Chapter 11

Sirius sat on the bed looking at Madame Pomfery expectantly. She was pacing and going through multiple records, trying to find some information about men pregnancies. All in all, she was failing. Not much was said about men pregnancies anywhere. It would appear that most people didn't even know they existed anymore. She sighed and finally found a section on it.

"Well?" asked Sirius, looking up at her with questioning eyes. He was at the end of the sixth month and was starting to become anxious. He desperately wanted to know what was going to happen to him before it actually did.

Madame Pomfery scanned the page and just handed him the book, apparently not in the mood to describe what would happen. She was not big on divulging gruesome details. Sirius took it and sighed. It did not sound overly pleasant, and once again he felt a stab of hatred towards his father and Jacob. If only he could…Sirius shook his head. Thinking thoughts like that was not going to help him in the long run, they would only depress him further.

"Is that all?" he asked after skimming the page. She nodded in response and took the book back from him. "Am I having twins?" he asked, looking at her intensely. He wanted to know the truth, and James had been right. His stomach did appear to be larger than it should have with only one baby.

Madame Pomfery sighed and shrugged. "I really don't know. Sometimes it seems like you are and other times it doesn't. I really do think that you are, but…" She shrugged again. "I don't know."

Sirius sighed and stood up, placing his hand on his huge stomach. The baby kicked again. "How can you not know?" he asked, looking slightly shocked. She was the nurse and knew everything there was to know about…well, everything!

"I don't know. You are forgetting that men pregnancies aren't the same as female pregnancies. I have never had any experience in any."

"Oh, so I'm just an experiment, so anything can happen," Sirius cried, getting really emotional again. Anything that could be mildly upsetting was traumatizing to the dark haired boy.

Madame Pomfery braced herself for the outburst, but one didn't come. Instead she heard a groan and saw Sirius sitting back on the bed, wincing slightly. "Must it kick so much?" he asked, a pained expression on his handsome face.

She smiled slightly in spite of herself. The boy seemed to be quickly tiring of pregnancy. He really hadn't seemed to mind earlier, but now that he was experiencing the pain of it, he wanted it over. Of course, he had never liked his appearance while he was gaining weight. "Do you want some pain relief potion?"

Sirius shook his head. "I just had some before I came here," and broke off with another groan of pain. The kicking was severe now and he was on the verge of crying for the pain. It had been getting steadily worse as the baby grew larger and by that time he was ready for the birth of his child.

Madame Pomfery looked nervous, and then had him lay back down. She began to prod around his stomach and could indeed feel intense kicking. She was worried now. Never before had she felt such intense kicks from a baby. It was just not normal. Not even in the books she had read did it address strong signs from the baby.

Sirius saw here worried look and immediately became nervous. Nothing could be wrong, could it? He had done everything she had told him. He hadn't moved around excessively, hadn't overdone things, hadn't eaten too much or too little…he had followed her specific guidelines. "What's wrong?" he asked, concern in his voice.

"I don't think the kicks should be this strong," she replied, the worried expression not leaving her face.

"Well, what are you going to do about it?" he asked, looking at her, hoping that she was being completely honest with him.

"I'm going to check for twins again."

Madame Pomfery bustled back into her office for her wand. Minutes later she returned and began testing him again. Sure enough, when she had conjured up a picture of his baby, there were two outlines. "I think you are having twins after all," she said, examining the picture.

"Great," muttered Sirius sarcastically. Madame Pomfery made the picture go away and had Sirius sit up. After prodding a bit more, she gave up and sighed.

"I think you are experiencing intense kicking because you're having twins. That would explain why it is intensified." Madame Pomfery sighed again and helped Sirius stand up. He was suddenly experiencing a moment of weakness. "Are you sure you can walk all the back to your common room?"

Sirius nodded, but then sat down suddenly, feeling dizzy randomly. "Maybe not," he muttered and lay down. Madame Pomfery walked over to him and placed her hand on his forehead. He flinched back slightly, but immediately relaxed. He didn't seem to have a high temperature, so she assumed that it was an effect of the pregnancy. So she let him just lay there, resting. She only hoped that James would come when he didn't see Sirius in the dormitory. She didn't really think Sirius should stay in the hospital wing all night, as he seemed to do better in his own bed.

So while he was sleeping, Madame Pomfery waited for someone to come to assist Sirius up to the dormitory, as she didn't trust that he could make it on his own. Sure enough, after dinner, James came in, looking concerned.

"Where is he?" he asked as he looked around. Madame Pomfery nodded over to the closed curtains where the boy was sleeping.

"Mr. Potter, you will have to help your boyfriend up to the room. He was kind of dizzy and weak when he tried to leave earlier. I don't want him falling on a staircase and injuring himself or the babies."

"No problem, I'll make sure he's-did you say babies?" James asked, shocked. "As in two?"

Madame Pomfery nodded and watched as James collapsed to the floor. She sighed and helped him into a bed. It would be a while until he woke up, and when he did she wanted to talk to him about how to help Sirius be more comfortable during the kicking stage. She had a feeling it would be a while until he woke up again, so she went back to her duties again, occasionally checking on the two of them.

A.N. thank you all for reading. I'm sorry that this chapter was not really good. I think the one of the next two chapters will be the birth of the twins. Please review, and thank you!