"Your a selfish bastard, is what you are!"

"You can call me all the names you want, it dosn't matter, you are not going!"

The couple, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, were standing in the deserted kitchen of The Burrow. Deserted because of their screaming.

"You can't make me stay!" Hermione put her hands on her hips, standing her ground.

"Like hell I can't." This was never going to end. "I don't want to be one of those boyfriends who says 'You can't go, you have to stay here!' So if you could just realize on your own..."

"You are a pig!"

"You are stubborn."

"So are you!"

"I am not!"

"Yes you are!"

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you..."

"This isn't getting us anywhere!" Ron threw his arms up in the air. "All this yelling is doing no good!"

Hermione sighed, "I just don't want to be left behind."

"I know that, but Hermione your pregnant. You can't go around fighting death eaters and You-Know-Who in your condition."

"I'll be careful, I will." She insisted. Her pregnancy hadn't quite sunk in yet, she had been ignoring it really, untill it was impossible not to tell Ron. Now he and Harry were leaving to look for the missing Horcruxes and she would be all alone.

"No." Ron said sternly, "You have to stay safe, that isn't just your baby in there." He gestured to her stomach.

"I know that." Hermione snapped, rubbing her belly.

"It isn't like I'll be gone forever."

"How can you be sure?" Hermione whispered blinking back tears. "I don't want to do this alone, Ron."

"You wont be alone. I'll come back as often as I can. And your going to be living here, Mum and Ginny will help out."

"But they aren't you."

Ron sighed, crossed the short distance between them and took her in his arms. This was the last thing he had expected, he never thought Hermione would even want to be with him, but she was, and she was having his baby. He found out after they had returned home from a rather dangerous quest for a Horcrux. They had come face to face with awful, grotesque things and had found nothing.

After the disasterious mission they all returned to The Burrow, only three days home and Hermione had told him she was pregnant. November suddenly became very eventful for the seventeen year old and his girlfriend, who was six weeks along.

He had been so angry, at himself more than anything. It takes two, afterall. His child was the product of two teenagers being caught up in the moment and acting irresponsible. Dear God, he was starting to sound like his mother.

A small sob from Hermione brought him back to her and he hugged her even more tightly. The last three days they had been doing alot of this, fighting, crying and hugging.

"You know I would rather be here with you, but I can't let Harry go alone."

"Promise me that you will come back."

"I promise."

"Promise me that you will write."

"I promise."

"Promise me that you will be careful."

Ron took her face in his hands and forced her to look at him, "I promise I will be careful."

"Thank you." She whispered and lightly kissed him on the lips. "We can do this right? Have a baby I mean."

"Yeah...yeah of course!" Ron reassured her, or tried to at least because inside he was so damn scared about being a father.

"Ummm, sorry to interrupt but the healer is here." Ginny had come into the kitchen, and reluctantly broke up Ron and Hermione. Healer Bets had come for Hermione's first prenatul appointment, Molly and Arthur had arranged it in no time at all. Apparently Healer Bets had delivered all the Weasley children, why not their first grandchild?

"Ready?" Ron took Hermione's hand and without waiting for an answer, led her into the livingroom. His mother and father were sitting on the sofa talking to a older woman in dark blue robes. She turned to the two when they entered the room and gave them a warm smile, setting them both at ease.

"Hello Hermione. And Ron, look at you! All grown up and having a baby of his own. I delivered this one, did you know that?"

"Yes,'' Hermione answered, setting herself down next to Ron on the other sofa, "Molly mentioned that, she said your the best."

"Well, I've been doing this for many years so there is no need to worry, shall we get started?"

"Sure." Hermione wasn't sure how this all worked, from what she read in What To Expect When A Witch Is Expecting, muggle and magical pregnancy's were very different.

"All right, Molly, Arthur, Ron if you would wait outside while Hermione changes into this gown. I'll call you back in, don't worry." She added after she saw the sad look on Ron's face.

The gown Healer Bets had her change into was similar to that of a hospital gown, like the one she had to wear when she was six and had her tonsels taken out. The only difference was that the back wasn't hanging open.

"All right, I want you to just relax here, "She directed Hermione to a chair that had just appeared in the room. "I'm going to bring in Ron." Hermione took a deep breath, this was scary.

Ron came back into the room, blushing from the tips of his toes to the ends of his ears. He took her hand and sqeezed it lightly, sensing that she was more embarassed about this than he was.

"All right, quick check here." Healer Bets waved her wand over the area covered by the blanket that was draped over Hermione's legs. "Everything looks good." She put the tip of her wand to her ear and nodded her head. "Strong heart beat, would you like to hear?"

Ron smiled and shook his head 'yes' along with Hermione. Healer Bets handed them her wand and they leaned their heads together to have a listen.

"Wow." Ron whispered, a lump forming in his throat. This was so amazing, he knew there was going to be a baby, but this was the frist time he realized it was a baby. A little person was inside there, growing steadily. He looked over at Hermione, silent tears were rolling down her cheeks.

When the wand had been given back and the tiny heartbeat had left Ron's ears, Hermione dressed and Molly and Arthur were brought back in, at Hermione's insistance.

"There is one thing I'm concerned about." Healer Bets said, looking at the teenagers. "You'r a very young woman, Hermione and from what Molly and Arthur have filled me in on will be withouht Ron for a while."

"Yes that's true."

"My concern is that you will be, understandably so, a little sad. That isn't very good for the baby, any kind of stress on your part could put your child in jepoardy."

"I'll try to stay positive." Hermione committed.

"And we will help." Arthur said, who was sitting next to Hermione, Ron had joined his mother on the other sofa. He took Hermione's hand, her own parents wanted nothing to do with her after she told them her decision not to go back to Hogwarts for her final year. Molly and Arthur had really stepped in and made her feel like part of the family.

"Of course we will." Molly smiled.

"Well, I guess I'll be off! Hermione I want to see you in two weeks for another check up."

"Okay."

"Goodbye everyone."

They all bid her goodbye, and sat staring at each-other for a while. Hermione's gaze nervously drifted from The Weasley parents to Ron, back and forth, back and forth. She had no idea what to say.

"Okay you two." Molly broke the silence. "Arthur and I have been discussing a few things. First of all, Hermione we love you so much and although we already asked you to live with us, we hope you would let us help out a little more."

"How?"

"Either Arthur or myself will go with you to Healer appointments, as they wont be here at the house anymore. We also thought that maybe you would consider helping Ginny with her sixth year studies, as she also isn't returning to Hogwarts."

"I would love to!" Hermione said excitedly,"And thank you so much."

The day when Ron left, came all too soon. Harry had tried to stay out of they're way, but he was also avoiding Ginny, so it he was usually found by himself. Hermione had tried to stay positive, but the queasy feeling in her stomach wouldn't let her. Of course it could be morning sickness, either way she wasn't feeling very chipper today.

"Owl me." She said into Ron's shoulder as they hugged goodbye.

"I will."

"The second you get...wherever it is your going."

"The moment I get there, the first thing I do is owl you."

"Alright then, go on." She playfully pushed him away. He started to walk down the drive after Harry but then stopped, and came back. Ron knealt in front of Hermione and pressed a kiss to her belly.

"I love you." He whispered to it, than to Hermione.

"I love you."