Hermione sits reading a book by the fire. The hillside is glorious, overlooking a vast valley
"You've outdone yourself this time," Harry says as he sits down across from her
Just last night, they had a run-in with Voldemort and barely made it out
"The Forest of Dean. I came here once with my mum and dad, years ago. It's just how I remember it. The trees. The river. It's like nothing's changed. Not true, of course. Everything's changed. If I brought my parents here, they wouldn't recognize any of it. Not the trees. Not the river. Not...me" she says looking toward him with a sad look in her eyes
It's been a little over a month since Ron left and a month since the night they shared. Neither one of them has spoken about it, not yet ready to confront the reality of what they had done... or to face the reality of what they did to hurt their love interests
"Where are they?" Harry asks sympathetically
She gives a small almost invisible smile, "Wendell and Monica Wilkens now reside happily in Sydney, Australia. They have two dogs, run a small sweet shop, but floss daily. No children"
Her smile fades as the hurt sets in, "Maybe we should just stay here, Harry...Grow old"
They sit there in silence for a moment when suddenly Hermione has the urge to vomit, she stands up quickly, goes around the tree she was sitting against, and throws up all the contents in her stomach
Harry stands up quickly holding back her hair as she keeps throwing up, he rubs her back slightly while she dry heaves then stands up straight wiping her mouth with the back of her hand
"Are you ok?" Harry asks quickly holding her upright when she stumbles a little
"Y-yeah... I think so, just some nausea" she says with a small smile, "I think I brought a book for healers, I'll look through it"
"Please, just make sure you're ok," he says helping her walk to the tent and taking her to her bunk to look through the book
When he makes sure she's settled in her bunk with her book, he walks into their make-shift kitchen to make something for lunch, he knows that Hermione usually likes to cook but he wanted to this time so she could read through her book
As she looks through the book, she is slightly panicking. She noticed these symptoms a couple of weeks ago and has been trying to avoid looking at the possibility of those symptoms could be but Harry saw her vomit and was worried so she can't keep avoiding the inevitable
Sickness, Nausea, Mood Swings, Tender Breasts, Bloating, Cramping, and probably the worst of all make her suspicions clearer... Missed Period
She flips through the book looking for some way to tell, she sits there for about ten minutes before she finally finds a spell that she can use to tell if she is or not
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Unlikely Warmth
FanfictionTakes place during Deathly Hallows When Ron leaves, Hermione falls into a horrible depression and Harry doesn't know how to help her, when one extremely cold night they decide to sleep in the same bed together till they do things that they shouldn't...