"Hi Harry, Hi Ron. How were your summers?" asked Hermione nervously at the confused looks on both Ron and Harry's faces.
"Hermione where have you been? We've been looking all over for you! Wait! Did Malfoy just say that's your daughter?" asked Ron.
"My summer wasn't so good. But I won't get into that right now. And yes he did," said Hermione with a heavy sigh, not yet ready to tell them but then, she couldn't really keep it from them now could she? "Fine. What ever Granger, I was just leaving," said Malfoy quickly. "Hermione what happened? Since when do you have a daughter? Were you raped or were you willing? Of course you weren't willing! Bloody hell, Hermione why didn't you tell us?"Harry asked in a rush.
"Ok, I'll answer your questions one at a time. Well, first you know how my mom died two years ago? Well when I told you she died I was telling the truth but what I didn't tell you was that she commited suicide. She slit her wrists. So I was left what she got when my biological father died. Remember when I went home last Christmas Break? Well I went home and my step-father started telling me things like that it was my fault my mom had killed herself, that she was only unhappy because I had done something wrong, then he would tell me that I should have been the one that was dead, not my mother and that I deserved it but she didn't. After a while I started to believe him, but then I realized that it wasn't my fault that there was no way that it was my fault. So I decided that in an act of desperation to get back at him for what he'd done to me, for what he'd said, I would start partying 'till the crack of dawn and then I'd bring my new boyfriend back to his house. This made him angry but not nearly angry enough for what he had almost caused me to do –commit suicide the same as she did. So I decided to dress like a party girl and a total sleaze. So I went out and bought brand new clothes. "The weekend after I changed my wardrobe I was at a party and drank way too much Vodka and went all the way with my gorgeous, quarterback, boyfriend. The next morning I woke up, cleared away my hangover and realized what had happened. And as you both know I am completely against mistreating living things so I couldn't abort it. So I had Nicole Katelyn Sager on July 8 2005. Also this summer, after I had Nicole, Scott started to beat me. He got Nicole the night before last and she almost died so I left and haven't been back. As you have now heard, no I was not raped. I'm not gonna tell you Nicole's father's name because I would fear for his life and even though we aren't going out anymore he still helps me out with Nicole when I need it and he helps pay to support her," said Hermione looking exhausted. The whole time she hadn't looked up to meet their eyes, she had been watching Nicole instead, but now she looked up. "Hermione it's ok what happened. I really don't approve of it, but I want you to know that if you ever need anything then you can come to us. Us meaning Ron and I," said Harry coming over to give Hermione a hug. "I love you guys so much thank you for supporting me!" said Hermione tears in her eyes. "Mione, I have a few questions for you." "Ask away Ron."
"Well, how did we not notice that you were pregnant? That seems like the kind of thing that we should have noticed. Do you plan on keeping her and raising her on you own? If so know that you aren't alone Harry and I are here if you need our help. Does Ginny know? And finally can I hold her?" asked Ron..
"Ok here are your answers. I used a concealment charm on my stomach and when teenager are pregnant their stomachs don't get quite as big. Don't worry it's not like I really looked pregnant. Yes Ron I do plan on raising Nicole. It's nice to know I have help if I need it. Yes Ginny does know, she has even seen Nicole once before. She's Nicole's Godmother and Josh is somehow capable of being her Godfather. And yes Ron you may hold her, but while you hold her let me get changed and then you guys need to go because I need to talk to Malfoy," said Hermione with a genuine smile on her face for the first time in quite a while.
"Ok, Mione just change and then we'll leave. Why do you need to talk to Malfoy anyways?" asked Ron. As soon as Hermione was done getting changed she took Nicole and said that she'd go get Malfoy even though she was carrying Nicole.
So Hermione walked with Ron and Harry back to their compartment and dropped Nicole off with Ginny and went to find Malfoy. Of course he wasn't that hard to find he was sitting in a compartment with Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson, Crabbe, and Goyle. When Hermione got there she asked to speak to Malfoy and Pansy screeched at Drakie-poo that there was a mudblood in their compartment and that he should get her to go away. Malfoy slowly stood up and walked out with her. She told him she'd meet him back in the compartment unless he wanted to come get Nicole with her from Ginny. He decided to come along. They walked to the last compartment and found Ginny, Luna, Neville, Harry, Ron, and Nicole sitting there. Nicole was on Ginny's lap. They were in heated debate about who was going to win the World Cup this year. Hermione just walked over to Ginny and picked up Nicole , said good bye to everyone in the compartment and walked back to the Head's Compartment.
Once we got back Nicole started crying and Hermione grabbed a bottle and started to feed her. As soon as she did, she started to feel really tired. Even though she had slept decently well last night and had slept an hour on the train, parenting takes a lot out of you and so does stress. Hermione was stressed because what if Dumbledoor said she couldn't keep Nicole here with her? What would happen to her then? Hermione couldn't send Nicole back to live with Scott and Josh had school to go to so he wouldn't be able to watch her. She wouldn't let him send her back to the Muggle world she was a half-blood and there was no way she was going "home." While she was feeding Nicole, Malfoy was just sitting there watching her.
Once Nicole was done Hermione put her bottle away and started burping her. Then she started crying and Hermione knew that she was incredibly tired. So she started rocking her and she still wouldn't calm down though. So she softly started to sing to her as Hermione sang Malfoy just looked on. She was singing one of her favorite Muggle songs, Let Me Go by 3 Doors Down.
"One more kiss could be the best thing, One more lie could be the worst, And all these thoughts are never resting, And you're not something I deserve, In my head there's only you now, This world falls on me, In this world, there's real and make-believe, This seems real to me, You love me but you don't know who I am, I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand, You love me but you don't know who I am, So let me go, Let me go," She sang softly to her daughter. Then she gently lay Nicole in her baby rocker and turned to Malfoy.
"Ok will you stop staring at me? Please! It's really starting to weird me out!" said Hermione annoyance clearly written in her voice.
"What song were you singing? Why haven't I ever heard it before?" asked Draco trying to avoid her question.
"I was singing Let Me Go by 3 Doors Down. It's a Muggle song so I wouldn't think you'd have heard it because you are against anything Muggle," said Hermione as if that were the most obvious thing ever.
"Mal-er-Draco, we're going to have to work together and share a room all year so we should at least try to get along," said Hermione pleadingly. (A.N. Sorry if I forgot to put this earlier but as Heads they are to share a common room and a bathroom!)
"Like a truce?"
"Yeah… like a truce!"
"What's going to be involved in this truce?"
"Well like first name basis, being civil to one another, staying out of one another's buisiness, and please be nice to Nicole."
"I'll try and you must put a silencing charm on where ever Nicole is staying, avoid the whole ferret thing, and no Potty and Weasel in our rooms."
"Fine but if there's no Harry and Ron then you may not have any of your groupies (A.N. I love that word! GROUPIES! He he) in our rooms either."
"Done?"
"Done"
"Cool"
With that Hermione cracked a smile knowing this would be crazier just because of their truce.
"So Draco how was your summer?"
"It was nice not having Lucius in the house," said Draco. Lucius had gotten 'The Kiss' during Draco's 6th year for being a Death Eater and for other accounts that had not been released to the public.
"How was your?" asked Draco while looking over at Nicole.
"It wasn't the best but I lived and Nicole is going to be ok."
Once Hermione had said this she heard the train slow to a stop. As she quickly grabbed Nicole, Hermione and Draco slipped out of the compartment. They climbed into a carriage and were at school in a matter of about 10 minutes.
As Hermione saw Professor McGonagall she waved toward her Head of House. As she started to explain why Nicole was at school Professor McGongall shushed her by was of telling her that she already knew.
She then told Hermione to tell Draco that they must go to Professor Dumbledore's office directly after the feast to discus a few things. Hermione waved good-bye to her Head of House and walked off to find Draco.
She soon found him amongst his Slytherin friends. As she walked up Pansy glared at her and asked, "What do you want Mudblood?"
"I need to speak to Draco," she said innocently.
"I'll see you guys at the feast. Kay," Draco said and without waiting for an answer walked away.
"Ummm… Draco."
"Spit it out! Hermione."
"Okay, well we have to see Dumbledore after the feast. It has some thing to do with Nicole," said Hermione a look of worry etched on her facial features.
Sorry that it took me a couple of days to update but I sent half of my chapter to my beta and she had to go to her uncle's wedding so she didn't get to it as soon as she normally would have and then I decided that I couldn't post a chapter as short as it was so I had to got through and make it atleast a little bit longer! So basically the story was back and forth and as much as we both love Fanfiction we have lives too. But my school's festival is this weekend and so I won't be able to write at all this weekend!
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