* The signs *

The first sign was noticed by Hugo one afternoon. He had gone to visit his sister to ask her for advice and was greeted by vomiting sounds coming from her bathroom. As he later got to know, it wasn't the first time she was sick that week. In fact, she had been sick for a couple of weeks now, but when he asked her about the subject, she quickly dismissed it, saying that she had probably caught a bug from her children.
The second sign was found by Rose one day while they were walking around Diagon Alley. It was a girls' day, just the two sisters, and they had been walking around, window shopping and gossiping. So far, nothing suspicious was going on until they got to the candy store and her big sister got a big bag of chocolate frogs. Her claim was that she was getting them for her children and husband, but as they kept walking down the streets, Rose noticed her sister eating a couple of those chocolates (which she always said she disliked), saying that she had a huge craving for it.
Hermione was the one who picked up the third sign. She was in her daughter's apartment, picking up the children for the day when she heard shouting from the kitchen followed by a cry, then a laugh and then snogging sounds, and again followed by a shout. Next thing Hermione knew, her daughter's husband was walking out the kitchen, looking between confused and annoyed by the whole situations and muttering things like "crazy that one" and "can't understand what's got her wand in a knot these days."
It was a summer afternoon when Hugo found Rose sitting at the kitchen's table, sipping some tea and looking quite pensive.
"A knut for your thoughts?" he asked, sitting across her. Rose looked at him.
"Have you seen Belle lately?" she suddenly asked. He looked at her, a bit confused by the odd question, and nodded. "Have you noticed anything... odd about her?" she asked. He looked at her. Seems like he wasn't the only one who was thinking about it lately.
"Well... as a matter of fact... last time I saw her, she looked quite sick. She was even vomiting... ew!... she told me she had caught a virus from the kids, but Adam told me later that she had been sick for quite some time." he said. Rose looked at him.
"huh... Yesterday, she bought a big bag of chocolate frogs AND ate two while we were walking around." she said.
"That's odd!" he exclaimed.
"What's odd?" Hermione asked as she walked in the kitchen.
"Belle bought a big bag of chocolate frogs yesterday AND she ate two of them." Rose answered as Hermione's eyes got bigger.
"That IS odd. She never liked them that much." Hermione said. Rose nodded.
"She's been odd for a while, it seems. Last week, she was throwng up in the bathroom when I went to see her. She said she had caught a bug from the kids, but she looked like she had been sick for a long while now." Hugo said.
Hermione looked at them, then thought about the previous week events.
"She's been quite sensitive lately. Last Monday, I went to pick the girls up and her and Adam were having a row, when she suddenly started crying and then laughing out of nowhere. Adam said she had been quite moody for some time." she told the kids. Rose suddenly perked up, her face bright as she had made a shocking discovery.
"long-term throwing up... craving for things she doesn't usually like... crazy mood swings... Belle's pregnant!" she exclaimed. Hermione and Hugo looked at her, shocked.
"Wow! another one! She's catching up with you and aunt Ginny, mom." Hugo said. Hermione glanced at him.
"Well, Amelia and Lizzie are turning up fine, so there's no question that she'll be a great mom to this new one as well." Rose said. Hugo nodded in agreement. Hermione just sat down, wondering if her eldest daughter had already realized that she was expecting again. As she was thinking about it, a little white owl tapped in the kitchen's window.
"Ila's here." Rose said, standing up from her seat and going to the window. She let the bird in and it quickly landed on Hermione's arm. Hermione took the piece of parchment that was in the animal's leg and unscrolled it. In Belle's very neat, cursive handwriting, it said:

"Mom: Guess what? I might be pregnant again. I was having a row with Adam about chocolate frogs and he shouted at me that I was being as irrational as I was when I was pregnant with the girls and it suddenly hit me: the craving for chocolates, the mood swings, the tiredness, the multiple times I've been throwing up in the past few weeks, and the fact that I don't let Adam touch my breast because it hurts. Can you please come and bring me some muggle home pregnancy tests? I'm too scared to cast the spell and I don't want to do it on my own. Please, don't tell anyone yet. I don't want anyone to know until I'm absolutely sure (though, after all these signs, I'm quite positive I'm expecting). See you soon. Belle."

Hermione looked at the piece of parchment.
"So? What does it say?" Rose urged.
"Well... seems like she finally saw the signs." Hugo said from behind his mom. He had read the whole thing. Rose let out a squeak of delight and Hermione just sighed. Her family was getting bigger.