Hermione stepped into her bedroom after her appointment the following day, a wide smile on her face. Draco emerged right after her and she turned to face him, "I'm so glad to be off of bedrest finally!" she said, doing a small spin right on the spot.

Draco chuckled and shook his head, "Well, you still can't over do it. Remember, Susan said that she would rather you be sitting as much as you can-"

"Yes, yes. But at least now I can go to into work and actually eat dinner with the rest of the family," she said happily. While Draco had taken every meal with her in her room, she really missed eating and conversing all members of the household.

Draco walked closer to her and grabbed both of her hands, kissing the top of one, then the other, "Just don't over do it, ok?"

Hermione rolled her eyes but smiled, "I promise, mum," she teased before she kissed his cheek and let go of his hands. "I really do appreciate everything you did while I was stuck in bed for those few weeks. Hopefully the rest of the pregnancy will go smoothly until it's actually time to have the babies."

"I fully agree with you. Now," he grinned at her, "Would you like to see the nursery?"

Hermione's eyes widened, "Is it done?"

"Not yet, but nearly there. I think you'll love it though," he said, taking her hand and leading her out of her room.

The bedroom door was closed and Draco knocked while Hermione gave him a curious look. He didn't need to answer though, as the door opened and Narcissa was standing on the other side. "Just in time," she said with a smile, "I just got done with some of the last minute touches." She stepped aside and let Hermione walk in, hearing her let out a small gasp as she looked around.

The room, which had been painted a light grey color previously, was now much more inviting and light. The top half of the walls were painted a pale yellow, while the bottom half was a pale green. In between the colors was a white wooden border with magical zoo animals carved into it that moved around the border and interacted with each other. The cribs were side by side along the wall to the right, and a changing table was across from the door, settled between two windows. On the left side of the room was the door to the adjoining bathroom and next to the door were two tall dressers. The cribs, changing table, and dressers were all made in the same light pine wood so that everything matched. Hermione's eyes welled up as she walked around the room, "I love it. It's beautiful and even better than I imagined." She walked over to Narcissa and put her arms around her in a hug. Taken by surprise, Narcissa lightly hugged Hermione back and smiled down at her.

"I'm glad you like it. But I cannot take all the credit. Andromeda helped as well," she informed.

"Where is she? I'd like to thank her, too," asked Hermione.

"She's in the playroom across the hall," Narcissa said airly.

Once again, Hermione's eyes widened in surprise, "The play room?"

Narcissa nodded, "You don't expect all the amount of toys that these children will receive to be able to fit in their bedroom, do you?"

Hermione laughed, "No, I suppose not." She looked out the door to the room across the hall, "Can I see it?"

Narcissa shook her head, "Not yet, but soon."

Hermione nodded, going over to the cribs and running her hands along the smooth surface.

"We still need to pick out bedding and curtains for the room. Not to mention clothes, diapers, and bath things. I also think having two rocking chairs rather than just one would be best. Their bathroom has a tub that we shrunk so it wouldn't be as deep as yours, and once we get towels, washcloths, and soap, we can store them under the sink," Narcissa said.

"Sounds perfect," Hermione said with a smile, glad that Narcissa didn't complete all the tasks so that she could do some herself.

"Oh, I forgot to ask, but seeing as how you're walking around, I assume your appointment went well?" Narcissa asked.

Draco nodded. "Yes, she's finally free, as she says," he said, smirking at his wife.

Hermione stuck her tongue out at him in jest then returned her attention to her mother-in-law, "Yes, I am off of bedrest, but I have to take it easy and be careful still."

Narcissa nodded, "It will be good to see you around the manor again. Meals were not the same without you or Draco present."

Hermione sighed and looked over at Draco, who was leaning against the door frame and smirkd in her general direction. "I told him he didn't have to, but he insisted that I not eat alone," she said with a sigh then smiled at him, "Which, I will admit I am grateful for."

Draco pushed himself off the doorframe and walked over to where Hermione was standing, "I'd do it again, no matter much you tell me otherwise," he said, tugging on one of her curls playfully and chuckled as she batted his hand away. He looked over at his mother and said, "See Mother, I told you she'd like this rather than the usual pink and blue."

Narcissa waved him off, "Yes, yes. I do admit, I like this color scheme much better. But don't think I will be dressing them in only these colors. I already have a few pink dresses for our little princess and some cute blue and green dress robes for the little prince."

Hermione chuckled, "That's fine, as long we don't go overboard on the blue and pink."

"Wouldn't dream of it," said Narcissa with a slight smirk that made Hermione wonder just how much the grandmother-to-be had bought for the kids already.

"I was going to write the children's names over their cribs," Narcissa continued as she inspected her nails, "But I was informed that we will not be permitted to know them until they are born," she said with a raised eyebrow at Hermione.

Hermione blushed and but nodded, "Yes, that's correct. Since everyone else knows that we're having twins and what their genders are, I wanted just one thing for me and Draco to have until they were born. But don't worry, you'll be the first to know their names and then you can come home and write them before we return from the hospital."

Narcissa smiled, pleased with that arrangement, "That sounds like a good compromise. Well, I must head downstairs and talk to the elves about dinner." She kissed Hermione's cheek, then her son's, before leaving the nursery.

Hermione took one look around again, a smile plastered on her face, "I really do love this room. It's very light and inviting."

"If you want, we can go out and pick bedding, curtains, and rocking chairs sometime this weekend?" Draco offered.

Hermione nodded, "That sounds lovely. There are few baby boutiques in Muggle London that I've wanted to visit, if that's alright with you?"

Draco nodded, "Yes, that's fine." He glanced at his watch and sighed, "Well, I have to go down to the lab and work on some potions before dinner. Blaise should be down there, so it shouldn't take long." He walked the short distance to Hermione and pulled her close, her arms automatically going around his neck. "Will you be ok if left alone to your own devises for a little while?"

Hermione rolled her eyes, "Yes, dear. Infact, I know just what I'm going to do while you're busy."

"Oh, and what's that?" he asked with a smirk.

"Plan our second date. You did say I was in charge," she reminded him with a mock serious tone.

"That you are," he said grinning. He leaned down and brushed his lips softly to hers, "I'll see you at dinner."

She pulled him down for another quick kiss, "You can count in it."

Draco smiled on his way to the lab. He and Hermione had slowly begun to show affection towards each other, ones that didn't just lead up to shagging each other senseless. They were still keeping their displays of affection to themselves so as not to make a big deal in front of everyone, but Draco was happy with the progress of their relationship. They held hands more often and stole kisses when no one was around, and in a way he almost felt like they were being secretive about their relationship, which was silly to think about considering that she was already pregnant with his children. But it had become more than just shagging; he now felt like they were starting a real relationship; one where maybe it could bloom into something more.

The smile was still on his face as he entered the lab, which Blaise he noticed and started chuckling, "I take it Granger is a free woman again and can now leave the confines of her bedroom?"

Draco nodded, "Yes, though she still has to keep it easy."

"So, still no shagging?" asked Blaise.

Draco shook his head, "Still no shagging. Which is fine-" He heard Blaise snort and decidedly ignored him, "I'd rather not have a scare like that again if I can help it. Besides, there other things we do besides shagging and once the babies are here, we can do what we like again."

Blaise shook his head, "You're a braver man than I, I'll tell you that much. I don't think I'd be able to go that long without being able to shag my wife."

"If Daph ever has to go on bedrest, then I'm sure you'll be able to manage. You'd be surprised what you are willing to do, or not do in this instance, for your family," said Draco.

"Yeah… I don't know if it will come to that honestly," mumbled Blaise.

"What?" asked Draco as he inspected a cauldron.

"It's nothing," Blaise said, going over to one of the tables and working on the next set of ingredients. He picked up a knife and began chopping bat tongues.

Draco walked over to him, "What?" he asked again.

Blaise sighed and placed the knife on the table, "If I tell you something, you have to swear you won't tell anyone, alright?" Draco nodded, picking up the discarded knife and took over the task while Blaise collected his thoughts. "Daph and I, for a while now, have been trying to have a baby. She really wants one and while I'm not all that comfortable around kids, I figured it would be different if it was my own, ya know?" Draco nodded, knowing better than to interrupt.

"Anyways, we've been trying for a while and nothing has happened yet. I, uh, didn't want to tell you this before, but when I told Daph that you and Hermione were unexpectedly expecting twins, she broke down crying. Don't get me wrong," he said quickly, before Draco could say anything, "She's very happy for you both. But she's also upset that while we've been trying for over two years now, you guys ended up pregnant only a few months after getting married."

"Do you guys know why you're having trouble with it?" Draco asked after a few moments.

Blaise shrugged, "We've gone to see healers. First they checked my swimmers, but they're fine. Then they ran some tests on Daph and… well, without going into too much detail, she will basically always have a hard time getting pregnant, if ever."

Draco put a hand on Blaise's shoulder and squeezed, "Sorry, mate."

Blaise shrugged again, "It is what it is. Daph doesn't want anyone to know, not yet anyways. We've been talking the past few weeks about looking into adoption though."

"Yeah?" asked Draco, going back to cutting.

Nodding, Blaise said, "Yeah. There were a lot of kids who were orphaned during the war. We were thinking of looking into it. We didn't want to say anything until we knew for sure though."

"Well, if you need any help, just let us know. I, for one, think you will be a great father," said Draco sincerely.

"Thanks man," said Blaise, finally looking up at Draco and gave him a small smile. "So.. we should probably get back to work if we want to spend some quality times with our wives tonight."

Draco nodded, handing the knife back to Blaise, "Agreed. You finish up here, and I'll work on bottling up the potions that are ready. We're ahead of schedule for our orders so we can probably take the weekend off. Maybe you and Daphne can come over to dinner one night?" suggested Draco.

"Sounds good to me, though I'm sure Granger would like to go somewhere aside from the Manor, so maybe we'll have you two over instead. I'll talk to Daph and see what she says," offered Blaise.

"Alright, but do me a favor?" Draco asked. At Blaise's inquiring look, Draco smirked and said, "Make sure your elf makes that eggplant parmesan I love. You know I only eat the one that Chester makes."

Blaise grinned, "I'm sure I can talk him into it."