Forbidden Love

Chapter Four

Hermione and Ron had told Arthur about their pregnancy together,when he got home from work the next morning.He seemed just as happy about it as Molly was.He hugged the two of them,congradulating them by telling them some very important news.

"It seems the Chudley Cannon's seeker,Andrew Wardof,had decided to retire." He told the young couple.

"So what does that mean,exactly,Dad?" Ron asked,not getting his point.

"That means that they'll be looking for a new seeker!" Hermione answered for Arthur.

"So what?" Ron told them."They wouldn't try to recruit me,I'm not even a professional."

"Yes but you've only been playing for a few years and you've already won the Quidditch Cup at Hogwarts two years in a row." Hermione reminded him.

"But how are the Cannons supposed to know that?" He asked,plopping down in a kitchen chair.

"Well,the captain does owe Mad-Eye a favour..." Arthur told him,acting as if the thought had just crossed his mind.

"You think Moody would do that for Ron?" Hermione asked,knowing that it was possible.Ron perked up.Moody was a good friend of the family's.

"I could ask," He answered to her."I'll probably see him tonight at work,I'll run it by him then."

"You'd do that,Dad?" He asked excitedly.His father patted him affectionately on the back.

"Course son,now will you excuse me? I haven't slept in a while and could use a little nap." He then made his way up to his room,hugging the two before he did so.

Throughout the whole day,Hermione began to notice changes in how she acted.Some smells made her feel slightly neauseaous,so she made note to stay away from the kitchen while Molly was cooking,not wanting to get sick.The older woman had sent for some books on wizarding pregnancies earlier that morning,so for the time,she owled for her mother to send over some of her muggle ones.She also began to notice that she seemed to touch her belly a lot.It wasn't any bigger,she made sure to check in the morning while getting dressed.She knew that you didn't really get noticeably big for a few months,but she still liked to check.

It felt odd to know she had a living thing growing inside her.Molly had showed her a place to push on her abdomen so she could feel it,but she barely felt anything.She also made note to owl a healer to make an appointment.

Ginny spent most of the day locked in her room with the door shut,as Percy had done a lot one summer when she'd come to visit.Molly didn't seem very worried about it,saying that people sometimes needed time to themselves.Ron,on the other hand,was being paranoid.

"That's exactly what that git Percy did,and he ended up becoming too stuck up to talk to us!" Ron expressed his opinions at dinner when Ginny had refused to come down.

"Ronald! Don't talk about your brother like that!" Molly scolded him,still feeling some motherly love for the child who'd abandoned his family.

"But it's true." He said,bowing down his head and digging into his food.

"Ginny would never do that,she probably just wants some time to herself." Hermione said,quoting Molly when she'd noted the change in her behaviour.Ron mumbled a response,but other than that,didn't bring it up for the rest of the night.

Harry still hadn't returned.Molly was getting extremely worried.After dinner she pulled an old rocking chair into the kitchen and stared out the window,knitting away,waiting for him to come back.Hedwig returned late in the afternoon with two letters,one for the whole family and the other for Ginny.Ginny ran down the stairs as soon as she heard the owl call out to get everyone's attention.She grabbed her letter and ran back up to her room before opening it.Molly read the letter for everyone else out loud:

"Dear Weasleys,

Sorry for not writing before now,it's been pretty rough out here.I can't tell you exactly where here is,out of fear of Hedwig being intercepted.I'm out here,doing what I should've been doing all year.I may not be home for a while,I need to finish this.If you need to contact me,send Hedwig,she'll know where to find me.I can't tell you much,but I'm perfectly fine,so please don't worry.I hope everyone is doing well.Please,don't worry if I don't write for a while,I don't exactly have much free time.Write back soon,it may take a while for me to get it,but I will eventually.

With love,

Harry"

Everyone was silent for a while.Molly sat down in a chair,obviously worried.

"I thought he was joking when he said he was leaving to find horcruxes after graduation." Ron said,breaking the silence.His mother rounded on him,glaring angrily.

"You knew where he was all this time and didn't say anything!?" She shouted,causing her son to stumble back.

"I-I don't know where he is," He told her quickly. "he just mentioned something a while back about going to look for horcruxes after graduation.I didn't think he'd already left." Molly took a few deep breaths to calm herself,she had as bad a temper of all her children combined.

"Well next time,I hope you have the curtesy to tell us these things!" She said,then stomped upstairs after Ginny.Ron sat down,shoulders slumped.It'd been a while since his mother got scolded him like that.

"She'll blame me now if something happens to him." He said sadly,staring at his empty plate.

"Of course not," Hermione said,sitting down beside him and holding his hand."no one will."

The two of them went to bed shortly after.Ron said goodnight,still upset,and went into his room,not even bothering to have her spend the night with him.Hermione shrugged it off,knowing all too well that he needed some time by himself to think.

A few hours later,Hermione awoke to the sound of Ginny's door opening on the same floor as her's.She heard the younger girl make her way downstairs.Deciding to see what was up with her,she put on her robe and followed the girl into the kitchen.Ginny jumped as she sensed someone behind her.

"Hermione,you scared me!" She said,clutching her chest.Hermione noticed Ginny was wearing a baggy sweater and sweat pants,a rucksack sat at her feet.

"Going somewhere?" She asked,Ginny hardly ever snuck out of the house.She didn't have a curfew,but she was always home by a certain time.Ginny bit her lip,a nervous habit she had.

"Umm...just going for a walk." She lied,her cheeks turning red.She refused to meet the older girl's eyes.

"Gin,don't lie to me." She said,slightly upset.Ginny and her had always told her everything,so it hurt to have her hiding things.

"Alright,fine," She sighed,knowing there was no way to get out of this but the truth."I'm going to meet Harry." Hermione smiled slightly,so her suspicions had been correct.

"Are you two back together?" She asked,wondering if she was right again.Ginny looked up to show her a confused look which quickly disapeared.

"No,we never broke up." Ginny admitted.It was Hermione's time to look confused.

"But,last year at Dumbledore's funeral? Harry said it was too dangerous for you to see eachoth-" She stopped midsentence,everything falling into place.

"It was all an act,wasn't it?" She questioned the red head.Ginny nodded,her head bowed.

Now it all made sense.Harry never even so much as looked at another girl all year,he kept saying it wasn't safe for him to date,but she'd always wondered why he didn't even look,or even talk about another girl.He never even danced with anyone at the post-grad dance.And then last summer,as soon as he'd turned 17,Harry had moved into The Burrow.Then there was the whole letter addressed to only Ginny.It all fit.

"I'm sorry I lied to you,to everyone," Ginny told her,looking up to show she had tears in her eyes.Hermione ran over and hugged her tight as she sobbed into her shoulder."it's just,if You-Know-Who found out about us,he'd hunt me down.I didn't care,but Harry didn't want me to get hurt.I didn't want to lie to everyone,but it was the only way."

Another thought crossed Hermione's mind.She gentely broke apart from her and lifted up her sweater.She gasped as she saw the slightly noticable bump of pregnancy over her t-shirt overed stomache.

"Oh,Ginny." She whispered,not trusting her voice.Why hadn't she realized all this before?

"That's how I knew to get you that potion.No one else knows,cept Harry." She sobbed quietly,ashamed.

"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked,softly touching her friend's pregnant belly.

"I didn't want anyone to find out.I'm only four months in,so no one else has even noticed.Please don't tell anyone." Hermione hugged her again.

"Don't worry,not a soul," She swore,this was not the kind of news she wanted to break to the Weasleys."just don't be back too late." Ginny nodded and hugged the girl again.

"Thanks Mione,I knew I could trust you." She then grabbed her bag and shouldered it.Hermione kissed her forehead and saw her out the door.She then collapsed into a chair.When did this family get so complicated?

To Be Continued...

I got bored and felt like updating.A few little twists in there for you,I'm thinking of having the Weasley family a little bit different then how they seem in the books,as you can tell with this chapter.Not very many people reviewed,but hey,it's only been one day.You all better be damn happy that I'm updating so fast,just remember,the weekend's over so don't ecspect another update for a few days.Thnxx goes out to:

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