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:: September 22, 2004 ::
AN: sorry for the wait and all that...i've been really busy. im attempting to clean my basement, well yea...attempting. lol its a wreck with all the old toys and games and clothes. and i have my other story too and im planning on updating another one...this one might be rated r though because i think every author, mature author, should have one of those. well no but i still want one lol. you can read it if you like when its posted but whatever. alright i wont make you wait anymore...
"The paper was the document from St. Mungo's on my miscarriage..." Hermione told the three guys.
Chapter 5 – The Bitter Truth
"You're WHAT?!" Harry exclaimed.
"You heard me."
"But when were you even pregnant?"
"Uh..."
"Who was it?"
"You don't need to know that, you know what was on the paper. And plus I had a miscarriage so it doesn't matter anymore."
"If you're not going to tell me who it was then at least tell me how you miscarried."
"Why?"
"It's not an easy thing to do." Draco pointed out.
"How would you know?"
"Let's not get into me."
"Why not?"
"Because this is about you."
"It shouldn't be, I told you what was on the paper."
"But there's questions that come from that information."
"So."
"So answer them, tell us what happened, all of it."
"You don't have a right to know."
"But I told you about me."
"Are you always going to use that against me?"
"If it works."
"Well it won't, I don't any of you an explanation."
"Please 'Mione." Harry whined.
"Let's just forget about this, I'm going to make dinner." She said and then walked into the kitchen.
"Do you think..." Ron had started to say before the ringing phone cut him off.
"One of you pick it up." Hermione yelled from the other room.
"Hello?" Harry said. "Um hum." "Okay, but why?" "Yea, no problem." "Right now." "Bye."
"What was that all about?" Ron asked as Harry hung up the phone.
"I need to go into work for a while, something came up."
"What?"
"Right now I don't know, they're going to tell me the details when I get there. So I have to go."
"Fine."
"'Mione," he yelled.
"Yes?"
"That was work, I have to go in for a while. I probably won't be back until late."
"Bye."
Harry ran upstairs, grabbed his coat and was out the door in a matter of seconds, he was used to this kind of summoning by now. It had happened many times before and each time he got faster and faster.
About a half hour after Harry was gone Hermione called Ron and Draco into the kitchen, she was done making dinner. She had made chicken, rice and corn. They all sat down to eat with no conversation except for the occasional mutter. Once they were done Draco and Ron went into the living room while Hermione did the dishes. When she joined them she took the remote from Ron who currently had the station turned to porn and switched it to the WB where "Jack and Bobby" was on. After some protesting Draco and Ron finally agreed to watch the show seeing as they had no other choice.
Eventually Draco and Ron drifted off and Hermione was the only one awake. At about midnight she was just going to go upstairs when the door opened and Harry stepped in.
"Hi Harry."
"'Mione? What are you still doing up?"
"I couldn't sleep."
"Oh."
"I decided to tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"About the baby and all."
"Okay."
"Where should I start?"
"How about the night you got pregnant."
"Okay. Well you remember that night you, me, Ron, and Kendell went to "Up and On the Rocks"?"
"Which time?"
"Never mind. Well one time I had a lot to drink and I met this guy, he was hitting on me and I was flirting back because it was just after the whole Henry incident. I figured maybe this guy would be something special or maybe I was just too drunk to realize what I was doing but we ended up in the bathroom. One thing led to another and we were about to have sex just as the door opened and a woman walked in. She saw us and walked right back out but it was enough to make me come to my senses and realize what I was doing. I tried to push him off of me but he wouldn't move so I took out my wand and stunned him. When I went back out on the dance floor I was still drunk and not in the right mind. I started talking to every guy in sight until finally you found me and brought me back to the house." She stopped there.
"Well?"
"You know what happened after that."
"No I don't."
"Harry, you thought I wouldn't remember and I didn't the next morning but when I woke up next to you naked in bed what else was I supposed to think. I didn't know what really happened and I knew you wouldn't have told me the truth so I put the memory in a pensive and then looked at it again. As you know pensives show everything even if you don't remember it."
"Nothing happened that night."
"Harry we had sex."
"No we didn't."
"Without protection."
"I thought you were on the pill?"
"I was. It doesn't always work."
"But..."
"I got pregnant."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't know if you would've left me."
"What do you mean by that – of course I wouldn'tve left you!"
"Well I didn't know that."
"We'll come back to that, go on."
"Well when I went to get my prescription refilled and they did the normal tests they told me I was pregnant. At first I didn't believe them but when I did a test myself and it came out positive I was shocked. I didn't know what to do so I didn't tell anyone. I kept thinking maybe it wasn't real, that I was dreaming." She was in tears by this point and Harry cradled her in his arms as she went on. "But then I was going down the stairs with all the laundry one day when I dropped a sock without knowing then slipped on it and tumbled down to the bottom. Apparently that's enough to miscarry they told me."
"'Mione, I'm sorry. I wish you'd have told me."
"But I couldn't."
"We would've gotten through it together."
"I didn't want it to be real."
"But it was."
"You don't understand."
"Explain it to me."
"I'm trying."
"Well you're not making sense."
"Yes I am."
"Look, let's not fight over this. It's in the past, we'll be more careful next time."
"NEXT TIME?!"
"What?"
"HARRY JAMES POTTER! THERE WILL BE NO 'NEXT TIME' AS YOU SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT! I GOT PREGANT AND THEN MISCARRIED!"
"What does that have to do with having sex?"
"YOU'RE SO...OH MY GOD..." and before Harry could say anything else Hermione stomped up the stairs to her room and locked the door.
"Waz gon on?" Ron asked groggily as he woke up.
"Go back to sleep Ron, it was nothing."
"I heard yelling."
"It was nothing, go back to sleep."
"Um hum. Night Harry."
"Night Ron." But Ron never heard him because he had fallen back asleep. Harry walked up the stairs and to Hermione's room then knocked on the door. "'Mione, I'm sorry, can we talk about this?"
"I have nothing to say to you."
"But..."
"Go away."
"I'm not leaving until we talk."
"Fine, stand there all night, I don't care."
"Alohamora." Harry whispered and the door swung open to reveal Hermione curled up on her bed chest heaving and all. She was balling her eyes out so she didn't notice him come in. "'Mione." He said softly as he wrapped his arms around her only to have her move out of his embrace.
"Go away."
"Can't we just talk about this?"
"There's nothing to talk about."
"You're mad at me."
"So."
"Why?"
"If you don't know then..."
"Okay, okay. Would it help if I apologized?"
"I don't know."
"I'm sorry for everything, I've been really insensitive."
"That's an understatement."
"'Mione."
"Just go away."
"But..."
"We can deal with this in the morning, maybe."
"But..."
"That's it, OUT!" Harry reluctantly got up from the bed and made his way over to the door.
"Night 'Mione." He said softly before going into his room and settling down in bed only to lay awake thinking.
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Draco had been awaken by all the screaming but didn't move to reveal himself. He stayed quiet and listened to the conversation. Hermione and Harry were talking about...sex? All of a sudden he heard the thing that made it all clear, it was Harry that got Hermione pregnant. When Hermione finally stomped upstairs with Harry on her tail he tried to go back to sleep but something in the back of his mind was nagging him to go and make sure she was okay. After all she did seem a little upset. Finally after an argument in his mind he decided to check on her.
Knocking softly on her door he tried to turn the knob, it wouldn't budge. "Hermione?" he asked softly.
"Go away Harry."
"It's Draco."
"Sorry."
"It's okay, can I come in?"
"I guess." Draco then tried to turn the knob again, this time it gave and he entered the room. As he did he saw Hermione on the bed sobbing, rushing over he took her in his arms.
"He-doesn't-under-stand." She got out between sobs.
"Shhh...it's gonna be okay." He muttered to her, trying to reassure her and get her to stop crying. When she didn't calm down he kept stroking her hair and muttering soothing words all through the night until finally they both fell asleep wrapped in each others arms...
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AN: well thanks for reading, hope you liked it. sorry if theyre a little out of character but they have to be for it to work. so anyways...
andii( ): well i needed something, i was gonna have her be pregnant but that wouldnt work with the plot. im trying to update as soon as i can but its hard. life is so - ugh - evil. lol well hope you liked it...thanks for reviewing
Quills 'N Ink: your pen name is soo cute i love it. you're a new reviewer - YAY! im glad you like it - i hope you keep reading and reviewing. hopefully there will be more soon...but im not always sure when im going to update...if you want you can read my other story...dont know if you'll like it but its worth a shot. well hope to here from you again...thanks
nora again: what a lovely pen name...lol. i know the chapter was shorter...sorry but my brother was being...evil. ugh but then when isnt he lol. im not sure which story i like better - theyre both different and i want to make a few more but we'll see if i can handle these first...im not doing a very good job of it. well hope you liked it - thanks for reviewing
AN: well thats all for now - btw - if you have a story you want me to read (yours or a recommendation) feel free to leave it in a review...i review a lot so you'll know what i think of it. are you supposed to review every chapter? im not sure on that i do but other people will review once then never again...its not fair. well hope you liked it...maybe i'll be quicker this time...