A big thanks to fieryphoenix30 for beta reading this story!
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Ginny Weasley was finishing her final year at Hogwart's. Her brothers Fred and George had grown their joke shop so large that they would be needing her to come and work for them as soon as the school year ended. Close as she was with them even they did not know she had a secret love, the one and only Draco Malfoy.
With his father imprisoned deep in the bowels of Azkaban the only job he could get was as a teaching assistant to Severus Snape. In strange turn of events Snape had contracted an unknown illness testing an experimental potion and had to spend time at St. Mungo's regularly. He had to have an assistant to grade papers when he was feeling fatigued and to take over classes when he was in the hospital. It was not a bad job really. He was excellent with potions and it kept him close to his precious Ginny.
It had been two years since they first fell in love. Nobody could understand how two people in the distinctly opposite houses of Gryffindor and Slytherin could ever get together, in fact, Ginny and Draco themselves couldn't have really explained it if they tried. They often dreamed of the fateful night last year when they finally gave in and found their love was above all differences between them.
It was a very warm Saturday in May. Draco and Ginny were together on the far side of the lake. For two teenagers there is only so much playing with clothes on that can be tolerated before nature takes over and trousers come off. Ginny trailed her kisses down his stomach and kept going lower. She did what came naturally and kissed and licked his throbbing member. He ran his fingers through her hair. "Virginia my dear, if you don't want me to spray in your mouth you'd better stop." Ginny stopped immediately and switched places with him. Draco kissed her firm breasts and trailed down between till he was between her legs. He licked and then stuck a finger inside her to feel what he knew would happen. She shook gently around his finger. "Draco," she said in a fuzzy far away sort of tone. It wasn't enough to keep playing like this. They kept touching and kissing until they felt a strong ache in their most private parts. They were wrapped up in the blanket Draco had taken off his bed. He broke another long kiss to ask her a burning question, "Can I please make you mine forever?" She looked up into his eyes and could tell he was sincere in saying forever. "Yes, but please be careful I've never done this before." Draco was not surprised, but he had an admission of his own. "Well neither have I." Ginny was shocked, "You're a virgin? What about Pansy Parkinson?" Draco laughed, "She started that rumor herself so people wouldn't realize that she's a lesbian. When she told me that she had to tell people she'd shagged me because she'd be tied to a tree if they found about out her relationship with a Hufflepuff girl I just went along with her story. It would keep people from suspecting me and you." Ginny smiled, "You never cease to amaze me." Draco kissed her and carefully found her entrance. He slid in her clumsily. Ginny winced slightly. They had no rhythm at first, but soon they found one all their own. Draco cried out in pleasure and collapsed at her side. Ginny laughed, "That was fun, but a bit quick wasn't it?" Draco opened one eye and sneered, "Next time you'll be begging for mercy, Virginia Weasley."
Draco's dream ended there, but Ginny's continued to the morning after:
Draco was waiting behind a statue of a Griffin down the hall from the Fat Lady. He grabbed Ginny as she passed. "I got these from Snape. He assumed it was for Pansy and I didn't confirm or deny it." He handed her the two little orange vials and took out a little black book titled A Man's Guide to Preventing Conception. "For a morning after emergency take half a vial in the morning and half a vial at night. It will probably cause an upset stomach, but it will interrupt a woman's cycle causing the menstrual period to come immediately thus preventing conception as long as it hasn't had time to already occur. Using two drops daily will prevent pregnancy for as long as the woman continues to take it. It is more effective than a charm because it is taken every day. Here's the recipe it has to be exposed to sunlight for a short time before it's effective, but it's easy enough to make myself." Ginny said a curt "Thank you" and went to her common room to study. She did as instructed and the potion worked.
She trusted Draco because it was the wizarding way for men to care for their lovers in these matters and they continued to make love as often as they could. He would do everything he could to prevent pregnancy because he had as much to lose if not more than she did. Spring was turning into summer once again and Ginny had a problem. If it was what she thought it was her life would be changed forever and so would his. It was a safe bet that the school nurse, Madame Pomfrey, had seen girls with her particular problem before and she was sworn to keep secrets about a student or teacher's health if they so requested.
She traveled down the stairs from Madame Pomfrey's office. She had just confirmed what Ginny already knew, she was two and a half months pregnant. Everybody believed her when she told them she was testing a new candy for her brothers again, and the vomiting was a side effect that could last several weeks. Down, down, flight after flight of stairs she went. She had to talk to him. She looked both ways before she stepped into the hallway where his office was. Her hands still shaking, she knocked on the door. "What is it?" called a grouchy voice from inside. "Who do you think it is?" She yelled through the door. He opened the door. "Get in here!" he hissed quickly, "You know people will wonder why you're down here now that you no longer take potions classes."
"I have to tell you something."
"What?"
"You're a stupid git who can't brew a potion to save his life!"
"Why?"
"Your last batch of contraceptive potion didn't work."
"No, you can't be! You're joking!"
"I wish I was."
"Oh Ginny, it will be alright. I'll check Snape's books. I know there is a potion that will…"
"Get rid of it? I don't know. Isn't that wrong?"
"Right, wrong, who cares. It's saving you're arse you should be worried about. I'll come and see you when the potion is ready."
Ginny ran out of the room. He was not about to see her cry. Maybe he was right and the potion was the only way to deal with this situation. She had heard rumors of girls going and taking a potion to end pregnancy before, but now that she was faced with the decision could she do it?
Draco slipped softly through the night to her dormitory a couple evenings later. Ginny woke with a start but he put his finger up to his lips and then pointed to the lavatory. She followed him and he shut the door softly behind them. He held up a small bottle and whispered, "Ok, here it is. Try not to throw it up. It may hurt, but it will be less pain than…" He faltered in his explaination as she took the bottle out of his hand, stared at it for a split second. Then bottle shattered instantly and the black liquid splattered all over. "Ginny, what the hell! You did that on purpose! Is there a brain in that pretty little head of yours? I'm trying to help you."
"No, Malfoy, I can't do it." Ginny said in an anguished tone.
Shocked by her insolence, Draco stormed to his broomstick and flew out the window into the darkness. Ginny sat there crying with only the moon to hear her. It all became real to her she was having a baby with or without his support and judging from his reaction it would be the latter.
The year ended the following month and Ginny went home to the safety and comfort of the Burrow. Her mother quickly caught on that she had not fallen victim to any of her brother's prank sweets. Finally Mrs. Weasley said, "Ginny honey, I know you're pregnant. Have you told the father?"
Ginny looked shocked at he mum's statement, but was tired of trying to hide it, "Yes, I've told him, and he does not want to be a father. So I'll just have to raise the baby alone."
Fred and George burst in the room enraged; they had been listening on they're extendable ears again. Fred shouted, "We'll get the slimy git for you. Who would dare do this to our baby sister!" "Yeah, Let us take care of him for you." chimed in George, "Just tell us who the slimy git is."
"It's none of you're business!" exclaimed Ginny. "If you don't leave me alone about it I won't work for you anymore. Do you really want to let anybody else in on your trade secrets?" They looked at each other, realizing her serious tone meant business and decided they had better drop it for the time being. Whoever had done this to their sister would still be around to catch their wrath later. That was assuming Bill, Charlie, and Ron didn't find him first.