Baby Baby: Harry Potter Style
By Crazy4Cocopuffs
AN: Thanks to all of my reviewers. I love you all! Especially: Evilness, an LDS dazed and confused, hey (no, I'm not Marie), Eternal presence, and Local-Kagome (I usually DO write Ron and Hermione, but I wanted to try something different. Besides, it's just a story; it's for just fun.)
Chapter Four: Night of Surprises Part 1
"So everyone's coming?" Hermione asked Draco, while pacing back and forth in front of their bedroom window. Now eight and a half months pregnant, Hermione was now very large indeed and had decided to throw once last get together with her friends before the babies came.
"Yes, dear, they're all coming. Potty and the Weasel are even bringing someone." He stood up from his seat on the bed and walked toward his worried wife.
"Draco, how many times do I have to tell you not to call them that? Harry and Ron are my best friends and as my husband, you need to at least pretend to like them!"
"Okay, okay. I'll be a good boy." Draco said as he came up behind Hermione and wrapped his arms around her. "Everyone'll be here soon, love, so you'll see them in no time. By the way, you look gorgeous."
Hermione laughed. "I feel like a small whale. Come on. Let's head downstairs. We don't want our guests to arrive and no one be around, now do we?" She turned around and kissed Draco before pulling away and heading down the stairs.
Draco shook his head and followed her. While Hermione went into the kitchen to start some tea, he walked into the large library. Making sure that no one was around, Draco pulled a bookcase forward and stepped behind it. It closed behind him and the lights in the hidden room magically turned on. He pulled out a large box and looked inside. In the box were four smaller boxes wrapped in white wrapping paper, two with a pink bow and two with a blue bow. He lifted the box and carried it out of the hidden room. Placing it on the sitting chair of the library, he went to find Hermione.
Hermione was in the kitchen. She had decided to make the tea without magic since her guests weren't there yet. While she waited for the water to boil, she had turned on the muggle radio that she kept in the kitchen for when she was working in there. When Draco found her, the radio was playing 'It's All Been Done' by Barenaked Ladies and Hermione was singing along and dancing around the kitchen with her eyes closed.
Feeling sneaky, Draco silently waited until she had moved closer to him, then grabbed her hands and began to waltz her around the kitchen. Hermione's eyes had flown open as soon as Draco grabbed her hand, but , not being able to see the playful side of her husband too often, she had let him pull her into a dance. When the song changed to a slow song, Draco pulled her close and said "We should definitely do this more often."
Having been expecting something serious, Hermione burst out laughing when she heard Draco's playful tone. She gripped him tighter and said "I know."
Suddenly the kitchen door was thrown open and in walked Harry, Ginny, Ron, Padma, Luna, and Neville. Harry looked at the couple and asked, "Are we interrupting something? 'Cause we could always come back later and-" He was cut of by the kettle whistling.
Hermione reluctantly released Draco and went to turn the water off, calling over her shoulder, "Why don't you show everyone to the sitting room, love, while I get the tea ready?"
"Okay." Draco said, then turned to the group and said, "Follow me."
After leaving the group of friends in the sitting room, Draco went to help Hermione with the tea. When he pushed the kitchen door open, he saw Hermione rubbing the small of her back while talking to Dobby. Dobby had been hired by Hermione to help with the housework when she had found out about the twins. As he approached her, he heard her thank Dobby, who had levitated the tray of tea and cookies. Dobby nodded and followed the tray to the guests.
Hermione smiled at Draco. "You get to carry the next kid, all right?"
"Sure, Mione. Whatever you say. Is your back bothering you again?" Draco asked as he stood next to her and reached out to rub the sore area.
"Yeah, but I'm fine. Let's go see our friends." Hermione replied and led him by the hand to the sitting room. They sat together in the loveseat. Harry was sitting on the window-seat and Ginny was sitting on his lap. Luna, Ron, Neville, and Padma were sitting on the large couch. As soon as Hermione and Draco sat down, they looked at the group and Hermione said, "Guys, we have something to tell you and something to ask you-"
She was cut off by Ginny and Luna exclaiming at the same time, "We have the news too. We're getting married!"
"To each other?" Draco had to ask, earning himself a nudge in the ribs by Hermione's elbow. Harry, Ron, and Padma snickered as Ginny turned redfaced and said, "No, twit, I'm marrying Harry!"
"I'm marrying Ron." Luna added.
To everyone's surprise, Padma added, "I've married Neville."
"WHAT?" Everyone asked and looked at Padma and Neville. Sure enough, there was an engagement ring and wedding ring and Padma's hand and a wedding ring on Neville's. After a moment of shocked silence, Hermione giggled. This set everyone, including Neville and Padma, laughing. Soon they were on their feet, the guys patting Neville on the back and the girls hugging Padma. Padma told everyone how Neville had asked her to marry him at graduation and they had married in secret just three months before, after Voldemorts death.
Once everything calmed down, Hermione remembered her news and whispered to Draco, "Let's tell them after dinner. We can let Padma and Neville get a little spotlight for once." When Draco nodded, Hermione kissed his nose and said to her friends, "You're all staying for dinner, right?" Neville and Ginny nodded and everyone else shouted "Yes!" or "Absolutely!".
Everything settled down and the group spent the next hour talking about what they had been up to since they had seen each other. Harry had been teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts as well as teaching quiddich basics and, of course, was dating Ginny, who worked at St. Mungo's. Ginny was a trained healer. Ron worked in the Department of Mysteries and dated Luna, who worked at her father's newspaper.
Finally, it was time for dinner. Once everyone was seated, Dobby walked into the room, dressed in a multi colored pin-striped vest, neon green pants, mismatched socks (one was red with candy canes and the other was blue with palm trees and sea shells), and a yellow bowler hat, and held up a silver bell. "Ready, Mistress Malfoy?" When Hermione nodded, Dobby rang the bell and the food magically appeared on the table.
When the food was gone and the desert had disappeared, everyone gathered around the fireplace to talk before they had to go. While everyone else had seated themselves around the room, Hermione and Draco had remained standing. "Everyone. We have something to say. We have some very good news and a request to make." Draco said, then nodded to Hermione he left the room.
"We wanted to have either Harry or Ron as the baby's Godfather and either Ginny or Luna as the Godmother, but we couldn't decide," Hermione paused when Draco reentered the room carrying the box. He wordless handed the boxes with a blue bow to Harry and Ron and the boxes with the pink bows to Ginny and Luna. Hermione continued. "But we found out that we didn't have to choose just one godmother and one godfather. So you're all godparents." Draco smiled at Hermione, waiting for the inevitable question.
"But how is that possible? How can a baby have four godparents?" Luna asked.
Draco grinned at her and replied, "Each baby would only have one godmother and one godfather. It's really quite simple."
"But-" Harry's eyes lit up with understanding. "You did say 'each baby' right? How many are you expecting?"
"Only two." Hermione said.
"TWINS?" Luna asked. Hermione nodded. Luna jumped up and ran to her. They hugged, bouncing up and down. While everyone else was standing up and talking at once, Ron went over to Hermione and whispered, "I hope your twins are better that Fred and George." This made Hermione laugh and hit Ron playfully on the arm.
When the group was getting ready to leave, Draco realized that the godparent gifts were still unopened. "Hey, are you uys gonna open those presents or what?"
"Yes," Hermione added. "Open them. We got the especially for each of you. It's a thank you for accepting the godparent positions."
Excitedly, they tore off the wrapping paper and opened the unmarked boxes. Each gift was different. In Harry and Ron's boxes were a pair of tickets to the Quiddich World Cup in Ireland. Ginny got a gift certificate to Cahiler's Robes for All Occasions dress robe shop. Luna received a book called, 'The Truth Behind The Rumors: Strange Wizard Urban Legends'. They thanked Draco and Hermione for the gifts and were just about to leave when Luna thought of something.
"Have you seen a medi-witch? Do you know the sex of the babies?" She asked.
Hermione wasn't exactly sure how to answer. "Well, we were told we were having a girl, but that was before we knew it was twins. I had seen a muggle doctor when I had visited my parents. I haven't seen a medi-witch yet." She turned to Draco. "Do we want to find out? I know it'll be hard, love, but maybe we should wait. It would be a surprise."
Draco nodded and answered, "If you want to be surprised, then we'll be surprised."
She turned back to her friends. "When we have the babies, we'll find out. That'll be soon enough for us. You'll know as soon as we do."
The group apparated to Harry's house. They settled around the fireplace and Ron said, "I bet they're both girls."
"I think they'll be boys." Padma said and Harry nodded in agreement.
"I say one of each." Ginny and Neville said in unison.
They all looked at Luna, who had yet to vioce her opinion. She shook her head. "I don't know why but none of those options seem right to me. I guess we'll just wait and see."
"Well, we have to head home." Ginny said and her housemate Luna stood up. They kissed their respective boyfriends, then hugged each other's boyfriend and apparated home.
"We better go home too. We'll see you soon, promise." Padma said, getting out of her seat. She hugged Harry and Ron goodbye and stood next to Neville. He said to the boys, "Later, guys." and, pulling his wife to him, apparated them to their home.
Ron looked at Harry. "And then there were two." He said. "You tired?"
"Not really." Harry answered.
"Good. Grab your cloak. Let's go to Hog's Head."
"Okay." Harry grabbed his cloak and Ron did the same. Since Harry's house was on the edge of Hogmeade village, they walked through the light rain to the dinky pub.
Hermione and Draco were getting ready for bed. Hermione was sitting at her vanity, brushing her long hair, and Draco was turning down the bed. When he was done, he slipped under the coveres and called to his wife, "Mione, come to bed. It's getting late."
"I'm almost done. We had fun today, didn't we?" she asked.
"Yeah, it was okay. I still can't believe that Neville got married and no one knew."
"I know. How did he manage to keep it quiet for so long?"
"Well, no one really asks about him, I guess. Did you have fun?"
"Yes." She smiled. "I did. It was so good to see everyone together."
"I wasn't sure if we should have had the dinner earlier. Your back was troubling you and I didn't know if you were up for it. Is it feeling better?"
"It's just a little sore still. But I am pregnant with twins. I mean, I have every reason to have a backache."
Draco chuckled. "I guess you're right. Now come to bed and no more stalling. It's bad for the babies to stay up so late."
"Okay, okay." Hermione said, standing up. A strange look crossed her face that worried Draco.
"Mione, are you okay?" He asked, getting out of bed.
"Honey, stay very calm. I need you to go get the hospital bag and the baby bag out of the nursery closet. And get dressed while you're at it." Hermione calmly walked to her dresser, took out a maternity dress, and started to walk into the bathroom to change.
Draco's voice stopped her at the doorway. "Mione, what is going on?"
"My water just broke." He looked at her dumbly. Hermione shook her head and rephrased it. "I'm going into labor. We're having the babies, like, now! Now get to work!"
"I'm going, I'm going!" Draco grabbed his wand off of his dresser and magiced himself into new clothes. Then he ran to the nursery and pulled the two requested bags out of the closet. He returned to his bedrrom just as Hermione left the bathroom fully dressed. Draco helped her down to the living room fireplace. They had to travel by floo powder because apparating was dangerous for the babies. Draco stepped into the fire and pulled Hermione in with him. He had the bags hanging from his shoulder. Taking a handful of floo powder from a bag at his waist, he threw it into the fire and called out, "St. Mungo's Birth Center!"
And they disappeared.
I know, how can I end it here? But I'm tired (it's three in the morning) and besides that, I want to end it with people guessing. Next chapter will have the birth plus the introduction of the two new Malfoys!
You can vote on the sex of the babies. Let me know. Boys, girls, or one of each, and should they be identical or fraternal?