Over the next week Hermione told Ron and her friends that she was fine, however, she was still sick and was already nearly a week late for her period. She just hoped it'd stop soon and she wouldn't have to worry.
When Hermione was ten days late she went to Hogsmeade.
She snuck in and borrowed Harry's marauders map and got to Hogsmeade half an hour later. The witch at the counter of the store looked at her strangely.
Hermione went over to her 'Lately I've been feeling sick, I'm off my food and I'm also a few days late,' she said sounding more confident than she felt.
'Pregnancy potions isle three,' the witch pointed sounding bored and Hermione walked over to where she had indicated.
She found a wide variety of tests staring back at her, to Hermione they all looked scary and she was apprehensive to pick one up to read it. After five minutes she took the plunge.
'This one says it can tell after a month,' she put it down 'I'd be less than that,' she said to herself.
Hermione did some quick calculations in her head and nodded 'not quite a month,' she said, putting the package back on the shelf.
'Better get this one then,' She said reading the next potion she'd just picked up 'can tell after a week, but it has to be done first thing in the morning, Oh it'll have to do.' Hermione paid for the potion, secretly thankful she wouldn't have to find out until the next day.
When Hermione got back to her room she hid the test in her top draw amongst some of her clothes. 'I'm ok,' she said taking a deep breath. She wasn't though, all she could think about was taking the test in the morning and she cried at the prospect of the result, it was the longest night Hermione Granger had ever endured.
First thing in the morning before breakfast Hermione took the test out of her draw and went in to the prefect's bathroom, locking the door of the stall she had gone in to.
'What am I supposed to do?' Hermione said aloud.
She read the instructions on the back of the package. 'Sounds like a muggle pregnancy test to me, I guess even in the magical world some things are the same,' Hermione muttered to herself again.
She made her sample, when she was done she closed the toilet lid and set the things up on top of it, 'I'm not ready for this,' she said, sounding scared, she almost didn't add the urine to the potion.
'I have to do this though, ok…' and she poured it in. She turned her back to the toilet, tears in her eyes, she couldn't watch her fate be sealed and she bit her lip to stop the sobs.
After five minutes there was a hiss from the potion, as she was about to look she heard the door to the bathroom open.
'Hermione, are you in here?' Came Ginny's voice.
She burst out of the cubical.
'It's positive isn't it?' Hermione replied.
'What's positive Hermione, why are you about to cry?' Ginny asked, running towards her friend and pulling her in to her arms.
'I took a test Ginny, its in there,' Hermione pointed to the open cubical door.
'A… a pregnancy test, I thought you were ok?' Ginny said.
Hermione shook her head, 'I lied,' she burst in to tears, 'can you please look at it for me, pink is positive, blue is negative.'
'Ok, come on,' Ginny took Hermione's hand, as they got to the cubical door Hermione turned her back towards the toilet again.
'Its positive isn't it,' Hermione said once again.
Ginny didn't answer, Hermione turned around, Ginny's eyes were shut tight 'you'd think that you were the one taking the test,' Hermione said.
'Well is it pink or blue?' Ginny asked opening her eyes; she was not facing the potion either.
'I'm too scared to look, you look for me, please,' Hermione said.
Ginny turned around 'oh my… it's blue,' she said.
'What?' Hermione said as tears filled her eyes once again.
'Yeah, isn't that a good thing? Why are you crying?' Ginny said.
'I guess, in a way, I wanted to be pregnant but at least now I don't have to worry, I'm ok,' Hermione said.
'You're not ok Hermione you're bawling your eyes out,' Ginny replied.
She was, sobbing uncontrollably she grabbed on to Ginny 'I wanted a baby Ginny, I guess I just thought that in the middle of all this despair it was nice to think that I could have a little ray of sunshine, something to hope for,' she said hysterically.
'It's positive Hermione,' Ginny replied.
Hermione pulled away 'what?' she quickly turned to the potion, it was pink 'it's positive!' She almost screamed 'why did you do that to me?' she said.
'Because now we know how you really feel. Mum had a friend she did it to when they were your age she had exactly the same reaction, she was all stressed out but when mum told her it was negative she totally broke down,' Ginny replied.
'Well it's a bit of a risk if you ask me, what if I'd been relieved?' Hermione asked, her tears had stopped now.
'I just had a feeling that you did want it that's all. Congratulations Hermione,' Ginny replied hugging her again.
'Thanks, what am I going to do though? I can't possibly do this… What happens if Ron doesn't want it, he'll leave me, I can't do it all alone,' Hermione said.
'If Ron leaves you then he was never worth it anyway, Harry and I will help you out, we'll be all the support you need ok,' Ginny said, sitting beside her friend on the small toilet lid.
'How am I going to tell my parents? YOUR parents, I have not thought this through, no, no way, I can't do it, I cannot do this. Oh my, what about school, no, I'm going to have to leave…'
'Will you settle down Hermione,' Ginny said with a slightly raised voice, 'what do you honestly think your parents will do?' She asked.
'I think they'll kill me, they always said wait, wait, just wait Hermione, they were right,' Hermione said defeated.
'You know what you have to do now don't you?' Was all Ginny could say.
Hermione nodded, 'before telling any one else I have to tell Ron,' she said.