Title: Hermione's Helping Hand

Harry's Birthday

Hermione joined Harry and Ron when she was done with lunch. All last night Harry had been worried about his friend, but she didn't seem worst for the wear, and so he knew that everything had been all right.

" So where you worried about me?" Hermione asked, as they walked across the grounds.

" Of course!" Ron answered. " Your our friend, even if your married to Snape. So did you go to see Madam Pomfrey?"

Hermione nodded, glad that they were still worried about her.

" She says that I've got to come back in two weeks," Hermione said. " I'm guessing that some women's bodies reject the egg in the beginning, though I've never met a woman that has had this happen."

" What did Snape say about the possibility that you might be pregnant?" Harry asked, eager to know Severus take on the whole thing.

" He said that he would be happy if he or she doesn't end up like Fred and George Weasley," Hermione said, repeating what Severus had told her. " Which I totally agree with! They had no goals in life!"

Harry and Ron laughed so hard they doubled over.

Now that there was a possibility that Hermione was pregnant, something that excited her every day, she had to really watch herself. None of the Professors wanted her to exert herself and she had to start taking all kinds of potions so that she would be able to take day-to-day activities. Madam Pomfrey, herself confirmed Tonks, pregnant the day that Hermione was to return to get confirmed herself.

" So what are you hoping for?" Hermione asked, as she lay down.

" I don't care!" Tonks stated. " As long as he or she is healthy. That's what you should care about."

Hermione knew that she was right and that was all that mattered, but she really wanted to have a daughter, but of course, she knew the man decided what gender the child would be, not the woman.

" Okay, now lets see if your going to be one happy witch," Madam Pomfrey said, taking her wand out.

She moved the wand over her stomach while Tonks watched with interest. Finally she put it away and Hermione saw Tonks smiling. She figured that it was good news and the bubble started to get bigger.

" Congratulations, you're pregnant!" Madam Pomfrey said.

Hermione screamed so loudly that Minerva and Remus could hear.

" Sounds like someone's happy!" Minerva commented.

" Sounds like Hermione's happy!" Remus said. " So is Severus still in his quarters?"

" No, Hermione gave him permission to visit Dumbledore's grave," Minerva told him. " Severus promised to be back in a little."

" Well that's good to hear," she said. " I wonder what he's going to do when he finds out that his wife is due?"

Remus laughed.

" Probably faint!" Remus stated. " He's not been good with surprises."

Minerva just grinned.

When Severus returned from visiting Dumbledore's grave he heard the clicking of metal on metal. He closed the door and walking into the living area saw Hermione knitting something. She was humming and looking at piece with the world.

" So, what did she say?" Severus asked.

Hermione continued to hum, and sounding as though she couldn't hear him. Suddenly she smiled at him, tapping her foot and continuing to knit.

" Hermione, are you okay?" he asked.

She patted her stomach in answer and once he realized what she had just done; he fainted. Hermione laughed.

" Do you think he's dead?" asked Ron.

" Na!" said Hermione. " He was just shocked!"

" I would to, if I found out that I was going to be a father," Harry commented.

" Should we get Madam Pomfrey?"

Severus slowly came to, and noticed that Hermione was knelt down along with Ron and Harry. All three of them looked worried about him, and he had no idea how he had ended up on the floor.

" Can you stand?" Hermione asked.

" W-What happened?" Severus asked.

" You fainted when I motioned that I was pregnant," Hermione informed him, then clapped a hand over her mouth and rushed to the bathroom.

" Morning sickness!" they both said at the same time, as they heard the sound of her throwing up.

It took sometime to get Severus back on his feet. But once he had, he looked in better shape then Hermione did when she came out. She sat down and accepted a glass of water that Ron handed to her.

" Thanks!" Hermione said.

" Are you going to be all right?"

Hermione nodded.

" I wanted a child and this is what comes with it," Hermione told them. " Be glad that your not women."

Ron went white and that told Hermione all she needed to know.

On July 31st, Hogwarts had Harry's 18th birthday. Hermione couldn't make it because she was still sick and Severus was to busy with what would come, to come. Ron, Ginny, and the rest of the Weasley's came, with their wives. Tonks was also another pregnant women that didn't show up, but Remus made an appearance.

" So how is Severus doing?" Minerva asked.

" He's still shocked that he's wife is going to have a child," Remus told her. " I just hope Fred and George don't put their input in on how Hermione should raise him or her."

" Any news about Pansy's child?"

" Well according to Arthur, Draco is planning to have a huge magical party at his manor," he said. " A wizard is coming to tell them the wonderful news."

" Which will be, what?"

Remus shrugged.

" Don't know, but the same wizard is planning on coming in March, when Hermione bares her offspring."

" How good is he?"

" Very good!" Remus answered.

August came around and still Hermione was having a hard time holding food down. She figured if it hadn't been for the potions that Madam Pomfrey gave her, she would of died of hunger or thirst. Madam Pomfrey also ordered her to keep off her feet as much as possible, which she knew wouldn't be easy once term began.

Next chapter: Draco comes for a visit and Hermione has to hide.