A/N: This fic is post Hogwarts. For the dingdongs and twinkies out there... that means after Hogwarts. Oh and this IS Ron and Hermione romance! Might not seem like it at first but hold out through the boring struff!
The Collapsing
By: Ishy
Something drove Harry out of his dreams. "What? The doorbell at this hour?" He grumbled. Harry rolled out of bed and threw on his glasses and a pair of jeans. He stumbled through the apartment. "I'm coming, I'm coming." He opened the door and just stared.
"Hi Harry." The woman threw herself in his arms. "Can I stay here tonight?"
"Sure Mione." He looked at her strangly and disentangled her from his arms. "Come in. Make yourself at home. Let me go put a shirt on and I'll get you a drink."
"Thank you Harry." Hermione said with a smile. Harry walked into his bedroom and turned the light on. The covers on his bed moved.
"Whats wrong Harry?"
"Nothing Darling. Hermione is here. Go back to sleep. I'll put her in the guest room. You can talk to her in the morning."
"Allright. Tell her I would get up and see her, but this baby takes a lot out of me."
"That's allright Ginny. She'll understand. Now go back to sleep!" He threw a rumpled red shirt on and walked into the kitchen to relay Ginny's message.
"Is she having trouble with the pregnancy? I've heard first ones can be really hard on the mother." Hermione announced being her usual informative self.
"Not necessarily trouble, but it does take a lot out of her." he said nervously twisting his wedding ring.
"She will be fine Harry, and you will have a really cute kid. How could you not? It's got the Weasely genetics. A cute baby is definitely on the way." she said with a sad look in her eyes.
"Hey! Whats that supposed to mean?!?!?! Did you have a fight with Ron?" He asked.
"Yeah. I'm tired right now. Can I talk to you guys about it in the morning?"
"Sure. Follow me. Here is the guest bedroom. You are welcome to stay as long as you need to."
"Thank you Harry." She gave him a hug. "This means a lot." She started crying softly.
Harry wiped the tears away. "Just get a good nights sleep. We will talk in the morning. He walked back to his bedroom and got in bed softly as to not wake his very pregnant wife due any day now.
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Hermione walked into the kitchen where Ginny was sitting at the table mixing pancakes with a twist of her wand.
"Good morning Hermione. It's great to see you."Ginny said as she hugged Hermione.
"What are you making?"
"Blueberry Pancakes. Want some?"
"I don't want to trouble you."
"No trouble." Ginny flicked her wand ans said a charm abd batter poured onto a skillet. "Butter and syrup are in the refrigerator."
Hermione walked over to the refrigerator to get the butter and syrup and walked to the stove. The pancakes were waiting on a plate.
"Forks are in the drawer to your right." Ginny said looking up from her magazine she was reading. "Would you do me a favor and go wake Harry up? Tell him if he doesn't get in here, I'm gonna eat all his breakfast."
"Okay." she walked into Harry's room. "Harry Potter, get up." Hermione said in a singsong voice. "If you don't get up right now Ginny is going to eat all your breakfast." At that he jumped out of bed and she cracked up laughing.
"What?"
"Your boxers. They're cute!" She stumbled out of the room. Five minutes later he entered after her. She burst out laughing at him. He just glarred at her.
"Whats so funny?" GInny asked.
"His boxers." Hermione said amid laughter.
"Oh, the ones with the dancing Bertie Botts Beans on them? They are hillarious." She let out a little giggle.
"You can say that again."
"Gin. You're suppossed to be on my side."
"I am, Harry." she said and raised her face to recieve his kiss. Hermione sadly looked away thinking of Ron's kisses.
"Are you ready to talk now Hermione? Harry your breakfast is on the counter." Ginny added.
"I guess." They all sat down at the table. "As you have probably guessed, Ron and I had a fight. It has been really tense in our roomates house for a couple of weeks. I knew he was going to blow up sometime. I just thought it would have been later." (A/N: Hermione and Ron don't 'live' together. They just share a house with a brother and sister and one of her friends who are wizards.)
"The thing is, I don't remember how the fight started out. I knew we couldn't live in the same house any longer after something happened two weeks ago. But I ignored my mind for once and I stayed. I thought we could work if out, but we just never got around to it."
"Ron is very stubborn. I know. What happened two weeks ago?" Ginny asked.
Ignoring her question she went on with the story. "Then yesturday morning, I went to the doctor. I found out that..." Hermione trailed off.
"What?" Harry asked.
"I'm pregnant."
"Say again." Harry turned off the water he was running. "I didn't hear you."
"I'm having a damn baby!"
"Oh." Harry answered. "Allright... Wait. You are Hermione. Right?"
"Yes I'm Hermione."
"How far along are you?" Ginny asked.
"Two weeks."
"Looks like my parents get another grandchild." Ginny announced.
Hermione looked over at Harry whom looked remarkbly like a fish. "Y-You and and R-Ron?" Harry sputtered out.
"Yes." Hermione groaned. "It was just a one night thing. We were both drunk." She started to cry.
"Oh Hermione." Ginny sighed and wrapped her arms around her. "I'll kill that brother of mine."
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1 week later
"Just come on in when you get here. I might not be able to hear the doorbell. See ya later Ron!"Harry said. He hung up the telephone and walked into his bedroom.(A/N: He does that a lot)
"Lets see how well you can act my little munchkin baby." He patted Ginny's large stomach. "Lets go. Ready?"
"Yep. Go into the kitchen and I'll call out to you. "Ginny responded.
Harry walked into the kitchen where Hermione was reading a baby manual. "Hi Harry." She said looking up.
"Hi Hermio--" he was interupted.
"HARRY! I think the baby is coming!" Ginny yelled.
"Yikes! How can I help?" Hermione asked.
"Grab the suitcase by the door and put it into the car. I'll get Gin!" Harry exclaimed.
When they were all outside Hermione asked, "Do you want me to come?"
"No. Stay here ans answer the phone and tell them Ginny is at St. Manis Wizarding Hospital. Well not the muggles. Just act clueless if they ask. Bye Mione. Thank you!" Harry yelled as he drove away.
"Now how am I suppossed to know which ones are the muggles? Oh well. I'll just act clueless either way." She grumbled walking back into the apartment where she picked her book up. An hour later she looked up and low and behold, there was Ron. Looking at her very weirdly.
"What?"
"Where is Harry? Dammit! He did this on purpose."
"He did not! Ginny went into labor." She replied vehemently.
"What are you reading?" There was a loud sound. Suddenly the floor around them started to move, crumbling in peices.
"RON!" Hermione yelled.
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