Wedding plans

Wedding plans are talked about. Marcus Flint is pleasantly surprised. The boys return home.

Padma, Parvati and Victoria were planning Hermione's baby/bridal shower. They invited Pansy, Millicent and Luna over. Angelina, Alicia and Katie were busy talking Quidditch.

"Do you think we need to wait until Mikey comes back?" Padma asked Victoria. Vicky thought about it and shook her head. "No, not for the baby shower. We'll be doing that in the Head Girl's room. Hermione can show him everything once he gets back. You know he's going to want some alone time with her after a whole week away from her. He'll probably be interested in what all the baby gets. We can do the bridal shower after they get back, though, because he'll be with the other boys at a mutual bachelor party. That will be taking place in the Great Hall. The boys will be in Hogsmeade at the Hogs Head." Alex had already told her that tidbit.

Her parents had contacted Hermione's parents with the possibility of a double wedding. As close as the cousins were, their parents thought it was a fantastic idea. Like Mikey, Alex didn't really care about wedding plans, just tell him when and where to show up and he'd be there with bells on!

Victoria confided to Hermione that she had been feeling slightly iffy lately, she just hadn't been brave enough to go see Madame Pomfrey yet. Hermione squealed softly at the possibility of not being the only pregnant bride in the lineup. She insisted, right after breakfast, that Victoria go see the school nurse. Hermione would go with her for moral support. While they were walking through the corridor, they met Professor Umbridge.

"What's this? Shouldn't the two of you be in classes? This might call for a det-" she began.

"Hermione, darling, is it time for your ultrasound already? Could Mike and I go with you? It'll be so very exciting seeing how big he's gotten from the last test." Pandora asked cheerfully. After she spoke, Hermione realized it was, indeed, time for her next ultrasound. Mike smirked at Umbridge as they all walked away. She was shaking angrily.

"Thank you! I wasn't sure if we would have gotten away from her scot-free." Hermione sighed with relief.

"No problem, dear, just let one of us know if you ever need an escort. We'll be glad to walk with you." Pandora told her.

They arrived in the infirmary and Hermione insisted that Victoria take her test as she got ready to lay down and expose her belly. After smoothing the liquid on, Madame Pomfrey laid the paddle on her lower abdomen and began moving it around. Pretty soon, they were all looking, enraptured, at the image of a small infant. He was in perfect position to clearly show that he was a little boy. He held his little, tiny fist against his mouth. Hermione was holding back tears of joy at the sight of her son. She couldn't wait until he was here and she could hold him in her arms.

Victoria's test, to her delight, came back positive. It was too early for her to have an ultrasound yet but she made Hermione swear she would come with her to view her baby, too. They were thrilled to realize their children would be fairly close in age, not as close as Mikey and Alex but still fairly close. When they met up with Padma and Parvati, they made sure the twins knew both the bridal and baby shower would be for both Vicky and Hermione.

Hermione helped Vicky plan a quiet evening in the Room of Requirement, for when the boys got back, to tell Alex he was also going to be a dad. They got hold of some owl order catalogs and began cooing over the baby outfits. Hermione wrote to her parents and enclosed pictures from her ultrasound so they could brag about their soon to arrive grandson.

The evening before the boys were due back, all the eight year girls were once again laughing and giggling in the Head Girl's room. They had all brought presents for Vicky and Hermione.

Hermione noticed that Angelina was especially wistful of every little outfit opened and displayed. She noticed that Angelina kept almost unconsciously touching her own belly. She drew her to the side and quietly asked her what was going on. Angelina confided that Hermione and Vicky wouldn't be alone, she was also pregnant. She had only had it confirmed that day, just before the baby shower. Hermione hugged her and offered any support Angelina needed.

"I need to figure out how to tell Marcus without his head getting any bigger than it already is. He's already been boasting that he'd make sure I walked down the aisle already carrying his heir. When I mentioned the possibility of the marriage law being overturned, he looked at me like I was crazy. 'Now that I finally have you, damned if I'm going to lose you, darling! I'm going to tie you to me every way I can!' That's what he told me, Hermione!" Angelina laughed, happily but slightly hysterically as well.

Hermione laughed with her. "If you need me to go with you, I will. Vicky went with me when I went to tell Mikey I was expecting."

Angelina looked at her. "Could we go now, you, me and Vicky?" she looked unsure of herself.

Hermione motioned Vicky over and explained. Vicky nodded and they slipped out. They went down to the dungeons and found the Slytherin common room. They knocked until it opened. It was a first year student who opened the door. They sent him back to tell Marcus Flint his fiancée was outside. Shortly, after that, Marcus himself came out. Hermione and Vicky retreated a short distance away to allow them some privacy.

Marcus looked confused at first, they watched as it slowly dawned on him what Angelina was trying to tell him. A huge grin covered his face. He snatched her around the waist, gently of course, picked her up and twirled her around, whopping happily. Then he set her down and held her against him. They smiled as he tucked his face into the crook of her neck and was quietly speaking to her. Whatever he'd said was apparently all Angelina needed to reassure her that he really was happy about the baby. She was smiling happily as she kissed him, then walked back to Hermione and Vicky. "He was thrilled, oh Merlin, he was so thrilled, Hermione! Thank you both for coming with me!" she hugged them tightly. They walked back to the Head Girl's room and rejoined the party. They were amused when they figured out nobody had even noticed they were gone.

Hermione piled all the gifts onto a table in the corner of the room and prepared to lay down. Everyone else had already turned in. She looked around the room, trying to envision it with Quidditch posters hanging on the walls. This Friday night would be one of her last nights as a single woman. It would be the night of her bridal shower. Sunday morning, she and Vicky would be walking down the aisle to marry Mikey and Alex. How her parents had managed to get the pastor of the little church in Hogsmeade to officiate a double wedding this soon, she had absolutely no clue, but they had. They would be meeting Mikey for the first time at the wedding reception and she was suddenly scared to death that they wouldn't like him.

The next day, both she and Vicky were standing in the doorway, staring impatiently down the road to the gates. As they were about to give up, they saw a group of people walking up the carriage path. It was Fen in the lead, with little Jasmine seated on his shoulders. Behind him were Mikey and Alex with students lined up behind them. Seamus and two males walked behind Mikey as Lavender and the other two males walked behind Alex. Upon seeing their girls waiting for them, Mikey and Alex broke formation and ran to meet them, after getting silent permission from Fen. They grabbed them and held on like they were never going to let go.

Miley slid his hands into Hermione's hair and tipped her face up to him. "I love you. I don't know if I've ever told you yet. I really love you. I can't wait for us to be married. I'm so looking forward to seeing our child." He whispered to her. Hermione wrapped her arms around his waist. "I missed you this week. I love you, too! It won't be much longer. I promise you."

She grabbed his hand and pulled him up the stairs. He followed her back to the Head Girl's room. She pulled him in the door and over to the corner table. "Look at all the gorgeous little outfits our baby has! All the toys! He's got enough stuff here to last until his second or third birthday!" Mikey smiled at the pile of loot given to their little boy. Right now, he was more concerned about the little mama than the little boy.

He quickly alerted her to that fact by smoothing back her hair and lightly kissing the spot where he'd soon be placing a mating mark. Since the mark would be deep enough to leave a scar and would effectively turn her into a wolf, he was leaving it up to her as to when he turned her. They both knew it was going to happen sooner or later.

They backed up until his knees hit the side of the bed. He sat down, laid back and pulled her down with him. As she turned over and straddled him, they both conveniently let their classes slide out of their minds. They didn't resurface until lunch time.

Soon after Hermione and Mikey disappeared, Vicky pulled Alex away, leading him to the Room of Requirement and they pulled their own disappearing act. Both couples showed up, at lunch time, to a chorus of applause from the students and catcalls from their eighth year peers.

Mikey and Alex were slightly shocked to discover they wouldn't be single much longer but, at the same time, they were thrilled that they could claim their witches so soon. Marcus and Angelina were making plans to be the next ones down the aisle. Angelina and her mother both were 'pants' at planning parties or anything, therefore she'd asked Marcus if his mother would be willing to organize their wedding. He'd already sent a letter to his mother and they were waiting for a response.

Harry and Ginny had already announced their wedding would be New Year's Eve and everyone was invited. They had left their wedding plans to Andromeda since Harry had asked her if little Teddy could be his ring bearer. He was looking forward to watching the little toddler come down the aisle with their rings. He and Ginny planned to help Andromeda raise Teddy, right along with their children. They were planning to have at least two children.

Narcissa and Molly had met to tentatively discuss plans and discovered they had a lot in common as far as what they wanted out of a wedding. They were now owling every other day with new ideas to consider. Narcissa declared them the perfect wedding planners. She had the money and social connections and Molly had the creativity and bursts of genius to make this the wedding of the century. Draco and Ron both rolled their eyes when they read that! The twins mother was also thrilled to be involved.

Padma and Parvati weren't worried about anything except making sure the 'wedding planners' knew to make their dresses identical. Inspired by Hermione and Vicky they also wanted a double wedding, even though they had previously declared they wanted different dresses and their own wedding dates.

Both Pansy and Millicent's mothers were in charge of their weddings. They had been planning these events for years. The grooms might not be who they had planned on but that didn't change their enthusiasm one bit.

Luna and Gregory were planning a very simple ceremony in the Lovegoods back yard. They were only inviting their families and friends from Hogwarts.