So, I said the next chapter would be up by Wednesday...I lied. Oops. Sorry. . Well. Here's Chapter Twenty-Two, which I'm amazed that I actually am very close to finishing my first multi-chapter story. It literally amazed the holy shit out of me.

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From: AllWasWell07

Review: I was about to be super pissed. Now, not so pissed. YAY.

Reply: I had to be a little dramatic. I'm so sorry . Haha. Glad you're not pissed. :D

From: Jjjjjhgjvg

Review: Haha, forgot to check the story. Btw, chp 20 was WAY better than 19. 19 was weirdo ness. It was too fat. I like the whole Astoria weirdness and The twins thing(even though I've seen it happen way too often.) 21 was kinda cool. Nice story. I'm sorry, didn't check for 19 and 20.

Reply: It's fine! I'm glad you're liking the story! I'm weird so it's understandable if some of my chapter's are weird xD

From: Rani-Poobear

Review: Whyyyyyywhyyyyyywhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyÿ is the story about harmione. It should be hastoria and dramione. Other than that, boss story, fammy.

Reply: I dunno. I mean, I'm all for Dramione but Harry and Hermione just has a feel to it. And thank you!

Now, here's this chapter that a lot of people are waiting for!

Chapter Twenty-Two

Read About It

"You've got the words to change a nation

But you're biting your tongue

You've spent a life time stuck in silence

Afraid you'll say something wrong

If no one ever hears it how we gonna learn your song?" - Emeli Sande

It was a good couple of weeks before everyone got over the fact that Hermione was going to have twins and lost one because of Astoria's crazy father. No one blamed her though. She didn't know anything wast going to happen. She wasn't behind her crazy father's motives.

Astoria hold told Ron that she wasn't able to get pregnant. He wasn't furious, as she thought he might be. He was understanding and simply stated, they would adopt children. Blood or not, they would be his kids.

Ginny escaped from that hell house with just a burn scar on her throat. It had healed with a bit of burn paste but it still left a white, almost invisible, scar that ached every now and then.

Hermione was torn up about knowing that she had two growing human beings in her and one did not survive. She refused to let herself be beat up about it and said to herself, 'There's another one in me. I need to be here for my boy. No matter what.'

Greengrass Senior, and Lucius Malfoy were both sentenced to life in Azkaban and were giving the Kiss.

Everything returned back to normal within three months and by then, Hermione was a week past her due date. She hobbled around everywhere, with Harry waiting on her hand and foot.

Three days later, on April 19th, 2008, Hermione woke up with a severe pain in her stomach and pain in her back. There was water over her pajama bottoms and profuse kicking her stomach.

"Harry!" She said, shaking his arm. He stirred but didn't wake.

"HARRY!" He bolted awake.

"WHAT? WHO'S THERE?" He shouted, going for his wand.

"You. Need. To. Get. Me. To. St. Mungos. If you want your child to come out of me!" She started talking normally but was yelling by the time she was done talking.

Harry burst into action, helping Hermione out of the bed and making their way to the floo fireplace, making breaks here and there for Hermione to catch her breathe.

Sooner or later, they got to the hospital. And Hermione was in a private room getting ready for labor with Harry as a pale as a sheet next to her, gripping her hand tightly.

Ginny rubbed her eight month belly in thought. Her girl had been kicking for about three hours now and would not calm down. She was lost in thought and jumped when she felt two firm arms wrap around her waist and one hand joined her hand and rubbed her stomach.

"You know, Hermione's in labor right?" She spun around with a look a shock and content on her face. She sighed.

"Finally."

Astoria watched out the window, watching the roses bloom in the yard and stroking her nonexistent belly bump. She would never have one. And it hurt her deeply. She had always wanted children as a teenager and was excited for when she would have one but now, when she wants one the most, she can't have one.

A tear slipped from her eye and slipped carelessly down her face and landed on the window sill.

A long arm wrapped around her waist, and a kiss was pressed to her temple.

"You know," Ron's voice whispered in her ear, "We can always adopt and blood-adopt them, and technically they'd be our birth children. Look just us, have our personalities, everything. Just, we didn't make them. They'd still be our children though."

That was something she had not thought about. Her head shot up and a smile flitted onto her face.

"Yea." She whispered. "We can do that." Her hand rested over Ron's and she sighed.

"But for now, we need to not focus on that and head to St. Mungos." Ron said with a smile.

"Why? What's wrong?" Astoria asked worriedly.

"It's Hermione. She's gone into labor." He said with a smile on his face. She whooped and tackled Ron to ground. "Fina-fucking-lly!"

"HARRY JAMES POTTER. THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT." Almost everyone on the fourth floor could hear Hermione's screams as they were directed towards the one person who made this happen.

"You are SO never coming near my body after this, bitch" She snarled at him before a jolt of pain rushed through her body so fast she curled up and a warm hand soothed over her back smoothly and a voice coaxed her back to reality.

Hermione panted with exhaustion. " I wasn't joking, ya know?" Hermione said to Harry and he just smiled at her before whispering soothing words to her and calmed her anxiety.

A nurse came in and waved her hand over her body and declared she was ready to give birth. Multiple nurses and doctors came in and positioned her body correctly and after making Harry get into hospital scrubs, they began to welcome a new life to the wizarding world.

"Okay, Ms. Granger, we want you to push when you feel the next contraction hit, and only push till you reach the number ten, then stop and give yourself a break. You do not want to overwork yourself or you'll cause strain on yourself and the baby." The doctor, Dr. Jennings, said. She nodded and pushed back a strand of sweaty hair out of her face.

It was literally only a couple of seconds before a contraction hit her and when she did, she pushed with all her might. She forgot to count for a second before she stopped. She panted and tear slipped down her face. It hurt so goddamn much. It literally felt like she was being split into two.

"I can't do this." She whimpered. A hand came to face and made her look into emerald green eyes.

"Yes. You can. You're Hermione-freaking-Granger. You can do anything. This is our baby boy. You're his mother. You can and will do this." Blazing, emerald green eyes stared into chocolate eyes and she nodded before taking a deep breathe and preparing herself for the next contraction.

She only had to push twice more before a loud wail entered the room. All the doctors yelled with happiness and cooed over the newborn, pink wailing baby boy.

"Born April 19th, 2007."A doctor answered for the recorder.

A nurse in purple scrubs came in and took her son away to get him washed and dressed up.

"You did amazingly, Mione." A voice whispered into her ear and a kiss was pressed to her forehead. A warm body came behind her exhausted frame and wrapped their arms around her body and hugged her. A little bit of strength came back to her, enough to wrap her hair up and sit up a little straighter.

A few minutes later, the nurse in purple scrubs came back with a blue bundle wrapped in her arms. She was bouncing the bundle up and down, cooing at him and she smiled a radiant smile at the couple.

"Ms. Granger, Mr. Potter, would you like to meet your son?" She asked, as if they didn't want to.

Hermione just held her arms out and took the blue bundle into her arms and looked down at the little face peering out of it. A head landed on her shoulder and she looked behind her to look at Harry who had tears in his eyes. She kissed him quickly and looked back at her baby.

He had tuft of black hair at the top and she could already notice that he was going to have the potter hair. The baby's mouth opened in a wide yawn and the closed eyes slipped open.

His eyes were green, just like Harry's, but on the edges near the pupils, their was a line a golden chocolate around them, making the green blaze even brighter.

Hermione felt a tear trickle down her face and kissed the little boy twice before handing him to Harry. She knew he was wanting to tell everyone who was out in the waiting room about him so she mouthed a single word.

'Go'. She smiled at him and watched as he exited the room and she couldn't be any happier. With that thought, she let her head hit the pillow and fell into a deep sleep.

Harry was very careful with his baby boy, making sure to hold him tightly and never bump into everything. He couldn't believe that he and Hermione had made this beautiful piece of art. This little thing meant everything to him already.

"Hey, little one. I'm your daddy. I love you so much already baby boy."He whispered to his baby as they made their way to the waiting room.

Ron, Draco, Ginny, Astoria, and all the Weasley's jumped up once they saw the disheveled Harry and the bundle he was holding.

"Hey." Harry whispered at them and smiled a radiant smile full of happiness and content that they were blinded it by it.

"What's his name?" Ginny asked after a moment of silence, a tear in her eye.

"His name is James Sirius Potter." Harry and Hermione had both decided on it a couple of weeks ago, the honor both of his father figures. A tear slipped from everyone in the group and baby James was passed around from one person to the next in that waiting room.

So the baby is here! I know I said that the wedding scene was next but I didn't want Hermione to get married pregnant so the wedding chapter WILL be up on Tuesday. Already written and everything. After that chapter, all that's left is the epilogue, which you people need to leave reviews with what you want to have happened in the future.

The future is only going to be four years into the future. KEEP THAT IN MIND.

Once again, I love you my little roses, now please, if you even enjoyed this story a tiny bit, leave a review or favorite and follow this story xD

Goodbye for now!

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