Monday, July 30, 2001
"Harry lunch is almost ready." Hermione Potter, now a week over nine months pregnant called up the stairs to her husband. "I'll be down in a minute."Harry surveyed the room once more. The room adjoined to both his and Hermione's room and to Neville's room. He put his wand in his pocket then went downstairs. Harry picked Neville off the floor. "Your not being a problem for your mum are you?" Neville giggled and shook his head."What I figured. Let's get you settled in your chair so I can help your mum."Harry walked over to the table and put Neville in his high chair. "Rebecca owled just a minute ago. They're running a little late." Hermione told him. "Are you feeling okay? No offense, but you don't look like your feeling that well." "I think it's something that I ate last night not agreeing with me. My stomach has been bothering me all morning." The doorbell rang. "You go get it and I'll finish up here." Hermione left the kitchen and went to the door and returned with Alicia, Meleah, and Chase McGonagall. "Rebecca and Ron are running late. Would you like to go look at the new baby's room until they get here?"Alicia and Chase agreed and they went up to the room. Harry noticed Hermione had an odd look on her face, one he had seen before but couldn't place. As they entered the room, she pulled him aside. "You know how I said I thought it was something that I ate bothering me?" Hermione asked quietly. Harry nodded."I don't think that's it."Harry looked confused for a moment, then got the picture. "You mean..."
"I'm pretty sure. I just realized it coming upstairs." "So do we need to go?" Alicia and Chase turned around and saw Harry and Hermione whispering back and forth. "What's wrong?"Alicia asked. Hermione nodded to Harry and looked up. "Would you mind watching Neville for us until Ron and Rebecca get here? And the could you bring him to the hospital?" "Yes, sure. But why?" Chase answered. Alicia's jaw had dropped. Chase then saw a look of pain come across Hermione's face. "Oh. I get you now. Another Potter is on the way, huh?" Hermione nodded."We'll tell them as soon as they get here and we'll get there as soon as possible. Anybody else you want us to contact?"Harry thought a moment. "Sirius and Narcissa mainly, if you can. And Snape and his wife. If you can think of anybody else... "We'll let them know. Now off with you two...unless you want that one to be born here at the house." Harry and Hermione left. About 15 minutes later the doorbell rang again. Chase answered it. "Where's Harry and Hermione?" Ron asked. Alicia walked in the room with Meleah in one arm and holding Neville in the other. "They had to leave for the hospital. Chase would you hold him? They're getting heavy." "What did they have to go to the hospital for?" Ron asked while Rebecca smiled. Rebecca looked at her husband then hit him on his arm. "Ron, you idiot! Hermione's going to have the baby!" "Let's go."
Rebecca, Ron, Alicia, and Chase carried William, Meleah, and Neville into the hospital. They hurried up to the maternity ward. "Potter?"Rebecca asked the nurse at the desk. "Room 731" "Thank you." Everybody walked down the hall and found the room. The door was slightly closed and Ron knocked. "Come in"Harry said. They walked in the room to see Hermione in the bed and Harry sitting beside her. Neville saw his mother and reached to her. Harry took him. "So, how are you feeling?"Rebecca asked. "Okay. They've not been that bad yet. The doctor said she doubts I'll have the baby before tomorrow." "Yet another Potter born on July 31." Ron said. "Talk about a birthday present."Rebecca said laughing. "Really." Hermione said. She gasped."Harry, Neville's party? What are we going to do?"Harry frowned, thinking. "I guess we'll just have to postpone it. There's not much more we can do. And then everybody can meet little Andrew."
"You mean little Natalie."Hermione replied back. The Potters still did not know whether their next child would be a boy or a girl. So they argued constantly about it. Another knock was heard and Severus and Miranda Snape entered. Neville recognized his godparents and waved at them. They sat down and it was decided that Neville would go home with the Snapes that night and possibly the next night if the baby hadn't been born. The Snapes, McGonagalls, and Weasleys left leaving only Harry and Hermione who settled down for what they figured would be a long evening and night.
About 11 hours later soon after midnight a baby's cry was heard in room 731. "It's a girl." the doctor said. The baby girl was cleaned and wrapped in blankets and put into her mother's arms. Hermione looked up at Harry who was standing beside her bed. "I told you so." She said. "Natalie Jane Potter." Harry took his daughter and sat down. He bent over and whispered into Natalie's ear, "How am I going to put up with two of you?"
A/N-Sorry this chapter took so long. I was grounded from the computer and then had some writer's block. I'll try to get the next chapter up within a week.
"Harry lunch is almost ready." Hermione Potter, now a week over nine months pregnant called up the stairs to her husband. "I'll be down in a minute."Harry surveyed the room once more. The room adjoined to both his and Hermione's room and to Neville's room. He put his wand in his pocket then went downstairs. Harry picked Neville off the floor. "Your not being a problem for your mum are you?" Neville giggled and shook his head."What I figured. Let's get you settled in your chair so I can help your mum."Harry walked over to the table and put Neville in his high chair. "Rebecca owled just a minute ago. They're running a little late." Hermione told him. "Are you feeling okay? No offense, but you don't look like your feeling that well." "I think it's something that I ate last night not agreeing with me. My stomach has been bothering me all morning." The doorbell rang. "You go get it and I'll finish up here." Hermione left the kitchen and went to the door and returned with Alicia, Meleah, and Chase McGonagall. "Rebecca and Ron are running late. Would you like to go look at the new baby's room until they get here?"Alicia and Chase agreed and they went up to the room. Harry noticed Hermione had an odd look on her face, one he had seen before but couldn't place. As they entered the room, she pulled him aside. "You know how I said I thought it was something that I ate bothering me?" Hermione asked quietly. Harry nodded."I don't think that's it."Harry looked confused for a moment, then got the picture. "You mean..."
"I'm pretty sure. I just realized it coming upstairs." "So do we need to go?" Alicia and Chase turned around and saw Harry and Hermione whispering back and forth. "What's wrong?"Alicia asked. Hermione nodded to Harry and looked up. "Would you mind watching Neville for us until Ron and Rebecca get here? And the could you bring him to the hospital?" "Yes, sure. But why?" Chase answered. Alicia's jaw had dropped. Chase then saw a look of pain come across Hermione's face. "Oh. I get you now. Another Potter is on the way, huh?" Hermione nodded."We'll tell them as soon as they get here and we'll get there as soon as possible. Anybody else you want us to contact?"Harry thought a moment. "Sirius and Narcissa mainly, if you can. And Snape and his wife. If you can think of anybody else... "We'll let them know. Now off with you two...unless you want that one to be born here at the house." Harry and Hermione left. About 15 minutes later the doorbell rang again. Chase answered it. "Where's Harry and Hermione?" Ron asked. Alicia walked in the room with Meleah in one arm and holding Neville in the other. "They had to leave for the hospital. Chase would you hold him? They're getting heavy." "What did they have to go to the hospital for?" Ron asked while Rebecca smiled. Rebecca looked at her husband then hit him on his arm. "Ron, you idiot! Hermione's going to have the baby!" "Let's go."
Rebecca, Ron, Alicia, and Chase carried William, Meleah, and Neville into the hospital. They hurried up to the maternity ward. "Potter?"Rebecca asked the nurse at the desk. "Room 731" "Thank you." Everybody walked down the hall and found the room. The door was slightly closed and Ron knocked. "Come in"Harry said. They walked in the room to see Hermione in the bed and Harry sitting beside her. Neville saw his mother and reached to her. Harry took him. "So, how are you feeling?"Rebecca asked. "Okay. They've not been that bad yet. The doctor said she doubts I'll have the baby before tomorrow." "Yet another Potter born on July 31." Ron said. "Talk about a birthday present."Rebecca said laughing. "Really." Hermione said. She gasped."Harry, Neville's party? What are we going to do?"Harry frowned, thinking. "I guess we'll just have to postpone it. There's not much more we can do. And then everybody can meet little Andrew."
"You mean little Natalie."Hermione replied back. The Potters still did not know whether their next child would be a boy or a girl. So they argued constantly about it. Another knock was heard and Severus and Miranda Snape entered. Neville recognized his godparents and waved at them. They sat down and it was decided that Neville would go home with the Snapes that night and possibly the next night if the baby hadn't been born. The Snapes, McGonagalls, and Weasleys left leaving only Harry and Hermione who settled down for what they figured would be a long evening and night.
About 11 hours later soon after midnight a baby's cry was heard in room 731. "It's a girl." the doctor said. The baby girl was cleaned and wrapped in blankets and put into her mother's arms. Hermione looked up at Harry who was standing beside her bed. "I told you so." She said. "Natalie Jane Potter." Harry took his daughter and sat down. He bent over and whispered into Natalie's ear, "How am I going to put up with two of you?"
A/N-Sorry this chapter took so long. I was grounded from the computer and then had some writer's block. I'll try to get the next chapter up within a week.