Chapter 10

Hermione took a deep breath and looked up at Severus, "I guess I should start this horrible story."

He shook his head.

"Okay, after the incident with us here, I went to find something to comfort me, I met some friends at the hogs head in town and we drank our, well my, sorrows away..

"Hermione!" Ginny giggled, "You need a man!"

Hermione raised an eyebrow, "No, I need to not have a man!" she smiled spilling a bit of her drink.

"We are drunk!" Ginny said loudly.

"Yes, thank you Ginny."

They sat talking when non other than Draco Malfoy walked in.

"There you go!" Ginny tried to whisper, "bet you cant get Draco!" She was making everything so important.

"I don't want to get him!" Hermione giggled as Draco plopped next to her.

"Granger"

she looked at him, well squinted, "Dralfoy" she giggled when she realized she had said his name wrong, "Malfoy"

"Good job Granger."

"What do you want Malfoy?"

He leaned in where Ginny couldn't hear him, not that she was paying attention, she was ADD when she was drunk, "You of course."

Hermione almost sobered up, "No you don't you are Draco Malfoy!"

"Again, very good Granger."

She paused and took another breath, "things went from there, we started to date, started seeing each other more intimately, what I didn't realize is that was all Draco really wanted, sure he was a gentlemen in public, and treated me like a princess at first.

"Granger, come one." Malfoy said.

"It's Hermione, we have been dating for months and you can't remember my first name!" She stalked away from him, "I am not your little play toy, I'm not just going to have sex with you whenever you want!"

"Is that all you think I want?" He grabbed her wrist, hard.

"YES! ITS ALL YOU EVER WANT!" she yelled at him

He smirked, "your right." He pressed himself against her

"Not now Draco."

"Did I say you had a choice?"

Her eyes went wide and pulled out her wand.

"Expelliarmus. Don't try to be brave all of a sudden." He smacked her.

She let a tear slide down, "Don't come on." she tried to get away from him.

He jumped her and she laid flat on her back, "You know you want it."

"No I don't, just leave me alone."

"I don't think I will, and you won't leave me, ever."

I left after that night, after he forced himself on me, it wasn't the first time, but it was the first time he had hit me, the first time he had threatened me. It was all emotional abuse before then.

Severus looked like he could kill someone

"I think it's Draco who wrote the letters." She looked away

Severus turned her to face him with her chin, "don't be ashamed, none of this is your fault and you know it." He kissed her and she snuggled into him.

Hermione cleaned herself up and made her way with Severus to the staff meeting. This was an important staff meeting because at the end during the announcements Hermione and Severus were going to tell everyone that they were going to have a baby, and Hermione was going to be able to wear her robes again, she felt like a sack of potatoes in the ones she was hiding in.

"Thank you all for coming tonight." McGonnagal said smiling.

Each teacher went through their lesson plans for the next week and anything that needed to be reported, unruly behavior from students or Peeves anything they had seen in the corridors that needed to be covered. McGonnagal made her announcements and then smiled around.

"Ok, the meeting part is over, any announcements."

Hermione rung her hand together.

"Yes, Poppy?"

"We need to put up some signs in the common rooms, the cold season is coming up."

"Very Well, yes Severus?" This was something odd, Severus never raised his hands for announcements.

Severus pulled Hermione up with him, "We have an announcement." He smiled, that made most people gasp and made him roll his eyes.

Hermione smiled a bit, "We're pregnant, well Ok, me technically." she giggled at her joke. Severus put a hand over her belly.

Everyone in the room sat there for a while and then the room went up in applause and Hermione let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. All she could hope for now was that her parents and friends would take it so well.

A/N: Another chapter done! Hope you all liked it and no one else was disappointed by the story :( there really was back story! anyway, other people like it enough I'm continuing. Next she tells her friends and family, and maybe a twist or two.