Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Harry Potter. All rights go to the talented J.K Rowling. I do not own the Gilmore Girls either, so please do not sue me.

Authors Note: This story is a work in progress. There are some lines in here that I have borrowed from the season 4 Gilmore Girls episode 'The Festival of Living Art'.

CHAPTER NINE

(((((Thursday October 9th 1997 – Week 40))))

The start of the school year and the last few weeks leading up to her due date went by very slowly for Hermione. Since she was in her last month of her pregnancy she wasn't able to do much except for attend her classes, and even that was limited. As they were dealing with some potent potions this year, Hermione would be unable to attend her Potions class, which was one of her favourite subjects.

Surprisingly, Professor Snape had volunteered to give Hermione private tutoring in the theoretical side of Potions. Hermione had jumped at the chance to spend some private time with the man she had come to realise she had some sort of crush on. He was so different to her now, whether it was because she was pregnant or because the baby was his godson's, she didn't know, but she enjoyed the discussions they got into during her tutoring sessions.

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Hermione's due date came and with must frustration on her part, went. She knew that the chances of the baby being born on the due date we highly unlikely, she had been hoping the baby would be early. Her frustration grew as the next day passed by slowly with no sign of the baby's arrival.

Storming as much as she could in her condition, Hermione headed to her tutoring session with Severus (as he had told her to call him during their sessions), needing something to distract her from the fact that she was the size of a whale.

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Severus hurried away from his meeting with Albus, eager to get to his office, where he and Hermione meet up for her tutoring sessions. Since she still showed no signs of entering labour, Hermione had insisted they meet up for their usual tutoring session. Anything to spend some alone time with her.

He entered his office to find Hermione pacing back and forth looking very distressed. Severus was concerned at once. He rushed over to her.

"Hermione, are you alright?" he asked.

"No." She whined, still pacing. "It's not coming out."

"What?" he asked.

"The baby. She's not coming out, it's like she's stuck in there, thanks the Malfoy's large heads and even larger ego." She said, jiggling as she walked now.

"Maybe you should sit down." Severus suggested, at a loss of what to do to comfort her.

"No, I read that moving around a lot can induce labour. So I'm going to keep moving around until she slides on out." Hermione said through gritted teeth.

Severus stood by unsure of what to say or what to do to help the woman he loved. "Merlin, what is she waiting for? Hermione grumbled, still jiggling around. Severus shrugged and Hermione continued talking. "You're a man, what would you know about this?"

"Absolutely nothing." Severus answered.

"Darn right." Hermione said, pacing back and forth. "Merlin I am so sick of being pregnant. I just want my baby to be born."

"She'll be here soon." Severus told her. "Maybe she's just...waiting to make a grand entrance."

Hermione laughed. "Probably, that would be the Malfoy genes."

Severus nodded, glad that he had made her smile. "Shall we try working on some of your Potions work." He suggested gently, hoping she wouldn't turn around and bit his head off.

Hermione took a deep breath. "Yeah. I need a distraction." She said walking over to sit down.

Severus gave a small sigh of relief and walked over to join Hermione.

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Hey all,

I know it was a short chapter but I've been busy lately and I really wanted to get another chapter up. Sorry it's been so long. Please read and review.

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