Harry and Eloise Potter

Chapter Nineteen

   The next seven and a half months were chill. Nothing happened that was worth mentioning. I was teaching, the first day of classes are today and everything's been good except the fact that I look like a whale. Twins are hard to carry.
   "Today, I'm gonna have to teach sitting down." I told the class as they filed in and sat down after I opened the door with my wand, not moving from my chair.
   "Everything okay?" Neville questioned me.
   "Just some stomach pain." I waved it off before shifting only for wetness to spread between my legs. It wasn't urine either. "Okay... Ron... Hermione..." they looked up. "I need one of you to get Poppy, and the other to find Draco. Now." Their eyes widened and they quickly separated.
   "What's happening??" McGonagall came in quickly.
   "My water just broke." I breathed, putting my head back against the back of the chair.
   "We need to get you to Poppy."
   "I'm not doing this without Draco." I whimpered as a pain flashed through my stomach, my hands gripped the arms to the chair. "Oh god..." I whispered. "Damnit, where are those two?!!!?" I yelled suddenly causing a few students to jump. Draco bolted in.
   "Already mailed mum and dad, they're on their way sweetheart." He told me before lifting me.
   "Mister Malfoy-"
   "I'm getting her to Poppy." He started running toward the infirmary. "All of you move!!!!" He bellowed at some poor first years.
   "What's going on???" James called.
   "She's in labor you half-wit!!" Lily smacked the back of his head. Another contraction hit making me grit my teeth and groan, eyes scrunching tightly together.
   "Someone get Professor Snape!!!!" Draco yelled before we finally reached the infirmary, to Poppy and Ron just leaving it.
   "Get her in here!" Poppy demanded.
   "Malfoy, I'm so gonna kill you after this!!" I gritted out. I was laid down on a specific chair that had holsters for my feet. Snape came barging in a few seconds afterwards carrying potions. The pain finally dulled as he approached making me pant.
   "Miss Potter, I have three potions I need you to take." Snape told me before the door opened again and Lucius, Narcissa behind him, came in.
   "No. No potions. No anything. I'm doing this fully natural." I said, my voice soft as I already felt tired and sweaty.
   "You're a brave woman for doing that sweetheart." Narcissa told me. Draco took my left hand in one hand, patting my face and neck dry with the other.
   "Squeeze my hand when you need to baby, I'm right here." He told me.
   "I'm killing you after this Draco."
   "You aren't saying Malfoy, this time, huh?" He asked with a small smile.
   "Because Mister Malfoy isn't the one who did this to me." I glared. Another contraction hit and I gripped his hand. "Never mind, you're all dead!" I exclaimed.
   "We'll wait outside." Narcissa said softly before leaving.
   "No!! Cissy, you've done this before, please stay. I don't wanna be alone." I whimpered.
   "Alright. I'll be outside then, waiting." Lucius left and Narcissa took my hand, coming back over after grabbing another towel for my face.
   "Please don't leave." My mind was going in and out.
   "I'm not, but that doesn't mean you can sleep sweetheart. You gotta stay awake." I opened my eyes back.
   "It hurts." I whispered.
   "I know it does, but think about the reward you'll get after this? Two lovely babies? Such a large reward. A lifetime of good for roughly 15 to 20 hours of pain."
"Fifteen to twenty hours?!!!!?" I yelled, not meaning to be so loud, but another pain hit. I gripped Draco's hand, as well as Cissy's. "Draco, you're a dead man walking, you hear me?!!!? DEAD!!!!!" I yelled at him. Cissy smiled at her son.
"She's just saying things because she's in pain, Dragon, she doesn't mean it. At least I don't think so." Narcissa giggled.
"How are you doing, Miss Potter?" Poppy approached.
"Wishing I was a guy right about now." I groaned causing her to smile with a small laugh. .
"How long have you been getting stomach pains like this one, deary?"
"Since last night. I didn't realize I was going into labor though." I whimpered.
"The babies are coming now." Cissy whispered in realization before Poppy started rushing around, getting hot water, and towels. "You've already been going through roughly twelve hours of labor, you're almost done sweetheart." Cissy told me. With a wave of Poppy's wand, I was in a hospital gown, my clothes in a neat pile elsewhere."Draco, we have to sit her up a bit with each push. Just follow my lead."
"I see the head. Alright. The next contraction, you need to push, Eloise."
"Push???"
"Until the contraction goes away, yes." Cissy told me softly. A contraction hit and started pushing, Draco and Cissy sat my up a bit. I kept pushing until it stopped. I sat back and panted.
"Only a few more pushes and then the first one should be out sweetheart." Poppy said softly.

After about an hour, I was holding my second baby, my baby girl, and Draco was holding our firstborn, a boy.
"They're adorable." Cissy whispered softly. "I'm gonna go get my impatient husband. I'll be right back." I gave her a tired, weak smile before looking down at my baby girl. Lucius came rushing over after I was moved to an actual hospital bed.
"Oh Merlin, they're adorable." Lucius gushed.
"I don't think I'm gonna be able to hold her for much longer. I really tired right now." I told Lucius hoarsely. "Can you take her?" He lit up happily and gently took her, holding her softly, a loving look in his eyes.
   "That's the same look he got when he first held you, Dragon." Cissy told her son softly. Draco blushed making me smile at them weakly.
   "Am I cleared to sleep??" I asked them.
   "Yeah sweetheart, get some rest." I immediately just conked out, too tired to keep my eyes open.

I woke up to wails coming from the babies. I opened my eyes quickly and put my legs over the side of the bed, ready to stand up on my stiff legs.
"You can't get up yet, love, I'll get them." Draco pecked my lips softly before going and getting the babies from the small cribs here in the infirmary. I fed one before the other. Draco burped them softly before laying them back down where they fell asleep. Draco came over and kissed my lips softly making me smile into the kiss as I kissed back.
   "I'm guessing this is going to happen a lot." I whispered before letting out a silent giggle.
   "I'm guessing so." He hugged me softly after sitting next to me. "But we can do this together. We will get through all of this together."
   "That sounds nice Dray."
   "Now, what will we do for names?"
   "Ummm... let's go with...."

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