Chapter 13
A little over 3 weeks after finding out she was pregnant, Hermione still hadn't told anyone other than Ginny and she was trying to find a way to hide her pregnancy for as long as possible "Ginny get up!" Hermione shouted as she jumped on Ginny's bed "What do you want, it's like 6:30 in the morning, what's wrong with you?" Ginny whined out still tucked up in bed "I think I've figured it out" Hermione said gleefully "A concealment top" Hermione bounced on Ginny's bed and tried pulling the sheets off Ginny but it was no use, that girl has a death grip "A...what?" Ginny asked, extremely confused. "Concealment top, it's a charmed top. When I put the top on it doesn't show that I'm pregnant, it just shows my normal figure. Cool right?" Hermione asked "No, not cool. We don't know how far along you are yet because you keep putting the doctor's appointment off and what happens when you have the baby? What's everyone going to think? The thin girl just gave birth...it won't add up Mione" Ginny stated sitting up and pulling the covers up to her chin "I won't wear it to full term Gin, just until I figure out how to tell Ron, Harry and Draco" Hermione thought for a moment "and I have a doctor's appointment in half an hour so get your ass out of bed and get dressed" Ginny moaned and replanted her face in her pillows before getting up and getting ready to leave.
Hermione and Ginny took the car to the muggle world for her doctor's appointment. Hermione opted for a sonogram rather than going to Madam Pompfrey for a check up, she didn't want anyone finding out quite yet. Ginny and Hermione arrived early to her appointment and was seen sooner than her appointment time "Miss. Granger to room 4 please" Her name was announced over the speaker "You coming Ginny?" Hermione asked as she got up "Yeah, if you want me to" Ginny said sheepishly "Of course I do" Hermione reassured her.
Hermione got nervous when the attending nurse squirted the gel onto Hermione's stomach, she reached out and grabbed Ginny's hand "It's okay" Ginny said giving her hand a little squeeze. Hermione turned her head to the monitor which revealed her baby "It looks like a jellybean" Hermione chuckled "That's right" the nurse said "Your baby is roughly the size of peach right now" Hermione turned to Ginny who was staring at the monitor in amazement; Hermione turned back when she heard an upbeat thumping "you hear that?" the nurse asked, Hermione just nodded "That's your baby's heartbeat" Hermione's eye's started to well up "It's so beautiful" Ginny pitched up from her side "You're measuring at about 13 weeks. Congratulations" the nurse informed Hermione how far along she was and she was mortified that she was so far along and didn't notice.
"would you like a picture to take home with you?" the nurse asked with an enormous smile plastered on her face "Yes" Hermione whispered still amazed that she just saw and heard her baby. "Would we also be able to get the heartbeat on a CD or something?" Ginny asked out of curiosity "Yes, but you will have to pay for that" the nurse replied "That's fine, I'll pay" Hermione said cheerfully "Alrightly them, I'll get that for you now okay" the nurse said with her relenting smile before leaving the room. Hermione turned to Ginny when she finished wiping the gel off her stomach "Are you crying?" Hermione asks Ginny as she notices her friend wiping away stray tears from her face "A little" she mumbled "that's my little niece" Ginny said matter-of-factly "You do know that it could be a boy right?" Hermione chuckled at her friend "Let's just get these photo's and CD and head back before anyone realises that we've been gone" Ginny agree and the moment they got what they needed from the nurse the hurried out of there and headed back to Hogwarts.
Ginny and Hermione quickly changed into their school robes before all but running to potions "You're late" bellowed Snape from the front of the classroom "Weasly goo take your seat, Granger sit by Mr. Malfoy" Before either of the girls could protest Snape shouted again "NOW" both girls took their seats and huffed in annoyance as Snape continued with the lesson "And my day just got so much worse" Hermione mumbled to herself "yeah, well I'm not exactly thrilled to be sat next to you either" Draco scoffed out and Hermione just sighed and kept silent for the rest of the lesson.
Hermione and Ginny walked back to their dorms as they had a free period, they sat on Hermione's bed and looked at Hermione's scan photo's "So?" Ginny probed "What names have you thought of for my niece?" Ginny asked. Hermione chuckled "None, it could be a boy for all you know! Would you stop going on we have a while to go yet before thinking of a name" Hermione reminded her "yeah, you're right, but it doesn't hurt to think of names does it?" Ginny was far too excited about this "If it gets it out of your system, then you can write a list of names and I'll take them into consideration" Ginny smiled "Really?" she asked hopefully "Yes, really. Now let's stop talking about this and catch up with the work we missed in Snape's class" The girl's decided to go to the library and finish the work they missed.