Chapter Ten:
Later that night, Hermione lay on her bed in Ginny's room tossing and turning. Thankfully Ginny hadn't returned from Harry's room and Hermione didn't have to answer any of the questions that she knew would be coming. Ginny wasn't stupid and growing up in a house full of rowdy boys made her very perceptive. Hermione had caught Ginny giving her weird looks all through dinner, and she just didn't know if she could keep this from her friend.
The more that she tossed and turned, the worse she felt. Her head started to hurt, and there was a pain in her stomach.
"Great maybe I'm coming down with Dragon Pox and I'll be put out of my misery." She said out loud to the empty room. Her thoughts drifted to the twins. Sure she had always thought they were cute, and though she would never admit it, their pranks were mostly funny. They were also very smart, and being a book-worm, this was something that she found very attractive also. They could do complex magic in their sleep, as long as it was for a good joke. They were sweet and caring. Brave and loyal. They were everything she had ever hoped to find in a husband.
Suddenly a realization hit her and she sat bolt upright in her bed. "I'm in love with Fred and George."As soon as she sat up she regretted it. She became dizzy and felt like she was going to vomit. "Oh no, not the bond. Not now. How am I supposed to get closer to them now that I know how I feel about them?" She thought to herself. She was pretty sure that the twins couldn't hear her thoughts at the moment. Ever since they had discovered the mind link she had been practicing throwing up a wall in her mind, and thinking random things to see if they heard them. They had only heard her when she wanted them too.
The longer she sat there in a panic, the worse she felt. She knew what she had to do. Slowly she pulled herself from the bed. Leaning onto the wall for support she moved towards the door. She didn't even bother to stop and put her robe over her tank top and shorts.
She eased the door open and started down the hallway towards the stairs. She only made it down one flight before the dizziness started again.
"FRED! GEORGE!" She yelled out in her mind. "Please wake up, you have to help me." Only seconds later she was swept off her feet and carried down the next flight of stairs. Fred carried her quickly into the bedroom and closed the door. She could see George pushing the twin beds together and throwing the blankets over them.
"You shouldn't have waited so long Mione." Fred said as he laid her down in the middle of the bed and climbed in next to her. She was already starting to feel better, and when George laid down behind her all traces of sickness left.
"I'm sorry; I didn't know what was going on at first." She whispered in the dark room, letting the men on either side of her wrap her in their arms. She lay on her side, head resting on Fred's chest with George spooning up behind her, his arm draped over her hip.
"We were just starting to feel it too. I guess it wasn't as bad for us cause were already together." George whispered. His breath was warm on her neck, and it caused a shiver down her spine. Feeling safe in their arms, the sleep that had eluded her was now just starting to over take her.
"Thanks for coming to get me." She said to them as she drifted into a peaceful sleep.
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Hermione came awake with a start, and it took her a moment to remember where she was. For the second morning in a row, she woke nestled between the twins. This time she at least remembered how she had gotten there. She was just about to snuggle back into their warmth when the banging on the door that had woken her started again.
"Bugger off!" George yelled from behind her as he wrapped his arm tighter around her waist. Hermione could feel his erection pressing against her bum, and at her sudden intake of breath George chuckled. "Morning love." He mumbled in her ear.
The knocking came again, and this time the person on the other side didn't wait for an answer. Ron quickly opened the door, and entered the room.
"You all need to get up."
"Shouldn't you still be in bed with your husband?" Fred laughed as he stretched and yawned.
"Don't be a prat; I'm saving your arses. Mum will be up here looking for you soon." Ron gave them all a scowl as he turned and left the room.
At the mention of Molly, all three jumped from the bed. They all stood looking at each other for a moment. They knew there were things that needed to be said, but none of them could get the words out.
"Right, I better go get dressed." Hermione said, and quickly left the room.
Ten minutes later Hermione walked down the stairs to the kitchen. She dressed simply in jeans and a light blue t-shirt, bandage firmly in place around her wrist. She felt bad when she saw the twins sitting in the heat wearing jumpers once again.
"Is your wrist still bothering you dear?" Molly asked once she had sat.
"Not so much any more." She said with a small smile. She didn't look up to see the smiles on the twin's faces, but she could tell that they were now eating with an increased vigor. Breakfast was passed quickly, everyone avoiding the newest addition to the family meal. Draco for his part stayed quiet, only giving short one word answers when spoken too.
After everyone had eaten their fill, Molly cleared the table and then turned to the rest of the family.
"Ron, Draco, I think its time we go see the Headmaster." Draco turned red again, and only gave a small nod. Ron looked like he was about to panic when Harry spoke up.
"Don't worry mate, I'll come with you." With Harry going this of course meant that Ginny would be tagging along. They had been joined at the hip since the final battle.
"I'll come with you also." Hermione jumped up from her seat.
"Why do you want to go see Dumbledore again?" George asked in his head.
"To make sure he doesn't say anything about us." Hermione answered.
"Right, I think we might tag along as well." Fred said, also getting up from the table.
"And why is that?" Molly asked them with a suspicious look in their direction.
"We just want to support our darling little brother Mum." George gave her his sincerest smile.
"Yes well you cause any trouble and its straight home both of you." The twins crossed their hearts at their mother, and sent a wink to Hermione. She had to suppress a little giggle as she followed the group out side to the apparition point.
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One by one, everyone apparated to just outside the gates of Hogwarts. As they started towards the castle, Hermione was happy to see that the grounds had been cleaned up, and no sign of the party remained. They walked in silence until they were almost to Dumbledore's office.
"We can't let them know that we know the password." Hermione thought to the twins. "How can we get them to guess it with out it taking forever?"
"Leave it to me." Fred thought. With that Fred stepped forward, and smacked Ron up side the head.
"Merlin's Balls! What was that for?" Ron yelled, shooting a dirty look at his brother.
"Just my way of saying I care." This went unnoticed by the rest of the group as at that moment the Phoenix statue in front of them had jumped to the side.
"Dumbledore must have known we were coming." Molly said as she stepped onto the stairs. One by one they entered the office only to find it empty.
"That's odd, wonder where he is." Author said as he looked around at all the little instruments making noise on the shelves around them.
"Don't you have your map with you Harry? That should show us where he is." Ginny asked. Harry pulled the Marauder's Map out of his pocket and opened it up.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." Harry said and gave it a tap with his wand. He stood looking at it for a moment. "Well he's not in his office or his quarters, but, oh Merlin that's funny."
"What? What's funny? Ginny asked leaning in to read the map over Harry's shoulder.
"It shows Draco as Draco Weasley." Harry said now unable to hold in his laugh.
"What! Why do I have to take his name?" Draco spoke for the first time in a while.
"Well clearly you are the wife Draco." Harry barely managed to get out between barks of laughter. Hermione started to laugh also, but a thought hit her and she panicked.
"Harry, may I see that map? Quickly?"
It was too late. Ginny was still looking at the map and her eyes went wide.
"Mione? Why do you show up on the map as Hermione Weasley?"
Three voices could be heard whispering a desperate "Oh shit."
AN: Thanks for reading and Reviewing. I will try to get the next Chapter up later tonight.