing homework, sleeping, or on Head Boy duty, so she could avoid speaking with him. In the morning, she would wake up and get ready before Draco was even awake, and then would go back to the library before breakfast was served and she had to meet up with him.

Unfortunately, with all of the time that Ginny spent in the library her homework got done quickly. Especially since people had begun to avoid her as it got around that she was married to Draco now. In truth, she was lonelier than when she couldn't tell anyone about her pregnancy.

Several weeks later, as Ginny was around 15 weeks pregnant, she had finished all of her homework for the rest of the week. She gave a small smile to herself, so this is what it felt like to be like Hermione, she mused to herself proudly. She had nothing else to do, so she packed her bag up again and headed to her room, hoping she could rest her swollen feet. She walked up to the Head Boy room and went in, staring at a dark-haired girl that was on top of Draco, who's hands were on her arse, pressing her against him as they snogged.

Ginny stared at them, her heart seizing up as she momentarily forgot how to speak, "Don't mind me," she finally said shortly, walking in and dropping her bag near her trunk with a loud thud as it hit the ground.

Draco pulled away from the girl's lips and the girl rolled off of Draco, Ginny vaguely recognizing her as Astoria Greengrass. Astoria smirked at Ginny then looked back at Draco. "I guess it's time for me to leave, I'll see you later," she leaned over and kissed his cheek, then left, with a slight swing of her hips.

Ginny watched her leave, then looked back at Draco who seemed to be racking his brain for all possible excuses she might buy, "You're back early," he finally said.

She glared at him, "Sorry to interfere with your cheating schedule! Now that I know I'll make sure to stay out of your way!"

"I wouldn't have had to get help from someone else if you were more willing and around."

Ginny felt her eyes tear up, "Don't you dare blame me! You have a hand! Maybe if you would have used your hand, you would have seen your bloody wedding ring!"

"Well, I need some human contact!" He claimed in defense.

"Sorry I was forced into this and not ready to jump your bones then!" Ginny cried out, not sure why she was so upset about him cheating on her. She knew as well as anyone that their marriage wasn't done out of love.

"Bloody hell! You've been avoiding me for weeks because I couldn't tell you about your crazy friend!"

"She's not crazy!"

"She's crazy," Draco stated, as if that would end the matter.

She ignored him, turning around to grab her pajamas from her dresser, intent on taking everything she needed then hiding away in the Room of Requirement for the night. As she closed the drawer, a pain in her stomach went off and she placed a hand on her slightly bulging stomach, "Ow," she whimpered, some of the tears she was holding back falling out.

She heard Draco behind her groan, "What now?"

"Stomach…" She winced, backing up to sit on the bed, keeping her hand on her stomach, and then she gave a small smile. "Come here."

Draco walked over to her, looking confused and still pissed off that she had interrupted his snogging session. She reached up and took his hand, placing it on her stomach and glanced up at him.

A/N: Thanks everyone for reading! I've never been pregnant, so if I'm off with some of the weeks that swollen feet or mood swings happen, I'm sorry. I am using this (.com/) site to help though. So, I'd like to thank that site. Please review; I'm open to constructive criticism, ideas, suggestions…whatever.