New Friends and a Disastrous Evening Out

This chapter is dedicated to you Amy ; )

Disclaimer-I own the plots and new characters nothing else. Nor do I own the movie Monster-In-Law, darn!

The next morning was sunny and bright. Hermione awoke alone in her bed. She felt around for Draco a bit but he was gone. Sighing Hermione got up groggily and got dressed. She looked all through the suite but both boys were gone. Her stomach ached horribly and a panicked thought ran through Hermione's mind. What if the baby was hurt? She decided upon getting a pregnancy test just to check.

They must be downstairs Hermione thought ending her search.

She slipped into some a pair of blue flips flops to match her white tank top and dark navy blue shorts realizing she wouldn't be able to wear tank tops soon. She hurried downstairs to find them. They were both sitting at a table in the center of the room. There was also two girls sitting with them.

One girl had long brown wavy hair with blonde highlights. She was quite tan and had hazel eyes. She was sitting but Hermione could tell she barely 5'6. She had on a mini tank top that was a blood red with a v-neck that went down very far and showed off part of her cleavage. She had on white booty shorts. On her feet were white sandals. To Hermione she was too skinny and looked a bit anorexic and in Hermione's opinion a slut. Much to Hermione's disgust she was sitting close to Draco and batting her eyelashes his way, but Draco was evidently annoyed by her.

The other girl was talking to Blaise and they seemed to have hit it off quite well. Her hair was short, black and layered. She was taller than the other girl and had a round, friendly face. She wore a light tie-dye purple tank top and black shorts. Black platform flip flops were on her feet and she had a pretty smile on her face. Hermione smiled with her and Blaise as they gazed at each other.

Hermione slid into the booth next to Draco. He smiled gratefully at her and out of the corner of his eye she was quite sure he could see the girl backing down a bit with a sulky look on her face.

"Morning, Hermione,"he greeted her, "This is Nicole,"he nodded towards the girl next to him and she nodded "And that's Amy he pointed to the girl talking to Blaise."the girl named Amy waved at her.

Hermione waved back and smiled. Amy soon turned back to her to talk.

"So, Hermione right, what are you doing today?"she seemed friendly enough "Nicole and me might go shop a bit and your welcome to join us,"she invited "But we also might go into the muggle world and see a muggle movie. You know what that is right?"she said this all quickly and without stopping.

"Um..sure I'm not doing anything today anyway," Hermione replied "at least not after lunch" she added remembering her pregnancy test.

"Okay, um... how about we meet back here around noon and then we can eat lunch and go."Amy suggested.

"Sure, I'll see you then."Hermione's spirits were lifted up.

"Come on Nicky, I'm ready to go,"Amy stood up "Blaise are you coming with us?"

"Yeah."he replied eagerly standing up next to her.

Nicky turned to Draco "Are you going to come too Draco."she pouted a bit.

"No,"he told her bluntly "I'm gonna spend some time with Hermione today."he added to abort any further begging from her.

Nicole scowled but followed Amy and Blaise out of the Leaky Cauldron. Draco's eyes followed her out of the pub.

"Well at least she's gone."Draco looked like a heavy weight had been lifted off of his shoulders.

Hermione giggled a bit and pulled her feet up on the seat.

"So do you really have something planned for right now?"he asked draping an arm over her shoulders.

"Yes, I do,"she averted her eyes to the floor "I'm gonna get a pregnancy test."

"But I thought you were positive you were pregnant."Draco was now confused.

"Oh I'm sure I am, it's just it might have been, well, hurt."Hermione hadn't raised her eyes yet.

"Oh okay,"he said still a bit confused "You wanna go right now? Come on I'm coming with you." he stood up and took her hand.

"Yeah right now is fine."she stood up and walked into the muggle world with him.

Together they walked to a small pharmacy and began looking around. Hermione , who wasn't distracted, found the tests before Draco. They made their way to the counter. Hermione realized everyone thought she was pregnant. Which even though she was she didn't want them to know. Thinking fast she came up with an act.

"So ,Draco, how many kids will this be for Aunt Susy now?"she talked loudly and clearly so everyone could hear her.

"Huh?"Draco didn't catch on "oh uh, I think this one will be her sixth, but I'm not sure."

"Ah well we'll ask mum when we get back home"she waved her arm and grabbed the test before dashing out of the store.

Draco grabbed her arm and tried to catch up "What was that about?"

"Well I didn't want everybody to know I'm pregnant."Hermione was exasperated that he didn't understand.

"But you are."

"They don't need to know that?"

"But loads of girls get pregnant around eighteen and nineteen."Draco pointed out.

"Yes, but only in the wizard world."Hermione explained "In the muggle world most people don't have kids until their mid-twenties."

"Oh,"Draco now understood a bit "that's stupid."

"Maybe for you, but more girls can die from child birth in the muggle world,"she shook her head sadly "Muggles don't have the magic to help the girls along."

"Oh."Draco said as they came back into the Leaky Cauldron"Come one let's go check out the baby."he whispered softly in her ear.

Nodding, Hermione led him up the steps to the suite. She went into the bathroom to do the test. When she came out she was grinning from ear to ear.

She pulled Draco into a hug and whispered in his ear "The baby is okay."

Draco grinned too "That's great he yelled and spun her around a couple times."he set her down on the floor.

Hermione suddenly didn't feel good. Her stomach was doing flips and the nauseous feeling was coming to her. She was feeling a bit clammy and sweat was coming at her palms.

"Hermione are you alright."Draco put his hands on her shoulders.

Hermione nodded but ran into the bathroom just in time. After a few minutes she emerged from the bathroom and Draco swept down on her and carried her over to the couch.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry Hermione I shouldn't have twirled you around like that."he apologized sitting down next to her.

"Don't worry Draco it's okay,"Hermione assured him "It was probably just some morning sickness."

"Yeah, yeah,"he said in a far off voice "Hey, why don't you just take a nap before we go meet Amy, Nicole, and Blaise."he suggested his voice back to normal.

"Yeah, I think I will,"Hermione stood up "see you later, Draco."

She walked into the bedroom and laid down on the bed and tried to drift off to sleep. Hermione lay there thinking about what she was going to do after she got out of Hogwarts. The baby, she knew, would be there around March. Then the baby would be with her for about for about three months. Hermione groaned and turned on her side. School would be hard this year. She would be having a baby right before her N.E.W.Ts Hermione had been told that she would have to rest a good week or so before she could do anything strenuous, especially studying. Not to mention she would have to miss classes if she had a doctor's appointment.

And what about the Order? Hermione still very much wanted to fight against Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters. But that would mean having to be near the other trio, maybe even alone sometimes. Of course Blaise and Draco might join, but somehow she doubted that. Then again they were always blowing her away with something new about themselves. She would more than likely be accepted into the Order just because of who she was. Not the girl who was Harry Potter's best friend but as Hermione Granger. Everybody seemed to know that she was smart, sensible, and strategic. But could she win them over if she was pregnant? If they listened to the story and Dumbledore told them they might not all be cold and harsh to her. But the guys might not be trusted by anybody in the Order, except her and Dumbledore and maybe, just maybe Tonks. Tonks was a forgiving person as far as Hermione knew. And Draco was her cousin after all.

Sighing Hermione rolled on the bed again, knowing sleep wouldn't come easily to her. She stared up at the ceiling for a while just trying to clear her mind for a good hour or so before slipping off to sleep.

"Wake up, Hermione, we have to go downstairs and meet the others."Draco shook Hermione gently trying to wake her up.

Hermione opened her eyes and yawned "Alright I'm getting up."Hermione sat up and looked around trying to wake up properly.

The first thing she did was go over to her mirror and brush through her hair which had been messed up during her nap. She stretched a bit and tried to blink the sleep out of her ragged body before she had to go meet everybody else. Taking deep breaths she went back out to the living room where Draco was waiting for her. Hurrying downstairs, they saw Nicole, Amy, and Blaise sitting in a corner. Jealousy cursed through her body as she saw Nicole's eyes light up at the sight of Draco.

"Wait," she asked herself "why do I care?"

"Because you love him."she argued with herself.

"No I don't."

"Yes you do."

"Shut up."she snapped out loud.

"What was that, Hermione?"Draco asked.

"Nothing."she said quickly not meeting his eyes a little embarrassed.

"Hey Draco, Hey Hermione."Blaise and Amy greeted them.

"Hi Draco."Nicole said dreamily before nodding at Hermione off-handedly.

"So what did you guys do this morning."Amy asked "We went and browsed most of the shops in Diagon Alley, but didn't buy too much."

"Nothing really."Draco slid into the booth with Hermione right next to him.

Blaise snorted "Uh huh."he sounded disbelieving.

Hermione glared and him "Your real funny Blaise."she told him sarcastically.

"I calls 'em as I sees 'em."he shrugged.

Amy held in her laughter but smiled. Nicole on the other hand scowled darkly and crossed her arms across her chest, but nobody paid her any heed.

"So what are we going to do for the rest of the day."Amy asked changing the subject.

"How about we go see a muggle movie and then go up to the Jacuzzi we have in our suite."Hermione suggested, the idea coming to her.

"That's a great idea, Hermione ."Amy exclaimed "Nicky, you do have your bathing suit, right?"she asked.

Nicole nodded her lips pursed tightly together.

"Great! Let's have lunch first though I'm hungry."Blaise rubbed his hands together eagerly.

"Your always hungry Blaise."Hermione rolled her eyes laughing. Draco and Amy laughed along with her.

Nicole was silent and her face didn't leave its position until she spoke up "I don't think it was funny."she told them "It was a bit rude actually."Everybody turned to look at her "I would be so pissed at her if that was me Blaise."

"Well your not me and I am not mad."he told her angrily.

She glared at him for no real reason.

"Relax Nicole, it was just a joke."Amy told her.

"Yeah really."Draco was looking at her in almost a disgusted way.

She shrank back a bit and was silent. A waitress came up and took their order. She hurried off to get their food. The good thing about wizarding restaurants is that the food comes very fast. When their food was there Amy and Hermione began discussing what movie they wanted to see.

"I say we see Monster-In-Law,"Hermione suggested "it is supposed to be hilarious."

"Yeah, we must see that."Amy insisted "It will be great."

They finished their food and they hurried off into the muggle world. Hermione and Amy walked beside each other with Draco at Hermione's side and Blaise on Amy's. Nicole however walked slowly behind them. At the movies they bought their tickets and went into the movie theater. They laughed through the whole thing, as it was one of the funniest movies Hermione and Amy had ever seen. Blaise and Draco were amazed at the whole thing because they had never seen anything like it. Nicole sat and scowled the whole time.

Half-way through the movie Hermione got up to go to the bathroom. When she was about to wash her hands, the lights went out and she was grabbed. She was slammed into the wall painfully and someone began talking to her.

"Stay away from Draco."a voice came to her ear. Hermione froze not sure she heard it right.

"Excuse me."she asked.

"You heard me bitch, stay away from my man."the voice sounded vaguely familiar but she couldn't put her finger on it. But then again her head was pounding like crazy and she felt light headed.
She was let go and Hermione slid to the floor and lay there. She heard the person exit the room. Her head hurt terribly and everything was going black. She heard someone else enter the bathroom but then she blacked out.

"Is she going to be alright."she heard someone say.

"We aren't quite sure as of now, but we will know soon."someone answered back.

"Soon!"Someone else yelled "You told us that two hours ago."

"Hush, Draco, relax."Someone cooed softly.

Hermione opened her eyes a bit and saw four people around her bed. She opened her eyes fully and groaned at the effort she had to put up. Everybody turned to look at her.

"Hermione."Draco whispered breathlessly moving to her side immediately grabbing her hand.

"I'm okay."Hermione murmured two more people sat next to her. She recognized them as Amy and Blaise.

"Are you sure, Hermione."Amy asked her.

"Yes, I feel fine actually."she smiled and sat up.

"Too bad we can't take you back to the suite."Draco ran his fingers through her hair.

"Why not?"she moaned.

"You have to stay here for a while Hermione,"Blaise assured her "but we will bring you home as soon as we can, I promise."he added quickly at the sight of her solemn face.

Hermione nodded sadly. She wanted to go back to the suite with Blaise and Amy and Draco. Nicole, who was scowling in a chair, she did not wish to see at all.

A nurse entered the room "Okay, visiting hour is over everybody out,"she ordered "And you,"she pointed at Hermione "Get some sleep!"

Amy and Blaise nodded and gave her a hug before leaving. Nicole didn't even acknowledge her as she followed them out. The nurse herded the out giving Draco a warning look. He smiled weakly back at her. Turning to Hermione he smiled at her and, much to her surprise and delight gave her a butterfly kiss on the forehead. He straightened up and left the room, with a wink at the door.
Hermione grinned like a Cheshire cat and laid back in bed. She was on Cloud Nine now. She slept peacefully that night, her thoughts full of Draco and their kiss.

teaser excerpt for chapter 14

"Ms.Granger, we have some important news for you."the doctor said.

"Yes."she answered politely.

"Well you are..."