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____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________"Dev, why did you do it? After all we've been through, why?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I don't know, I guess I've been feeling really lonely lately and..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "And that was the best way you could come up with to get attention?" Fred asked angrily. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I wasn't looking for attention, I was looking for comfort! For somebody who actually cared...or cared to listen to me!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He looked hurt. "What's that supposed to mean?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ She looked down. "I don't know...maybe I've finally snapped. I mean, all these years I thought I was crazy, they were nothing compared to this. I thought we were all happy, and then everything changed. Maybe I should leave, before I ruin anymore lives." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "What do you mean? You can't leave! Where will you go?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Home...or at least the home I have right now...nothing is ever permanent, is it?" She smiled sadly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "No, you can't! Look, I love you, and trust me, that's permanent." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I know you love me, we don't have to say it, remember? But that doesn't change the fact that I just kissed someone who wasn't you, and it felt horribly and completely wrong, and that now it hurts me everytime I look at you, beacause I hurt you, and I can't even imagine how I'm going to live with myself after this," the tears were now streaming down her face, but she didn't care. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "First off, you didn't hurt me that bad. It was just a kiss, right? Serenity kissed me, so we're even. I know part of this is because you feel bad about the baby. I've already told you, this is my fault as much as it is yours, we're in this together.And I can't even imagine how I'm going to live with myself if I let you go." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "How exactly would you stop me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I'll throw myself in front of the train if I have to." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Liar." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Care to prove me wrong?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I have to leave!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Why?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Because..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You're scared." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "No I'm not! Scared of what?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Scared of finally being happy, and having a permanent family." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "What do you mean by a permanent family?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Look around you, at all the friends you have. These people care about you more than I bet you've ever been cared about in your entire life. We love each other, and we're going to have a baby, if those two situations don't constitute a family, then I don't know what does." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ She looked down at the floor, deep in thought. Finally she glanced up, a little sheepishly, and said, "Well, I don't really want you to throw yourself in front of the train, so I guess I'll have to stay." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He laughed out loud in relief and embraced her. "No matter what happens, we'll always get through it, because we need each other." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "And we love each other." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Well isn't this touching," Serenity said glaring at them. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Ummm... I'm really sorry about...the uhh..." Devian tried to apologize. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You're sorry for trying to steal my boyfriend, you mean?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "That's not what I tried to do! Look, we were both stressed out, it just happened!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Those kind of things don't 'just happen'!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "They have before," she glared back at her friend. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Oh, so now we're trying to make me look like the bad guy, are we? Sorry Devian, I know it seems impossible, but you messed up this time..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian sighed heavily. "Yes, yes I did, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "...and don't try to explain your way out of this, because...wait what did you just say?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I said you're right, this was all my fault, and I'm terribly sorry." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You mean you're not going to put up a fight?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Why should I? I was wrong." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Oh...I'm sorry Devian but I don't know if I can forgive you this quickly...or at all. You really hurt me..." Serenity turned away because she could no longer hold back the tears, which were freely streaming down her face as she ran out of the portrait hole.
____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Serenity had succeded in getting herself lost. She was now wandering aimlessing in dark part of the castle that she had never been in before. The tears were gone but the pain was still fresh. Her emotions had gone from hatred to sadness and self-pitty, but she was now left feeling empty. Thinking that it was probably a good idea to try to find her way back, she began down the corridor, opening all the doors to see where they led. The last one on the right didn't hold a route of escape, but something more interesting to her. Draco sat opposite the door staring out the window. She noticed that tears were silently running down his cheeks as she approached him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Let me guess, you had a really bad day?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He looked up and quickly wiped the tears away. "How did you find me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I didn't, I got lost." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He stifled a laugh. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "So why were you crying?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I wasn't crying, I don't cry...something got caught in my eye." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "So you don't cry, you don't faint, and you don't fall down...what do you do?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I apologize profusely, I make an ass of myself, and I beg for forgiveness on my knees if I have to." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "But those are signs of weakness, I thought that wasn't in your nature." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Not usually, only when it comes to you," he said, pouting. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Without warning Serenity burst into tears, hugging him tightly. "I'm so sorry I hit you!" She wailed as he tried awkwardly to comfort her. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "No, I'm the one who should be sorry...I've been kissed by everyone but the person I want." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You must be heartbroken," she said sarcastically. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "How would you feel if Harry and Ron kissed you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Harry and Ron kissed you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yes, one right after the other. Harry had a reason...terrifying as it was, but Ron, well...I don't really know why Ron did it," Draco said, looking puzzled. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I'm just gonna choose not to say anything about that...but I will have to kick both of them later." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah,me too...Serenity, I've been thinking, alot. Remember how you told me to come back when I had it all figured out?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ She nodded. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Well I have..." he pulled the ring out. "I think this was just another one of those bumps we have to get through. I'll understand if you say no, because I really have been acting like an ass lately, but...will you marry me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "On one condition." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "And what might that be?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "See, I don't feel that it's fair that you were kissed so much today, and I haven't been kissed once...repay me and then yes, I will marry you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He smiled. "Fair enough." Then they kissed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ The sun was just coming up as Serenity and Draco reached the great hall. No one else was their yet, but they decided to have an early breakfast. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Serenity?" Draco asked casually. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I love you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Love you too," she smiled and kissed him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ After a few minutes he sighed and spoke again. "I hate to ruin this happy moment, but have you talked to Devian since..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah...I kind of told her I would never forgive her and then I ran away... and that was when I got lost." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Are you going to forgive her now?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah I guess." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ People started filing into the hall at that point. Devian came walking in, talking animatedly to Fred, but stopped ubruptly when she spotted Serenity. As she approached she gave a little pinky wave in her direction and was relieved to see that Serenity was smiling at her. "We should probably talk about this." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian nodded and they got up and began to walk outside. "Okay, let me try this again. I'm really really sorry for what I did, it was totally uncalled for." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "It's okay, I made up with Draco, so I guess theres no point in being mad at you. I didn't even give you a chance to explain yourself." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "There really is no explanation...or at least a justifiable one. I was feeling lonely. I mean, everybody was preoccupied with one thing or another, and Fred was acting wierd around me, which wasn't fun, and then Draco came along and we got to talking and it just...happened. It didn't mean anything, I swear." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I know it didn't. So I take it he told you about me calling off our engagement?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian nodded. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Well we fixed that," she said holding up her hand to show Devian the ring. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I'm so happy you worked things out with him. You two really are great for each other." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Thanks and uhh...I'm sorry I pulled your hair and kissed your boyfriend...that was just...well two wrongs don't make a right and..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Thats okay, you didn't pull any of it out, and I don't think Fred minded all that much...although he was a little confused." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ They both started laughing. Serenity stopped suddenly, remembering something. "Do you know where Harry and Ron are?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "They're probably still eating, why?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Because I want to get all three of you together and remind you as a group that if any of you ever kiss my boyfriend again, there will be hell to pay." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Harry and Ron kissed Draco?" Devian asked laughing. "That's so sweet!...No, no it's not, it's bad, very bad." She said after Serenity gave her a mean look. "I guess we'd better start to class. We've got potions first and Snape won't exactly be thrilled if we're late." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Translation: We'd better get our asses moving or mean nasty potions professor is going to bite our heads off...and then take points away...and then give us detention." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ They were still giggling as they rushed into the classroom just in time. Devian felt extremely lighthearted that she had her friend back, and felt she couldn't concentrate on work, so she and Serenity pretended to copy down what Snape was saying while they passed notes to each other, Fred, and George. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________ As the day came to an end a few weeks later, they were sitting in Transfiguration class when Professor McGonnagal asked Devian to stay after the bell rang. "I'll wait for you outside the door," Fred said as he followed the others out of the room. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Now," the professor started as she walked around to the front of her desk, "It has come to my attention that your grades have been slowly slipping since the end of Christmas break. Not just in my class, either, I've talked to the rest of your teachers as well, and they agree that you have been acting rather out of character lately. You don't pay attention in class anymore...you're either sleeping or daydreaming, and there has also been a...well...a physical change in you," she finished. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I've just been gaining weight, that's all...what's wrong with gaining a little weight?" She asked, covering her stomach protectively with her hands. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You know as well as I do that that's not the whole story." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Please don't kick me out of school, I really need to graduate. Look, I'll only be six months along by June, the baby won't even be born until September!" Devian cried, looking panick stricken. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Calm down, I had no intention of kicking you out of school. I was going to say that you should go to the nurse for a checkup, to make sure everything's okay." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Oh..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "And you also need to make sure that you don't let this affect everything else in your life...such as your grades. I assume you know who the father is?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian looked out the open door to where Fred was leaning against the wall with is head down, listening into the conversation. He felt her eyes on him and looked up to give her a small smile and a wave, which she returned. She turned back to McGonagall, who had followed her gaze out to the hallway. "Ah, Mr. Weasley, I should have known. It amazes me how you continue to get yourself into increasingly large amounts of trouble, and yet you still manage to include schoolwork and other serious matters into your busy schedule of mayhem." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah, I surprise even myself sometimes." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I must say I am very dissapointed in you both. Ms. Green, you are one of the top students in your class, and Mr. Weasley, you are very bright as well, if only you'd apply yourself. Well I guess there is nothing more to say. I'll give you a note to take to the nurse, I want you to go right away," she finished, turning to Devian. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "By the way," she interrupted as Devian was halfway out the door, "Have either of you told your parents yet?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian and Fred gave her identical looks of anxiety. "No, we haven't." _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Sit down, please," Dumbledore said as the two students entered his office. "Now, what is it you needed to see me about?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian started. "Er...has Professor McGonagall spoken to you about our uhhh...situation?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yes, I believe she has. I must say I am very displeased about it, but go on." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "See the thing is, we kind of need to tell our parents, and we feel it would only be right if we did it face to face, but the thing is, we won't see them until summer, and by that time, there will be no use, because they will be able to see for themeselves. So could we uhh..maybe possibly go home for the weekend to tell them please?" She finished quickly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Dumbledore sighed heavily. "I don't normally make allowances like that to students... but I suppose your reason is good enough to consider. I will let you know by Thursday." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Thank you, Professor," Fred said as they left his office. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________ "Hello, Mrs. Weasley, Mr. Weasley," Devian said as she and Fred walked into the small kitchen at the Weasley house. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "How are you dear?" Mrs. Weasley said kindly, "did you get the sweater I sent at Christmas?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian nodded. "Yes, it was lovely, thank you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I would like to know," Mr. Green started as he sat down, "What you kids have to tell us that is so important you had to come home from school to do it?" He eyed them suspiciously. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "It's kind of... difficult to say really..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Just tell us, it can't be that bad." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Oh, but it is," Fred interrupted, "Life altering even." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian sighed and took off her robe to reveal the jeans and now-tight tshirt she was wearing. "Do I look like I've gained weight to you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Just a little dear, only in the stomach..." a nervous look suddenly came over Mrs. Weasley's face, "what exactly are you trying to tell us? You're not...no you couldn't be! But..." she sat down weakly. "For how long?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "About four months now." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Wait a minute, I don't understand what's going on here," Devian's father interrupted. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Mrs. Weasley turned to him. "She's pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ His face turned a pale shade of green. He turned to Devian, "Pregnant?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ She nodded. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "When? Where...why?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian gave a nervous laugh. "It's rather funny, actually...ok, so maybe it's not funny," she said after all three parents had given her a look, "umm...remember on Christmas break, and you tried to give us that little err...talk?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Mr. Green thought for a moment then nodded. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah...uh...it was that day." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Well that little chat obviously backfired...I take it you've had time to think about this?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Fred nodded and took over the speaking. "Yes, and we've figured it all out. We'll both get jobs when school's over, then we'll get a small apartment, because we don't want to trouble you all. This is our problem, and we intend to take care of it." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Mr. Weasley smiled at his son. "That's very mature of you son." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Fred looked up at his parents hopefully. "So you're not mad at me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "No, we're not mad, just dissapointed. But no matter what, we will always be here for you...both of you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian smiled. "Thanks for being so understanding... this isn't going to be easy, you know, but we'll get through it," she burst into tears. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________END OF CHAPTER!!! Woohoo! Devian got a Weasley sweater! alright! She must be so proud! Let me explain something to you all: Ever since Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's stone came out (the movie, i mean) I have been in love with Ron's Sweater (the one he got for christmas, with the big R on it.) I saw a picture where Fred and George each had one, and they were both green with an F and a G (for obvious reasons). Lets just say, I would go as far as to sell myself for Fred's sweater...I might even become a Russian mail order bride...k so first I'd have to move to Russia, but it could happen!
____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________"Dev, why did you do it? After all we've been through, why?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I don't know, I guess I've been feeling really lonely lately and..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "And that was the best way you could come up with to get attention?" Fred asked angrily. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I wasn't looking for attention, I was looking for comfort! For somebody who actually cared...or cared to listen to me!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He looked hurt. "What's that supposed to mean?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ She looked down. "I don't know...maybe I've finally snapped. I mean, all these years I thought I was crazy, they were nothing compared to this. I thought we were all happy, and then everything changed. Maybe I should leave, before I ruin anymore lives." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "What do you mean? You can't leave! Where will you go?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Home...or at least the home I have right now...nothing is ever permanent, is it?" She smiled sadly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "No, you can't! Look, I love you, and trust me, that's permanent." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I know you love me, we don't have to say it, remember? But that doesn't change the fact that I just kissed someone who wasn't you, and it felt horribly and completely wrong, and that now it hurts me everytime I look at you, beacause I hurt you, and I can't even imagine how I'm going to live with myself after this," the tears were now streaming down her face, but she didn't care. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "First off, you didn't hurt me that bad. It was just a kiss, right? Serenity kissed me, so we're even. I know part of this is because you feel bad about the baby. I've already told you, this is my fault as much as it is yours, we're in this together.And I can't even imagine how I'm going to live with myself if I let you go." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "How exactly would you stop me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I'll throw myself in front of the train if I have to." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Liar." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Care to prove me wrong?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I have to leave!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Why?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Because..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You're scared." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "No I'm not! Scared of what?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Scared of finally being happy, and having a permanent family." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "What do you mean by a permanent family?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Look around you, at all the friends you have. These people care about you more than I bet you've ever been cared about in your entire life. We love each other, and we're going to have a baby, if those two situations don't constitute a family, then I don't know what does." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ She looked down at the floor, deep in thought. Finally she glanced up, a little sheepishly, and said, "Well, I don't really want you to throw yourself in front of the train, so I guess I'll have to stay." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He laughed out loud in relief and embraced her. "No matter what happens, we'll always get through it, because we need each other." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "And we love each other." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Well isn't this touching," Serenity said glaring at them. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Ummm... I'm really sorry about...the uhh..." Devian tried to apologize. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You're sorry for trying to steal my boyfriend, you mean?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "That's not what I tried to do! Look, we were both stressed out, it just happened!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Those kind of things don't 'just happen'!" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "They have before," she glared back at her friend. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Oh, so now we're trying to make me look like the bad guy, are we? Sorry Devian, I know it seems impossible, but you messed up this time..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian sighed heavily. "Yes, yes I did, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "...and don't try to explain your way out of this, because...wait what did you just say?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I said you're right, this was all my fault, and I'm terribly sorry." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You mean you're not going to put up a fight?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Why should I? I was wrong." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Oh...I'm sorry Devian but I don't know if I can forgive you this quickly...or at all. You really hurt me..." Serenity turned away because she could no longer hold back the tears, which were freely streaming down her face as she ran out of the portrait hole.
____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Serenity had succeded in getting herself lost. She was now wandering aimlessing in dark part of the castle that she had never been in before. The tears were gone but the pain was still fresh. Her emotions had gone from hatred to sadness and self-pitty, but she was now left feeling empty. Thinking that it was probably a good idea to try to find her way back, she began down the corridor, opening all the doors to see where they led. The last one on the right didn't hold a route of escape, but something more interesting to her. Draco sat opposite the door staring out the window. She noticed that tears were silently running down his cheeks as she approached him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Let me guess, you had a really bad day?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He looked up and quickly wiped the tears away. "How did you find me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I didn't, I got lost." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He stifled a laugh. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "So why were you crying?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I wasn't crying, I don't cry...something got caught in my eye." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "So you don't cry, you don't faint, and you don't fall down...what do you do?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I apologize profusely, I make an ass of myself, and I beg for forgiveness on my knees if I have to." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "But those are signs of weakness, I thought that wasn't in your nature." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Not usually, only when it comes to you," he said, pouting. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Without warning Serenity burst into tears, hugging him tightly. "I'm so sorry I hit you!" She wailed as he tried awkwardly to comfort her. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "No, I'm the one who should be sorry...I've been kissed by everyone but the person I want." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You must be heartbroken," she said sarcastically. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "How would you feel if Harry and Ron kissed you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Harry and Ron kissed you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yes, one right after the other. Harry had a reason...terrifying as it was, but Ron, well...I don't really know why Ron did it," Draco said, looking puzzled. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I'm just gonna choose not to say anything about that...but I will have to kick both of them later." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah,me too...Serenity, I've been thinking, alot. Remember how you told me to come back when I had it all figured out?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ She nodded. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Well I have..." he pulled the ring out. "I think this was just another one of those bumps we have to get through. I'll understand if you say no, because I really have been acting like an ass lately, but...will you marry me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "On one condition." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "And what might that be?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "See, I don't feel that it's fair that you were kissed so much today, and I haven't been kissed once...repay me and then yes, I will marry you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ He smiled. "Fair enough." Then they kissed. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ The sun was just coming up as Serenity and Draco reached the great hall. No one else was their yet, but they decided to have an early breakfast. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Serenity?" Draco asked casually. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I love you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Love you too," she smiled and kissed him. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ After a few minutes he sighed and spoke again. "I hate to ruin this happy moment, but have you talked to Devian since..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah...I kind of told her I would never forgive her and then I ran away... and that was when I got lost." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Are you going to forgive her now?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah I guess." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ People started filing into the hall at that point. Devian came walking in, talking animatedly to Fred, but stopped ubruptly when she spotted Serenity. As she approached she gave a little pinky wave in her direction and was relieved to see that Serenity was smiling at her. "We should probably talk about this." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian nodded and they got up and began to walk outside. "Okay, let me try this again. I'm really really sorry for what I did, it was totally uncalled for." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "It's okay, I made up with Draco, so I guess theres no point in being mad at you. I didn't even give you a chance to explain yourself." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "There really is no explanation...or at least a justifiable one. I was feeling lonely. I mean, everybody was preoccupied with one thing or another, and Fred was acting wierd around me, which wasn't fun, and then Draco came along and we got to talking and it just...happened. It didn't mean anything, I swear." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I know it didn't. So I take it he told you about me calling off our engagement?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian nodded. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Well we fixed that," she said holding up her hand to show Devian the ring. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I'm so happy you worked things out with him. You two really are great for each other." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Thanks and uhh...I'm sorry I pulled your hair and kissed your boyfriend...that was just...well two wrongs don't make a right and..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Thats okay, you didn't pull any of it out, and I don't think Fred minded all that much...although he was a little confused." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ They both started laughing. Serenity stopped suddenly, remembering something. "Do you know where Harry and Ron are?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "They're probably still eating, why?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Because I want to get all three of you together and remind you as a group that if any of you ever kiss my boyfriend again, there will be hell to pay." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Harry and Ron kissed Draco?" Devian asked laughing. "That's so sweet!...No, no it's not, it's bad, very bad." She said after Serenity gave her a mean look. "I guess we'd better start to class. We've got potions first and Snape won't exactly be thrilled if we're late." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Translation: We'd better get our asses moving or mean nasty potions professor is going to bite our heads off...and then take points away...and then give us detention." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ They were still giggling as they rushed into the classroom just in time. Devian felt extremely lighthearted that she had her friend back, and felt she couldn't concentrate on work, so she and Serenity pretended to copy down what Snape was saying while they passed notes to each other, Fred, and George. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________ As the day came to an end a few weeks later, they were sitting in Transfiguration class when Professor McGonnagal asked Devian to stay after the bell rang. "I'll wait for you outside the door," Fred said as he followed the others out of the room. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Now," the professor started as she walked around to the front of her desk, "It has come to my attention that your grades have been slowly slipping since the end of Christmas break. Not just in my class, either, I've talked to the rest of your teachers as well, and they agree that you have been acting rather out of character lately. You don't pay attention in class anymore...you're either sleeping or daydreaming, and there has also been a...well...a physical change in you," she finished. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I've just been gaining weight, that's all...what's wrong with gaining a little weight?" She asked, covering her stomach protectively with her hands. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "You know as well as I do that that's not the whole story." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Please don't kick me out of school, I really need to graduate. Look, I'll only be six months along by June, the baby won't even be born until September!" Devian cried, looking panick stricken. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Calm down, I had no intention of kicking you out of school. I was going to say that you should go to the nurse for a checkup, to make sure everything's okay." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Oh..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "And you also need to make sure that you don't let this affect everything else in your life...such as your grades. I assume you know who the father is?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian looked out the open door to where Fred was leaning against the wall with is head down, listening into the conversation. He felt her eyes on him and looked up to give her a small smile and a wave, which she returned. She turned back to McGonagall, who had followed her gaze out to the hallway. "Ah, Mr. Weasley, I should have known. It amazes me how you continue to get yourself into increasingly large amounts of trouble, and yet you still manage to include schoolwork and other serious matters into your busy schedule of mayhem." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah, I surprise even myself sometimes." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I must say I am very dissapointed in you both. Ms. Green, you are one of the top students in your class, and Mr. Weasley, you are very bright as well, if only you'd apply yourself. Well I guess there is nothing more to say. I'll give you a note to take to the nurse, I want you to go right away," she finished, turning to Devian. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "By the way," she interrupted as Devian was halfway out the door, "Have either of you told your parents yet?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian and Fred gave her identical looks of anxiety. "No, we haven't." _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Sit down, please," Dumbledore said as the two students entered his office. "Now, what is it you needed to see me about?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian started. "Er...has Professor McGonagall spoken to you about our uhhh...situation?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yes, I believe she has. I must say I am very displeased about it, but go on." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "See the thing is, we kind of need to tell our parents, and we feel it would only be right if we did it face to face, but the thing is, we won't see them until summer, and by that time, there will be no use, because they will be able to see for themeselves. So could we uhh..maybe possibly go home for the weekend to tell them please?" She finished quickly. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Dumbledore sighed heavily. "I don't normally make allowances like that to students... but I suppose your reason is good enough to consider. I will let you know by Thursday." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Thank you, Professor," Fred said as they left his office. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________ "Hello, Mrs. Weasley, Mr. Weasley," Devian said as she and Fred walked into the small kitchen at the Weasley house. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "How are you dear?" Mrs. Weasley said kindly, "did you get the sweater I sent at Christmas?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian nodded. "Yes, it was lovely, thank you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "I would like to know," Mr. Green started as he sat down, "What you kids have to tell us that is so important you had to come home from school to do it?" He eyed them suspiciously. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "It's kind of... difficult to say really..." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Just tell us, it can't be that bad." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Oh, but it is," Fred interrupted, "Life altering even." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian sighed and took off her robe to reveal the jeans and now-tight tshirt she was wearing. "Do I look like I've gained weight to you?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Just a little dear, only in the stomach..." a nervous look suddenly came over Mrs. Weasley's face, "what exactly are you trying to tell us? You're not...no you couldn't be! But..." she sat down weakly. "For how long?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "About four months now." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Wait a minute, I don't understand what's going on here," Devian's father interrupted. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Mrs. Weasley turned to him. "She's pregnant." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ His face turned a pale shade of green. He turned to Devian, "Pregnant?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ She nodded. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "When? Where...why?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian gave a nervous laugh. "It's rather funny, actually...ok, so maybe it's not funny," she said after all three parents had given her a look, "umm...remember on Christmas break, and you tried to give us that little err...talk?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Mr. Green thought for a moment then nodded. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Yeah...uh...it was that day." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "Well that little chat obviously backfired...I take it you've had time to think about this?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Fred nodded and took over the speaking. "Yes, and we've figured it all out. We'll both get jobs when school's over, then we'll get a small apartment, because we don't want to trouble you all. This is our problem, and we intend to take care of it." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Mr. Weasley smiled at his son. "That's very mature of you son." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Fred looked up at his parents hopefully. "So you're not mad at me?" ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ "No, we're not mad, just dissapointed. But no matter what, we will always be here for you...both of you." ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ Devian smiled. "Thanks for being so understanding... this isn't going to be easy, you know, but we'll get through it," she burst into tears. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________END OF CHAPTER!!! Woohoo! Devian got a Weasley sweater! alright! She must be so proud! Let me explain something to you all: Ever since Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's stone came out (the movie, i mean) I have been in love with Ron's Sweater (the one he got for christmas, with the big R on it.) I saw a picture where Fred and George each had one, and they were both green with an F and a G (for obvious reasons). Lets just say, I would go as far as to sell myself for Fred's sweater...I might even become a Russian mail order bride...k so first I'd have to move to Russia, but it could happen!