Disclaimer:

I'm just a poor white girl who owns nothing of J.K. Rowling and her wonderful stories, nor do I own any of the songs in this. The names are my own creations, as is little Cody Rogers and Andrew, Crystal's next door neighbor. Other than that, I own absolutely nothing.

Thanks,

Allison

Prologue

"Hermione!" Ronald Weasley shouted, grinning, running towards his best friend. The Hogwarts Head Girl turned to look at him, arching one eyebrow. "Oi! Snape's looking for you! Seems that you were the only person he hasn't said goodbye to!"

Hermione sighed, tucking a lock of her golden brown hair behind her ear. "Suppose I'd better find him, then...probably wants me to brew one last batch of dreamless sleep potion for him..." Hermione had become Professor Severus Snape's apprentice as her senior project and she had become rather close to the cold potions professor and his biting wit and fierce sarcasm.

She walked over to the group that the teachers were standing in and looked around. Spying him, she smiled. "Severus?"

The man in question felt his blood run cold and he stiffened. He knew that voice...it was the voice that whispered to him in his dreams. "Hermione..." He mouthed, turning. Gulping, he forced his normal smirk. "Hello, Miss Granger."

"It's grad day..." She said, softly.

"So it is..." His voice was equally soft.

She smiled and reached forward, hugging him. "Goodbye, Severus."

"What are you doing after Graduation?" He asked, leaving his arms around her comfortably...not quite willing to let go.

"I...I want to be a singer. You know that Draco, Ginny, Blaise and I have a band...and..."

"I wish you luck." He smiled, hugging her tightly once more. "You'll make it, I know you will." He didn't mention the fact that he thought it was a pathetic waste of talent.

"Thank you, Severus." She said softly, pulling back and walking away. Severus stared after her. He paid no attention to the arrival of Albus Dumbledore, who looked at him for several moments before looking after the young lady.

"She's one of the finest we've ever turned out." He said. Severus jumped.

"Oh...Albus. Yes, she is..." He said.

Albus smiled at him. "I'm proud of her too, Severus."

Six Months Later

"Hermione, that's the fifth time you've frozen up in front of an audience!" Draco blew up at her, his eyes angry. Blaise and Ginny looked away. "You're out."

"What! I'm your lead!" Hermione sputtered.

"Not anymore..." Draco motioned and a slender woman with an olive complexion and black hair stepped forward. "She is."

"PARKINSON!" Hermione stared up at her friend and band member. "You're kidding me." She looked around, frantically. "Please...tell me you're kidding...!"

"Sorry, Maya...between your stage fright and your swelling stomach...we have no use for you." He motioned to her visibly swollen stomach. "You can't pass it off as all of the ding dongs anymore...and it'll get worse."

Hermione spun, looking to Ginny and Blaise. "Gin? Bee?" They wouldn't look at her. "You're kicking me out...?" She began to cry.

"Goodbye, Hermione." Draco said, firmly. Hermione turned and ran out, sobbing.

"What's her problem?" Pansy asked. Ginny and Blaise just turned to stare at her until she shut up and turned away. They glared daggers at Draco before turning and walking out of the garage that the band practiced in.

Hermione walked to her flat sobbing, putting her wand in a box and hiding it away. She put her hands on her stomach. There was nowhere for her to go. Ron and Harry were in Greece...with their girlfriends. So she grabbed a huge wad of cash hidden deep in her flat. It was hers...she had no bills to pay. So she locked it, slipped the key into her pocket, and disappeared into the night.

Three days later, Draco knocked on the door of her flat. "Mione Girl? Maya?" He knocked harder. Finally, he pointed his wand. "Alohamora!" The door flew open and he all but ran in. "Maya!" He searched her flat quickly, not finding her. Despairing, he wrenched open the freezer door and peered in behind the frozen chicken nuggets...to find, nothing. "What have I done?" He whispered.

"We will find her, Severus." Albus said, "I promise you this."

"Her band was her life! It was her dream!" Severus Snape whirled, pointing his wand at Draco's throat. "YOU"

"Do it...I deserve it." Draco said, softly.

"No one is cursing no one." Ginny said. "Severus, we all know you loved her. Draco...you loved her as a sister...but what you said about her being pregnant was uncalled for...you just don't call pregnant women fat!"

"WHAT!" Severus roared. "Hermione was WHAT!"

"Oh my god...you didn't know..." Ginny said. Draco, Blaise, Harry, and Ron all stared at Severus. "We all took it for granted that you were the father. That you knew."

"I didn't know." Severus said, sitting down hard.

"But you are the father?" Albus asked.

"I...I don't know. I could be. I certainly could be...that last night...before graduation..." Severus stuttered. He turned to Albus, a pleading look on his face. "Albus!"

The Headmaster rested a hand on his shoulder. "We'll find her."