Chapter Four: Books, Brains, and a Baby

It had been two days since Hermione's seventh year bega. She was in Transfiguration. Professor McGonagall was teaching them how to turn someone into a tree. There was something odd about Hermione now. She didn't get her spells right the first time anymore since they had started school.

"It's nothing," Hermione whispered, "It's probably because I'm so tired from taking care of Seth. I'll be back to normal in no time."

"Well maybe," Harry replied, "I hope so."

"Miss Granger, Mr. Potter, please concentrate on your work instead of chatting away. You can do that on your own time."

Hermione returned to her work. She was suppose to be turning Harry into a boulder. She waved her wanded and shouted "verto in boulder"

Harry sowly turned into a boulder.

Hermione laughed. She waved her wand in the air again and said, "retexo"

Harry started to transform back into a man.

"Now that was funny." Hermione said.

"Not for me, it kinda hurt." Harry stretched.

"Good job Miss Granger." Professor McGonagall said.

"Thank you, Professor."

Thirty minutes later the bell rang and everyone began to leave.

"Uh, Miss. Granger, can I have a word with you?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"Of course." Hermione answered, "You can go see Seth, Harry, I'll be there in a minute."

Everyone left the room and they were alone.

"Hermione, I am very worried about you. I know it's only been two days since school began, but this is very unlike you."

"I know, Professor, but it's been very hard on me. I have to take care of Seth when classes aren't taking place. I barely have time to study." Hermione explained.

"Well, you are going to have to do better if you expect to pass your N.E.W.T.s" McGonagall explained.

"Yes ma'am, I know, I promise I'll do better."

"Ok, you can leave now."

"Thank you."

Hermione picked up her bag and walked out of the room. She ran to the common room and threw her bag in and then ran to the Hospital Wing. Hermione opened the doors and saw Harry, Ron, and Ginny crowded around the crib that had been set up in the corner of the room. Hermione walked over to the crib and picked up her baby.

"Hello, Seth." Hermione said in a baby voice, "It's mommy, I've missed you."

Hermione picked up the diaper bag that had Seth's name imbroaded on the side.

"Thanks for watching him, Madam Pompfrey."

Madam Pompfrey nodded, she was obviously not happy with all these people in the Hospital Wing.

"Ok, I think we should go back to the Common Room."

The five of them left the Hospital Wing and made their way back to the Common Room. Hermione said the password and walked into the Common Room. She put Seth down in the playpen that they had set up for him in front of the couch. Hermione wlked over to where she had thrown down her brown school bag and picked it up.

"Time to get started on some homework." Hermione said. She took out her Potions assignment.

"Oh that's going to take forever." Ron complained about the Potions assignment.

"Well you better get started now." Hermione advised. She took out her quill and ink. Hermoine dabbed the end of the quill in the ink and started to write.

Before she had even finished writing the fourth sentence Seth began to cry. Se sat down everything and picked up Seth. It was his hungry cry. She sat down on the couch again and began to breast feed him.

~Later that night~

1:27 am

Hermione was still up working on her homework. The others had left for their dorms hours ago. Seth had to be changed two times and wanted a lot of attention that night. Hermione was working on her Transfiguration homework, the last subject she had.

Hermione looked horrible. Her hair was in a mess, standing out in all sorts of directions, and she had bags underneath her eyes.

After thirty minutes Hermione had finished her homework. She threw the books dow and then went to get Seth. She had to force herself up the stairs and to the room that had been assigned to her. Dumbledore had given her a room all to herself which had a sound proof spell put around it so Seth wouldn't wake anyone up when he got into his crying fits.

Hermione placed Seth in his crib ever so lightly and then she climbed into bed without changing. She quickly drifted to sleep.

Hermione looked at herself in the mirror. Her stomach was growing fast. She wouldn't be able to hid it any longer. Which meant only one thing... she would have to leave Hogwarts.

Hermione walked into the Common Room. Harry and Ron sat on the couch waiting for her. This was going to be hard to tell them. How do you tell your best friends that you had to leave school because you were pregnant.

"Hey, thanks for waiting on me." Hermione said.

"No problem, so what did you want to talk to us about?" asked Ron.

"Well, I'm going to have to leave school very soon."

"Why?"

"Oh this is so hard."

"Just spit it out already." Ron said impatiently.

"I'm...pregnant." Hermione couldn't look at them.

"You're what?!?!" Harry asked stunned.

"I'm pregnant Harry. I have to leave school before everyone notices. I couldn't bare the anguish of going through the rest of the year with a big fat belly. I can only imagine what everyone would be saying."

"How could you be so stupid, who was it? Who did you jump in bed with?" Ron nagged on.

Tears ran down Hermione's face, "I didn't jump into bed with anyone Ron. I'm not like that. I was ra...raped."

"What? Who did this to you?" Ron shouted.

"It was Draco." Hermione informed them

Hermione jumped up in bed. Why did she have a dream about that.

Since it was light out Hermione decided to go ahead and get dressed. She got out of bed took off the cothes that she had slept in and put on some clean school uniforms. She walked over to the crib and looked down at the angel that she had given birth too. It was mazing how something so wonderful have come from an act so picked him up and walked down to the Common Room for another day of school.