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Chapter 10 - Conditions Worsen
It was the morning of the first day of December. The weather was cold and there was a frost that was beginning. No snow had fallen yet, but it was soon to come. Only 3 weeks were left until students are to go home for the holidays. Draco still had not responded to his father's letters, knowing that his father was going to come on his own.
The alarm rang at 7:15am. Draco slowly turned to his side and turned it off. He rolled over to wake Hermione, but she was already up and in the shower. Draco got up off the bed. He walked over to his dresser and put on his robe. He slowly opened the door to where Hermione was taking a shower.
The washroom was steamy and the mirror was all foggy. Draco undressed and joined Hermione in the shower. He slowly stepped in as Hermione turned around to see what he was doing. Before she could let out one word, Draco locked Hermione in a passionate kiss. The kiss slowly became more. Draco slowly let his hands wander, as did Hermione.
After a very nice shower, Hermione and Draco both got out and got dressed for class. Draco went into his room to grab his books and headed downstairs. While Hermione was still upstairs getting ready, Draco zapped up some red and white roses for Hermione and placed them by her books.
Hermione stepped out of her room and walked over to the stairs, where she noticed Draco by the roses.
"Are those for me?" asked Hermione as she slowly came down the stairs.
"Umm…maybe", said Draco as he walked to the stairs.
Hermione got about halfway down the stairs when she began to fell dizzy and fell. Draco quickly jumped forward and grabbed her before she fell.
"Hermione, are you ok?" Draco said as he slowly sat down on the stairs with Hermione in his arms.
Hermione slowly regain her strength and looked up and a worried Draco.
"…What happened?" Hermione asked in confusion.
"You fell…again. Hermione you really should go to see Madam Pomfrey", Draco told Hermione with much concern.
Hermione looked up at Draco and smiled, "Don't worry. I am fine. I just have not been resting enough. I've been so caught up with work".
There came a knock at the door and in came Ginny, Harry and Ron, and Hermione was still in Draco's arms.
"M'ione?…what's going on?", said Ron with fiery as he walked over to Hermione and Draco, with Ginny and Harry close by.
"Ron, don't worry…I got dizzy and lost my balance, luckily Draco caught me before I fell and hit the ground", Hermione told Ron as Draco slowly helped her up to her feet.
"Oh…" said Ron as he took Hermione's hand. "Thanks…Draco".
Draco looked over to Hermione who smiled. "No problem".
All of them set out to there classes for the day. Most of this week was spent studying. Midterm exams were coming up and teachers were doing reviews for there classes. Hermione and Draco spent most of the week studying with there friends, which allowed them to only spend time together in the evening, which too was spent studying.
As Monday slowly approached, and so did the potions exams for all the students, everyone was busy with studying. It was Sunday night and Draco and Hermione were in there common room around 11:00pm getting in some last minute studying before the exam in the morning.
"How have you been feeling?" Draco asked. He had been very concerned about Hermione lately. She had been feeling sick and faint lately.
Hermione looked up from her book and took Draco's hands. "I wish you wouldn't worry so much. I am just fine. I have been really stressed lately; there is so much to do. After exams we have to plan a weeks worth of activities too".
"Don't worry about that. Just rest ok. It's late now anyways, lets just go to bed", said Draco as he closed up there books.
"Yeah, alright. I am really tired from studying", said Hermione.
They both packed up there books blew out all the candles and headed upstairs for a good night sleep before there first exam.
It was about 7:00am in the morning. The sun was coming up and the room was slowly being lit up with light. Draco woke up before Hermione did. He slowly got up and went into the shower. About 15 minutes later, Hermione woke up to the sound of the water running. While waiting for Draco to finish up, she grabbed a potions book and started to do some very last minute review. After about 20 minutes later of reading, Draco came out of the washroom and grabbed the book from Hermione.
"Come on…leave the books alone for a little while", said Draco as he set the book down on the table and got dressed.
"Shut up. I am going to take a shower. Go do some review and then we have to go, the exam is at 9:00am", said Hermione as she walked into the washroom.
Around 8:15am Hermione came downstairs to find Draco studying. Hermione went over and joined them as the both crammed in as much information as they could.
"Alright lets go", said Hermione as she got up.
Draco walked over to her and gave her a kiss, "Good luck babe".
Hermione smiled and kissed him back, "You too".
At 8:45am, they both left and headed for the Great hall where the exam was going to take place. Hermione met up with Harry, Ron and Ginny, while Draco met up with Pansy, Blaise and Raven. Around 8:55am, everyone went into the great hall and the exam started promptly at 9:00am sharp.
The rest of the week was spent in exams. One after another, all everyone did was study. It was there final year, and they needed these marks.
Friday morning was everyone's last exam, which was followed by a grand feast in the great hall that evening. Everyone was packed into the great hall for the feast, as it began with a speech from Professor Dumbledore.
Dumbledore stood up and gathered everyone's attention, "Attention please. Congratulations to everyone on finishing there midterm exams. Everyone shall receive there marks after the break, this way you can all enjoy your break. Now we have some great things planned for the week left. Starting with a Christmas ball that will take place this Sunday night. The next week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will be packed with events. Friday ends this time when most students will head home for the holidays. For now, LET THE FEASTS BEGIN".
The next morning, Draco and Hermione had planned to go to Hogsmeade, telling everyone that they were going there to plan out the week's worth of events, which were already planned. Hermione and Draco left after lunch around 1:00pm.
Hogsmeade was not as busy as usual. Most of the students were back in there dorms, probably still sleeping after a very stressful week of exams.
Hermione and Draco were walking past some clothing stores when Hermione noticed some beautiful dresses in a window.
"Draco…Look over here", Hermione said as she pulled Draco over to a window. "Can we…um…have a look inside?".
Draco kissed Hermione on the cheek, "Well we need to find something to wear to the ball don't we."
Hermione smiled and pulled Draco into the store. As soon as she entered, she saw a gorgeous emerald green and gold dress. It was a thin strap dress with a plunging back, along with a train on the bottom which lay on the floor. It had a very light gold design on the whole dress.
"Draco…That's the one", said Hermione pointing to the dress.
"Go try it on", said Draco.
"Alright but you can't see, because I want to surprise you for Sunday", said Hermione.
Draco laughed, "Alright. You try it on, while I look for dress robes".
Hermione smiled and went to the dress she had laid eyes on. She took it off the rack and headed for the changing room.
"Hermione", came a voice from behind.
Hermione turned, "Ginny, what are you doing here?"
"I came to pick up dress robes for Harry. He ordered them 2 weeks ago and forgot to pick them up. What are you doing here?…Aren't you suppose to be planning things…no wait…never mind", said Ginny with a chuckle.
"Ginny I found this dress you have to tell me how it looks. Let me go put it on", said Hermione as she headed for the changing room.
"Alright but be quick, I have to get back or Harry will get curious", said Ginny.
About 5 minutes Hermione peeked out to see if Draco was looking, but he was busy getting a suit for himself. Hermione slowly came out from the changing room.
"Wow, Hermione you look amazing", said Ginny. "You are so getting that".
"Ok…now I'm going to go take it off before Draco sees", said Hermione as she headed back into the changing room.
"Ok…I'm going to head back. Have fun", said Ginny and left.
Hermione came out of the dressing room with the dress clutched to her hands.
"I want this one", Hermione said as she walked over to Draco.
"Alright", said Draco as he took the dress and his suit. They paid for the clothes and spent the rest of the day in Hogsmeade. It was about 7:00pm and it was starting to get dark. Hermione and Draco decided to head back to the school.
"Wait", said Hermione right before they were about to go into the great hall for dinner.
"What is it?" asked Draco.
"We have to tell Ron and Pansy remember?", said Hermione.
"Oh yeah…Ok, after dinner bring Ron to our dorm and I'll bring Pansy and we will talk it out", said Draco.
"Aright", said Hermione.
It was about 8:00pm and everyone was finishing up there dinner. Draco and Pansy had already left for the common room.
"Ron, can you come with me to the common room? We need to talk about something", said Hermione.
Ron looked over at Hermione with confusion, "Talk about what?"
"Something", said Hermione.
"Um…alright", said Ron.
They both got up and headed for the common room.
"M'ione, are you alright? You look like your going to be sick", said Ron.
Hermione looked up, while clutching her stomach, "I think it was something I had at Hogsmeade".
Right after Hermione said the password to the common room door, she felt her food coming back up. She pushed opened the door, while one hand was around her mouth and ran upstairs and into the washroom.
"Hermione?!?!", said Draco as he ran after Hermione, with Ron and Pansy trailing behind.
Just when Draco got to the washroom door, there was Hermione by the toilet right after throwing up her food.
Draco ran over to Hermione's side and held her up. "Hermione?!?! What happened?".
Ron grabbed a glass of water and gave it to Hermione, "Here".
"I don't know I felt sick all of sudden. I think it was something I had when we were at Hogsmeade", said Hermione.
"Come let me get you into bed", said Ron as he helped up Hermione.
"But we needed to talk", said Hermione.
"Don't worry, I'll talk to them", said Draco.
Ron looked up at Draco and glared, "What's going on?"
"Nothing Ronald, just let me go to bed please", said Hermione as she headed for Draco's room.
"Um…Hermione that's Draco's room, yours is here", said Pansy as she grabbed Hermione's arm.
Hermione looked over at Draco who had a look of fear on his face.
"Oh…sorry", said Hermione as she went into her room and closed the door.
Draco, Pansy and Ron went downstairs and all sat down in the common room.
"There's no easy way to say this, so I'm just going to say it….Me and Hermione…well….we're going to the ball together tomorrow night because…" started Draco.
"NO DRAKIE!" yelled Pansy.
"Pansy! Just listen first then you can throw your little fit", yelled Draco. "We are going together because Dumbledore asked us too. Now as for you and Ron, if you like you two can go together…"
"No thanks Malfoy", said Ron, "I'll find someone on my own".
"That's fine", said Draco.
"Alright I'm going to get going…I'll find someone for tomorrow night. I'm just going to go say goodnight to Hermione", said Ron as he headed up the stairs.
"Drakie you can't be serious, are you really going with…with HER", asked Pansy.
"Yes I am, and you are going to have to accept that", said Draco.
Pansy stood up and headed for the door, "Well don't expect me to be at the dance tomorrow night". She opened door, slammed it behind her and left.
Draco threw his head into his hands.
"God…this is so complicated", Draco said to himself.
"What is?" said Ron.
Draco looked up and noticed that Ron was back.
"Nothing Weasel…Goodnight", said Draco as he stood up.
"Night", said Ron and headed out the door.
After Ron left, Draco headed upstairs and into Hermione's room. He changed into his boxers and joined her quietly. Hermione was already asleep so Draco slowly got into bed without waking her.
It was the Valentines Day dance and the Great hall was all pink and red. It was the last dance of the night and Hermione and Draco were in the middle of the dance floor sharing one last dance.
"When should we tell Ron and Pansy", said Hermione.
"I don't know. Things are out of our control, but they need to be told soon before they hear it from someone else", said Draco.
"Can't we just tell them when its time? They don't need to know before", said Hermione.
"That will be too big of a shock all at once", said Draco. "We need to tell them something very soon so they can begin to adjust".
"Your ri…right..Dra…Draco", Hermione said breathless as she slowly began to fall.
"HERMIONE, what's wrong…Hermione!!! PROFESSOR, Professor Dumbledore, we need to get her to the hospital wing now".
Everyone came running to see what has had happened.
"Everyone away", said Dumbledore, "Don't worry Mr. Malfoy, everything will be fine".
Draco suddenly awoke the next morning. He looked over at Hermione who was in a peaceful sleep. Dam it, another one, what is going to happen now? Draco looked over at the clock and noticed it was 11am. He slowly got up, not waking Hermione. I hope she is ok…
Draco took a quick shower and when he got out, Hermione was up.
"Hey, how are feeling", said Draco as he caressed Hermione's face.
"Better now. I'm excited for tonight", said Hermione.
"Me too. Come on take a shower, and then we got to go to Hogsmeade and pick up the clothes", said Draco.
"Alright", said Hermione.
She kissed Draco and went and took a quick shower. Draco stepped out of Hermione's room and closed the door behind him.
"MALFOY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERMIONE'S ROOM!?!?", came the voice of a very angry Ron.
"Weasel how did you get in?" yelled Draco as he headed down the stairs.
"Who cares, What are you doing in there?" asked Ron who was now face to face with Draco.
"I was checking to see how Hermione was feeling, she was sick last night remember?" said Draco. That was close…
"Yeah I do, I came to see how she was doing", said Ron. Why the hell is he worried about her?
"I'm fine, both of you stop worrying", came the voice of Hermione as she walked down the stairs. "Draco lets go".
"Where are you going? You should be resting", said Ron as he gave Hermione a kiss.
"Me and Draco have to go pick up something from Hogsmeade for tonight, we will be back soon", said Hermione as she put her coat on.
"Oh alright", said Ron and left the room.
"Aren't you going to go after him", asked Malfoy.
"Nope, I don't feel like dealing with him right now, lets go", said Hermione.
"Alright", said Draco.
They both left the common room around 1:00pm. They went to Hogsmeade and picked up the dress and the suit. Hermione noticed that Draco had something else that he had bought as well.
"What's that?" asked Hermione.
"Nothing babe, come on lets get back", said Draco.
"Can we have lunch first?" asked Hermione.
Draco smiled, "Alright".
Draco took Hermione to a new beautiful restaurant that had just opened lately. It was not very busy because it was an expensive restaurant. Both of them enjoyed a nice long lunch at the restaurant, Atlantic Wizard. Around 4:00, they left and headed back to the common room to get ready.
"I'll be down by 6:00", said Hermione as she kissed Draco and ran upstairs.
"I'll be down in 20 minutes", said Draco.
Hermione ran into her room and placed the dress on her bed along with some matching shoes and jewellery. She changed out of her clothes and put on her dress and then a robe over it. She then started to tend to her curly and messy hair.
Meanwhile Draco had just finished getting dressed and headed down to the common room when an owl flew in with a letter.
"Great another one", said Draco.
Draco,
Well son, your holidays start on Friday, so I will come to see you on Friday to collect you if you wish to come home. That is all.
Your Father,
Lucius
Draco threw the letter into the fire and picked up the box that he had gotten from the dress store. Just as he turned around, Hermione was at the top of the stairs and slowly began to come down.
Her messy, curly hair had been straightened out. The dressed flaunted her small figure beautifully. She wore gold heals, and a gorgeous gold necklace.
Draco walked over to her and kissed her gently.
"You look amazing", said Draco as he opened the box.
"So that's what you had in the box", said Hermione as Draco tied the gold rose corsage to her wrist.
They both left hand in hand to the ball. The great hall was decorated in silver and the ceiling had been bewitched to look like it was snowing. Draco and Hermione walked up to the front of the hall and sat at there assigned table.
Harry and Ginny we a few tables away from them with Ron, who had come with Lavender Brown. On the opposite side, Blaise was accompanied by Raven, and as Pansy had said, she was not there.
The Ball began with a speech from Dumbledore, which followed with a feast after. The dance floor opened with Draco and Hermione and slowly everyone join.
"So are you going away for the holidays?" asked Hermione.
"Nope, I'm going to stay here with you", said Draco.
Hermione smiled and placed her head on Draco's chest, "I love you".
Draco gently kissed Hermione on the forehead, while making sure no one sees, "I love you too".
The ball ended around 3 am and everyone filed out and headed straight to bed.
The Monday morning was a quiet one as everyone was still asleep from the night before. Hermione and Draco also spent the whole day in bed. Hermione was starting to get sicker as the day progressed.
"Hermione you really should go see Madam Pomfrey", said Draco as he handed Hermione some fever medication.
"Let's see how the week goes and if it's really bad, I'll go see her", said Hermione.
"Alright", said Draco.
The next few days were packed with activities. Draco and Hermione had planned Quidditch, Duels, skating and so much more for the week. Everyone enjoyed the events. Ron and Hermione even talked things threw and were on good terms again, so was Pansy and Draco.
When Friday came, everyone was spending the morning packing. Draco and Hermione both got up at around 10.
"What are doing for the day?" asked Hermione.
"I'm going to go see Blaise, Raven and Pansy before they leave. What about you", asked Draco.
"I'm going to go see Harry, Ginny and Ron. Meet you back around 6?" said Hermione.
"Alright", said Draco.
They gave each other a kiss and left to go see there friends. Hermione went to see Harry and Ron first.
"So what you going to do here for the break M'ione?" asked Ron.
"Don't know. Plan some more events and start some early reading for next semester", said Hermione.
"Why don't you come with us?", asked Harry.
"Its ok, I want to start up on work, I'm already behind", said Hermione.
"How are you behind? The semester hasn't even started", said Ron.
"I always read at least half of each book, and I haven't even started", said Hermione.
"That's Hermione for you Ron", said Harry as he chuckled.
Hermione gave Harry a hug and kissed Ron, and went to see Ginny before they had to leave for the train at 5:30pm.
"So, what are you and Draco going to do for the break?" asked Ginny.
"Don't know. I'm just happy we can spend time together", said Hermione.
"When do you two plan on coming out?" asked Ginny.
"Don't know. Later not yet", said Hermione, as she began to feel pain in the stomach.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" asked Ginny as she walked over to Hermione's side.
"I don't.. kno….kn…know", said Hermione before she ran into the washroom and began to throw up again.
"Hermione, that's it, I'm taking you to the hospital wing", said Ginny and she helped Hermione up. They quietly left and went to the hospital wing.
Back at the common room, Draco had just gotten back from seeing Blaise, Raven and Pansy. As soon as he opened the door, he found none other, than his father Lucius Malfoy standing in the room.
"Ah Draco, I see you have been doing some reading on dreams?", asked Lucius as he flipped through the pages of the books.
"Yeah I have", said Draco.
"Now, to more important matters", said Lucius as he placed the book down. "Are you coming home?"
"No, I have decided to stay here", said Draco.
"Well then, Mrs. Granger will be happy", said Lucius.
"This has nothing to do with her Father. I choose to stay here on my own", said Draco.
"Don't Lie To Me", said Lucius. "I will see you soon". Lucius opened the door and finds Hermione standing there.
"Goodbye Mrs. Granger", said Lucius and walked off.
Hermione looked up and him and went into the room. She went in and sat down quietly on the sofa, not even saying a word to Draco.
"Hermione?", said Draco.
A tear slowly began to come down her cheek.
"Hermione, what is it, are you ok?" asked Draco as he placed his arms around her.
Hermione looked up at Draco, eyes full of tears and grave fear.
"I'm pregnant".
Hey All,
First off, so sorry for the 3 week wait. I usually don't take more than 2 weeks but I was swamped with work. Secondly, I really wanted this chapter to be really good, because as you can tell things are starting to get scary. In 2 weeks I have a break coming up so I will update as much as I can during that one week I have off. Now this was the longest chapter so far, so if you guys are confused about anything, post it in you review and I will get back to you. Please review, I really enjoy to get your feedback on my story so I know if you guys like it or not. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Also I'm changing the story to T because I don't think I'm going to be writing any detailed sex scenes, sorry…so again please review, i want your reviews before i post another chapter…I hope you like this chapter.
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