(A/N) Hi! It's been forever and I'm sorry. Senior year is stressful but whatever. Finals and me being procrastinative are my last excuses I'm going to the College that I want so that's awesome and I already have my roommate. I'm so freaking excited you guys like EEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPPPP! Anyways here is the next chapter. Love you guys.
"Eeep." Hermione covered her eyes and the doctor laughed.
"I haven't even told you yet."
"I know I'm just nervous." She took a deep breath and removed her hands from her eyes. "Okay. I'm ready now."
"Congratulations you two are going to have – boys. You're having twin boys." She smiled at the last part and Hermione burst in to tears.
"What's wrong?" Fred asked with wide eyes.
"I – I – we're going to – little toes – and little fingers – and – and – cute faces." She continued to cry, bringing her knees up to her face to hide her wet eyes.
"Mione it's okay." Fred rubbed her knees soothingly and chuckled quietly. "Boys," He said, barely above a whisper.
"Again congratulations. I'm going to leave you two now because I have some other patients to see so once you're done just push the nurses button and they'll come up to get you." Doctor Stanton smiled at the two and got up, going over to the door
"Thank you so much!" Hermione called, now a bit more calm."
"My pleasure." The kind woman left and Hermione looked over to Fred, smiled, and again, burst into tears.
Fred and Hermione walked out of the doctor's office both feeling relieved yet nervous. "What would you like to do next?" Fred asked, looking over at Hermione.
"Would we be able to shop a little in Diagon Alley? I would like to find some books and get a few ideas for the nursery."
Once in Diagon Alley Hermione couldn't help but feel a wave of sadness wash over her. The first time she'd walked into Diagon Alley had been like a dream.
"Mum c'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" 11 year-old Hermione squealed, pulling her mother by the hand.
"Yes darling just calm down." Jean Granger said laughing and jogging to keep up with her baby. "Now where is it again?"
"It's called the Leaky Cauldron and it's run by a man named Tom and muggles can't see it and we'll be meeting a lady in an emerald dress." The brown eyed girl said quickly. The Granger family had received many letters since they had found out about Hermione's powers but their most recent explained how they'd get school supplies for the young witch. "Here it is!" Hermione squealed as she saw a sign jutting out from a stone building. The words on it read 'The Leaky Cauldron : Pub and Inn'.
"I don't see– " Jean Grangers words were cut off as a sign suddenly appeared in her vision. "Impossible."
"Obviously nothing is impossible dear." Charles Granger said from beside his wife; his face a look of surprise.
"Mr. and Mrs. Granger?" The little family turned to see a very thin, stern looking woman, wearing long velvety green robes. Hermione gave her a nod and smiled widely, showing two very large front teeth.
"Hermione Jean Granger." She shook the older woman's enthusiastically. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you to." The woman replied with a thin lipped smile. She shook the older Grangers hands and gestured to the pub. "I'm Professor Minerva McGonagall. Ready?" Hermione nodded her head eagerly and took one of both of her parents' hands.
Inside, the pub was dimly lit with kerosene lamps and a few seemingly floating candles. Hermione looked around taking in every piece of food and every person. Witches and Wizards of all ethnicities and backgrounds sat around odd shaped tables eating and laughing. McGonagall took the small family through to the back and tapped the brick wall that lined the outside of the pub. The bricks all began to move and Hermione stared, awed, as a whole new world was revealed to her. Hermione marveled at everything in front of her. She had always read the books about magic but she never thought there was actually magic in the world. She looked to the side and saw her parents looking (if possible) more surprised than she was. "Welcome, Hermione, to Diagon Alley."
It sadly no longer looked like the first Diagon Alley. "Come on Hermione." Fred said with a small, sad smile, "What all do we need today do you think?"
She shook her head of all melancholy thoughts and smiled, looking around. "Well for one we need to find a shop with baby things. Is 'Tori's tot emporium' still open, do you know?"
"I believe it is. Would you like to go there first?" She nodded her head and together they walked towards the little shop. Tori's tot emporium was filled to the brim with baby things. There were prams of all different colors and designs, self-walking push chairs, nappy's with different scents, dummies filled with a small amount of sleeping draught and much more. Hermione looked from the baby items as a small, old woman came around the corner.
"Hello dears. How can I help you today?" She smiled widely at the two and placed a rather large pair of spectacles on the bridge of her nose.
"I'm only a few months pregnant but I wanted to come in and have a look around because I'm still fairly young and don't know much about what I need." Hermione replied sheepishly. She didn't like not knowing about things excessively.
"Well of course. Why don't you two walk through the store with me and I will get you familiar with all that you will need." The older woman began walking with Fred and Hermione trailing behind her.
Fred began sniggering so Hermione turned around and cocked her head slightly as if asking 'what is it?' The red head pulled out an onesie that read 'Let me sleep. I'm pursuing my dreams.' The onesie was white but the words were the color of galaxies, swirling around on the fabric slowly. On the side was a tag that read 'soothing onesie, machine washable, helps your little tike fall asleep faster.' "I think we should buy this." He said with a small laugh. She joined in with his laughing and grabbed another one so that they had two. They walked forward to where the woman was waiting and saw that there were about 10 different cots in front of her.
"All of these come in different colors but there is also the option of having a self-designed cot. Those aren't always more expensive but they do take longer to make, put enchantments on, and deliver. I would suggest that if you take that option you order sooner rather than later just to make sure it arrives in time." The two nodded and she continued. "On to nappies. You can never have enough. Babies droll all the time and spit up so you're going to want plenty of them. Moving forward is bottles. Many newborns will breastfeed but that is up to the mother and what she wants to do. You can also pump and put the milk in a bottle for later." Hermione looked over at Fred and saw that his face had become a deep shade of red.
"Fred are you okay?" she asked, worried. She placed a hand on his forehead and frowned. "You aren't burning up."
"It's nothing." He replied, looking away.
"Honestly just tell me."
"It's just the whole breastfeeding thing." He mumbled, turning an even brighter shade of red.
"Oh Fred you are such a child. You've had sex before yet you get all weird about breastfeeding! You're unbelievable." She said turning away. Truth be told she felt a bit awkward when thinking about breastfeeding too but it was just a natural thing and something she'd be doing in the near future.
"Look I'm sorry Mione it's just a bit weird to think about, you know?" She nodded her head and looked down.
"Yeah I know. C'mon, the lady is waiting on us." They began walking again and the woman showed them the rest of what was in her store (which was a lot!)
"Hey Mione I have an idea." Fred said as they were circling back to the front of the store. "I think that we should make the custom design cribs,"
"Are you sure? That could be awfully expensive." She began nibbling her lip and looked up at him slowly through her long lashes. He was reminded of Ginny's birthday when those lashes had been covered with tears. To him she was the most beautiful person he knew and in that moment she had never looked so innocent to him. He shook his head from his thoughts and smiled.
"I mean we don't have to but I just thought what I had in mind was kinda cute – "
"No, no let me hear it. Please." He quickly whispered his idea in her ear and she nodded her head, feeling giddy. They placed their order, paid for the two onesies, thanked the owner, and walked out of the store. They happily made their way over to Flourish and Blotts and Hermione's smile quickly vanished. "I forgot they had to close down." She said, choking back tears.
"Oh Hermione I completely forgot about them closing up shop. I'm such an arse." He pulled on his hair in frustration and turned to Hermione who had tears rolling down her cheeks but a smile on her face.
"Thank you for caring Fred. Most people would think me daft for moaning and moping over a bookstore."
"You are not daft, moaning, or moping." He said, a cheeky smile once again on his face. "That would be like comparing you to Myrtle and we all know you aren't nearly as bad as her." She laughed and sniffed, wiping her nose with her hand. He ran his thumb across her cheeks, swiping the tears away. "I think that you caring so much for something that you love is charming. Most people would just shrug it off as a store that was insignificant or boring but you care and that's all that matters." She let out a small cry and threw her arms around Fred, burying her head in his chest.
"Thank you." He didn't respond, at first, but once the shock wore off he hugged her back, liking how her arms felt around him.
"Yeah," he said softly. When Hermione felt Fred's strong arms wrap around her she felt her cheeks heat up thinking about how good they always felt around her. When they were on the broom, every time they hugged, the morning after – NO! She could not think about that. She pulled back, her cheeks a deep shade of red, and smiled meekly. Fred smiled back but something behind Hermione caught his eye. He pushed Hermione behind him and took his wand out. He had heard about this man, no, this thing was no man. He was a werewolf (and not one like Lupin). Unlike Remus, this man wanted, loved, to be a werewolf. Fenrir Greyback.
Hermione had no idea what happened. One moment she was looking up at Fred, with his goofy smile, and the next he was forcefully pulling her behind him. "What're you – " She saw what Fred was looking at and had to stifle back a scream. She had seen him on the wanted posters. The werewolf man stepped closer to her and Fred and licked his chops.
"You two are a bit older than what I usually hunt but you will make good little soldiers or food all the same." He came closer to them and they both took a step back cautiously. Hermione pulled out her wand and stepped more next to Fred but he still placed an arm in front of her, ready to push her back if necessary. They were up 2:1 but Fenrir was quite strong and very fast. "So which will it be first? The red headed traitor or the pretty las that's with him?"
"Stay away!" Yelled Fred.
"What a cute couple." Greyback smiled, showing his sharp, yellow teeth. "How about I kill the girl first and have you watch me do it?"
"You won't come near her." Fred shouted across the cobblestone street. "Stupefy!" He flourished his wand and it hit the werewolf in the chest. The wolf-man tumbled backwards and Fred turned around, grabbing Hermione's hand. "Come. We don't have much time." He began to run, pulling her along with him. "Our joke shop is just up ahead."
"Is it safe?" She gasped from beside him.
"Of course." He said with a small smile. "Haven't you ever wondered how George and I have stayed open all this time?"
"Aperi mihi notum malum!" He shouted, moving his wand in an arc. Hermione gave him an odd look but continued forward, flinging the door open, and running inside. She turned around to see Greyback closing in on Fred and looking murderous.
"Protego!" the werewolf-man was thrown backwards giving Fred enough time to run in and put up another locking charm. He cast up more shields for good measure and turned to see Fenrir run up to the doors only to be sent hurtling back. He howled in pain and glared at Fred and Hermione menacingly.
"I'll have revenge on you blood-traitor and little girl. You just wait." Then, with his piercing blue and yellow eyes, he stared at the two of them. He didn't move, he just stared, mean and menacingly.
"Fred. Fred what are we to do?"
"Look away Hermione. Don't let him win. I have a fireplace in the backroom and we can floo back to Hogwarts." She nodded, trembling, and walked to the backroom. She jumped and felt her blood run cold as a hand touched her waist. "Sorry," Fred said quickly.
"No. No I'm just a bit jumpy is all." Her voice trembled and Fred wanted nothing more than to hold her tight and comfort her.
"When we get back to Hogwarts would you like me to steal a toilet seat for you?" He asked quietly. Hermione couldn't help it as a grin spread quickly across her face.
"A toilet seat?"
"Yeah. They're not the easiest buggers to take off, mind you, but they're great conversation starters." Hermione laughed. "And they're bloody hilarious."
"C'mon you weirdo," she said tugging on his arm, "let's go back home."
"Accio Floopowder!" Said Fred. A bright container filled with greenish-gray dust flew towards him and he caught it with one hand.
Hermione stepped into the fireplace first, throwing the dust down, creating bright green flames. "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" She shouted, then vanished. Fred chuckled at her clear pronunciation of each word and then stepped into the fireplace saying the same words.
Fenrir Grayback was not happy. Valuable assets had just left him and he had been made a fool of. No one embarrassed him. He looked up at the shop sign and smiled Weasley's eh? He'd have to make a visit soon. After all, the holidays were coming up and everyone loved to have holiday feasts. Especially him. Licking his chops he laughed aloud, turned, and walked away. A new plan was forming in his sick little mind and he couldn't wait to carry it out.
"There you are!" George shouted as Hermione, and a couple seconds later, Fred came tumbling through the fireplace. He quickly ran over to Hermione with a concerned look on his face and helped her up. "Are you okay?" She nodded her head and coughed a bit, dust had filled up her throat. "I'll get you a glass of water." He headed over to the tap and began pouring a glass. He gave it to Hermione, who smiled in thanks, and began gulping down the cold drink.
"Oy! No drink for me?"
"No toss pot. Only one for the beautiful lady." George winked at Hermione who blushed profusely.
Fred eyed his brother and then broke into a smile and went over to George, putting him in a headlock. "Whatever numb-nuts." He grabbed a glass and filled it with some water for himself. He looked around the flat-like dorm and wrinkled his brow. "I see you didn't do much since we've been gone."
George's eyes went wide and he smiled sheepishly. "Yeah about that…"
"What did you do?" Inquired Hermione.
"Well you have to realize, unpacking, it just – gets very boring. And, you see, there just happened to be some fireworks here." Hermione looked over at Fred and glared.
"What exactly did you do?" she asked, her voice low and dangerous.
"I – um – might have set a firework off in the toilet and it is possible that Ron was sitting, using the loo when I set it off."
"How possible?"
"About 99 percent," He replied quietly.
"George!" The red head started to prepare himself for a lecture but was instead met with laughs. "That is absolutely horrible!" she said between giggles. "What did he do?"
George smiled wide and said, "Well first off let me just say that he was doing a bit more than peeing while in the stall and it went EVERYWHERE!" Fred and Hermione just wrinkled their noses in disgust but George continued, smiling wickedly. "He was so freaked he ran out with his pants around his ankles and ran straight into Millicent Bulstrode."
"No!" Hermione's eyes widened in shock and she placed a hand over her opened mouth.
"He did!" George said gleefully. "At first she was really upset but then she looked down and couldn't stop staring. She even started flirting with him." Fred, by now, was clutching his stomach with laughter.
"That was cruel, brother."
"It was hilarious. You guys should have been there. He was in such shock that he forgot to hide his 'stuff' so he just turned and tried to run, his pants still around his ankles. Did you guys know that he's actually got quite a nice butt?"
Hermione said, 'yes,' the same time Fred said, 'no'. He looked over to her and she blushed.
"How do you know?" he asked, getting a bit defensive.
"How could you not? You can tell when a guy has a nice arse. I mean look at yo – "
She turned bright red and looked away. "You think I have a nice bum Mione?" He smiled at her and came close to her. She pushed him away and he laughed. "Don't worry I know."
"So…How was your guy's day?" George asked. Hermione looked over at Fred, who broke out into a smile, and took out his wallet. From there, he produced an ultrasound picture. "What is – Oh my! Is that the child?" he exclaimed. Hermione and Fred both bobbed their heads. "This looks kind of funny – "
"That there is one head," Hermione pointed to it, "and this is the other head…" she pointed and he nodded, stopped, and then looked at her with wide eyes. Oblivious to his expression, Hermione continued. "I know those four things look like feet but I could be wrong. It's too early in the pregnancy. So –" She looked up and saw the look on his face, "Is something wrong?"
"You said second head."
"Oh!" realization dawned on Hermione and she smiled. "Yeah. We're having twins."
"What?!" He looked at both of them and then swept Hermione and Fred into a huge hug. "That's amazing you two! What is their sex?"
Fred looked to Hermione and then back at his brother, "Boys." he said.
"No way!" He gave them both another hug and then pulled back. "Those boys are going to be so spoiled." Hermione snorted and shook her head.
"I'm glad you're happy." She looked away and cleared her throat. "So are we going to unpack these boxes or what?"
Fred and George laughed at her awkwardness. "Let's get started." And with a smile towards Hermione, Fred started in on the first box.
The three were exhausted by the time they were done unpacking and were sitting by the fire when George said, "By the way, Dumbledore gave me this note for you two." He handed them a parchment letter that asked them to meet him in his office after dinner. Hermione turned to Fred with a worried look on her face.
"What if he's decided that you can't live here anymore or that I have to leave the school?"
"Hermione it'll be fine. He just wants to sit down for a talk. That's all."
Hermione nodded but couldn't help but worry.
Later that night, after dinner, Hermione and Fred made their way to Dumbledore's office and said the password that he had enclosed to them from within the letter.
"Hello Miss. Granger, Mr. Weasley." His eyes twinkled and Hermione found that it was hard to not smile back. "Now I'm guessing that you're wondering why you both are here, correct?" They both nodded and his eyes danced. "I've had an idea." They scooted closer to him and he said, excitedly, "Well, as you know, Mr. Weasley can't just say that he's here for a business trip for forever and I'm guessing you'll want to be near Hermione?" Fred nodded. "So, I propose that we tell people that you're back to finish your schooling. People would believe it, you'd be able to stay close to Miss Granger, and if you pass your NEWT's, I can even have you graduated from here." Fred looked unsure but Hermione was positively ecstatic.
"Fred this is great! I can't believe that you'd get to continue your schooling! Do you know how rare of an opportunity this is?"
"Yeah. I guess." He looked down.
"I mean of course it's your choice and all but I just think that it would be a good opportunity to finish your schooling." Fred looked at her and smiled widely.
"I will gladly join as a seventh year student. Thank you headmaster."
"Is that all you wanted sir?" asked Hermione.
"I also wanted to ask about how your outing went today. Minerva told me that you two were going to a hospital. Is everything okay?"
"Yes sir. We were just going for an ultrasound." Fred pulled out the picture again and held it out proudly. The old man took it and smiled.
"I always have been fascinated by babies. There are like little old men." His eyes twinkled and he gave the picture back to Fred. "Anything else?"
Fred looked to Hermione and she nodded. "We – erm – ran into Fenir Greyback. He tried to come at us and threatened us." Seeing the concerned look on the headmasters face, he hastily added, "We got away though. He didn't harm either of us."
"Fred was brilliant Dumbledore. He locked down the whole store and stayed calm."
"Well then I'd like to commend you on your good job. But I must warn you. Greyback is a predator and he won't stop until he finds you. You will have to be much more cautious from now on." Hermione and Fred looked at each other and nodded slowly, Hermione placed a protective hand on her stomach unconsciously. "You two best be going to bed now. It's been a long day for both of you." They nodded. "Sleep well. Fred, I'll tell the teachers that you are beginning classes again. You'll start at the beginning of the week."
"Fred?" Hermione and Fred were sitting in the library late Monday night. He had just started classes and already had to do an essay. It was okay though, after all, he was (technically) ahead of everyone else in his grade.
"Yeah?"
"What are we going to tell your parents?" Fred's eyes widened. He cleared his throat and placed down the book he was reading 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.'
"I was thinking that maybe we should just tell them the truth. Maybe at Christmas." He looked at her and saw that she had a frown upon her face. "What's wrong?"
"I just, I care a lot about what your mom thinks of me and I'm just so scared that she'll be incredibly disappointed in me. That's all."
"Hermione listen to me." She looked up at him and he gave her a small smile. "My mom loves you no matter what. You're like one of her own children and I'm pretty sure that she'll just be happy to have grandbabies really." Hermione and Fred both chuckled at this and he took her hands in his. "You're not a bad person. You are just a human that, like all humans, made a mistake. However, you're taking responsibility for your actions and I think that, that is incredibly mature of you and shows a lot about your character. You are a great person and if anyone can't see that because of the fact that you're young and pregnant, than they aren't looking past your exterior. You shouldn't want or have to deal with those people."
"Thank you Fred." She gave him a small hug and then took a breath. "We're going to have to tell my parents too." He nodded, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Yeah, I guessed that. Do you want to go to your parents for the first part of the holiday and then go to my home after?"
"That sounds good." She took a deep breath. "I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to tell them. They're going to disappointed. Don't be surprised if my dad yells at you. I'll try to stop it and calm it down but I can't promise anything."
"I figured as much. I'd do the same if I were him. It's okay though. I need to take responsibility for my actions."
"I'm honestly sorry. I wish you didn't have to do this."
"It's okay Hermione. We'll do it together. And who knows, maybe I'll win them over with my quick wit and amazing charm." He wiggled his eyebrows and posed, making Hermione laugh. "Now, all we have to do is practice what we'll say and go from there." Hermione smiled, nodded, and picked up her book, beginning to read, once more.
(A/N) So there we go. Sorry I know this chappie isn't the best. That's my bad. I meant get this out a couple of weeks ago but obviously, that didn't happen. I honestly am sorry. Next chapter will be them going on Christmas break and I'm going to start adding more stuff with more characters and all so yeah. I hope y'all liked this chapter though and if you did, leave me a review or follow and favorite my story.
P.S. This was supposed to come out even earlier, but my internet was down. Oh well though, that's life
P.P.S. So I uploaded this and apparently the scripting was off and weird and so if it's like that again, let me know and I'll try and fix it again.