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Forgiveness	By : Drarry-Lisa Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 2856 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter-9
Old Secrets
Miles away in France, Ronald Weasley and his wife Hermione were sitting with Ginny and her girl friend Pansy Parkinson. There had been a time when the fact that Ginny was interested in Parkinson had shook Ron to his core. The fact that both women had not divorced their husbands was lost on him. Sometimes, he felt that they were hiding something from him and they included his wife as well. Ginny seemed as clueless as Ron. The only difference was that she had caught very early on the fact that something was being hid from her and had been trying to compel Parkinson to spill.
Harry.
His best friend. Hermione had convinced Ron to leave Harry behind and settle down in France. He had asked the reason and had been told that Harry had insulted her in some way. Their had been no reason of questioning her honesty at that time. He had had blind faith on her.
But now.
But now when she sat beside him, fidgeting, as Pansy and Ginny shouted at each other back and forth, he wondered if he should have.
"You. All of you are bloody selfish bastards. You expect me to abandon my best friend just like you abandoned yours." Parkinson hissed, glaring at Ginny.
Ginny froze and Ron felt a lump in his throat. That had not been the first time he had abandoned his best friend. He looked at Hermione for some kind of reassurance but she was turning pale, as if she knew that something was going to happen.
"YOU HAVE FORCED ME STAY HERE FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS NOW. EXCUSES. A NEW EXCUSE EVERY DAY. YOU DO NOT WANT ME TO MEET HIM. HE IS MY BEST FRIEND AND HE NEEDS SOMEONE WHO CARES FOR HIM." Parkinson screamed.
"Well, I did not tie your hands to our bed post, did I?" Ginny whispered, his eyes wide.
"SHUT UP GINNY. BE SIRIOUS FOR ONCE. AFTER ALL IT WAS YOUR BLOODY HUSBAND WHO LED TO ALL THIS. ALL THIS BLOODY MESS." Parkinson shouted and Hermione sobbed.
Ron jumped when he heard Hermione whimper and tried to touch her. The woman curled upon herself and shook her head, her hair looking even more dishevelled then they usually did.
"What is going on?" Ron finally stood up and crossed his hands, glaring at Parkinson. He had had enough. What were they bloody hiding from him?
"Finally caught on Weasley." Parkinson practically growled at him and her stance suggested that she wanted to tear him apart. "You were his best friend. You must have been there to wring some sense into him. But you were bloody busy fawning over Granger. You forgot that he had no family who would support him or make him feel secure or admonish him for hurting someone like this."
Ron stared at the woman for a few seconds and he was about to ask but Ginny beat him to it "What the hell are you talking about?"
Parkinson turned towards Ginny again. She was not looking at her angrily this time. No she had pity in her eyes "I pity all of you, really. What I am going to tell you is going to shatter you and I wish it does, especially you Granger."
Ron jumped when Hermione sobbed again and covered her face with her hands.
"You willingly lost what Draco has been lamenting over for the past seventeen years." She hissed, her eyes looking at his wife despicably and finally he asked "What's the mat-"
"IT WAS JUST LIKE AN ABORTION. IT'S NOT LIKE THE CHILD WAS BORN. HE WAS JUST THREE MONTHS GONE. HOW DOES IT MATTER WHEN THE CHILD WAS NOT EVEN BORN. IT- IT WAS NOT A MURDER." It was Hermione who had screamed these words, her eyes tortured with guilt and her voice trembling.
He had wanted to talk to Parkinson but found himself turning towards Hermione "Are you insane Hermione? What are you saying? Abortion is not a small thing and must be avoided if it can be. One should take care before such a situation arises if they do not want children."
"OF COURSE IT WOULD BE NOTHING FOR YOU GRANGER. AFTER ALL YOU DID ABORT YOUR CHILD AND THAT TOO WITHOUT TELLING RONALD ABOUT IT. WHY WOULD IT MATTER THAT DRACO LOST HIS CHILD SO BRUTALLY WHEN THE PRIMARY REASON WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND HARRY POTTER." When Parkinson stopped, her voice was hoarse, but she continued, nevertheless "WHY WOULD IT MATTER THAT DRACO FELL DOWN THE STAIRS AND LAY IN THE POOL OF HIS CHILD'S BLOOD UNTILL SEVERUS CAME AROUND. WHY WOULD IT MATTER THAT DRACO HAS BEEN TORTURING HIMSELF WITH THE HALLUCINATIONS OF HIS LOST CHILD EVEN NOW. WHY WOULD IT MATTER BECAUSE ACCORDING TO YOU HE IS SCUM, HE IS A DEATH EATER'S CHILD. I DESPISE ALL OF YOU FOR COMPELLING ME TO STAY AWAY FROM MY BEST FRIEND IN THE HOUR OF HIS NEED."
Silence. The silence was deafening. Ron's head was spinning and he staggered and stumbled back on the sofa.
"Ron, I am sorry. I -" Hermione begged and tried to touch his arm. Ron had still not digested the fact that she had been expecting when they had been in school and that she had aborted the child without even telling him about the pregnancy.
He flinched away from her and whispered "Do not touch me." because it meant that Hermione had always lied to him. She had lied to him about the fact that Harry had insulted her. This meant that she had been running away from her past.
This meant that he must have wrung some sense in his friend's mind. Apparently, he must have thought that Ron and his family won't accept Malfoy and this also meant that Malfoy had lost a child by falling down the stairs when he had been in his third month. And when Ron's eyes were prickling just from the thought that Hermione had aborted their child, Malfoy must have been torturing himself.
He looked at Ginny and realized that she was sitting on the sofa as well, her eyes staring at Parkinson in shock.
"That day- when- he asked me not to worry and to wait for him in the library. I - I could have stopped it. I should have told him that I was a les bian. Mer- Melrin, I-" Abruptly Ginny covered her mouth as if she was going to vomit and ran towards the restroom, tears falling from her eyes."
"My elf informed me that Draco has told everything to Potter and I can imagine what Potter must be going through Weasley. Your wife is hopeless but I would like to think that there is some hope in you atleast. You have been many things but cruel is not one of them." She was not angry anymore, just resigned "I must return to Draco. I know that Ginny is going to rant-"
"I can be reasonable Pansy. I had just wanted to know this secret. I am not going to rant. I am not a child and I trust you. I am coming with you Ron. We are returning to mother's." Ginny spoke and after glowering at Parkinson for a few minutes stomped angrily towards her room. Parkinson glowered right back, her eyes furious and disappeared on the spot.
Ron was left alone with her sobbing wife. There was nothing left to say.
"Are you going to leave me Ron? Should I-" She choked out and breathed before continuing "- expect divorce papers?"
Ron whispered before he could stop the words "I wish I could but I can't. I love you too much. Perhaps I was too traditional for you Hermione. You should have told me. I would have married you and-"
"I had wanted to study."
"I never stopped you from pursuing your education Hermione and you know that I would have fought with everyone for you."
"I did not have time for a child and nor did you."
"Then you should have taken care that we did not have sex at all before marriage or atleast used some spells or you should have taken pills."
"I did not want to take pills." She pleaded weekly and he protested "That's not even the point. It had been my child as well. You should have told me. You ran away instead of telling me about Harry. I- I can't do this. I am packing my things now." He spoke and walked towards the stairs, his mind solely on his best friend.
"Why are you going?"
"To do what I should have done fifteen years ago. To slap him and tell him that I had always loved him and will always do. He is my brother and I will tell him the truth Hermione. What I want to know is how did you know about Malfoy's pregnancy." He asked, his eyes on Hermione.
"I had a suspicion that they were together and then I saw the change in his body and habits and guessed the rest."
Ron stared at her for a few minutes. She had known and had not helped the boy. Why had she been so cruel? Had she thought that he would ridicule and tease Malfoy for expecting his best friend's baby? He had thought that she would never support Ron's wrong decisions. Had he ever known her at all?
"I am really sorry." She whispered looking into his eyes, having realized what he was thinking.
"Pity it won't change anything." He whispered sadly and turned around to retreat towards his room.
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