Ch. 11

August 12th, 2000

Hermione laid in her bedroom reading the Daily Prophet when she came across an article.

Harry Potter in Secret Relationship with Ex-Fiancée!

We have exclusive information from numerous sources stating that Harry Potter is indeed back with his ex and she is five months pregnant with his child! This source tells us that he has been with her shortly after our first article about the two's turbulent relationship.

Our source tells us that Harry Potter's current fiancée has no idea of this relationship, thinking that Harry is working late at work. Other details a work in process.

Harry was out in the kitchen when he heard Hermione yell for him. He waled into their bedroom only to have a paper thrown at him.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ALL ABOUT? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? I JUST HAD YOUR CHILDREN FOR MERLIN'S SAKE!" Hermione screamed crying hysterically.

"That is NOT TRUE! I have no intentions of getting back with her, nor have I been seeing her behind your back! I would never do that to you! You need to stop believing everything the Daily Prophet prints!" Harry yelled, turning red in the face.

"Well what do you expect? You have been really distant lately and I was starting to get suspicious!" Hermione said.

"IT IS NOT TRUE. PLEASE JUST FORGET ABOUT THIS." Harry said as he crossed his arms and stood in front of her. "Well?"

"Ok, but please just tell me why you have been so distant?" Hermione pleaded.

"Well, for one I haven't had sex with you for almost a year. So I am a little sexually frustrated. What else do you expect?" Harry growled.

"Ok, I understand." Hermione mumbled quietly looking saddened.

August 14th, 2000

Harry got ready to apparate to St. Mungo's so he could meet Alex there. Hermione came home with the twins yesterday. Harry hired a witch to help take care of the twins, so Hermione could get some rest. Every time he went into the nursery, he was in awe at how beautiful his children were. He left a list of some errands around the house that needed done and apparated to St. Mungo's.

He ended up right at the entrance of St. Mungo's and walked in. The witch at the welcome desk directed him to the floor he needed to go to. When he reached the desired floor, he walked down the hallway only to see Alex sitting in a chair outside an office.

"Alexandra Coppley and Harry Potter please sign this paper and come into my office please." A witch said as she handed them each a paper. It was a letter of consent. He signed it and handed it back to the witch. She brought both of them into the office and had Alex lie on the bed in the room.

"Ok, Alex if I can have you lift your shirt please, I will first perform the spell on you." The witch said as she brought her wand to Alex's stomach. Then a bright pink glow erupted from the wand and encircled Alex's stomach, then disappeared. "Well the baby is definitely a girl. Now Harry I will perform the same spell on you now." The witch aimed her wand at Harry and suddenly he felt warm and a blue glow encircled him.

"Ok, I will have your results in 10 minutes." The witch said as she walked out of the office. Alex and Harry sat there in silence until the witch came back in.

"Ok, I have your results, and Harry you are not the father of this child." The witch said. "If you don't have any other questions, you may leave."

Harry and Alex walked out of the office and Alex was hanging her head low as they walked out of St. Mungo's. When they got out into the open, Harry turned to face her.

"So, you are about 17 weeks correct?" Harry said. Alex nodded. "Ok. So that puts you getting pregnant in about April, right?" Alex nodded again. "Ok, so that means you have been cheating on me the entire time we were together, right?" Alex once again nodded. "You are such a slut! I can't believe that you were pregnant and you got drunk even! Wow Alex. I never want to see you AGAIN!" Harry screamed as he apparated back to his flat.

When he got into his flat, Hermione met him at the door.

"So? How did it go?" Hermione asked.

"I am not the father!" Harry said excitedly. "Which means she was cheating on me our entire relationship, I can't believe I actually was engaged to that."

"I am sorry, Harry. But at least you have me." Hermione smiled as she jumped in Harry's arms.

"Yes, I am thankful for that every day." Harry smiled.

August 25th, 2000

Mrs. Weasley hosted a dinner for Harry and Hermione since they would be leaving the 27th. Harry and Hermione arrived with the twins in tow, and they were bombarded at the door.

"Merlin, they are so adorable!" Ginny said as she took Ariana from her car seat. Luna picked up Colton from his car seat and both of the women were in awe over the babies.

"Everyone come in, dinner's ready!"Mrs. Weasley called out. Everyone walked in and sat down.

The whole extended Weasley family was at this dinner. Everyone was talking amongst themselves when Ron spoke up.

"When I met Harry on the train, I had no idea that he would make so much of an impact on our world. He is my best friend and I would not trade him for anything, even though we have had our differences throughout the years. Good luck to you both." Ron said as he toasted to the both of them.

Everyone finished their dinner and said their goodbyes. Harry and Hermione apparated back to their flat.

When they got back to their flat, they started packing their belongings and shrunk them down into 3 suitcases. Then they headed off to bed.

August 27th, 2000

Today was the day they left for the US. They made sure they had everything packed up for their trip. They were taking a muggle plane, considering they had the twins now and apparating that far would be pushing it.

When they boarded the plane they all went to sleep. Soon they arrived in Connecticut. They took a bus to Hermione's house and walked in. Mallory was sitting in the living room when they walked in. She let out a squeal and ran over and grabbed the twins. She was in awe over how adorable they were.

"Hello, you must be Harry; it is so nice to finally meet you!" Mallory said shaking his hand. "These babies are the cutest babies I have ever seen!"

"Yes, hello Mallory. I have heard a lot about you from 'Mione. How has her house been treating you?" Harry asked.

"It has been great. I have been keeping up on everything since we don't start school until Sept. 1st." Mallory said.

"Thank you so much. 'Mione, I am going to go call around to see if we can get a nanny in here tomorrow to start watching the twins before you go back to school. I go back to work the same day you go back to school, so I think it would be better to have the twins acquainted first." Harry said.

"That sounds great. Mallory and I are going to go to a salon down the street, do you think you can handle the twins for right now?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, I should be okay. Have fun." Harry said as he kissed Hermione and she walked out of the house and got into the car.

Hermione and Mallory walked into the salon and seated themselves in chairs waiting for another spot in line. Mallory came first, she walked over to the hairstylist and asked her to give her a trim and that she wanted to go a honey blonde with platinum highlights.

Soon, it was Hermione's turn to sit down. The hairstylist, named Katie, washed her hair and combed her hair out.

"So, Hermione, what do you want to do today?" Katie asked.

"Well, I wanted to just color my hair all over with a deep brown. The platinum blonde was okay for a while but I need a change. I just had twins 3 weeks ago and wanted something different. And can I have a little longer extensions in the same color?"

"Yes I would be happy to do that. And you really just had twins? You don't even look it! You look amazing." Katie said smiling. She started the color, and once she got that done, she started applying the extensions. Soon after she was done, Hermione looked in the mirror.

"It looks great, Katie. Thank you so much." Hermione said as she got up and handed Katie a tip and walked out of the salon.

Hermione and Mallory walked in the door of their house to see Harry in the living room watching TV, the twins in their bassinets sleeping. 'Life couldn't be more perfect.' Hermione thought.

Harry and Hermione were in their bedroom just snuggling up to each other, when Harry looked at Hermione.

"I could get used to you being beside me for the rest of my life. I love you so much Hermione Granger." Harry said.

"I love you too, Harry Potter." Hermione said smiling.