"Molly?" Hermione said as she walked into the kitchen, "I'm late." She added quietly when she noticed that Molly was the only in the kitchen.
"What do you mean you're late, dear?" Molly asked as she turned around, leaned up against the counter and dried her hands with a towel.
"My period, I'm a few days late." Hermione replied, still speaking in her quieted voice.
"That's normal Hun. If you're only a couple of days late, you should start in a day or two." Molly said, setting the towel onto the counter.
"B-but Ron and I" Hermione said with a pause as she walked the rest of the distance between her and Molly, "We had sex." She added when she was able to whisper to her soon-to-be mother-in-law.
"So you think you're pregnant?" Molly asked, already knowing what was going through Hermione's head. Hermione nodded her head, "Ok I think I might have a muggle pregnancy test, do you wanna use it?"
"Do you really? That would be great!" Hermione said as she let out a sigh of relief.
"I thought I was pregnant a few months back but I got my period before I took the test." Molly explained as she noticed the curious expression on Hermione's face once they got upstairs.
After a few minutes of searching, Molly pulled out the tiny box that read First Response on the side, handed it to Hermione and made her way out of the bathroom,
"Wait, Molly. Can you stay?" Hermione asked, hope evident in her voice.
"I'm gonna let you go pee and I'll come back when you're done." Molly replied as she closed the bathroom door behind her. After a few seconds of staring at the box, Hermione was finally able to pull out the stick and pee on it.
"You can come back in, Molly." Hermione called as she sat on the edge of the bathtub. When Molly walked back into the bathroom, she walked over to the counter and pulled herself up so she was sitting down.
"How did you do this 6 times?" Hermione asked after a few minutes of dead silence.
"When I was pregnant with the twins, I didn't really need to take a pregnancy test. I already knew the symptoms of being pregnant pretty well so I kinda figured that's what it was." Molly replied as she looked over at the nervous Hermione.
"Well, what does it say?" Molly asked after a few more minutes of dead silence.
"I can't do it, you're going to have read it." Hermione said as she passed the pregnancy test over to Molly. When Molly looked at the oval shaped circle, she immediately smiled,
"You're pregnant." She said as she slid off of the counter, walked over to the tub, took a seat next to Hermione and hugged her. "Congratulations, dear." Molly added quietly, feeling Hermione wrap her arms around her abdomen.
"What's wrong, Mione dear?" Molly asked after a couple of minutes of just holding Hermione, who was almost on the verge of tears..
"I don't know if I'm going to be able to go through the whole getting big thing." Hermione said as she looked up at Molly, "What if Ron doesn't love me as much when I'm huge?"
"Why would you think that?" Molly asked as she moved a few strands of hair behind Hermione's ear.
"I mean it took him a couple of years just to propose. It makes me think that he doesn't even want to marry me."
"You know how he is, dear. He doesn't like to show his soft side." Molly replied, "And plus, you don't have to worry about the whole weight gain thing. You're going to have an easier time with it then I did."
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked, a bit confused.
"Since you're taller, the weight won't show as much and because I'm short the weight… Well the weight is more noticeable." Molly replied. Molly had always been conscious of her weight, despite the fact that the reason for her roundness was because of her seven children.
"That's not true at all! You look good Molly, especially for having seven kids." Hermione said as tears welled up at the brim of her eyes.
"Why are you crying, sweetheart?" Molly asked as she took Hermione into one of her loving embraces again.
"W-what will Ron say about me being pregnant?" Hermione asked quietly, afraid that if she spoke she might burst into tears.
"Ron's to much like Arthur not to be excited. I wouldn't worry about how he's going to react." Molly replied as she cupped Hermione's chin and lifted her face up from her ample bosom. "Seriously, Hermione. There's nothing to worry about." Molly added as she cradled Hermione's face in her hands and kissed her forehead.
"Thank you, Molly. For everything." Hermione said as she smiled up at her soon-to-be mother-in-law.
"It's fine, Hermione dear." Molly replied as she stood up from the tub and made her way towards the bathroom door with Hermione close behind.
"Can you help me break it to everyone?" Hermione asked as they walked out of the master bedroom and down the stairs.
"Of course, they're all downstairs aren't they?" Molly replied.
"I think so." Hermione said.
"Ok, I think it'll be easier to tell them all at the same time. So you wanna just tell everyone?" All Hermione could muster was a nod of her head, with her being so nervous it was hard for her to speak with out bursting into tears.