A/N Okay I'm back from my vacation and back to writing. I hope you all like this chapter. It's very juicy, in a couple of ways!

Venus Trounce paced quietly around her office in front of four nervous, waiting students. It was the first time she had brought any of the four into her office. She was proud of the way she had decorated it; it had a feminine touch, but it wasn't too girly. Everything was organized and in it's proper place. There were no pictures of people around the room; instead there were pictures of dragons soaring high in the air. She noticed the students looking curiously at the pictures.

"I've never told any of you what I did for a living before I came here, have I?" she asked with a smile. "I've been working with dragons since I graduated from Hogwarts. They've always been a passion of mine. Not to brag, but I became one of the foremost experts on dragons in England." The quartet looked at her, unsure of how to react. She began to pace the floor again. "Is it hot in here to anyone else?"

"You look a little flushed Professor," Ginny said quietly. "Maybe you should sit down." Professor Trounce nodded and sat down at her desk. She slipped her robe off so it hung over the back of her chair.

"I'm sorry, I'm just a little nervous," she said quietly.

"Maybe you should try to start at the beginning," Hermione suggested.

"Well I guess the beginning is when I joined the order last May. I was living abroad, and Professor Dumbledore asked me to come to Hogwarts for a special job. I was hesitant because I loved my work so much, but I was willing to do my part in the war effort. Things were so much simpler back then," she said with a sigh.

"Wait, you're in the order?" Hermione asked, surprised.

"Yes, I started coming to meetings frequently after I agreed to Dumbledore's special job. You see, he wanted me around to keep a close eye on a certain student. He felt that since I was an attractive, female pureblood I was the type to person that the student would naturally befriend."

"Malfoy," Ron said.

"You saved everyone that day in Hogsmeade," Harry added gratefully.

"No, the aurors did that. I just helped to make sure they were there when they needed to be. But now we've skipped over the part of the story I brought you here to tell you." She stood up and began pacing again. Ginny and Hermione exchanged a surprised look; without her robes on, it was fairly clear that Professor Trounce was pregnant. "Oh!" she exclaimed; suddenly realizing her mistake. She put a protective hand over her stomach.

"You're pregnant," Ginny said quietly.

"Well I guess I should back up to last June. When I was frequently coming to the order meetings, I um, well to make a long story short I fell in love. Of course we had to keep it hidden from everyone, seeing as how I was about to go undercover. If it got out that I had a personal relationship with a known order member, my cover would be blown. We decided to get married before I left for the start of the term. We had a very private ceremony in August, only Dumbledore was there. We even had to keep our marriage a secret from our families. You see we're both purebloods, and our marriage would be exactly the kind of news the Malfoys would be interested in. So if the wrong person found out... Anyway, when I found out I was pregnant, we finally told our parents about our marriage. They're still the only ones who know." She paused, giving them a minute to digest the info.

"Charlie," Ginny said quietly, examining her professor's face.

"What?" Ron asked confused.

"He started dating someone this summer. He denied it, but I knew he did. Then at Christmas Bill was giving him a hard time but all Charlie would say was that he wasn't dating anyone," Ginny explained.

"So you're married to Charlie," Ron said, obviously still confused.

"Correct," Professor Trounce replied with a smile. "And now we're going to be parents in a few months. I'm sorry if I gave you a hard time at all, Ron. It's just that being away from Charlie was so hard, and you reminded me of him. I just missed him so much..."

"Well that definitely isn't what I expected to hear when we came in here today," Harry mused. "But why did you decide to tell us now?"

"Well I'm not going to be able to hide my pregnancy with large robes much longer. I'm going to be keeping an extra close eye on Draco for the next few weeks, but then I have to leave. I've been getting the impression that there is a new scheme being planned, so I wanted to warn you all to be extra careful. But I just couldn't keep the secret any longer from my in-laws, especially when they may be in danger."

"Oh I'm so sorry!" Hermione said, fighting back tears. "I've been so awful to you! I was saying some horrible things about you. I suspected you to be a Death Eater!"

"Don't think twice about it. If that's what you thought about me, then I was doing my job. But please, the four of you, when we're not at Hogwarts, its Venus."
Later that day when they were out of her office Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny held a hushed conversation about all they had learned.

"I just can't believe I'm going to be an aunt," Ginny mused. "I bet Mum threw a fit when she found out that she missed the wedding."

"I'm glad I wasn't there when she found out," Ron added.

"It just all makes so much more sense now; her always being around Malfoy, her interest in Harry, her obsession with Ron," Hermione said thoughtfully.

"Ron, do you realize that you've been flirting with your sister-in-law?" Harry asked with a smirk

"I was not flirting!" Ron yelled as the others laughed at him.

"I don't think Charlie would like that very much," Ginny teased. "I should go owl him right now."

"You will not!" Ron said fuming, which only increased the other's laughter.

"I hate to be the one to break the mood," Harry said when the laughter had subsided and Ron had calmed down. "But if Professor Trounce isn't the leak, who is?"
Later that night, in a very different part of the castle Colin Creevey sat in an empty classroom waiting impatiently.

"You're late."

"I couldn't get rid of that bloody idiot Trounce. Granted I'd love to jump her bones, but she's always showing up at the most inopportune times," Draco Malfoy responded coolly.

"You can fantasize about her later, unless that's what you called me here for," Colin replied crossly.

"Don't take that kind of a tone with me. I called you here because the Dark Lord has devised a new plan to get rid of Potter, and I want you to help me again."

"Why should I help you win the praise of your father and his boss?"

"Well why did you agree to help me last time?"

"You got me to agree to do something for you when I was drunk," Colin said, hesitating slightly.

"You know playing dumb really doesn't suit you. I knew as soon as I found out about Potter's little girlfriend why you were helping me avenge my father's imprisonment."

"I'm not ashamed to admit it; I want Ginny," Colin replied calmly.

"Well, I'll keep that piece of information between us as long as you continue to give me all the credit."

Colin let out a short laugh. "Do you honestly believe that if there was anything connecting me to you or any of your schemes that I could still have Ginny?"

"No..."

"Then we have a new arrangement: I help you get rid of Potter, and you leave Ginny alone."

Draco paused; surprised by the amount of force the normally reserved boy was showing. "I don't know if the Dark Lord will agree to leave her alone."

"Well that's your problem not mine. Just know that if you touch one hair on her head, I'll squeal so fast it will make your head spin."

"I get it," Draco said, beginning to get angry at the way he was being spoken to by a stupid mudblood.

"Good. Now I'm leaving before we get caught." Draco watched Colin walk out of the classroom at sat alone in the dark.

"Who does he think he think he is?"he thought to himself."He is the one helping me, not the other way around. I'll do as I please, and he'll help me anyway. What he doesn't know won't hurt him."

Colin Creevey sighed with relief as he lay in his bed exhausted. He had made it through another day without being discovered. Sure, Draco found out that he wanted Ginny, but that was inevitable. It had just happened a little sooner than he had planned. Colin had been telling so many lies lately he was glad to have one less to worry about. This was the second lie of his to be uncovered. It had been a real challenge to keep Harry and Ginny's relationship from Malfoy. Then there was keeping Malfoy believing he was acting purely out of hate for Harry. Malfoy needed to see him as an ignorant pawn. There was Harry who had to believe that he still idolized him and was only looking out for his best friend's best interests. Then there was Ginny; beautiful, sweet, innocent Ginny. Harry had stolen her from him. But no matter, if all went as he planned, he would be rid of Malfoy, Harry, and Voldemort before too long. Colin was tired of waiting for the things he wanted to happen. He had a plan of his own, forget what Malfoy wanted. Malfoy only needed to think that he was in charge. He just had to keep it up for a few more weeks; he had to keep letting them believe that he was just quiet, timid Colin.

"Yes,"he thought smugly."They never should have underestimated me."

Harry sat at his desk, blankly staring at his Potion's book. The candle he had been using for light had burned out, leaving the room poorly lit by the fire going in front of the couch. His mind had been clouded all night. He felt like something important was happening, something that he was missing. He had started to try and do his essay two hours ago, but only had about two inches done. Ginny was curled up like a cat on his couch, fast asleep. Harry looked up from his book and noticed that it was well past curfew.

"Shit," he mumbled, walking over to where Ginny was. "Gin, you've got to get up. It's past curfew."

Ginny slowly opened her eyes and looked back into his. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just late," Harry said quickly.

Ginny closed her eyes and cleared her mind of everything but Harry. "You think something's wrong," she said quietly. Harry only nodded. "You know, I can barely read your thoughts anymore. I think the connection from my end is fading."

"Funny, it's been getting easier for me," Harry said, surprised by her comment.

"Well you have been training your skill. I only had it when it came to you, and we weren't even sure why it lasted as long as it did."

Harry looked at her wistfully. "As much as I want you to stay, you really should head back before people start to wonder where you are."

Ginny leaned forward and pulled Harry down onto the couch with her. "Everyone thinks I'm in bed. I snuck here with your invisibility cloak."

Harry leaned his face into Ginny's so their noses were almost touching. "Well then I guess no one will miss you," he whispered softly. Harry leaned in the final inch of space and met Ginny's lips with his own. She responded quickly and slid her tongue over his lips. Harry repositioned himself so that he was lying on top of her, his fingers running through her hair. As their lips met in a passionate embrace, Ginny's hands were quickly sliding under Harry's shirt and running along his back. She grabbed the ends of his shirt and began to pull it up. Harry broke their kiss to lean back and helped her get his shirt off. Ginny grinned at him seductively as she ran her hands across his bare chest. She clasped her hands over his and pulled them to her own shirt. Understanding her message, Harry gently pulled her shirt off over head, revealing her simple white brassier.

Harry looked down at her in awe. "You are so beautiful," he whispered placing a kiss on her collarbone. He slowly slid one of his hands up her side, drawing small circles on her ribcage. He looked into her eyes and she could see the sorrow in his deep emerald eyes as she felt the worry in his heart.

"Things will be okay," she whispered reassuringly.

"I feel like the end is coming and there's nothing I can do about it," he whispered back. "I just want to protect you and keep you out of harm's way. That's the most important thing to me."

"Harry, I can take care of myself. You just need to worry about taking care of you, of what you want."

"I want you," Harry said as he gave her a delicate kiss.

"Then have me," Ginny responded when he broke the kiss. Almost directly after she had spoken the words she found herself removed from the couch and on his bed. "I thought you had gotten control of that involuntary moving thing."

"I did," Harry replied with a devilish grin before starting to kiss her again. He pulled her close, and wrapped his arms tightly around her back. Ginny was impressed at the ease with which he managed to unclasp her bra without her noticing it. He briefly pulled away from her to slip the straps off her arms and discard the garment to the floor. He lay her on her back and lay beside her on his side. He turned his attention to her breasts, first ravishing them with his hands and then followed by with his mouth. He was torn by his overwhelming desire to show her exactly how she made him feel and his need to be gentle. Ginny seemed to pick up on his dilemma because she gently pushed him off her chest and reached down to the clasp on her jeans. She undid the button and pulled down the zipper, letting her blue knickers peak out. She again took Harry's hands and this time she led them to the waist band on her jeans. Harry slowly pulled the jeans down her legs, trying to memorize every inch of her as it was revealed to him. He paused at her feet and looked back up to her eyes. "Are you sure this is what you want?" he whispered, unsure of how the words had left his mouth.

"Harry, this is all I've ever wanted; you're all I've ever wanted," Ginny said, her eyes lit with desire. Ginny reached down to her knickers and began to slide them off her hips. Harry took them in his hands and pulled them the rest of the way off her legs, throwing them on the floor. Harry began to gently trail his fingers up her body, pausing slightly to tease her sensitive area before moving further up. Ginny let out a moan as Harry finally reached her face. He moved on top of her, straddling her hips and intertwined her fingers in his own. His thumbs began to draw circles on her pulse point as he leaned forward to kiss her again. "Now this just doesn't seem fair," Ginny said, breaking their kiss. She reached forward and undid the clasp on his jeans. She pushed him off her lap and pulled down the zipper on his jeans. She slowly pulled off his jeans, surprised to see he wasn't wearing boxers. "Well, Mr. Potter, I never would have expected something like this from you."

"I don't do it all the time," Harry replied, blushing both from her comment and being naked in front of her. Ginny smiled at him seductively and began to stroke his member. "Oh Ginny," he moaned, encouraging her to stroke him faster.

She looked up at him her eyes filled with need. "I want to feel you inside me," she whispered. Harry wrapped her in his arms and pulled her over so he was on top of her. She instinctively widened her legs and tightly closed her eyes in preparation.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked, delaying his entrance.

"It's going to hurt me," she whispered. "It's okay though, just be gentle."

Harry paused a moment longer and reached over to the bedside table. He picked up his wand and quickly said the contraceptive charm both he and Ginny had learned back at the Burrow. He leaned forward and placed a passionate kiss on Ginny's lips. He slowly entered her body, then waited for her to get used to him being there. "Are you okay?"

Ginny nodded her head. "Just go slowly." She winced in pain as Harry slowly began to thrust into her. Just as she thought the pain was too much to bare, it began to fade. It was replaced with feelings of pleasure. "Oh Harry," she moaned, opening her eyes to meet his. Harry took that as a sign that he could begin to thrust harder. Ginny began to meet his thrusts. She slid her arms around his back, trying to pull him even closer to her. She put her hands on his butt and gave him a slight squeeze. Harry let out a deep moan and captured her lips with his own right as he reached his peak.

They lay on Harry's bed, bodies wrapped around each other. "I love you so much," Harry said, kissing her neck.

"I love you too."

"Are you okay?"

"Yes," Ginny said with a smile. "Don't worry, the girls tell me the first time is the worst, after that it gets better."

"Well if that was the worst I can't wait to do it again," Harry replied with a grin.

"I meant the worst for me," she said laughing. "I should go before we both get expelled."

"I wish you didn't have to."

"Yes, well unfortunately if we get caught, my parents would probably kill us. And then we'd never be able to do this again."

"Well then hurry and go." Ginny rolled away from Harry and began to gather her clothes from the floor. When she was fully dressed, she headed towards the door.

"I love you Harry Potter," she said as she pulled on the invisibility cloak.

"I love you too Ginny Weasley."

A/N Okay I need some feedback from you guys. I've been toying with the idea of a sequel, but if I do it there will be changes to the end of the story. So if you would be interested in a sequel, let me know so I can decide exactly how to do the ending.