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The Morning After – She needed an employee…he needed an employer…

Chapter Five-Memories

Out of all the people Harry had expected to ring his doorbell on a cold winter morning and tell him that she was pregnant, he had never suspected that it would be Hermione.

It was ten thirty and Harry was just finishing up his breakfast. His life had been pretty easy living after the fall of Voldemort. He could finally breathe again, peacefully. When he went into his living room, he heard the door bell ring and he groaned, hoping it wasn't another teenybopper wanting an autograph. He walked out into the hallway and then peered through the peep hole and saw Hermione, dressed warmly, but still shivering. She rang the bell again and he opened the door.

"Harry," she said.

"Hermione, good lord, come in, you're freezing," She came inside and he closed the door. He could detect a hint of worry on her face. Something was wrong, but what? He followed her into the kitchen and watched as she made herself at home by preparing tea. He sat down and watched her.

"Do you want to tell me what's wrong now?" he asked gently. She sighed and sat down opposite him on one of the stools in the kitchen.

"I'm in big trouble," she said. He nodded.

"Figured as much, what did you do?"

"Well, I … Ginny managed to convince me to…go clubbing with her a while back,"

"Ah, yes, I remember that day, you looked particularly sharp that night," he teased. She rolled her eyes.

"Please, don't, Harry, I need you to help me to find a nice house," she said. He nodded.

"Ready to move out of that old apartment, finally," he said. She smiled wanly.

"Well, I have no choice,"

"That's bollocks; you've always had a choice, Hermione. With all that bloody money you get from the bloody ministry you could have brought ten houses by now," he said. She couldn't help but smile.

"You're such an idiot, Harry, but this is serious, I'm in serious trouble, when we went to the club that night, I got a bit…drunk and I did some things that I deeply regret," she said in one breath. He cocked an eyebrow.

"What did you do, make passionate love with some stranger?" he joked. She looked down.

"Well, actually I did," she said quietly. He laughed.

"Good one, Hermione," She looked at him in the eye.

"I'm serious, Harry," The smile vanished from his face and was replaced by a frown. He remained quiet for a while.

"So…you're…"

"Yes, three months," she said.

"Oh…oh that explains why you look so chubby!" he exclaimed. They laughed.

Harry sighed and kept on walking. He was almost at Hermione's house, he just felt like visiting them for some reason, and of course, he wanted to see his Uncle Remus. He hadn't heard from him in some time. With a sigh, he quickened his pace.

Sometimes, he just didn't feel like apparating and so he took a cab and then walked. When he saw her house he decided to take the shortcut on the side, and open the back door. That would be an extra five minutes as the shortcut was filled with grass and lots of stones. He liked to take his time to stroll through the shortcut. When he arrived in the back, he would open the kitchen door. Hopefully, he would be able to surprise her.

Remus and Hermione both sat on the couch down in the living room, watching Elizabeth play with a toy that Remus had brought her. Hermione smiled at Elizabeth, who was enjoying herself with the toy. She looked at Remus and smiled.

"Reemy!" she said happily. Remus smiled. Hermione looked away. Was Lizzy getting attached to Remus so quickly? She wondered. She was a very selective child, and only befriended some people. She had taken a liking to Harry and called him Larry, as she couldn't pronounce Harry.

"She likes you," she said quietly. Remus smiled.

"I like her as well, and I don't want to leave," he said truthfully. Her heart ached. One part of her wanted him to stay and the next part wanted him to leave and never come back. She was afraid.

"Remus, I honestly don't know what I want to do," she said. He looked at her.

"Please, Hermione, I'm not usually the one to…beg to keep a job, if it was any other job, I would have already left, but…there is just something here…something that makes me want to stay,"

She sighed.

"I want you to stay as well, Remus, but…" He rose up and went over to the mantelpiece and looked at the various pictures she had there. His heart went out to her and he went back over to her.

"You can't do this alone," he whispered. She looked at him, her eyes shining with tears.

"I know…" she whispered. He took her hand and led her into the kitchen where he cupped her face in his hands and kissed her again. This time, she did not push him away.

A/N= Ok I know you guys are just…dying to know who the father is…and I have a nice little plot twist that will make all of you so pissed off if I do it and so I am seriously reconsidering doing that…I will need to consult with my evil buddy and see what she says (ha-ha) Hm, what else, well thanks for all the reviews! Especially the long ones!! I'm glad that I'm making you all think so much eheheh but we should save that thinking for school…which will be opened on September 13th sadly…LoL…well I'm off…thanks for all the reviews!!!!!!!!!!

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