A/N - I am so sorry for leaving all of you hanging for so long but a combination of writers block and RL events had stopped me from writing for a while. But that's changed for now and here's a new chapter , sorry there's not any D/Hr interaction but this chapter is mainly plot development , I promise there will be D/Hr in the next chapter which I have already begun work on. For disclaimer see 1st chapter.

Ginny dragged Hermione up the stairs to the 5th year girls dorm in silence.

"Ginny , what is this all about ?" Hermione asked attempting to pull her arm from Ginny's iron grip.

"I'll tell you when we're somewhere I'm sure we won't get over heard." Ginny said gravely , opening the door to Hermione's room and sticking her head in to check if Lavender was lurking about in there , once she decided it was all clear Ginny dragged Hermione into the room. Firmly shutting the door behind her and blocking the it with a chair because even Lavender could do a simple unlocking charm.

"What is wrong with you ?" Hermione asked rubbing her sore arm where Ginny had been holding it.

"Did you tell him ?" Ginny asked urgently.

"Who ? Draco ? Well I was going to but then things happened and then , oh Gin , I got banned from the library for a week , isn't that awful ?" Hermione babbled , taking a seat on her neatly made bed.

"Oh yes , it's tragic." Ginny replied dryly while rolling her arms and crossing her arms.

"There's no need to be sarcastic about." Hermione muttered in an uncharacteristically small voice.

"Sorry." Ginny sighed , uncrossing her arms and coming to sit on the bed next to Hermione. "But I found out something tonight that doesn't bode well for you or Draco , I'm afraid."

" You really must be worried if you're going to start talking like me. What's happening ?"

"I found out that Melissa and Lavender have teamed up and..." Ginny began only to be interrupted by Hermione.

" And this is a problem how ? Those two don't even have a whole brain between them." Hermione snarked in a rather Draco like fashion.

"Okay now you're begining to sound like Malfoy and it's kind of freaking me out , so you could you stop , please ?"

"Sorry , go on." Hermione said sheepishly.

"Anyway I caught them tonight about to send a letter off to Lucius Malfoy informing him about Lavenders pregnancy."

"What are they insane ? Lavender is a muggleborn , Lucius will kill her."

"They also mentioned that you and Draco are dating.But it's okay I stopped them from sending it , but that doesn't mean they'll stop trying. I tried to talk Lavender out of it but Melissa seemed to have a pretty good hold on her."

"This is so very bad. Why is Melissa doing this ? What could she possibly have to gain ?"

"I don't know. Melissa and I have never gotten along , I have no clue as to why she's even in Gryffindor when she'd obviously be better suited to Slytherin."

"This is such a mess." Hermione groaned putting her head in her hands. " What are we going to do ?"

"You're going to have to tell him Hermione. If he finds out from someone else and learns that you already knew and didn't tell him....it would hurt him alot. Malfoy's don't trust easily and they also don't give second chances. Draco told me that once. Look I just don't want to see either of you getting hurt because of Lavenders stupidity."

Hermione nods in silent agreement as she seriously thinks things through.

"Alright , I'll tell him tomorrow , after breakfast." Hermione said gravely. " In the meantime do you think you could keep an eye on Melissa for me ? I don't trust that girl as far as Harry could throw her."

"Sure , no worries. I'll get Jamie to help me."

"Are you sure that's a good idea ?"

" Of course. Why not ? Two pairs of eyes are better than one right ?"

" Yes , well it just seems that whenever you and Jamie are together you seem to become...distracted and by distracted I mean glued together at the lips."

"Shut up." Ginny said playfully taking the nearest pillow and swiping at Hermione with it , Hermione simply dodged away and laughed picking up a pillow of her own to retaliate with.

Meanwhile in the owlery.

Melissa was tying the letter that she'd rewritten after Ginny had destroyed the original, on to the leg of one of the terrified school owls. Of course it had a few modifications to make sure that Draco and now the Weaslette got what they deserved , but it was rather similar to the one Lavender had written only with a few extra names added in.

" Draco's going to pay for everything he's taken from me." Melissa whispered to the owl who was desperately trying to shrink as far away from her as possible. "Just like that silly Patil girl did for crossing me. When are they going to learn ?" She asked the owl sweetly.

After making sure her chosen owl had begun it's journey to Malfoy Manor , Melissa deftly made her way back to the castle , smiling to herself the whole way. By breakfast tomorrow there were going to be fireworks.

The next morning at breakfast Draco had thought it best to remain at his own house table under the watchful eye of Madame Pince , so as not to remind her any futher of the events of last night. So instead of sitting in between Hermione and Ginny at the Gryffindor table , he sat in between Crabbe and Goyle , staring at Hermione who was busily chatting away with Ginny across the hall.

"Draco." Pansy snapped , slapping his arm to get his attention.

"Yes , Pans ?" He asked absently.

"Post's here , looks like you got something." Pansy said guesturing to the flock of birds that were filtering in through the high open windows. He spotted the family eagle owl , Thadeus , easily amongst the more common birds. Thadeus was carrying large package and was followed by a much shabbier looking owl clutching a red envelope in it's talons. By now everyone knew the routine every week Narcissa would send her only son a package full of treats and Lucius would send him a howler , screaming at him for ruining the family name , being a bad son and how Draco is generally no better than a house elf. So it was a shock for everyone that while the eagle owl dropped off it's package to Draco , the owl carrying the howler made it's way over to the Gryffindor table and landed in front of Ginny and Hermione who looked at it in confusion.

While Draco watched the girls , Crabbe being the greedy pig he is , grabbed at Draco's present and began unwrapping it , hoping that Draco's mum had sent some of that expensive Honeydukes chocolate he loved so much. Once he had finished unwrapping the parcel he looked down in confusion. Instead of the usual collection of sweets he'd been expecting , it was filed with books. Taking the book from the top of the stack he held it up and read the title out loud. " 'How to be a ...good ..father. A ...guide to ....parent..hood.' Draco what's this ?" He asked tugging at Draco's sleeve to draw his attention away from the Gryffindor table where the mudblood and a red haired girl who were staring apprehensively at the howler that had just been dropped in front of them. Draco spared a glance in Crabbe's direction and saw the book in his hands but didn't bother reading the title.

"It's a book Crabbe , I know that you don't read but you should at least know what one looks like." Draco snapped at him before he turned his attention back to the Gryffindor table.

"I know what it is. But why would your mum send you books about babies ?"

"Books about wha..? Give me that." Draco said snatching the book from Crabbe's hand and the other two from the table and reading the titles. " 'How to get the most out of teen pregnancies.' 'Baby knows best so give the mother whatever she wants.' ? What the fuck ?"

But before anyone could give him an answer the howler at the Gryffindor table exploded.

"GINNY WEASLEY !"

A/N - I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review and let me know what you think. I really hope the next chapter will be ready to post within the next couple of weeks , so keep a look out for it.