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[nixnight]

Nix knew that the room she was in could be ideal for her baby's birth but she also knew they would have to leave it and go back in and then she would have to have the baby alone as she didn't want to stress grace out over it and she was sure that her little sister couldn't deliver a baby. She watched her sisters face as she worked out where she was going with her words and then smiled as a door appeared to their right, "nice to see your the one who makes sense" she said with a light chuckle as she knew the twins would have made her walk to the hospital wing, boys and their lack of sense and all that.

She let her sister take her free hand and then walked with her as fast as she could before another tight shot ran through her body and she winced, it wasn't as bad as she had been told it would be yet she had also been told that they got worse over time so maybe this wasn't the worst it could be

[grace]

Grace continued to feel that odd combination of nervousness and excitement, she was just glad that help was nearby. She didn't think herself capable of assisting in delivering a baby, nor did she think she would be able to handle it even if she did know how. But Grace would stay with Nix as long as her sister wanted, let the redhead hold her hand the whole time. It was the least Grace could do since Tain was being so stupid about the whole thing. "Takes a girl to think that way," said Grace with a wink before giving Nix's hand an encouraging squeeze and leading the way down the passage.

The room seemingly thought of everything, even making the pass a gentle, sloping decline rather than a flight of stairs, nice and easy to walk down. Grace kept her pace even with Nix's, knowing it would be best for her to be beside her sister every step of the way. She took a few steadying breaths, she needed to keep a level head, otherwise she wouldn't be of any help whatsoever.

[nixnight]

Nix smiled at her sisters words and then made a mental point to closing her eyes as she moved, she had been good in the dark from a young age so she felt it was easier for her to move in it as she walked after her sister. The passage seemed short as they moved and nix tried her hardest not to crush her sisters hand each time the pain swept through her body and she felt proud each time she didn't pinch at her sisters fingers.

She could quickly feel the pain becoming more and more and yet the passage seemed to know this and began to level out sooner than nix had ever expected, maybe it was the pain making it all seem worse than it really was. But it would all be over soon now, she would get to meet her little baby for the first time in a few short hours

[grace]

Grace kept quiet during their walk down the dimly lit passage. She went quiet when she was nervous, even when around people she trusted. And at any rate the nurse would also be around, in which case her voice would definitely be hidden away like always. Grace wondered if Nix would even want her in the room, she would be fine either way, though she found her voice was already beginning to fail her. She would keep quiet, just like almost always. She was vaguely surprised that Nix did not hurt her as she squeezed her hand, though truthfully, she wouldn't notice much. An abuse-filled childhood had given her an abnormally high pain tolerance.

Grace gave Nix's hand another encouraging squeeze as she pulled open the door at the end of the passage, giving them entry directly into the hospital wing. The pass vanished as soon as they had cleared it, the room must have sensed that they were finished of its use for the time being. Grace looked around, knowing that the nurse couldn't be too far.

[nixnight]

Nix felt a small breeze sweep over her and she snapped her eyes open only to see a window across from her, the hospital wing was White and clean as always and it seemed someone had opened a window to allow some air In to the room. Nix looked back as she left the tunnel and smiled a little as it disappeared, it was sort of nice to know that even the school was supporting her in a way.

She looked forwards to see grace looking around and squeezed her sisters hand before she slipped it from her grasp and stepped over to the nearest bed, she couldn't remain on her feet for long any way at the moment and this was not helping that matter in the slightest, yet she could hear footsteps coming which comforted her a little

[grace]

Grace allowed Nix to gently remove her hand from her grasp, watching as her vividly redheaded sister situated herself on a nearby bed. She took in another long, deep breath, surprised at how calm she was able to keep herself. Maybe it was because Nix seemed so collected. Grace had heard sometimes when women gave birth that they became suddenly calm and collected as their bodies took over their minds, going through what women had done since the beginning of time. She slipped an elastic band from her wrist and used it to put her hair up in a ponytail. It was what Grace did when she needed to focus.

The nurse luckily walked out of her office, and immediately asked of Grace what was happening. Her voice, however, was gone for the moment. She only looked over at Nix a brief moment, gesturing to her rounded stomach. The nurse seemed to understand and quickly walked around the young blonde to go and tend to Nix. Grace hung back, she didn't want to get in the way.

[nixnight]

Nixs hands were spread over her stomach as she felt the pains heighten and she forced herself to keep from letting it show, she hear the door to the office of the nurse open and while she couldn't hear grace speak, the nurse still came over to her side. "just keep calm and relax, it's the best for you now, I'll get some painkillers" she said in relaxed tone but nix could pick up the fear and excitement in her voice, she doubted the nurse delivered many babies in the school.

The words painkiller caught nixs attention and then she shook her head, she was being stupid. She had thought of the little blue and White pills the muggle doctors used to offer her at her primary school but she knew there had to be something wizards used and she expected it worked better than the little pills had ever done

[grace]

As the nurse prepared a potion for Nix, she gestured to Grace, beckoning her to come closer. She reluctantly obliged, she was still wary of strangers, even ones that were supposed to be trustworthy like nurses, healers, or even her teachers. Grace walked lightly, delicately over to the scene as the nurse flitted about in a combination of what looked like nervousness and excitement. It portrayed quite accurately what she felt on the inside, though was unable to let show around someone she didn't know. Grace stood parallel with Nix's shoulders, taking her elder sister's hand and giving it a firm, though gentle, squeeze.

She hoped the gesture would translate to squeeze as hard as you need to, without her needing to say it. It wasn't that Grace would not speak in front of the nurse, it was that she could not. The nurse gave her an approving smile, Grace could only nod in return as her other hand began to lightly smooth Nix's bright red hair.

[nixnight]

Nix made a firm mental point to watch the nurse as she made a small potion up for her so she could make he same mix herself at later times in her life but it also acted as a way to distract her from the pain shooting through her body which was good in a second way. The nurse o only gather a little unicorn hair and ground it up and then added a pale blue liquid that nix had to make for her NEWT potions class a few times that she called anti-sting herself. It had a long technical really but nix was only taking potions to keep being an auror as a life option so she wasn't learning it all, she knew the mix could stop small stings and cuts from bleeding and knew how to make it so that meant she could some what easily make this painkiller should she ever need it again. But her sister holding her hand seemed to be doing the best and most for her at the moment, not that she'd allow that for a lot longer as she wasn't hurting grace, even by accident

[grace]

Grace briefly tucked her own hair behind her ears, hoping that by holding her sister's hand that she was at least helping with something. Really, she didn't know what else she could do. She couldn't even offer a comforting phrase, Grace's voice had been effectively switched off, simply because of the fact that there was someone she wasn't comfortable with in the room. Thankfully, nobody was expecting her to speak, though at the moment Grace felt woefully inadequate. She wanted to be everything Nix needed in that moment, though she saw that she could not- and in a way, that frustrated her.

Her eyes flickered briefly over to the nurse as she prepared the potion, really potion-making was fascinating, though at the moment Grace couldn't be bothered to pay much attention. There were more important things at hand. Grace turned her attention back to Nix, lightly biting her lip, though adopting a calm, maternal air about her.

[nixnight]

The nurse walked up to nixs side and offered her a small goblet with a now very nasty green liquid in it and she gave a small smile ,"just hold your nose and swallow quickly and it'll all be over and easier" the nurse said and nix bit her lip before the nurse passed the goblet to grace and then turned as a noise came from the end of the room. The nurse quickly grabbed the curtains from behind the beds and then pulled them around nix and her sister before she hurried over towards the entrance of the room and nix heard her talking to someone about a bone injury.

Nix turned her head to look at grace who was holding the goblet still and nix smiled at her and gently squeezed her hand a little with a little chuckle ,"I'll need to drink that" nix said with another little squeeze before she turns her head to look to the door and see if she could see out of the curtains because she really didn't want anyone seeing In to her

[grace]

Grace could only nod in response to the nurse as a small goblet of vibrantly green potion was forced into her free hand. It seemed that either nodding or shaking her head comprised the vast majority of her communications with people she wasn't comfortable with. Really, there wasn't much else she could do other than make gestures or simply sit there, praying to be left alone. Thankfully, most people didn't pay her any mind, or skirted around her completely. Grace supposed her muteness might have the tendency to scare people off. Humans were wired to fear that which they did not understand, she had come to accept that.

And she would rather be left alone anyway. Grace figured that it was going to hurt her career-wise, when she went on to have a job. She would likely be expected to speak with her supervisors and coworkers... Grace blushed when Nix pulled her from her thoughts, it astounded her that even in a situation like this she could get lost in her own little world, amongst the clouds of varying thoughts continually floating through her head. She carefully assisted her sister in taking the potion, wearing a sympathetic expression as she knew how awfully it must taste.

[nixnight]

Nix smiled as she saw the dazed look In her sisters eyes fade and she the pain shot through her as grace offered her the drink, it tasted foul and she almost didn't swallow but she also knew how much this was going to hurt and so she just dealt with it. The cup was empty in seconds and it only took a few more before nix could feel the throbbing pain lessen a little and she sighed before a smaller pain bubbled back up, it wouldn't all go away if course but it was much better than it had been.

She began to feel a little odd as she lay there though. The pain was small and she hadn't been in pain very long and yet she could feel something going inside her and all of a sudden it struck, pain shot through her sides and she couldn't help but grab at graces hand as she winced and bit down on her lip to keep from crying out in pain

[grace]

Grace placed the now empty goblet on the cabinet beside the bed, returning to stroking her sister's hair, signature motherly look in her eyes. If she could she would shoulder some of the pain that Nix was feeling, though she knew there was nothing she could do other than hope that the potion would do its job. Her sister did seem to be relaxing slightly, though maybe she had thought too soon as Grace observed the redhead suddenly tense and grasp her hand more tightly than she ever had since this had begun. Grace took the pressure quite well, stroking the back of her sister's hand with her thumb.

She had always had a high pain tolerance, nine years in a viciously abusive home had made sure of that. Grace simply wished that she could summon her voice, but not when she knew there were multiple people were within earshot. Hell, even if she could see them but not hear them she still probably wouldn't speak. Grace kept quiet, though hoped her gestures would serve as enough comfort.

[nixnight]

*I think I'll be good and censor the worst bit*

Nix could feel a burning pain shooing through all of her system and found herself wondering how bad this would be without the medicine she had just taken, this hurt more than anything she had ever felt and yet how bad would it be without magical herbs running through her system. She could feel the pain getting worse and worse and she knew what it meant and a small yelp managed to escape her, she bit down on her lip again to stop any others but it started a noise behind the curtains and the nurse reappeared

Her eyes seemed to widen and she walked down to nixs side and then smiled softly ,"you know what comes now, just breath and keep calm" she said in a kind voice but nix could pick up excitement in it. This had to be one of the first babies actually born within hogwarts, or one of the rare ones that was atleast. The pain got worse and worse as moments passed but nix couldn't see the nurse any more which she took meant the baby was safe now as someone was there to catch it, which meant the rest was down to nix and nix alone now