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Lucky
"Come with me, love" He said smiling.
She looked at him confused "Why? Where are we going?"
"Poppy, Hermione, we are going to Poppy?" He said, taking a deep breath.
"Why, I'm not ill, are you ok?" She asked, concerned now.
"I am fine Hermione, I'm great actually" He replied.
"Then why are we going?" she asked, confused.
"Because, Hermione, I think, that you are pregnant".
'Pregnant?' Hermione thought, 'no, there's no way, ok I am a little emotional, but it's just the stress from getting the house organised, isn't it?'
She quickly tried to remember the last time she had her period, they had been so pre-occupied with renovating the house that she couldn't remember when it was, and they always used a contraceptive spell, except the day they bought the house, but that had happened maybe once or twice before when they had gotten caught up in the heat of passion and she definitely remembered having her monthly's afterwards, apart from last month, she couldn't remember at all.
They reached the mediwitches' room and Severus knocked the door, Poppy opened it after a few moments and looked at Severus and a nervous and embarrassed looking Hermione.
"How can I help you two?" Poppy asked
"Hermione needs a check over, if you can, Poppy" Severus answered for them
Hermione blushed
"Are you ok dear? Whats wrong? What are the symptoms?" Poppy asked Hermione
"She has been over tired this week and a bit snappy and emotional" Severus answered for her.
"Ok dear, maybe you are a bit anaemic, we will do a check up and maybe get you a blood replenishing potion or some iron to help you" Poppy told her and motioned for them to come through to the hospital wing.
"You can wait here Severus" Poppy told him
"No" Hermione said quickly "No, I would like him to come with me, please?"
Poppy nodded and motioned to a bed and asked Hermione to lie down.
"Ok, I will just check you bloodworks, heartbeat and breathing for irregularities, then I will do a magical sweep to check for any other problems" Poppy said as she got her wand out.
Hermione chewed her lip as Severus folded and unfolded his arms nervously.
"Your iron level is fine dear, and your heartbeat and lungs are functioning perfectly" Poppy told her, "Let me do the full body sweep now" Poppy ran her wand over Hermione's body.
"No, everything looks fine" Poppy smiled at her, "maybe you have just been over working?"
Hermione and Severus both looked at each other, surprised to see disappointment in each other's faces.
"Let me just amplify the spell and double check" Poppy added
HSHSHSHSHS
"woosh…woosh…woosh…woosh…woosh"
It was absolutely the best sound Severus had ever heard in his life as he listened in awe at the amplified sound emanating from Hermione's stomach.
Poppy looked from Severus to Hermione and back again as the two of them looked at each other, neither saying a word.
Severus finally broke the silence "I,.. I am going to be a father" he chocked out".
Poppy patted Hermione's hand "You are just 8 weeks along dear", Poppy said "That's why I missed It on the first sweep, the baby's heart only starts beating on its own at about 6 weeks, and its so small, it's hard to pick up before 12 weeks and I never thought of casting a pregnancy spell to check"
Severus had a tight sensation in his chest that he had never experienced before, his throat was dry and his eyes were tingling. He felt completely overwhelmed; he looked over at Hermione who still hadn't said a word and spoke quietly to her.
"Are you ok?, Herimione?"
Hermione looked up into Severus's face, his emotions for once, clearly on display for all to see, he looked absolutely delighted and nervous. She couldn't stop her brain going into overtime, yes she loved him, but a child, it was so sudden, and unexpected and, and, and … she didn't know what else, 'was she happy? Would they get married now? Did they need a bigger house? What about her job?'
"Would you like to know the sex?" Poppy asked, bringing them out their thoughts
"Yes" Hermione said immediately and she looked to Severus, who nodded
Poppy cast another spell over Hermione's stomach and they all watched as a colour appeared.
"Congratulations, you are having a boy" Poppy told them
Hermione immediately burst out crying and Severus felt as if his heart was going to break into a million pieces 'was she rejecting his child?, their child?' he looked over to her and said "Are you upset? Do you not want this baby? Hermione, please, say something"
Hermione continued to cry and looked up at Severus "We are going to have a baby" she cried "A son, I'm going to be a mother" pictures of a little dark eyed, dark haired boy in her arms flashed through her mind and the joy she felt from such an image was overwhelming, all her other thoughts and fears disappeared into the background and she looked up at Severus "We are going to be parents" she smiled at him "I love you so much"
Severus leaned over and wiped the tears from her face, then proceeded to kiss her like he would never get to do it again, Hermione tried to pull him on top of her, when she heard the mediwitch cough.
"Yes, well, congratulations to the two of you, I suggest you go back to your erm, own quarters now" Poppy said motioning for them to separate and handing Hermione a packet of tables "Folic acid, to help the baby's growth" she said "One a day, and get plenty of rest"
Severus lifted Hermione off the bed and placed her on the floor, he placed one arm around her shoulders and another protectively on her stomach and started walking with her back to their rooms.
"Now" he said "No lifting, no running, no stress, no cooking, no dangerous spells, be careful on the stairs, I will teach you a shielding spell for your stomach and keep off your feet as much as possible…." He continued on as Hermione rolled her eyes at him, this was going to be an eventful pregnancy.