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Chapter Twenty-Five

There was blackness. Hermione Granger did not want to open her eyes; as long as she kept them closed, her troubling thoughts would be kept at bay. But of course, there was no escape and hurtful thoughts plagued her head, as vivid as if they were happening all over again. She let out a moan and slowly opened her eyes. She was lying on a bed with crisp white sheets. To her side was a nightstand containing all sorts of medical paraphernalia. To her left was another bed like her own; with a huddled form trying to catch warmth beneath its sheets. She was in the hospital wing.

She looked for the clock and gasped; because there sitting at the end of the bed in a hard wooden chair was Draco. He was asleep, but his face held a troubled expression. His hair was in front of his eyes, and his chin rested on his chest. Hermione felt a surge of love then hatred at seeing him sitting there.

What did he think he was doing? Fraternizing with another girl then daring to sit with her in the hospital wing? What the bloody hell was he thinking? Did he even care about her anymore? These enraged thoughts flew in and out of Hermione's head as she stared angrily at Draco's form. From what she perceived it was quite late, perhaps a few hours before dawn. Suddenly he started to stir; then sat upright. Hermione quickly closed her eyes; she did not want to speak to him. Draco walked over to her side and peered at her face.

Hermione thinking that he was still sitting in his chair opened her eyes a peek then let out a muffled yell as she saw Draco's face so close to hers. "What do you want?!" She said in a furious whisper. Draco looked taken aback; judging by the astonished expression on his face. Since Hermione had gotten started; she might as well let her rage run its course. "What are you doing here, sitting here like you care about me? Do you think that I will even want to look at you let alone talk to you after what you've done? You never cared about me at all did you? You were done with me after I gave you all I had to offer! You bloody-" Draco held a hand to her mouth after she had said her train of hurtful words. His face she saw had a slightly hurt expression which was suddenly replaced by an angry expression.

"Is that how much you trust me? Pansy forced herself on me, I had nothing to do with it! She snuck into our dormitory after quidditch practice and stuck to me like a leech! I tried to force her out but she was persistent! And you just walked in on a bad time and didn't even get to listen to my side of the story! And why did you faint; your not the willy nilly type, you would have said something! And I was concerned so I came and sat through this whole night on that bloody chair; and here you are spitting venom at me!" Hermione had lost all her fury like a slowly dying flame as all his words spilled out and she believed him.

She turned her head and sobbed into her pillow. "It's just that I thought I had lost you, and all everyone said about you was true. That you would tire of me and then get another girl to take my place… And now that I'm-" He didn't let her finish her sentence, he lightly took her by the shoulders and stared with such intensity into her eyes that she felt a shiver run down her back.

"Don't you ever think I would replace you with anyone. Hermione Granger I love you, and nothing, nothing in this whole world can change how I feel about you." "But-" Hermione started but he stopped her with a slow enticing kiss, and she realized how much she needed just that, to feel wanted and loved again. She felt warmth flooding her body and if someone happened to walk by, they would have seen a totally different person. Before she was a pale girl lying as if dead on her bed; but now she was lively and vibrant; with color in her cheeks.

Draco helped her out of bed, and they went to the clipboard that hung at the entrance of the wing where patients could sign themselves out if they were feeling well enough. Hermione pointed her wand at the clipboard which she had retrieved from the nightstand and emblazoned her name upon it. Then they walked back to their dormitory together, hand in hand.

Ron was becoming quite used to things as an amphibian. He had worked out how to use his tail in various ways of swimming in the enclosed space of Sirena's home. He was not allowed out for fear of anyone seeing him, and he frequently was found under the bed after Sirena's husband came and trashed the place. Sirena had gone out to collect more gillyweed for him since the supply was running quite low. Ron swam around the cabin in circles; as there was nothing else to amuse him. He had seen everything in the cabin and he was a little bored. Of course he could've thought about his situation in the world above; but he'd rather not think about that.

Suddenly while he was lazily making another circle around the cabin; he felt as if he was going to black out and flashes of black came again and again in front of his eyes. He felt his gills closing up and returning to normal human skin, and his tail split apart and began to mold into two long legs. Ron gasped as he couldn't breathed and barged into the door of the cabin while clawing fruitlessly at the air.

He emerged outside of the cabin; a place he had never seen. He needed air. He looked up to the surface and he just saw green murkiness. He didn't know if he had enough air to swim even a few feet up. His eyes started to close and then he felt as if he was being dragged upwards then- blackness.

Ron awoke and he thought he was inside Sirena's cabin once more. He felt with his hands and felt the gritty grains of wet sand under his fingers. He opened his eyes and the sun's brilliance blinded him for a moment or two; his eyes had gotten accustomed to the murky depths of the lake.

He sat up and took large gulps of air. He saw the tell tale features of hinkypunks swimming out in the middle of the lake. Were they the ones who rescued him? But didn't they eat people? He shook his head trying clear his head and shake away the water from his hair. He gasped because he realized he wasn't wearing anything. He quickly looked around to see if anyone had seen him then covered himself and ran for the shelter of the trees. He had probably left his school clothes at Sirena's, Mum would have to send over new ones.

He furiously thought of a way of running across the castle grounds without being seen, as there were no trees to take refuge under. He heard voices. His heart palpitated loudly; it felt as if it would pop out of his chest. What was he going to do? He heard the laughter of a girl and judging by her voice; she was approaching closer. Perhaps for a walk around the lake? He peered around the tree and saw that it was a girl he had seen at the Hufflepuff table; Laurie Mcshayne. He quickly formed a plan in his mind and hoped it would work.

As soon as Laurie passed by the trees Ron grabbed her and pinned her against the tree. She screamed and he held a hand over her mouth and eyes while he quickly undid her robes. He tied her to the tree with a loose vine that was wrapped around the trunk of the tree as she struggled and screamed into his hands and he leaned his weight onto of her to stop her from wriggling; which obviously caused her to scream louder. He pulled the robes off over her head and quickly did them on with one hand then dodged around the tree. Without looking back he feverishly ran all the way back to the castle.

Hermione lay satisfied in Draco's arms after their passionate lovemaking. She still had not told him about her pregnancy…Everything was going so well she didn't want to spoil it. But she knew it was time to tell him.

"Draco?" She asked propping herself up on one arm and turning towards him. "What would you do if um…what would you do if I got pregnant? I mean it's not like we ever thought to use contraceptives… Would you want the baby?" She was a little nervous, especially because he did not reply immediately.

"Draco?" She asked again and he turned to face her. "If we did have a baby, then I would be glad for it. It's a symbol of our love." He smiled and took her hands. She gazed adoringly up at him. He was so understanding…so perfect. "Well I am." She said. "You're what?" Draco said his mouth on her neck. "I'm pregnant." He raised his head in shock.