" Hermione!" Ginny took her friend out of her thoughts "Wow! Again ignoring me"
"I'm sorry," hermione tried to apologize, "I tried to remember if I sent the reports to Dr. Minako."
"You are a terrible liar and a terrible friend"
Ginny looked at her accusingly "You can't lie to your best friend when you're not very good at it.
"How difficult is it to confess that you were thinking of Fleur again?"
Hermione felt nervous just hearing the name.
"Why don't you call her?"
Ginny was trying to solve that "problem" for several weeks since she found out.
"And tell her what? "Hermione felt frustrated - "Ohh! I know... I'll tell you something how... Sorry, I broke my cell phone and email so I never thought to contact you again..."
Ginny took a sip of her coffee and got up "Well, they are the consequences to your actions... you have to accept them"
And without further ado, the redhead left the cafeteria leaving Hermione more guilty than ever, she kept thinking about what would have happened "if there were...", let out a big sigh and remembered that time
~ Flashback~
Hermione moved slightly on the bed, she felt a heat next to her and as bursts she remembered the night before, she turned and as expected, Fleur was sleeping quite comfortable. She slid down the bed trying not to wake up her companion, tried to look for her clothes, picked up a couple of pieces and put them on
remembering that some had stayed in the living room she left the room, arrived in the living room and finished getting dressed, looking around, it was a very cozy apartment, she walked to a corner where there were several photographs where she could only recognize the blonde's sister and several people who were perhaps friends or family
"Good morning," said Fleur, who was wrapped in the sheet with a big smile.
Hermione felt nervous "Good morning"
Fleur approached her very smiling and gave her a kiss on the lips but Hermione stepped back slightly " Is something wrong?"
"No," said the chestnut, she wanted to leave as soon as possible. "It's just that I have to go to work and I have to take a bath."
Fleur raised an eyebrow "On Saturday?"
"It's just that I'm a doctor for St. Mungo's," confessed hermione even though she didn't actually work that day.
Fleur seemed to understand "Will we see each other Again?" the blonde was filled with dread as she seemed to begin to grasp things
Hermione feeling a wave of guilt and remorse. Replied "Of course!"
She lied, she didn't feel like facing reality " I'll call later to make plans on"
The blonde's smile was drawn again on her face.
" I have to go"The guilt hermione was feeling was increasing and she preferred to flee as soon as possible, she approached and kissed the blonde's cheek
"I'll call you later" Hermione was turning when the blonde's voice stopped her
"'Ermione..."The blonde called "To call me... Isn't a number necessary?"
"Of course! I'm very forgetful in the morning... can you give it to me?" she asked feeling quite nervously, as she felt her hands begin to sweat.
Fleur looked at her carefully and with a serious look she took a pencil and a piece of paper from the desk drawer and wrote her number on it, looking seriously at hermione and handed it to her
"See you soon," said hermione with the paper in hand and disapparated from the apartment.
~End of flashback~
Hermione gave herself a small blow to the head with her hand, how could she have been so mean? So dishonest she had used and deceived Fleur for her own pleasure she was no Gryffindor she was a coward.
She would have liked to have called her but what would they talk about? Hermione Granger and Fleur Delacour? they had nothing in common other than the passionate night they shared, yes, not having called her was good, it was the best for both of them, she sighed, she tried to encourage herself that she made the right decision and with that thought she got up from her seat, she had to continue with her rounds in the st.mungo's, focusing on working would clear all thoughts.
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Fleur washed her face and looked in the mirror once again.
"Okay, this was the last thing, you're going to go to the doctor," said a voice behind the door.
Fleur looked at the bathroom door, observed that she was still keeping it closed, approached and opened it, a figure entered. Fleur looked at her, she was a woman with black hair and green eyes, with a white and slender complexion, a true beauty, a true friend.
"Fleur Delacour, did you hear me? Right now we're going to the doctor " The woman spoke.
"Ariadne... I'm fine, I just felt bad about the food" Fleur was trying to reassure her.
The woman raised an eyebrow "Last week I could have believed it but now its... you must have an infection or something like that, now let's go to the doctor"
"You have an important meeting, do you forget it? "
"Well... I'll cancel it-"
Fleur shook her head "It's too important"
"You are more important," Ariadna said as she approached to caress her cheek. "I'm worried about you Fleur."
Fleur sighed resignedly "Okay, I'll go to the doctor if you go to your meeting"
The woman thought about it for several seconds "How will I know that you are well?"
"I'll call you as soon as I get out, I promise you"
Ariadna approached and hugged her with fervor "it's a deal blondie"
she separated from her "Come on, I'll accompany you downstairs so you can go to the doctor"
Fleur nodded resignedly and both women began to walk while Ariadne talked very animatedly to her friend who only managed to nod and smile occasionally.
Fleur arrived at the hospital, she still felt a slight urge to vomit but restrained herself, walked through the corridors until she reached the reception
"Excuse me" she told the girl behind the counter that she only saw her and raised an eyebrow "I would like to get some studies done"
"What kind?" asked the woman with a tired tone.
Fleur didn't know how to answer, she made a bewildered face, she came to find out what she had, that was supposed to be the job of some doctor, she didn't come to tell him what she was suffering from since then she wouldn't have to attend a hospital in the first place
Her bewildered face must have given her away because the reception lady replied
"A general to know how bad the problem is "
the woman guessed and began to fill out a form
Fleur looked at her strangely and with some annoyance
" Put your general information here " the woman commented
Fleur filled them out and handed them to her, the woman continued doing paperwork and handed a file to Fleur
"Go to the second floor and wait for your turn. There they will do the studies "
And without another word the woman continued typing on her computer.
Fleur turned around, she didn't like the woman but went to the second floor reluctantly and when she arrived she saw several people sitting with a piece of paper in her hand similar to hers.
"164" shouted a man and another man got up.
Fleur looked at her "177" paper, let out a big sigh and sat in the nearest chair, started flipping through a couple of uninteresting magazines until after a long time she heard his call.
"177" shouted the same man.
Fleur got up like a spring, she was quite happy to hear her number, walked with a smile to the man who just looked at her stunned and turned around quickly, Fleur closed the door behind her.
The man took Fleur's file and wrote on another piece of paper several incomprehensible things for Fleur
"Come here " said the man and Fleur obeyed, the man took Fleur's arm and with his wand made a couple of movements,
Fleur felt his cold hand put a needle on and the blood began to come out, the man collected a couple of little bottles.
when he was done the man approached with a potion and poured it on Fleur's arm, wound closed Instantly . The man continued to do several things and again gave a piece of paper to Fleur
For her to pick up her results and wait at the end of the hallway for her turn for the doctor to explain his results, the man opened the door and before Fleur could ask something he called the next number, the blonde felt upset again, she didn't like this treatment. The delacour's always had the best money could buy coming from an ancient French wizarding family.
The blonde looked at a girl behind the counter and walked resolutely towards her, cleared her throat a little
"Good morning," said the girl while smiling, she was blonde and somewhat cute. "Can I help you with anything?"
Fleur smiled when she felt the first pleasant treatment " excusez-moi... it's just that... I don't know what to do with this "
the blonde showed the role to the woman.
The girl smiled broadly at the blonde "walk down this right corridor " she said as she pointed out the place
"in the second entrance there is a small waiting room, there they will call you by your name and they will give you your results "
the girl looked flushed as she stated at the blonde " It should not take long and when they give them, in this same corridor but at the end there is the waiting room for the doctor to explain his results. Your waiting number is still the same "the girl smiled shyly at Fleur.
The blonde smiled back with joy "Thank you, you have really been of great help"
"It's a pleasure, Miss Delacour," the woman replied and when she saw Fleur's expression falter , she hurried to say, "I read it in your format."
Fleur smiled "Fleur is fine"
"It was a pleasure, Fleur," the girl said.
"I thank you very much"
And without saying anything more the blonde continued on her way and her sure long wait, as the girl said, her results did not take long but when she arrived at the waiting room she felt overwhelmed, there were a large number of people waiting so there were no free places to sit , Fleur snorted and leaned on a wall
"134"mentioned a woman who came out of a door and a man got up.
"135"mentioned another man who came out of another door and another person got up.
Fleur had been waiting for more than an hour and they were barely going for the 150 and something, suddenly she felt dizzy, she tried to walk to the bathroom but grabbed the wall
"Fleur?"
The blonde recognized that voice and felt even more overwhelmed, she felt her legs falter.
"Fleur!" said Hermione while holding her in her arms to prevent her from falling, Fleur felt slightly recomposed and tried to hold herself by her means, took a look and saw Hermione dressed in a white blouse and a robe on top of the same color.
"What...?" Fleur was still confused
"What am I doing here? "Hermione inquired and when she saw the blonde's affirmative gesture she continued talking "Well mentioned, I worked here"
Fleur threw her a frost glare, and hermione nervously swallowed, suddenly someone called out
"One hundred and fifty..."but the man did not finish the call, he hurriedly approached both women "Doctor Granger! What a miracle to see you here!"
Hermione smiled slightly but Fleur noticed some discomfort in her features.
The man turned to see Fleur "Oh! It looks bad. What number is it?" And without asking for permission, the doctor took the paper from Fleur "Wow!"
"I hope I'm your not here trying to steal my patients, doctor specially one so pretty," the man said with a smile and threw fleur a wink.
"Of course not," she replied offended. "Do you remember that we have different charges?" But this time her voice was dripping with arrogance.
It seemed that hermione hurt the doctor who looked at her with suspicion but then regained his smile "I'm glad your friend will be left in expert hands"
Hermione and Fleur tried to say something but the man continued talking
"Her being your friend, I will make an exception" he said quite low to the doctor and winked at the blonde.
"maybe one day hermione will return the favor""Let's go! Come to my office. Oh! You can also come, doctor "
Fleur tried to object but the doctor was already pushing them to the office.
"Maybe I should... " Hermione was trying to run away, she didn't want any more situations that involved Fleur, everything was very uncomfortable.
" Please! Sit down " encouraged the doctor and he took a seat behind the desk " his results "
Fleur extended the role to the man who looked at him carefully for a couple of minutes and his smile grew bigger, the blonde looked at Hermione and Hermione tried to smile at him.
"Congratulations," said the doctor.
Fleur looked at him inquisitively -"Excuse me? "
" She's going to be a mother, congratulations!"the man smiled broadly.
Fleur felt as if that man was miles away from her and a cold invaded her, she felt her breathing stop and her mouth dry. Hermione opened her eyes quite surprised and disappointed , she didn't expect that, deep down she wished she had been able to call Fleur more but now it only remained for her to congratulate her and the baby's father.
Fleur began to shake her head first slowly and then with fervor -" No... No... No... that... can't be" Fleur felt that her legs didn't respond.
Hermione and the doctor looked at her surprised, they expected to see her happy "Well... the results point to it"
"But they can fail" Fleur kept shaking her head, she wished that everything was a terrible nightmare.
"They can," said the man, "but it is minimal practically zero, if he does a specific test she can be sure but he assured him that she is pregnant." The doctor smiled again -Congra...-
"NO!- Fleur was very desperate "No, No, No and No-"
The man sighs "Let's see... have you had your period?-
Fleur shook her head "I'm very irregular"
"When was the last time you had it?"
Fleur didn't smile and her gaze began to tarnish.
"Ok," said the man, understanding that the blonde's accounts agreed. "Vomiting?" Dizziness ? Change of appetites?-"
Fleur's gaze reflected fear.
"When was the last time you had sex?" the man asked.
Fleur let out a big breath of air, she didn't want to answer but she knew that if she did, perhaps, the girl next to her would react "June 22" Fleur held her head with both hands, she felt hopeless.
"Well, given the dates and the symptoms, it seems almost certain to me that you are pregnant"
Hermione, who had remained very quiet, looked at her and wondered how did she remember it so accurately and safely? June 22... She looked at the doctor's calendar, it was a Saturday... June 22... She had a birthday on June 17... June 22... June 22...
"June 22! "shouted hermione remembering that date she had gone out with Ginny, that day she had sex with Fleur and the time she used an enchantment to have male genitals and that she did not use protection.
Fleur looked at her annoyed "22... of... June.." repeated the blonde who had already realized that the other had finally understood the problem she was in.
"There must be a mistake," said hermione as she snatched the paper from the doctor, Fleur laughed sarcastically mocking her but at that moment it didn't matter to hermione who looked at that paper carefully.
The doctor looked at her very strangely "But doctor... you know that..."
"That there may be a mistake," Hermione interrupted while clinging to the idea of a mistake.
"But if the lady..."the doctor didn't understand anything.
"It's irregular! "Hermione was quite desperate - "Very irregular! "
Fleur looked at her as if she were a weirdo "-I think...-"
"You need another study," said hermione . "Thank you doctor, see you later."
Hermione got up and made a gesture to the blonde to follow her but Fleur kept looking at her strangely
"Don't you want to be sure? "
Fleur clenched her jaw and with courage got up and followed her, she didn't turn to see the doctor or anyone just followed hermione,
Hermione walked and went between the hallways, opened a door and there was a man.
"Hey! Look what the wind has brought" The boy looked happy.
"I need you to take an urgent pregnancy test" Hermione didn't stop to greet him and the boy raised his eyebrow somewhat dissatisfied "Please, it's urgent"
Fleur saw how the man drew blood and put it into vials as he interrogated the chestnut that responded dryly, the brown eyes looked lost and Fleur could not help but feel her world collapse, this was definitely not in her plans.
"Now I'm back," the boy replied and left, leaving both women in a very uncomfortable situation.
Fleur felt her hands begin to sweat, Hermione saw her occasionally, until she let out a big sigh and approached her.
"You... Are you sure that I...? "Hermione tried to ask the question without sounding too cold or offending Fleur, but the truth is that she had a lot of doubts "I mean... You... with someone? ...You know"
Fleur looked at her annoyed and angry, with her eyes narrowed and arms crossed "No, I have not slept with anyone after June 22" Fleur caught a new look of questioning from the chestnut "No, she had not had sex quite a long time ago before that date"
Hermione snorted closing her eyes "It's me... or... I"
Fleur felt so eager to hit her but nothing was certain so she had to wait, wait for the sentence, although deep down she knew that there were no mistakes, she knew her body and something inside her shouted it but she preferred to turn a deaf ear.
They spent some more time in silence, they didn't see each other, each one looked at some lost point.
"here they are" said the boy and came in with a piece of paper in hand
Hermione quickly got up and approached him, Fleur imitated her, the chestnut opened the envelope and barely looked at him for a few seconds and rubbed her head with her hands letting half words come out of her mouth, Fleur understood instantly.
"Maybe they want me to leave them?" the boy said.
Hermione shook her head "Will you accompany me Fleur?"
The blonde nodded slightly and again they began to walk and get between corridors, she had many things on her head, the paper only confirmed what she knew: She was pregnant. She had a big problem now and didn't have the slightest idea on how she was going to solve it or what she was going to do with the baby that was on the way. Hermione opened a door and gave way to the blonde, Fleur entered.
"Please sit down," the chestnut told him.
And Fleur did it, she looked at a plaque in front of her that said "DR. H. GRANGER," the desk was neatly arranged, Fleur felt the chestnut sit next to her
Hermione looked at Fleur "We have to talk"
Fleur raised an eyebrow and nodded her head.
"You are... You are... pregnant"
Fleur felt dizzy again and could only nod.
"...by me "Hermione also felt a slight dizziness and a desire to start crying.
"Yes"This time the voice accompanied Fleur
"But you don't have..."
Hermione shook her head "Are you going to have it?"
Fleur got up from her seat very annoyed " What? I can't believe what you're telling me!-"
She began to walk to the door Hermione got up very quickly and shook her head
"No, I just wanted to be sure, of course I'm not suggesting anything... I wouldn't be able to..." " I just to make sure your you didn't feel pressured"
Hermione sat down again "Please"
Fleur signed but sat down "Look... we are both very... very...-" Hermione looked at the ceiling trying to look for the word "shocked" She said at last "Can we talk about it later? When we are calmed down... can I go to your apartment"
Fleur nodded and on a piece of paper she wrote the address and got up from her seat "I want you to know..." Fleur tried to sound as calm and cold as possible "That if you never arrive... I won't have any problem with it"
Hermione blushed, she knew she had a background with her for having left her waiting but she shook her head and got up looking at the blonde "And I want you to know... that... I'm not going to run away.."
Fleur looked at her in disbelief, trying to discard those words because the last time hermione said she was going to remain in communication she did not do it, her heart was shattered but in the end a ray of light appeared as lightly rubbed her stomach, she looked at her once again before leaving the office and walked out of building. She needed to talk to someone, vent everything she had inside, so she called her two best friends to find them in her apartment.
When Fleur arrived, they were both at the door.
"Moon! - Fleur pounced on the young woman and began to shed several tears
"What's up Fleur? "Ariadne looked very worried, she was afraid she a deadly disease or some incurable ailment .
Fleur shook her head and let go of Luna "à l'intérieur " and just opened the apartment for them to pass "Do you want something?"
"Only to Know what's going on," Ariadna replied quite desperately. "Leave the formalities."
Fleur sat in front of them " I'm pregnant "
even she herself was surprised by her ease
"Congratulations? "Ariadna answered because she wasn't sure if that was a good or a bad thing.
"Whose?" Luna asked, because she knew that the answer to that question contained the problem.
Fleur bit her lower lip "'Ermione... 'Ermione Granger-"
Luna put her hands to her mouth and seemed really surprised.
Ariadne instead looked at her confused
"Wait... Isn't Hermione Granger the girl you've been in love with all this time? "
Ariadne inquired and when she saw that her friend nodded she continued questioning
"And you... had sex recently... "
Her friend answered her with a slight nod
"How is it possible that two girls...? " but she didn't finish the sentence.
"You see..." Luna thought that Fleur wouldn't want to answer that question and she decided to explain it "Hermione is a witch... witches use magic... and there are spells... to... transform girls into boys.." "down under"
Fleur felt her face heat and display a flush , she was grateful that she was not the one who gave her Muggle friend an explanation
Ariadna's surprise increased "Fleur... so you had sex with... a boy?"
"Not exactly- Luna answered again "Maybe just... the genital... am I wrong Fleur?"
The blonde shook her head, Ariadna opened her eyes more "I..." Fleur was trying to explain
"She... wanted to try something new" " I don't think she had tried it before and didn't know she had to use protection"
"So is it possible? How does a girl get pregnant when you using that spell? "
Ariadna didn't intend to judge her friend by her sexual tastes, she was just trying to understand the situation.
"Of course it's possible... with magic... almost anything is possible"Luna smiled broadly.
Ariadna saw her with suspicion, that girl bothered her and only endured her for Fleur, she saw her as a haughty and arrogant girl although to tell the truth she had never deigned to meet her "So... you are pregnant by this girl..."
Fleur nodded "oui"
"And does she know it?" Luna asked.
"oui" When she saw the look on her friend face she continued talking "elle est un docteur and I met her before they gave me the result, she found out with me"
"And?" Ariadna Asked.
"We agreed to talk, that she would come here to talk"
"Pff... "Ariadna blurted out "Like the last time? You got depressed for a week because she never called and now you're pregnant and you get the story that..."
"I think," Luna interrupted. "That we all deserve a second chance... besides, the important thing is not what Hermione does, but what else... What are you going to do Fleur?"
The blonde layed down on the sofa looking at a vase and shook her head slightly
"Are you going to have it?" Ariadna asked.
Fleur was annoyed Why did everyone ask her that silly question?
"She wouldn't be able to….. Never... veela just couldn't "
"Of course...?
Ariadna seemed to notice her mistake
" I'm sorry " She looked at Luna encouraging her to ask something.
Luna smiled "Congratulations! Being a mother is a great gift..." Luna caught the strange look of the other two girls " alright it's not the best way to have it... It wasn't in your plans... you'll have a great responsibility and didn't even think about what the future will be... but you're going to have a baby. A baby! You, baby!"
Fleur smiled for the first time in the day, it was true... she was going to have a baby "Maybe she has blond hair " Fleur smiled even more, maybe she had the same beautiful nose as Hermione, her smile weakened for a moment
"You love her"Luna seemed to read her friend's thought "Maybe she didn't love you... But she has left you something beautiful"
Fleur smiled, she was immensely grateful to have Luna as a friend and of course also Ariadna although now she was somewhat absent because of all the information she was processing. Fleur approached and hugged both girls.
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Hermione was spinning non-stop at Harry and Ginny's house
"Well...- Harry didn't know lwhat to say before his friend's recent confession
"Hermione..."Ginny tried not to be so severe with her friend "You knew that if you did that spell and used it... well... there is a risk..."
"Just as if you'd done it with a boy"Harry tried to support Ginny.
Ginny nodded "as if you were with a boy..."
" But... I... - Hermione tried to justify herself unsuccessfully "It was once how...? "
Ginny quickly interrupted "Have you done this spell before?"
"Yes… but "
"Hermione... you did something... it has consequences, you must accept them" Ginny's Weasley Temperament was present "You know perfectly well that once is more than enough."
"Are you sure it's... yours?"
"HARRY JAMES POTTER "
Ginny was furious "Hasn't Hermione already said that she asked Fleur? "
Harry felt like Voldemort had been easier to face "-well... I... just...-"
Ginny didn't even listen " And Fleur assured her that it was the only possibility, that Hermione was the child's mother "
Despite not empathizing with the French woman and not liking her when she was dating bill
Ginny knew that she would not lie about something like that " Well, If i was in her place ! If I got pregnant, would you doubt me?
"No... no... No!... of course not... but... it's different... we're a couple... a married one" Harry was nervous
"to have sex and conceive a baby you don't need to be a couple "Ginny looked at her friend now "Right Hermione?"
Hermione looked at her with a frown and smiled sarcastically.
"Well... What will she do? ..." Harry noticed his wife's dissatisfaction "What will they do with the baby? You and Fleur " he corrected.
"She's s going to have it," said the chestnut.
"We," Ginny corrected.
Hermione raised her confused eyebrow.
" you said she it's a "we're going to have it" - Ginny answered, Hermione sat on the couch letting out a couple of tears
"Hey..."Ginny approached her "This... is not planned at all... and I know it's not what you'd like... but you already did it... And you're not the only one... How do you think Fleur is doing? I doubt she's having a better time than you... both got into this... both of you... and so both have to continue... for the baby... for your baby..."
Hermione stretched a slight smile, she wasn't very thrilled about being a mother and even less in these conditions but Ginny was right...they were both in this together ... she couldn't leave Fleur she had never walked away from responsibility before.
"I'm going to take care of the baby... I'll talk to Fleur... we're going to have a baby"
Ginny hugged her friend, she knew that it was not what she wanted but that she did the right thing and that later she would understand it and even love it, but these next months... would come loaded with problems. She didn't even want to think about Bill and Ron