Let ρ denote an irreducible two-dimensional representation of Γ 0 (2). The collection of vector-valued modular forms for ρ, which we denote by M (ρ), form a graded and free module of rank two over the ring of modular forms on Γ 0 (2), which we denote by M (Γ 0 (2)). For a certain class of ρ, we prove that if Z is any vector-valued modular form for ρ whose component functions have algebraic Fourier coefficients then the sequence of the denominators of the Fourier coefficients of both component functions of Z is unbounded. Our methods involve computing an explicit basis for M (ρ) as a M (Γ 0 (2))module. We give formulas for the component functions of a minimal weight vector-valued form for ρ in terms of the Gaussian hypergeometric series 2 F 1 , a Hauptmodul of Γ 0 (2), and the Dedekind η-function.