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____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________"Alright, let's exchange presents now," Devian said, leading Fred into her bedroom and closing the door behind them. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Okay...I wanna go first though," he said excitedly. "I just want to say that my original plan for a Christmas present involved me stripping, covering myself entirely with hot fudge, and giving you a lap dance, but since there seems to be a shortage of hot fudge around here, you'll have to settle for second best..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "So you're going with the whipped cream instead, then?" Devian asked grinning. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, you'll have to take a rain check on that one. Actually, I like this present more, because it expresses my feelings for you better than any ice cream topping ever could." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She gazed at him with a soft smile on her face, wondering as she always did just how he managed to be both funny and romantic at the same time. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I've been thinking alot about us lately, remembering every single time we've had together, and I noticed that we don't say 'I love you' to each other nearly as often as we should. Then I realized why. It's because we don't need to say it, we both already know it, our love is beyond words. So I got this for you," he said, handing her a small box wrapped in silver paper, "because I know that I don't need to say it,and you don't either, but this is so you don't forget that." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She looked down at the bracelet she held in her hand. The band was made of two entwining silver snakes, which were encrusted with tiny emeralds spaced about an inch apart the entire way around. She turned it to look at the inside, which had an engraving: I love you, now and always- Fred. She wondered at that moment how those simple words could have such an effect on her. Not trusting herself to speak, because the tears were already streaming down her face, she only hugged him to her tightly, hoping she would never have to let go.
____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ The rest of the vacation flew by and soon they were on the train back to Hogwarts. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Dev, come here, I gotta tell you something," Serenity whispered excitedly as they walked toward the compartment that all their friends were already in. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Sorry I didn't get a chance to visit you. Did you like your present?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yes, I loved it, but guess what?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Draco asked me to marry him!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Are you serious?" Devian asked excitedly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Serenity nodded and held up her hand to show Devian the ring. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh, it's so beautiful," she said in awe. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yes, it is. You should feel special, you know, you're the first person we've told. Everyone else will know on Valentine's day." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Aww...that's so sweet of you both to tell me first, I'm so happy for you," Devian exclaimed, hugging her friend. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ The school term started soon enough and everyone was under a new pressure to prepare for end of year exams. As January rolled into February, Draco and Serenity were finally able to share their happiness with the rest of the group. Devian burst into tears as they told everyone. "Oh, it's just so beautiful!" She exclaimed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "But Dev, you already knew," Draco said, looking at her strangely. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I know, it's just...I've been really emotional lately. I think I'm going to lie down for a bit," she sobbed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ It wasn't just the fact that she was emotional, everyone also noticed that she hadn't been eating as much, and was subject to mood swings. One day about a week later, they saw yet another change in her. Now she looked nervous most of the time, and she seemed to have some sort of stomach flu. Most mornings would find her hurrying from the Great Hall and into the nearest bathroom. Hermione, being the smartest of the group, finally figured out what was happening to Devian. She approached her one day outside the bathroom she had just come from. "You know what's wrong with you, don't you?" She asked sympathetically. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Devian looked down. "I don't know what you're talking about." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Of course you do. I saw it in your face once you first realized. You went from confusion to nervousness. So how far along are you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Devian sighed. "Two months exactly today." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "So have you told him yet?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She shook her head. "That's why I'm so nervous. I mean, everytime I try, all I can do is stare at him. He looks so happy, and I don't want to be the one to ruin that." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "And why would a baby ruin his happiness?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Because we're only 17! How will we take care of it? Neither of our families have enough to support us." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "You'll figure it out. Look, if it's only been two months, then the baby will be born sometime in September. You'll be out of school by then, and it will give you enough chance to get jobs and save some money up. It'll be fine, we're all here to support you. Your family and friends love you two too much to let you struggle." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I guess I should think of a way to tell him." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Hermione nodded. "Just don't wait too long, or he'll find out on his own." ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ______ "Fred, I have to tell you something," Devian said nervously. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What is it?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I...I...I can't do it!" She yelled in frustration and turned to walk away. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He grabbed her wrist and gently pulled her back. "No, you have to tell me what's wrong, this has been going on long enough. Everyday this week you've been trying to tell me something, and you never seem to do it. Really, what could be so bad that you couldn't tell me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She looked down, hoping he wouldn't notice that she was crying again. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Are you cheating on me? Is that it?" he asked, his face suddenly turning from gentle concern to anger. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She looked up, now sobbing harder than ever, and he could plainly see the hurt on her face that he knew he had caused. "You really think I would do that to you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He sighed, and pulled her into his arms, hoping she wouldn't push him away or throw a punch, which he knew he deserved. "No...it's just...well...you're making me nervous, not telling me what's wrong. I've been going through all the possible worst case scenarios in my head, and that one tops the list." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What are the rest?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Let's see...there's too many to count, but I think it's safe to say that they all involve us being seperated." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Well, this has nothing to do with us being apart. But I have a feeling what I'm about to tell you could either break us, or bring us closer together." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh God, is it that serious? Okay, before you say anything, I just want you to know that no matter what it is, I will always love you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Right...well, here it goes." She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "I'm pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She heard him sigh and she opened her eyes. "Yes, I thought that might be it. This obviously wasn't planned, and I know it's going to be difficult, but we love each other enough to get through this." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ At that moment all seven of their friends decided to surround them. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What are you guys talking about? You both look really upset." Serenity asked. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Fred sighed again and looked down. "We're pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Fred," Devian whispered, and nudged him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "We aren't pregnant, I'm pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh...right...sorry." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Wait...so he wasn't kidding?" Serenity asked. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, he wasn't. I'm two months pregnant, the baby will be born in September. You were all going to find out soon anyway. Hermione talked me into telling Fred, and I guess you all should know too." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Excuse me? Who is your best friend here? How come I didn't know about this first?" Serenity asked angrily. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, why didn't I know first?" Fred broke in. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "People, people, calm down! Look, it isn't my fault Hermione's smart and figured it out on her own." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh, so now you're saying I'm not smart?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, that's not what I meant!" Devian cried in exasperation. "I was going to talk to Fred about this first, but I'm sure he'll agree with me. Serenity, I want you to be my baby's godmother." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "That's so sweet! I'm sorry I yelled at you," Serenity said, bursting into tears and hugging her friend. "I'm so emotional right now...maybe I'm pregnant too! Wouldn't that be so cool? Best friends pregnant together!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ They heard a loud thump as Draco hit the floor. Serenity ran over to him to find that he was unconcious. A few minutes later he woke up. "What happened?" He asked wearily. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Love, I think you fainted." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Draco suddenly looked very apalled, "I don't faint." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Okay...then you fell over and hit your head." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I don't fall over either." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Fine, somebody in an invisiblity cloak came and pushed you down." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yep, that must have been it," he said with a smile. "You're not really pregnant, are you?" he asked as an afterthought. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, Draco, I'm not pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ As the weeks wore on, the stress that the new baby was causing was slowly driving a wedge between Fred and Devian. Fred spent most of the time with his other friends now, and Devian stayed to herself, because all of her friends were preoccupied with one thing or another. Harry and Hermione had no time for anyone but each other in this stage of their relationship,and Ron was usually nowhere to be found, though nobody knew where he kept dissapearing to. The idea of hanging around George and Nella wasn't very appealing either, because Devian figured they would just ignore her anyway, and Draco and Serenity were busy with problems of their own. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Only two days earlier they had run into some trouble with Draco's parents. It seemed that an anonymous person had tipped them off about Draco and Serenity's engagement, and they were slightly less than happy about it. Draco had started acting as nervous and distant to Serenity as Fred was being to Devian. Serenity finally became frustrated and confronted him about it. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Why are you avoiding me, Draco?" She asked, cornering him in the hallway after classes. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I'm not avoiding you, I've just been busy lately, exams are coming up and..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "That's bullshit, since when are you ever worried about school? Look, I know you're doing this because of your parents, but I don't know why you're letting them get to you. You knew there would be bumps in the road, I thought you would be mature enough to get through that, but I guess not. This won't work, if you aren't ever there," she said, pulling off the ring and handing it to him. "Come back when you've finally figured it all out." With that she turned and walked away. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Draco proceeded down to the lake, hoping to be alone with his thoughts. But when got there, he found that he wouldn't be able to have any privacy. "Oh, hi Dev, what are you doing here?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I just came down here to think about...things." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yeah, me too, I was hoping to be alone but..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Sorry, I'll leave if you want," she said, getting up quickly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No that's okay,maybe my being alone isn't such a good thing right now anyway. This reminds me of that saying, misery loves company...that can be us for awhile." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She gave him a sad smile. "So I take it life's not treating you all that great, either?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He sighed. "No, Serenity broke off our engagement." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yeah, I guess it's because I've been ignoring her. I'm just a little stressed out, that's all. I mean, my parents aren't the nicest people, they're death eaters for Christ's sake. They aren't happy about us...and I wouldn't put it past them to find a way to put an end to this. What if they try to hurt her? That would kill me." He finished. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Did you talk to her about this?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, I guess I should have. But hey, at least now I got to reherse the speech with you. Thanks," he smiled. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She stared at him for a moment before looking down. "I'm really going to hate myself for saying this, but I've been thinking it all week, and I can't control what goes on inside my mind. I miss our relationship." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He looked up at her. "What do you mean?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I miss us...us at the beginning, though. Just maybe the first two weeks, when there were no problems, and everyone was happy." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yeah, there were some nice memories there," he agreed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "It's not that I don't have nice memories with Fred, because I love him to death, it's just that lately everything seems to have gone to hell," tears were now running down her face. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He reached up to brush them away. They stared at each other for a moment, and then they kissed. They pulled away quickly, both horrified at what had just happened. Draco spoke first. "That..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Shouldn't have happend," Devian finished. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "You're damn right it shouldn't have happened," came a cold voice from behind them. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Draco stood up immediatly. "Serenity, I..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Before he could get another word out she had punched him hard in the stomach. Then, she turned to Devian. "Shit, I can't hit you, you're pregnant...but I can pull your hair!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Ow!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I hate you both!" She screamed and stomped back up to the castle. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "And that was just the worst possible thing that could happen at a time like this," Devian looked down at the ground, "Draco, are you alright?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Can't...breath..." he gasped. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She sighed and helped him up. "Come on, we'd better go try to work out some damage control." ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ On her way up to the common room, Serenity ran into Fred. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Serenity, what's wrong? You look really upset." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Arrrgh!" She cried in frustration, then without warning pulled him toward her and kissed him roughly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She stormed off without another word, leaving Fred to contemplate the meaning of life. Finally he started walking again. On his way outside, he ran into Devian, who was half carrying Draco. "Hey guys, what's wrong with Serenity? She seemed a little...upset." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Did she say anything?" Devian asked frantically. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, but she kissed me." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "She kissed you?" Devian practically screamed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Without thinking she slapped Fred. "Oh, bloody hell, what am I doing? This is all my fault!" She wailed and ran away. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "So," Draco said, leaning against the wall to steady himself, "I kissed your girlfriend, and you kissed my girlfriend, does that mean we're even?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "You kissed my girlfriend?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Draco nodded. Fred punched him in the stomach, in the exact place Serenity had earlier. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I guess that mean's there's no point in asking you to help me back to my common room," he said sliding to the floor. But Fred was already gone.
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"Malfoy, what are you doing?" Harry asked as he watched the other boy struggle to sit up. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I'm busy feeling sorry for myself, which is really something I enjoy doing alone, so if you don't mind Potter, I..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Harry leaned down and kissed him. "Sorry, I err...I've always wanted to do that. Well, now that I've got that out of my system, I think I'll be going," he said nonchalantly and strode off, patting Draco on the head as he passed him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Malfoy, did Harry just kiss you?" Ron asked, coming around the corner. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yes." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Did Devian kiss you too? I heard her and Fred screaming at each other in her dormitory room...which isn't all that surprising, because I normally hear them screaming when they're in there, but this time they sounded mad, and I could hear what they were saying." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Weasley?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yes." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What you said right there, that made my insides cringe, so I'm going to ask you to never ever tell me anything like that again. And as for Devian, yes, she kissed me." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh damn. Look, I'm really sorry about this, but I'm a follower, not a leader, so..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Weasley, what are you doing?" Draco asked with a hint of horror in his voice. His worst fears were revealed as Ron kissed him. Draco then cursed rather colorfully and proceeded to beat up the wall beside him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Come off it Malfoy, I know I'm not that bad of a kisser." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Weasley, sit down a moment, I want to tell you about my day," Draco said calmly. "It started out pretty normal, although I haven't been all that happy lately. Then classes ended, and my fiance approached me. She basically told me to grow up, and she gave back the engagement ring. So then I took a little stroll down to the lake, hoping to be alone with my thoughts, when I come across my pregnant ex girlfriend. We start talking, and remembering all the good times we've had, and then suddenly we kiss. Unfortunately my current girlfriend just happens to see, so she punches me in the stomach, then goes up to the castle and kisses my ex girlfriend's current boyfriend to get even. Then he finds us, she hits him, he hits me, and I'm alone finally. Until Harry comes along. Harry and I have always been enemies, so you can imagine the shock I recieved when he kissed me. And finally, there is you. You, my friend, are the icing on the cake, because you decided to kiss me as well...for what reason, I will never know, but you did. So let's review. I've been punched in the stomach twice, and kissed by three different people, only one of which was a girl. The good and the bad are definitely not even on this one." ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ END OF CHAPTER!!! Yea I don't know what posessed me to write in that both Harry and Ron kiss Draco...also don't know what posessed Bob for allowing this insanity. This just proves that we should never write at 2:30 in the morning. Oh yeah, and don't worry, everything becomes oober peachy again in the next chapter!!!
____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________"Alright, let's exchange presents now," Devian said, leading Fred into her bedroom and closing the door behind them. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Okay...I wanna go first though," he said excitedly. "I just want to say that my original plan for a Christmas present involved me stripping, covering myself entirely with hot fudge, and giving you a lap dance, but since there seems to be a shortage of hot fudge around here, you'll have to settle for second best..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "So you're going with the whipped cream instead, then?" Devian asked grinning. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, you'll have to take a rain check on that one. Actually, I like this present more, because it expresses my feelings for you better than any ice cream topping ever could." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She gazed at him with a soft smile on her face, wondering as she always did just how he managed to be both funny and romantic at the same time. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I've been thinking alot about us lately, remembering every single time we've had together, and I noticed that we don't say 'I love you' to each other nearly as often as we should. Then I realized why. It's because we don't need to say it, we both already know it, our love is beyond words. So I got this for you," he said, handing her a small box wrapped in silver paper, "because I know that I don't need to say it,and you don't either, but this is so you don't forget that." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She looked down at the bracelet she held in her hand. The band was made of two entwining silver snakes, which were encrusted with tiny emeralds spaced about an inch apart the entire way around. She turned it to look at the inside, which had an engraving: I love you, now and always- Fred. She wondered at that moment how those simple words could have such an effect on her. Not trusting herself to speak, because the tears were already streaming down her face, she only hugged him to her tightly, hoping she would never have to let go.
____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ The rest of the vacation flew by and soon they were on the train back to Hogwarts. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Dev, come here, I gotta tell you something," Serenity whispered excitedly as they walked toward the compartment that all their friends were already in. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Sorry I didn't get a chance to visit you. Did you like your present?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yes, I loved it, but guess what?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Draco asked me to marry him!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Are you serious?" Devian asked excitedly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Serenity nodded and held up her hand to show Devian the ring. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh, it's so beautiful," she said in awe. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yes, it is. You should feel special, you know, you're the first person we've told. Everyone else will know on Valentine's day." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Aww...that's so sweet of you both to tell me first, I'm so happy for you," Devian exclaimed, hugging her friend. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ The school term started soon enough and everyone was under a new pressure to prepare for end of year exams. As January rolled into February, Draco and Serenity were finally able to share their happiness with the rest of the group. Devian burst into tears as they told everyone. "Oh, it's just so beautiful!" She exclaimed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "But Dev, you already knew," Draco said, looking at her strangely. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I know, it's just...I've been really emotional lately. I think I'm going to lie down for a bit," she sobbed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ It wasn't just the fact that she was emotional, everyone also noticed that she hadn't been eating as much, and was subject to mood swings. One day about a week later, they saw yet another change in her. Now she looked nervous most of the time, and she seemed to have some sort of stomach flu. Most mornings would find her hurrying from the Great Hall and into the nearest bathroom. Hermione, being the smartest of the group, finally figured out what was happening to Devian. She approached her one day outside the bathroom she had just come from. "You know what's wrong with you, don't you?" She asked sympathetically. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Devian looked down. "I don't know what you're talking about." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Of course you do. I saw it in your face once you first realized. You went from confusion to nervousness. So how far along are you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Devian sighed. "Two months exactly today." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "So have you told him yet?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She shook her head. "That's why I'm so nervous. I mean, everytime I try, all I can do is stare at him. He looks so happy, and I don't want to be the one to ruin that." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "And why would a baby ruin his happiness?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Because we're only 17! How will we take care of it? Neither of our families have enough to support us." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "You'll figure it out. Look, if it's only been two months, then the baby will be born sometime in September. You'll be out of school by then, and it will give you enough chance to get jobs and save some money up. It'll be fine, we're all here to support you. Your family and friends love you two too much to let you struggle." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I guess I should think of a way to tell him." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Hermione nodded. "Just don't wait too long, or he'll find out on his own." ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ______ "Fred, I have to tell you something," Devian said nervously. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What is it?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I...I...I can't do it!" She yelled in frustration and turned to walk away. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He grabbed her wrist and gently pulled her back. "No, you have to tell me what's wrong, this has been going on long enough. Everyday this week you've been trying to tell me something, and you never seem to do it. Really, what could be so bad that you couldn't tell me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She looked down, hoping he wouldn't notice that she was crying again. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Are you cheating on me? Is that it?" he asked, his face suddenly turning from gentle concern to anger. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She looked up, now sobbing harder than ever, and he could plainly see the hurt on her face that he knew he had caused. "You really think I would do that to you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He sighed, and pulled her into his arms, hoping she wouldn't push him away or throw a punch, which he knew he deserved. "No...it's just...well...you're making me nervous, not telling me what's wrong. I've been going through all the possible worst case scenarios in my head, and that one tops the list." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What are the rest?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Let's see...there's too many to count, but I think it's safe to say that they all involve us being seperated." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Well, this has nothing to do with us being apart. But I have a feeling what I'm about to tell you could either break us, or bring us closer together." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh God, is it that serious? Okay, before you say anything, I just want you to know that no matter what it is, I will always love you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Right...well, here it goes." She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "I'm pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She heard him sigh and she opened her eyes. "Yes, I thought that might be it. This obviously wasn't planned, and I know it's going to be difficult, but we love each other enough to get through this." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ At that moment all seven of their friends decided to surround them. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What are you guys talking about? You both look really upset." Serenity asked. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Fred sighed again and looked down. "We're pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Fred," Devian whispered, and nudged him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "We aren't pregnant, I'm pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh...right...sorry." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Wait...so he wasn't kidding?" Serenity asked. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, he wasn't. I'm two months pregnant, the baby will be born in September. You were all going to find out soon anyway. Hermione talked me into telling Fred, and I guess you all should know too." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Excuse me? Who is your best friend here? How come I didn't know about this first?" Serenity asked angrily. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, why didn't I know first?" Fred broke in. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "People, people, calm down! Look, it isn't my fault Hermione's smart and figured it out on her own." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh, so now you're saying I'm not smart?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, that's not what I meant!" Devian cried in exasperation. "I was going to talk to Fred about this first, but I'm sure he'll agree with me. Serenity, I want you to be my baby's godmother." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "That's so sweet! I'm sorry I yelled at you," Serenity said, bursting into tears and hugging her friend. "I'm so emotional right now...maybe I'm pregnant too! Wouldn't that be so cool? Best friends pregnant together!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ They heard a loud thump as Draco hit the floor. Serenity ran over to him to find that he was unconcious. A few minutes later he woke up. "What happened?" He asked wearily. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Love, I think you fainted." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Draco suddenly looked very apalled, "I don't faint." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Okay...then you fell over and hit your head." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I don't fall over either." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Fine, somebody in an invisiblity cloak came and pushed you down." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yep, that must have been it," he said with a smile. "You're not really pregnant, are you?" he asked as an afterthought. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, Draco, I'm not pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ As the weeks wore on, the stress that the new baby was causing was slowly driving a wedge between Fred and Devian. Fred spent most of the time with his other friends now, and Devian stayed to herself, because all of her friends were preoccupied with one thing or another. Harry and Hermione had no time for anyone but each other in this stage of their relationship,and Ron was usually nowhere to be found, though nobody knew where he kept dissapearing to. The idea of hanging around George and Nella wasn't very appealing either, because Devian figured they would just ignore her anyway, and Draco and Serenity were busy with problems of their own. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Only two days earlier they had run into some trouble with Draco's parents. It seemed that an anonymous person had tipped them off about Draco and Serenity's engagement, and they were slightly less than happy about it. Draco had started acting as nervous and distant to Serenity as Fred was being to Devian. Serenity finally became frustrated and confronted him about it. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Why are you avoiding me, Draco?" She asked, cornering him in the hallway after classes. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I'm not avoiding you, I've just been busy lately, exams are coming up and..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "That's bullshit, since when are you ever worried about school? Look, I know you're doing this because of your parents, but I don't know why you're letting them get to you. You knew there would be bumps in the road, I thought you would be mature enough to get through that, but I guess not. This won't work, if you aren't ever there," she said, pulling off the ring and handing it to him. "Come back when you've finally figured it all out." With that she turned and walked away. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Draco proceeded down to the lake, hoping to be alone with his thoughts. But when got there, he found that he wouldn't be able to have any privacy. "Oh, hi Dev, what are you doing here?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I just came down here to think about...things." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yeah, me too, I was hoping to be alone but..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Sorry, I'll leave if you want," she said, getting up quickly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No that's okay,maybe my being alone isn't such a good thing right now anyway. This reminds me of that saying, misery loves company...that can be us for awhile." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She gave him a sad smile. "So I take it life's not treating you all that great, either?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He sighed. "No, Serenity broke off our engagement." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yeah, I guess it's because I've been ignoring her. I'm just a little stressed out, that's all. I mean, my parents aren't the nicest people, they're death eaters for Christ's sake. They aren't happy about us...and I wouldn't put it past them to find a way to put an end to this. What if they try to hurt her? That would kill me." He finished. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Did you talk to her about this?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, I guess I should have. But hey, at least now I got to reherse the speech with you. Thanks," he smiled. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She stared at him for a moment before looking down. "I'm really going to hate myself for saying this, but I've been thinking it all week, and I can't control what goes on inside my mind. I miss our relationship." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He looked up at her. "What do you mean?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I miss us...us at the beginning, though. Just maybe the first two weeks, when there were no problems, and everyone was happy." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yeah, there were some nice memories there," he agreed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "It's not that I don't have nice memories with Fred, because I love him to death, it's just that lately everything seems to have gone to hell," tears were now running down her face. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ He reached up to brush them away. They stared at each other for a moment, and then they kissed. They pulled away quickly, both horrified at what had just happened. Draco spoke first. "That..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Shouldn't have happend," Devian finished. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "You're damn right it shouldn't have happened," came a cold voice from behind them. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Draco stood up immediatly. "Serenity, I..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Before he could get another word out she had punched him hard in the stomach. Then, she turned to Devian. "Shit, I can't hit you, you're pregnant...but I can pull your hair!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Ow!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I hate you both!" She screamed and stomped back up to the castle. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "And that was just the worst possible thing that could happen at a time like this," Devian looked down at the ground, "Draco, are you alright?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Can't...breath..." he gasped. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She sighed and helped him up. "Come on, we'd better go try to work out some damage control." ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ On her way up to the common room, Serenity ran into Fred. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Serenity, what's wrong? You look really upset." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Arrrgh!" She cried in frustration, then without warning pulled him toward her and kissed him roughly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ She stormed off without another word, leaving Fred to contemplate the meaning of life. Finally he started walking again. On his way outside, he ran into Devian, who was half carrying Draco. "Hey guys, what's wrong with Serenity? She seemed a little...upset." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Did she say anything?" Devian asked frantically. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "No, but she kissed me." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "She kissed you?" Devian practically screamed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Without thinking she slapped Fred. "Oh, bloody hell, what am I doing? This is all my fault!" She wailed and ran away. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "So," Draco said, leaning against the wall to steady himself, "I kissed your girlfriend, and you kissed my girlfriend, does that mean we're even?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "You kissed my girlfriend?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Draco nodded. Fred punched him in the stomach, in the exact place Serenity had earlier. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I guess that mean's there's no point in asking you to help me back to my common room," he said sliding to the floor. But Fred was already gone.
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"Malfoy, what are you doing?" Harry asked as he watched the other boy struggle to sit up. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "I'm busy feeling sorry for myself, which is really something I enjoy doing alone, so if you don't mind Potter, I..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Harry leaned down and kissed him. "Sorry, I err...I've always wanted to do that. Well, now that I've got that out of my system, I think I'll be going," he said nonchalantly and strode off, patting Draco on the head as he passed him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Malfoy, did Harry just kiss you?" Ron asked, coming around the corner. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yes." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Did Devian kiss you too? I heard her and Fred screaming at each other in her dormitory room...which isn't all that surprising, because I normally hear them screaming when they're in there, but this time they sounded mad, and I could hear what they were saying." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Weasley?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Yes." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "What you said right there, that made my insides cringe, so I'm going to ask you to never ever tell me anything like that again. And as for Devian, yes, she kissed me." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Oh damn. Look, I'm really sorry about this, but I'm a follower, not a leader, so..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Weasley, what are you doing?" Draco asked with a hint of horror in his voice. His worst fears were revealed as Ron kissed him. Draco then cursed rather colorfully and proceeded to beat up the wall beside him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Come off it Malfoy, I know I'm not that bad of a kisser." ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ "Weasley, sit down a moment, I want to tell you about my day," Draco said calmly. "It started out pretty normal, although I haven't been all that happy lately. Then classes ended, and my fiance approached me. She basically told me to grow up, and she gave back the engagement ring. So then I took a little stroll down to the lake, hoping to be alone with my thoughts, when I come across my pregnant ex girlfriend. We start talking, and remembering all the good times we've had, and then suddenly we kiss. Unfortunately my current girlfriend just happens to see, so she punches me in the stomach, then goes up to the castle and kisses my ex girlfriend's current boyfriend to get even. Then he finds us, she hits him, he hits me, and I'm alone finally. Until Harry comes along. Harry and I have always been enemies, so you can imagine the shock I recieved when he kissed me. And finally, there is you. You, my friend, are the icing on the cake, because you decided to kiss me as well...for what reason, I will never know, but you did. So let's review. I've been punched in the stomach twice, and kissed by three different people, only one of which was a girl. The good and the bad are definitely not even on this one." ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ END OF CHAPTER!!! Yea I don't know what posessed me to write in that both Harry and Ron kiss Draco...also don't know what posessed Bob for allowing this insanity. This just proves that we should never write at 2:30 in the morning. Oh yeah, and don't worry, everything becomes oober peachy again in the next chapter!!!