Author's Note: I hope you enjoy this chapter. Little Victoire makes an appearance. Happy birthday to Harry and J.K. Rowling!
Disclaimer: I am not the queen that is J.K. Rowling. So I don't own Harry Potter.
It was the morning of May 1st. Hermione awoke to a sudden feeling of extreme nausea. She stumbled over to the bathroom in time to throw up in the toilet. She felt Severus come up behind her and pull her hair out of the way as she repeatedly vomited into the porcelain bowl. When she was done, she sat back and rested her head against the seat, the coolness of it comforting her. Severus gently rubbed her back and kissed the top of her head.
"Are you alright, love?" he asked.
She shook her head weakly.
"Let's get you back to bed," he said. "I'll let your Professors know that you won't be in class today. You lie down and get some rest."
She nodded feebly.
"Would you like someone with you?" he asked her, and again she nodded.
He smiled and stepped into the sitting room to Floo Grimmauld Place. He returned with Sirius in tow.
"Hey Mione," Sirius said. "I heard you need some company."
She nodded. Severus thanked him before heading off to breakfast, and then to his classes. Hermione felt nauseous again, and ran to the bathroom, again throwing up, before coming back to the bed and leaning into Sirius's chest. She quickly fell asleep again.
When she woke up again, she felt a lot better. She noticed a note on her nightstand from Severus, with get well messages from the Professors, as well as the homework she had missed. She made sure to complete it before she got out of bed and found Sirius in the sitting room.
"Hermione!" he exclaimed when he saw her. "What are you doing out of bed?"
"I'm feeling a lot better," she said. "I finished all my homework and now I'm hungry. I came to get a snack."
"Are you sure?" he asked, and she nodded. "Alright then. What would you like?"
"Just some toast and tea," she replied. "Maybe some applesauce."
He nodded and walked to the kitchenette to get her food. She curled up in the armchair with a book while she waited.
"I've never heard of a six hour bug," Sirius said as he handed her the snack. "It's only noon. Severus said you were sick at six this morning."
She nodded. "I probably just ate something that didn't agree with me."
They sat and talked until their respective husbands walked into the Snapes' quarters.
"Hey Moony," Sirius said, standing up to kiss him.
"How are you feeling love?" Severus asked Hermione.
"A lot better," she answered. "Thank you."
He kissed her forehead. Sirius turned to her husband.
"She slept for a few hours, did ALL of her homework, and then had a small snack," he said. "We just sat here the rest of the time."
"Eating is a good sign," Severus said, as he and Remus joined the duo.
Hermione nodded. "I must have just eaten something that didn't agree with me."
Remus looked at her skeptically, and she wasn't quite sure why. She didn't get a chance, however, because Mr. Weasley's Patronus flew in the window.
"Fleur has gone into labor," it said. "Please come to Saint Mungo's."
It was around 5 when they arrived at the hospital, and instantly the quartet knew it might be a while. Hermione joined Harry, Ron, Luna, and Ginny on the floor.
"I heard you were sick, Mione," Ginny said. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm feeling better," she answered. "Just a case of food poisoning we think. Though Remus gave me a weird look when I suggested it. I didn't get to ask why."
"Maybe your scent was different," Luna said, ignoring their questioning looks. "Every person has a distinct scent, and werewolves are able to distinguish people using them. Food poisoning wouldn't change your scent, which is probably why he looked at you oddly."
"Luna," Hermione said. "What is something that would change my scent?"
"If you were using a new perfume or shampoo, that would," said Luna. "Also, if you had recently had sex your scent would be more musky. The only other thing that would change it would be pregnancy."
Hermione gasped. Her friends looked at her strangely.
"We've been trying," she admitted.
"That's great, Mione!" Harry exclaimed, and Ron wrapped her in a hug.
"Let's go get some take out," Ginny said. "We can stop and get a muggle pregnancy test on the way back."
The others agreed to her plan.
"Hey dad!" Ron called, gaining the attention of the adults on the other side of the room. "We're going to get some take out for everybody. Anyone craving anything?"
"Chinese," Hermione muttered.
None of the adults cared, as long as food was brought, so they headed to the nearest Chinese place.
"I heard your comment," Ron told Hermione, and she laughed.
While the boys waited for their order, Ginny, Luna, and Hermione headed to a muggle drugstore and Hermione picked up a few pregnancy tests. They paid for them and headed back to the restaurant and found the boys waiting with the food. They apparated back to the hospital, where the other adults were talking still.
"Yum, Chinese food," Tonks said, gaining everyone's attention.
They all sat on the floor and no one noticed Hermione slip the boxed tests they had bought into her robes. After they had eaten, she excused herself to the loo and motioned for Ginny to follow her.
"It's weird that we're doing this in a hospital," Ginny said, and Hermione agreed.
Ginny was sitting on the counter as they waited for the timer to ding. When it did, Hermione looked nervously at the tests in the sink, and gasped. Two had blue plus signs and the other had two clear lines.
"I'm pregnant," she said, and Ginny squealed, wrapping her friend in a tight hug.
They rejoined the group, and found that Dumbledore and McGonagall had also joined the adults.
"Ah Mrs. Snape," Dumbledore said when he saw her. "I'm glad to hear you're feeling better."
She smiled. "Thank you Professor."
"So?" Ron asked her, and the adults all stared at them. She nodded, and a shit-eating grin broke out on his face.
"What the bloody hell is going on?" Sirius voiced almost everyone in the room's thoughts.
"Nothing, Sirius," Harry said. "Ron just won a bet. Against me."
Harry then made a show of pulling out five Galleons and handing them to Ron. Hermione mouthed 'thank you' to him.
It was quite a bit later when they heard anything about the new baby Weasley. Hermione had been curled up on Severus's lap, dozing, when Bill walked calmly into the waiting room with a small pink bundle in his arms.
"Hey everyone," he said, as people started to wake up. "This is Victoire Gabrielle Weasley. She was born about 45 minutes ago at 3:19 this morning."
They passed the baby around. Hermione couldn't help but stare at the small, sleeping face in her arms. The girl had thin, soft strawberry blonde hair, and pale skin. Not a freckle in sight. Most of her features belonged to her mother. As she passed the baby onto Ginny, she wondered what her baby would look like. She snuggled against Severus again and kissed him softly, which he returned. They all headed home to get some much needed rest.
Luckily for the students and staff that had been at the hospital all night, May 2nd was a Wizarding holiday in honor of the defeat of Voldemort, so they did not have to attend classes. When Hermione woke up, she saw that Severus was not in their bed. She found him in their sitting room, reading the newspaper.
"Morning," she said, as she sat next to him and kissed him.
"Are you feeling better today?" he asked her. "Remus and Sirius are spending the day with us, since your friends will be with the Weasleys."
She nodded and watched as the flames turned green barely a second later, and the two men stepped through.
"All better Hermione?" asked Remus, giving her a knowing look. He had figured it out.
"Sort of," Hermione said, deciding to just break the news to all of them. "I won't be totally better for a while yet."
"What do you mean?" Sirius asked. "I thought you had food poisoning?"
Hermione ran into the bedroom to retrieve the tests she had used yesterday, and handed them to Severus.
"What are these, love?" he asked, his brow wrinkling in confusion.
"They're muggle pregnancy tests," she answered. "The plus signs and the one with the two lines mean they're positive."
She let the news sink in. Remus, having already known due to his wolfish senses, smirked, Sirius's jaw dropped, and Severus pulled her into a tight hug while spinning her around in a circle.
"We're going to be parents!" he exclaimed and Hermione laughed.
He set her down on the couch and kissed her sweetly.
"I want to have a baby," Sirius said suddenly, looking at Remus, who nodded slowly.
"Is that possible?" Hermione asked, and both men shook their heads sadly, but Severus smirked and disappeared into his lab and returned with a vial of a potion.
"Actually it is," he said, and the men's eyes widened. "This is a potion I worked on for some time. It has been tested and it works perfectly. It allows males to become pregnant. It forms a womb that attaches itself to the anus, and the baby is able to be born that way, similarly to a female birth canal. The womb connection simply disappears after the baby is born."
He handed the potion to the couple.
"Severus we can't thank you enough," said Remus.
"Your child will," he replied, pushing them towards the fireplace. "Go make a baby."
They laughed and Flooed out.
"That was nice of you," Hermione commented.
"Yes, well," he said. "I had an ulterior motive. I wanted to spend the day with my wife in bed."
She grabbed his robes and dragged him into the bedroom so they could do just that.
Author's Note: A Snape and Lupin-Black will be going to Hogwarts together eventually! Gahh I love this so much. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will update soon.