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A/N: I want ya'll to remember that no matter what, this is a SIRIUS/HERMIONE fic! They WILL end up together no matter what happens in between.

Chapter 9

"Hermione?" A voice asked and Hermione looked up to meet a pair of silver grey eyes.

Hermione's mouth fell open. "Malfoy?"

Draco smirked. "Nice to see you too Granger."

"Sorry, I'm just shocked to see you of all people," Hermione told him, blushing a little.

"Why's that?"

"Because I've been away all this time and I was wondering who would be the first of our school mates to come in the shop, but never once would I have guessed that it would be you," Hermione told him honestly.

"Well it is me, and where have you been?"

"Here, there, and everywhere in between," Ginny joked.

Hermione glared at her and Ginny got the point that her jokes weren't funny. "I'll just go and let you two talk. I'll see you tonight Hermione!"

Hermione waited until Ginny was almost to the door before turning back to Draco.

"So how are you and…um….," Hermione trailed off.

"Dawn?" (see chapter 31 "Home" of All My Yesterdays)

"Yeah, Dawn. How are things?"

"Actually we've decided to take a break. We were driving each other batty."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"Don't be sorry," Draco told her. He leaned across the counter towards her. "We didn't really go together anyways. We were too different."

"How do you mean?"

"Well, I like to read, she likes to primp. I was one of the top people in our class, number one after you left, and she was very far down the list. How that girl got into Ravenclaw I will never know." He smiled a little and cocked his head. "I guess it's one of life's great mysteries."

"So you guys broke up because you're different?"

"Yeah, but there's another reason too," Draco added softly. He looked down at the counter and Hermione could see a faint blush staining his cheeks.

"And what's that?" Hermione leaned down a little so she could look into his eyes.

He raised his gaze to meet hers. "She figured out that I'm in love with someone else."

"I don't mean to pry or anything," Hermione said slowly, smiling a little at him, "but who?"

"You."

Before Hermione could react, Draco leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. She was so surprised that her lips parted in shock. He took full advantage of her parted lips to slip his tongue inside.

Hermione distantly heard the bell above the door clang, announcing another customer and jumped away from Draco. Hermione spun towards the door and saw the one of the people that she did not want to see at the moment.

"Hermione?" He asked.

Shit, Hermione thought. "Harry, um…we," she motioned towards her Draco, "were just talking."

Harry turned to look at Draco. "What are you doing here?"

"Shopping," Draco said easily.

"Is that what they're calling it now a days?" Harry asked bitterly. He knew what he had just seen and it upset him, angered him actually. It especially angered him since he knew that Sirius was in love with her.

"Harry," Hermione began but Harry cut her off.

"Don't Hermione, I don't want to hear it."

"Harry, please…" Hermione pleaded, "you've got to understand…."

"Understand what?" Harry bit out angrily. "Understand that you keep everything inside of you so that no one knows what is going on? Understand that you kept a very big secret all of these years from all of us, your closest friends? Understand that you bore a child to a man you claim to love yet refuse to give a chance?"

Draco was no looking curiously from Harry to Hermione. A child? When did Hermione have a child and who was the father.

"It's not that simple!" Hermione protested.

"Of course it is!" Harry tossed back. "You just refuse to allow it to be."

"If you were in my shoes, what would you do?"

"I would give it a chance, I would give him a chance!"

"That's bull and you know it," Hermione told him angrily. "You, Harry Potter, are too bullheaded for your own good."

"Will someone please tell me what the hell is going on?" Draco interjected, raising his voice so that he could be heard over the two screaming friends.

"Didn't she tell you?" Harry bit out sarcastically. "She has a kid. A little girl that looks exactly like her daddy who, as it would prove, wants to be a part of his child's life but Hermione here refuses to allow him to be."

"Harry," Hermione growled, "that is enough!"

"Oh I'm not even close to being through."

"Yeah well, I'm through listening. So, if you don't mind, can you please get what you came here for and leave? I have a job to do."

Harry glared at her. "I need the books for the Auror training program."

Hermione returned the glare and walked into the back room where the reserved books were kept. She returned shortly with seven books in her arms.

"Here you go," she said with anger still evident in her voice. "They're already paid for so if that's it…"

"I have to get back to work," Harry cut in. He spun on his heel and irritably stocked to the door. He left and slammed the door shut behind him.

Hermione released the breath that she didn't realize that she had been holding. Slowly, she turned to find Draco staring at her intently with his silver eyes.

He opened his mouth as if to say something before promptly shutting it again. Hermione, too, opened her mouth to explain but found she couldn't and closed her mouth.

Finally, Draco asked, "A child?"

There's no way of getting out of this one, Hermione thought to herself and prepared herself for a long explanation, minus a few details of course like the father's name. That was one thing that she wanted to keep secret from as many people as possible for a while.

A/N: There it is…it's short because part of chapter 9 got added onto chapter 8. Like I said before…This is a SIRIUS/HERMIONE story, not a DM/HG story. I just felt that it might be a little more interesting if another guy was added to the mix. But she will end up with Sirius, never fear!

Sorry it has taken me so freakin long to update. I've been boggled down with practices and Tryout practices will be starting soon. Plus with the end of school, teachers feel that they won't be complete unless they assign 3 hrs. of homework at a time. So, I will be trying to update as much as possible.

Okay, my weekend was the best, how was your guys'? Blaze was over at my house and Sunday we went to the game farm (It's like a miniature zoo with weird, common animals like deer (as if we don't already have enough of them to look at) and elk, a hick zoo is what we call it) and we got lost. Now this place is small with only 3 or 4 trails, and we got lost. Yes, we are stupid. Anyways, after that we went to Wal-Mart and I got my ears pierced for the first time. I'm terrified of needles so I had Blaze on one side holding my hand and my mom on the other. It was funny because everyone was stopping and watching. I did not cry though.

Prom is this weekend! Yeah! My birthday (June 3rd) is coming up and I will be the big 17! Next year, I'll be a senior! I'm just growing up. My mom cried the other day because I said, "Hey mom, you only have one more football season to sit through." I couldn't figure out why she was crying at the time and told her that she was a freak.

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