I used to be so scared of letting someone in, but it gets so lonely being on my own
After Hermione had gotten Draco feeling better she got a shower and got ready for school. They walked into the Great Hall together, with the appropriate space between them, and sat down at their normal tables.
"Morning" Hermione said cheerfully as she sat down and buttered a piece of toast.
"Good Morning to you too" Harry and Ron said at the same time.
"How are your projects going?" Hermione asked them.
"Alright I guess" Harry replied "I just wish it didn't take so long to make all the potions."
"Yea, Malfoy and I haven't been able to get much done because they take so long" Hermione sighed taking a bight of toast.
"Oh yea, how are things with ferret face going?" Ron asked with disgust in his voice.
"He's not so bad" Hermione said struggling to keep a smile from forming on her face.
"You're a lot more tolerable than I am" Harry said.
The bell on the clock dinged, 8:00, it was time for their lesson's to begin.
"All seventh years please remain seated, the rest of you are free to go to your classes" Professor Dumbledore stood at his podium and announced loudly.
"I wander what this is all about" Hermione said curiously.
"You seventh years are going to get a day at Hogsmeade to get the ingredients that you need for your potions. We have found out that we are low on some of the ingredients that you are going to need. You need to get ingredients for the truth potion and the polyjuice potion. You need to stick with your partner while you're there and Hogwarts is paying for all of it so there is no need for you to pay. Have a little fun while you're there and there is no need to rush back." Dumbledore explained.
"Alright Honey dukes here we come!" Ron exclaimed happily.
"Ron I think the main thing here is to get ingredients for your potion" Hermione said giggling.
"Hey he said to have some fun" Ron pointed out.
"I don't think that means stuffing your already fat face" Hermione heard Draco's voice say from behind her.
"Oh that's rich coming from ferret face!" Harry said standing up to face him.
"Guys stop!" Hermione yelled getting between them.
"Why are you stopping me from beating him up? It's what we've all wanted for 7 years!" Harry shouted.
Here she was. She was in a position that she knew she would end up in. Between her best friend and his worst enemy. She suddenly realized that this would be where she would stand for good once Harry and Ron found out about the baby.
"Harry…it's not worth it" Hermione said quietly.
"Whatever Potter…Granger are you ready?" Draco asked aggressively.
"You want to try saying please?" Hermione smarted.
"Please?" Draco asked frustrated.
"Yea I'm ready" Hermione said and waved goodbye to Harry and Ron.
"What was that about?" Hermione yelled once they were out of earshot of everyone.
"What do you mean? I've always been that way with them" Draco replied.
"Yea but now things are different and when you say things like that to them it hurts me" Hermione explained.
"Just because I like you doesn't mean that I have to be nice to them!" Draco shouted.
"You don't have to insult them in front of me either!" Hermione shouted back.
Draco grabbed her took her into the woods so no one would see them.
"Their the problem Hermione! If their good friends they would understand our situation and support you but instead you choose to hide it!" Draco yelled.
"Like you've told your friends! What about your father? When do you intend on telling him that you had sex with a mud blood and that his grandchild is half muggle?" Hermione retorted.
"Hermione…my relationship with my father is very complicated. The reason I'm not telling him is because I'm trying to protect you. Do you have any idea what he would do to you if he found out about this? One way or the other he would make sure that our child was never born. Do you want that?" Draco asked.
"So…you'll never tell your father about this?" Hermione asked.
"Not as long as I want you living" Draco answered walking towards Hermione and putting his hand on her cheek.
Hermione put her hand on his and kissed him.
"You know that was a lot better since you brushed your teeth" Hermione laughed and Draco smiled.
"Don't ever stop laughing" Draco said.
Hermione and Draco made it out of the woods without anyone seeing them and walked the rest of the way to Hogsmeade.
"Lets see…we need hair of a werewolf, sweat of a ghost, vampire fang, and seaweed….I guess we'll have to go to Parts and Parsel." Hermione said pointing out the store. (Totally made that up!)
Draco opened the door for Hermione and they entered the store. It was dark and gloomy with candles lit everywhere.
"How are we supposed to find anything in here when it's so dark?" Draco asked.
"Use your wand" Hermione suggested.
"Lumos" Draco said pulling his wand out of his pocket.
"I found the werewolf hair!" Hermione exclaimed after a few minutes of searching.
"Here's the sweat of a ghost" Draco said picking up a vile of what looked like silver liquid.
"Good…I'll look for the vampire's fang and you go find the seaweed" Hermione told Draco.
It seemed like it took forever for Hermione to find the Vampire's fang, Draco had found the seaweed 10 minutes before she finally found the Vampire's fang.
"Will this be all for you?" The man at the counter asked.
"Yes sir" Draco answered "Our school, Hogwarts, will be paying for it so just put it on the bill and send it to them by owl" Draco explained.
"Are you trying to hustle me boy?" The man asked getting to close for comfort to Draco.
"I assure you I am not trying to hustle you" Draco said with agitation in his voice as he was trying to push Hermione behind him to protect her from him.
"If I don't get my money I'll hunt you down!" the man shouted.
"You will get your money" Draco assured him and took the bag and rushed Hermione out the door.
"That was like one of the craziest people I have ever met" Hermione said once they got out of the store.
"I've met crazier" Draco said.
"You know it's really starting to turn into fall, the air keeps getting colder everyday" Hermione said trying to keep up casual conversation.
"Well it is early October" Draco said.
"You know…its been about a month since we found out" Hermione said quietly.
"It has, hasn't it" Draco said thinking back to the day that Hermione told him the news.
"Oh look! It's a baby store!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Hermione.." Draco grumbled.
"We are going to need things" Hermione said.
"What of someone sees us go in there?" Draco asked.
"No body is going to see…please?" Hermione pleaded.
"Alright, alright" Draco said, he didn't realize that Hermione could make him break so easily.
As soon as they went in the store Hermione found a million things that she wanted to buy. Pink frilly dresses and cute shoes to match. She ended up picking out 4 outfits, two that were for a girl, and two for a boy. Since she didn't know what she was having yet she wanted to get something for both sexes.
"Oh are you expecting?" the woman at the counter asked.
"Umm…no…my sister is pregnant with twins…a boy and a girl…so I'm buying something for her baby shower" Hermione lied.
"Oh well tell her I said congratulations!" the woman said cheerfully.
"I will" Hermione said.
When she got the bag full of baby clothes she stuffed it into the bag of ingredients. No one would ever have to know that she went in that store. After that they went to eat but Hermione wasn't hungry.
"You sure you don't want something?" Draco asked
"Yes, my stomach just doesn't feel like it can take it" Hermione explained.
"You sure nothings wrong?" Draco asked concernedly.
"Yea" Hermione replied.
After Draco ate Hermione still wasn't feeling very well so they went back to Hogwarts, to their dorm. Hermione sat on the couch and Draco got her a glass of water.
"We should probably do our Lying potion, it's been ready for a while" Draco said bringing the small cauldron over to the table.
"Draco I really feel like I'm going to get sick" Hermione said running to the bathroom.
She stuck her head over the toilet and threw up, she was in the same position that Draco had been in just that morning. Draco held her hair out of her face.
"Are you ok?" He asked after she sat down on the floor and leaned against the wall.
"No" She said crying.
"What's wrong Hermione? Isn't throwing up part of being pregnant?" Draco asked
"Yea…that's not it" Hermione replied through sobs.
"Then what is it?" Draco asked.
"What if I can't do this?" Hermione asked quietly.
"Hermione you can do anything, you've been good at everything ever since I can remember, everyone knows that" Draco reassured her.
"What if I can't be what everyone thinks I am?" Hermione asked after a long pause.
"I don't know how to be a mom, and I'm going to have to have this thing and it's really going to hurt…I'm scared Draco" Hermione admitted crying even harder than before.
"I'm not going to tell you that I wish I could have it for you because I would be lying…but think of all the scary things that you've had to encounter before, think of all the death eaters that you've faced. You were scared then too but everything ended up ok, and it's going to be ok this time too." Draco replied.
"Right now you're all I have…promise me you won't leave me" Hermione said.
"Nothing could make me leave you" Draco replied.
"Not even your father?" Hermione asked.
"I would kill him for you Hermione…I'm not going anywhere" Draco said as he whipped tears from her cheeks.
A/N: Well…what did you think? Please leave a review!
-BlackPearl07