Chapter 9

July 29th, 2000

Hermione woke up the next morning to find Harry already out of bed. She got up and put her robe on and went to the kitchen to see Harry cooking her breakfast.

"I seen how much stress your body was under last night so I decided to cook you breakfast."

"Thank you, Harry. That is so sweet of you to do." Hermione said.

"I also have a surprise for you after I get off work tonight so I want you to be ready to go out to dinner, okay?" Harry said.

'Ok, I can't wait!" Hermione said as she gave Harry a kiss and he left for work. The whole day went by with Hermione doing a little bit of chores around the house. She soon got winded so she sat down and watched some TV.

About an hour later, Hermione started to get dressed up for her date with Harry. She wore a halter style blue flowy silk dress with a blue sapphire necklace and blue flip flops. Flip flops are the only things she can wear right now being her ankles are extremely swollen. She put her hair up in a bun and put on a little eye makeup. Harry soon walked in after that and they traveled to a restaurant down the street from their house. As they made it in, they were seated in the spot that Harry requested. They sat down and ordered their food. They ate their food and Harry offered dessert but Hermione refused.

"I am just way too full." Hermione said. Harry took her hand and helped her out of the restaurant and they made their way back home.

Hermione made her way to the couch and sat down. Harry stood in front of her and placed his hand underneath her chin and raised her face so she was looking up at him. Then he knelt down on one knee in front of her and pulled out a ring box. Tears suddenly hit her eyes and she gasped.

"I was waiting for the right time to do this and I think this is the right time. I have wanted you to be my wife since our 6th year at Hogwarts. I have finally gotten the courage to do this. Hermione Jean Granger, I love you with all of my heart and I want you to be my wife. Will you marry me?" Harry asked as he opened the box. Inside was a 5-carat heart shaped diamond solitaire ring. Hermione started hysterically crying as she repeatedly nodded her head taking the ring and putting it on her left hand. Then she suddenly took Harry by the face and passionately kissed him.

"Are you serious Harry? We have only been back together for 10 days? Why so sudden?" Hermione asked.

"I have wanted to ask you to marry me for two years now. Now that I have you, I am never going to let you go." Harry said taking her hands in his.

"Well, if you say so." Hermione said smirking.

They finished their dinner and headed back to Harry's house. Hermione went to their bedroom and got changed into her pajamas. She sat down on her bed and examined her hand. The ring that Harry bought her was absolutely stunning. She couldn't believe that she was wearing something this beautiful. She couldn't wait to get married, but she knew it was going to be quite a while before they got married. She wanted to enjoy their engagement. She felt her stomach feeling some tightness every once in a while, knowing her babies were going to come soon. She couldn't wait until the day that she was able to hold them in her arms.

Harry came in and went into the master bathroom and dropped off his clothes in the hamper. He came out in just his boxers and sat down beside Hermione.

"I can't wait until we can make love again. It has been so long since I have been able to touch you like that." Harry said as he had a look of lust in his eyes.

"I know, but the doctor said it isn't safe until about 6 weeks after I have them. So I guess your hand is going to have to be good enough until then." Hermione said jokingly.

"I know, I guess because I love you so much, I can deal with that." Harry said looking downward. "I guess I have to go take care of it now; I will be in the bathroom downstairs for a little bit."

Hermione shook her head and laughed. She picked up the TV remote and tuned to a movie that was on about a woman who was single and pregnant. About 20 minutes later Harry came back up looking a little flushed.

"Did you enjoy yourself?" Hermione asked with a laugh.

"Yes, I thought about the night we conceived our children, it didn't take very long after that." Harry said smiling.

She looked Harry up and down and shuddered a little at the sight of his amazing body. 'Those years of Quidditch did him good.' She thought. She still couldn't believe that one day this man was going to be her husband. Harry came over to her and put his hands on her stomach.

"I can't wait for them to come into this world. It will be one of the best days of my life." Harry said.

"I know, I feel so huge and it is extremely uncomfortable to do anything anymore." Hermione said.

"You are still so beautiful, I couldn't imagine you ever looking bad, 'Mione." Harry said.

"Thank you, Harry. So I was thinking and I think we should start talking about names for the kids. I haven't thought of any yet." Hermione said.

"Hmm.. What about Ariana Lanae for our girl and Colton James for our son?" Harry suggested.

"Those sound great. I am glad you could think of something." Hermione said.

"Yeah, I can't wait for them to come." Harry said as he joined her in bed and the cuddled up and watched some TV before Hermione dosed off.

July 31st, 2000

Hermione had a couple things planned for Harry's birthday. She wanted to take him to a nice restaurant and rent a couple of his favorite movies to watch when they got home. She drove to the movie store, picked up his movies and came back home.

She looked in her closet and got an outfit together for tonight. 'Harry should be home soon, he said he was going to leave early from work.' Hermione thought.

A couple hours went by and Hermione finished tidying up the house as Harry walked in.

"Happy birthday Harry," Hermione said as she leaned in and gave Harry a kiss.

"Thank you, love. You told me we were going to dinner?" Harry said.

"Yes, there is this new Japanese steakhouse in town that I wanted to try out, and I knew you would love it too." Hermione said.

Hermione took his hand and lead him to the car and they drove off to town. She got to the restaurant and they were seated.

"Thank you for taking me here, Hermione. The food is amazing. I would love to come back." Harry said as they finished their dinner and got up and left.

When they got home, Harry found a letter on his dining room table.

You thought you could leave me?

Well sorry but you can't get rid of me that easily. I'm pregnant.

Alex