Disclaimer: Harry Potter and the characters do not belong to me, no mater how many times I wish upon a star. I am just having a little fun before they go back into a dusty box in JK Rowling's attic. Lol.

I am so sorry for the long wait, I have been having trouble getting my muse for all of my fanfics recently. Though I thank those that have reviewed me recently, you have given me the little kick I need to get something done.

Well on with the fic, don't forget this is SLASH and MPREG if you don't like it don't read it, you flame me and i will share it around to anyone and make fun of it. We get it you don't like slash or mpreg well like the warning said don't like don't read, you wouldn't read a book that you don't like would you? Unless it was for English and then you haven't got much choice.

Constructive criticism is always welcome, and craved to make a fic better.

Thank you to My3scape for pointing out the mistake of Molloy, I have now corrected it.

Time Paradox

Chapter Eighteen: Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter

Harry slowly woke up, he felt a comforting presence next to him and he rolled over pulling his husband into his arms. He had finally gotten some holiday time and had planned some time for just Tom and himself. It was already the second day of his two-week holiday. Alastor had taken Katrina Lowell, his now fiancée to the Wizarding part of Malta for his holiday.

Yesterday Harry had taken Tom to the Muggle circus that was in the next town. They had dinner together in a quiet little Italian restaurant that had opened the previous year. They had gotten tickets for the whole orphanage to go to the circus that night. Tom and Harry were going on a small trip to the beach for a few days. They had some packing to do that night before they went the next day, though Harry had plans to take them to see a movie latter that night, Singing in the Rain with Gene Kelly.

Harry felt Tom shift a little in his arms as he began to wake up. Tom rolled over to face him and went pale. He jumped up out of the bed and rushed to their private bathroom. Harry quickly followed and found Tom throwing up in the porcelain bowl. Harry went over to the sink and graded a cloth; he wet it a little with some cold water. He also got a glass of water ready for Tom.

Harry gently cleaned Tom up and handed him the glass of water when he had finished. "Here love, swill your mouth out," he said softly with a small smile.

"Thanks Harry," he replied gratefully as he took the glass and did as his husband suggested.

"Tom you need to see a healer," Harry said softly as Tom finished what he was doing, and then, with a bit of help from Harry, he stood up.

Tom shook his head and replied, "No Harry, I'm fine, it more than likely some bug I picked up from one of the kids, nothing to worry about."

"Tom this has been going on for months now. It's not constantly I know, but it has been going on for too long. I want someone to make sure you are alright, and nothing serious is wrong," Harry pleaded with his stubborn and hard-headed husband.

Tom sighed. "Harry you now I don't like healers."

"Please Tom, I'll be there with you, we can make the appointment for today, if we can," he continued to plead.

"Fine then." Tom pouted a little as he went back to their bed and lay down.

"Try and get a little more sleep; I'll do the packing after I make the appointment," Harry told him as he gave his a loving kiss and went to Tom's office so he could make the appointment.

"St Mungo's Healer Appointments!" Harry called through the floo connection.

"Hello do you wish to make an appointment or cancel one. "The receptionist said as she answered the call.

"Make one please. For today if at all possible," he said, smiling slightly.

"We have healer Lewic free at 2pm today, would that be alright sir?" she asked him.

"Yes that would be wonderful; I'm making the appointment for my husband, Tom Riddle-Potter," he told her.

"Okay sir, we shall see you then goodbye," she said, giving him a small smile.

"Goodbye," Harry said as the floo connection flashed out.

Harry let Tom sleep for a while longer as he went around, packing their clothes for their few days away, it was almost one o'clock when Harry went upstairs to his bedroom with a cup of tea in hand to help wake Tom up.

An hour later, Tom was showered and dressed as well as grumbling about having to go and see a healer. They went over to the fireplace and flooed over to St Mungo's reception area. Tom stayed back as Harry went over to the reception desk to tell them that they were there. They sat down among the few others that were waiting and waited to be called.

They didn't have to wait long. "Tom Riddle-Potter for Healer Lewic."

They were quickly shown to Healer Lewic's office. "Good afternoon Mr's Riddle-Potter," Healer Lewic greeted them. "What seems to be the problem?" he asked them as they sat down.

"Tom has been throwing up a lot over the last several months and I want to make sure it is not something serious," Harry answered for Tom, as he knew his husband wouldn't answer.

"Alright Tom if you can lie down and relax on the bed for me," Lewic instructed him, with a resigned sigh Tom did as he was bid. Harry watched him through his worried, green eyes.

Healer Lewic took out his wand and began to perform a number of diagnostic tests to see if he could find out what was wrong with Tom. Ten minutes later and he did the same test twice to make sure the results were correct. He then went back to his chair after telling Tom he could get up.

Tom got up and went over to Harry and sat down. He could see the serious look that the healer was giving him. "Well Healer Lewic do you know what is wrong with me?" Tom asked after the healer's continued silence.

"Yes, I have never seen this myself, though one of my colleges has, though it was twenty years ago. You Mr Riddle-Potter you are seven months pregnant," the healer answered.

"I didn't even know it could happen, how did it happen?" Harry asked as he gave a reassuring squeeze to Tom's hand after his husband slipped it into his.

"Only powerful wizards can become pregnant, it only needs to be one powerful partner," Lewic explained.

"Why did it take so long? Normally women would know from the morning sickness," Tom asked softly, coming out of his shook a little.

Healer Lewic smiled and answered, "Men don't have the constant morning sickness, and it comes and goes over the nine months of pregnancy. As the male body doesn't normally carry a baby they are quite small, so no apparent weight gain. That usually happens in the last two months, you gain only what the baby and the magical womb would weigh, so only about 10-20 pounds in total. As they are so small you won't be able to feel them moving until the last two months as well."

Tom and Harry looked at each other and smiled. "Thank you, is there anything else that we need to know?" Harry asked the healer.

"Only the sex of the baby and the birthing process, but that can wait a while, why don't you go home and celebrate," Healer Lewic suggested to the both of them.

"No we don't want to know the sex; we would like that to be a surprise," Tom said as he got a nod and a smile from Harry in agreement.

"Well then I shall see you both soon," Lewic said.

They nodded and got up, saying their goodbyes and arranged an appointment in a week's time. Harry and Tom left and went back home. Harry cancelled his movie plans and began to organise a little dinner so they could tell their friends and family the good news.

Harry looked around the table several hours later and smiled. He had been able to fire call everyone into coming. They ate their meal with small chit chat going around, Tom and Leyna had gotten into their heads to try and set up Nicholas with someone. They were going through all the girls that had been in their year at Hogwarts once again, going through them thinking and arguing about who would be best for the young unmarried blond.

Harry stood up when they had finished the meal. "Me and Tom have some good news to share with you al today, that's why I got you all come here tonight," he said as he held out his hand for Tom to take.

"I have been feeling unwell for a while and went to the healer." Tom smiled as he joined Harry and stood next to him.

"Tom is pregnant, seven months, so in another two there will be the pita patter of tiny feet going around us," Harry finished.

"Oh my first grandchild. Do you know what you're having or are you going to wait until the baby is born," Michelle asked them both as she got up from her chair and walked over and hugged them both.

"Congratulations to you both," Mathew said as he smiled at his friends, faith nodded her head in agreement, smiling at them both.

"Yeah, congratulations Harry, Tom," Richard said, though he had a sad smile on his face, as he looked over towards his wife, Leyna. They had found out a few months ago that Leyna wasn't able to conceive a child. Her womb was deformed, but they were hoping to adopt one of the children from the orphanage.

"So do you know what you're having?" Michelle asked her adopted son and son-in-law once again.

"We are going to wait and let it be a surprise," Tom answered her.

They continued to talk into the night about the soon to be new arrival. Tom and Harry were excited, though they couldn't help but feel a little sad when they thought of Leyna and Richard, and them not being able to have kids of their own. They hoped that the two would be able to adopt soon, but they new it would take a while for everything to go through and to find a child. They wanted a young one for their first, but they were willing to go with an older child if there were no babies or toddlers available. They didn't truly care as long as they could do the blood adoption.

Two Months Later

Tom had only put on a few more pounds during the two months leading up to Tom's due date. Harry had taken some time off from the Auror's so he could be home with Tom and the new baby when he or she arrived.

Tom was up in his and Harry's bedroom once again lying down on the bed, resting. Harry had forced him to take it easy, and had been a little bit of a mother hen over the last two months after finding out what was wrong with his husband. He had been feeling small twinges over the last few hours. He then felt a strong contraction.

"Harry!" he called out to his husband who was in his office next to the bedroom.

Harry ran in and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It is time to meet our new family member." Was all that Tom said as he started to get off the bed.

A few hours later the two were in one of the caesarean rooms in St Mungo's. Tom was going to have a caesarean, as males could not give birth naturally. The Healer had numbed Tom's stomach and had made the cut into the magical womb. Within minutes a small cry was heard in the room. Tom and Harry looked at each other with their faces full of joy. Their child was here, finally.

"Congratulations, it's a girl," one of the medi-witches said as she brought over the baby girl and handed her to Harry.

Harry looked down at the small face; a tiny speckle of red hair was showing from underneath the pink blanket that she was wrapped up in. "She is beautiful Tom," he said as he bent down and showed Tom as the healers and medi-witches healed the incision.

"Yeah she is," Tom said softly as she gave a little cry.

A few hours later their visitors had gone and left the two new fathers alone with their baby girl. "What about a name for her, we never discussed it did we," Tom said as he held their little girl.

"I thought of a name, Molly, she was a woman who I met when I was eleven; she took me in and treated me like one of her own. I never knew my mother or father, she was the first one I can remember showing me love," Harry said softly as he remembered the plump little woman.

"I was thinking of Lucrizia, it was my mother's name. She died giving birth to me and I would like her to be remembered," said Tom as he thought of the woman he would never have the chance to meet and get to know each other, much like Harry and his own parents.

"So what should we call her, Lucrizia Molly, or Molly Lucrizia?" Harry asked his husband.

"Molly Lucrizia sounds good to me." Tom smiled happily as he looked down at the sleeping baby he held carefully in his arms. "Now we just have to think about who we could have as her godparents."

One Month Later

Tom and Harry stood at the front of the Wizarding ceremony hall. It looked much like a Muggle church, but the ceiling was much like the enchanted ceiling at Hogwarts and showed the sky. Molly was awake and looking around with the curiosity that a babe in arms could have. She was propped up in the arms of her soon to be godmother.

The celebrant stood facing those that had gathered to witness the ceremony. "Minerva McGonagall, do you pledge the godmother oath to be there for Molly Lucrizia Riddle-Potter when you are asked about matters of the heart, mind, body and soul?" He asked the young witch who had quickly become a very good friend to both Harry and Tom.

"I pledge my oath to help and guide Molly Lucrizia Riddle-Potter."

"Let a drop of blood fall onto her forehead for a sign of acceptance," the celebrant instructed.

Minerva took the ceremonial knife and cut her finger and held it above Molly's forehead and let a drop of blood drop. A small flash and the godmother oath was accepted. She then handed the baby to the one chose as her godfather.

"Nicholas Malfoy do you pledge the godfather oath to be there for Molly Lucrizia Riddle-Potter when you are asked about matters of the heart, mind, body and soul?" he asked the young wizard.

"I pledge my oath to help and guide Molly Lucrizia Riddle-Potter," he said as he smiled, looking down on little Molly.

"Let a drop of blood fall onto her forehead for a sign of acceptance," the celebrant then told Nicholas, Nicholas then did the same as what Minerva just did. Within a moment another flash brightened the room.

"May I now say welcome to the Riddle-Potter family godmother and godfather of our daughter, Molly Lucrizia Riddle-Potter," Harry and Tom said together as Harry took his baby daughter from their close friend.

A small party was set up so everyone could relax and catch up with one another and celebrate.

Well I hoped you all like this chapter, Please review and tell me what you think.

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Minor change for the title, i got it wrong, oh dear, lol. thanks to the one that pointed it out to me.