A/N: Hey guys. I'm really really sorry i haven't update for ages. I've been really busy with assignments already, revising and study for end of term exams in week 5 (which is 3 weeks away) and doing other extra curriculm activites. So i finally have chapter 5 for you. Very please with my self. I had a small writers block where i couldn't decide how i wanted the story to go but i'm over it now. I hope you like it but remember every writer has there bad days. :). Please remember to review. Anything is appreciated. Thank you for reading this faithful readers. See ya XOXO.
2 MONTHS LATER (they've been together 8 months and a bit now)
Hermione sighed as she leant against the wall of the bathroom after vomiting for the second time. She groaned as she felt a wave of nausea hit her again. For the past week she had been sick every day. Most of them were in the afternoon and thankfully every time Fred had been nowhere near her so he didn't know. She had also had really odd cravings. Unfortunately for her it was eight in the morning and Fred was in the next room, wait make that in the same room.
"Mya are you feeling okay?"
"No I feel like shit" she replied. 'Also I really need to pee….'
"Maybe you should take the day off," said Fred with a concerned look kneeling in front of her. For the third time that morning Hermione leant over the toilet, this time with Fred holding her hair back for her.
"That's it! You're staying home" Hermione tried to protest but Fred wouldn't hear it. "Nope I'm going to go fire call your boss to tell her you're calling in sick today" Hermione sighed when Fred wanted something he wouldn't stop.
"Maybe you should visit St Mungo's too…." Hermione just nodded. She had a suspicion of what was wrong with her and she had also already made an appointment with the doctor…. But Fred didn't know that.
Hermione sighed getting up off the floor feeling slightly better. She was just about to walk out into the hallway when Fred came back.
"Back to bed" he ordered, Hermione sighed and turned around climbing back into bed. "I'll come check on you at lunch time okay?" Hermione nodded.
'Sometimes he could be so sweet but it was annoying her. She was bloody fine!' True to his word Fred came back just after lunchtime. Hermione had luckily finished eating her pickle, cheese, bacon, tomato, peanut butter, jam, mayonnaise and chocolate sauce sandwich, cleaned up and was back in bed before he arrived home. He came upstairs to find her reading a book.
"How are you feeling?"
"Better"
"Are you going to see a doctor today?"
"Yes"
"When"
"At Three"
"Do you want me to come"?
"No it will be fine," she said quickly. "I'll be fine, it's probably nothing serious, maybe just a bug!"
"Okay if you're sure"
"I'm sure"
"Okay than I should get back to the shop it's very busy today"
"Bye sweetie"
"Bye" Fred leaned down and pecked her cheek before leaving. Hermione sighed in relief when she heard the front door close behind him. She ripped back the covers to reveal herself fully dressed in jeans and a collared Green shirt. Hermione freshened up and scavenged around for some shoes before taking the floo to the hospital. On Arrival she became nervous, maybe she didn't want to find out. No she had to do this.
She walked up to the lady at the front desk.
"Can I help you Madame?"
"Yes I'm here for an appointment with Doctor Jacobson"
"Ah yes he's expecting you, just go right through. He's the second door on your left"
"Thank you" Hermione left and walked down the hallway and knocked on Doctor Jacobson's Door
"Come in" Hermione took a breath and walked in. He looked up from his desk.
"Ahh Mrs Weasley. Come right in. Right on time. How are you today"
"I'm fine" Dr Jacobson heard the nervousness in her words.
"So what can I help you with?"
"I Think I'm pregnant"
"Well that's great!" Hermione gave the doctor a fake smile.
"Well come lay down here and we'll see whether you are or not" Hermione lay down on the doctors bed nervously. The Doctor pulled out his wand and waved it over her stomach muttering a spell. There was thin white light above her stomach and slowly it turned blue. The Doctor muttered something else and the light turned yellow. With a satisfied nod he cancelled the spell. Hermione sat up and looked at him expectantly. The Doctor beamed.
"Congratulations you're 2 months pregnant with a healthy baby" Hermione shook her head, shocked.
"Well anyway in about a month come back for an ultrasound so we can check on bub" Hermione nodded.
"Okay, thanks for everything Dr Jacobson"
"My pleasure, see you later Mrs Weasley"
Hermione left the doctors office in a daze. It was only quarter to four. So she went to the park nearby and just wandered around it in a daze. It hadn't really hit her yet that she really was pregnant. At around four thirty she apparated back to her house, in a daze she went upstairs and into the bathroom… she had to pee. As she stood in front of the mirror it seemed to hit her. "This wasn't supposed to happen," she murmured. She turned on her side and lifted her shirt to examine her stomach. It was still flat but it wouldn't stay like that for long. 'Great I'm going to lose my figure' she placed a hand on her stomach thinking 'there's something so precious inside of me'.
'My child. My beautiful disaster'. A tear slipped down her cheek. She furiously tried to wipe the tears away but they kept on falling.
'Fred is going to hate me' She thought sitting on the toilet seat head in her hands.
'I wasn't supposed to start falling for him. I shouldn't had got lost in the moment that night.' Hermione knew which night she conceived; it was the night of her promotion. "Why didn't we use protection, how could I be so stupid" she shouted at herself. This wasn't right, she couldn't have an abortion she couldn't kill her child. She wasn't going to put it up for adoption either that just wasn't right.
'This marriage is fake, Fred could never love me! It's not right!' Hermione sobbed, how was she going to tell him. "THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! IT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS!" she screamed throwing a can of deodorant at the mirror causing it to crack. "FUCK! SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK! IT STARTED BEFORE I EVEN BROKE THE BLOODY MIRROR!" she screamed at herself sliding to the floor in hysterical sobs. "I can't do this! I can't do this alone! I don't want him to hate me! All because I needed him. Now look at me!" she sobbed banging her fists on the tiled floor ignoring the pain.
The tears kept flowing as she lay on the floor crying her heart out and screaming at herself and occasionally chucking anything near by. Hermione didn't know how long she'd been on the floor when she was suddenly pulled into someone's embrace.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" asked Fred very concerned to find her sobbing on the floor. Hermione didn't realize he'd be home so soon.
"I've made such a mess of things!" she sobbed.
"I don't understand, what happened?"
"I stuffed things up, that's what happened"
"Did something happen a the doctors?" Fred was really worried Hermione had never acted like this before.
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I didn't mean to get caught up but I did. I'm so sorry!"
"HERMIONE!"
Hermione hiccuped and looked up at his outburst her giant eyes red, tear filled and her face tear streaked.
"Please tell me what's wrong. What has got you so crazy all of the sudden. I care about your well being and I can't help if I don't know what's wrong" Hermione immediately burst into tears again.
"You're going to hate me so!" she wailed pulling away from him. She unsteadily stood up and stumbled out of the bathroom disappearing into the wardrobe before reappearing with her suitcases. Fred looked at her fearfully.
"What are you doing?"
"Packing" she answered through her tears throwing her stuff from the wardrobe into the open suitcases.
"Why! Please just tell me!" he begged.
"I can't stay, it isn't fair to you. You deserve to not be weighed down, you deserve happiness"
"I am happy though" Hermione paused for a second but than continued to pack.
"No, you need someone who will love you back. Who knows Karlene may have changed and you guys might end up falling in love. Fred I have to leave or it will ruin everything. I can't do that to you. I don't want to ruin your life, you're so young"
"You're even younger"
"That's not the point. I've ruined your life too much already; it's all my fault. I'M SO STUPID, how could I do this. I should never have let it happen, GOD. Me and my bloody needs. Now it's hard times ahead. Hormones raging, eating for two, oh god I don't want to be fat!" Hermione was now rambling to herself.
"Hermione what are you talking?"
Hermione completely ignored him as she kept shoving things in her bag. Fred finally grabbed her by the shoulders turning her to face him.
"Hermione please! For god's sake you're not making any sense! Please don't leave. Everything's been going so great; nothing you do will ever ruin my life. You're a godsend. I have no idea what's going on? What the hell is your fault? I'm bloody confused. Why won't you just tell me what the hell's going on!" Shouted Fred.
"I'm pregnant okay!"
"You're what" was all Fred could say.
"I'm pregnant Fred! With your child! Are you happy now? That's what's my fault, that's what should never have happened. That's why I'm leaving! You don't need a kid around just because of a stupid mistake"
"I'm going to be a dad," whispered Fred.
"No you're not, I'm leaving so you won't have to deal with it" Hermione yanked herself away grabbing her bags and made to leave but Fred stood in her way.
"Fred move"
"No"
"Fred!"
"You're not leaving. I will not be the dad who's never around"
"Fred I don't want to ruin your life" Hermione looked so broken and hurt he couldn't bear it.
"So what you're going to ruin yours! Hermione I will not let you leave! It's my kid too so I should have a say in what goes on and I want to be apart of the kids life"
"Fred…"
"No you listen. I care about you a lot. And I'm not about to let you walk out of here. I would never hate you, how could you think that? I will be there for you and our child. I want to be there and support you"
Hermione looked at him sadly tears still welling in her eyes.
"Please stay" Hermione didn't say anything. Fred lifted a hand to caress her cheek.
"Please" he repeated.
"All right" she answered in a barely audible whisper. She didn't have the energy to fight him.
Fred smiled and drew her into a hug.
"I would never leave you over such a small thing"
"It's not small and- and it wasn't meant to happen!"
"Nothing ever goes according to plan"
"Our child will grow up in the middle of a loveless marriage"
"Not but I care for you deeply isn't that enough?"
Hermione didn't answer. They were in for a very bumpy ride.
It was a week later and Hermione was over come yet again with morning sickness. Hermione sighed flushing the toilet and than proceeding to brush her teeth vigorously. Fred walked in shortly after yawning widely.
"Good Morning" Hermione spat out her toothpaste before replying.
"What's so good about it?"
"Touchy this morning aren't you"
"Shut it" Hermione glared at him and walked out.
"You know you love me babe!"
"Bite me!" shouted Hermione back from the bedroom where she was getting dressed into a black A-Line skirt and a flowing floral top.
"You know I would but I'm late for work!"
"You own your business you can turn up whenever you want to"
"Not true honey, Shop has to be open at 9am! Called Fred cheerfully.
Hermione grumbled something under her breath,
"What was that?" asked Fred appearing in the doorway fully dressed.
"Nothing" replied Hermione. Fred checked his watch realising he really was going to be late.
"Go to go. See you tonight. You look beautiful by the way"
"I think I'm getting fat," replied Hermione angrily.
"No you're not. Have fun at the office" Fred kissed the top of her head on his way past her.
Hermione sighed looking around her office. She loved her new office; well it wasn't that new anymore she'd been Head of the Department for two months now. She was working her way through a large amount of paperwork when her Intercom (yes they do have them in the wizarding world, there adapted to magic) crackled.
"Mrs Weasley?" Margot's timid voice came over the speaker
"Yes Margot"
"Madame Jones is here to see you"
"Send her in and bring a tray of tea would you. Thankyou"
Not five minutes later Madame Jones came in with Margot trailing behind her with a tray of tea and biscuits.
"Hermione how are you?"
"Fine thank you Janelle"
Janelle took a seat; Margot poured the tea and than quietly left the room. Hermione took a small sip of her tea before setting it down.
"So what brings you down here?"
"Just wanted to see how you were getting on"
"I'm getting on fine Janelle. Everything's going great."
"You're not overworking yourself are you?" Janelle eyed her critically.
"No I'm not. I'm not snowed under yet I've been able to keep on top of things"
"That's good to hear dear. Who knows if you do well enough here you may get another promotion"
"I'm fine here for the moment Janelle but there is something"
"Yes?" inquired Janelle.
"Well it's good you're here I needed to tell you that in six months I need to take some leave"
"Leave? What on earth for?"
"I'm pregnant so I'm going to need some time of"
"Congratulations dear! You'll make a wonderful mother!" Exclaimed Janelle standing up and throwing her arms around Hermione.
"Of course you can take leave, take as long as you like! Just don't go leaving us all together. Oh this is exciting!"
Hermione almost laughed. Janelle seemed more excited than she was, which was true she guessed. Janelle was pretty but didn't have a boyfriend and she had such maternal instincts.
"I'll let you in on a little secret hun" whispered Janelle her eyes shining.
"What is it?"
"I've decided I want kids, I know I don't have a boyfriend or anything so I've decided to adopt!"
"That's wonderful! Oh congratulations you're going to be a mummy!"
"You're going to be a mummy!"
"When will you get the child?"
"Well I returned the papers yesterday so I don't know, I hope they don't reject me" admitted Janelle.
"They wouldn't do that! They'll see how great you are. So tell me do you want to adopt a boy or a girl, oh and how old?"
"Well I was thinking I really would like a girl and I want her to be a newborn. Like only a few weeks or months old. They're so lovely at that age and I want to see her grow up right from the start."
"That's such a beautiful thing to do," squealed Hermione hugging Janelle who beamed happily.
"I'm glad I've got at least one co-worker who agrees."
"Who knows maybe our kids could even play together" They both squealed excitedly at the idea.
Janelle and Hermione went out to lunch together chatting like they were close girlfriends, in truth that was where they were heading.
Hermione was glad to arrive home early that afternoon, Janelle had given her the afternoon off, well Hermione had made a deal saying she'd go home at four. Hermione just pottered around, she did a bit of cleaning, working but mostly daydreaming. Hermione had been staring aimlessly into the fridge when a pair of arms wrapped around her causing her to scream in fright whirling around.
"It's only me," grinned Fred
"You scared me half to death," breathed Hermione holding a hand to her heart.
"I'm sorry," pouted Fred.
"What are you doing home so early?"
"What are you doing home so early?"
"I asked you first"
"We'll first of all I'm not that early and all the business was this morning,"
"Boss gave me the afternoon off"
"And pray tell why she did that"
"Because she was so happy for me"
"Why was she so happy"
"Because I told her I would have to take maternity leave"
"You told her already?"
"Yes Fred already. Not telling anyone will not make the child go away you know. Besides Janelle said she's decided to adopt"
"Janelle?"
"My boss"
"Since when were you two so chummy?"
"Since this morning"
"Wonderful"
"So how was work?"
"Busy, kids everywhere buying jokes left, right and centre and the parents too. Christmas is only in a couple of weeks time"
"I know. You love working with children don't you"
"Yes it's the best thing in the world"
"I'm glad you're so passionate about it"
"You're less grumpy this afternoon"
"I was never grumpy in the first place," said Hermione defensively. Fred gave her a grin and a raised eyebrow.
"Feeling a tad grumpy now are you"
"No I'm not but I will be grumpy if you keep going"
"Fine" Fred grinned down at the gorgeous women in his arms. They stood there in silence just looking at each.
"Fred" asked Hermione softly after a moment
"Yes"
"Do you think this will work out?" Fred smiled gently giving her a small squeeze and a kiss on the forehead.
"I don't know but we'll give it a try"
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