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Description: We have a few more details on the pregnancy, learn who the father is and Hermione has a face down with Ron!

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Chapter 6

Recap: "Draco I can't, I just can't talk to him, you don't understand!"

"What? Please tell me what I don't understand, because I've been here supporting you the whole fucking time, I tried to save my own mother tell me please dear Merlin, what I couldn't possibly understand?!"

She locked eyes with him, chocolate meets mercury.

"I'm pregnant."

He looked at her blankly, as though he hadn't even heard what she said, or noticed she was there.

Hermione looked up at him, the rain soaking her soft chocolaty hair as she desperately hoped for a reaction.

When she didn't get one, she did what Hermione Granger does best.

She talked.

"I only noticed a few days ago that I was late, quite remarkably late and I normally pride myself on being on a pretty reliable cycle, it's a Granger-women thing. So yesterday when we were going into Hogsmeade, I stopped by the apothecary on the far side of town, and picked up a few tests. I'd been feeling a bit sick as well and had some weird changes in appetite so I thought I'd better"

"Whose is it?" He asked bluntly, as though she hadn't been speaking at triple speed for the past thirty seconds.

She looked up at him and sighed, a little sadly, as though she were disappointed.

"Draco Ron and I haven't had sex in months, not since July. I took a very specific test, I'm only about eight weeks gone, so it can't be his." She glanced at him meaningfully as the realisation dawned on his face, and to Hermione's immense surprise, he smiled.

"Well Granger I appreciate this isn't ideal, but I have to say, I'm rather glad we weren't paying close enough attention with the contraceptives." He smirked as she hit him lightly on the arm.

"Well it's all very well for you, I'm the one who has to carry the bun around, you just get to enjoy it." She snapped as he laughed, looking at her with mild confusion.

"I'm confused, are you suggesting I'm going to eat our child?" She laughed and punched him again, before he wrapped his arms around her, trying to shield her from the rain.

"What so eight weeks? It was our first time together?" Hermione nodded as Draco laughed, rolling his eyes.

"Only we could manage that. I'm sorry Hermione I know you must be terrified right now."

She sighed and wrapped her arms a little tighter around him.

"I have you."

They stayed that way for a few minutes, trying to forget the worries, confusion and angst that was yet to come, just enjoying the simplicity of the moment.

"Draco?"

"Mm?"

Hermione sighed as she pondered the thought that had been bothering her the past few days.

"Why are we together? Even in secret, it's certainly not a secret that you've always hated me,"

He tried to interrupt but she just held up a hand to stop him.

"And I know you've apologised, and it means a lot, it really does. You've just never explained why you've changed your mind?"

Draco sighed and let the rain pummel his cheeks as he began to realise what he'd been trying to escape from for a very long time.

"Hermione I want you to know that the only reason I was such a dick to you was because of my father. He taught me to hate those who hate your blood, and so I went along with what he said, desperate to impress him."

"But why me? There are plenty of other mudbloods at Hogwarts," Draco flinched at the word, thinking of the scar that he'd seen his bitch of an Aunt carving into Hermione's pale wrist.

"And plenty that were friend with Harry, why did you always target me?"

He sighed and smiled slightly, remembering seeing her for the first time at the train station, saying goodbye to her parents.

"Do you believe in love at first sight?" He asked bluntly, as she looked up at him in surprise.

"Well I'm not sure I can say that I do, why?"

"Because the moment I first saw you, I thought you were the prettiest girl I'd ever seen. I was all set to go over and tell you as much, I had pretty high self-esteem and was sure you'd like me. And that was the first time my father told me what you were, and how I had to hate you.

The truth is Hermione, I never thought it was love, because it just hurt, it hurt so much. Every time I thought about you, how pretty you were, how your face just lit up when you laughed, it pained me, because I knew that I had to hate you.

So I lied to myself. I told myself that it was you who made my chest feel like it was being ripped open, your fault that I thought you were so pretty. So when I hurt you, it made me feel the tiniest bit better, to think that I could get through this, that you would pay.

Honestly, I never hated you because you were a mudblood Hermione, I hated you because I couldn't have you, and I couldn't imagine living without you.

It was stupid I know, and if it makes you feel any better, straight after I'd beat you down, make you feel like crap, just minutes after the little rush of joy at making you feel what I felt every day, I would realise what I'd done, what I was doing to you, and to myself. It was killing me." He sighed, and smiled down at her shocked expression.

"I always loved you Hermione, I just never had the courage to admit it, even to myself."

"So, so you're not mad that I'm pregnant? You're not going to leave me?" She asked quietly as he laughed and stroked the side of her cheek.

"Hermione if I were just in it for the sex we would have been doing it a lot more than we did." He winked as she slapped his shoulder, rolling her eyes.

"And there you go, ruining the moment." She smirked as Draco laughed, pushing back her sopping wet hair from her face.

The smile slipped away from Hermione's face as she realised there was one problem she'd been avoiding for a very long time that would now desperately need to be sorted.

"What about Ron? He still thinks we're together! Draco what do I do?" She gasped as his jaw clenched.

"You tell him it's over, I'll make sure the Weaslette's there to defend you if anything happens, and then we tell Professor McGonagal everything."

"Everything?" Hermione asked shyly, thinking sadly of Ron, shut up away in jail, she wasn't even sure if they'd put him in Azkaban or muggle prison.

"Hermione I know you think the Weasel's still in there, but you know as well as I do that he's not. He could hurt someone else, or you even more, we have to stop messing around and finish this."

Hermione sighed and nodded, pulling him in close as they kissed in the rain, wondering what on earth to do next.

"Have you seen Ron anywhere Gin?" Hermione smiled, towel drying her hair as she stepped out of the bathroom.

"Yeah, I think he's in the common room, I saw you guys talking earlier, he said he was really sorry about him and that other girl, I think he wants to stay together." Ginny smiled as Hermione forced one.

"That's great Gin, I think I'll go and talk to him about it." She replied, grabbing her jumper and tugging it on before waving goodbye and heading down to the common room.

She spotted Ron in one corner of the room, and he smiled before waving and making his way over.

"Hey 'Mione, can we talk?" He asked, as Hermione nodded, following him out the portrait hole and out into the corridor.

She was halfway down the corridor before she realised they were alone.

She stopped suddenly, feeling like she ought to head back towards the common room.

"Hermione?" He spun round, and took her wrist, holding it a little tighter than was necessary.

"Ron I just want to,"

"It's ok we can talk here." He pulled her towards him, leaning in close as Hermione tried to step back a little.

"I'm sorry we had to fight Mione, I missed you a lot this past month." He whispered, clenching her wrists tighter as she tried to twist away.

"Ron I need to tell you,"

"I have to tell you something first." He interrupted, stroking her cheek with his nose as she tried to push him away.

"I want you back Mione, I've missed you so much, I think we should make it official again, it was a pretty long break."

Hermione gave one final tug, and managed to shove Ron away from her, much to his surprise.

"Oh really? And what about that girl? Lavender wasn't it? If you missed me so much are you done with her now?" She snarled as Ron's features slipped from surprise into barely contained rage.

"And so what if I'm not done with her? What will you do about it?" He hissed, forcing Hermione against the wall
as eh smashed his lips against hers until they bruised.

He had one hand at her waist pushing her against the wall, and the other at her neck.

She gasped lightly, still managing to breath but struggling.

He pulled away, and smirked.

"I can have you whenever I want." He spat as Hermione shook, feeling her strength leaving her as she slumped against the wall, no longer fighting.

He released her, and let her slide to the floor, gasping for breath as she weakly touched her neck.

"Ron," She gasped, as he stood above her once more, the anger still blazing in his eyes as he glared down at her.

"Ron please." She stuttered, he bent down to her level, holding her hands above her head as he smirked at her nastily.

"Give me a reason? You've destroyed me Hermione, you were everything I ever had and you left." He hissed as Hermione looked away, her anger and defiance slipping as she thought of what she'd done to him, leaving him in his hour of need.

"Go on. Give me a reason." He shouted, grabbing her face and pulling it towards him roughly.

"Ron, I'm pregnant." She gasped, choking on the last word as he dropped her as quickly as though she'd electrocuted him.

"W, what?!" He choked, the anger seeping away from him as he helped her up off the ground.

"Ron I'm sorry, I didn't"

"Why should you be sorry?! Hermione this is amazing!" He grinned, much to Hermione's shock.

How could she tell him?

"Don't worry, I'll keep it a secret, I won't even tell my mother if you don't want, this is fantastic He smiled, patting her on the back as he checked his watch.

"Want to join me for a late dinner down at the kitchens? We could celebrate, ask the house elves for some firewhiskey, butterbeer for you of course,"

"I'm not really hungry," Hermione interrupted, remembering she had arranged to meet someone that evening. "I'll just skip out, I'll see you later?" She tried to fake a smile, but was sure it came out as more of a grimace.

Her neck was incredibly painful, and she realised her lips were probably badly bruised.

"That's all right, I'll go it alone, catch ya later." He grinned, pulling her into a hug as she flinched slightly at his touch.

She watched miserably as he practically skipped away, and cursed herself for not telling him the truth, knowing how much harder this was going to be for them both now.

Ooooh Ron you evil twat! (To those concerned, stuff with Ron will get worse before it gets better I'm sad to say)

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