Chapter 25

"Mr. Potter?" The blond Healer asked again, "I repeat what do you want to hear the good or the bad news?"

"We'll start with the bad," Ginny said holding on to Harry's hand as tightly as she could.

"Mrs. Potter you need to take it easy. I know being married to 'The-Boy-Who-Lived,' must be very stressful but you honestly need to be careful or you will lose your baby."

"That's the bad!" Harry asked looking form the Healer to Ginny.

"Yes sir."

"I thought you were going to say we lost the babies."

"So did I," Ginny said honestly.

"Babies, as in plural?" The Healer asked as he was looking oddly at the very young married couple.

"Yes plural," Harry said rudely. "Ginny is carrying twins."

"No she's not."

"Yes I am."

"No your not."

Ginny turned to Harry and they were both speechless, but the Healer wasn't. "Mr. and Mrs. Potter, why would you think that there are two babies?"

"Well we are suppose to be having twins."

"Are you?"

Then a thought popped into Ginny's head, 'Harry say no more.'

'Why not? This guy is crazy.'

'No obviously he's not and obviously he hasn't heard about our twins.'

'What are you saying?'

'Maybe we aren't suppose to have the twins yet.'

'What!'

"Is there something the matter?" The Healer asked as there had been a weird silence.

"No sir," Ginny said shaking her head. "We were just surprised that we weren't having twins."

"Oh?"

"Well you see," Harry said picking up with what Ginny was doing. "You see I am a twin and then Ginny has older brothers that are twins."

"Oh," the Healer chuckled. "That would make since to why the two of you thought you would be having twins."

"Yeah," Ginny said smiling from ear to ear. "So do you know what sex our baby will be?"

"We will not know this for another few weeks as Mrs. Potter is only now nine weeks into her pregnancy. Now Mrs. Potter if you will please schedule your next appointment with the receptionist."

"Actually I am still going to school at Hogwarts."

"Oh yes of course," the Healer nodded. "Inform my receptionist that your next appointment will be with your school nurse, Madam Pomfrey correct?"

"Yes that's our nurse," Harry said helping Ginny down from the examining table.

"Again Mrs. Potter, please be careful. Try to stress out too much, the more stress you have will equal to the more stress you put on your unborn child. If you feel stressful, then I suggest you lie down. If you don't take my advice I will most likely have to put you on bed rest, do you understand?"

"Yes sir, of course."

"I will make sure she listens," Harry spoke up. "I will make sure that there will be nothing to stress out Ginny or the baby."

"Harry!" Arabella yelled happily as soon as she saw her nephew and niece-in-law Floo back into her living room, "How is Ginny and the babies?"

"Baby," Ginny said laying down on a chaise in the living room.

"Baby? As in a single baby?"

"Yes."

"Oh no," Arabella gasped as tears fell down her face. "You lost the other one."

"No, no." Harry said sitting his Aunt down on the couch with him, "Ginny isn't pregnant with the twins."

"What!"

"It's not their time yet, I guess."

"I guess not, then what are you having?"

"The Healer said I'm not far along enough yet to know the sex," Ginny sighed. "I really wanted to know what I am having."

"That's bull, they always say that. Stay laying on your back and pull your shirt up over abdomen."

"What are you doing?" Harry asked following his aunt to where his wife was laying.

"Finding out the sex of your baby."

"Oh, this won't hurt Ginny or the baby."

"Of course not," Arabella said rolling up her sleeves and pointing her wand at Ginny's abdomen. "If it's a boy her stomach will glow blue and if it's a girl her stomach will glow pink."

Ginny's stomach turned purple and Harry spoke up, "So what does purple mean."

"It means that the Healer was right," Arabella pouted.

"Damn," Harry swore.

"Harry!" Both Arabella and Ginny yelled at him.

"What!"

"You can't swear because the baby will hear you," Arabella said hitting her nephew on the hand like a bad little child.

"Okay and Ginny don't yell!" Harry said sitting down with his wife on the chaise, "You heard the doctor. No stress on the baby."

"Is that what was wrong?"

"Too much stress on the baby."

"Hey what can you say?" Ginny asked, "After all I am married to the man who will get rid of Voldemort. My unborn children will get of his daughter, yeah no pressure."

Arabella cackled at this remark, "It's so amusing at how much the two of you remind me of James and Lily." There was a cry from upstairs and Arabella sighed, "That would be my calling."

Ginny turned to Harry, "We need to pack."

"Why?"

"We go back to Hogwarts tomorrow."

"Merlin, we do don't we?"

A while later Draco Malfoy had put Breeanna to bed in her nursery and had joined his wife in their master bedroom of the flat that they were staying in at the moment.

Draco smiled to see Susan laying in their bed with her hands upon her abdomen and after Draco had stripped down to his boxer briefs he laid down beside his wife.

"What are you thinking about, love?"

Susan smiled turning to Draco, "Our baby."

Draco smiled at these words and began to spoon Susan, "Merlin that sounds beautiful."

"What does?"

"Our baby."

"Yeah it does," Susan said turning around to kiss Draco passionately on his lips. "I can't wait for our baby to be here with us."

"Me too."

"Breeanna will have a baby brother or sister."

Draco smiled, "Yes she will. Our family is really coming together isn't it? I am getting a real family."

"Of course you are love," Susan said kissing Draco again. "I am glad Ginny is okay."

"That's wonderful and how are the babies."

"Baby."

"Baby?"

"Yes baby."

"Did she lose one?"

"No," Susan said shaking her head. "She isn't having twins."

"What!" Draco said letting go of Susan and sitting up frowning at her in the dark. "They are suppose to have 'the twins.' "

"Yes they are," Susan said sitting up and looking at her husband in the dark. "Not now, the prophecy never said that the twins would be Harry and Ginny's first pregnancy."

"But…"

"We all just figured it would be as we are fighting this war with those damned Slytherins."

"So when can we find out what sex the baby is?" Draco asked laying back down and pulling Susan back into his arms.

"A couple of months."

"That long?" Draco whined.

"Unfortunately."

May winds flew in and flew out quickly and before any of our wonderful characters knew it, June was in their company. In fact the day of June second, which is where we pick back up, Ginny Potter had a check up with Madam Pomfrey.

"Mrs. Potter, wonderful to see you again." Madam Pomfrey said smiling as Ginny walked through the door of the Hospital Wing.

"Nice to see you too," Ginny said smiling from ear to ear.

"Where is Mr. Potter."

"Right here, and I wouldn't miss this for anything."

"I hope not," the school nurse said smiling at the young couple before her.

"Today we find out the sex of our baby, correct?" Ginny asked laying down on one of the bed as she was biting her bottom lip.

"Yes you do Mrs. Potter, are you ready?"

"Of course!" Ginny said smiling from ear to ear.

"So do I get a little boy I can play with or a baby girl I get to spoil?"

"Whether we have a boy or a girl we will play and spoil it, whatever the sex is."

"Before I tell you two of you the sex of your baby, I need to do a few things to make sure Mummy and baby are doing well and are healthy."

"Okay," Harry said a bit of disappointment in his voice.

After fifteen minutes, Madam Pomfrey spoke up. Madam Pomfrey had to do all kinds of tests to make sure Ginny and baby were doing well.

"So how are they doing?" Harry asked pulling his wife's hand in his own.

"Very well and both Mummy and baby are very healthy."

"Brilliant," Harry said smiling from ear to ear. Harry then bent down and kissed Ginny's forehead. As well as Ginny's abdomen.

"Ready to hear the sex of your baby?"

"Yes!" Mummy and Daddy-to-be said enthusiastically.

Madam Pomfrey made Ginny drink a potion about fifteen minutes ago and then Madam Pomfrey began to wave her wand around. After a few minutes Ginny's abdomen began to glow.

Ginny's eyes widened and she turned to Harry to see him smiling from ear to ear.

"Do you see what I see?" Harry asked looking asking his wife as he looked back and forth from Ginny's abdomen to her face.

Ginny nodded as a smile spread from ear to ear, "My stomach is glowing blue…"

Harry turned to the school nurse, "We are having a boy!"

"Yes you are having a bouncing baby boy," Madam Pomfrey smiled at the young couple. Madam Pomfrey got up and left the Potters to talk about their plans for their baby boy that would be joining them in a mere five months.

"I'm getting a little nephew!" Bridget screamed in the Common Room to where everyone stopped after they heard the youngest Potter scream. Everyone began to clap and Ginny turned quaffle red.

"Yes you are getting a nephew," Harry said proudly as Harry's arms were around Ginny protectively.

"Are you serious!" Ron asked just over hearing the news, "I'm getting another nephew! Awesome!" Ron clapped Harry no his shoulder, "Congrats mate."

"Thanks," Harry said smiling from ear to ear.

"Have you guys decided on a name yet?" Bridget asked.

"No," Harry said shaking his head.

"I actually had thought of a name," Ginny confessed.

"You have?"

"Yes but I wanted to make sure it was okay with your sisters first."

Harry blinked, "Wait let me get this right. You wanted to make sure my sisters were okay with the name of our child."

"Hush you," Ginny said playfully shoving him and turning to Bridget. "Honestly would you mind if we name our baby, James?"

Bridget smiled from ear to ear, "Of course not! In fact I think it would be wonderful for you guys to name him James!"

Harry turned to look at Ginny with tears filling up in his eyes, "You really want to name him James?"

Ginny nodded her head yes, "I thought you would like it."

"Do you think Susan will be okay with it?"

"Of course she will," Adora spoke up.

"How do you know?" Harry asked.

"Duh Harry," Adora said rolling her eyes and walking off.

"I still want to ask her, it would be a formal way to do it."

"We can ask her at dinner love."

Ginny nodded, "I would like that."

"Thank you," Harry whispered in her ear. "You have no idea how much this means to me, but only one thing though."

"What?"

"His middle name be Arthur."

This time it was Ginny's face to light up, "Really!"

"Of course," Harry said kissing his wife passionately.

"I love you Harry Potter."

"I love you Ginerva Potter."

"I'm getting a nephew!" Susan screamed after Ginny and Harry gave Susan the good news in her living room.

"Congrats Potter," Harry said feeding Breeanna some mashed peas.

"Thanks," Harry said but then curled his nose. "What is that awful smelling stuff you are feeding that poor child."

"Mashed peas."

"It smells like shit."

"Yeah," Draco laughed. "Bree's shit smells ten times worse."

"I don't pity you."

Draco laughed again, "In a year you will be doing the same."

"Yeah but in a year you'll have two."

"Yeah but I wouldn't have it any other way."

"Susan?" Ginny asked from the other side of the room where Susan had flicked her wand as she cleaned up a bit.

"Yeah?"

"Can I ask you a serious question?" The guys looked over but neither of the women noticed.

Susan stopped what she was doing to listen to Ginny, "Of course."

"I want an honest answer now."

"Of course, I wouldn't give you any other kind of answer."

"How would you feel if we gave our son the name James?"

Susan's face lit up as she pulled her sister-in-law in a bone crushing hug, "Wonderful! Perfect!"

"Really? You don't want to use it for the name of your baby."

"We don't even know the sex of our baby."

"Yeah but…"

"Is Bridget okay with this?"

"Yes," Harry said from across the room.

"Then I am fine with it, besides I figured Harry would want to name his first born son James."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"You didn't want to?"

"If I was an only child, yeah." Susan said after a bit of thinking, "Besides I am hoping for a girl."

"Not another one," Draco groaned from across the room.

"Hush you."

"What would you name her?"

"I like Lily, but I mean it would have to be okay with Harry and Bridget."

"Okay with me, my kid has dad's name."

"Bridget would probably be okay with it too," Ginny spoke up.

"Really?"

"Oh yeah, she has always loved the name Bethany."

Susan turned to look at her husband, "Would it be okay if we had a girl if we named her Lily?"

"Of course love," Draco said smiling at his wife.

"Argh!" Bridget Potter growled and transformed into her Animagus for, a black cat with her beautiful eyes.

"Hey!" Oliver Wood yelled outraged, "That's not fair!"

Bridget stuck out her cat tongue at him.

"Just because studying for your final exams are aggravating you, doesn't mean you can just transform to take your mind off of…"

There was a knock at the door that made Oliver shut up. Oliver went to the door and was surprised to see what other teacher was at his door.

"Severus?"

"That would be me."

"Can I help you?"

"Is Miss Potter in here?"

Oliver was sure most of the staff knew about the two of them but everyone over looked their relationship. Arabella told Oliver the night that he saved Bridget's life that it was wise to down play their relationship, that was if they decided to date one another.

Oliver and Bridget weren't officially a couple. Oliver and Bridget hung out somewhat but it was really more like Oliver tutoring Bridget. They were good friends for now. They both had a lot going on at the moment and right now being friends just seemed right.

"Why would you ask that Severus?"

"I heard you talking to someone and there is her book bag on your bed."

Oliver turned around and there it was.

"Miss Potter isn't here and I was talking to administration for my Auror training in the fireplace. I have been tutoring Miss Potter and she had to run real quick to ask her Aunt Arabella something. Miss Potter left her book bag here by mistake."

"Tutoring huh? Is that what they are calling it these days."

There was a black cat upon Oliver's bed that began to hiss.

Severus's eyebrow hitched up, "Or is that Miss Potter in disguise?"

"Is Miss Potter Animagus?"

"It wouldn't surprise me, her good for nothing father was."

The cat began to hiss again and Severus began to laugh manically.

"I never knew that being an anamagi could be in genetics," Oliver questioned.

"Well it's not really…"

"Then you have no proof that the kitten I bought as a 'Good luck on your final exams,' for Miss Potter. Good day Severus." Oliver shut the door in his face and locked it.

A good ten minutes after they knew Severus Snape was gone, Bridget transformed out of her cat form.

"That was close."

"Too close."

"Wait," Bridget blinked. "It's not as if we are dating or sleeping together anymore."

"True."

"So why were you so afraid that he knew I was here."

"If Severus can prove that we have dated or slept together, then he can tell the governors of the school and I can get canned. Hell, they might even expel you."

Bridget's eyes almost bugged out, "Are you serious!"

"Yup."

"Wow, good thing you are only tutoring me huh?"

"Yup."

Bridget looked at her watch, "Oh boy! Look at the time, I better get going!"

Bridget gathered all of her things but before she left Oliver grabbed her hand to stop her, "What are we?"

"Huh?"

"What are we?"

Bridget said honestly, "I really don't know."

Oliver's head fell, "Oh."

"No," Bridget said pulling his chin up and placing a peck upon his soft lips. "I want…us…this."

"I want us too."

"You are a teacher and you saw Snape. He wants me to be another headline on the Prophet and you sacked."

"Yeah," Oliver sighed. "It seems as if we will never be happy."

"We will," Bridget smiled. "We've got the entire summer and then we can still see each other next year on my Hogsmede trips and we can write one another while I am back here an you are training to be an Auror."

"Yeah," Oliver smiled.

Bridget began to leave but Oliver slipped his arms around her waist and pulled her so close that she lost her breath. "I don't want you to leave."

"I don't want to leave either, but you said…."

"Forget what I said. Stay."

Bridget didn't have to say a word, her lips upon his said everything. Bridget stayed the night with the man she loved and it wouldn't be the only night.

"I am going to go crazy!" Harry yelled as books were thrown all over the place as he was studying for his N.E.W.T.s The Seventh years and Fifth year students would be taking their tests tomorrow.

"Everything will be okay, love. I promise you. It is getting late and you need your sleep, Harry."

"I know," he nodded and kissed her head before they went to sleep.

Instead of waking up at seven thirty to start getting ready for the Seventh Year N.E.W.T.s, Fifth Year O.W.L.s, and the rest of the school's final exams; everyone in the school was awoken at four a.m. by an alarm that had only gone off once before. The alarm that went off on February fourteenth, the last Death Eater attack at the school. The attack that had ended Sirius Black's life.

"Fuck!" Harry sat up looking livid and he turned to see his wife ghost white.

Ginny thought to herself that this had to be it, this had to be the final battle of the second war. Voldemort had to be at this one, this had to be the battle of all battles. The one in which Harry would kill Voldemort or Voldemort would make Ginny Potter a widow and go after her family.

"I love you," Harry said kissing his wife and flicking his wand so the both of them were dressed. "Go to Gryffindor tower."

"No I am coming with you!"

"No you are not, your pregnant Ginny."

"So!"

"You are not going to lose James because of bloody Voldemort!"

"I am not going to let you handicap my pregnancy."

Harry sighed and brought his wife close, "I am not trying to and I honestly don't want us to fight before I go out there. Your Healer said no stress on you or the baby. Please, stay in Gryffindor tower where it is safe."

"Why can't I stay here? In your room where it is safe, send Susan in here with me."

Harry nodded, "That would be smarter incase there is any Death Eaters in Gryffindor."

"Yeah," Ginny nodded.

"I love you Ginny," Harry said kissing her forehead for all he knew could be the last time.

"I love you too," Ginny sniffled. "Promise me that you'll come back to me."

"I promise."

There was a knock at their bedroom door and Harry opened it to see Adora, Ron, Bridget, Oliver, Arabella and Draco ready to fight.

"Susan is going to stay in here with you," Draco spoke up. Ginny nodded and her sister-in-law walked in with Breeanna one hip and Roselyn on the other.

"We are going to lock you in," Adora said looking at her niece and niece-in-law. "Do not at all open it. You can just turn the knob to get out, no matter what do not open the door without the password."

"What's the password?"

"Codswallop," Ron spoke this time.

"Got it," Ginny nodded. As she they locked the two pregnant women in and both teary eyed, cried in each other's shoulders.

For all the two young women knew, they would never see their husbands let alone their entire family alive.