A/N: Hurray! I've conquered Chapter 4! (not really)

Chapter 4: Public Displays of Affection

It was lunchtime and Hermione decided to take the rest of the day off. Harry was waiting for her outside her office so they could go to lunch together. Hermione was in the middle of putting her interview article in her briefcase when Mouth Almighty Sally came around.

"Sooo?" she said expectantly.

So what? Don't spoil my good mood.

"So what?" Hermione retorted.

"So did you ask Harry if he was interested?"

Keep on dreamin'

"Oh! About that! Not a chance in Hell." Hermione said in a sweet voice that could have annoyed you so bad if you were in Sally's position.

"Meaning..."

Meaning I'm about to knock you down if you don't get out my way

"Meaning that Harry loves another. If you're so interested, do some research and write an article about it."

Sally scowled and Hermione walked out with a big smile on her face. As soon as she stepped outside someone grabbed her, spun her around, and kissed her passionately. She was shocked at first but then she saw that it was Harry. Hermione had to take a few minutes to catch her breath before she managed to say,

"What...was that for?"

Harry gave Hermione his million-dollar smile.

"I'm just in a good mood today"

"Well give me a warning next time!"

Heck, I don't need much of a warning. I kinda liked that!

Harry and Hermione walked down the front steps of the Daily Prophet headquarters. Since it was a very sunny day, they had two reasons to wear sunglasses.

1) They didn't want to damage their eyesight (of course)

and

2) They didn't want to fully expose their identity (because Hermione was a slightly famous reporter who was dating Harry who was a very famous professional Quidditch player (uh)

Harry had his arm around Hermione's waist and Hermione had her arm around the middle of his back.

It feels like a dream come true *sigh*

They decided to take a walk down Diagon Alley when they saw Hedwig flying towards them with a letter in her beak.

"It's from Ron!" Harry exclaimed.

What's up now?

Hermione peered down at the letter. Her face went pale.

"Oh no," she groaned, "It sounds like Lavender is really sick."

"He says to come ASAP," (A/N: For those of you who don't know, it means 'as soon as possible'.) Harry added.

"Then we'd better go now."

"Thanks, Hedwig," Harry said. "You'd better get some rest back at home."

I wonder what his house looks like.

They both Apparated to Ron's new house and looked around. They saw no one.

"RON!" Harry called out.

"I'M UPSTAIRS!" Ron answered.

They rushed upstairs to see Ron's head peeking out from one of the rooms. When Ron saw Hermione, his face lit up.

"Hermione! Maybe you can figure out what happened to Lavender!"

maybe, maybe not.

"Okay, so I suggest you two stay out of the room for a little while. I'm gonna need some quiet to concentrate."

I'm gonna put a silencing charm on the room so they won't eavesdrop

As soon as Hermione shut the door she whispered,

"Silencio!"

She walked over to the bed where Lavender seemed to be awake.

Oh, she looks awful!

Lavender's face was pale and she looked weak.

"Oh, Lavender! You must feel awful!" Hermione said.

"I do. I've got cramps in my stomach, my back hurts, my head is pounding, I feel really weak, and I threw up just a few minutes ago."

I'd hate to be in her position on a day like this- hold on a second! Rewind: Stomach cramps, headache, back hurts, really weak, and vomiting? Why didn't I think of it sooner? I should have known!

A smile crept up on Hermione's face.

"Lavender, your not sick."

Lavender looked up.

"I'm not?" she said.

"No! Your pregnant!"

A/N: dun, dun, DUN! Okay, it really wasn't that important because this is about Harry and Hermione but I couldn't make Hermione pregnant because that just wouldn't be right. Stay tuned, review, flame, whatever!