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Description: Draco finds out about what Ron's done, he ant gonna be happy...

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Chapter 7

Once Hermione had finished quickly adjusting her house scarf to cover the dark bruises on the pale skin of her neck, she hadn't had time to glamour both her swollen, bruised lips and her neck, and so had quickly slung on her scarf before heading out.

She was supposed to meet Draco at the Owlery, their usual time.

The scarf would work well as camouflage, especially seeing as the Christmas holidays were just around the corner and the weather had taken a turn for the freezing. With a sigh and an attempt at a smile, Hermione left the common room and headed up to the Owlery.

He was already there waiting for her by the time she arrived, and spun around to greet her with a smile, which quickly slipped away the moment he saw her expression.

He approached her quickly and business like, staring at her stonily as he spoke.

"What did he do?" Hermione felt her eyes tear up as she pulled away her scarf to reveal the large, obvious bruises circling her neck.

Draco sighed and spun around, laughing bitterly as he bit down on his knuckles.

"Where was the Weaslette?" He snapped as Hermione felt the tears falling hard and fast.

"He pulled me away, he wouldn't let us talk in the common room, and I couldn't stop him." She gasped as Draco spun round to face her.

"You can't think like that Hermione don't you understand? He's getting to you, I knew he was, you owe him nothing, and you don't have to do anything he says." He gazed at her imploringly.

"Please, I can't lose you too." He whispered, wiping away her tears gently as she sniffed.

"He left me when I told him about the baby." She continued, causing Draco to look at her with confusion.

"Why?" He asked, and then suddenly caught on.

"He doesn't know it's mine does he?" He sighed, turning away from her once more as he ruffled his hair.

"Draco, I'm sorry." She whispered as he groaned.

"Hermione I don't want you to be sorry. I want you to be angry, to be hateful. I want you to believe in yourself for once."

Hermione sighed, and nodded, looking up and smiling bravely as Draco's brow furrowed.

"Wait, have you, have you glamoured yourself?" He asked, she could practically hear the anger bubbling below the surface of his voice.

She sighed as Draco whipped out his wand and cast the usual spell, gasping as h touched her mouth lightly.

"What did he do to you?" He whispered as Hermione looked away.

"He, he had me pushed up against the wall, I couldn't do anything, I couldn't move. He kept kissing me, telling me I was his." She closed her eyes, trying to push the memories from her mind.

By the time she'd opened them, she noticed Draco had moved away, and was shouldering his bag as he headed for the door.

"Draco? Draco what are you doing?" She gasped, grabbing his arm as he breezed past.

He spun to face her, anger blazing in his eyes.

"I'm going to hex the shit out of that ginger dick." He muttered, grabbing his wand as he flung open the door of the Owlery.

"Draco, don't! Wait you don't need to do this! Hermione begged, following him as he ran down the stairs.

He paused, and glanced at his wand, before nodding and putting it away.

"You're right. It will be far more satisfying to beat the shit out of him." He nodded, and began marching down the corridor, and, as luck would have it, straight into Ron.

"Watch where you're going Malfoy." Ron spat, and then stopped when he noticed Hermione.

"Mione, was, was he bothering you?" Ron demanded, glaring at Hermione as she trembled under his gaze.

So he wasn't paying attention when Draco's fist slammed into the side of his jaw.

Hermione shrieked as Ron fell to the floor, looking in shock at Draco as he shook out his hand.

"That felt good." He grinned, winking at Hermione as she tried to pull him back.

"Draco you have to stop." She begged, causing him to pause and turn to look at her.

"If you do this you'll get into trouble, you know I'm right. You don't deserve this, we can tell McGonagal and he'll get the punishment he deserves. It's two days before we break up, please Draco, just leave it." She looked at him imploringly as he slowly lowered his fist and nodded.

"Draco? Since when do you call the ferret Draco?" Spat Ron, pulling himself up off the floor as he glared at Hermione.

"Let's go." Hermione hissed, grabbing Draco's arm as she pulled him back, and led him away from the very confused Weasley on the floor.

"So what are you going to do for Christmas Hermione? Ginny asked as she and Ron played Wizard's chess in front of the fire.

Hermione realised they were breaking up the next day and still hadn't sent the deciding owl to her parents to decide whether she was staying at Hogwarts or going home.

"I'm not actually sure, my parents have only recently got their memories back, and I think they'd like some time alone, so I might just stay here." She mused as Ron spun around.

The mystery of how he'd gotten the huge painful bruise on his jaw had remained unsolved as he'd passed out after Hermione and Draco had left.

"Nonsense, you can just come a stay at the Burrow. It's about time we tell my mother anyway." He gave her a meaningful look, ad Hermione knew he was talking about the baby.

She instinctively touched her slightly bloated stomach, and sighed knowing going anywhere with Ron wasn't really an option.

"I don't know, I'll think about it." She smiled, getting up to go and meet Draco for what would probably end up begin the last time until after Christmas.

She smiled as she spotted him waiting for her just outside the common room, and they began their usual walk around the school together.

"So what are you doing for Christmas?" Hermione asked as they headed out onto the grounds, looking up at the clear starry sky.

Draco shrugged.

"I'll be staying alone in the Manor again I guess." Hermione sighed and pressed her face against his jacket.

"Why don't you just stay here at Hogwarts with me?" She asked, breathing in his sweet, crisp apple and mint smell.

He looked at her in surprise.

"You're staying here at Hogwarts? Alone?"

She nodded.

"My parents wanted some alone time, and I obviously can't go to the Burrow." He gave her a confused smile.

"I'm pretty sure you'll start to show soon, and unless you want the entire school knowing you're pregnant with Weasley's kid when you're actually not…" Hermione sighed and nodded.

"I know, I shouldn't be showing this early to be honest, but already none of my clothes fit properly anymore, maybe this kid is a fast grower." She shrugged, before sighing again.

"But where else can I go? I've already told my parents, it wasn't really a big deal as they know I've been with Ron a long time and just assumed it was his, but I'm sure they don't want their pregnant hanging around all the time."

He grinned, stopping and turning her around to face him.

"Isn't it obvious? You can just stay with me at the Manor?" He smiled, and was surprised when Hermione's face fell.

"Draco, it's a great offer, it really is but I just don't think, after everything I," She subconsciously touched the scar on her wrist, and Draco's eyes lit up in understanding.

"Oh, Hermione love I wasn't talking about Malfoy Manor, I would never ask you to," He broke off, realising this wasn't the time to talk about it, and instead took her hands in his and kissed her cheek lightly.

"We have a second home, closer to the city just on the outsides of Wizarding London. It's my personal favourite I have to say, I've always preferred the city." Hermione grinned and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him happily.

"Of course I'll stay, if you're sure you'll have me?" He rolled his eyes and nodded.

"Obviously. It would be a great opportunity to buy things for the baby, not to mention the proximity to St. Mungo's, I'd much prefer you went there for check-ups then some muggle place."

Hermione rolled her eyes and grinned.

"Alright, I'll get my first check up there, I hope they don't mind it will be a little later than usual."

Draco shrugged.

"I'm sure they'd understand."

She smiled and kissed him again, softly and sweetly in the chilly breeze of the school grounds.

"What will we do about Ron?" She asked nervously as Draco shrugged.

"Why don't we leave that until after Christmas? At least now he thinks you're carrying his baby you'll be safe from him for now." Hermione nodded, and took his hand once more as they began to head back to the castle.

He leant in to kiss her forehead as they stood in front of the double front doors, ready to say goodnight and go their separate ways.

"So tomorrow, we'll get the train to London and then I'll just grab my car after the elves take it to the car park." Hermione raised her eyebrows and smirked.

"You can drive a muggle car?" She grinned as Draco blushed slightly.

"Yes, I learnt a little after my seventeenth birthday alright? Just thought it would be useful." He shrugged as Hermione laughed.

"Sounds great, but you realise you will have to stay away from me until Ron and Ginny get off the train?" He sighed and brushed back a lock of her hair.

"I'll see if I can stay away that long." He winked as Hermione rolled her eyes again.

"See you tomorrow then?" She smiled as she began to walk back to the common room.

"I'll be the devastatingly handsome one waiting for the train." He winked as Hermione stuck out her tongue and rounded the corner, heading back for the last night of term.

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