Hey guys! Well, I finally have chapter 12 up thanks to the use of Prongsy's computer. =] It's not finished obviously, but read to the end and then read my little message. =]

Chapter 12: Changes
Draco milled through his thoughts as he sat under a big oak tree. Tears were still falling freely down his face. He shook his head and tried to wipe them away, but felt defeated when more came back down. He was holding a picture that had been taken months before. It was of Hermione running from the camera, not wanting to be caught by the film. She was smiling, laughing, throwing things at Draco. He smiled at the memory and brushed more tears away. Suddenly the silence was broken as Draco let out a short scream of pain. He looked down at his arm in anguish and cursed. He put the picture back into his robes and jumped on his broom.

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Hermione flipped through her book furiously. She knew it had to be somewhere in there.
“Harry!”
She threw the book at the door and looked under her bed.
“Oi!” Harry ducked and the book grazed his hair. “Trying to kill me?”
“Where is it?!”
“Where is what?”
“The picture of Draco!”

Harry frowned and ruffled his hair. He walked over and picked Hermione off of the floor.
“Harry, I need to find that picture!”
“Hermione! It’s no good torturing yourself. It’s been three months. You need to stop this.”
“I’m not torturing myself.”
“You haven’t been yourself since he left that night. And I kinda miss you bugging me to do my homework. Now I actually have to do it on my own nagging. Do you know how hard that is?”

Hermione smiled slightly and sat down next to him.
“I just don’t know what to do, Harry. The pain won’t go away. I still love him so much, and I know he didn’t leave because he wanted too.”
“But you can’t keep holding on to someone if you don’t know if and when they’re ever coming back. He hasn’t written to you or anything, Hermione.”
“I never got to tell him…”
“Tell him what?”

Hermione sighed and frowned.
“I’m pregnant.”

*****
“But my Lord, how can I go back there?”
“I’m sure you will find a way. You’re not an idiot, Draco. You know as well as I what will happen if you don’t get me what I want.”
“I understand, my Lord, but – “
“NO! No questions, no doubts! I don’t care what you have to do, just get it done!”
Draco bowed quickly and backed out of the room. He shut the door quickly and made his way outside. Frustrated, he kicked his broom and screamed out in anger. He didn’t want to go back. He couldn’t face all those people. The ones he loved, the ones he hated, the ones he just couldn’t keep composed around. He looked down at his broom and sighed. He picked it up and mounted it.
“Time to go back to bloody school.”

*****
Harry stared in disbelief.
“Uh...you’re, um…what?”
“…pregnant.”
“Are you…sure?”
“I’ve taken the test enough times to know.”

Harry let out a breath and rubbed the back of his neck.
“How, uh…how far along are you?”
“…almost three months.”
Harry sighed and fidgeted where he sat.
“It’s okay. I’ll help you with whatever you need, Hermione.”
“You’re too nice to me, Harry. You really don’t need too.”

Harry looked down at her and pulled her chin up and quickly kissed her lightly. They both pulled away as quickly as the kiss began. Hermione blushed and Harry distanced himself by getting up and walking to the door.

“I’ll…uh, save you a seat at the table.”
“Harry?”
“Yeah?”
“Stay.”
Harry turned around and looked at her curiously. “What?”
“Don’t leave.”
“Don’t you want to get uh…going to class and…and stuff?”

Hermione had gotten closer to Harry. She smiled and wrapped him up into a hug. He struggled with his thoughts but hugged her back, tightening his grip around her waist.

“I just want to be with you right now.”
Harry smiled and rested his head on top of hers.

*****
The Great Hall was louder than usual that morning. It had been a few weeks since Harry and Hermione’s kiss. They had walked in holding hands, and they quickly sat down before too much was brought up about it. No one seemed to notice. Harry filled a plate and placed it in front of Hermione. She looked at it wide-eyed and looked to Harry.

“You don’t expect me to eat all that?”
“Yes, I do.” He leaned in close and whispered in her ear. “You’re eating for two now, remember?”
“I’m not a disposal, Harry, I have limits.”
“Eat as much as you can. Please?”

Hermione rolled her eyes and picked up her fork. When breakfast was over, they made their way to Potions class. Commotion was still wandering around the school. Hermione wasn’t too concerned with what people were talking about, but Harry was naturally curious.
“Hey, I’ll be right back.”
“Okay, Harry.”

Harry smiled and walked over to Neville and Seamus, who were talking with a few other people.
“Hey guys.”
“Hey Harry.”
“Heard the news?”
“What news?”
“Malfoy’s back.”
“WHAT?!”
“Came back early this morning.” Neville said.
“Thought you and Hermione would already know. Considering they were so close a few months back.” Seamus said.

Harry looked over to Hermione with a worried look on his face. Walking back, he sat down and began flipping through random pages of his Potions book. Hermione watched him, curiosity welling over her face.

“Um, Harry?”
“Yeah?”
“What are you doing?”
“Reading.”
“Why are you reading?”
“I need to learn this potion.”

Harry stopped when he realized what he just said. He put his head in his hands and breathed slowly.
“Okay, I’m going to tell you. But you have to promise me not to completely freak out.”
“Harry, you’re being silly. Just tell me.”
“Well, okay. Um, Draco is…here.”

Hermione’s face went pale. There wasn’t really any emotion as far as Harry could tell, but when Hermione looked back down at her book, he grew concerned.
“Hermione?”
“Yes Harry?”
“You okay?”
“I’m fine. Let’s just finish this potion so we can go back to the dorm.”
“Hermione?”
“Harry. Just drop it.”

Harry sighed and looked over to the group of people now forming around Draco. 'She’ll come around. Eventually.’ Harry sighed at the thought and went back to making the potion.

*****
Okay, so I need some ideas for what Draco is looking for and how the Harry/Hermione sitch should be handled. So if you could PM me, that would be awesome. And duh, you'll obviously be credited in the next chapter. =]
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--Padfoot

YAY chapter 12!! i'm soo excited. that was crazy intense!

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I can't believe she's pregnant!
Really good post, I loved it!

hmmm, let me think a bit on the new developments and I'll PM you if I get some ideas.

Wow, that was great! A huge shocker with Hermione and all. Draco's back....

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Normally, Draco would love the attention. But his attention was on the two people sitting on the other side of the room. He knew it was Hermione and he knew for a fact that she was avoiding him because of her pride. As class soon began, he found he couldn't focus and cursed his stubborness.
"Malfoy. Why don't you tell the class what a proper Wolfsbane does?"
"Why don't you bugger off?"

The entire class went deadly silent as Professor Snape and Draco stared at each other. Hermione shifted in her seat. For the first time she had looked at Draco, and it broke her heart to see the state he was in. He looked a down-right mess. His eyes had dark rings underneath them, his hair didn't have that normal Malfoy sheen, and he had lost a considerable amount of weight. She looked down with her hands on her stomach in thought. It was his and she did need to tell him at some point. She buried her head in her hands as she thought about the situation with Harry.

"I don't believe I heard you correctly, Mr. Malfoy. Would you mind repeating?"
"Clean the junk out of your ears and BUGGER OFF!"
"Oh for Merlin's sake! Wolfbane is a potion that will allow a werewolf to retain his intelligence when he transforms, thus rendering him less dangerous." Hermione screamed.
"Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Granger, you will both be serving detention tonight at seven for your outburts. Turn to page 276."

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"I can't believe he gave me detention for giving the right answer! Why is he such a twit?!"
"Calm down, Hermione." Harry said placing his hand on her stomach. "Don't stress. You're not the only one that's going to hurt because of it."

Hermione sighed. "You're right. I'm just going to go lay down. See you at dinner?"
"I'll be there."
Draco watched as Hermione walked in the opposite direction, with Harry looking after her. He scowled and walked up to Harry and tapped him on the shoulder.
"You two have gotten pretty close since I've been gone, haven't you?"

Harry whirled around and faced Draco with exasperation on his face.
"Draco. How ah...how have you been?"
"Cut the small talk, Potter. Why won't Hermione even look at me?"
"You're serious?"
"I'm not talking to you for giggles, Potter."
"Look, Hermione doesn't want to talk to you or..look at you because you left her with nothing. And for what? The Dark Lord and his goonies. How do you think that made her feel?"

Draco sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.
"I didn't want to hurt her."
"Well you did. It's going to be hard for her to talk to you with her...current situation. She doesn't need the stress. So leave her alone."
Draco stared at Harry and smirked.
"I figured as much."
"What?"
"I'm not stupid, Potter. Hermione's pregnant. She must of loved me so much to turn around and conceive with you."

Harry stared in disbelief and tried to catch Draco as he walked away.
"Draco, wait! It's not what you think!"
Draco spun around and punched Harry in the jaw. Harry flew to the floor in a jumbled heap. He looked up as Draco stood over him with fury in his eyes.

"Don't tell me what I'm thinking, Potter. I should've known better than to trust a Mudblood with something as precious as my heart. Keep that filthy thing away from me. Especially you. Or I'll hit you so hard it'll wake up your dentist."
With that, Draco walked away and around the corner, leaving Harry on the floor confused and flustered.

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*****
"HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO STUPID?!"
"Draco..."
"I MEAN WHY DID I LET MYSELF FALL FOR THAT MUDBLOOD?!"
"Hey! Enough! I don't know why you're freaking out so much about this without talking to her first, but you would NEVER call her that! Ever."

Draco stared at Blaise. His seething anger disappeared with the thoughts of Hermione and he sat down on the bed. He buried his head in his hands and groaned.

"What am I going to do?"
"Don't worry. We'll fix all this."
"Are you kidding? I called Hermione a Mudblood in front of Potter. There's no doubt in my mind at all, that he told her already. Any chances that I had with her at all are gone."
"No, they're not. Just relax. We'll fix this."

Draco sighed and rubbed his head.
'I want to fix things with her. I don't know what I'll do without her...but I need to concentrate on this mission or I'll never see her again.'

*****
"He...what?"
"I'm sorry, Hermione. He called you a Mudblood and said he never should of trusted you with his heart."
"But...I just don't understand. Why would he say all those mean things?"

Hermione wiped away the falling tears as Harry paced the room.
'Should I tell her that he thought its my baby? This could help me stay with her...'

Uh-oh! What will Harry do?!!!!! Give me some crazy ideas and well find out! =]

--padfoot

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Classes passed slowly throughout the day. Hermione found that she could not concentrate on anything. All she could think about was Draco, and how he had changed so much. She wandered behind the others as classes filed out of classrooms, flooding into the halls. Holding her books she slowly made her way behind them, only to be pushed into a wall by a Slytherin, making her books fall onto the floor.

"Ow!"
"Watch where you're going, Mudblood."
Hermione looked up as the Slytherin snickered at her fallen form.

"Hey, look everyone! Looks like little Hermione has fallen and can't get up. What should we do to help her?" he said smuggly.
A group of Slytherins had formed around her, crossing their arms and some pulling out their wands.

"Hey! Leave her alone."
The group looked up to the voice. Some backed away and started making their way back down the hallway. Others just stood in amazement. Draco walked casually over to the group, his hair shiney and his skin back to the normal colors. He looked healthy...and angry. He walked over to the second year boy that had started the commotion and grabbed him by the collar.

"I believe you own her an apology."
"And why should I do that? She's just a no good, dirty Mudblo-"
Draco slapped the boy across the face and pressed him against the wall.
"I said, APOLOGIZE."

The boy looked down at Hermione and then looked back at Draco. He panicked and quickly said an apology.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry!"
Draco threw the boy down and wiped his hands on his robes.
"Good. Now get gone."
The boy got up and ran down the hall and around the corner.
Draco bent down and started picking up books and loose papers that had scattered on the ground.
"You should be more careful. What with your condition."
"How do you know about that?"
"I'm not stupid, Granger. I know when a girl is pregnant."
"Then..then why did you call me a Mudblood? And that you couldn't trust me?"
"I would have thought that that part would have been obvious. You cheated on me with..Potter."

Draco scrunched his face and turned away. Tears were forming in his eyes. He turned back when Hermione had begun giggling.
"Why is this funny to you?"
"You-you think that this is Harrys' child?"
"Well.."
Hermione burst out laughing and gently took Draco's hand in hers.
"Draco. This is your child."
Draco's eyes grew wide and he stared at her in disbelief.
"My...child?"
"Yes. Why would you think that it was Harrys?"
"Well, he never said anything otherwise. Oh, Hermione. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it when I called you a Mudblood. I just got so angry an-"

Hermione cut Draco off with a kiss. Draco sighed and fell into Hermione. His thoughts about the mission were blown out of his mind and all he concentrated on was Hermione. Hermione, though, couldn't help but think about Harry.
'Why would he not tell me the whole story?'

That's all for now. I'll post again soon!!

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xo, Padfoot