AN: HARRY'S NOT MINE.
*HOPEFULLY YOU LIKE THIS CHAPTER AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE THE OTHERS.
*WILL HAVE THE NEXT CHAPTER POSTED LATER TONIGHT.
*I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE, BUT WHEN MY BEST FRIEND WAS PREGNANT, SHE WAS CONSTANTLY MOODY, SO I PUT THAT IN HERE WITH HERMIONE.
*ENJOY!
Once outside, Severus had cast a charm to let them see and hear what was going on. When Ron was heard yelling at Hermione, Lucius and Severus, along with Draco and the other Weasley men and a few others got up.
"If he hurts Hermione, he's going to be in a world of trouble." Lucius said as he and Severus pulled out their wands.
"I'm sure he wouldn't do anything to her, Lucius, Severus." Helena said, pulling Lucius and Severus to sit back down.
"Yeah, well, he better not." Draco said. "If Hermione didn't get him, we sure would."
"She'll be fine. Sit down and drink your lemonade, Draco." Helena said.
"Guys, that isn't keeping an open mind." Ginny said, but nobody heard her.
"RONALD! DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT ABOUT LUCIUS!" Hermione yelled right back. "You don't know anything about him!" she hissed.
"That means that the ferret is your brother!" Ron said. "Bloody hell, Hermione! You're a Malfoy now?" he asked.
"Actually, Ron…" she started, but was interrupted.
"What's wrong with being a Malfoy?" Ginny asked hotly. At this point, no one noticed Neville and Luna leave the room.
Hermione took some deep breaths, trying to calm down before she really got angry. She just had to keep reminding herself of the baby. Getting angry would do nothing except upset her stomach right now.
"It's the Malfoy's, Ginny. That's what. Voldemort's most loyal Death Eaters next to Bellatrix LeStrange." Harry said, as if stating the obvious.
"That was a long time ago, though. I'll have you know they're both different now. We have gotten along with them both for over seven years. They're nice, caring, funny, sweet and nothing like you remember." Hermione said.
"A leopard never loses his spots, girls." Harry said. "I don't think it's ever going to be a good thing to be a Malfoy."
Ginny turned red with anger. "YES IT IS! IT'S A DAMN GOOD THING TO BE A MALFOY!" she yelled, sending a stinging jinx at him.
"Why do you think that, Ginny?" Ron asked as he sat back down by Harry on the sofa. Ginny took a deep breath and looked at the boys.
"BECAUSE I AM ONE!" she yelled, lifting her perfectly manicured left hand to show them her wedding ring. It was a four carat princess cut diamond set in a platinum band.
"WHAT? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE FERRET?" Ron yelled. At this point, he felt a wand being dug into his throat. He looked up to see Hermione standing above him.
"Quit calling my brother a ferret, Ron." she hissed. "Besides, after seven years, you really don't have the right to judge what you don't know."
"For your information, Ron, I've been with Draco for four years and married for the past two. Very happily, might I add." Ginny said.
"Okay, okay." Ron said, putting his hands up as if surrendering. "So, you're both Malfoy's. Alright. I can deal with that, I guess."
"Actually, Ron, I'm not a Malfoy." Hermione said from her chair.
"Well, yeah. In name. Five years ago you would've been twenty. You would've been an adult by the time your mum married Lucius, so you couldn't have changed your name." Harry said.
Hermione nodded. "Right, Harry. I'm not a Malfoy, but only in name. I am in every other way, though." she said. "But..." she started, getting interrupted by Ron' snort.
"So, you're still a Granger? Big surprise there, Hermione. I didn't think you'd gotten married yet." Ron said with laugh. "Now that we've cleared up Malfoy, would you explain the greasy git being here?"
"Bad move, Ron." Ginny said, getting their attention. Hermione moved fast and poked him in the forehead with her wand.
"Listen and listen good, Weasley. You will not refer to Severus as the greasy git, or any other of your childish names for him. Until he gives you permission, you call him 'Sir', got that?" she asked angrily. Her hormones were starting to get the best of her again.
"What's the big deal? I insulted him all through Hogwarts. What's the problem with doing it now, Hermione?" Ron asked.
"He's a decorated war hero, Ron. He deserves your respect. Especially seeing as he has TWO Order of Merlin awards." Ginny said with a smirk.
"God! Were you two always this stupid, or is it a recent development?" Ginny asked.
"Well, do you think I could get a moment with him? He seems more social now then he used to be. Maybe now I can get him to tell me about my mum. I mean, I tried to before we left, but he wouldn't talk to me.
""He's not in love with your mum anymore, Harry. Hasn't been for quite some time." she added sadly. She hated to be the one to tell Harry this.
"What makes you say that?" Harry asked.
"Harry, trust me, alright? He doesn't love your mum that way anymore." she said.
"But how do you know? Have you talked to him…" he started, but Hermione interrupted him.
"Yes, I talked to him about this, Harry. At length, actually. Several times over the past few years. He does not love her anymore, Harry." she said in a fierce tone. The topic of Lily Potter was a sensitive one for her. Even though it was long before she knew Severus, she didn't like the idea of her husband being in love with another woman for over twenty years.
"I don't believe that. I'm sorry, Hermione, but a man doesn't just stop loving a woman he's loved for over twenty years." Harry said.
"Harry, if Severus was still madly in love with and devoted only to your mum, he wouldn't have gotten married last year." Hermione said. She put her left hand on top of her right, hoping they'd get the hint. But, they didn't.
"He got married? Let me guess. She's a lot like my mum, right? I can see him finding someone a lot like her to settle down with." Harry said.
"Who'd be stupid enough to do it is what I'd like to know." Ron asked.
"Well? What's her name?" Harry asked. "What's she like?"
"It's me. I'm married to Severus." Hermione said with her jaw clenched. Her moods had been up and down lately due to the pregnancy, and she was starting to lose her temper again. She was holding up her left hand, much like Ginny had. They saw her six carat cushion cut diamond ring on a platinum band on her ring finger.
Harry and Ron sat there with their eyes wide and mouth hanging open. Again, she started counting in her head how long until either Ron or Harry blew up. It didn't take long.
"BLOODY HELL! HOW COULD YOU HERMIONE?" Ron yelled, like when he found out about Ginny being married to Draco. "YOU ACTUALLY MARRIED THE GREASY GIT?!" he went on. His face was a dark shade of red. Hermione pulled out her wand and petrified him again, knowing he was really about to blow up.
"Very easily, Ron. He asked, I said yes. We've been married for just over a year now." Hermione said calmly and with a smile. She decided not to tell them about the baby just yet.
"Why would you do that to yourself, Hermione? Are you sure he loves you, or is he just replacing my mum with you? Because people always said how alike you two were, you know." Harry said.
"Potter. Weasley." he heard from behind him. Turning around, he saw Severus standing there with his arms crossed over his chest. "You really need to learn when to shut up." he said as he entered the room and went over to Hermione. He gave her a kiss and said something to her in hushed tones. After he was done, he turned to look at Harry and Ron. "Come with me."
Ron and Harry followed Severus down into the basement. He went over to a cabinet and unlocked it. They watched as he levitated a pensieve onto a table in the middle of the room. "You need to get back in touch with the wizarding world. You two seem to be having problems grasping at the changes that have happened. Therefore, rather than interrogating and upsetting my wife, you will simply watch memories from the last seven years." Severus said.
He set a box of memories on the table, turned on his heel and walked back up the stairs, leaving Harry and Ron alone to view the last seven years on their own.
"Well, Ron? What do you think?" Harry asked. "Should we?"
"We kinda have to, Harry." Ron said, running a hand through his hair. "We're getting nowhere talking to people. Maybe if we watch things, we'll find out what we want to know."
Harry sighed. "You're right, I guess. This way, we can see things happening instead of just hearing about them and not believing them. Maybe this will clear up a few things." Harry said, looking warily at the box. "Besides, if we do this, then maybe some of us wouldn't lose our temper so much, eh Ron?"
"Alright. Let's go, Harry." Ron said, as his face turned red again.
With that, Ron watched as Harry poured in the first memory, and they dove in.
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*IN THE NEXT CHAPTER, WE DIVE INTO THE PENSIEVE AND START TO EXPLORE THE LAST SEVEN YEARS! YAY!
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