I've introduced some new members of the Weasley family in this chapter, so to keep them straight, they are:
Bill and Fleur have Daniel (6), Julia (4) Jacqueline (4) and Alyssa (2)
Charlie and Melissa(OC) have Kevin (4) and Andrew (1)
Fred and Laura(OC) have Heather (5) and Peter (2)
George and Emma(OC) have Ivy (5) Gerard (3) and Amy (1)
Ron and Katie(OC) have Colbert (5) and Adelaide (3)
Ginny and Neville have Jessica(5) Brianna(3) and Michael(1)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the plot, some of the Weasley wives, and the kids.
Chapter Two - A Little Surprise
EIGHT MONTHS LATER
Hermione lay in the hospital bed, exhausted beyond belief. She was glad she had decided to have the baby in a muggle hospital, because the drugs were so much better. It baffled her that some women chose to do this more than once. She had almost begged not to have the child as she felt her son enter the world.
"Congratulations Mrs. Potter, here's your son." A young nurse handed the blue bundle to her and exited the room to let her have some bonding time.
"Hello. I'm your mummy." Hermione could barely believe herself. She was a mother. This tiny bundle of more blankets that flesh was her son. As she caressed his soft baby hair, a sudden pain jolted through her abdomen. She called a nurse, not knowing what was going on.
A few moments later, the doctor gave her a weak smile as he examined her. "Well, it looks like someone else wants out. How do you feel about two?"
"Twins?" Hermione said in disbelief, then another contraction washed over her.
"Since you're already almost fully dilated, this should go pretty fast." Hermione just nodded, still unable to believe that she was going to have twins, and wishing once again that Harry could be alive to see this miracle.
Twenty minutes later, the nurse handed Hermione a new, pink wrapped bundle, and wheeled in a bassinet that held her sleeping son.
"Hey Hermione, how's it going?" Ron poked his head in the door, a huge grin on his face. He was shortly followed by the rest of the Weasleys, who had managed to look the part of muggles for their trip. Fred and George had tried to bring a bag of jokes for the twins, hoping to create a new generation of jokesters, but Molly had made them leave it outside the room, though they had managed to sneak some joke wands into their pockets. Their daughters, Heather and Ivy, who were practically twins themselves, had managed to sneak some ton-tongue toffees under their grandmother's radar as well.
"Hello everyone." Hermione smiled at the family that had practically become her own family.
"Wait, twins?" Ron looked at the two bundles, hardly believing it.
"Yes. I didn't even know until just before Elizabeth was born," Hermione replied.
"Elizabeth? That's the girl's name?" Ginny asked, slightly surprised. Hermione had always talked of naming her daughter Lily, in honor of Harry's mother.
"Yes. Everyone, meet Sirius James and Elizabeth Lily Potter. Sirius, Elizabeth, meet the Weasleys." Hermione smiled at her beautiful children.
"He looks so much like Harry," Charlie observed, who was closest to the bassinet.
"May I hold him?" Melissa asked, cooing at the little boy.
"Of course."
"I think Elizabeth is going to end up looking like you," Ginny predicted as she watched Hermione twirl the soft, curly brown hair of her daughter around her fingers.
"It's getting late. We better leave Hermione so she can spend some time with her children," Molly suggested after about a half-hour.
"Okay. See you later Hermione!" Ginny called. A chorus of good-byes came from the rest of them as they slowly made their way out of the room, each wanting just one more minute to hold the babies.
"Congratulations Harry. We're parents," Hermione whispered to the empty room, and suddenly felt very alone.