Especially For You

CHAPTER SIX: THE NEW FRIEND

`Malfoy!´ yelled Harry, walking briskly towards them. `What the hell are you doing with Hermione?!!´ Hermione bit her lip and then sighed while Draco smirked.

`What do you think, Potter?´ he replied coolly, while pretending to wipe dirt from his robe. `Anyway, I must go. I don´t hangout with people who are related to Muggles---let alone, pure ones...´

`Your cousins are Muggles, you idiot!´ said Harry, smirking. Draco glared at him and then to Hermione who looked away, uncomfortably.

`I hangout with upper class Muggles and you are not,´ said Draco with forced calmness and also sneering. `Besides, they are HALF. Not pure. Moron!´ She sighed.

`Draco, no need for you to pretend,´ said Hermione while putting a hand on his shoulder.

Draco gave Hermione a `We are enemies´ look and then said, `What do you mean pretend, Mudblood? My cousins liking you will never ever make me like you too.´

`Draco? Draco?´ said Harry, frowning. `What the hell is going on? Pretend? Why---Have you been crying?´

`Oh shut your mouth, Draco Malfoy,´ snapped Hermione. `Harry, you have to listen to me---´

`I beg your pardon, Mudblood?´

`Shut your mouth, stupid git!´ said Harry, his fist clenching.

`Are you expecting me to obey you, Scarhead?´ he replied, his fist clenching as well. Harry´s eyebrows crinkled and then took his wand out and so did Draco. They were pointing their wands at each other. Hermione just sighed, went in between them and then placed each of her hands on their chests.

`Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, you both have to calm down and listen to me. Harry, we were just talking and believe it or not---he was just helping me.´ Harry frowned.

`Are you expecting me to believe that, Hermione?´

`He thinks you are lying, Granger---´

`He really did, Hermione?´ asked Harry. Hermione just smiled and then nodded. `Oh---´ was all that he managed to say and then put a hand over his mouth before mumbling, `Sorry.´

`What Potter? I didn´t quite hear that,´ said Draco, mockingly.

`I said sorry,´ he yelled. Draco just smirked at him.

`I still didn´t quite hear you---´ but Hermione interrupted him.

`Now, that is enough.´

`He helped you with what?´ asked Harry, looking at her straight in the eyes.

`She is bulimic,´ said Draco immediately, giving her a `What are you doing´ look.

`Harry´s my best friend and I trust him,´ said Hermione. Harry just frowned and then looked back and forth at the two of them. He looked extremely confused.

`What´s the matter, Hermione?´

`Well, I just came from Madam Pomfrey and, er, I just found out that, I´m pregnant.´ Harry´s jaw dropped but immediately closed them again. He shook his head and then blinked a million times.

`Pardon me?´ he asked. `Would you mind saying it again?´

`Are you deaf or something? Weasley is a sharp shooter,´ snapped Draco.

Hermione took a deep breath and then said, `I said, I am pregnant---with Ron´s baby.´

Harry looked at her and then to Draco and the back to her again. `Does he, er, know?´

`She just found out,´ said Draco irritably. `How can he know?

`So, what are you planning to do?´ said Harry, looking very unsure if that was the right thing to say. Draco just leaned on the wall and then crossed his arms over his chest.

`You have to tell him, Granger. You know that, right?´ said Draco. `Can I tell my cousins?´

`No,´ said Hermione firmly. `Anyway, I have to tell him, Mcgonagall, Dumbledore, and my parents.´ She looked at him.

`Draco, what would your reaction be if you are going out with someone and she told you that she´s having your child?´

`Granger,´ he said, swallowing hard and looking at her uncomfortably. `Weasley and I are totally different people. I don´t think that---ask Potter.´ Harry looked at him in horror and then walked towards her.

`Ron loves you,´ he said, pulling her into a friendly hug. `Everybody knows that.´ She smiled. `Everything will be fine. Malfoy and I will be here for you.´

Draco looked at Harry and then mouthed, `What are you saying?´ Harry ignored him, murmured something and then pointed his wand at Draco. He stepped back and something made his mouth open.

`Yes, Hermione, Potter and I will be here for you.´ He frowned upon hearing what he just said and then glared at Harry.

`Thank you,´ she said with watery eyes. `I really appreciate it. By the way, I do not give the both of you any right to tell anybody about this---´ She pulled them both for a hug.

`Just one thing,´ said Draco, looking at Hermione. `When there are people, I still have to be mean to you. It will ruin my reputation if my fellow housemates realized that I am friends with you. My cousins are enough embarrassment already---´

`You stink Malfoy!´ said Harry, fanning himself. He just glared at him.

`Thanks to her! She threw up while I was carrying her!´ said Draco.

`Good move!´ said Harry, tapping her back.

`Go to hell, Potter.´

`No way.´

`I said I was sorry, Draco,´ said Hermione interrupting them and blushing. *******