It had been one and a half months since the competition. The twins' birthday passed and so did the Easter holidays.
In the previous day, the Gryffindor quidditch team won the cup and they celebrated all night long.
"Two days from now" Mia said to the 7th year Gryffindors (who looked extremely tired) and Ravenclaws in her class "you will have your transfiguration NEWT. Please, don't freak you! If you are nervous it will be more difficult to concentrate. You only need to use your heads. If you studied decently and you're calm you'll most likely pass. If you have any doubt, if you need any help, I'm available to help you. I'll concede you today's class to train"
Everyone loved Mia as a teacher, she was calm and unlike McGonagall, didn't put too much pressure on her students. They knew she was always available to help them if they didn't understand anything.
Mia was «patrolling» around the classroom trying to see her student's progress. She smiled while she was parading proudly her swollen stomach.
Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron were sitting together in a long table training human transfiguration. Hermione, a simple movement of her wand, turned Ron's eyes dark brown. Harry was paired with Ginny and turned her hair blond.
Mia was right next to them and said "Good work Harry and Hermione! Ginny now you look like Elizabeth's daughter, except for the eyes"
"Oh, I can fix that" she turned her wand to her eyes and murmured a spell. Suddenly, they turned bright blue.
"Good job! Ten point for Gryffindor…each. I'm in a generous mood"
They all laughed.
A little while later, the bell rang and they left for their next class. Mia sit in her desk and started correcting some essays until Izzy came into the room. She pulled a chair next to Mia's desk, sit and laid her head in the table.
"What is wrong with you?" Mia asked
"I'm sleepy" Izzy answered
"You have gone to sleeping earlier" her mother told her "Not partying 'till dawn"
"I didn't party 'till dawn" she murmured "By four o' clock I was already in bed. Now, let me sleep. Wake me up in half an hour"
Mia kept correcting the essays until her husband also came through the door with the twins who run to her.
"What is this? Black family reunion in my classroom?"
"They were missing their mommy" Sirius answered. He looked at Izzy "What's up with this one?"
"The Gryffindors were celebrating their victory 'till late hours" she answered.
"That's my girl!" Mia glared at him.
"Well, 'your girl' is now incapable of keeping her eyes opened during classes" she told him.
"Thank god she'd going to have divination, a nice class for a nap" he said
"Sirius!"
"I'm kidding!" Sirius told her "So, how is my son?" he asked Mia patting her belly
"You mean your daughter?" she asked
"Want to make a bet it is a boy?" he asked her in a daring tone.
"Fine. The one who loses will breastfeed for the first month" Mia said
"Hey, that is not fair!" he complained
"Life is not fair, honey" Mia told him
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Evie, Lucas, Tess and Jack were studying in the library for their exams.
Suddenly, Lisa Brennan, Jack's sister and their least favourite person, approached them.
"I need to talk to you" Lisa told her twin.
"That would be the first time in … two months" he answered coldly "You can talk in front of my friends, I don't care."
"Well, I do!" she told him
He turned to his friends and asked "Do you mind if I leave for a minute?"
"Go along" Evie answered.
He followed his sister for outside the library.
"What do you want?" he asked her
"I wanted to ask you if you'll stick with me this summer" she said
"What do you mean?"
"It has always been the two of us. Mum and Dad were just too busy to care about us" she started "I wanted to know if this summer would be the same"
He was looking deeply at her.
"Why do you do this? Why do you treat my friends like trash?" he asked her
"Because they are stupid and I don't like them!" she answered.
"That was the stupidest answer I've ever heard!" he told her "I'll … interact with you this summer, just don't ask me to act like I used to. You've made your choice. You chose to change, for worse. I won't abandon you, we've always been there for each other when mom and dad were gone, but things won't be the same until you change"
He left leaving his sister alone in the hallway.
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Three days later, there were no more exams, no more OWL's, no more NEWT's, to the students' relief.
"We are one week away of finishing Hogwarts!" Ron said "How cool is that?"
"Speak for yourself!" Izzy said "I've still one more year left. Not that I mind"
"I bet you'll feel just like us in a year!" Harry told his god sister "Now we will start our real lives!"
"You'll still do the auror training, won't you?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, what about you?"
"I thought maybe I could work in the ministry. In the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, so I could fight for the house elves rights"
"Oh, come on! You're still thinking of that?" Ron said
"At least I already have a plan!" she told him "What about you?"
"I'm going to help George with the store for now. Maybe I'll start auror training later"
"Well" Ginny started "I received an owl from the Holyhead Harpies. They are asking me to try out for the team"
"That is great!" Izzy said "I hope you get in, so you can get us free tickets!"
They burst out laughing.
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It had been a week since then, and it was time to go home. This time, the head and prefects didn't have to be in their own compartment so the whole group, including Monica, Derek, Luna and Neville, was sited in the biggest compartment of the train. Being friends with the heads had its benefits.
"How sad" Luna said "this was the last time we were in Hogwarts as students. Except you three of course" she refered to Monica, Derek and Izzy.
"Yeah, it is hard to believe" Ginny said.
Several hours later, the train reached Kings Cross. Finally, Harry ,Ginny, Hermione, Ron, Neville and Luna finished their last ride from Hogwarts.
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"It is so damn hot!" Mia complained. She was eight and a half months pregnant and her hormones were completely unbearable.
"Mia, I casted all the refreshing charms I know in this room" Sirius said, wrapped in a blanket along with his oldest daughter "It is freezing!"
"Colder than this, only in the North Pole!" Izzy agreed.
The twins were in the burrow, being spoiled by their auntie Molly.
"I hate these stupid hormones! And these swollen ankles! And my back aches!" Mia said
"I know honey, I know" Sirius heard that since the beginning of her eight month.
Izzy looked at the clock in the wall. Two o' clock.
"I've got to go to work" she told them "George is waiting for me"
"You've been spending a lot of time with George" Sirius stated
"Of course I have! I work with him, remember?" Izzy answered "The fact that he is sexy like hell doesn't have anything to do with that" she said with a mischievous smile.
"Hey!" Sirius said "Don't push it Isabelle!"
"I'm making fun of you, dad! I've got to go. Bye" She aparated out of the house.
Sirius looked at his wife. She seemed a little uncomfortable.
"I'm going to get you a glass of water" he said
"Thanks"
He came back with the water and sit next to her.
"Are you okay?" he asked her
"I think I'm having contractions" she said
"What? It is too early!"
"Apparently the baby doesn't agree"
"What do we do? What do we do?" he was freaking out
"Calm down! Floo Liz, the grab the portkey and take me to St. Mungus" she instructed him.
Five minutes latter, they were in St. Mungus and Liz was waiting for them.
"That baby is in a hurry!" Liz said "Don't worry Sirius, everything will be alright. She is thirty-eight weeks along. Usually there are no problems"
Probably due to the fact that she already had been through that two times, two hours later she was ready to push. Izzy had arrived shortly after her mother was admitted and wished her good luck before leaving the room.
"Come on Mia! Push!" Liz ordered her
"I'm too tired!" Mia said
"No you're not" Sirius told her "You can do this, I know you can!"
"Please Mia" Liz said "One big push and it will be over!"
She nodded and in the next contraction pushed as hard as she could. Then, it was over. A baby cry filled the room.
"See? You did it!" he whispered in her hear and kissed her in the cheek.
"I did it" she said in a tired voice "Where is the baby?"
"Right here" Liz said as she brought the baby wrapped in a yellow blanket "It is a boy"
"I told you it was a boy" Sirius said.
Mia glared at him in return. Liz put the baby in her arms and she looked adoringly at her baby son.
"He has your hair" Mia declared
"Yeah, he does" he agreed while he caressed the baby's face "We have to name him"
"Yeah, we do" she said "I had an idea. Why don't we name him after Lily and James?"
"I don't think Lily suits him" Sirius told her.
"She doesn't mean to call him Lily, you idiot!" Liz told him
"Hey, no swearing in front of the baby!" Mia demanded "She's right. Not Lily, Evan, like her surname!"
"Evan" he repeated "I like it! Evan James. Evan James Black"
"Yeah, our Evan" Mia said looking at the baby "Want to hold him?"
"I'll probably break him in a half!"
"No, you won't!" she said "You've held Teddy loads of times and nothing happened. Come here"
He approached her and she carefully put the baby in his arms. He looked a little scared in the beginning but a while later it seemed like he was a pro.
"See? It is easier than it looks!" Mia told him.
"Yes, it is" he agreed "If you don't mind, I'll take this little guy to meet his big sister"
She nodded and he left the room. Izzy was taking a nap in a chair in the corridor.
"Hey Izz" he said trying to wake her "I have someone here that wants to meet you"
Izzy was slowly waking up and suddenly, she noticed the bundle in her fathers arms.
"Meet your baby brother" he told her.
She took the baby of his arms "What is his name?"
"Evan James Black" he answered
"Alex was smaller than him. Probably because he was a twin" Izzy said "George said he would call everyone. They must be arriving soon. How's mom?"
"Tired. Other than that she's happy" he declared "Very happy"