AN: So I in all my brilliance (note that my eyes are rolling) included this dang Quidditch fundraiser and it was a MESS! The first thing you should know is that I am a huge non supporter of sports lol. The only sports I truly like are gymnastics, ice skating, and snowboarding. So when I tried writing the game, it was really, really bad. After about 20 versions, I gave up, and decided to write around the game. I know some of you will be disappointed, but it would have been worse if I hadn't, trust me when I say it was UGLY! Plus leaving out the banquet wasn't too bad because we had the New Year's party, and we have the wedding and baby shower still ahead, so there are plenty of parties in the story. So on to other business, after this chapter comes the graduation and wedding. It will be a very busy chapter and full of fun to make up for no game in this one! Clumsy!

Hermione was sitting in the sun thinking back on this past week, it had certainly been eventful! The first N.E.W.T. testing had started this morning, and she would start tonight teaching the final night of Diversity. The students were in for a treat when they found out there wasn't a final exam. Plus just yesterday she and Draco had gathered their families together for a lunch at the Manor to tell them the news. Her parents, his mother, and the whole Weasley clan including Charlie but minus Percy were there and of course Harry.

She and Draco had stood after the lunch was over, and said they had an announcement. When everyone was looking at them Draco looked at them all and said, "We want to move the wedding up, which means we need tons of help. We're hoping for two weeks from today, and Harry and Ginny agree."

The mothers at the table started with objections about not being possible.

Hermione interrupted with twinkling eyes and a huge grin. "Well you see, we're going to have to make it possible, because that isn't our only announcement." She smiled at Draco.

"Hermione and I are going to have a baby boy! We're pregnant! I'm going to be a father! I am having, I do have technically, since he's already in there, a son!" He totally gushed and rambled on excitedly.

There had been excited cheers all around before the couple was buried in a crowd of hugs and congratulations. Then the women got down to business and handed out jobs to the men, then kicked them out to get to it, while they rearranged things to get the wedding pulled together in such a short time. She and Ginny were having final dress fittings and bridesmaid fittings this Saturday. Neither girl had found what they thought was 'their' dress for the wedding, so Mrs. Weasley, Narcissa, and Jean had all come up with the idea to design their own gowns and Molly would make the dresses. They were gorgeous, and both girls cried at their last fitting, they did get their dream gowns. So Saturday they would try them on for the final time before the wedding.

They had returned to the school together, only to be met with more news. Luna and Neville had found out she was pregnant as well! They were shocked, but Hermione and Neville began talking about how nice it would be that their children would be guaranteed to already have a friend at Hogwarts when they started school. The couple had been engaged since February and were getting married this summer; Hermione was a bridesmaid, and Gin matron of honor.

All of a sudden two arms came around her waist from behind, bringing her to the present. Draco was finished with his practical Defense test. "How did you do?" he asked her.

"You know, I think I did well, but for whatever reason, I am just not worried about these tests. Maybe it's everything else going on, but I just figure that if I don't know it already after all these years, then I'm not gonna fuss about it." She said calmly.

"Who are you, and what have you done with our Hermione?" Ginny laughed walking over with Dean, Seamus, and Neville.

They all laughed and rolling her eyes Hermione said, "Ha, Ha, Ha."

They sat by the lake all afternoon, the strangest combination maybe Hogwarts had ever seen before, Gryffindor's and Slytherin's laughing and remembering different experiences through their years at the school. Draco and Hermione teased all of them with threats of the most difficult exam they were going to face when Friday came and it was their turn for the Diversity class.

Once the sun set they all went inside to dinner and when they were finished Hermione and Draco headed to their classroom to wait for their 3rd year class to come in for the final time. Hermione was sad thinking about doing this without Michael who should have been with them. Draco pulled out the piece of paper Michael had asked him to read to the class, and as promised it had not been opened.

When everyone had taken their seats, Hermione stood. "Okay, are you ready for the big test?" She smiled at their groans. "Alright, here it is, one by one you will each stand and say one thing you've learned and how this class has affected you."

There were a lot of smiles at the announcement, this was a great surprise!

Timothy was the first to stand, "To be honest the biggest thing I've learned is that Adam Flint isn't the world's biggest Prat that I thought he was. Does that count?"

Draco shook his head laughing, "Not if you want to pass this class. We need a better answer Timothy."

"Alright, for my real answer I guess it's the book Anne Frank's Diary. I'm glad it was required reading because I truly wouldn't have read it otherwise. It showed me that there is always hope, that things can be very dark, but in the end light will always return. She didn't make it out alive, but others did." He said seriously.

"Then I learned what true courage was, and that's saying something because I am after all a Gryffindor through and through, watching what Michael Corner fought through. He may have died, but he showed that even when the worst will happen you can choose the way you handle it, that the beauty is in how you choose your fight."

When he sat down, Hermione had tears in her eyes. "Thank you Timothy."

They went around the circle, sometimes they laughed, other times Michael would be brought up and teary eyes were seen again. Finally it was time for Adam Flint, and Draco was paying close attention, hoping he was right, that they had gotten through to him.

"Well, to answer Timothy, I found out he's not the world's greatest Git!" he joked. "Really, I guess the simplest thing to say is that I learned how to let go of bigotry. It isn't easy, and sometimes my first reaction is from my old ways, but I stop and think it through. I don't know how or when it clicked, it just did. If I had to guess, it was when we were ghettoized, and the others helped us out with food or encouragement, even with all the past animosity the Gryffindor's were willing to lend a Slytherin a hand. That really blew me away, and then I learned I had new friends. That's it I guess." He finished.

Hermione stood next. "What I have learned from the class and teaching it, is that there is always hope that a person can change. We can all work on our flaws and improve our character, no matter how imperfect a person is. I also learned true bravery as I watched my friend get very, very sick and pass on."

Draco stood, "Well I started the same journey as you lot, last June. I only agreed to this 'stupid' teaching assignment so I could return to finish school, it was required for me." Hermione looked up shocked. "So I met with this 'Mudblood' and half-blood once a week all summer long. As I got to know them I started wanting to spend more than one day a week with them, and it shocked me at first. It also scared me, because I couldn't understand it, it didn't fit into the world I grew up in. Then a certain brown eyed princess smiled at me, and that was the day it all clicked for me. Her smile held all the promise and understanding that her upbringing had taught her." He had to clear his throat. "Then there was Michael. He and I spent hours playing chess and talking, a few times through those awful treatments he had. I got closer to him than I would have thought possible, and discovered how brilliant a mind he had, and before he died, how he used that brilliance to teach all of us to love each other, and help each other. I think that's why he held on as long as he did, to make sure we learned from him."

"So, I learned how to love. That's a simple answer I know, but it wasn't a simple journey." He finished.

Draco took hold of Hermione's hand, "When Michael was dying and it was my turn to say goodbye to him, he asked for a promise. He made me promise to read this letter to all of you, but not open it until today." He opened the paper to read Michael's words to them.

"If Draco is reading this to you it means I didn't reach my goal, I was trying to hold on through graduation. I am sorry I'm not with you to see how you've finished this class. I will say I noticed changes in everyone, to different degrees and I felt encouraged. I now understand that my journey can end because I helped pass on the understanding that though we are different in many ways, blood status, race, religion, sexuality, gender, and houses, none of those things matter. What is important is love, hope, understanding, acceptance, and heart that we all have. I helped teach those things, so I leave this world at peace with my time here. I will look on and keep watch with the others who've gone before me, and know that you are all the better for what I could give you, so I tell all of you that you mattered to me, and I cared for each one of you, and I was glad to call you friend." Draco finished, a tear escaping his left eye to run unhindered down his cheek and throat to absorb into his robes.

That night Hermione and Draco held each other in bed for a long time before sleep would come to either. Each lost in different memories of the last year with Michael, and accepting how much he had affected them, and finally understanding that it was time to let him go. He would always hold a special place in their hearts, but it was time to be happy for him that he was able to leave the pain behind. Hermione only spoke to tell Draco what she wanted to name their son, and why. They both agreed but promised to keep it to themselves until he was born. Then they drifted into sleep, finally.

The week was a long one with all the exams they took. When Friday dawned it was with the knowledge that when the day was over, so was their magical education. One phase of their lives was closing as another was beginning. The sixth and seventh years, and the two students chosen from each of the other classes were all very excited that in the morning they were going on the field trip that they earned this year.

Saturday morning began as a major headache. Trying to get everybody partnered up with one person that they would spend the entire day with was challenging. The partners could join a group but had to remain together at all times. Once this was accomplished everyone was directed to a port key. Several of them were set up for the field trip since there were so many students going.

When they arrived at the park, students ran in different directions, each excited to go to whichever rides were decided upon first. Hermione and Luna laughed as they watched Ginny, Neville and Draco take off. Those three were together for the day, while Hermione and Luna who were both pregnant and unable to ride most rides decided to partner up for shopping, games, eating, and relaxing! When they got tired, they sat and enjoyed the atmosphere, when they were hot they stood on a bridge overlooking a water ride and got soaked as the boat came down an incline and water sprayed everywhere.

When they met up with Gin and the guys for dinner they heard all about the day of rides and fun. It was a good way for Draco to cement a bond with them, with no darkness or fighting or school, just a day of fun with friends and it made Hermione so happy to see it. Likewise looking at all the bags she had gathered around her, Draco was happy she had finally accepted his money. He had a Muggle bank account that his mother and him had set up several years ago, and when he tried handing Hermione the bank card for her shopping she immediately pushed it back.

"Hermione, at some point you need to stop this. If you love me, you love all of me and all of me comes with an endless amount of money. I don't understand how you can accept that from Potter and not me. You have no reason to deny me the pride of seeing what the mother of my child and soon to be wife has spent a happy day buying herself and our son, I deserve that joy." He told her, and that's when she took the card with a sigh. She put it to good use too; she had spent the day just buying whatever caught her fancy. She found an amazing statue of a dragon, it was black and gray and had beautiful yellow eyes. She then happily gave it to Draco.

The best part of the trip for Luna and Hermione was the Bon Jovi concert that was getting ready to start. They could be with their friends participating in this part of the trip. Bon Jovi was Hermione, Ginny and Luna's favorite Muggle band, they had all their cd's and a few posters. Tonight they bought t-shirts and Draco had bought Hermione a really cool leather band jacket when they got the t-shirts.

Things got a bit emotional for the girls when the band performed the song Never Say Goodbye, considering it was time for them all to graduate and go their separate ways. Draco and Hermione danced together to the song Always, and decided that it would be their song for their first dance as husband and wife.

When it was time to go back to school, it was organized chaos all over again. Once she was back in her room Hermione was asleep before her head hit the pillow. She had another busy day tomorrow when the fundraiser game was to be held, and then the last big school event left would be graduation, but that was left to others to organize thankfully. Ginny and Neville got that job as Head boy and girl.

Sunday morning Draco woke to the alarm Hermione had set to wake up to. He found it odd because she always tries to turn it off before it can wake him up. He turned it off and started to shake her.

"Time to get up 'Mione." She groaned at him.

"Five more minutes."

"You wanted to get up early so that you had time for breakfast. Our baby needs you to eat." He persisted. She grumbled again but sat up, and then she took off running for the bathroom. He followed and held her hair as she got sick. When she was done she took a shower and brushed her teeth, and then she felt much better.

After breakfast she walked down to the Quidditch pitch and started the decorations for the game, and set up concession stands with the students who volunteered to help. When the stands were starting to fill she went to the Gryffindor Locker room. The players were all sitting there laughing and joking, excited to be back and playing Slytherin. She hadn't been feeling well since breakfast, but figured it would pass as usual. But when she wrapped her arms around Harry to hug him, she got a terrible pain in her abdomen and fainted dead away.

When she came to, it was to find that she was in the Hospital not the locker rooms. Draco was standing next to her a look of fear and worry on his face. That's when she remembered what happened, and gut wrenching fear took over.

"The baby?" she looked at Draco for the answer, but Madame Pomfrey beat him to it.

"The baby is fine for the moment. That will change though if you don't slow down, you are doing entirely too much and this was your body's way of telling you to stop it. So you are now on complete bed rest until graduation, and your birthing healer has agreed. After graduation you will have an appointment with her, and she'll decide whether you can resume light activities."

She reluctantly agreed, but made all of them promise to come directly back and tell her how it went. She asked Draco and Harry to go meet the referee, she had arranged as a surprise. Victor Krum was officiating the match. Draco gave her a kiss, and then leaned down to give her tummy a kiss as well.

"Daddy has to go beat Uncle Harry to the snitch now baby, but I will be back. We will hang this snitch in your room for when you're here with us." He said.

Harry just snorted, "Bye 'Mione, bye baby. Uncle Harry is going to go beat your daddy to the snitch and give it to you to hang in your room."

Hermione and Ginny rolled their eyes and laughed. Then everyone left and Hermione was left in the quiet, she placed her hand on her stomach and said, "I'm sorry baby, hang on tight in there and I will do all I can from out here to keep you in there." Not long afterwards, she fell into a very deep sleep.

She missed the game and the banquet but heard all about it as Ginny and Harry watched Draco hand her the snitch he'd finally beaten Harry to for the very first time. Harry mumbled a little, but he had a smile to show it was all in good fun. Before she knew it, time had passed and tomorrow was graduation, time really could fly.

AN2: Ok, the story is wrapping up, only a few chapters left and I keep getting messages about a sequel, so I need to know how many of you want that as apposed to an epilogue so I know how to finish this story up, I welcome any and all opinions. Please review, review, review!