Okay I decided to makes some majorly dramatic changes to this chapter, and was reading through the last one and was so so so ashamed of the many errors which I deeply apologize to my new beta for giving her the task of fixing… cause there were a LOT of them… and I'm pretty sure I didn't see them all either.
Okay just so you know this is the first update that has been edited by its' awesome beta PteraWaters. My thanks to you! Chapters 1-5 have been edited and reposted 6-8 will follow soon. (The slowness is my fault not PteraWaters's)
~I Blame the Letter for It All~
-Chapter Nine-
Mine
Harry watched him go, doing his best to repress the nervous feeling forming in his chest.
Ron and Hermione had been waiting for a good five minuets outside of the Headmaster's office, before they saw Draco. Before so much as a 'hi' or 'hello' could be said Ron had Draco pined to the wall. "What have you done to him? Where is he you slimy Ferret?"
"RON! Let him go, we'll never see Harry if you strangle him now." Hermione seemed to be between slightly shocked and more than slightly annoyed.
"He's done something with Harry, and I want to know what, I intend to know what." Draco rolled his eyes and roughly pushed the other away.
"Listen here Weasel I have not now nor do I at any point have any intention of doing anything to your precious Harry, at least not with out his consent." The last part was said in almost a whisper.
Draco continued, "Harry said that he'll see you, but I'm warning you here and now keep your voices down. And I am dead serious - you upset him and you'll get an ear full before I kick you clear off Hogwarts grounds." With that said he turned and headed back toward his and Harry's rooms.
Draco stopped momentarily to chat with the portrait that guarded their rooms. "Hello Sarah, Tod seems especially rambunctious today."
"Hello Draco, and I believe you are right. I'm sure he'll settle down after a while."
"I'm sure," Draco replied with a smile. "Might we go in Sarah? Harry is expecting us." The little girl beamed and swung the door open.
Draco led the pair through the greeting room and into the main room just barely stopping Ron from yelling out for Harry with a furious glare and a little helping slap from Hermione.
"Harry?... You two have a seat while I go get him." Ron looked like he was about to argue with this plan but kept quiet after receiving a glare from Hermione.
Draco pushed back the need to growl, making his way to the back room where he had left Harry and the children minutes ago, and passing through it to the nursery when he didn't find them there.
Harry was lost in his own thoughts as he finished changing Rosa and placing her next to her brother in the crib. He hadn't heard anyone approaching him and stiffened slightly when a set of arms encircled him from behind, but relaxed at the almost familiar frame behind him. Draco was slightly shorter than him but they seemed to fit together even in this embrace.
"They're here… are you sure about this?" Harry took a deep breath before nodding his head.
"Let's hold off about the children. One thing at a time okay?" Harry could see that Draco wasn't so sure about it, but sighed a little with relief when the other nodded his head.
Harry was in no way, shape or form ashamed of their children… He did, however, know how his friends, especially Ron, could be small minded about some things. Harry didn't want to put his children in that situation unless he knew his friends were willing to accept not only them but Draco as well.
"Shall we go meet the firing squad then?" Draco raised his eyes at Harry's comment, and couldn't help but laugh. "Never mind dear, I haven't time to explain. Let's just say it's a muggle expression.
Draco nodded his head slightly distracted, "Winky," a small figure appeared silently in front of them.
"Yes Master Malfoy Sir?"
"Watch the children for a bit. We'll be down stairs with some guests, who aren't to know about the children." Draco gave a small glare to the fidgety elf.
"Yes, Winky understand Master Malfoy, babies not be heard. Winky take good care of Masters' babies."
… … …
"What's taking so long?" Ron paced back and forth almost, well not almost, actually quite angrily.
"Ron calm down, Malfoy went to go get him." Hermione rolled her eyes at the other, which was becoming, she noticed, a habit.
They both looked to the far side of the room at the sound of a door closing. "HARRY!"
"Harry what happened?" Hermione reached out a hand to touch the side of his face but stopped at Harry's partial smile.
"Nothing to worry about," he insisted. "Old news really."
She shrugged, letting it go for now.
"Harry! Good to see you, man." Ron cried, while Draco ignored the pair, instead staying focused on Harry.
Harry greeted his friends with a warm smile and allowed them to hug him. "It's good to see you too."
"Harry, what are you doing with that Slythern git, huh?" Harry ignored Ron's question, instead turning to Hermione who looked at him with a questioning look.
"I'd like to know that too, Harry. We come to get you to take you to the Burrow and instead find you not there, but here with him."
Harry let out a small sigh. "Well Mione, Ron… Draco and I -"
"Draco?" a twin pair of voices echoed off each other cutting Harry off in the middle of the sentence.
"Why would you call that ferret face Draco?"
Harry shot the red head a glare. "Because, Ron, that ferret face just so happens to be my ferret-faced husband."
Draco made his way to Harry's side, taking his hand in support as Harry spoke to the two. "I resent that, you know."
"What being my husband?" Harry seemed genuinely curious.
"No, you calling me your ferret-faced husband. I think you've got a rather nice looking husband if I do say so myself."
"Of course you'd say so yourself, you're talking about you." Draco shot Harry a dark glare, only causing the smirk on Harry's face to become bigger.
"Draco, Husband… Harry mate, please tell me this is all some kind of sick joke." Ron looked kind of green around the edges and seemed unsure if he wanted to sit down or not, but the couple didn't stay focused on them for long cause it was about that moment that Hermione did something she did very rarely. She lost her temper.
"Harry James Potter, How could you? Not only do you get married without telling us, you went out with him without letting us know! Not only that! You didn't get married to just anyone with out letting us be there, but you married Draco Malfoy! Not only your worst enemy these days, but a boy, Harry! A boy!"
Draco glanced over at Harry to find he had the same blank expression on his face as he did the night Draco had shown up on the other's doorstep, but the fact that Ron was also staring at the girl in shock didn't ease his worry the least bit.
"Granger, perhaps you haven't noticed but I quite like being a boy." Draco declared coldly. Harry's eyes only briefly twitched in his direction as the blond continued. "I highly doubt that Harry would have it any other way either."
Hermione was beet red in anger. "So, what makes you think it was alright to hide this from us? We're supposed to be your best friends Harry. We go through everything with you, how could you keep this from us? And don't give me that danger crap! You know as well as I that there was no way we could be in any more danger! We were already up to our necks in it."
"You both may be my best friends, but you try to control my life and my decisions way too much. This was one I didn't need your help with." Hermione looked shocked and hurt at the same time. Her lips met in a thin line as she nodded her head and swiftly left.
Ron looked more than torn about what he was supposed to do; he'd glance at Harry then at the door Hermione had just left through and back at Harry.
"Go on, Ron. Can't have her mad at both of us."
Ron gave Harry a smile. "Just so you know Harry, I'm not mad about it being a guy or anything, but you know you didn't have to chose Malfoy." Ron hurried out the door after his furious girlfriend.
As soon as they were gone Draco was only slightly surprised and more startled then anything to find his arms filled with a trembling Harry, whether from tears or anger he wasn't sure.
Draco wrapped his arms about the clinging body in front of him. "Oh Harry, baby, you shouldn't let them get to you so." He did his best to rub soothing circles into his back and across his shoulders.
A shiver raced up and down Draco's spin when a pair of talented lips attached themselves to the side of his neck. "I'm trying not to." Draco couldn't hold back a soft moan as teeth grazed his earlobe before being soothed by a tentative tongue.
Draco captured the wandering lips and tried to devour them. Eventually, they broke apart gulping air greedily.
"You know school starts in a week. We still have a lot of stuff to do before then… and Draco…"
Draco studied the slight hesitant look Harry was giving him. "Yes?"
"You should really think of telling your friends, about us at least. After all, just look at what has happened over the last two days." Harry bit his lip waiting for Draco's response.
"I know," Draco sighed in almost exasperation before kissing Harry once more, "just not today? Soon, but not today." Harry nodded with a smile.
"When ever you're ready, love."
Draco blinked at Harry. "Love?"
Harry's cheeks grew to a rosy red and he ducked his head for his hair to hide his eyes. "Um… yeah…"
Draco couldn't hide his pleasure and crushed the other against his chest.
"I was so worried that if I said it first, you'd run, and I don't think I could bear that." (A/N I feel like such a sap.)
Harry offered up a shy smile. "Well, I'm not running, even though you haven't said anything yet." Then he held his breath with what? Hope? Anticipation?
Harry wondered if it really had only been a few weeks that Draco arrived at his aunt and uncle's house with there two beautiful babies. It felt like this was just how things had always been.
It really was hard to remember life being any other way then the four of them together. Harry didn't want to remember though.
Draco saw Harry's eyes flashing with what? Fear? Worry? Disappointment? He wasn't sure except that he wanted it to go away.
So, he pulled Harry tighter in his arms and captured his lips in a soft passionate kiss. Draco did his best to transfer his feelings through their connected lips so that Harry would be able to feel just what he felt.
Draco pulled back only to place his lips against the shell of Harry's ear. "You are my love." Then he stepped back giving Harry a playful look.
"Well here's your chance to run." Draco pretended to frown at Harry's laughter.
"You're not getting rid of me that easily Draconias Lucifer." Draco laughed retaking Harry back into the circle of his arms.
"Ugh you're never going to let that one go are you?" Harry smiled wolfishly.
"Of course not." Draco hit him playfully across the back of the head. "Come on, I bet the little ones are hungry and I'm getting there myself."
Harry watched as Draco walked ahead of him to the nursery. Draco didn't know it, but his confession of love was the best birthday gift he could have ever given Harry. He didn't even care that Draco probably didn't remember that today was, in fact, Harry's birthday.
I am so Sorry for the delay in updating, life caught up with me, took hold and wouldn't let go. Hopefully things will keep rolling from now on though.
Please send me your thoughts, questions, complaints, and curiosities. I look forward to them all with great anticipation.
