A/N: Sorry! Enjoy !
Hermione and Ron
It was week since Ginny and Scarlett had been home and Harry and Ginny had settled into a comfortable routine. If one of the boys woke up in the night , Ginny would tend to them. And if Scarlett woke up in the night , Harry would tend to her. They also had a routine when it came to bed time. Ginny would bath each baby separately and then hand them over to Harry to dry and dress. Then Ginny and Harry would put them in their separate cots. They wouldn't hear a peep from them until they needed their next feed.
This one evening , Ginny and Harry were free from the babies. Mr and Mrs Weasley had offered to look after them , so that Ginny and Harry could have a break. Instead of spending the evening alone , they invited Hermione and Ron over for dinner. Ginny and Harry were going to try and get them talking properly again. Ever since Ron had found that Hermione was pregnant , they wouldn't talk to each other properly. Harry and Ginny were determined to get to the bottom of it , even though arguing was the Ron and Hermione thing to do , Ginny and Harry didn't think they should argue about something like this.
"How do I look ?" asked Ginny as she entered the dinning room. Ginny was wearing a v-neck, baby pink dress with silver sequins that stopped at mid-thigh and it also had a black satin belt around her waist. Her hair was wavy and her make-up was light. It had been a long time since Ginny had dressed up and it made her feel a whole lot better.
"Wow , you look amazing ! I can't remember the last time you looked so gorgeous." Replied Harry , who had just stopped laying the table to look at her.
" What about our wedding ? Didn't I look gorgeous then ?" said Ginny , starting to get tears in her eyes. Since she had given birth to the triplets , she had become very emotional and everything seemed to set her off.
"Oh , I wasn't including our wedding. You looked even more gorgeous then." Said Harry , while silently sighing to himself.
"Oh , ok. But do I still look gorgeous now ?" asked Ginny.
"Yes , you always look gorgeous !" said Harry. He then went back to his original task of laying the table.
"Ok !" Ginny said , now with a huge smile on her face. She then helped Harry finish laying the table.
About 15 minutes later , the door bell rang. Harry and Ginny both went to answer it.
"I wonder why they didn't apparate in." Harry wondered aloud.
"Because Hermione is pregnant. Even though it is ok to apparate so early on. She's a healer , she concentrates on all the risks." Said Ginny.
"Oh , yeah. That sounds like Hermione." Said Harry.
Ginny opened the door. On the other side , stood Hermione and Ron with very forced smiles on their faces. Ginny told them to come in and hugged both of them as they came in. Ron didn't take Hermione's coat for her , which was very unusual as Ron was always a gentleman when it came to Hermione. So Harry took Hermione's coat for her.
They then all went into the dinning room. Harry poured some fire whiskey for him and Ron and then went and helped Ginny in the kitchen.
"Oh my god ! They really are mad at each other." Commented Harry as he entered the kitchen.
"I know. We have to get to the bottom of this. I'll take Ron , you take Hermione. But after dinner. Here , hunnie , take this in for me." Said Ginny , handing a plate of food to Harry , while taking two plates of food into the dinning room herself.
The silence during dinner was unbearable. Not even the cutlery seemed to break the silence.
"This makes the triplets crying bearable." Ginny whispered Harry. Thankfully , neither Hermione or Ron heard because they were both too busy concentrating on moving their food around their plates. At seeing this , Ginny reached breaking point. "I cannot stand this any longer. You two are going to sort this out now because I cannot stand this silence anymore. Ron , why don't you start ? Tell Hermione what's bothering you."
Ron mumbled something about Hermione telling Ginny before she told him.
"Ron , I told you already. I didn't know what to do. I had to tell Ginny , so she could give me advice." Explained Hermione. "I don't understand why your so mad about it. Ginny told me she was pregnant before she told Harry. Harry didn't get mad."
" Well , here's some news for you. I am not Harry. I react differently than him. So stop comparing me to him. That all you ever do." Said Ron , sharply however he never raised his voice.
" I'm sorry that you are the biggest Prat ever." Hermione shouted at Ron. She stood up, threw her napkin on the table and ran out of the living room.
"Nice one , Ron. I'll go after her and try and fix what you just did." Said Harry , who also got up and followed Hermione's footsteps , just without the running.
"What the hell is your problem , Ron ?" Snapped Ginny.
"I just said what my problem is. So don't you start having a go at me." Ron snapped back.
"But I don't think that is really the problem. Everyone has always compared you to Harry , god I think everyone is compared to Harry." Said Ginny , " So tell me what the real problem is."
"There is nothing else wrong." Said Ron , looking down at his half eaten meal.
"I know you too well. Your lying." Said Ginny.
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Meanwhile , Harry followed the sound of Hermione's sobbing. He followed the sound all the way up to Hermione and Ron's former room. He slowly opened the door. As he opened it , he saw Hermione sitting on the edge of the bed with tears pouring down her face. Harry sat next to her without saying a word.
"Look at me. I'm being so stupid." Said Hermione , trying to dry her eyes with the back of her hand.
"Your not being stupid. Ron's the one being stupid. I mean , making his wife cry , is stupid. Crying because your husband upset you , isn't stupid. Now , why don't you tell what is really going on ?" said Harry.
"Oh , Harry , the thing is I don't what is going on. Ron refuses to talk to me. We eat dinner in silence , when we go to bed , he doesn't say goodnight and he sleeps right on the edge of the bed. In the morning , he's gone to the quiditch ground before I'm up. I try to talk to him but he won't listen." Said Hermione.
"We both know how stubborn he is. But we also know that Ron is like an open book. His emotions are always on show. And I have an idea that you have an inkling of what's really bothering Ron. So do you ?" said Harry , wrapping a brotherly arm around Hermione.
"Well , I think he might be scared of something. Maybe he's scared of pregnant women because in the last week I've thrown up about twice and whenever I came out of the bathroom , Ron looked really scared or worried or something like that." Hermione said.
"That could be it. But he wasn't scared of Ginny when she was pregnant. Or maybe he's scared of you being pregnant as he now knows that something could really go wrong. After what happened with Ginny. Maybe he's scared of losing you." Suggested Harry.
"You could be right." Said Hermione in a tired voice.
"Wow. I'm right. I don't think I have ever heard that come from your mouth before." Said Harry , trying to cheer up Hermione. And it worked because Hermione laughed a genuine laugh.
"That's better !" said Harry, "I think it would be best if you stayed up here while Ginny finds out what is wrong your lovely husband."
"You guys are so great. I don't know what I would do without you." Said Hermione. She then gave Harry a big hug that basically suffocated him.
" Hermione , your squashing me." Breathed Harry.
"Oh , sorry." Said Hermione , letting go of him.
"Well , I think you have the Mrs Weasley hug down." Said Harry.
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"What are you scared of ?" asked Ginny.
"I'm scared that I will lose Hermione and the baby. Ever since you were in the hospital , I've been scared that if Hermione got pregnant , it would go wrong but it wouldn't be alright in the end. Then when she told me she was pregnant , I started to worry and think the worst is going to happen." Explained Ron.
" Why don't you tell Hermione ?" asked Ginny.
"To be honest , I don't know." Said Ron , then he sighed. " Everything is so messed up and it's all my fault." Ron put his head into his hands.
"I know you're my brother but I can't disagree with you . If you had told Hermione what was wrong , none of this would have happened. Why don't you go upstairs and tell Hermione what is really bothering you ." Said Ginny.
"She's mad at me. When she's mad at me , she won't listen." Ron said into his hands.
"But Harry's talking to her. He's probably calmed her down." Said Ginny.
"Perfect Harry can fix anything. Of course , he can do anything." Said Ron , sarcastically. Then he added " The bloody git !"
"Ron , what is your problem with him ? And I will not have you calling my husband and father of my children a bloody git ! " said Ginny , angrily.
"Everyone thinks he is perfect. Hermione compares me to him. I'm surprised Hermione is still married to me." Said Ron , sourly.
"She is still married to you because you're not Harry. She compares you to Harry because she wants you to know your not Harry. She may not tell you but she loves you for not being him . She wouldn't have married you otherwise." Said Ginny , getting up and picking up plates from the table. " Now , I am going to do the washing up and prepare dessert while you go and talk to your wife who loves you for being you. "
"Yes ,boss." Said Ron , sarcastically. "Thanks Gin , you are greatest."
"Just go !" shouted Ginny from the kitchen.
Ron reluctantly got up from the table and made his way upstairs.
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Upstairs Harry and Hermione had found a wizard chest board and pieces.
"Queen to E5 !" Hermione said to her queen. Her queen moved and smashed Harry's king. "Yes , I win."
"You would have thought that by now I would be able to win at least one game but no I still continue to lose. At least I can beat people at Quidditch." Said Harry.
"Don't be a sore loser. And how is Quidditch ?" asked Hermione.
"Not bad. Ron's the best keeper I have ever seen. I would even say better than Wood. I recon he's won us a few matches. I know most of it is down to me but if the opposite team has a high score and catching snitch won't win us the game. But with Ron saving nearly goal that comes his way , I don't need to worry about that." Explained Harry.
"That's great. So when's the next match ?" Hermione asked , getting up off the floor and going to sit in the chair in the corner of the room.
"Next week. I have tickets for you and Ginny , if you want to come." Said Harry , getting up and sitting on the edge of the bed.
"That sounds great." Hermione said just as there was knock at the door. "Come in."
The door swung open and an apologetic looking Ron walked in.
"Um .. Hermione , I think we need to talk." Said Ron.
"And what if this time I don't want to talk." Said Hermione , looking away from him. Harry gave her a look that read : just talk to him. "Ok , I agree. Harry could you –"
"Leave ? Consider me gone." Said Harry , getting up and slipping out the door. Once he was out he put his ear to the door. He scrunched up his face trying to concentrate on hearing what Ron and Hermione where saying.
"Oi , don't be so rude." Said Ginny's voice from behind him.
At the sound of her voice , he jumped and hit his head on the door handle.
"Ow ! Did you have to make me jump ?" he asked , walking away from the door.
"No but it was entertaining." Said Ginny , smiling.
" I'm so glad I'm here to entertain you." Harry said sarcastically. He wrapped his arms around Ginny and rested his head on the top of hers.
"I think we should go downstairs. It's kinda rude to stand out here." Suggested Ginny.
"Your right." Agreed Harry. The two of them headed towards the stairs and started to descend them.
"So what did Hermione say to you ?" asked Ginny.
"Well , she said that Ron has been ignoring her and when I say ignoring her , I mean ignoring her. Apparently , they eat dinner in silence , he sleeps right on the edge of the bed and he's out of the house before she gets up in the morning. He's my best mate and everything but he can be a Prat. Oh and we came to the conclusion that he is scared of something. What did Ron say ?" replied Harry. They were now in the hall and they headed towards the living room. Once in there they sat down on the sofa.
"Well , you were right , Ron is scared. He's scared he will lose Hermione and the baby because of what happened to me. Oh and he doesn't like Hermione comparing him to you but I told him she does that so he knows he's not you. I told him she loves him for not being you." Explained Ginny. She rested her head on Harry's chest.
"Ok. So you coming to the Quidditch match nxt week ? I got tickets for you and Hermione." Said Harry , stroking Ginny's hair.
"I want to but who will look after the triplets ?" asked Ginny.
"I'm sure one of your 5 brothers or parents will be willing to look after them. Please Gin , it's been such a long time since you came to a match." Pleaded Harry.
"um .. Ok , fine I will ask my parents. It would be nice to see you play again." Said Ginny.
At that moment , Ron and Hermione entered the living room. Hermione sat down on the armchair and Ron sat on the arm and put his arm around her.
"So you two talking now ?" asked Harry.
"Yep , we still need to talk about it a bit more but we've come to an understanding." Explained Ron.
"That's good. So are you two staying for dessert ?" asked Ginny.
"No , if it's ok. We want to get home to talk some more." Replied Hermione.
"That's fine. I'm glad your talking again." Said Ginny.
All four of them got up and walked into the hall. Ron helped Hermione with her coat and then proceeded to put his coat on. Harry opened the door for them and put his arm around Ginny. As the door opened , a chilling wind slapped all four of them in the faces.
"How you getting home ?" asked Ginny.
"We came in the car." Said Ron.
"Ok , good cos it's cold out there." Said Harry.
"Well , we will see you on Saturday and I will see you tomorrow at practice , Harry." Said Ron.
Harry nodded and Ron and Hermione stepped out of the house.
"Bye guys." Said Ginny before shutting the door.
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It was Saturday and the day of the Quidditch match. Ginny was in the bathroom , bathing Sirius up on the counter. She had already bathed Scarlett and Shane. Harry was in their bedroom dressing them. Ginny lifted Sirius out of the baby bath and wrapped him in a towel. She took him into where Harry was and placed him on the baby changing unit.
"What time do you need to be at the pitch ?" asked Ginny , getting a nappy and a baby grow out for Sirius.
"At about 10. The match starts at 11 , we need to warm up for about an hour. Do you want me to drop the triplets off on my way to the pitch ?" asked Harry , placing Scarlett in her cot.
"Um .. yeah , ok. I could pop by Hermione's and see how she is and then we can make our way to the match together." Said Ginny. She put a clean nappy on Sirius and put him into the baby grow and placed in his cot next to his brother and sister.
"I'm going to take a quick shower." Said Ginny , who grabbed some clothes and went into their en-suite shower room.
Harry , who was already dressed in jeans , a t-shirt and a jacket , went over to the cots and looked down at his three children. Shane and Sirius had fallen into deep sleeps already. Scarlett , however , was wide awake and staring up at her dad. Harry got down to his knees next to her cot and started stroking the little bit of hair she had.
This could make a nice photo , thought Harry.
Harry summoned a camera from the top of the wardrobe. Harry went to take a picture. Just at that moment , Scarlett smiled and Harry caught it on the camera.
"Wow , your first smile and I got a picture of it. Your mum is going to be mad that your first smile was to me , you know that ?" Harry said Scarlett. Scarlett smiled up at her dad , obviously finding , what Harry just said , funny.
Harry laughed and picked her up from her cot.
"Oh , your so beautiful , just like your mum. You're going to be a heartbreaker. I'm never going to let you out my sight." Harry whispered to her.
"I don't think she will like that when she is older." Said Ginny , walking into the bedroom.
"Guess what ?" asked Harry.
"What ?" replied Ginny , while applying some make up.
"Scarlett smiled while you were in the shower and I caught it in a picture. Isn't it great ?" said Harry.
"Awww , did she really ?" said Ginny , looking over at Scarlett. "But of course you would smile at your daddy and not your mummy who carried you for nine months !" said Ginny , laughing.
"I told you she would be mad. Come on we better get going. I'll see you after the match." Harry said , putting the triplets in the three baby carrier and then kissing Ginny goodbye. Harry then apparated out of the house and took the triplets to the Weasley's.
Ginny finished the her make-up , grabbed her bag and coat and apparated to Hermione's house. She dropped her bag on Hermione and Ron's sofa. She then went to look for Hermione , as she was nowhere to found in the living room , kitchen or dining room. She went down the hall and in the direction on the bedrooms.
"Hermione ?" called Ginny.
"I'm in the office." Hermione called from one of the four bedrooms.
Ginny went to the end of the hall and entered the door on the left , which was the office. Hermione was waving her wand in air , changing the walls to a nice pale yellow. She then sat on the rocking the chair that was sitting in the corner of the room.
"Hi , Gin. You ok ?" asked Hermione.
"I'm good thanks. How are you and Ron ?" Ginny replied.
"We're good not brilliant but good. He is really excited about the baby now. Tomorrow we are going to go shopping for things to go in here , as this will be the nursery." Explained Hermione.
"Why this room ? Isn't it the smallest room ?" asked Ginny.
"It is but it's the only room that we can connect to ours. We want to be close to the baby when it comes." Said Hermione " So , how are the triplets and Harry ?"
"Harry is tired and the triplets are doing fine. Scarlett smiled this morning , it was at Harry but he did catch it on camera." Ginny said , smiling at the thought of Scarlett smiling.
"Awww , really ? She is a right Daddy's girl and she is only a few weeks old." Said Hermione , getting up from the chair and walking into her bedroom. Ginny followed.
"So are you nearly ready ?" asked Ginny , as Hermione pulled her hair back into a high pony tail and pinned back her bangs.
"Yeah , shall we go then ?" said Hermione
"Yep." Replied Ginny " Are we apparating ?"
"Um .. I suppose so. I don't think there is any other way to get there , unfortunately." Said Hermione.
Ginny rolled her eyes when Hermione wasn't looking. Then the two of them apparated out.
The Quidditch Ground was full to far as the eye could see. Hermione and Ginny scanned the grounds for the sign directing them to the top box , where they would watch the match from. They found it and started climbing the stairs. People on the stairs were pushing , elbowing , kicking and doing anything they could think of to get to their seats first. Suddenly , Hermione grabbed her stomach, doubled over and held onto the railing.
"Hermione , are you ok ?" shouted Ginny over all the noise.
"I'm fine , let's just keep going." Breathed out Hermione. She was standing straight now but was obviously still in pain.
They finally reached the top box. They sat down right at the front of the box.
"Hermione , what happened back there ?" asked Ginny , very worried.
"I think someone elbowed me." Replied Hermione.
"Do you want to go and find a healer ? I'm sure there is one around here somewhere." Said Ginny.
"No it's ok. I don't want to miss Ron playing." Said Hermione.
"Ok , if that's what you want." Ginny said , settling back into her chair.
A few minutes later , Ginny sat up and got her purse out of her bag.
"I'm going to get a drink , would you like anything ?" Ginny asked Hermione.
"Please could I have a bottle of water." Said Hermione. She was looking a little bit better but not completely on the road to recovery.
Ginny went up to one of the refreshment sellers. She got a bottle of water for Hermione , a chocolate frog and a pumpkin juice for herself. As she got back to her seat , she could Harry , Ron and their team mates on the way to the middle of the pitch. She sat down on her seat and passed Hermione her water. She didn't take her eyes off the pitch for a second. It had been ages since she had been to a Quidditch match.
Just then Harry stepped forward and shook the hand of the opposite team's Captain. The shake was brusque but was full of determination. Both teams wanted to win badly. This match decided who was going to the finals of the Quidditch National Cup (QNC). The ref blew his whistle once and all the balls but the quaffle went up in the air. Then he blew his whistle again , threw the quaffle up and all the players were in the air like blots of lightening. Harry started his search for the snitch , Ron was up at his goal post ready for when the opposite team were going come heading his way and another player from their team already had the quaffle. He was zooming straight for the oppositions posts. He ducked and dived every player and blugder that came his way. He only had one hurdle left. He went for the right post , tricking the keeper and then made a quick change in direction for the left post. Chudley Cannons had scored. Ginny recognised the player , she thought his name was Thomas Brangwen.
"And Brangwen scores for the Chudley Cannons. I wonder if they will keep it up. " shouted the commentator over all the cheering and booing.
Five minutes later and Brangwen had scored another two goals and the Cannons had had two penalties shots and scored for both of them. They were now in the lead. All Harry had to do was find the snitch and win them game before the opposition scored. However , there was no worrying about that as Ron had saved 3 out of 3 goals already. All of a sudden , Harry turned sharply and began to speed up. He had seen the snitch. It became apparent that the other seeker hadn't seen it as he was still just dawdling at the opposite end of the pitch to Harry.
"It looks like Potter has seen the snitch. He could win the game for the Cannons. He will be celebrating again with his team mates , brother-in-law and family tonight. As we all know that he is now a proud father to triplets." Shouted the commentator.
Hermione looked over at Ginny and they both smiled. They would hopefully have two delighted husbands. As they both looked back at the pitch , Harry was going into a sharp dive and just as his hand closed around the snitch , he hit the ground with a soft bump. He rolled over , jumped up and punched the air. As he did this the ground erupted into cheering fans. Ron was the first of his team to go and hug him.
Hermione and Ginny were the first ones from their box to get up and run down the stairs. They did this right before everyone started pouring out. Once they reached the bottom of the stairs , they ran through the tunnel to the pitch. Ginny literally jumped into Harry's arms , while Hermione slid her arms round Ron's neck and kissed him on the lips.
"Are you ok ?" Ron asked Hermione. Hermione face had gone a very dingy grey colour. She looked as though she was going faint.
"I'm fine. Nausea." She explained. But Ron , Harry and Ginny didn't believe her for a second.
Before any of them could ask her anymore questions , she had fainted. Ginny called for a healer and within seconds there were two healers running over with a stretcher. They got Hermione up onto it , told Ron that they would meet him St .Mungo's and then apparated out.
An hour later and Ron , Harry and Ginny were sitting in the waiting room of the Maternity ward. Ron had his head in his hands , Ginny was rubbing his back and Harry wasn't really sure what to do.
"I knew she shouldn't have gone to the match. I don't want her leaving the house anymore." Stated Ron , out of the blue.
"Ron , you can't isolate her." Ginny said in smoothing voice.
"She'll be fine mate." Said Harry.
Just at that minute , a healer came out and addressed Ron.
"Mr Weasley , your wife would like to see you , your sister and brother-in-law." Said the healer.
Ron got up from his chair and Harry and Ginny followed him. As they walked , they could see Hermione sitting on the bed closest to the door with tears streaming down her face. Ron made his way over , Ginny and Harry held back at the door. It looked like something they shouldn't intrude on.
Hermione stood up and met Ron mid-way between the door and her bed. There were no words needed. There seemed to be an understanding between the two of them. Hermione fell into Ron's arms as tears poured down her cheeks. Ron rested his chin on her head and let a tear drop down his cheek onto Hermione's hair.
Seeing this reminded Harry a lot of Dumbledore's funeral , at the end of sixth year , when Ron was comforting Hermione. Those two really did love each other.
A/N : Hey everyone. I am soooooooooooo soooooooooooooooooo sooooooooooooooooooooo sorry about the delay. I can't believe it took me so long to write this chapter. But a lot has happened that has prevented me from finishing it. My computer stopped working , I moved house , school is pretty busy and I only got the computer back on Monday , so I've been quite busy. I was hoping to get it up on the 19th November , cos it was my b-day ( it was well funny , I went to the park wiv my mates) !! Anyway , hope you enjoyed this delayed chapter. It is kind of based more around Hermione and Ron. Only two chapters left and I came up with the final big twist last night !!! Oh and I never actually said what has happened to Hermione , but I think it is pretty obvious. Lv ya all !!