(A/N: Ohhh…I liked the ending of the last chapter if I do say so myself. Anyway…on with the show…er…story.)
Chapter 3: Padma's Wrath"I'm…I'm sorry. I had no idea. Why didn't you tell me to bug off?" Lavender said.
"I did. Every time you tried asking me to tell you, I told you to bug off. But did you listen? No. And now I told you, and you're telling me to tell you to bug off? God! Why don't you get a clue?"
"I said I was sorry! But now that the bird is out of the cage, who's the father?" She asked.
I was appalled that she would ask such a thing. But then again, she was always the gossip. "If I tell you, you can't tell anybody. I mean it. If you do, I'll curse you so bad that you won't be able to move without pain. It's Blaise Zabini."
"Him?! That bastard!" She shouted.
"I didn't know you cared for her that much." I said, surprised at her reaction.
"It's not that. I used to go out with him! That son of a bitch! I'll kill him myself!" With that she got up and moved to the door, but I stopped her.
"You can't go kill him now! He doesn't even know yet!"
"That's not stopping me!" She said and tried pushing me away, but I was too strong for her.
"I thought you were over him! Besides, I don't think Blaise would like it if he found out he knocked up his girlfriend from you, his ex-girlfriend and not exactly Padma's best buddy." That convinced her.
"All right fine. I won't kill him now. I'll kill him after she tells him." She said sitting down on my bed. It was at that moment that Hermione burst into the room.
"Is there any reason why Padma just burst out of the hospital wing, dragged my away from Draco and threatened me for the password to the common room?" She asked me.
"Uh oh. You didn't tell her did you?" I asked back. But before she could answer, the door slammed open again, and a very angry looking Padma came in. "I'll take that as a yes you did tell her the password." I said.
Hermione and Lavender just sat there staring dumbstruck. "Um…is there something you wanted to tell me?" I asked after a silence.
"How could you?! I thought I trusted you!" She must have been so angry she didn't notice Lavender and Hermione otherwise she wouldn't be yelling at me like this in front of them. "How could you tell our mother like that? You said you wouldn't tell anybody!"
"I said I wouldn't tell anybody until you were talking about killing it. I told you I would tell them. What did mum say?" I asked, my temper rising.
"She said she was very disappointed and I should tell Blaise."
"Did she mention dad?" I asked.
"She said she would try to keep him home instead of rushing over here to kill me. Do you know how she was talking to me? She made me feel like a tramp! That's not what I need right now. You know what she called me? A scarlet woman! It's not like I even slept around that much. Only with Blaise. It's bad enough that I had to tell you, and now she knows, and I have to take more crap from her because she's coming over again tonight with dad. He's going to kill me! Why did you tell them I was knocked up?!" She spat out at me.
"Wait, you're pregnant?!" Hermione blurted out. Me and Lavender just looked at Hermione unsure of what to do. Padma looked at her as if noticing her for the first time.
"Damn it." Padma said and then ran out of the room.
"Well this is quite the predicament we're in aren't we? Ok before you two do anything, you have to promise me you won't tell anybody. Promise. She doesn't need the whole school knowing she's got a bun in the oven." I said to them. Hermione and Lavender both agreed. "I'm going after her." And I left the room and went looking for her.
Luckily for me, I didn't have to look long for her. She was in the Library, in a corner nearest the back of the library. "Hey you feeling all right?" I asked sitting down across from her.
"Oh just peachy. I'm pregnant, mum thinks I'm a whore, dad's going to kill me, and now Hermione and that big mouth Lavender know about it. Not to mention I have to go the rest of the school year looking like a blimp. How do you think I feel?"
"Pretty damn crappy. On the bright side, there's a pregnancy hiding charm that let's you walk around eight months pregnant and no one will be able to tell. I swore Hermione and Lavender to secrecy, and our parents can't hate you forever." I told her.
"That's true." She said. "Well I have to go. I have a big Aritmancy test on Monday, and I have to study."
"All right. See you in Charms then." She got up and left the library.
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As the weeks progressed, my mind was beginning to feel at ease. Padma's chat with our parents went better then expected. She told me dad took it really well, and he was always hoping for grandchildren, just not this soon. Having getting it off my chest was certainly a relief. Since Lavender knew now, she was warming up to Padma. Hermione seemed to have forgotten, because she went back to her normal way. Even when Padma was around, Hermione seemed like she didn't know anything. I was beginning to think Padma cast a memory charm on her, but she told me she didn't. Apparently Hermione has morals as well as brains. When I asked her if her roommates questioned about the morning sickness, she told me she told them that she always got a little sick in the morning. The gullible fools believed it.
Padma was really strong throughout the first trimester. She never fainted once, and the school never found out about it. Hard to believe as that is. It became apparent that she wasn't going to tell Blaise. I suppose it's better for him that he never knew that he got Padma pregnant.
(A/N: I know, another short chapter, but there's not really a lot you could do with the characters I'm using. Next: Some more complications)
