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Chapter 7

Pansy was looking for Ginny and saw Luna but was told that Ginny left few minutes ago. She saw Harry talking to Mr. Weasley but Ginny was nowhere to be found. It was hard to find her with all the red heads walking around. "Hey Weasley!"

Ron heard her. He pointed to himself, asking if he was the one she was calling.

"Duh!" She rolled her eyes and motioned him forward.

'To thinks she's the one who needs a favour. Tch,' He thought, shaking his head. "You do know this house is full of Weasley's right?" he asked a matter-of-factly, while raising his eyebrow at her.

"And you do know you're the only Weasley I know here, right?" Pansy crossed her arms across her chest, trying to tower over Ron but failing miserably.

'She has a point there,' Ron thought ruefully and scowled. "What do you want?"

"Where's your sister?" Pansy asked instantly.

"Who? Ginny?"

"Duh!" She was starting to get irritated. This particular Weasley was starting to give her a headache.

"Stop that!"

"Well you're the one acting stupid, Weasley!"

"I am not acting stupid, Parkinson!" He felt like they were back at Hogwarts, to the times when they were fighting and no one wanting to back down.

"Oh yeah, I forgot, you're really stupid" She didn't know why, but when it comes to Ron, she tends to get irritated easily, unlike with the other members of their family.

"Thank Merlin you're a girl or I'll..." throwing his hands in frustration, "I can clearly understand why your husband left you. I mean, your Pansy Parkinson, you're spoiled, and arrogant, and you think highly of yourself that you can't even see your own faults! Poor bloke, he have to live with you every day, I bet he—"

And before he got the chance to finish what he was going to say, Pansy punched him so hard, he was so surprised he lost his balance and fell on the floor. "What the hell! What is your problem?"

"You don't know me Weasley," while holding back her tears, Pansy continued. "You don't know what I've been through." With that she left him there, lying on the floor, making him realize what he did was downright stupid.

He knew what he said was harsh and it wasn't like him to say something like that, even if he hates her. But someone had to tell her. And even if he won't admit it, he knew that he deserve to be punched.

He couldn't help but smile at her reaction. "What was that Granger? Did I just hear you curse?" he asked, obviously amused.

Composing herself, she snapped, "Don't ask the obvious, Malfoy." She scowled at the name as Hermione continued washing the dishes.

For some reason, he was pleased with her attitude. At least she was talking to him. "You do know you're a witch right? You can easily finish that with magic" he said.

"I don't have to do everything with magic"

He chose to not argue with her, what's the use anyway. He sat on the chair, staring at her back until he couldn't help himself. "How are you Granger? How've you been?"

'The nerve!' she mentally kicked his balls in her head. "Stop acting like were friends here Malfoy. You know better than that," Hermione sighed while trying hard to stay calm.

"I'm just trying to—"

"Stop it Malfoy! If I were you, I'll simply walk away and pretend this didn't happened. You never saw me; I never saw you. Just stay away from me." She couldn't bear to look at him, because if she did, she might lose her temper.

Malfoy, being the annoying snake, chose to ignore that. "I saw your daughter by the way. She's beautiful, like her mother."

'I don't even want to know how he found that out' she thought. How can he act like that, like nothing happened? How can he be so calm about all of this? Or maybe she was just over-reacting?

"I like her name too, Isabella Marie Granger, but I think there's something wrong. I think Isabella Marie Malfoy is much better. Don't you think?"

Again, she ignored that.

"She looks smart too. Of course she got that from me and you"

Maybe if she totally ignored him, eventually he'll get the idea and just leave her alone.

"I'm thinking of introducing myself though. You think it's a good idea? I'm going to march down the dancing floor and introduce myself 'Hi Isabella, I'm Draco Malfoy and I'm your father.' Yeah. I think that's a good idea. Since her mother is ignoring me, I'm going to need someone to talk to." He stood up and began to walk away but Hermione stopped him.

Narrowing her eyes at him, she threatened. "Don't even think of getting near my daughter Malfoy or help me God I'll—"

"Don't be so possessive Granger, she's my daughter too." he said as he took her hand.

She quickly removed her hand from his grasp. "She don't have a father, to her, her father is dead. You should thank me you know, I even told her you went to heaven, when you should be rotting in hell"

Now it's his time to lose it. "You bitch! You told my daughter I'm dead?"

"Get this in your thick egotistic head Malfoy, you're not her father, you never were"

Flashback

She really hoped she's not pregnant. She can't be pregnant, she just can't. She's Hermione Granger, Head Girl, the smartest student of her age, brave, a great friend, a great girlfriend. Being pregnant was not in her things-to-do. She was smarter than this. Her future will be ruined; she's only seventeen. She doesn't even know anything about pregnancy or motherhood. And besides there's a war going on, she doesn't want to be a burden to any of them.

Five pregnancy kits lay on the floor. Time seemed to be ticking too slowly for her; she was sitting on the floor, holding the box of pregnancy kits she stole from the Hospital Wing. At first, she didn't want to take one but she just wanted to get it over with.

She felt like she's been sitting there for hours. She stared at the box of pregnancy tests in her hands. It said there to wait for two minutes and then she'll hear a beeping sound and a bubble will emerged right after. If the bubble is black, it's negative. If it's white then its positive, and then it can instantly tell the gender, when the white bubble turned pink, it means the one who's taking it will have a baby girl and if the bubble is blue, then it's a boy.

After two minutes – which felt like hours for her, she heard it beep, crossing her fingers "Please be black" she kept hoping until she saw it. Five pink bubbles floating in the bathroom. "Oh shit"

She sat by the fire all evening. She doesn't have the energy to go out and act like she's okay because hell she's not. She didn't even have the energy to cry anymore, it seems like she wasted it all after seeing the pink bubbles.

She heard him come in, looking up she saw him, leaning by the door just looking at her. He looked concerned. He sat beside her, putting his arm around her, he asked if something's wrong. "I was waiting for you at the Great Hall, but you didn't come, I was worried"

"I'm alright, just tired" Sighing. She moved closer to him, resting her head on his chest.

"Do you want to eat something, I'll cook for you" He said, stroking her hair.

"No, I'm not hungry. I just want to sleep"

He felt her relax on his touch. "Hermione" lifting her head, they looked at each other's eyes for a moment, until he couldn't help himself and kissed her. "I love you"

"I love you too." She said while smiling at him.

It was already morning when she woke up. She didn't recall going back to bed, but she did remember sleeping with Draco at the couch. Maybe he carried her all the way to her bedroom again last night.

Staring at the ceiling, she also remembered what happened. She still haven't figured it out, how she's going to tell her friends, they didn't even know that she's going out with him. And most of all, how she was going to tell him. 'Damn it' How she wish her bed would swallow her right now, so she wouldn't have to worry about all these things.

"Hey come on let's eat" he said as he prepared the table.

"You cooked?" Raising her eyebrow at the food, that was unexpected.

"Why do you look surprise? Didn't think I could do it?" Smirking at her "Come on, I'm starving" He was ready to ask her hand, to marry him. She was all he needed in the world, and for the first time, he doesn't care what he's father thinks. Screw him!

The food smelled great, but when she came closer to it, she felt she needed to vomit and she instantly ran in the bathroom, Draco following her.

"What was that all about? If you didn't like the food you could just—"

"I'm pregnant" She blurts out, she couldn't hide it anymore. Sooner or later he'll find out and it's better to hear it directly from her than from someone else.

He doesn't look mad, but he's not saying anything either so that's still not good. She'd rather hear him scream or make a scene than just this. The silence is killing her.

"Please say something" she pleaded.

"Excuse me. I have to… I have to do something"

When she entered the Great Hall, she glanced at the Slytherin table, she saw him staring at nothing. He didn't even notice her come in.

"Hermione, are you okay?" Harry asked worriedly. "You look paler than Malfoy over there, you should see Madam Pomfrey"

"No. I'm just tired, I studied all night" Trying to look okay was harder than she thought. She wanted to tell Harry, but she doesn't want to lose her friendship with him either. He hates Draco and if he find out that she's pregnant and Malfoy is the father… she doesn't even want to think about what they'll do to him.

All day Draco avoided her, it hurted her but if he wants to act that way, she will let him. Days passed and they are still not talking, until Hermione couldn't take it anymore, whatever it is he's feeling right now he needs to get over it and deal with her. She waited for him all night, until it was already 12 midnight when he came back.

"Granger" He nodded at her as if nothing happened.

"So it's Granger now?" He didn't know how hard that was for her. "We need to talk, please stop avoiding me, because if you think avoiding me will do any good—" She was trying to hold back her tears, but she couldn't anymore. She's tired and the way he's acting was definitely not helping.

That was his weakness, to see and hear her cry. He immediately wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry" He whispered. "Don't cry Hermione, I'm sorry I'm just confused right now"

"I'm scared Draco… I don't know what to do"

"I'm scared too" They stayed like that, just hugging each other not wanting to let go. "Hermione, listen to me, you can't have that child, you just can't"

"What are you saying? Are you telling me to have an abortion?" That was just absurd. Yes, she didn't know what to do, but abortion never entered her mind.

"Yes. If my father finds out that I'm having an affair with—"

"Affair?" She felt like he just slapped her in the face. "So this is just an affair? I should've known. Trusting you was the stupidest thing I ever did. I should have known that you only wanted sex, to satisfy your stupid needs. I never meant anything to you. Merlin, I'm so stupid!" she said throwing her hands in the air.

"I don't mean it like that. Hermione please…" He tried to move closer to her, but she was fast. She punched him hard—just like how she punched him in their third year, making him fall on the floor.

"Don't touch me! Remember this Draco Malfoy, when this child is born, I will love and care for this child, and you will never see us, ever again! When this child asks who her father is, I'll tell her that her father is dead. You will never see her when she grows up, never be there when she learns her first word or learn how to walk, never. Because to us, Draco Malfoy is now dead and rotting in hell"

END OF FLASHBACK

"Look Granger, I'm sorry. I was stupid back then, I was young and scared and—"

"I was young and scared too Malfoy, I was" she couldn't believe she's hearing all this again.

"Please just let me finish. I was stupid and I was scared, if my father finds out that I'm having a relationship with you, and you're carrying my child, he'll kill you and you don't know how hard it was for me"

"Boo hoo Malfoy! I'm tired of your excuses! You never grew up; you're still the same stupid manipulating asshole. You will never change"

He kneeled down on his knee, his face serious and sincere. "I did change; I changed for you, so that when the time comes that we'll meet again, I can be a better man for you, the one that you deserve. The day you told me you were pregnant, I was going to ask you to marry me. So I'm asking you now, let's start over again, as a family. I still love you and I know deep down, you still love me too" He knew this was stupid, she was mad at him, hell, she even look like she wanted to kick him in the face, but it was worth a try. "Hermione, will you marry me?"

Well she wasn't expecting that kind of apology. She looked at him, he did look serious, and studying his face he was still the handsome Malfoy she knew back then. Those gray bluish eyes, every time she looks at those eyes she gets lost, and those lips, how she loved kissing those lips at night. That was, when she was stupid enough to believe him, but not anymore. She learned her lesson. "Draco?"

His face lit up "Yes?"

She punched him again for the third time. And again he fell on the floor, knocked out. "Marry that! You asshole!"