Good day all! I know this chpater is a long time in coming and I do appologise for that, you all must hate me and such lol. Thank you to everyone for not thinking that my last chapter was dry, I'm so proud thank you so much. This one has a little but more of an "Oh what's this then?" factor to it I think, well I hope. I would like to dedicate this chapter to Alexandra5 who actually found me on Twitter!! I was so surprised and happy lol :D so this one is for her and her ability to find me. If anybody else would like to find me on Twitter or Bebo or whatnot just send me a pm or something. So please enjoy xxxx

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The Unexpected Baby

Chapter Six: Moving In

"Why do I have to be here?" complained Ron loudly as he struggled to get a box into Hermione's flat. Hermione glared at Ron and rolled her eyes as he continued to moan and groan. He was forced to help Charlie move his stuff into Hermione's flat by his mother who still had the power to make her sons do whatever she wanted them to do.

"Shut up would you," Ginny growled in Ron's direction as she and Hermione sat together on the sofa. The fiery Weasley sister was very irritable today as her back was beginning to hurt due to carrying the baby. If anything annoyed her in the slightest she practically chewed the face off the person who annoyed her. Needless to say Ron was annoying her the most today and so Hermione never had to say anything to him about his moaning as Ginny would do it for her.

"Herms where do you want this?" Harry asked as he lifted a box of Charlie's stuff which had been sitting in the middle of the living area. Hermione thought for a moment, she'd forgotten what was in that box.

"What is it?" she asked confusedly. Harry took a peek inside the box and answered, "Books about Dragons and stuff. I guess it could be work related."

"Oh set that by the bookcase over there, I'll put the books in order," she told her best friend who did as she asked. Ginny glanced at Hermione, "You're integrating your books together?" Hermione nodded, "I don't see why not and besides I don't want hideous boxes throwing off the Feng Shui of my personal space."

"Herms?" Hermione looked over towards the guestroom and spotted Charlie poking his head around the door. He looked flustered for some reason so Hermione got up and went over to him.

"What's wrong?" she asked in a hushed voice. Charlie motioned her inside and pointed towards his new bed. Hermione couldn't help but let slip a genuine laugh at the mess Charlie had created of simply trying to put on a duvet cover.

"I'm sorry but no matter how hard I try it's just not working. Could you help me?" he asked in a voice which was filled with shame. Hermione patted Charlie on his broad shoulder and looked at him sympathetically.

"You do know that your mother spoils you right?" Charlie nodded slightly and stared at the carpeted floor. "How do you manage in Romania?" she asked as she went to investigate the travesty.

"I don't need a duvet in Romania," Charlie answered, taking his eyes off the carpet and laughing a little. "It's far too warm for stuff like that. I sleep with just a sheet on the bed." Hermione rolled her eyes and with a simple flick of her wand the duvet cover and the duvet arranged themselves neatly and floated onto the bed. She sighed happily at her work and made to leave the room.

"Herms?" Charlie called to her just as she was about to go into the hall. The intelligent Healer turned and gave Charlie a questioning look.

"Thanks for all of this," he mumbled as a slight tinge of pink rested on his cheek bones. Hermione smiled and shook her head. "You don't need to thank me for anything."

As the day wore on Charlie's 'stuff' was unpacked, organised and put away into different rooms. Ginny was found pottering around in the kitchen making snacks while the rest of the moving team and Hermione rested in the living area.

"Thanks for helping us," Hermione said in an exhausted tone as she looked in the direction of Fred and George. The twins, who had stopped by during their lunch break to help out, winked at Hermione, who was sitting beside her new roommate and the father of her unborn baby, Charlie.

"Anything for you Herms," Fred said genuinely.

"Yeah anything," George said agreeing completely with his twin. Hermione chuckled, she did love the twins, they were just so nice to her.

"You didn't have to take the rest of the day off work to help out though," she argued, suddenly looking stern. Even though the twins were basically their own bosses they shouldn't just randomly take half days off work.

"Sure we did!" the identical twin boys said in unison. Hermione rolled her eyes and then glanced at Charlie whose eyes were looking glazed and tired. He'd worked enormously hard today lifting heavy boxes, organising his 'stuff' and then cleaning the entire flat.

"Tea's ready!" Ginny called from the kitchen. Like a shot the men situated in the living dashed to the kitchen and a lot of commotion could be heard. Ron however, who had stopped complained and had chosen the silent treatment, got up from the chair he was sitting in and headed for the door. Hermione watched him as he forcefully put on his jacket.

"Aren't you going to have some tea?" she asked, already knowing the answer. Ron didn't even turn to look at her when he answered, "No, I'm heading home to Lavender."

"Thanks for your help today," Hermione told him even though his help had sometimes been more of a hindrance. Ron didn't say anything back to her and left the flat, half slamming the door behind him.

"He's not taking well to this," Harry mumbled. Hermione turned to see Harry standing about a foot away from her. His eyebrows had knit together and his eyes flashed with some unknown emotion. Did Harry know something? Hermione looked towards the closed front door, her eyes sad and her hand resting upon her stomach. Ron seemed to be the only person who was against her pregnancy; something about this gave Hermione an uneasy feeling.

"Why?" she asked, her voice barely audible. Harry sighed, took a sip of his tea and then went to place a hand on Hermione's slightly slumped shoulder.

"For once I honestly don't know."

"Hey you two come and join the party!" exclaimed Fred as he poked his head through the kitchen door. Hermione and Harry looked at each other and smiled, "He'll come around," Harry whispered to her as they walked back into the kitchen. Ginny walked up to them and handed Hermione a glass of pumpkin juice.

"Where's Ron?" she asked, a hint of her bad mood at her brother still lingering in her tone. Before Hermione could say anything Harry said quickly, "He went back home."

"I made that ignorant prat some TEA!"Ginny growled, exclaiming her last word. Harry chuckled nervously and set his hands on his wife's shoulder, which were shaking slightly. Hermione grinned, temporarily forcing her sadness about Ron into the back of her mind.

By 9pm Hermione's flat was empty apart from her and her new roommate Charlie. Dinner had been eventful. Fred, George, Ginny and Harry had decided to stay. Hermione and Ginny went out and got ingredients to make something special and the men, under the women's strict orders had set the table and pre-heated Hermione's muggle oven. Ginny and Hermione had arrived back, made a wonderful meal of roasted potatoes, carrots, peas and chicken fillet. Once at the dinner table the gossip started.

"Percy told me a good one about the ministry the other day," Fred had said as he poured some gravy onto his plate. Everyone's ears pricked up and listened intently to what Fred had to say. Hermione wasn't in the least bit surprised that the gossip had came from Percy, he may have looked highbrow and rule biding on the outside but on the inside there was a tiny part of him which just couldn't hold onto a good piece of news. Hermione had often speculated that he might have been gay but his relationship with Audrey had proved her wrong.

"So then the Head of Magical Transportation banned him from ever travelling in the floo network again," Fred concluded as Hermione shook her head.

"Some people," she muttered as she skewered a piece of carrot.

"Ha! That's nothing wait till you hear what I heard...again from Percy but I also sort of knew about it already," Ginny said slyly, teasing at the fact that she might actually have a piece of gossip better than Fred's. Before Ginny became pregnant she'd been playing with the Holyhead Harpies. She was their star Chaser and had set a world record for individually scoring the most amount of goals in one game, but once she'd announced that she was with child they'd put her on extended maternity leave as it was dangerous for her to play Quidditch.

"Apparently now they are going to get a new manager, which I think is preposterous because Tom Claude is the best manager that team has ever had!" Ginny stated passionately as Harry nodded his head vigorously.

"That is insane!" Fred and George yelled together as Ginny muttered a dignified, "I know...I know."

When dinner was finished the tired pregnant ladies were told to relax in the living area while the men cleaned up. Having known the wizards in the kitchen since she'd started her first year at Hogwarts Hermione knew that something terrible was going to occur. Soon enough the men had started a weird kind of water/duel fight which had to be broken up by said tired pregnant ladies. After everything had been sorted out everyone settled down in the living area and chatted until Ginny fell asleep on Harry's shoulder.

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"See you guy's later," Hermione called down the hall after the twins who were the last to leave. They gave her identical waves and apparated back to their own flat which was situated just above their first ever store in Britain. Hermione closed the door to her flat and locked it and as she walked back into her living area a black ball of fur sped towards her.

"Finally decided to come out of my room then?" Hermione laughed taking Shadow up into her arms. The tiny kitten purred happily as she scratched behind his ears. Sitting down on the sofa again she realised that Charlie had disappeared.

"Charlie?" she called out. She heard the door to the guest room open and then heard his footsteps coming towards her. She turned to look at him and spotted that he'd already gotten changed into an old t-shirt and a pair of cloth pyjama bottoms.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" he asked, sitting down beside her and scratching Shadows head.

"I didn't know you wore pyjamas," she mused as her kitten jumped from her arms onto Charlie's lap. Shadow had really taken to him; maybe it was the fact that there was now another man in the house to keep him company.

"Normally I don't, it would just be my underwear. I didn't want to be rude walking around here in just my underwear," he said as Shadow started to bat playfully at his hands. Hermione chuckled and pointed out, "I have seen you naked you know."

"I know you have," Charlie mumbled as his felt a tinge of pink threaten to colour his cheeks. "I just didn't want to be rude. Us seeing each other naked was a result of a very drunken night if I do say so myself," he said brightening his tone. Slowly and carefully with the hand that wasn't occupied by Shadow moved to rest upon Hermione's stomach. She couldn't help but jump at little at his touch; sudden warmth seemed to engulf her.

"This little fella was also a result," he said, a fatherly smiled forming on his lips. Hermione gulped, still engulfed by this sudden and unexplained heat. Charlie's hand rubbed her belly slightly and the heat moved in time with it. Her heart beat was accelerating, but why?

"What makes you think that it's a fella?" Hermione asked, shocked that she sounded a little breathless. Charlie gave her a funny look and then laughed, "I'm Arthur Weasley's son. Look at his track record when it comes to bearing children, not exactly an X-Man is he?"

"An X-Man? Wait are you actually talking about genetics?"

"No Hermione I'm talking about the muggle cartoon characters, of course genetics," Charlie said shaking his head and laughing even more. Hermione couldn't help but laugh with him.

"Since when do you talk about genetics?" she asked him as she gazed into his amazingly blue eyes.

"Dragon Keepers take a course on it. The first part of the course is to do with Human Genetics and then the second part moves onto Animal Genetics with a heavy emphasis on Dragons," he informed the inquisitive Healer. Hermione had to stop herself from gaping at Charlie in amazement; it had suddenly hit her while he was explaining about his course that she didn't know that much about him. He even knew about muggle cartoon characters, she had a lot of learning to do.

"So you're telling me that you honestly know about the whole X and Y chromosome thing?" she asked, shock completely fogging up her mind to the fact that someone in the Weasley clan apart from herself knew about the human genetic system.

"I do indeed," Charlie answered happily as he continued to rub Hermione's stomach gently. The heat was still there but Hermione was starting to get used to it. It was a nice feeling; it seemed familiar even though it had been a shock at first. Soon enough she found herself gazing at Charlie as he gazed at her abdomen. A fleeting thought passed through her mind but Charlie suddenly spoke and the thought seeped from her memory.

"Do you have work in the morning?" Charlie asked her softly. Hermione couldn't help but scoff at the Dragon Keeper. "What?" he asked.

"Of course, when do I ever not have work?" she told him, a sudden reluctance appearing in her eyes. Charlie looked at the brooding Healer confusedly, "You didn't have work today."

"Because I got my shift covered," Hermione informed him, "I just can't take random days off you know, I have to make sure everything is covered. I had to pawn off most of my classes today to Healer Marks who is the grumpiest old wizard I've ever met and he won't ever let me forget that I did that. He'll make me cover so many of his classes in return that I'll end up wanting to kill myself. I also had to divide my patients into seven different groups and send them to seven different Healers and I know a few of them won't like it. My patients can be quite hostile at times."

Charlie's face had fallen halfway into Hermione's explanation. Removing his hand from her abdomen and thus removing the familiar heat away from her body, which Hermione wanted to protest about but decided against it, dropped his hands to his knees and bowed his head.

"I didn't know you had to do all of that," he mumbled, the sadness in his voice glaringly obvious to the bright Healer. Hermione, feeling an odd sense of loss now that Charlie's hand had been removed from her belly, felt her eyes grow wide. He felt guilty!

"Oh Charlie don't worry about it. I complain but really it's not that bad," she told him soothingly as she placed a hand over one of his. Shadow was had curled up nicely onto his lap which meant that Charlie couldn't get up without throwing the kitten off him.

"I should have known to give you a bit more time before I asked to move in," he continued as if Hermione hadn't spoken. He truly felt awful for his impulsiveness to move into the witch's flat. He should have known that she at least needed a week or so to get things in order in her job.

"No it's fine really! Please you have to trust me that everything is alright," Hermione began but suddenly she felt a familiar and unwelcome sensation in her stomach which was rising fast. She stood up abruptly and covered her mouth with her hand.

"I think I'm going to be sick," she whispered as she felt herself gag. Charlie took the kitten off his lap and stood up too just as Hermione ran for the bathroom. About two seconds after she slammed the door he heard her throw up. Cringing he walked to the bathroom door and once there was silence he knocked.

"Go away," said the vomiting Healer in an inarticulate and rather wet voice.

"I want to help you that's what I'm here for," Charlie said through the door. Hermione who had been holding on for dear life to the toilet bowl gently tied her hair back with a hair tie she'd summoned from the sink. The feeling of wanting to vomit still hadn't left her system yet and she knew she was close to heaving again.

"Can I come in?"

"No!" she managed to say as her innards squeezed painfully. "Why not?" Charlie asked her gently. Hermione felt her face grow hot, another sign that she was going to hurl at any moment.

"I don't like people being around me when I throw up." Her voice sounded weak and a cold sweat was starting to bead on her forehead. She heard Charlie sigh.

"Is there anything I can do?" he asked her finally after a moment of thought. Before Hermione could even think of what she needed another wave of sickness hit her. Charlie grimaced at the closed door.

"Water."

When he heard her faint little mumble Charlie conjured up a glass of ice cold water. He opened the door to the bathroom and seen Hermione with her head in her arms resting on the toilet seat. Her tied back hair was coming loose and he could see how weak her body looked.

"I think I'll go to bed now," Hermione murmured as she gladly took the water from Charlie. After she took a couple of sips from the glass Charlie helped her up and walked with her to her bedroom.

"Thanks," Hermione whispered, leaning heavily against her door frame. Charlie shrugged his shoulders and smiled a comforting smile at her.

"I'll have breakfast ready for you in the morning, what time do you get up at?" he asked her as she made to go into her bedroom. As tired as she was Hermione couldn't help but turn and grin in a rather suspicious way at her roommate.

"You want to make me breakfast?" she asked weakly albeit in a coy fashion. Charlie nodded his head vigorously, causing Hermione to chuckle darkly.

"Well tomorrow is a Wednesday so I have to get up at 5:30am," and with that she bid Charlie goodnight and closed the door to her room, leaving Charlie standing there totally speechless.

"You have got to be kidding me!"

A/N: Sooo what do you think about that?? Hmmm what's going on with Ron??!! Hehehe I'm getting excited because I never planned what he was going to be like and now this has appeared from my imagination lol. BTW have any of you seen the new HBP film yet? I have and OMG BRILLIANT!!! Review and tell me everything xxxxx