After leaving you all in EXTREME anxious wait that you all hate, I am glad to announce that I am back!
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"Oh God..." Hermione covered her mouth and closed her eyes.
Ron looked up at her. "What?"
Hermione just shook her head and let the tears flow. "Oh God, oh God..." she cried.
Ron forgot all nauseousness, stood up, and sprinted to Hermione. "Blimey! What is it?" he asked, his tone both worried and anxious.
Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck and cried openly. "Oh...thank you, thank you!"
Ron broke into a smile. "Mione..." he looked at her teary face and eyes.
Hermione put Ron's face in her hands. "Thank you, Ron. Thank you, thank you!"
"Is it mine?"
Hermione nodded, smiling through the still- running tears. "It's yours! Your baby!"
Ron broke into a huge grin and hugged a very happy Hermione. "It's mine..."
Harry also smiled behind both Hermione and Ron. At least it was Ron's baby. At least they wouldn't be totally heart broken.
Ron sat back in his chair while Hermione dried her eyes and handed the parchment back to Dumbledore. "Thank you, Sir," she smiled before returning to her seat as well.
"Now, the matter of the punishments..."
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Hermione smiled at Ron later that day. "How happy are you?"
"Extremely. Malfoy's got suspension for seven months and I now know that the baby's mine...er...which leaves one problem that doesn't make me happy."
Hermione looked at him. "What do you mean?"
"I sent a letter to my Mum explaining everything. and about how upset at myself I was for setting this kind of an example for Ginny. I'm lucky if she sends me just a letter and not a...well...you know," Ron told her.
Hermione nodded. She perfectly understood. Ron's mom may send a Howler...which was something he didn't need. He really was lucky if he only got a letter. "We have so much to think about and do," Hermione sighed.
Ron's face drained. "I never thought about that."
"What?"
"We have no idea how to raise a child...not to mention that we have no money!" Ron's tone indicated that he was about to have a freakout and possibly a breakdown.
Hermione nodded. "Yeah...but I can read on it. We'll get it, Ron. Don't worry."
Ron sighed. "I just don't want to get into major trouble from my Mum. What if she kicks me out?"
Hermione'd had enough negative thinking. She swung herself around and stood directly in front of Ron. "Stop, Ron, just stop it! Enough with the negativity! She won't kick you out Ron! She just can't and won't!" Hermione was almost near tears. "I don't want to hear all this 'can't', 'won't' and 'what ifs'! I just don't!"
Ron sighed. He hated it when he got Hermione upset. "C'mere," he pulled Hermione, who buried her teary face in his chest, and gave her a warm hug. "I'm sorry," he told her. "I won't talk like that again. I promise you. We'll worry about everything later on, okay?"
Hermione nodded. "I-- I have to get regular check ups Madame Pomfrey said and we'll have to go to St. Mungo's to find out when I'm going to be due..."
Ron nodded. "When?"
Hermione thought. "When I hit one month. We'll have to go to the hospital on a weekend and do all that stuff."
"Ron! Ron!"
Hermione and Ron spun around to find Ginny and Harry both running down the hall, Ginny holding a letter in her hand.
Ron looked like he was about to get sick again. "Blimey..."
"What?"
"Letter--- from-"
"Mum sent you a letter," Ginny said breathless, stopping in front of her brother.
Ron's shaking hand took the piece of parchment from his sister's hand. "I- I can't read it..."
Hermione cupped Ron's hands in her's. "Yes, you can. If anything, maybe she can help us."
"What if she can't?"
Hermione didn't have an answer. "I-- I'll think about it. Please just read it...please?"
Ron nodded, his face still pale, his trembling finger breaking the letter open.
Harry, Ginny, and Hermione all stood in silence as Ron read the letter and his face went from pale to paler and his eyes brimmed in tears.
Before anybody knew it, Ron had ran off with the letter without a word to any of them.
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Oooh! Another cliffie? Yesh it is!
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