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Someday

Chapter Three

Hermione and Lavender followed Dr. Cullen to the front door and into the spacious living room. Hermione quickly scanned her surroundings, looking for threats, escape routes, and taking in the general layout of things. She was so tense she barely noticed the décor other than everything was very bright and airy. The huge windows that lined the back wall were gorgeous but also provided a very easy way out should it become necessary.

"Won't you girls have a seat?" Esme gestured to the white couch as Dr. Cullen stood next to the armchair. As the two walked over to the couch and carefully sat down, Esme continued, "Would you like anything to eat? Drink? I can make lasagna or," she paused, remembering the girl had a British accent, "would you like some pudding?"

Honestly, Hermione was just stumped. She had never met a more cordial or hospitable vampire in her entire life. She glanced at Lavender only to see the girl looking at her with eyes as wide as saucers. Well, it seemed she wouldn't be of any help. "Ah, no thank you, Mrs. Cullen. I don't think either of us has much of an appetite right now."

"Which brings me back to my earlier question. What are you eating and are you able to keep it down, Ms." Dr. Cullen steered the conversation back on track as he took his seat and looked to Lavender for her answer, pausing when he realized he didn't yet know her name. She blinked gormlessly at him.

Discreetly rolling her eyes, Hermione answered for her, "Lavender Brown, sir. Please, excuse her. She's been through a lot recently. And she has been having trouble keeping food down unless its right after she's had some blood. She took to it surprisingly well."

"Please, call me Carlisle." He waved the formalities off easily and moved on, "That was very clever of you actually. When Bella was pregnant, it took three weeks to figure out that she needed blood and the idea came from a rather surprising source. " He flicked his eyes over Lavender again. His gaze appeared assessing before he turned back to me. " You've been with her through this process? Have their been any physical complications; broken or fractured bones? Has the child been kicking at all?"

Hermione almost grinned when she realized he was in full doctor mode. It was endearing. " Thank you and yes I have. She realized what was happening a week after the…incident. She contacted me immediately and I've divided my time between research and keeping an eye on her condition." She glanced over at Lavender who was blushing like crazy and looking down at her lap now. "She's said she felt the baby kicking quite often after she's had some blood, but she's never had any injuries from it. Have you?"

Lavender looked up at her and shook her head, "No, nothing that serious. I mean I got a bruise once but it was nothing to write home about." She shrugged and glanced shyly at the doctor, biting her lip.

"Hmm." Carlisle leaned back in his seat and brought his fingertips up to tap against his lips a he thought. "When Bella was pregnant she had severe bruising all along her torso, broken ribs, even a fractured pelvic bone once." He looked back up at us and started at Lavender's horrified expression.

Glancing over at her as well, Hermione patted her knee, "Don't worry. That is unlikely to happen to you. Bella was just a muggle."

Lavender nodded her head in understanding, still looking somewhat shocked. She looked back to Carlisle only to find him staring at her in confusion. "Muggle?"

It should have occurred to her before. Most vampires are kept unaware of their world for protection purposes. "I'm sorry, I should have explained before; we're witches. Muggle is a term we use to describe non-magical people. Witches and wizards are protected from most physical damage." Hermione paused as she tried to find a way to explain it so he would understand, "You see, our magic acts as a sort of built in airbag. For instance, my friend Neville fell from twenty feet in the air during flying class our first year at Hogwarts. He walked away with a broken wrist. A fall like that would have seriously injured, if not killed a muggle. Our magic instinctively shields us. So Lavender shouldn't experience anything more than a few bruises."

Carlisle had seen and done many things in his three hundred years but he had never come across a witch before. He had heard of their existence during his stay with the Volturi but hadn't thought of it again after leaving them. He stared at the two girls in front of him in fascination as he leaned forward in his chair. "Fascinating. I admit I haven't heard much of the wizarding world before. I realize you have a statue of secrecy similar to our own but would you be willing to speak with me more about your world?"

He looked like a child on Christmas morning and it made Hermione smile. "If you can help my friend, I'll answer any questions you have." She relaxed a bit more since meeting them. They seemed genuinely good.

"Excellent. Now as for you, my dear." He turned toward Lavender and smiled kindly at her. "I'm afraid there isn't much I can do at present but you are both welcome to stay so I can monitor you for changes and be prepared for the delivery. That is," He hesitated, looking between us and appearing a bit uncomfortable, "unless you wish to terminate the pregnancy."

While it had occurred to her that it was a huge possibility that Lavender wouldn't want the child, it hadn't occurred to her that it would be possible to terminate the pregnancy. The most Hermione had been hoping for was to get her through the ordeal alive. She bit her lip and turned worried eyes on her friend.

Lavender, for her part, looked dumbstruck. "I-I can do that?" Her words were barely above a whisper and she looked down at her lap, thinking. Her eyes started filling up with tears and she turned to Hermione, "I'm already so big. It's-" She tried to take a deep breath, "It's a baby at this point, right?" She looked so torn that Hermione's heart went out to her.

"I think it is Lavender." She scooted closer and put her arms around her. "This is your choice. What happened before wasn't, but what you do about it is. I can't imagine how hard this has to be for you but if you want to talk it through, I'll be here." Hermione turned to look at Carlisle and asked, "How long will she have to decide?"

He looked torn when he said, "It can technically be done at any point, but-" He paused and seemed to carefully consider his words before he spoke, "While I understand that this isn't a normal circumstance in the least, the child should be developed enough to be incubated in another week. From what I was able to observe during Bella's pregnancy, the child will grow at an accelerated rate that slows over time. If you want to deliver the child safely for the both of you I would wait until the fourth week or just a few days before." He paused and looked between them again, "If you want, I can tell you more of what to expect after the birth. We found another dhampyr that was willing to share his story with us and of course there is Bella's daughter Renesmee."

Hermione was instantly curious but held herself back for Lavenders sake. She looked over at her with the question in her eyes and Lavender gave a shaky nod, "It might help."

Over the next hour Carlisle explained everything he knew about the half human, half vampire children known as the dhampyr. Lavender took it all in with wide eyes that looked slightly overwhelmed and scared while Hermione looked fascinated and eager for the knowledge.

It was nearing noon when Hermione's stomach growled and she blushed while apologizing. They hadn't eaten since seven that morning. Carlisle waved the apology away and smiled at them. "It's quite all right. I believe Esme has been busy in the kitchen during our talk."

It was then that she noticed the delicious smells coming from the kitchen and Esme poked her head out smiling. "I've made some Yorkshire pudding and there's a roast in the over for later."

Carlisle chuckled and tried to explain, "I think she's missed having someone to cook for. She loves trying out new recipes. I hope you don't mind?"

He looked between them questioningly and Hermione gave him a smile. "Not at all. I am rather hungry, thank you." She turned to Lavender, "Do you want to try eating something, Lavender? I have your drink pouch ready."

Lavender nodded, eyes darting to the kitchen. Hermione thought she might be drooling just a bit and smirked as she reached into her beaded back, searching for the pouch of blood she always kept handy. Finding it, she grinned in success and pulled it out, turning to hand it to Lavender before noticing Carlisle's gob smacked expression.

"It's an undetectable extension charm" She explained.

Lavender took the pouch that was opaque white with an image of a drop of blood on the front. She grabbed the straw off the back and punched it through before sipping at it greedily.

Again Carlisle was surprised, "It's like a juice pack?"

"Yes. There is an organization in our world that sells donated blood to vampires. I can order them by owl." Hermione said as she took the finished pouch from Lavender and vanished it before helping her stand.

Carlisle chuckled, "I have a feeling you girls will be keeping me on my toes the next few weeks. Come, let's get you fed and we can talk more later." He led them into the kitchen where Esme already had their places set with food on the table. "My children will be home in a few hours. Will that be a problem for either of you?" He knew they were extremely wary and he wasn't sure how either of them would handle being around so many vampires after the way they reacted to just him earlier in the yard.

"Do they share your diet?" Hermione had glanced up sharply at the mention of the others. She knew there were nine in this coven, counting the child.

"Yes they do." Carlisle nodded firmly.

Lavender looked to Hermione, waiting for her decision. She didn't have nearly as much experience as the other girl when it came to these types of situations. She knew Hermione had been in the Order as well and of course she was brilliant. Honestly, Lavender didn't know how things would have gone if it weren't for Hermione and trusted her implicitly. "There are nine of you, correct?"

"Yes, but Edward, Bella, and Renesmee live in a cottage much further back on the property. They do stop by the house though."

Hermione thought it over and finally nodded. "That's fine. You seem like very kind people but we just finished a war recently. We're all a bit wary, you understand?"

"Of course, of course. I'm terribly sorry, I had not heard of a war going on in Britain." Carlisle noticed that she never directly apologized for their behavior, only gave an explanation. He thought it very likely that the two girls in front of him had been directly involved in the war, Hermione especially. He wondered if Edward would be able to tell him more.

"It was a wizarding war. While it spilled out into the muggle world sometimes, our ministry tried to cover everything up with reasonable explanations. When the giants destroyed Somerset, the muggles were told it was a hurricane."

Carlisle took this in and realized that he knew far too little of the magical world. He could only be thankful that the war was over now.

Author's Notes:

So, just in case anyone was wondering, I get about 99% of my Harry Potter info from the Lexicon ( hp-lexicon dot org ) for instance, the thing about magical airbags. There are quite a few examples of similar things through out the books.

And yes I realize that reading things like that probably makes me a dork lol but I find it interesting * shrugs *

So I'm having a hard time keeping this in third person. I keep wanting to switch to Hermione's point of view and it'll be two paragraphs before I notice what I've done. I'm thinking about switching it in the next chapter but I like being able to write about what is going on in the other's heads as well. Does anyone have an opinion either way?

And next chapter will introduce the rest of the Cullens and Jake! Finally! Things will pick up a bit more after that.

I wanted to thank Dark Neko and LeeArt for their lovely reviews : ) and assure you that I will not be splitting up any of the Cullens so yes, Hermione will eventually be paired with one of the pack but I won't say who yet. As for if Lavender will be turned or not, you'll just have to read to find out. I don't want to give away any surprises.