Chapter 15 :

Dude, how could he say that?

And so it was the first day of term. All students were back from holiday break and Ariadne, Rhea, Lyric, and Mantha had all been introduced the night before. Hermione and Draco had decided that for this "break-up" to look real Draco would take a hate potion and Hermione would take a broken heart potion. The potion would work instantly and last for 3 hours. They had told the gang about the staged "break-up" and hang out groups, but not about the Deatheater letter. No one was happy about it, especially Harry. His sister was put in Slytherin!

Gryffindor and Ravenclaw were in transfiguration when the bell rang for lunch. Hermione was shaking when she met up with Lyric and Mantha to walk to lunch (Harry and Ron could not be around when this happened because there would be a fight.) They saw Draco approaching and said good luck as they both downed their potions. Hermione felt the pain in her chest as Draco put on his worst smirk. Just as the doors to the great hall opened and everyone was starting to go in he shouted

"Oh, I'm sorry mudblood but I don't want your child, or you. I never did!"

The look on Hermione's face killed Draco but the potion was in control.

"What the great Granger at a loss for words?"

"You bastard! I loved you!" she hissed.

"Tell that to the child perhaps he will care." Draco laughed as he walked away smirk in place, Ariadne and Rhea at his sides.

Hermione fainted.

"Dude, how could he say that?" said Lyric as she cast Mobiliscorpus on Hermione.

"It was just the effects of the potion, remember." Mantha whispered to her.

"Still, how could he say that? Hermione probably didn't need hers."

They took Hermione to the hospital wing then headed back to join the rest of the gang or what was left it for lunch. By the time Hermione woke up the entire school knew what happened and that she was pregnant. She had woken up fifteen minutes after she had fainted. She did not think she would make it through the rest of the day, Draco's words went through her mind and silent tears went down her cheeks as Madam Pomfrey checked her over.

"Ms. Granger, you are at three and a half months in your pregnancy. You should start to show soon. Would you like to know the sex?" she said.

"Yes, please and the due date?" she managed.

"You are having a girl, the due date should be July 16th, I want you to lay off the stress, and we can't have you fainting all the time. It's bad for the baby, Ok?" Madam Pomfrey said.

"Yes, Ma'am, may I go now?" Hermione asked.

Hermione was wondering towards the kitchen because she'd missed lunch and was given the afternoon off. I know we are both under a potion, but it hurts, to hear those words come from his mouth hurt so bad. Once she got to the kitchen, the house elves wanted to give her everything they could (they knew she was pregnant too.) She settled for Mac-n-cheese and Daiquiri Ice ice cream. She spent the rest of her three hours crying and throwing up. Even after the potion started to wear off she felt awful.

Draco had been feeling awful inside for hurting Hermione like that but the potion made him do it. When it finally wore off he was getting worried, he had realized that Hermione was not in any of their classes. He had to stop himself from running to their dorm and blowing the whole thing. He walked slowly and it seemed to take forever. Once he made it he closed the door and quietly made his way to Hermione's room.

Hermione did not notice him enter the room looking for her, she was busy being sick again. Once she was finished a cool washcloth was handed to her and she accepted it gratefully and once she got it to her mouth she realized it was handed to her. When she looked up she saw a practically heart-broken Draco.

"Are you OK? I got worried, you weren't in class." he asked.

"I'm ok, just morning sickness and my heart still hurts." she replied.

"Hermione I am so sorry. You know I would have never said that to you, I love you so much, I even tried to fight the potion." Draco said.

"I love you too, but it still hurt really, really bad. I don't know how long I will be able to stand this." she replied.

Draco knelt down on the floor and held Hermione, whispering how much he loved and cared for her. Once she calmed down Draco got up and offered her his hand. She grabbed his hand and almost dropped it immediately and scrambled on hands and knees to the toilet, her new best friend. Draco came over to her, held her hair and asked,

"I thought morning sickness came in the second trimester?"

Once she had finished she accepted the cool cloth again and answered,

"It does, I'm three and a half months, pregnant with a baby girl!" she said with a smile.