A/N-Here it is folks! Some of you are going to be angry! Forgive me!

Chapter 33

Ginny sat down at the Gryffindor table next to Hermione and Ron who were eyeing her suspiciously. Ron was obviously looking for Draco and quickly whispered to Ginny. "Where did you go after the match last night?"

Ginny blushed and swallowed hard. "I went to check on Draco….He wasn't acting himself-Hang on. Hermione, you were supposed to tell me something yesterday. What was it?" Ginny said as she felt relief spill over her.

Hermione took a slow breath and leaned in closer to Ginny. "Well Ginny, it's just that… Well it's all over the Daily Profit. Lucius Malfoy was released from Azkaban and-"

Ginny laughed loudly. "Oh is that all? Draco told me after the match. His Father sent him an owl already."

The trio exchanged looks of surprise as Hermione whispered. "Aren't you the least bit concerned about it?"

Ginny shook her head casually. "Not really no. I suppose everyone's going to be after us eventually won't they? I'm sort of getting used to it." Ginny wasn't sure why she was so unconcerned but her thoughts were scattered at the moment. She noticed Draco coming and waived at him.

He sat down next to her and gave her a more passionate than normal kiss for the Great Hall. Ron and Harry quickly looked away pretending to be interested in their cereal. Hermione just smiled curiously at them and then changed the subject. She wasn't about to discuss the return of Lucius Malfoy with his own son. As the day went on, Draco found it extremely hard to keep his hands off Ginny in public.

Ginny was able to steal him away from the group later in the evening for a quick walk around the lake. "Did you decide how to handle your Father's return?"

Draco threw a rock into the pond. "Well I discussed it with Dumbledore after we left the prefect's bathroom this morning." Draco quickly shot her an evil smile.

Ginny tried hard to hide her smile. "And?"

"And he said to reply back stating that I can't meet him for at least a month. So that's what I did." Draco said nonchalantly.

Ginny scratched her head in confusion. "What happens in a month?"

Draco shrugged. "I'm not sure but Dumbledore seems to have a plan so I'll trust what he says."

Ginny gasped. "Don't you think your Father will become upset or suspicious at that?"

Draco simply smiled at her. "He knows about us Ginny. I'm sure he'll play along for now. Dumbledore told me to write that there is too much pressure on me right now and meeting him would stir up more making my studies more difficult." Ginny didn't like it one bit but she highly respected Dumbledore. She knew that he would have his reasons for it and decided to let future events unfold under his terms.

The next month flew by without consequence. Ginny checked her foe-glass mirror three times a day and didn't notice anything different in the images. That of course was a relief but she still wondered about their identity. She was disappointed that she and Draco were unable to share any more intimate moments due to end of the year exams and Quidditch playoffs.

Ginny was in Draco's dormitory studying one night while he was at Quidditch practice and ran out of ink for her quill. She started searching through his desk frantically as she needed to use this quiet time to her advantage. She opened the bottom drawer and found a stack of blank parchment. She scooped up the stack and found a crumpled piece of parchment underneath. For some reason she knew exactly what it was. It was the letter Draco's Father had sent a month ago. It appeared to have been read even more times than when she had first caught a glimpse of it. She couldn't help herself. She had to read it.

She slowly opened it and read it with tremendous guilt for not asking Draco's permission.

My son,

I have been released from Azkaban and returned home to the manor. I will be filing a formal complaint with the ministry due to my unjustifiable imprisonment. The Dark Lord is most pleased with recent events and I daresay you have nothing to fear. You have accomplished more than the Dark Lord thought you were capable of. I request your presence in KnockTurn Alley at 1:00am in three days to discuss further orders.

Your Father

Ginny read the letter over and over. She whispered to herself. "Further orders?" She suddenly became nauseous and ran for the bathroom. She vomited several times and was crying profusely. She didn't need to read the letter again. She had it memorized now. She returned it to its hiding place and positioned the stack of parchment on top of it. She tried to compose herself but then headed for the bathroom again to vomit. She was replaying each event over in her head. Had she missed something? Was she the part of a very vicious game set out by Voldemort? Had Draco been deceiving her the entire time? Had Ron been right about him all along?

Just then she felt someone stroking her back. It was him. "Are you alright? Can I get you anything?" Draco said in a concerned tone.

Ginny backed away from him and ran into the wall behind her. She couldn't speak between the tears and urges to vomit. She simply stared at him in anger and confusion. She was shivering as she tried to push her hair out of her face. Draco looked worriedly at her and moved towards her. He knelt down beside her and stroked her face. "Are you alright Ginny? You look terrified. Please say something."

Ginny became disgusted at his questions. He really did take her for a fool didn't he? She whispered in reply. "You've done well haven't you?"

Draco smiled and relaxed slightly at her response. "Not really no….I couldn't even spot the snitch tonight. I guess I'm a little preoccupied at the moment….There's a lot going on you know."

Ginny faked a smile. "Yes there is. Is there anything you want to tell me Draco?"

He studied her and shrugged. "Only that I've been wanting to hold you all day."

Ginny scoffed at his response. "Right." She stood on shaky legs and walked out of the bathroom. He followed her in confusion.

"Hang on. Did I miss something? I get in from practice to find you very sick and upset with me. I'm really confused." Draco said as he sat next to her on the bed.

"No Draco. You seem to be the one with everything figured out." Ginny snapped as she rubbed her stomach. The room began to spin so she lay down and shut her eyes.

Draco threw his hands up in frustration. "Will you tell me what's going on with you? Are you sick? Did you eat something bad? Tell me so I can help you! And you're talking crazy! I think I should bring you to Madam Pomfrey."

Ginny shook her head slowly and covered her mouth quickly. She darted to the bathroom and vomited again. Draco sighed loudly. "That's it! I'm taking you to the hospital wing." Draco demanded.

Ginny regained her composure quickly. "No! Don't you dare take me to the hospital wing! I just need to get out of here. Away from you!" Ginny passed out on his bathroom floor.

Draco shook his head in confusion and scooped her up into his arms carrying her out of his dormitory. He carried her out through the Slytherin common room as students yelled out obscenities at her. He headed for the hospital wing but was chastised as she momentarily awoke. "Draco Malfoy you prat! Take me to my dormitory! I'll be fine there."

He shrugged and regretfully complied. She was obviously furious with him and he didn't want to add to it by ignoring her wishes. He walked into the common room behind a first year and found the trio sitting by the fire. Ron shot up quickly and rushed over to her followed by Harry and Hermione. "What's going on? What's wrong with Ginny?" Ron said nervously.

Hermione snapped. "We need to take her to the hospital wing."

Ginny suddenly awoke and screamed. "No! Just take me to my room! I will not go to the hospital wing do you hear me?"

Draco gestured "Nice try" to Hermione as she gasped. "Look she doesn't want to go there but I've lost count as to how many times she threw up. She just wants to be here and wants nothing to do with me." Draco carefully handed her limp body to Ron. "Just carry her up to her room and take care of her. I haven't a clue what's wrong with her. Do any of you have any idea as to what I did wrong?"

The trio shrugged and looked at each other in shock. Hermione cleared her throat nervously. "We'll take care of her Draco. I'll try to find out what's going on. Come on Ron." Hermione and Ron walked up to Ginny's dormitory and laid her on the bed. Ginny curled up and passed out. Ron and Hermione decided to sit up in her room just in case she needed anything.

Harry offered Draco a butterbeer as they sat by the fire. Draco stared blankly and scoffed. "And I was upset that I had a bad practice."

Harry laughed nervously. "Why do you think she's upset?"

Draco gave a surprised look and shouted. "I haven't got a clue! I walked into my dormitory and found her sick in my bathroom! She's completely livid with me…." Draco ran his fingers through his hair and sat up. "I think I'm going to go Potter. I shouldn't be here anyway."

Harry stood and walked him out. "Uh Malfoy? If you happen to speak to Ron about this…You may want to leave out the part with her in your dormitory….He's a bit testy about all that right now."

Draco scoffed again. "Good looking out Potter." He walked back to his dormitory and slept restlessly.

Ginny awoke finding Ron and Hermione curled up together on the floor. She stepped into the bathroom and looked into the mirror. She noticed how pale and sick she still looked and the thought of Draco deceiving her all this time made her stomach turn again. She took a quick shower and tried to dismiss her empty feelings of loneliness. Since she had thrown up everything in her stomach the day before she darted down to breakfast.

She peeked into the Great Hall and found no sign of Draco. She quickly sat and began eating very fast. For a moment she thought she could give Ron a run for his money on poor table manners seeing how starving she was. Once she was finished she dashed towards the exit and ran right into Draco. She fell on her bum and looked up at him with disgust. He smiled lovingly at her and extended his hand.

She refused to take it and got up without assistance. She gave him one last glare and headed for her dormitory to get her books. Draco called out to her only once and entered the Great Hall in confused defeat. He decided to eat at the Slytherin table as to not make the trio uncomfortable. Potions was difficult as Ginny wouldn't participate with Draco at all. She stubbornly prepared her own doxycide. When class was over, Ginny again dashed out heading for her next class. Draco decided to let her have her space and lay off until he could figure out what was with her.

Later that night Ginny was lying on the couch in the empty common room wondering why she was still so nauseous. Hermione came to check on her and sat down. "Ginny, are you alright?"

Ginny glanced over at her trying to smile. "I don't know Hermione. I just feel so sick."

Hermione sighed. "Well, can you tell me why you're so angry with Draco?"

Ginny shook her head as tears formed in her eyes. "He's been lying Hermione….To us all." Hermione gasped as Ginny told her about the contents of the letter. The more and more Ginny talked about it, the more she realized how stupid she had been. "Hermione, I fell in love with Draco Malfoy. I have believed every word that evil prat has uttered to me since last summer. I allowed him to trick me into thinking I could trust him. I even had-" Ginny suddenly stopped not wanting to continue. She turned her gaze to the window trying not to look Hermione in the eye.

Hermione sat next to her and rubbed her back. "You even had what Ginny? It's okay, you can tell me."

Ginny took a deep breath and told Hermione that she and Draco had sex. Hermione's mouth dropped but suddenly turned into a soft smile. "Ginny, you did that because you love him….And he loves you."

Ginny shifted away from her. "Have you been listening to me Hermione? He's been taking orders from Voldemort. This was all a plan to-to….Well I don't know exactly why he's been doing this but it doesn't matter. It's over and whatever he was planning is ruined because I won't play into it."

Hermione nodded in a comforting way. "I'm not going to lie to you Ginny. I'm having a hard time believing that Draco is working for Voldemort but if that's what you think-"

Ginny covered her mouth again and darted up the stairs to her bathroom barely making it to the toilet in time. Hermione followed quickly behind her very concerned. She whispered as she held back Ginny's hair. "Ginny, did you and Draco use a contraception potion?"

Ginny began choking violently. She wiped her mouth and stared at Hermione with wide eyes. "Hermione! I-I-We-It didn't even cross my-Oh my God! Hermione, it just can't be possible!"

Ginny couldn't even speak properly. The thought had never occurred to her. She and Draco were so wrapped up in the moment that neither of them had even thought about it. Hermione spoke calmly. "It's alright Ginny. It's just that you're so sick and two willing pure-bloods together without a contraception potion….It just all makes sense."

"What do you mean two pure-bloods? What does that have to do with it?" Ginny was even more confused now.

"Well when I was reading up on Draco's lineage when Pansy pulled her little stunt, I also read that two willing pure-bloods will almost always conceive when they have sex. It was some sort of spell cast hundreds of years ago to once again, continue the survival of pure-blood lines. Even basic contraception potions seldom work. It would have probably happened anyway. Only one very rare potion works and it's really hard to find. I would have said something but I had forgotten until just now." Hermione said with a look of shame across her face. "I feel as if this is all my fault Ginny. If I hadn't been so wrapped up in Ron I-"

Ginny shushed her. "It's not your fault Hermione. I was just stupid. But maybe I'm not pregnant. Maybe this news is just too much for me."

Hermione looked at her trying to hide the fact that she was certain Ginny was pregnant. "Well let's find out for sure. The boys are asleep so I'll get Harry's cloak and we can go to the library and find out how to tell if you're pregnant."

The girls headed out of the common room and towards the library. They turned a corner and found Draco walking ahead of them alone. He was doing his rounds and seemed to be extremely depressed. Hermione looked over at Ginny gesturing for her to speak to him but Ginny stubbornly shook her head. The girls turned another corner and entered the library. They seemed to be there for hours when Hermione squealed in victory. "Here we go. It says that, oh this can't be right. It's a simple incantation Ginny. Okay, are you ready?"

Ginny shook her head in fright. She didn't want to know yet. She wasn't ready for her entire life to change. She wasn't ready to handle this. Hermione quickly pulled her into a hug. "Ginny. No matter when we do this, the result will be the same. Don't put yourself through this any longer if you don't have to. Are you ready?" Ginny didn't respond but closed her eyes.

Hermione placed the tip of her wand on Ginny's stomach and whispered. "Paronventio."

Her wand sent off a golden stream of light that encircled Ginny's stomach. Hermione quickly reread the passage she had found. She closed the book and returned it to the shelf.

Ginny stared at her in shock. She was confused as to how Hermione could be so quiet. "Hermione, what is it? Am I pregnant?"

Hermione shrugged. "I didn't think you were ready to find out yet. Just let me know when you're ready."

Hermione walked towards the door and waited for Ginny to put the cloak on. Ginny whispered anxiously as they headed back for the common room. "Well? This isn't fair Hermione. My life could be changing as we speak. Why won't you tell me?"

Hermione kept her gaze forward and then stopped suddenly. Ginny glanced over and saw that Draco was heading right towards them. Hermione sighed. "I wanted to wait until now. Ginny, you are looking at the father of your child and he does love you."

Ginny burst into tears as Hermione tried frantically to prevent her from collapsing. Draco heard the noises but didn't know who it was of course. Suddenly, Pansy turned the corner coughing and hacking. She saw Draco and tried to smile. "I hear your Father's back. Is that why you weren't sitting with your new girlfriend today?"

Draco sneered at her. "Yes he's back Parkinson. What of it?"

Pansy shrugged. "Well now you'll be able to end this all won't you?"

Draco looked at her curiously. "What exactly am I ending?"

Pansy shouted desperately. "This game with that piece of trash! We all know that you have been using her to get close to Potter! I'm just surprised you didn't let any of us in on it. Especially me Draco! It's as if you want to be the only one to serve him and reap all the rewards. You could have put me to use Draco! I could have done something!"

Draco laughed silently. "Like what Parkinson? Cough on them? Do you really think I would let you in on anything? You do nothing but cause problems! You were a mistake from the beginning."

Pansy cried out. "I can still do something now! It's not too late! Tell me what to do Draco and I'll do it!"

Draco sighed heavily in frustration. "Look, you really want to help?"

Pansy nodded dramatically. "Yes Draco, please I'll do anything."

Draco leaned in and whispered something in Pansy's ear. Pansy smiled evilly and nodded again. "Of course. Thank you Draco. Thank you."

Pansy hurried off and turned the corner. Hermione stood with her mouth wide as Ginny whispered. "I told you."

Draco looked over into their direction wondering where the sound had come from. He leaned against the wall and placed his hands on his knees and seemed to be thinking about something. He stood straight, rubbed his hands over his face and walked on leaving Hermione and Ginny behind. The girls returned to their dormitory and Ginny swore Hermione to secrecy until she could figure out what to do next.

Ginny lay in her bed with her hand on her stomach. Her thoughts raced about all the ways she could do this on her own without the help of the man that had lied to her. She suddenly felt as if she could do nothing else but protect this child from its own father. She decided that she would leave Hogwarts forever and live in hiding. She wondered if she could live as a muggle in some far away land. She started to drift off into sleep and dreamed of running from several tiny dementors that were shaking rattles at her and crying like babies. She was suddenly tripped by Draco who laughed evilly at her then pulled Pansy in for a long kiss. She then gave birth to two babies that resembled Crabbe and Goyle but talked just like Ron and Harry. Crabbe who sounded like Ron spoke smartly. "I told you not to trust him. Now look where it's gotten you!" Goyle who sounded like Harry spoke rudely. "You should have never left me! I wouldn't have tripped you!"

Ginny suddenly awoke in a cold sweat and her heart was pounding. She practically laughed off the dream as it was a bit twisted. She found comfort in stroking her stomach and realizing that she was going to be a mother. It didn't matter to her how it happened. She was determined to do right by the child inside her…She just didn't yet know how.