"Oh my god, did you hear about what happened in the Gryffindor tower this morning?" I looked up at the sound of gossiping girls entering the lavatory. I quickly backed back into the stall I had just come out of, wanting to hear what they were talking about.

"You know that one weird seventh year Gryffindor…the one with the emo hair?" my hand instinctively went up to my hair. "Well I heard that her and that other girl she hangs around with along with Iggy are, like, a couple."

"What? Like, all three of them… I don't believe it."

"No really, it's true! Apparently they spent the night in the Gryffindor tower together, and in the morning the two girls were in the bathroom and then Iggy came in too…completely starkers!" Why is it that they call Iggy by name but don't even know my and Billie's names?

"I heard," this was a third girl now, "that he had a hard on too!" There were a lot of giggles and my jaw dropped. "What a waste, why would he be with them…he is so hot!" There were mhmm's and wistful sighs at this. My jaw was practically on the floor by now. They think that Iggy is hot?

The bell rang and the girls left the bathroom. I left the stall when I was sure they were gone and started walking toward the potions classroom. Me and Bill have spent our fair share of time in bathrooms gushing over a blokes 'hot-ness' but never did I think that girls would be gushing over Iggy. I don't know how I never noticed it before but now that I was thinking about it I had to admit that Iggy was hot. This new found information shocked me and I wondered if Billie knew.

Ha! If the girls thought it was a waste that he was with me and Billie I wonder how they'd react if they knew he wasn't even straight. Wait, back that up...with me and Billie? Ok, first off ew, second eww. I can't believe they said that! I wonder if other people think that? Does the whole school think that me and Iggy and Billie are dating? How would that even work?

I supposed that our sleep-over could have given the wrong impression but whoever started that rumor has blown it way out of proportion. I think I would distinctly remember seeing a naked Iggy with a hard on thank you very much! I don't know why people would believe that anyways, I know that Iggy has never had a girlfriend, and that Billie hasn't had a boyfriend since fourth year...and it wasn't really a boyfriend, more of a disastrous date ending with Billie making more than one boy cry. Don't ask. And I haven't dated within Hogwart's either. I'm not very popular if you hadn't noticed, people see me as the 'emo' girl. Which I really resent because I'm not emo. Stupid people and there stupid labels.

I've never cared that much before, I judge most fellow girls as skanky brain-less bimbos because of how they look, so if they want to call me emo then they can. But being referred to as 'the emo girl' is what makes me angry.

I was just on time for Potions, this was my seventh year potions class. I spotted Billie and walked toward her, bursting to tell her what I had heard in the bathroom, but Slughorn stopped me before I was halfway across the room.

He rocked back on his heels with his hands clasped behind his back, smiled at me and said, "I don't think so Ms. Elliot. I would like you to sit right here," he tapped the desk that was directly in front of his. My eyes widen and I started to say something but he cut me off. The bell had rung and the whole class was looking at us now. "I think that it would be best for your education and my sanity if you were right up front."

"I disagree professor, you see I sometime I have trouble reading things right up close so I think that I could better pay attention if I sit at the back, it would help a lot."

"Well Miss Elliot I suggest that you invest in a pair of spectacles, as you will be sitting right here," he tapped the desk again, "for the remainder of the year." I pouted at Billie and went over to Slughorn, who was ignoring my glare.

I heard the girl behind me hiss, "You see?" to the girl beside her. She sounded like one of the girls from the bathroom. I looked back and noticed the friend looking back and forth between me and Billie. My eyes widened.

I had my hand clasped around Billie's upper arm and was dragging her through the crowd of students leaving potions as quickly as I could toward the transfiguration room for the extra-extra credit class.

"Can't you just tell me on the way," she complained.

"No! Iggy needs to hear this too."

When we reached the classroom Iggy was already sitting down. I sat down beside him and pushed Billie into the chair on my other side.

"Oh my god, you won't believe what I heard in the loo before potions!" Iggy didn't even bat an eyelash at our entrance. He just looked at me and said, "Alright."

"Okay…so…I was just coming out of the stall when these three girls come in gossiping. I went back into the stall to eavesdrop. Short story shorter, the newest rumor going around Hogwarts is that we three are a couple!"

Billie stared and Iggy said, "What?" I repeated the story for them word for word, at the end Billie said.

"Iggy's hot?"

"Oh my merlin, I know! That was my first thought too…you know what's weirder? After I thought about it I realized that it was so true!" Here, me and Billie turned to look at Iggy.

"When exactly did that happen?"

"I don't know. I was trying to figure that out too. How could we not have known?"

"I don't know."

Finally Iggy got tired of us staring at his new-found 'hot-ness' and said, "Would you stop that? You're freaking me out."

"Did you know that you were hot?" Billie asked him in an accusing voice.

"Everybody thinks that us three are a couple and that is all you have to say?" he asked in disbelieve.

"Well…yah I mean, I think that the couple thing is actually pretty funny," McGonagall entered the classroom so Iggy didn't have time to respond.

"Alright. As promised we will be starting with questions you may have."

Grace Kelly's hand shot up into the air the same time as Lily Evans'.

"Ms Kelly?"

"Are we going to have to change diapers?" she asked, making a face.

"Most likely, yes. I highly doubt any of your children will be out of diapers. That will be the first thing that I show you," she pulled a baby doll out of thin air and proceed to show the class how to put a diaper on a baby. Me and Billie didn't pay attention, but rather just giggled at the sight of McGonagall, tight lipped, putting a diaper on a doll. Iggy watched what McGonagall was doing intently. McGonagall proceeded to answer little questions about babies while I doodled on a spare piece on parchment.

"Ms Elliot, as you are so obviously paying rapt attention to this lesson how about you come up here and demonstrate something I have just taught," I looked up to see everybody in the class staring at me, trying not to smile. Assuming that I was not paying attention (which I wasn't) McGonagall continued. "I suggest that you pay attention unless you wish to put your future child in danger. What are you doing?" she asked as I started to walk to the front of the desk.

"I thought you wanted me to come demonstrate?" I asked, confused.

"Yes…yes, of course. Please demonstrate how you would relieve your infant from the hiccups, without using magic."

"Well…" I had no idea what McGonagall said so I just hoped it was the same way my mother taught me, "I would place the infant across my legs on his or her stomach and lightly tap his or her back in the same fashion one would if they were burping the child."

"Very well," Mcgonagall said, pressing her lips together tightly, "you may return to your seat."

"How'd you know that," Iggy hissed, " I know you weren't paying attention."

"I told you already," I whispered, "I babysit all the time on holidays."

"Hmph."

Five hours later.

Alright, so it's been like thirty minutes. And I am bored. This was supposed to be a fun course…well, it wasn't supposed to be boring at least.

Snore. Shuffle, shuffle. Snort.

"Oh common, Sonnie, can't you ever pay attention?" Iggy said, as he nudged me rather hardly in the side. That was when I noticed everyone standing up.

"What are we doing?" I asked. He gave me a looked that was way too Ravenclaw.

"We are going up in our groups to get the potions."

"Oh." Oh. So that's why he was so pale.

I saw Sirius and Peter already sitting at their table with a tray of three purple coloured Potions. I walked over and sat down next to Peter.

"Alright, if everyone is ready and has no more questions then you may all choose a Potion."

There was a little shuffling but nobody moved to take a Potion.

Mcgonagall looked exasperated. "You all knew that this was coming," she said. "You all have to drink a Potion, and you need time to interact with actual infants before the period is over. So if you with all please choose a potion," she paused here. Sirius and Peter both reluctantly chose one of the potion towards the edge of the tray, I was left with the middle one "now…everyone please drink their potion."

Lily Evans hand suddenly shot up.

"Yes, Ms Evans?"

"Sorry professor, but if we get the real potion will the infants just be on the floor?"

"No, they will not. Don't worry, these Potions were made specifically for this project. Each infant will be in a stroller. Now drink."

I took a deep breath and glanced around. Everyone else was looking around as well. Billie crossed her fingers and raised her glass toward me. As everyone else raised their glasses to their mouths I did the same. I closed my eyes and drank the Potion in one slow sip, it tasted vaguely of berry.

I set my glass on the table in front of me and waited for something. I didn't feel any different. Flexing my fingers and my toes I opened one eye, then the other. I let out my breath that I hadn't realized I had been holding. I was still a teenager ,YES! Glancing to my right I saw who I assumed was Peter Pettigrew. Although he was now so small that I could hold him with one arm. He was small and slightly pudgey, in a baby way. He looked around three months old. He was wearing a one piece button up cotton blue baby pajama suit. He was one of the cutest things that I had ever seen. I glanced up to see Sirius Black staring down at his friend in horror.

Looking around I quickly made sure that Iggy and Billie were both still teenagers. They were. I noticed that Grace Kelly, Robert King and Quinn Saintfeld were the other infants in the room. Everyone else was looking down at the infants in relieve and horror. I seemed to be the only one who was not panicking.

I heard a whiny gurgling sound that turned into an obnoxious wail before I had even turned to look at Peter. I looked at the crying baby before looking up at Sirius. The look on his face was priceless, he look absolutely terrified! It was like he was looking at an atomic bomb (not that he even knew what that was) rather than a crying baby. When I was sure he wasn't going to do anything I leaned over the stroller and picked Peter up. I place him on my chest with one hand patting his back and the other arm under his bum securing him to my side. I rocked him up and down and made little cooing noises.

"Shh…" he started to quiet down right away. "There you go," I said as he stopped crying altogether. He rested his tiny head against my shoulder and I couldn't help but smile at him, he was so cute. "Hey baby," I said in my 'baby-voice'. I looked up to see the class looking at me.

McGonagall looked impressed as she said, "Well Ms Elliot it seems that you are very good looking like you are not paying attention when you are."

"No…I just babysit a lot."

"Is that one yours?" I asked Lily, pointing toward a little boy hiding behind a chair. He had dark brown hair and looked a bit less than two feet tall. It was hard to tell as he was currently squatting down and looked like he was going to burst into tears at any second.

"Uh…I-I think so."

"Are…you going to talk to him?"

"Why?" she looked just as scared as the kid. "I don't know anything about kids."

"Well its just that he looks rather scared."

She looked at me helplessly. Wow...I never thought Lily Evans would be asking me for help. Well…okay, she hasn't actually asked me with words.

Adjusting Peter so that he was settled on my hip I walked over to the little boy. He was now trying to hide behind the leg of a desk. He shrunk back a little as I approached him. McGonagall was just standing there watching the class, the class was watching me. I crouched down and Peter started sucking on my shirt.

"Hi." I said, tilting my head to the left and smiling a little. "I'm Sonnie…what's your name?"

"Does it talk?" James Potter asked. I gave him a look.

He unstuck his thumb from his mouth with a little sucking sound (the kid, not James) and seemed to smile slightly and pout at the same time, it was very adorable.

I leaned forward to hear him say, very quietly, "Robbie."

I smiled at him again, gestured at Peter and said, "This is Peter," then I looked at Lily and said, "Is that your Mummy there?" Lily's eyes widened and he nodded his head. I held out my hand and said "Can I take you over to her?" He grabbed my hand and I walked over to Lily. James was standing beside her and Robbie looked at him fearfully before grabbing onto Lily's leg and hiding there.

I looked over at Remus and saw a cute little girl with Pig-tails that looked about his age, I crouched down beside Robbie again and said, "If it's okay with your mum, why don't you see if she," I pointed at the little girl, "wants to play with you?" Crisis averted.

He smiled and looked up to Lily. She nodded and he walked over to little Grace. My pointing out Grace made James realize something.

"Professor? It seems that we have a problem."

"And what is that Mr Potter?"

"Me and Remus seem to be the only teengers left in our group."

"Well it seems that you will have to deal with that then."

"Wait a second? We have to be gay?" I saw Iggy shuffle a little uncomfortably from the corner of my eye.

"You and Mr Lupin will not have to be homosexual, but Ms Kelly will believe that you two are her fathers, and you will just have to deal with that," McGonagall responded. "Now I would like everyone here to pick up their child please. I'm sure Ms Elliot here would be able to handle any questions on how to do this," I looked at her in shock.

I walked over to Sirius and said, "Your turn."

"Er…"

I rolled my eyes. "Okay…sit down," he did as he was told. "Now cradle your right arm along your chest. Yeah, that's good." I laid Peter in his arms. "There, if you raise your arm a little, yeah that's good."

"What if I drop him?"

"Don't worry," I said with amusement. "You won't drop him. Just hold him like that and you'll be fine. You can jiggle him abit if he gets fussy," I watched him for a second before going over to Billie and Iggy. I had to stiffle a laugh when I saw Billie.

"What are you doing?" I asked. Billie and Iggy's 'son' looked about nine or ten months old. Billie was holding him under the armpits with her arms extended out in front of her and the baby was just dangling there. He let out a little gurgling giggle.

"I am holding my child, thank you very much."

"That is what you call holding your child?" Billie glared at me a little.

"Well I don't know what to do!" I rolled my eyes at her.

"Look at that, even James can hold a kid," I said, pointing at Grace who was sitting happily in the crook of James arm. He seemed to be trying to stay as far away form her as he could while holding her to his chest.

"Okay," I said, turning back to Billie, "just hold her on your hip."

"I don't have the baby hip. You have the baby hip, it is a maternal thing and I did not inherit that gene."

"I have a distinct feeling I may have just been called fat, but I'm going to let it pass. Here," I said, taking Quinn from Billie. I turned to Iggy. "You try." Iggy took the baby in his arms. He actually looked pretty comfortable holding him.

"Am I doing this right?" he asked.

"Yeah, you're fine."

"Alright, If everyone could please look up here," McGonagall called from the front of the class. "These will be the bags that you will be bringing with you everywhere. The bag is self filling, so you do not have to worry about running out of anything. In here you have bottles, diapers, wipes, blankets, bibs, and pacifiers. As each infant is a different age they will require different foods. I suggest you write down what I am about to tell you.

"The youngest, Peter Petigrew, will only need a bottle every three to fours hours. Quinn Saintfeld's bag will supply can of soft baby food, he will probably have a bottle after his three meals of baby food a day, aswell as a bottle when he wakes in the morning and before he sleeps at night. Robert King and Grace Kelly will be able to eat solid food, but parents remember that you must cut up everything they eat! They too will have a couple bottles a day and you are supplied with sipping cups for other drinks throughout the day. All the infants will need naps and I suggest that you get to know your child quickly and come up with a nap scheldule or else you will be dealing with some very cranky babies. There are a few labelled potions within the bag for any emergencies. Do not hesitate to take your child to the hospital wing if you feel that anything is wrong.

"Now if you all get your children ready I will show you all to where you will be living until this course is over. All of your possesions have already been moved there. Make sure that if your child in a stroller you secure them in properly."

Walking back over to Sirius I noticed he seemed to be trying to figure out how to put Peter in the stroller. I watched with amusement for a few seconds before he looked up and noticed.

"Care to help here?"

"You are eventually going to have to learn how to pick him up and put him down." I took Peter out of his arms and crouched down to put him in the stroller. I did up the straps and turn to Sirius. "You can push it."

"Alright then."

"No! Not dat! Not dat!" I looked over to see James and Remus trying to put Grace in the stroller. "Not dat!" she said, kicking her legs so that they would not go into the stroller straps. Remus brought her back up to rest against his chest.

"What do we do?" he asked James.

"I donno. Just carry her I guess."

Iggy had managed to put Quinn into his stroller, and Lily had Robert snug in his. We met McGonagall in the hall. She raised an eyebrow at Remus who shrugged and said, "She wouldn't go in." With that we set off down the hall.

We had just managed to manuever the stroller up a staircase when Grace started complaining. Me, and the rest of the class, looked back to see her wiggling in Remus's arms, pointing repeatedly at the ground saying, "Me dar! Me wok! Dar!" Remus was loosing his grip on the stuggling little girl and her chest was now against his hip.

"Can she just walk there?" James asked Remus.

" I donno," he bent down and her little feet hit the floor. As soon as they did that she was running off down the corridor perpindicular to the one we were walking down. James eyes widened and he jogged after her, picking her up by her arms pits, holding her out from his body he walked back to Remus. He set her down and said,

"You. Stay," she pouted.

They continued to walk towards the group. Grace grabbed onto one of each of their hands and said, "Me swing," and proceeded to jump off the ground about and inch and a half, landing with her legs spread to steady herself. Remus seemed to get what she meant so him and James swung her off the ground on each step until McGonagall stopped at a dead end.

McGonagall regarded the blank brick wall and said, "Watch closely."

She tapped three bricks in a vertical line, then one horizontal brick. The wall opened in the same fashion as the opening to Diagon Alley. We were faced with a short, wide hallway. We followed McGonagall into the hallway and the wall shut behind us. A light turned on and I saw that in the wall to the right was an open doorframe leading to a little kitchen-like was a very small room. There was a counters all along the right wall, with cupboards above them, there was what looked like a muggle refridgerater aswell. To the left there was not a wall, but a bar-like counter with three stools in front of it, you could see into the common room through a window above the bar-like counter. Further along that wall was another wider doorframe with one step leading into the common room. Walking straight down the corridor it opened into the common room. The room was not very large. There was a fireplace in the middle of the far wall. One long couch was parallel to the fireplace, there were two chairs on either side of the couch, with a small table between the furniture and the fireplace. There were three stools placed on this side of the bar-like surface, so that the people sitting on the other side could easily converse with the ones on this side. There was a large table and chairs for studying towards the left of the room.

There were five doors leading off the main room. One on the right wall. One on either side of the fireplace and one on the left wall. There was one more door on the same wall as the doorway I was standing in.

"You all have the until dinner to become aquainted with your new roommates and children. All the bedrooms are the same, and your luggage has already been placed. Good luck," and with that, McGonagall left us all on our own.

"Is she coming back?" Billie was the first to break the silence.

"I don't think so," Remus answered.

Iggy said, "I suppose that we should pick our rooms now."

"Guess so," and with that I walked toward the one on the left wall. I opened the door and the first thing I noticed was a large bench window directly across from the door. There was two beds, one pushed up against the walls on either side of the window. There was a dresser at the end of each four-poster. To my right was a changing table with a shelf below it and two drawers below that. To the left was a crib with a mobile and a rocking chair.

"Aw, man," I heard Billie say from her room. "Ig this is gonna be great. It would be greater without the little brat but we can deal."

"What now?" the babies were all in their strollers , lined up infront of the fireplace. Us 'parents' were sitting across from the babies, watching them. I think we were all still shocked.

Lily Evans had asked the question. I don't think any of us had the answer. James just looked at Remus and said, "At least shes quiet when she's asleep."

"It's so not fair. Why do I have to do this by my self?" Lily asked, watching Robert, now Robbie, in his stroller. A blanket was piled around his face and he was sucking his thumb, watching Lily. He raised his arm toward her, and said, "Up."

"Uhh.."

"Okay," I said, "we are obviously not going to get out of this so I suggest that you all suck it up and start to learn how to take care of your kids. You can't be afraid of them and you sure as hell can't just ignore them." I said the last part giving Billie a look.

Lily looked a little shocked I'd said that but went over and unstrapped Robbie from his stroller. She sat back down in her chair holding Robbie a little awkwardly. He snuggled into her side, shut his eyes and stuck his thumb back in his mouth.

"You should keep his pacifier with him if he keeps doing that," I suggested.

"Good idea, thanks."

Quinn started fussing a bit, Ig and Billie looked at eachother and did rock, paper, scissors.