A/N: I don't own Harry Potter
This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Insane Prompt challenge: 252: Dialog: "You did what to who now?"
Writing club September:
Trope of the Month: Action: 14 - Making an agreement
Showtime: 19 - Come Home With Me II - (situation) Reuniting with an old love
Scamander's Case: 15 - (character) Draco Malfoy
Marvel Appreciation: 18- (Character) Abraham Erskine. Alternatively, write about someone wanting to make up for a past mistake.
Wacky Wandmakers: Wood – Elm: (pairing) Pureblood/Muggleborn
Wand core – Phoenix feather: (theme) redemption
Wand Length: 11 inches: (quote) 'A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous' - Ingrid Bergman
Word count: 757
Ginny stared at the test in her hand. Her entire body shook. When she'd come to Hermione for help, she never thought it would come to this. She wasn't even sure why Hermione had agreed to help her. They'd broken up two years ago, and Ginny still wasn't entirely certain that Hermione wasn't mad at her for that. She took a deep breath and looked again, hoping, or maybe not hoping, the results had changed. They hadn't.
"Ginny? Are you alright," Hermione's voice asked through the bathroom door. Ginny put the test on the sink and opened the door. Her splotched face said it all. Hermione wrapped her arms around her.
"Oh, Ginny." Ginny broke the hug slowly and looked at Hermione.
"What do I do now?" she asked. Part of her already knew the answer, but maybe hearing it from Hermione's lips would make it better.
"First, I guess we should find out who the father is. Do you know?" Ginny mumbled something under her breath. Hermione blinked having understood half of what her ex-girlfriend had said.
"What was that, Ginny? You did what to who now?" Ginny looked at the floor.
"Draco... I fucked Draco Malfoy while drunk as hell at the ministry Christmas party. I... I don't regret it."
"Ginny, does he know?" She shook her head quickly.
"No, he doesn't know about this. It was one stupid night of me losing control, of him being lonely. He's married, Hermione! This would ruin everything for him. I can't... I can't tell him."
"Are you certain the baby is his?" Hermione asked gently. Ginny nodded.
"Yes. Unless Padma suddenly turned into a man while I was with her," she muttered. Hermione nodded.
"Okay, so Draco."
"Was amazing in bed, second only to you," Ginny snorted remembering some of the nights her and Hermione had spent together. Hermione blushed slightly.
"Since we know who the father is, and you don't want to tell him... I think you should, but it's your decision. What do you want to do now?" Hermione asked looking into Ginny's eyes. She had no idea why exactly Ginny had come to her for help, but the fact Ginny was standing in her living room didn't escape her. Ginny was still amazing beautiful even after she'd been crying. Hermione couldn't help but feel a slight tug of attraction towards her.
"I need some time to think, honestly. Somewhere that I won't... have to deal with my family." Ginny looked at Hermione.
"Could I stay here, just until I figure things out? I mean, I know we broke up, Merlin I fucking regret that idiotic decision every night," Ginny muttered. Hermione blinked.
"Wait, what? You regret us breaking up?"
"Yes, I know it was my fault, that I couldn't... say the right words, the ones in my head sounded better than the nonsense I kept telling myself, and you, but yes. Hermione, I loved you. I... I couldn't say it then, but..." Hermione had pulled Ginny back against her holding her tightly.
"I loved you too, Ginny. I still do. I didn't know what to do when you showed up on my doorstep crying. I wanted to hold you, kiss away the tears, promise it would be alright."
"Really? You still love me?"
"I never stopped." Ginny stood there stunned for a moment.
"I know it sounds insane, with me being pregnant with Draco's baby, and my string of one night stands, but... maybe, maybe we could try this again?" Ginny asked biting her lower lip as Hermione seemed to seriously consider the idea. Slowly the older girl nodded.
"I'd be willing to try again, Ginny. But I want exclusivity, can you promise me that?" Ginny sighed in relief and nodded.
"Yes, I can promise you that, Hermione. I will happily give up that if it means I get to be with you!" she exclaimed giving Hermione a passionate kiss. Hermione smiled returning the kiss.
"We do still need to figure out what to do about the little one."
"I'm keeping the baby," Ginny stated as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Maybe it was.
"I never doubted that, Ginny. If we last, don't break up between now and then... do you want me to raise the baby with you?"
"Of course," Ginny laughed. "You'll give my child, well, hopefully our child, all the love in the world, Hermione. That's better than all the money a Malfoy could offer." Hermione laughed pulling Ginny onto the sofa and kissing her again.
