"Out! Out! The lot of you, really Miss Lachlan I don't think this is appropriate to bring all of your mates to a meeting such as this." The headmistress looks down her nose at me scolding at the gaggle of my friends waiting for my follow up with Madame Bones and talk with her and my head of house.

"I had nothing to do with it Professor they insisted on coming." I tell her, exasperated that they all looked annoyed at her reaction.

"I will permit Miss Weasley to come in with you only everyone else must wait out in the corridor until we are finished." The headmistress turned swiftly on her heal marching through the doors to the hospital wing. I send an apologetic look to my mares before following, Lily by my side. I freeze when I see my mom sitting in a chair by herself looking unruffled but still poised as ever. I sent a letter to my mum earlier this week, telling her when the meeting would be so she and my dad might come, I assumed the lack of response meant they wouldn't be coming.

"Mum you came!" I paused in front of her unsure of how to approach but she got up from her chair and gave me a quick squeeze before giving me space to settle on the cot. "I wouldn't miss this love, it may have been a wee bit of a shock when you told me but I see no reason to give you a cold shoulder for it. Your father, unfortunately, is a another story, just give him some time and space and he'll come around." Lily looks impressed with my mum (she used to think mum was a bit of a pushover) and sits in my mother's vacated chair so mum can stand by my side.

Madame Bones reviews what happened at the last meeting and what to expect for my second trimester. "Do we want to know the gender?" Madame asks looking at me, ignoring Lily's eager "yes!" I nod more for my friends than anything else (they all had a bet going.

"All right then" she casts a wordless spell that shoots a white powder form her wand there were two separate layers that turned pink and one blue. I could literally see the color leach out of my mums face, she was speechless. Madame Bones gave me a warm smile "two girls and a boy, well they should keep you busy then." I just stare at her then at Lily who is doing a weird little dance in her seat and back at my mum.

"I have three babies." I tell her, as if she hadn't already figured it out, completely shocked. Oh my God! I thought one would be hard but three! These kids are gonna kill me man. All the adults in the room moved away from my cot to debate how we could make this work but I stayed on the cot staring at the picture form the last visit, and I could see three shapes now that I didn't notice before. Lily sobered a little now and vanished the dust so I could button up my shirt again (thank God Professor Longbottom opted out on seeing that last part).

"Your not changing your mind are you?" Lily asked when I started crying for a reason I can't remember now. I shake my head I still want my babies but three of them.

"I don't know how well we could keep up with three of them Lil." She squeezes my hand in hers reassuringly giving me her no nonsense look.

"There will be one for each of us." Lily chirps and I can tell she wants to do her little dance again. Now the adults have returned and asked me what I would like to do.

"I think I should be with them for a month or so after they are born so they could stay in the dorm with me overnight but I don't know who could watch them when I have class." We talked for a little bit longer before it was decided. Mum would come to Hogsmeade on the weekends and watch them, during the week I would have them, dropping them off with Madame Bones until all my lessons are finished. For next year mum would get a flat in the village and watch them full time and I would receive special permission to visit when I can. I tried to talk mum out of the last bit "you love your job mum I can't ask you to do that!" she wouldn't take no for an answer. Madame Bones assured me it wouldn't be too much, I have some apprentices from your year that I will be training, by the time the babies come they will be able to assist me sufficiently when I need it. Professor Longbottom tried to talk me into taking a break from school but I refused, this I know I can handle.

"All right then, now that the matter has been settled I have some business to attend to if you'll excuse me." MCcgonagall announced and left the room mum, who had to get back to work, followed close behind. I stared at the little bump that had started to show, it would be fairly noticeable soon. I smiled to myself as I let Lily pull me out to the hall to share the news with everyone (Riley won 5 galleons) and to the library to work on the ever growing pile of homework.

I left the round table we had claimed for work space in the library to find a particular book on Mooncalfs I needed for an essay when I ran into The Hugo Weasley. He almost didn't stop until I threw my arm out, blocking his path. "What?" he asks annoyed.

"I need to talk to you." I tell him, pulling behind the nearest stack of books and casting Muffliato so we could have some privacy. I can tell he is getting impatient, all but glaring at me, the ass. "Was she pregnant?" I ask "your girlfriend was she pregnant?" He shakes his head

"Just a scare thank God, thanks for getting her that test by the way that was decent of you." Ha figures when I want to hate him and he gives me no reason to. "I know I'm not your favorite person but thanks" oh now I remember.

"Don't mention it Hugo but seriously I need to tell you something." For some reason I am not nearly as nervous telling him as I was with everyone else. "She may not be pregnant but I am, and they're yours."