Hermione couldn't bring herself to go home she just wasn't able to look Dean in the face after what she'd done. She couldn't believe that she had fallen for Ron again and harder than she had been admitting to herself.

Hermione had been telling herself it was just the flattery, but seeing Ron after all the years she'd spent burying them, she had found them again.

Instead of going home, Hermione found herself heading towards her parents' house even though it was several miles away and she could easily apparate. She wanted the fresh air to help clear her head so she could make a decision. After two hours of walking, Hermione eventually arrived outside her parents' house.

"My God, Hermione, you look terrible!" Her father said upon opening the door.

"Thanks dad you always knew how to make a girl feel good." Hermione felt instantly better after seeing her parents.

"Hermione, are you ok? Go get her something to drink Eric." Her mother was looking at her funnily. "Come in dear and sit down. What has happened? What are you doing here?"

Hermione sat there for a few moments trying to figure out how to tell her parents that she'd cheated on her husband. She always told her parents everything and they were her first port of call when she needed advice. "I think I might have just ruined my marriage." She said bluntly; it was the only way she could figure out how to say it.

"What do you mean?." Her mum put her arm around Hermione.

"Promise you won't judge me?" If she was her parents she would judge her, in fact she was judging herself right now.

"Were your parents we'll never judge you." Her mum reassuringly squeezed her hand.

"Ok, well Ron has come back to England and he is now working in my department. We have been spending a lot of time together and we went to see Jacob." Hermione checked her parents for their reactions, but they were just caring. "Last night me and Ron, well you know, made love." Hermione couldn't bring herself to say had sex in front of her parents.

"Oh dear Hermione what have you done." Her mother hugged her. "Does Dean know?"

"No, but Lavender does, so I doubt it will be long before she does."

"Well you need to go home and make sure things don't go too far. You have to think about your children." Her dad looked her right in the eyes.

"Can't I just stay here for the night so I can figure out what I'm going to do?"

"No you need to go back to the house. If Dean is going to find out then it needs to be from you; you should at least give him that." Her dad replied.

"Ok thank you." She stood up to head toward the door.

"You're going right away? We've barely seen you these past couple of months." Her mum followed her to the door.

"Well there's no time like the present. If I'm going to ruin my life I may as well do it now."

"Don't think I am being too harsh darling, I just want you to be able to fix things as quick as possible." Hermione hugged her parents and apparated straight to her home. She stood outside the front door for a few moments composing herself before she walked in.

"Hi mum!" Her twins Felix and Juan were running around the living room, but ran over and hugged her once they saw her. "Where have you been, we missed you mummy." Felix had his arms wrapped around her leg staring her right in the eyes.

"I'm so sorry, I've been working loads, but Mummy promises to be with you a whole lot more from now on ok." She bent down and kissed the both on the head. "Where is your dad?"

"He's in the garden." Juan pointed to a sleeping figure slumped on a deck chair.

"He looks very relaxed I think I might leave him there for until he wakes up." She wasn't sure what she was going to do about this, but she went upstairs to sit down and think about it. She could hear the children running around again, normally it would annoy her but instead she found it relaxing. It was the sound of Dean's footsteps coming up the stairs a couple of hours later that sent her heart racing.

"Ok Hermione you can do this just tell him." She began to psych herself up.

"Hermione where have you been all day, this is beginning to get ridiculous I hardly see you at all." Dean said as he walked in to the room.

"Dean, we really need to talk." Hermione began to stare at the floor. "Erm... I." She couldn't quite find the right words. "I slept with Ronald."

"Sorry, I'm not sure I heard you correctly." Dean hoped he had heard his wife wrong, but he didn't think he had.

"I slept with Ronald. You see the thing is I love him and I really want to be with him." Hermione began to cry.

"You what? Are you actually kidding me; you cheated on me with the guy who pissed off to Romania and left you on your own and pregnant. I can't believe this!"

"Dean, please don't shout; I don't want the kids to get worried." Hermione put her hand on Dean's shoulder which he quickly brushed it off.

"Don't you dare tell me what to do. You have no bloody right!" He started to pace up and down the room. "Don't you even dare." His face began to go red.

"I'm going to go now, I think its best." Hermione walked to the wardrobe and took out two giant suitcases which she had already packed.

"What are you doing?" Dean was staring at the suitcases.

"I'm moving to Ron's and I'm going to take the children." She began to head towards the bedroom door.

"Hermione you can't do that; he's going to leave you again. You do know that. I spent all these years looking after you and being a good husband." Dean shouted angrily, but she could see the tears in his eyes which only made her cry more.

"Dean don't make this any more difficult than it already is. I love Ron I always have I just never thought he would come back. I'm so sorry please just let me go." She turned quickly and nearly collided with the door partially blinded by the tears in her eyes.

"Well you to deserve each other, but you are not taking the kids." Dean stormed down the stairs after her.

"Yes I am." She handed the twins one of the suitcases. "Boy's make sure you hold on to this. Now Dean I am going to stay with Ron and I am taking the twins so just let me leave. You will see them; I just want to get away for a few days." Without any warning Juan and Felix disappeared along with their suitcase.

"That is not fair you can't use a portkey like that." Dean didn't know what to do; his kids had just vanished in to thin air and he didn't know how to get them back.

"Dean, I'll bring them back in a couple of days I just want to spend some time with them ok. You know you wouldn't have let me see them if they stayed here with you."

"You can't just leave me like this Hermione we should at least talk about this."

"No we can't, I'm so sorry Dean I've made my decision. I love you so much and don't you forget that. All this doesn't mean I've stopped loving you, but I need Ron and I always have. Hermione apparated to Ron's front door, where her children were waiting for her with their suitcase.

"Mummy what is happening, why are we here?" Felix was trying to stand the suitcase back up which must have fallen over during the travel.

"We are going to stay with a friend for a while your dad is doing some work in the house. So we are going to stay here until its finished ok." Hermione was about to knock on the door when it few open with Ron standing on the other side.

"What are you doing here?" Ron looking confused by his greeting committee.

"Ron, I left Dean."

"Really?" He asked as they went through the door.

"Kids, there is a room up by the bathroom. I'll bring your case upstairs and you make yourself feel comfortable." Hermione brought the case in to the room, kissed the kids on the head and immediately went back down stairs.

"Ron I want to be with you, I love you too much."

"Hermione I love you too, but this is all a very big surprise I wasn't expecting this."

"Oh, do you want me to go?" Hermione took a few steps back away from Ron.

"No don't go I'm just saying it is all a big surprise. I'm glad you came I have wanted you back so badly." He slid his arms around her waist and pulled her in for a kiss. Hermione couldn't believe how happy she was and was even more surprised by the person who was making her happy.

"Just so you know if you leave me again I will hunt you down!" They both laughed, but underneath Hermione was still filled with the worry that he might get cold feet again.