A.N. I do not own Harry Potter

Chloe had her sights set on finishing her apprenticeship hours early and that meant extra time at the hospital. She was getting her food and rest but mentally, she was being kept busy. Nights were spent studying and walking Jax. It had been a month since Marcus moved in across the street and she had been too busy to even talk to him. She was down to 120 hours. Once was done with the hours, it would be pure studying. That way she could spend the final days of her pregnancy off of her feet.

It was October and Houston showed no signs of cooling off and her pool was the best place to relax. It was perfectly safe for her to swim while pregnant too. She owned several one and two piece swimsuits. The one piece swimsuits were reserved for public swimming since they did feel a little to binding around her stomach. The bikinis were worn in private.

Tikki, one of the elves came to the pool. "Mistress Chloe, you have a visitor. He says his name is Marcus."

There was no use avoiding it. Chloe got out of the pool and put her robe on. She did not need him gawking at her body. Marcus came in and had something to say. He had been talking to Andromeda extensively this past month and knew of Chloe ' s past and it is nothing of what his former head of house said. No wonder why she insists on taking care of everything by herself.

"You have been avoiding me."

She did not look happy with him running his mouth. "Marcus, I have clinical hours to maintain and I can not use my pregnancy as an excuse why I can't complete my hours on time. Now I am scheduled to be done with them early so I can be studying for my licensing exam before the babies come. Do you have anything else you wish to bother me with."

Chloe was giving new meaning to the term "stubborn Gryffindor." Suddenly, she got very dizzy and grabbed one of the chairs that she kept out back and put her head down and grabbed her stomach in pain. Marcus went to grab her before she fell. That was when he felt a kick on his hand. He had one of the elves show him where her living room is and he had he went to get a healer.

The healer began to ask him questions and he answered the best he could. He heard the word "Preeclampsia."

"What is that?"

He heard Chloe mumble "It's high blood pressure for pregnant women, it's a complication."

The healer said "I am going to have you admitted overnight for observation. You are getting to the point in your pregnancy where this is going to become more common. You are going to have to take it easy."

Chloe shouted for one of the elves "Tikki, get me some clothes that I can wear to the hospital please. Marcus, please step out while I get changed."

The elf popped in with a bra,underwear, flip flops, t-shift,and shorts. Marcus needed to learn to close his mouth "You did not object to it six months ago."

"OUT!"

He headed out of the room for a moment. "It's safe."

He walked back into the room and saw her t-shirt. "This is your brain-GRYFFINDOR. This is your brain on drugs-SLYTHERIN."

Marcus went to pick her up "You will break your back."

"No I won't and why do you insist on owning such atrocities?"

"It's comfortable and I wear it under my scrubs. Besides, I am going to train them in being proper gryffindors."

Now he was ready to gag "Not if I have anything to say about it."

Chloe wa officially admitted and a fetal heart monitor wrapped around her with an i.v. put in her arm. Healer Backstrom came in "Chloe, I have put you on limited hours for the time being at the hospital. You need to take it easy. I will alert your clinical supervisor."

"Bugger, I had planned on being done within a matter of weeks so I could study the rest of the time before I take the licensing exam before I am due."

Marcus had learned from Andromeda also that she is a workaholic.

Chloe put her hand to the bottom of her rib cage "Which one of you that is kicking me in the ribs need to stop it." Her stomach was exposed to the air when healer Backstrom came in the room with a machine.

"I am going to give you an ultrasound . There are some benefits to muggle technology."

The heart monitor was taken off and the gel was placed on her stomach and began to examine the twins. Marcus was watching with interest because he had never seen anything like it. Chloe had began giving him ultrasound 101.

"Everything looks fine with your son and daughter. I am going to put you on blood pressure reduction potions as well as you need to be taking your blood pressure a few times a week. I also am going to recommend on cutting you down to four hours a day for clinical hours. You will still be done in time to take your licensing exam. You are also need to eat a little more. I would like to see some more weight gain on you. I will check back on you later tonight and I will see you in the morning to decide if you can be discharged."

"Thank you Healer Backstrom."

Marcus was forgotten about and the healer did not seem to notice him. "You are having a boy and a girl and why are you considered a little thin for your healer?" He knew he was going to have to educate himself on twins. There was only three months left until they were born.

"They cooperated last month to find out the genders of them. Now for me being a little thin might have to do with me not being able to leave the operating room to eat just because of a case. I can't leave in the middle of one. Damn it, I can not get in on the good cases while on these restrictions."

Yes, he was learning the term of what a stubborn Gryff meant because Chloe is one. "Have you been flying..."

Again, he needs to learn how to shut up "My healer grounded me when I first found I was pregnant, I may fly like a maniac but I am not stupid."

He was going to tempt fate while teasing her "So you admit to flying like a maniac. Do you have that voice in the back of your head to be afraid?"

"Marcus, I faced down Voldemort and his followers. That is a reason to have fear. Quidditch was just to screw over Slytherin and anyone else who touched the snitch. Humiliating Malfoy was an added bonus as well as anything personal favorite was sending Bole and Montague crashing into each other then hitting the hoops."

"You are evil, how did you avoid being put into Slytherin?"

Chloe choked on her drink "You can blame Malfoy, I did not want to be near the ponce. I was also told my parents murderers came from Slytherin and I best not disrespect their memories by being put in another house. The hat wanted me in Slytherin and I had beg."

"The cup...I would not have allowed Malfoy as seeker. New brooms be damned."

Marcus decided to stay, they were his children after all and he could not leave her. It was not right. She drifted off to sleep even with the sounds of the beeps from the monitors. He took a seat in a chair near her bed but he pulled the blanket up on her did he feel a kick and hoped to Merlin that she would let him feel more of them.