Hermione awoke, once again, to a sharp bang on her door. However, this time she made on effort to move. The door sprang open and several doctors followed closely by Sirius Black entered all dressed in tangerine colored scrubs. Hermione was suddenly writhing in pain.
"The contractions are occurring at two minute intervals!" the doctor to her right said calmly but loudly.
"She's fully dilated," another doctor stated.
The pain subsided and Hermione began to breathe heavily.
", it's time for you to push now," a nurse told her gently.
"What about the drugs?" Hermione begged, desperate to be relieved of the pain.
"We…we tried, but your body was not susceptible to the spinal block." The nurse looked terrified, probably due to the fact that Hermione was squeezing her arm in a vice-like grip.
"Hermione, my love, please let the nice woman get back to her job. You can hold my hand instead." Sirius received a grateful glance from the nurse as Hermione transferred her death grip to her fiancé's arm.
"Sirius," Hermione began, "they called me Mrs.…….AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Hermione trailed off into another contraction. "SIRIUS BLACK I HATE YOU! YOU DID THIS TO ME!" Sirius was horror stricken.
"Don't worry, Sir," one of the doctors said, "they always say that."
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Harry was there at the hospital too. He was given the task of informing everyone that Hermione was having the baby. He knelt in front of one of the many fireplaces lined up in the maternity ward of 's checking friends and family of both Sirius and Hermione off his list. "The Weaslys, check, The Grangers, check, Lupin, check….who's next?" Harry thought aloud. Lily and James Potter. Harry took a handful of floo powder and threw it into the flames.
"Hello?" Lily asked as she peeked through the grate of her fireplace.
"Hi, mum," Harry greeted.
"Harry, darling, how's everything going?" she asked as she leaned back away from the fire. "James, Harry's in the fireplace!" she yelled to her husband who was in the kitchen making a sandwich.
"Mum, this is urgent. Hermione's in labor. She's having a baby....right now."
"Finally! We'll be there in a minute." Lily said, pulling her head out of the fireplace.
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After three hours of sleep, Hermione woke up to find herself surrounded with her and Sirius' friends and family. Sirius was sitting on the edge of her bed grinning like and idiot.
"Where is she?" Hermione asked immediately.
"I'll have the nurse bring her in," said softly. Hermione nodded and smiled tiredly. The nurse came in carrying a tiny pink blanket wrapped around the most beautiful baby girl that Hermione had ever seen. Her eyes were deep green like sea glass and her hair was black in wispy curls.
"She's mine," Hermione said softly and then kissed her daughter's forehead lightly. "You're mine."
"What should we call her, Love?" Sirius asked, never taking his eyes off his baby.
"Valentine. Valentine Nefertiri Black ."
A/N: Hope you liked it! Kisses to all my lovely readers!