Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, except Prof. Rosenthal and Phroupoeyz, I also own the plot, so if you copy I'll sue.

A/N: Ok, so I made a few people mad with making Harry gay, but it has been foreshadowed since the beginning of my story, chapter 2 actually.

(1) Are Phroupoeyz not awesome? (2) Yes, Harry is gay and Blaise is bi, but there will NOT be any male on male lemon scenes. (3) Ron will make an appearance soon. (4) The Phroupoeyz and the comment on S.P.E.W. will have something to do with later things in the story, but look at me; I'm giving away all my foreshadowing.

Enjoy!

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Chapter 20

The Duel and DADA

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Pansy walked in and was surprised to find no one there. She was already fifteen minutes late because she had been led off track by Peeves. Peeves had annoyed her to no end, telling her to go this way and that, until she was completely lost in the labyrinth of the school.

She just stood in the room, secretly hoping that Hermione would not show. Then Pansy could call her out and be the automatic winner for Hermione not being there; for being the Pansy. Then she heard a sound behind her.

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Hermione was giggling uncontrollably under the cloak, trying to keep it as silent as possible, resorting to using Draco's chest to stifle them. Draco was looking at her with curious fascination; anything could make that girl giggle.

She stopped abruptly as she heard a voice.

"Miss Parkinson, what are you doing here?" they heard a voice say.

"I was just…" but then the teacher walked into the view of the three under the cloak, Hermione let out an audible gasp and Draco covered her mouth, Hermione wanted to scream out, but couldn't, it wasn't safe with that person in the room.

"You had better explain yourself," the teacher said.

"I was just here because…I needed to take a shower," Pansy tried.

"At this time of night, on the wrong side of the castle?" the professor smiled wickedly.

"Yes, I was sleep walking," Pansy tried again.

"Sleep walking?"

"Yes…in my sleep," Pansy said. The professor had a slight smile on his lips, for he knew that she was lying, no one could possibly be that stupid.

"I suggest you go back to your dormitory immediately, unless you want to be punished severely for this," the professor said and Pansy made her way quickly out of the room.

Hermione wriggled from Draco's grasp and ran out from under the cloak, knocking the professor over in a huge hug.

"Lupin, why are you here?" she asked with a huge smile on her face.

"You scared me, Hermione," he said breathlessly. "I'm taking over DADA, since Professor Rosenthal was not quite up to the task," Lupin said with a smile back, "And what are you doing out of bed so late?" he asked, surprised as another two people emerged from the cloak, he wasn't as surprised about Harry as he was with Malfoy.

"I was supposed to have a stupid duel with Pansy, but then you interrupted," Hermione said, with mock hurt in her voice.

"Sorry about that. Hello, Harry. Sorry I didn't inform you two of this, it was Dumbledore's plan, he wants all of us in—" he cut off, remembering that Malfoy was there. "Hello, what are you doing here?" Lupin turned and smiled at the blonde.

"I was just here to see the show. I wanted to see Hermione kick Pansy's ass," Draco said with a smirk.

"Of course. Do I need to take points away from all of you?" Lupin asked.

"No, we'll go back now," Hermione said quickly. Harry grabbed up the invisibility cloak, and Hermione gave Draco a kiss. They were about to leave when…

"Okay, what is going on that I don't know about?" Lupin asked.

"Oh, Draco and I are dating," Hermione said, turning around to face Lupin slowly.

"You are?" Lupin asked suspiciously.

"Yes. Surely Dumbledore would have told you about everything that has happened," Hermione said.

"No, in fact, I haven't gotten any updates yet; I was just informed of my hall schedule. Good thing I was here instead of another teacher. You best be off then," Lupin said. "You should take Mr. Malfoy back to his dormitory though, if you don't want him to get into trouble."

"Okay," Hermione said, as her, Harry and Draco all got under the cloak and left the room.

Harry pulled out the map and tapped it with his wand. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," Harry said softly and all the familiar dots appeared on the map.

Draco looked at the map. It was amazing; you could see where all of the people were all over the school. If Potter had a map like that and an invisibility cloak, how did he get into so much trouble?

They walked to the Slytherin common room, where the small dot labelled "Draco Malfoy" had a small word by it; 'Dormiens' was all it said. Draco gave Hermione a kiss and stepped out from under the cloak.

"Dormiens," he said, and the common room was open for him. He stepped inside. Hermione and Harry made their way back to their dorms.

When they got back, Harry threw off the cloak and suddenly gave Hermione a huge hug.

"Thank you," he said with a smile. Hermione was completely confused.

"For what?" Hermione asked with a gasp.

"For dating Malfoy, now I am going to have a boyfriend."

"Harry, I am so happy for you," Hermione said smiling and finally hugging Harry back. "Now both of us have boyfriends in Slytherin," Hermione said and then burst out in another round of giggles. If Harry weren't gay he would think that the way she giggled was sexy, because that is what every straight guy thought.

Hermione pulled away from their hug at last, gave Harry a friendly peck on the lips, and sauntered up to bed. She had to go to classes the next day and it was already almost two o'clock in the morning.

Harry went up to his bed as well, for in the morning, he would be talking to Blaise, who in Harry's opinion, was very attractive as well.

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"HE IS? YES!" Blaise screamed the next morning. He and Draco were the only ones left in their dorm and Draco had just told him about last night.

"Yes, he is, and he wants to date you, too," Draco said, laughing at his best friend.

"So, where are we going to talk about this?"

"What do you mean?" Draco asked confused.

"Well, I don't really want the entire school to know that I'm gay, because I'm bi. But I still want to date Harry, so what should I do?"

"Well, you obviously have to be incognito, maybe you should ask him to go to Hogsmeade with you, there's a trip this weekend."

"That's a good idea. I think I may do that. Thanks Draco."

"Sure thing," Draco laughed.

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"When is he going to ask me?" Harry was asking Hermione impatiently.

"He hasn't even talked to you yet, and Draco is probably telling him right now," Hermione said, as she was taking a bite out of a plum. They were sitting at the table for breakfast and Harry was looking expectantly over at the Slytherin table.

"I just think that he might have gotten over me or something."

"No, he wouldn't, unless he's not gay." Hermione let out a sudden gasp. "What if Draco said all of that to make you prove that you were?"

"Would he really do that?" Harry asked with fear in his eyes.

"I would say yes, but there is one problem. The entire school doesn't know, if he was doing that, the entire school would know by now." She giggled helplessly.

"That's true. Okay, so I may have a boyfriend. This is so awesome, Hermione."

"Harry, you're gay?" Ginny asked, as she had overheard some of their conversation.

"Yeah," he said shyly. "But please don't tell anyone," he pleaded her. Ginny felt her entire world crash; she was in love with Harry. But if she couldn't have him, then she might have to move onto someone else. Maybe Blaise, she thought, he's cute.

"Ginny, we need to talk, I haven't talked to you in forever, I feel like we aren't friends anymore," Hermione said.

"I know, first you were too obsessed with Ron, then you were too obsessed with something else, then Ron did what he did to you, then you were sick…"

"I know, Ginny, do you want to come to my room tonight? We can have a party with Lavender and Parvati, a girl's night thing," Hermione said. "You know, since tomorrow is Saturday."

"Yeah, that would be so fun," Ginny said.

"Yeah, it would," said Harry in the most feminine voice he could muster.

"Sorry Harry, you may be gay, but that doesn't make you a girl."

"Damn it," he said with a mock smile.

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In potions that day, Hermione and Draco were working carefully on their potion, it would be done in two weeks, and then they would have to test it. Just in time for Halloween.

"Oh, hey, Hermione, I wanted to ask you something."

"Yes, Malfoy?" she asked with Draco's smirk.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow," he said, reciprocating the smirk.

"Sure," she smiled. Then she frowned. "Wait, it depends on what time, I'm probably going to be sleeping in. We are having a girl's night tonight."

"You still have those things?" Draco asked.

"Yeah, well, I haven't talked to Ginny in forever and I told her that we could have a girl's night with Parvati and Lavender," Hermione said.

"I guess I'll pick you up outside your common room at ten. I think we can catch a late carriage and get there at 11," he said.

"I'll try to be up by then, if I'm not, then you'll just have to wait for me."

"Well, I'm not going to wait forever. Quarter after is my limit," he said with a smile.

"We need to talk about something later," Hermione said, remembering something that she had thought about the night before.

"Can we do that at Hogsmeade, eh?"

"Yeah. You can add the beetle's eyes now."

Draco dropped the beetle's eyes into the potion. They were making excellent progress. It was definitely much easier working on this with two people. Hermione was feeling better, her symptoms on hold for now, as she was taking a potion daily to counteract them.

Hermione still hadn't talked to Draco about this. And she still wasn't even sure herself what to do about it, she knew she had to have the baby, but what was she going to do after Christmas break, she was sure she would have to leave school by then, she would have to live somewhere else, probably at home with her parents, if they would accept her, but it wasn't Hermione's fault, and she hoped that they would understand.

She also didn't know what to tell everyone when she left. She was sure she could come up with a good excuse. Like taking care of her Grandmother in America. But she wanted to be near her friends. And after the baby was born, she wasn't sure what she was going to do about it. Whether she would stay away from school seventh year, and take care of the kid at home, or whether she would stay at school with the baby, or whether she would go to school and leave the baby at home with her parents, if they would take care of it.

She was still confused in many aspects, and she didn't know what to do, there were so many things that were plaguing her mind, and Lupin had added one more thing to that list the night before. That is what she needed to talk to Draco about; for it was deathly important.

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When Potions was over they went to Care of Magical Creatures where they continued their work on the Phroupoeyz. 'Puffy' was now being rather nice to Draco, he seemed to have a connection with him now, and he would not let Draco stop petting him, until class was over, even though it wanted to follow him to lunch. It was a rather funny sight to watch.

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After Care of Magical Creatures, during lunch, Blaise decided to make his move. As everyone was leaving the hall for afternoon classes, Blaise and Draco met up with Harry and Hermione.

"Er…Harry. I was wondering if I could talk to you in private," Blaise said slowly to Harry.

"Sure," Harry said happily and walked off with Blaise, leaving Draco and Hermione alone, Hermione was giggling again.

"Why do you giggle so much?" Draco finally asked her.

"I don't know, I just find a lot of things funny. Like for one, your best friend asking my best friend out."

"Well, that wouldn't be so bad…"

"If they weren't both guys," Hermione finished, and burst out into fresh giggles.

"Now to DADA, with the ever popular werewolf."

"He is a lot better than you think, if he takes his potion then he doesn't even turn vicious."

"I know, he was better than any other DADA teacher we have had, and anyone is better that Rosenthal," he said.

"Professor Rosenthal wasn't all that bad. She just wasn't cut out for the job. How would you like to have the position that has a different teacher every year, gone due to different causes? I would be scared about what would happen to me, because you know that something is going to."

"Well, nothing really bad happened to Lupin, he just quit."

"Well, you would too if there were a million parents pissed because their kids had a werewolf teaching classes."

"I really didn't care, and neither did my dad. He was just pissed because it was Lupin, and he's part of the Ord—" but he cut himself off, knowing he had said too much.

Hermione suddenly pulled Draco into an empty classroom. He had brought up the one subject that she didn't want to, but knew she had to, talk about.

"Your father," she said.

"What about him?" Draco asked in confusion.

"What will he think about…us?"

"He won't like it…at all. But I don't want to become a death eater."

"You don't?"

"No, besides I have a year before that whole thing happens anyhow."

"So how are you going to get out of it?"

"I don't know. I know that it is going to be hard, and they are probably going to torture me," he said this almost too casually for Hermione's liking.

"How can you talk about something so nonchalantly, it's like you get tortured constantly?"

"I don't, but I know that that's what I have to go through to have my freedom," he said simply.

"Draco…"

"Don't worry about it."

"Draco, that's not a good thing."

"I know damn well it's not a good thing, but I can't really help it right now, can I? Anyway, for now my father won't really care if I'm with you, but beware if you hear rumours, because I might have to make some up," he said

"Like what?" Hermione asked cautiously.

"Like I'm only using you for sex, and then I'm going to dump you off. That's what my dad wants to hear."

"So are you?"

"Am I what?"

"Just using me for the sex?"

"We haven't even had sex yet Hermione," Draco said with a slight annoyance in his voice.

"I know, but when—if—we do, are you?"

"You're the one with the future telling dreams, Hermione, remember that," Draco said angrily as he walked out of the classroom, beyond pissed.

"Draco, I'm sorry," Hermione said as she ran to catch up with him.

"Well, how could you say something like that Hermione?"

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to make sure before I do anything with you," she said softly. "I love you, Draco."

He hugged her close to his body. "I love you too, Hermione," he said. "But if we stand here any longer, then we are going to be late for DADA."

"I know, let's go," she smiled.

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When they got to Defence against the Dark Arts, Hermione was ecstatic as to not have Professor Rosenthal anymore, she really didn't like the way she taught.

Hermione first noticed when she got into the classroom a couple minutes late, that Harry and Blaise were nowhere to be seen.

When the class was not greeted by Professor Rosenthal, but by Professor Lupin, the whole class, except for the two that already knew, gasped.

Rosenthal had been a boring teacher, always assigning bookwork and never giving them actual lessons with real things that they would have to battle. Lupin was the best DADA teacher they had ever had, he actually let them work with dangerous creatures that they would encounter in real life.

Lupin stood in front of the class.

"Good Morning class, I'm sorry that Professor Rosenthal will no longer be teaching here, except when I am not here. Seeing as you are all sixth years, you probably know me from third year. I'm back, and I hope that you will enjoy having me back."

"Professor, are we going to finish our work on werewolves?" an annoying Slytherin girl asked.

"I believe that you finished that two years ago. I know that you are insulting me and my condition, but I will have you know that my condition is under control and I will be taking days off where Professor Rosenthal will be taking over. If you would bear with me on this, then it might end up being an enjoyable year."

When Lupin was done explaining everything, they began taking notes on wollumbolls.

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"I am so glad that Lupin is back, I can't wait to work with wollumbolls, they are supposed to be fascinating creatures," Hermione was explaining to Harry, who had come back to talk to her after class.

"I should have known that he was coming back though, Dumbledore wants to get the Order together, in case there's an attack. I wouldn't be surprised if Moody came back to teach something." Harry said casually.

"So, off that subject. How was your and Blaise's snog."

"He is such a talented kisser," Harry said with a smile. "I think I'm really going to like him. He invited me to go to Hogsmeade with him tomorrow."

"Harry, I'm so happy for you. I still can't believe that Blaise is actually gay…"

"He's bi. But he prefers men," Harry said, interrupting Hermione.

"I thought so, because he has been with a couple of girls, and it's hard just to change so suddenly like that," Hermione said, starting to ramble to herself.

"Are you and Malfoy going to Hogsmeade?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, he asked me this morning."

"That's great Hermione. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm really happy for you, and I think that Malfoy is a good person at heart. I think I'm just going soft towards Slytherins because my boyfriend is one as well," Harry said with a smirk.

"Harry, you are so funny. I still can't believe that you're gay, but I think I should have noticed it when you wanted to borrow my high heels," Hermione started giggling.

"Yeah, you should have," Harry said.

They reached the common room and sat down to do their homework. Hermione helped Harry with his as usual. It was strange not having Ron there. But something about him not being there made Hermione feel more comfortable. She didn't like Ron all that much, she noticed this now, especially when they studied. When she thought that she was in love with him, it was blind, she thought that she could love him, but he took that and blew it right back into her face. It was nothing compared to how she felt for Draco.

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Draco watched Pansy talking to her friends. They were all sitting in the common room and Pansy was explaining to the other Slytherin whores how she had kicked Granger's ass. Draco couldn't help but laugh. Pansy looked up at him with sad eyes.

"Why are you laughing at me?" She asked putting on a puppy dog face.

"Because you are lying out of your ass. I was there, you just got in trouble by Lupin and then you went back to the dorm."

"And how would you know, I didn't see you there."

"I was…around a corner, watching you as you got scolded by the teacher."

"I was there, too and I know that I kicked Granger's ass," Pansy said defiantly, trying to make Draco out to look like the liar. All of her whores had confused expressions on their faces.

"Are you calling me a liar?" Draco asked, slightly amused.

"Yes, I am, because I know what happened and you don't. You're lying."

Draco just sat there and laughed, there was nothing he could say to that, he didn't think that it was worthy enough to be answered.

"Whatever," said Pansy, but the whores had been convinced by Draco and started dissolving from around Pansy. She was so infuriated that she ran back to her room.

Draco just smiled to himself and walked slowly to his room to do his homework.

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Hermione was finished her homework when she had a sudden pain in her stomach and ran quickly to the bathroom before vomiting. The symptoms had not all gone away; in fact, they were getting worse and worse, they weren't as bad as they had been when she had first gotten sick, but they were still pretty bad despite the potion.

She washed her face and made her way back to her common room.

"You okay, Hermione?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, I'm just…sick," she answered.

"Okay. Do you want to call off your sleep over then, because Ginny and Lavender just went down to the kitchens to get butterbeer and some snacks?"

"No, I'm okay, I'm feeling much better now."

"I'm glad to hear it, Hermione. You just went sprinting out of the room."

"Yeah." She stopped and looked around. "What time is it?" Hermione asked suddenly.

"Er…five after six." He answered, but Hermione was already gone.

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Hermione ran as fast as she could to the dungeons. She was late…again. Snape would have her head on a platter. When she arrived in the Potions room, however, Snape wasn't even there.

"Professor?" she asked with hesitance in her voice. "Professor Snape?" she called out again.

A tap on her shoulder then surprised her and she turned around.

"I'm right here, Miss Granger, you don't have to yell," Snape said in a soft voice.

"I'm sorry I was late, I can explain, I was sick," Hermione rambled.

"I am well aware of you being sick very often this year Miss Granger. So why is it that you are sick?" Snape asked.

"You are supposed to know that from Dumbledore," Hermione explained.

"And how am I supposed to know that?"

"Well, he said that he was going to tell all of the teachers. I'm sorry, but I can't really help what is happening to me, it's not my fault that I'm sick," Hermione tried to explain.

"I think it is your fault. If you just relax and don't stress all the time, then you would be fine." Hermione sat in stunned silence. Had Snape just been nice to her? Wow, that was a first. Snape had a funny smirk on his face.

"I'm not stressed, sir," Hermione said simply.

"I think you are. Having a child is a very stressful thing to go through."

Hermione gaped her mouth at this comment. "So you do know?"

"Yes, Miss Granger, I do know that you are having a child."

"Then why have you been so mean to me?"

"Because I don't think that just because you got knocked up that yo—" But Snape was cut off as Hermione's hand collided with his cheek.

Hermione put her hand down, turned on her heel and ran from the room.

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Hermione slammed shut the portrait. She was pissed.

"That fucking asshole…the nerve of him…that ugh—" Hermione was talking to herself as she walked in.

"Hermione, what's going on?" Harry asked from a couch.

"Oh…nothing," Hermione said hesitantly before walking over to Harry and sitting down. "You know, you should probably get to sleep if you and Blaise are going to Hogsmeade tomorrow."

"I know. I like him so much," Harry sighed.

"Harry, you're hopeless."

"At least I'm not in love with Malfoy," Harry said.

"At least I'm not GAY," Hermione mocked.

"That was below the belt Hermione," Harry said sadly.

"I'm sorry Harry, I didn't mean for it to sound like that," Hermione apologized immediately.

"It's okay, I guess. Well, Ginny and them are waiting for you upstairs."

"Thanks Harry, see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, have a good time."

Hermione walked up the stairs to find her friends; this was going to be an interesting night.

A/N: Hope you all liked, it was a long chapter and I was proud of it. I will try to have the next chapter up soon, and I know I left you sort of at another cliffhanger, but if I put the party at the end of this it would be an even longer chapter. And I'm sorry that I didn't actually have a duel, maybe in later chapters.

Also, can I shamelessly cross-promote, I have another story, it's a one shot, please read and review, I will love you forever, its based off the song Paint me a Birmingham by Tracy Lawrence.

Love and Lemons!

Brittany