Our Truest Love

Chapter 26

The next day
<before lunch time>
{In the Gryffindor Common Room}
(Hermione and Hailee came in)
Hailee: Hey babe, HP, boys
Hermione: Hey babe, hey boys
Harry: Hey love
Alex: Hey, sweetheart, Hey Mione
Harry: Hey, I'm the only one who gets to call her Mione
Alex: Alright, fine, hey Mimmy
Hermione: Ok, I'll allow it
Neville, Seamus, Dean, & Laurie: Hey, girls
Hermione: Harry, I need to talk to you alone
Hailee: And I need to talk to you, Alex
Seamus: Ooh, you boys in trouble
(The other guys laugh)
Harry: Man, shut up
Alex: Be quiet
(Dean, Neville, Seamus, and Laurie leave the common room, and Hailee leaves with Alex)
Hermione: I need to tell you something important
Harry: Sure, what is it?
Hermione: Um, I've been hiding something from you
Harry: I know, Mione, I've noticed, you know you can't hide anything from me, but I wanted you to tell me whenever you were ready
Hermione: Thank you, ok, here it goes
(Hermione sighed and removed her pregnancy protection charm. Harry stood up shocked)
Harry: Oh my god!
Hermione: Shh, Harry, it's your baby, remember? In April? During the hunt? I'm five months pregnant
Harry: Ok, well, I definitely wasn't expecting that to be what you were hiding from me. Hermione, why didn't you tell me before?
Hermione: I didn't know, I found out only a little bit after the war
Harry: You should have told me
Hermione: I know, I just didn't know how you were going to react and I didn't know how to tell you, on top of that for the first two months, I felt awful because of the morning sickness. I had to carefully maneuver myself out of your arms when I got up in the morning and I used the muffliato charm, so you wouldn't hear me puking. I'm really sorry for not telling you before, are you mad at me?
Harry: Of course not, Mione, no, how could I be mad, I wish you would have told me before, yes, but I can't ever stay mad at you, baby, we're gonna be parents
(He knelt and kissed her pregnancy belly making her giggle)
Harry: Hey sweetheart, I'm your daddy, I think it's going to be a boy
Hermione: You know something, me too, I just have that motherly feeling
Harry: In the end, it doesn't matter, as long as the baby is healthy
Hermione: I agree
(Hermione felt a bump)
Hermione: Ow
Harry: I felt the baby kick
Hermione: He or she likes your voice
(Harry kisses her belly again then stands up and kisses her passionately)
Hermione: Mmm
Harry: I love you
Hermione: I love you too
Harry: Should we tell Professor McGonagall?
Hermione: I think we should babe, I need to have checkups at least once a month and for that to happen Madam Pomfrey needs to see me and hence she'll tell Professor McGonagall, so she'll find out either way, but we shouldn't tell anyone else. Hailee and Luna are also gonna keep their pregnancies a secret
Harry: What?!
Hermione: Shh, yes, they're pregnant, too
Harry: Oh my God, unbelievable
Hermione: It would help if boys didn't forget to use a condom
Harry: We were caught up in the moment
Hermione: Yeah, yeah, yeah, all I know is that I can't cheer for you and the others at the games and Hailee can't play
Harry: Yeah, now that you told me about her pregnancy, I need to find another chaser
Hermione: And I need to find another cheerleader. I only have Lavender, Parvati, Fay, Romilda, Demelza, Angie, and Cynthia
Harry: Well how about you appoint Lavender as head cheerleader until the baby is born. I'm sure you'll be able to find another cheerleader before the games start
Hermione: Yeah, I was thinking about making Lavender the temporary head cheerleader for the very start. There is something else that I need to tell you
Harry: What is it?
Hermione: Ok, so, there's a reason why I would always lock myself in the stables
Harry: And what is that reason?
Hermione: Alright, here I go
Harry: Ok
Hermione: I was cast as the lead in a Broadway show
Harry: Are you kidding me? That's fantastic, I'm so proud of you
(He hugs her and she hugs him back)
Hermione: Thanks, babe, that means a lot
Harry: Of course
(They pull away after a while)
Hermione: I'll have to start touring as soon as July begins and by then the baby will already be born. Harry, you will be going after the runaway death eaters, what are we going to do?
Harry: Hey, don't worry, we'll figure it out together, I promise, you know that we can accomplish anything if we stick together
Hermione: You know what, you're right, c'mon let's head to lunch, the baby and I are starving
Harry: You two aren't the only ones that are starving
(Hermione laughs and they go down to the Great Hall for lunch)
{In The Great Hall}
(Harmione sit down with their friends and they all talk in hushed tones)
Alex: Guess who's gonna be an uncle?
Harry: Let me guess, me
Hailee: I guess you found out already
Harry: I did, congratulations, sis
Hailee: Thanks, congrats to you too
Alex: You're not mad, are you mate?
Harry: Nah, bro, congrats
Alex: Phew, thanks man, congrats to you too
Harry: Thanks, dude
(They start talking in normal tones)
Hermione: Cheerleaders, come here
(The Gryffindor cheerleaders hear and go to Hermione)
Lavender: Hey, Mimmy
Parvati: What's up?
Hermione: We're having an emergency cheerleading meeting during free time in The Room of Requirement
Fay: Got it, we'll be there
Romilda: No problem
Angela: Absolutely
Cynthia: Straight up
Demelza: I'll be there
Hermione: Good, thanks girls
Lavender: Sure thing
(The girls go back to their lunches and just then Professor McGonagall goes up to their table)
Headmistress McGonagall: Potter, Miss Potter, I need to talk to you both
Hermione: Harry and I need to talk to you too, Professor
Hailee: Alex and I have to talk to you too, Professor
(Luna and Rolf came over)
Luna: Professor McGonagall, we have to talk to you
Hermione: It's better if we do it together
Headmistress McGonagall: All of you need to talk to me at the same time?
Harry: Yes
Headmistress McGonagall: Oh sweet Merlin help me
(She sighs)
Headmistress McGonagall: Well this outta be good, c'mon, into my office
(They all follow her to her office)
{In Headmistress McGonagall's office}
(She sat on her chair)
Headmistress McGonagall: Every single portrait please leave us alone, go visit other images
Hermione: Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape can stay
Headmistress McGonagall: Very well, everyone else, please, some privacy
(All of the other images muttered annoyed and left. Eventually, every portrait was black and the only remaining images were Professors Dumbledore and Snape)
Headmistress McGonagall: Alright, spill it, who did it?
Hailee: Well, if we're going with that expression then I think the appropriate answer is that we all did it
Headmistress McGonagall: What are you talking about Miss Potter?
Hermione: Professor McGonagall, there's no easy way to say this, so, I'm just going tell you straight up
Headmistress McGonagall: Ok, Miss Granger, what is it?
Hermione: Hailee, Luna, and I are pregnant
(The girls removed their pregnancy protection charms. Professor McGonagall got shocked alongside Professors Dumbledore and Snape)
Professor Dumbledore's image: Well then, congratulations to all of you
Headmistress McGonagall: Yes, I believe congratulations are in order
Harry, Alex, & Rolf: Thanks Professors
Hermione, Hailee, & Luna: Thank you
Harry: Professor McGonagall, all of us want to keep this a secret, from everyone, but we know that Madam Pomfrey will have to know because the girls need checkups at least once a month
(Headmistress McGonagall nods)
Hailee: But please tell no one else
Headmistress McGonagall: You have my word, all of you, that I will keep this a secret, and that goes double for you, Severus
Professor Snape's image: Yeah, yeah, yeah
Headmistress McGonagall: Well then, no worries, ladies, I will notify Madam Pomfrey, and she'll be checking up on all of you. Now on another note, Potter, I hear you're a fantastic artist
Harry: And who was the blabbermouth who spilled it out? Oh wait, I know who
(He looked at Hailee with his eyebrow raised)
Hailee: Ok, so I'm proud of my brother, sue me
Headmistress McGonagall: I've seen your artwork of Miss Granger and your friends and it is beautiful
Harry: How many times must I tell you to stay out of my things?
Hailee: I'm your nosy twin sister, deal with it
Harry: Oh God help me
(He rolls his eyes)
Headmistress McGonagall: I see that you're taking art this semester, Miss Potter, and I was wondering if you, Potter, and you, Miss Potter would paint a school mural?
Hailee: Sure
Harry: Why not, it would be a nice project between Hails and me
(Hailee smiles)
Headmistress McGonagall: Excellent, thank you very much you two
Hailee: Yeah, of course, Professor, and thank you for thinking about us
Headmistress McGonagall: Oh absolutely, Miss Potter
Hermione: Oh, that reminds me, Professor McGonagall, I need permission to leave the castle every day during my free time because I've been cast as the lead in a Broadway show and they moved everything to Scotland so I could continue rehearsing with them
Headmistress McGonagall: Of course, Miss Granger, and they know you're pregnant?
Hermione: Yeah they do, but they think I'm wearing a pregnancy shield
Headmistress McGonagall: Well then congratulations, Miss Granger, your parents must be so proud
Hermione: Thank you, Professor, I actually haven't told them yet, I'm gonna tell them during Christmas
Headmistress McGonagall: Ah, very well, and congratulations on your perfume commercial, it smells quite lovely
Hermione: Aww, thanks, Professor, that's really kind of you
Headmistress McGonagall: Of course, well if this is all we have to say then we can all go back to lunch before it ends
Harry: Thanks, Professor
(Everyone goes back to The Great Hall to get some lunch before the period ends)