"What are you smirking about Blaise?" Draco asked as Blaise made his way to the chair across from him.
"Ahh, well, I've seen something rather interesting today while in Diagon Alley" Draco raised his eyebrow.
"Care to elaborate Blaise"
"Your going to love this, It appears, a member of the golden trio, isn't so golden. The girl of the trio is blown up, four or five months I would say."
Draco paled, "Blown up, you mean as in Pregnant?"
Blaise's smirk grew wide, "The very same"
"Did you use the spell on her to find out who got her that way?" Draco asked, hiding his worried expression.
"I used the spell, but thats where it gets curious, for some reason she has put a protection spell on the fathers identity." Blaise reached into his pocket, pulled out the small piece of paper that gives the results of the spell and handed it to Draco.
Draco looked the paper over closely.
Mother: Hermione Granger
status : Muggle born
age : 19
magical ability: powerful
Father: Protected
status : pure blood
age: 19
magical ability : powerful
Draco looked up to Blaise, "Why would she try to protect that part?"
"Simple, she doesn't want anyone to know. I saw her 20 minutes ago, going into the three broomsticks with Potter, It's probably his." Blaise finished
"Well I say we do a little spying, lets use a glamor charm and see what we can find out." Draco suggested. The Smirk returning to Blaise lips, "Lets go then."
The put the charm on themselves and apperated to the three broomstick's. The boys walked in and made their way to the table next to Harry and Hermione, who were deep in conversation.
"Your getting so big, have you found out if its a boy or girl yet?" Harry asked
Hermione smiled "Yes, yesterday as a matter of fact, it's a little boy. Now I can go shopping for things I'll need for him."
Harry smiled but sighed directly after "Are you ever going to tell him about the baby?" Hermione shook her head no, "I cant Harry, he would never except it. I just hope the baby looks like me so I wont be bombarded with questions."
"My offer still stands, I will take his responsibility and be a father to this baby, even put my name of the records."
"Harry, I'll be fine. I'm just glad to have you as a friend. I honestly didn't expect The Weasleys to throw me out because of who the father was, but I guess it hurt Ron to much."
"Speaking of which, hows the new flat coming along?"
She smiled, "Its bare, but now that I know it's a boy, I can start getting things for him, while making it more of a home for the two of us. Luckily, I still have four months to get everything ready."
Harry smiled at his friend, "I need to get back to the Burrow but please take my offer into consideration, He doesn't deserve this baby and I'm willing to raise him as my own."
Hermione stood and engulfed Harry into a hug. "You are my best friend, and I really do appreciate the offer. I just don't want your future relationships to be affected for a child that wasn't your responsibility. If it makes you feel better, I will consider it and when the baby is born, I will decided."
Harry nodded in understanding as they walk out leaving behind two confused boys, one more so then the other.
Blaise looked to Draco "Any clue who the father is if it's not Potter or Weasley?"
Draco gulped and shook his head, "I think I might know, but cant be sure." Blaise gave Draco the same look that he received earlier " Care to elaborate" mocking his friends earlier words.
"I'll tell you, but it doesn't leave this table, Understood?" Blaise agreed and waited for Draco to talk.
"The last week of school, I was walking around looking for something to do. It was after curfew so I didn't expect to see anyone out so I started back towards the common room. As I passed the library, I heard the sound of a book dropping, so I investigated. I found Granger towards the back of the library and went in for the kill. She fought me at first, but gave in. We agreed to never speak of it, as neither of us felt like dealing with the reactions. I guess we screwed up because we didn't use a charm to prevent this. I guess its a real possibility that I could be the father."
Blaise stared at his friend in shock, "Then you need to decide if you want anything to do with this baby if its yours, If Potter claims it has his, you have no rights to the baby and a Malfoy would be walking around with the name of Potter."
Draco cringed at the thought of a Malfoy with the Potter name. " How can I make her tell me if it's mine or not, It's not like I can beat her to make her tell me."
Blaise smiled like a true Slytherin "We will find out, we just need a plan, that is , if your willing to accept my help."
Draco nodded a yes, he didn't exactly want Hermione Granger, but he would not let a child of his walk around with the Potter name. It just wasn't acceptable. That night Blaise and Draco sat around for hours formulating plans to get her to tell them what they needed to know, and being slytherin they would succeed.