'A little girl' thought Hermione as she cleaned the blue gooey stuff off of her stomach.

'A little girl' thought Hermione as she went into the waiting room and left with Seth.

'A little girl' thought Hermione as she pressed the button in the elevator and watched the doors close.

"I'm having a baby girl" she whispered to herself. "A baby girl" her eyes were dazed over and she felt Seth looking at her, but she didn't care.

Abruptly she grabbed Seth by his arms and looked up into his eyes, ignoring the look of shock in them. "Seth… It's a girl" she said in a whisper.

He broke out into a smile and hugged Hermione, twirling her around the small elevator. "Congratulations, Emily" he said as they stepped out of the elevator and into the lobby. He grabbed her hand and twirled her three times, as if they were dancing and Hermione couldn't help but laugh.

People started to turn and look but Hermione didn't notice, not until Seth shouted out to everyone in the lobby, "IT'S A GIRL". He started to laugh in his booming way and Hermione blushed as hard as she could as people started to applaud. But she couldn't be happier.

…

It was noon and she was finally back in the apartment. She had today off from work and Brenda didn't have any rehearsals so they were both on Hermione's couch munching on carrots and drinking a bottle of water for Hermione and a bottle of beer for Brenda.

Dirty Dancing was playing on the TV and they both knew every line of the film, so she was saying Baby's lines while Brenda said Johnny's lines. They had even got up and tried to dance a couple of the routines. Brenda did fabulously of course, but Hermione wasn't much of a dancer, especially now that she was so huge.

The credits were rolling but neither one of them made a move to shut off the movie. Brenda had her legs up and hanging off the edge of the sofa and she was so still that Hermione thought her to be asleep.

Hermione got up and went to turn off the TV but was caught off guard by one of Brenda's questions.

"Em, is there anyone that you would want me to invite to your baby shower"

Hermione froze and stuttered out a response, "Um… Bren… I … No, there's no one, and you don't have to um throw me a baby shower you know" answered Hermione, thinking back on the people from her old home. Their faces and how glad they'd be to see her again.

"Of course you need a baby shower, Em. Seeing as you never talk about your family and no one has visited you in the almost three months you've been here I thought that Seth or I should do it seeing as, no offense we seem to be your only friends here. And Seth would never even think of planning a baby shower so, you know. I thought I should do it." She said with a shrug.

With teary eyes, which she would blame on hormones Hermione hugged Brenda and told her she should make sure to invite Francine from the library and that was all.

…

The next day Hermione filled the bathtub with hot water and slowly eased her tired body into it. She was at the library all day and she was knackered. She let her hair down from the tight bun on the top of her head and massaged her scalp with her thin fingers. Merlin, that felt good. She laughed when her belly had become big enough to poke through the top of the water.

She saw a candle in one of the corners of the bath and reached over to grab it in her hands. She smelled it and started turning it over a couple of times in her hand out of boredom and mild curiosity.

When a spark came out of nowhere and ignited the flame she dropped the candle into the water with a piercing shriek.

When her heart rate started to resemble that of a normal human she gave a long sigh and grabbed the candle again. This time she was worried. She had read that when a witch or wizard abandons their magic unexpectedly their core becomes petrified and is 'born again' after a long period of time. By 'born again' the book meant that she would start to have the same bouts of accidental magic she had when she was ten and she would have to relearn and practice every spell she had ever learned.

She would be damned if that happened to her so with the candle in her hand she tried some wandless magic that she had learned before leaving Europe. Holding the candle in her flat palm she shut her eyes and hoped her magic was still the same.

"Wingardium leviosa" she whispered, using all the force she possibly could muster at the moment, hoping it would be enough to get the candle to hover above her hand.

When she heard a loud bang she opened her eyes and saw that the candle had flown up and hit the ceiling only to hover back down and land in her palm again. The candle had left a huge dent in her ceiling from the impact. She laughed a shaky laugh and let her head slip underwater with a huge smile of relief plastered on it.

…

It was a week later and also the night of Hermione's baby shower. She was happy and a little bit homesick, but she wouldn't let the others see that in her. Standing in front of her mirror she practiced some smiles and different expressions until they were to her satisfaction.

She dried her hair by magic and slipped into her long grey dress and added a pink necklace since the theme would be 'it's a girl'. A little bit of lipstick and mascara went on her face. She shot another smile to the mirror. Perfect.

She hoped that Brenda wouldn't invite too many people. Hermione only knew a handful of people from New York, but Brenda and Seth asked if they could invite a couple of their friends to 'liven the party'. She said she didn't care since Brenda planned and paid for the party, much to Hermione's disappointment and frustration.

Seth even said he was going to invite his cousin who had recently moved nearby and that his cousin was bringing some friends.

She locked her front door and looked across the hall. The door was open and she could see pink reflected on the wall facing the door. She really hoped that Brenda and Seth hadn't outdone themselves, but one moment through the door she could see that they really had outdone themselves.

Brenda's apartment was larger than hers and had a balcony with a beautiful view of the city. Most baby showers were held during the day, but Brenda argued that this was the city that never sleeps and that the night would make it a 'real' party.

Immediately she was surrounded by unfamiliar faces, there had to be at least 20 people here. But as soon as anyone saw her pregnant belly they all hugged her and congratulated her. She thanked everyone for their kindness and asked where Brenda or Seth were.

Apparently they knew where she was because a moment later she heard a microphone turning on and saw Brenda standing on the coffee table. "Ladies and gentlemen, the lady of the hour has just arrived and I would like to hear a round of applause for her" she paused for everyone to applaud and holler and then shushed them so she could continue which made Hermione laugh.

"Emily, I know that you don't know any of these people, but we hope that by the end of the night you can make a couple of them your friends. You have been like a mother to Seth and I even though I'm pretty sure that I'm older than you" everyone laughed at this "Congrats, Em, I can't wait to see that baby's face and I pray she's every bit as great as you are."

This had Hermione's eyes watering and every time that she or anyone said "Em", the hold on her heart got tighter. She wished they could call her Hermione, or Mya like her friends did back home. Everyone clapped as Brenda hopped off the table and walked over to Hermione and gave her a huge hug.

…

The night had gone well and Hermione was glad. Brenda was singing karaoke with some girl that seemed to be on Broadway with her. They were singing a song from some play that sounded amazing. Seth was behind the kitchen counter making drinks and throwing bottles behind his head and doing little tricks with bottles and glasses that made Hermione and everyone around hold their breath and then clap when he caught the bottle.

She made her way to the 'bar' and asked Seth for some water. He made a big show of pulling the bottle of the fridge and throwing it around like he had done with the bottles of liquor, just to make her feel special. She smiled at him and went into the kitchen when he called her in.

"What happened Seth?"

"Em, my cousin is almost here and I want you to meet him, I think you two will get along" he seemed really excited to see his 'brother from another mother' as he had so nicely put it.

"How long has it been since you last saw your cousin, Seth?" she asked

"It's been a couple of years and I really miss him." He said with a fond look coming over his eyes.

"He's kind of weird, but I promise he's cool. There are just some things he's not… used to".

Hermione nodded to be polite but she had no clue what Seth was on about.

They chatted for a while and Seth would look up at the door, which would lead to Hermione soothing him and reassuring him that his cousin would show up. But all of a sudden Seth leapt up and shot away from her and towards the door.

She saw him hugging someone considerably shorter and then shaking hands with a man who had red hair, two men who had the same red hair. And then it hit her, the two men that came with Seth's cousin had the same red hair had the same tall stature, the same skinny frames, and when Seth turned around and pointed to her all four of them, Hermione included had the same shocked expression.

…

Seth waved her over to their little group and even though it was just a couple of steps away it felt like she was walking a mile. And even though people had already started to leave the party and the place was quite empty she felt a deafening roar in her ears.

Before she knew it she was right in front of Seth, Fred and George Weasley, and Seamus Finnigan. She didn't know what to say, which considering she was Hermione Granger was something to say. She was stuck between opening and closing her mouth a million times like a damned fish. She couldn't bullshit her way through this one and neither could they, even if they tried.

"What the fuck is this?" asked Seamus. "Is this a joke" he asked getting angry and causing Hermione to get defensive and put her hands over her belly.

"What are you talking about, Seamus? You guys know one another?" asked Seth. He had one arm around Hermione and they were facing the three men.

"Please leave", she whispered looking at the floor. She could feel the tears building in her eyes and her throat tightening to the point she could barely speak in fear of bursting into sobs.

"WHAT?" shouted Seamus before Fred slapped him on the shoulder.

"I have built a life here and everything was going well and I was on my way to forgetting everything. I could try to be happy here." She said. Pleading to be able to change the past and get herself out of the room before the three men showed up.

"You mean to tell us that you weren't happy back home? With him?" asked Fred

"I was happy but then things changed between us and now I'm here", she explained

"Everyone thinks you died. Poor-" Fred started

Hermione stopped Fred before he could continue "Please don't say his name" she pleaded.

"Well, he is torn up, and so is the rest of the… community. War hero all of a sudden dies with no body to bury. He's going mad trying to find you and so is the Order, you need to set things straight and not run from your problems." Said Seamus defensively

"I did not want to leave you guys, I want you to know that I love you all very much, but some things happened between him and I and I couldn't stay around that much longer." She said, trying to be as cryptic as possible.

"Tell us what happened, Mya? You owe us that much" said George

"Does he even know you're pregnant" asked Fred

That's when Hermione broke down and cried the hardest. So hard that she almost fell to the floor had Seth not caught her before she hit the floor.

"He told me he didn't want any children. He didn't want to have a baby with me even though he knew I did. He told me he didn't want his family name to live on and that it would die with him. When I told him I was pregnant he told me to leave and to terminate it if I ever wanted to come back to him. So I wiped his memory of me telling him and left him. But I miss him so much still. I still love him so much" she said between sobs and hiccups.

She didn't know if it was the shock or the hormones that had her confessing everything and unearthing her deep feelings she had promised her she would never reveal.

"How could I leave him and stay among you? I could not torture myself and see him everyday at meetings or on missions. I needed to stay strong for my baby and for myself. How would I be able to raise my daughter, who I know for a fact will end up looking just like him while he denies her existence? How could I, George? So, even though I love your family and I love everyone in the Order I need to learn to love myself and not feel like getting pregnant with the man that I love is a crime and feel that I did something wrong and shameful every time I look in a mirror or try to fit into my old clothes. I know you all hate him and part of me hates him too, but I'll face him eventually, but that will be when and if my daughter happens to see him when she is buying her school materials at Diagon Alley and is about to board the train to Hogwarts." When she finished she was out of breath and needed to lie down.

"I am so sorry that happened to you Hermione. But you cannot isolate and punish yourself because he's a prick. Our family needs you. The Order needs you and your big brain. We need you. Just because he's being an arsehole doesn't mean anything to me. If he so much as looks at you the wrong way he'll have something coming." Said Fred

"I am really sorry for this, Hermione", said Seamus as he pulled out his DA galleon and pressed on it signalling the other members of the order. "It's for the best."

A/N: I don't own Harry Potter blablabla.

Well… I've been trying to write that last part for about three hours now and I give up so it'll stay that shitty forever. Muahahaha.

Also, if you all want you can leave the name of who you think Hermione's (or Emily's) mystery man is in a review.

If any of you want to send me some advice on how they think the story should go I would love to hear from the 6 people that probably read what I write. Lol :'c

Totally unrelated but did anyone see the new movie called The Internship. Did anyone else die laughing/sobbing when they play quidditch and make HP jokes? Nope? Just me? Alright.

I probably won't be writing disclaimers because I forget so if you want to sue me I will direct you here I DON'T OWN ANYTHING YOU RECOGNIZE FROM THIS STORY AND I NEVER WILL AND I WON'T SAY IT AGAIN. I ALSO DON'T HAVE MONEY SO DON'T SUE ME.