Hermione looked at herself in the mirror. She was now five months pregnant, and had a bump on her previously flat tummy that was starting to show quite a bit. It was only May, but she was so thin that any weight gain was obvious. Her roommates had been eyeing her alot lately, she knew they were wondering why she was starting to look slightly pudgy. She now had to change in the bathroom to hide her tummy and she had to wear her robes a little bit baggy.
Hermione had finally come to terms with being pregnant. She was actually quite excited to have the baby. Madam Pomfrey was helping her alot, giving her check-ups and potions to make her, and the baby healthy. In fact, Madam Pomfrey was going to give her a check up today, and she was going to find out if she was having a boy or a girl. She was quite excited.
Harry, of course, was reveling in this. They had told Ron and Ginny and that was all. Ginny was excited to see the baby, Ron had been upset for awhile, but was now coping well. Hermione's parents had been very angry at first, but when they realized that Harry was going to stick to this they were pleased to know that they would be grandparents. As they said 'This is not ideal, but as long as he will support you we will too.' So now Hermione was content, at least mostly.
She had to always stop Harry from rubbing her belly when they were in public. Sometimes they would sneak away together and hide. Harry would pull her shirt up and rub her stomach, crooning to the life inside of her. That was Hermiones favorite thing to do. Then they would usually make out a little and head back to the common room.
Hermione had an appt. with McGonagall. Then she had to go see Madam Pomfrey, and Harry was going with her to that appt. She pulled on her robes and headed down the stairs and out the portrait hole to go see Professor McGonagall.
"Hermione, I'm glad to say that your grades have not changed at all, although you are starting to
show a little bit. On such a little frame such as yours, it is easy to notice. I'm afraid at the end of
this month, in two weeks, you will be asked to leave Hogwarts. We will tell students you have become
sick. We can will arrange for you to see a new doctor at St. Mungo's, but most likely Harry won't
always be there now. I hope you realize this. We can let him apparate once in awhile, but not for
every appt. We have set up a date for you to take your NEWTS, if you want to. It is on June 13th,
at the Ministery of Magic. That will be most ideal. I would like you to continue on, but will understand
if you don't want to. Raising a child is difficult. I will let you know when your final day of school
is to be. I'm so glad we were able to work this out for you. I hope that you have a good appt. with
Poppey, please let me know what the gender is!" McGonagall got up and hugged Hermione.
Hermione smiled and thanked Minerva.
"You've been so kind to me through this whole messy ordeal. You have become a good friend as well as a great Professor." Hermione said.
She left McGonagalls office and headed for the hospital wing. Harry met her on the way.
"How's my favorite girl doing?" He asked, placing his hand on her belly and kissing her.
"Harry, hand off." Hermione said smiling at him.
He chuckled and rubbed her tummy one more time before taking his hand away.
"I'm so excited! Boy or girl? Who knows!" Harry smiled and took Hermiones hand.
Madam Pomfrey smiled and looked at the two of them.
"Well, guess what! It's a girl!" she said.
Harry smiled, and Hermione giggled.
"Thank goodness, I wouldn't know what to do with a boy! A girl! Harry, we're going to have a daughter! A little baby girl!" Hermione said bursting with joy.
Harry smiled.
"I can't believe that it's a girl. This makes it so much more real! We are having a baby girl. Oh my gosh." Harry hugged Hermione.
"Okay you two. She is healthy. I can see fingers and teeth, she is blinking. If you feel movement, it's
because your baby is moving inside of you. She'll start to kick and punch soon." Madam Pomfrey said,
cleaning everything up.
Hermione smiled.
"I'm so excited. I can't believe this is happening." She said.
Two weeks passed quickly.
McGonagall finally gave Hermione her last day of school date.
The day came and Harry was close to tears.
"It's okay, I'll come into town, we'll get married right after I leave school this year. Everything will be fine. We'll do great. I'm so excited. My two girls! Write me owl after owl - three times a day if you have to! I'll always write back. I love you so much. Take care of her, and yourself. Think of names and we'll decide during the summer. I love you. I love you so much." Harry said.
He touched her belly, then leaned over and kissed the baby. All of a sudden there was a flutter of movement. Harry smiled.
"Did she? Was that a kick?" He asked.
"I'm pretty sure it was. Oh wow!" Hermione said as the baby started to move.
"That's right sweetheart, kick for daddy." Harry said smiling widely.
Baby kicked one more time then stopped.
"Oh wow. I'm gonna miss you so much! You have to visit. Apparate all the time. I'll be staying with my parents! I'll miss you." Hermione said.
She smiled and waved as she walked down the drive to apparate outside the Hogwarts gate.
"I love you" She called one more time before dissaparting, tears running down her cheeks.