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Chapter Three – Baby Names

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The six of them stood outside Professor McGonagall's classroom, dumbfounded, staring at each other. It was very quiet except for the sound of the babies cooing in their "parents'" arms. It remained that way until a rather putrid smell made its way to their noses. Ron sniffed the air a bit before his eyes widened.

"Okay, who let it out," he demanded. This caused uproar within the group.

"Ron, it's not very nice to make accusations," Hermione said before adding, "Unless… Ron, what did you eat? Ew…"

"I think I'm going to throw up," Ginny said handing the baby to Draco as she gagged.

Harry was desperately trying to keep his lunch in his stomach where it belonged. Hermione seemed to be struggling to breathe. As they continued to point at each other about who let out the murderous aroma, Luna was desperately trying to get their attention.

"Don't accuse me of such barbaric behavior," Draco was yelling at Ron who was ignoring him. "Now you listen here—"

"Don't yell at my brother!" Ginny shouted only to be ignored.

"Ginny, don't bother—"

"Shut up mudblood!"

"You take that back!" the Weasley siblings shouted at the blonde haired boy.

"And just what are you going to do about it?"

"Damn it Malfoy, you're such a—"

"Guys?" Luna said. She cleared her throat. "Guys?"

The five of them were all arguing. The babies of course were oblivious to this and continued to coo. Draco handed Ginny the baby but she gave it back and so it went. Luna stared at the baby in her arms, sighing.

"Guys, I think—" more yelling and screaming drowned her out. Having enough, she took a deep breath. "WOULD YOU ALL JUST SHUT UP!"

The corridor became quiet except for the sound of Luna huffing and puffing. The five of them stared at her, their eyes wide. Then, to their surprise, the babies began to cry. Their loud shrill voices resembled that of a banshee. The six students winced, trying to cover their ears.

"How do we get them to be quiet," Ron yelled over the noise.

Almost immediately, they turned to Hermione. She stared back at them. They all sighed, the look of doom on their faces.

"They need their diapers changed," Luna informed them.

"How do you know that?" Draco shot back.

Without saying a word, Luna walked over to him. They stared at each other for a moment before Luna placed the baby's rear end against his face. Smirking, she walked back to her spot beside Ron. Draco couldn't get the smell out of his nose.

"That's disgusting!" Draco shouted. "UGH! Blehh…"

His reaction caused the babies to laugh and gurgle. Even so, none of them knew what to do next. They continued to stare at each other, just trying to figure out what to do next. It was then that it occurred to them that they had absolutely nothing. They had no baby supplies at all. Nothing at all. How long they stood around just staring at one another there was no saying but finally, Luna spoke.

"We could use cloth, couldn't we?" she asked.

Hermione mulled it over. "Well, I guess it's worth a shot. We haven't got any cloth though."

"Towels!" Ginny exclaimed. "We could use towels!"

The other two young women agreed. They immediately demanded that the boys go get the towels. While they were gone, Hermione, Ginny, and Luna sat on the floor in the middle of the empty corridor.

"Lessons are going to be over soon," Ginny said. "What're we going to tell them?"

"We tell them the truth. It's all punishment," Luna replied.

Hermione sighed. Luna did have a point.

"True."

Finally the boys came back but had no clue how to change diapers. After some time, they tried to actually change the diapers. They really couldn't stand the smell.

"You're doing it wrong!" Ginny exclaimed as she watched Draco try to change the baby's diaper.

"Well if you're such an expert, you do it!" he snapped.

"You're supposed to wipe down not up!" Ron was telling Luna whose frustration with Ron was growing.

"Pins," Harry said and Hermione placed the pins in his hands. "And just this—"

"You've pinned it wrong," Hermione pointed out.

"Oh, right."

Draco watched with a glare as he watched Harry and Hermione finish changing their baby. Everyone else watched too as they began to babble with joy.

"Sickening," Draco muttered finishing off changing the baby. He picked up the baby, stared at it for a moment and handed it to Ginny. "There's a problem. We haven't got a nursery."

Now it was Harry's turn to think. Suddenly, he said,

"The Room Of Requirement! It'll provide us with all we need!"

Draco hated to say it but he had to. "You're right."

Nodding in agreement, the six of them headed for the Room of Requirement. It was the perfect place to hide from the students. They reached the door just as the classroom doors were beginning to open. They quickly stepped inside to be amazed.

The room was full of baby supplies. It had everything they needed. After all, it was the Room of Requirement. Relieved, they walked over to the three cribs across the room and placed their babies inside. They walked over to what seemed to be a lounge area. Exhausted, they flopped down onto the comfort chairs.

"Something's missing," Harry said as he watched his assigned baby. What it was, he couldn't tell.

Everything they needed seemed to be in order. Changing tables, food supplies, a small kitchen and what seemed like two spare rooms with three beds each. Everyone turned to him.

"What could possibly be missing," Ron asked.

"Baby names," Luna yawned snuggling close to an oblivious Ron.

"Of course!" Ginny exclaimed. "All this time we've been carrying them without giving them names. How silly of us."

Hermione smiled. "Well, "our" baby is a girl so… I suggest we name her Lily."

Harry turned to her. They smiled at each other. He nodded in agreement.

"Our baby is a boy," Ginny thought out loud.

"I say name him Lucius. After my father of course," Draco said proudly.

"Absolutely not! There is no way I'm going to let you ruin my baby's life with such a vile name!"

The two were now standing and yelling at each other. Harry shook his head as he watched. A smile appeared on his face as he thought of them ending up together. He glanced at Ron. He looked a bit worried and was paying no attention to Luna's head resting on his shoulder.

"And just what do you plan on calling him? Arthur?" Draco rolled his eyes.

"Don't drag my father into this you filthy ferret!"

"Well come on them! Tell me what you had in mind!"

"Why should I tell you anything?"

"Because it's our baby!"

They stopped arguing, blushed and turned away from each other. Hermione leaned down to Harry's ear and whispered,

"Isn't this cute?"

Harry scoffed. "Puh-leeze. I'd laugh if those two ever got together. They just don't fit."

"Can you imagine Ron's reaction?" they both giggled at the thought.

"Leander," Ginny said suddenly. "I was thinking of naming… The baby Leander."

Draco kicked at a spec of dust. "That's… Not too bad."

Ginny sighed. "Any ideas other than Lucius and Arthur?"

"Not really," Draco mumbled. He walked over to the baby's crib and picked him up. He stared at the baby with a hidden smile. "Leander."

At the mention of this name, the baby let out a small happy gurgle. Draco slightly tickled the baby. Everyone watched with surprise as Draco continued to play with the baby.

"You like that name, don't you," Draco said, his smile finally coming out and Ginny couldn't help but smile a little too. "Leander…"

"Ahem," Ginny cleared her throat. "So it's agreed? Our baby's name will be Leander."

Draco stopped what he was doing immediately and set Leander back down in his crib. He sat back down in his spot.

"Well, he seems to like it…" Draco said. "So I guess that's what his name will be."

Ginny nodded, taking back her seat. Now everyone turned to Ron and Luna. It was because of this that Ron finally noticed Luna's head on his shoulder. He immediately pushed her aside, causing her to fall off the sofa.

"What're you going to name your baby," Hermione asked.

"Like I'd know," Ron replied. He thought for a moment. "Ron sounds nice."

"Yeah, for a complete idiot," Draco laughed.

"Shut up."

Luna smiled. "We need a unique name for a unique baby."

Ron scratched his head. "Bob?"

Everyone shook their head. He glanced at the pink haired male baby smiling happily at nothing.

"Wendell," Ginny suggested.

"Wendell's a stupid name," Ron snapped back.

"Harold," Harry laughed.

Ron rolled his eyes. "Any other suggestions?" he turned to Luna. He peered at her suspiciously. "You've gotten quiet."

Luna smiled. "Don't tell me you want to hear my suggestion for a baby name."

"Just let me hear it or I'll name the baby Draco." Ron replied.

"NO!" Luna and Ginny shouted in unison.

"Well?"

Luna blushed. "I've been wanting to call him Aric since I first saw him."

Ron pondered about the name. He didn't really have any ideas so he decided to agree. At least the baby had a rather unique name to go with his rather unique appearance.

"Look, they're sleeping," Hermione, pointed out. "They're so adorable."

"Does this mean we can go to our lessons?" Ginny asked.

"Yes but we need someone to stay and keep watch," Hermione replied.

None of them could miss their lesson so they had to decide the old fashioned way.

"Rock paper scissors!"

Surprisingly enough, five out of six chose rock, beating out Draco's scissors. Draco glared at them. He couldn't believe his luck. He couldn't stay. He had no clue what to do or how to handle babies.

"You can't leave me here," he said as the five of them headed for the door.

"Sorry Draco! Gotta run!" they shouted and left him before he could protest any more.

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Author's Note: Don't you appreciate that I love you all too much to keep this chapter from you any longer? Lol joking! Anyway, there you have chapter three! Babies... Hehe! Lemme know what you think and for those who've reviewed, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!I'll update again as soon as I can but as for now, So long!

Till we meet again!

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