Snow Storm - D.M , H.G

16. A pureblood threat

It had taken some serious thinking, and serious pushing from friends and family, to convince Ron that he owed Hermione an apology. Not only had he neglectfully gotten Hermione pregnant, but he'd verbally assaulted her over the news that she was sleeping with another man, even knowing that she'd had no intention to date him in any exclusive manner. Truth be told, even though he knew Hermione didn't want to pursue a relationship with him or anyone else, he took that to mean she was being celibate as well. How wrong he was! Even with all that in account, it was Ron who was in the wrong, so on the first of February, Ron finally made it to Hogwarts, standing nervously in front of the head dorm entrance. Typically he had Harry and Ginny with him, but this time Harry had gone to visit the pregnant redhead alone, leaving him alone to talk to Hermione. He knocked thrice and steeled himself for whichever Head might answer the door. He wouldn't be well received no matter which it was.

Hermione had been trying her damnedest to hide the fact that she was experiencing morning sickness, luckily she had already been making the ginger tonics for Ginny, so she had started making more and keeping some for herself. They helped, at least, but not always. Draco had left the dorm again, and she was left to her own amusement, and as usual she spent her time studying. When she heard the knocks in the dormitory door, she closed her book and stood, going to answer it.

She was honestly surprised to see Ron standing in front of her. She stood silently for a moment, before stepping aside to let him in. As much as she wanted to tell him to sod off, whatever fight was about to begin, she would rather have it in the safety, and privacy, of the dorm. "Come in." She said, slightly annoyed already. If he was here to apologize it was most likely for selfish reasons. She was just glad that Draco had left, knowing that Ron was likely to bring up the fact that she was pregnant.

Ron stepped into the room, glad that she'd let him in at all. She clearly wasn't happy to see him. He hadn't thought she would be. "Hermione, I'm really sorry for everything I said at Christmas," he jumped right into it. "I don't think you're a whore. I was just upset. I was surprised, and hurt." He looked at Hermione with the most sad, regretful, pitiful expression he was capable of making. It was actually quite a normal reaction out of him, not that that was a good thing.

Hermione looked at him, with what she liked to think of as his puppy dog eyes, something he used when he knew he'd fucked up. "I said some stuff too, but only because you were being a jerk." She said, not sure if she should even apologize. She hadn't called him names, besides asshole, but that one had been accurate at the time. She softened towards him, just a bit, since he had said he was sorry. "Everyone heard everything. Is your mum losing her mind over it?" Hermione asked him curiously.

"She can't believe her luck, getting her first three grandchildren all in a year," Ron answered. "She won't stop knitting." He grimaced. "She's furious with me of course, for fighting with you, and for getting us into this in the first place."

Hermione folded her arms over her chest, going to lean against the back of the couch. "Well, I mean, I still don't know for sure that you did get us into this." She told him. She knew she was pregnant. She knew Draco was careful, but since he didn't know she was pregnant, she hadn't asked if he'd had any slip ups that she didn't know about. "And you told her we're not dating, right?" She added. Knowing Ron, he probably hadn't mentioned it. And Molly would probably assume a baby meant they were going to be together.

Ron looked down at a spot in his shoes as he spoke. "I mean, everyone kinda heard that part." They had been shouting about her involvement with Malfoy pretty openly. It was pretty clear they were not in any sort of exclusive relationship. "She's hopeful though, you know? That you'll change your mind." He figured that he could test her feelings about the idea that saying it was his mum who wanted to see them together.