Marriage, Muggle Life, and Babies

Chapter 53: What's in a Name?

By jessebelle

A/N: Guess who kept her New Year's resolution to update more, and more frequently? Huh, bet you'll never guess….MEEEEEE! It turns out that I'm able to write a bit at work, and during a slow day I pretty much wrote this entire chapter. Cool, huh. I've already started the next chapter too, so, cool beans. I really want to get this story finished, and I'm sure none of you will mind any updates. So, enjoy the chapter and I hope your holidays were happy.

Huggles and Snuggles,

jessebelle

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"Oh, they're so cute. Look at them."

"Quite the family picture they make."
"Looks like Draco finally realized what having twins means." Narcissa and Molly stood in Draco and Hermione's room, watching the couple as they slept with the twins in their arms.

"Why are they still sleepin'? Its day time, the sun's out." Victoria stood with hem, holding Narcissa's hand.

"Well, new babies don't sleep like big girls do, they wake up at night. Your Mummy was already tired, so waking up with the twins last night made her and your Daddy even more tired. They need to sleep."

"But the sun's up!" Victoria complained to her grandmother.

Narcissa rolled her eyes and looked to Molly. The redhead smiled, and then kneeled down to the girl's level. "Victoria, do you know how you take naps?"

"Uh, huh. Mommy says I need 'em or else I'm a grumpy bear."

"Well what about the sun? It's up when you take your naps, how do you sleep?"

"Uh-" the girl faltered. "So Mommy and Daddy are takin' an early nap?"

Molly smiled and stood up. "Exactly. Now, we need to let them sleep, so-" But she was cut off by a voice from he door.

"Draco! Hermione! Where are my darling granddaughters?" It was Sirius.

Narcissa opened her mouth to scold her husband, but Victoria beat her to it. "Shh! Mommy and Daddy are sweepin'!"

Sirius' eyes widened and he apologized. "Oh, sorry kiddo." But the damage was done.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Baby number one had woken up. The grandparents watched, Severus just having arrived, as Draco and Hermione's eyes shot open. Baby number two then joined her sister. They decided to help.

"Shhh, go back to sleep. We'll get the girls." Narcissa placed a hand on her son as he went to get up., "But-?"

"Go back to sleep. You too Hermione." She took baby two in her yellow blanket from her spot on the bed. Severus did the same for Hermione, talking her back to sleep. It didn't take much persuasion.

"Come on Victoria, you can help us with your sisters." Molly picked up baby one and led the group to the room next door. "Here, I'm pretty sure…yes, here's the nursery." She opened the door wider and they got a glimpse at the transformation that had occurred the previous night. The room, formerly white walled and empty, now was an exact replica of Victoria's nursery in the old apartment. The only difference was that there were two of everything; two cribs, two changing tables, two rocking chairs, and two closets filled with clothes and everything possibly needed for the twins.

"Wow! How did Mommy and Daddy do all this?" Victoria turned to her grandparents and aunt with curious eyes.

Sirius smiled at her look of wonder. "Magic. Now let's let your grandmothers take care of your sisters.

They watched as Molly and Narcissa expertly went to work, effectively figuring out the problem and fixing it for each baby. Molly made quick work of a diaper for baby one. She also clothed the baby, continuing with the color coding of the previous night.

Meanwhile Narcissa changed baby two into an adorable yellow onsie and took the bottle she'd sent Severus to make. Sitting down she looked at home as she fed her youngest granddaughter. "So do they have names for you yet? Because this color coding method will only last for so long. I can't keep calling you yellow baby for your life."

The baby didn't reply but Molly did. "There's an idea. I'm sure Draco and Hermione haven't gotten around to coming up with ideas yet. Why don't we go downstairs and Victoria can go through one of those name books?" She looked to the blond girl that was currently watching Narcissa as she fed her youngest sister.

Her eyes widened in delight at the suggestion. "Really? You think Mommy and Daddy will let me name them?
Sirius chuckled. "No, but you might be able to help." He turned to Narcissa. "Come on, luv. You can feed her downstairs. And after helping her up from the rocking chair, he scooped up Victoria and led Molly, Severus, and his new wife down to the living room.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Severus looked skeptically to Molly as they watched Victoria and Sirius open the baby name book and start to debate on whether 'Gertrude' was still in style.

Molly chuckled. "Yes, she needs to feel like she can help. Plus, it keeps her busy without having to watch that dreadful TV. I don't want her brain rotted too much.

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"Mm, this feels nice." Hermione had just woken up and found she was being held tightly in Draco's arms. They hadn't slept in this late in a long time, Victoria usually giving them an early wake up call. She felt warm, safe, and content. She shifted to get closer, waking Draco. The blond opened his eyes, looked down at the woman in his arms, and sighed in happiness.

"Morning."

Hermione looked up at him and echoed his happy sigh. "Morning."

"This is…"

"Heaven, I know."

"No noise, no jumping, no crying from the kids."

Suddenly Hermione's eyes flew open. "Kids!"

Draco gave her a puzzled look before… "The Twins!"

The two sprung apart, both aware that the twins were no longer in the bed with them. Nonetheless they tore it apart looking. "Where are they?"

"I don't know!"

Hermione looked to Draco, panicked. "We've only had them for one night and already we lost them. What are we going to do?"

Draco, though as panicked as Hermione inside, quickly realized he had to be calm, or at least appear to be. "Shh, Hermione, it's okay. They're newborns; they can't have gone too far. It's not like they can walk yet, right? Deep breaths."

Hermione did as instructed. "You're right; we just need to go downstairs and call-"

"Or what if they did? Dumbledore cold have aged them! Maybe they're downstairs, getting into trouble!" He let his panic show.

"Not helping Draco!" Hermione threw him a glare.

He followed his own advice. "Right, calming down. But what are we-?"

"We're going to go downstairs and call Severus, Molly, or your mother. I'm sure they'll know what's going on."

"Right, downstairs, call for help." He looked at her shocked. "Well, what are you standing around foe?" Then the two gave in to their panic and rushed down the stairs.

Hermione nearly ran into Draco as he stopped suddenly when they reached the bottom. "Oww, what?" She followed his gaze and her panic abated while shock set in.

Victoria stood in front of the TV, making Sirius dance with her to her favorite video. On the couch sat her father, Narcissa, and Molly, the women each holding a sleeping baby; the missing twins. All three of them were perusing a book in Severus' lap. She must have made a noise of surprise, because Victoria turned, spotting them.

"Mommy! Daddy!" She practically flew across the room and launched herself into Draco's arms. Used to this, he caught her instinctively.

"You woked up from your naps. Auntie Molly said you needed to sleep, and so we tooked the twins and are tryin' to find some 'gestions for their names. But Poppa Padfoot says we can't name 'em Gertrude cuz it's old."

"Old fashioned, sweetie. Hey, why don't you let your Mum and Dad talk to the old folks and you can go finish your dance."

Victoria turned to look at her father for permission, and Draco, through his shock managed to give her an encouraging smile and set her down. She paused, shrugged, and then went back to her movie.

Meanwhile, the other adults had gotten up and made their way to where Draco and Hermione stood. "What's wrong dears? You look…shaken up." Narcissa looked at the two worriedly. Draco took a deep breath and ran a hand through his hair. After exhaling loudly, he explained.

"We woke up to find the twins missing. We panicked and were rushing down here to call you for help. Finding you here, like this…well I'm just-"

"A bit out of it." Hermione finished for him.

"Understandable, considering the circumstances. You're just starting to get used to the idea of having the twins, let alone actually having them. I think you're doing considerably well. And speaking of the latest additions." Molly held out the baby in her arms to Hermione, who took the baby with a little hesitation.

Narcissa followed her example and handed the baby she held to her son. Draco looked down at the yellow bundle in his arms. "Uh, which one is this?"

Narcissa turned to Molly with a look of fake confusion. "I don't know, Molly, which one twin is this?"

Molly shared the look. "No idea."

Draco went back to panicking. "You mean you mixed them up? How could you do that, they're not even identical?"

"Well, if you're so smart, you figure out which is which." Narcissa did not take kindly to being yelled at, even by her panicking son.

Draco looked to Hermione with wide eyes. The brunette also looked a bit panicked now, but began to examine the baby in her arms, trying to remember something from last night that would clue her in to which child she held.

Draco was doing the same. "Oh Merlin, I don't know."

"Why Draco, can't even tell your children apart? That's horrible, especially considering they're not even identical." Narcissa gave her son a sharp look.

Draco's instinct was to snap back, do something drastic, but something in his mother's voice held him back. He gave her a suspicious look. "You know which ones which don't you?"

The two friends shared a look, but before they could tell, Hermione's triumphant voice cut them off. "This is baby one. Last night when I was changing them, I noticed she has a birthmark on her bottom that the other doesn't." She looked happily up to the group. "I'm right, aren't I?"

Molly nodded. "Yes dear, we were just teasing. We kept the color coding idea."
"But I'm sure now you realized the importance of names?"

Draco gave them a look and Hermione nodded. "Yes, and we'll get to that but speaking of names, why can't I name this little one Gertrude?"

"Because the name is out of fashion and so-"

"So what? Enlighten us, Black."

Sirius turned to Severus. "Why do you care?"

"A) Because those are my grandchildren too, and B) because Gertrude was my mother's name.

Sirius' eyes widened. "Oh, uh-"

"So why shouldn't they name one of the twins after their grandmother?"

"Because…uh…"

Catching on, and knowing full well that Severus was lying, Narcissa decided to make her husband sweat. Walking over to Draco, she stroked the baby's cheek with her finger. "I don't know; she could be a Gertrude. We can call her Trudy." She took delight in the widening of Sirius' eyes.

Molly went with the joke. "Oh yes, or maybe a little Gerdie, Gertrude Malfoy, has a ring to it."

"No!" They all looked to Sirius in shock.

"Uh, I'm just saying, while Gertrude is a…truly beautiful name, uh, maybe you should think of this further. Kids are cruel and we don't want her to get picked on."

A voice piped in from the living room where Victoria was listening in. "But you said only dummies would name their kids Gertrude cuz it was a yucky name and the kid would be scarred for life."

"Uh, sweetie-" Sirius was joining Draco in the competition for highest blood pressure.

Severus, enjoying seeing Sirius suffer, knew he had to end it. "Relax Black, I was only kidding. I would dream of putting one of my granddaughter's through the torture of being named Gertrude. I'm a Professor; I know how cruel kids can be."

"So you're mother wasn't named Gertrude?" Sirius' voice was full of relief.

"No, it was Helena."

"Oh thank Merlin!" Everyone turned, surprised, to see Hermione, now blushing in embarrassment from her outburst. "Sorry, I just really didn't want to name her Gertrude."

Draco gave her a smile. "Me either." He turned to his parents to finish the conversation of what to name to babies when there was a loud knocking at the door. Curiously they turned and watched as whoever was behind it, let themselves in.

"Howdy neighbors! Let me see my goddaughter." Ginny rushed through the door, followed closely by Cordelia.

"Hey guys." The two quickly relieved the new parents of their bundles. Following them were Ron and Harry, each who were holding their sons in their arms, Anya who marched in ignoring them. Serena and Remus were talking as they brought up the rear. Remus gave them a sheepish shrug and Serena a smile as she walked to Severus' side and led him to the living room where everyone had gathered.

Draco and Hermione just stood there as everyone invaded their home. Going and closing the door, she could here Draco mumbling. "Sure, just let yourselves in." Then seeing Hermione's amused look, got defensive. "What?"

Hermione snickered. "Nothing. Let's go entertain our guests." And linking arms, they walked into the adjoining room taking in the sight.

Anya sat on the floor, playing with her hand held video game and was watching Victoria and Xander as they jumped and twirled along with the TV and Nicky lay on the floor playing trucks. Sirius, Harry, and Ron were in a discussion on the couch, as were Severus and Remus. Narcissa, Molly, Serena, Ginny, and Cordelia sat on at the table discussing the twins and motherhood.

They stood there a moment, taking in the feeling of family before Hermione unhooked her arm from his and patted Draco on the stomach. "Well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." And she headed over to the table to join in the woman's discussion. Draco just shook his head amused and followed her advice.

It was two hours later when Molly looked over and noticed the children passed out on the floor. "Goodness, we must've lost track of time."

Her exclamation drew the attention of the rest of the adults who turned to see the kids, even Anya out like a light.

"Right, I think that's our cue to get these guys home and to bed." Cordelia turned to Ron. "You can get Anya and I'll get Xander."

"Right." The red head rose and bent down to pick up his only daughter. "Come on, Baby girl."

Even in her sleep, Anya had to protest. "Not a baby." But she curled into her father's arms.

The adults laughed. Cordy, after handing Hermione the baby she held in her arms, walked over to her son and carefully picked him up, not wanting him to wake. "Come on big boy, don't wake up." The boy barely stirred, giving a small snore as he cuddled into his mother's arms. Cordy rolled her eyes, and then looked lovingly toward Ron. "Just like his father." Ron just shrugged and readjusted Anyanka. He looked over to his best friend and the baby in her arms, and then looked knowingly to Draco. "They grow up fast, hold them while you can." He looked down at the girl in his arms. "Right, see you later folks." And he and Cordelia left to put their kids in bed.

"Do you want to get Nicky, or should I?" Harry looked to Ginny, who was still at the table.

The red head was quick to answer. "You can get him." She walked to the door.

The-boy-who-lived's eyes narrowed in suspicion as he picked up his son. "Ginny?" his voice was tinged with amusement.

She stopped at the door, but didn't turn around. "Yes, Harry?"

"Aren't you forgetting something?" By now everyone was watching in amusement.

"You have Nicky, we didn't bring anything else. Nope, I think we got everything. Let's go."

"Ginny!" he rolled his eyes.

The red head twirled around with her goddaughter tightly in her arms. "Oh fine, it's not like I was stealing her or anything, merely borrowing."

"You were taking her without permission, that's stealing. Though since it's a child, I suppose kidnapping would be a better term." Draco found the situation amusing like everyone else.

"Why don't you give the baby back to Draco so we can get our son into bed?"

Ginny stuck out her lower lip, pouting. Harry's resolve nearly crumbled, but if he could defeat the Dark Lord, he could say no to one Weasley. "N-Fi-"

"Ginerva Weasley, hand that child over to her father. She's not a doll." Molly, seeing her adoptive son's inability to say no to her daughter was quick to step in.

Again Ginny pouted as she showed everyone where Anyanka had gotten her attitude from. "Fine." She walked over to the blonde, who by now was barely holding in his snickers. "Here's your kid." And after kissing the baby on the head, carefully placing her in his arms, she spun around and stomped out of the room, muttering all the way. "Stupid Dumbledore, giving out babies to other people. I'm a Weasley; I should have the most kids." And they watched as she flung the door open and left.

Harry stood there for a moment, struggling with an explanation for his wife's behavior. His mouth opened and closed a few times before he just shook his head. "Right, uh, I gotta get this little guy in bed. See you later." He walked to the door, and then turned around. "Uh, sorry about-"

Hermione smiled at her best friend. "Not a problem. We'll see you later Harry." The boy-who-lived smiled gratefully and left, shutting the door behind him.

The room was silent for a moment, before Severus stood up from his seat on the couch. "I believe it's time to follow their lead and get going. You need to get Victoria to sleep, and as I'm sure you've discovered, nap time for the kids is nap time for the adults as well."

Hermione smiled at her new father. "Too true. We'll see you later." Everyone made their way to the door. "Thank you guys for this morning."

Molly smiled kindly. "Not a problem, dearie. And call if you need anything. You too, Draco."

The blond smiled at the women who had become like an aunt to him. "Thank you. Uh, bye everyone." He kissed his mum on the cheek as she walked past.

"Bye kids." And the adults left with a wave from Sirius.

The house was quiet. Draco leaned on the closed door for a moment, before sighing. "Well, I need to get her upstairs, do you want to take-?" He held out the twin in his arms.

Hermione's eyes widened, as they hadn't had a chance to get used to holding both babies. "Uh, okay." She quickly adjusted her youngest daughter so she was situated on her left arm, and positioned her right. Draco carefully placed the other baby in the crook of her arm, and after a few seconds the two exhaled in relief.

"Well that wasn't so hard, but I suppose we'll have a bit of time to get used to it, right?"

Hermione looked up distracted. "Oh, yeah, right." She'd been caught up at the sight of her two daughters in her arms, together.

Draco chuckled. "You should bring them upstairs. Uh, Severus said that the room next door has been converted into a nursery."

Hermione nodded. "Okay. I'll meet you upstairs." And then she carefully began the trek to the nursery.

Draco watched her for a second, making sure she was okay with both babies, before setting his sights on the figure that lay curled up in front of the TV, fast asleep with her thumb in her mouth. He watched her for a moment, before bending over and carefully scooping her up. "Come on, princess, time for bed." And holding her tight, he surveyed the empty living room for a minute, and then followed his wife's footsteps up the stairs. He peeked in the nursery, and his eyes widened in surprise. He smiled as he watched Hermione stare down into one of the cribs. No doubt she had put the girls together. He heard a sigh and looked down to his eldest. She was beautiful, and heavy. Ron was right when he said they grew up fast.

He quickly arrived at her bedroom, and carefully set her down in her bed. Pulling up the covers and tucking her in, he tried not to laugh out loud as she curled up again and her thumb found its way back in her mouth.

"What?" He turned to the doorway and saw Hermione.

"She's sucking her thumb," he whispered.

Hermione grinned and came to stand by him. Together they watched her for a moment. "Do you ever think this is all just some wonderful dream?"

Draco nodded and placed a hand around her waist. "Every minute of every day. I keep waiting for everything to disappear and I'll find myself sitting in Transfigurations with McGonagall taking points and your friends laughing at me."

Hermione leaned her head on his shoulder. "Well then I'd have to hit them. But that's what's going to happen, isn't it? They'll disappear."

Draco led Hermione out of the room as the conversation took a turn for the depressing side. "I guess; we don't really know what's going to happen. But all we can do is enjoy the time we have with them." They both took a look at the bed and crawled in. Draco leaned over to turn off the light. As he did he grinned. "Hermione, this is the first time we've been alone, no crying babies, no annoying friends or chaperones. Got any ideas of what we can do?" His suggestive smirk would have charmed the pants off of any female in the room. He turned to see Hermione's reaction to his idea.

"ZZZZZZZZZZZ." She snored, fast asleep.

Draco was shocked, then disappointed, before finally settling on amused. Chuckling he pulled up the covers and drew her in his arms. "I guess that's as good idea as any." And holding her tight, he joined her in sleep.

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They awoke a few hours later to the sound of the twins' cry. Both sprang up from the bed at the same time, hitting heads. "Ow, Draco!"

"What?" He rubbed his head looking so pathetic that Hermione had to laugh. Another cry sounded from the nursery and both were on their feet again.

"Right, the twins." They shared nervous looks as they made their way next door. However, like before, they'd been beaten to the babies by someone else; Victoria.

Draco went to enter the room, but Hermione's hand on his arm stopped him.

"Shh, I want to see what she does." Draco gave her a curious look, but nonetheless turned to watch their daughters interact.

"Shh, it's okay babies. I'm here. Mommy and Daddy are a sweepin' cuz they're weally tired. That's your fault, but it's okay cuz you don't knows any better." She placed a hand through the bars of the crib and gently stroked the babies' tummies. Slowly the two stopped crying.

"I hopes you don't need nuffin', cuz I can't reach to get you outta there, but I think you just need someone to watch you. I can do that, cuz I'm a big girl, and mommy says I can handle the 'sponsitility of bein' a big sister. That's who I am, you're big sister. And I'm not mean like Angelica on the Rugrats or 'nuffin, but 'Yanka is. I'll protect you from her, cuz she can be mean, but I don't think she does in on purpose, she's just jealous of Xander. Xander's cool, he's like our cuzin and he'll help me protect you. Nicky's just a baby, but I 'spose that's okay cuz you guys are babies too."

At the door Hermione and Draco looked at each other and smiled. The scene was just too cute.

"I'm gunna be the bestest big sister in the world. I'll help mommy feed you, and change you. I'll even help with your stinky dipees. And if I needs too, I'll get up at night and talk to you like I'm doin' now. We're gonna be bestest friends, an' I can't wait till you guys can talk to me. We'll have tea parties, an' play dress up. I'll show you hows to do my dance."

Deciding to interrupt was hard, but with a shared look, Draco broke up the party in the nursery. "I'm afraid that might not be for while sweetie."

Victoria spun around like she'd been caught in the cookie jar. "Daddy!" She saw Hermione come up behind him. "Mommy!"

Her voice startled the babies, who began to cry. Victoria's blue eyes widened and she turned to the crib. "I'm sorry babies! Don't cry!"

"Shh, it's okay. I think they need a diaper change, and possibly a bottle. I believe I heard a certain someone offering to help with that."

Victoria looked down and blushed as her parents reached down and each picked up one of the crying babies. "I guess. What do you needs me to do?"

Draco and Hermione shared a look. "Well, to start with we heard you could help us with something important, possibly the most important thing." As they talked to their eldest, they began taking care of the twins.

Victoria's eyes widened. "Really?" She watched as her mother changed her sister, wrinkling her nose at the smell.

Hermione laughed. "Really, Really."

Victoria bit her lip. "I can really help?"

"Yep." Draco finished first and picked the baby back up.

Victoria took a deep breath, and remembering her promise, nodded solemnly. "Okay, what do you need me to do?"

Hermione finally finished, and picking up the second twin, she walked over to the rocking chair and sat down. Draco placed his pink bundle in her arms like before, and she began to rock. "Wait, I have to go get a bottle. Victoria, why don't you go get your chair and bring it in here. Then we can all do this as a family." He patted her on the head then jogged down the stairs.

Victoria, now nervous about the task she'd volunteered for, nodded reluctantly and ran to get her chair. By the time she got back, both of her parents sat feeding the babies. She dragged her chair in front of them and watched curiously. "Okay."

Hermione smiled down at her daughter. "Good, now are you ready for this?"

Victoria paused, then nodded and began to rock in her chair.

Draco nodded and released a breath. "Oh good, because we really need your help to name the babies."

Victoria's mouth dropped open. "That's all?"

Hermione and Draco shared an amused look. "Yep, that's all. But it's still a big responsibility. Do you have a list, or do you remember any names you liked from the book you read with your grandparents?"

Victoria again bit her lip. "Yeah, there were two names I really liked, and even Grampa and Gramma, liked 'em."

"Well, what are they? And please don't say Gertrude." Draco smiled at his daughter.

"Bianca… Bianca and Olivia. We can call 'em Bee and Livvie."

Draco and Hermione shared surprised looks. It was obvious they'd been anticipating a name like Gertrude. "Bianca Malfoy, Olivia Malfoy. I like it, it's cute."

Draco looked down at the baby in his arms. "What about you, huh, are you a Bianca? Or maybe an Olivia?"

"I thinks that Baby one should be Bianca an' baby two Olivia, cuz then it's in 'betical order."

Hermione like Draco looked down at the baby in her arms. "Olivia, huh. I suppose yellow will be your favorite color. Even with names we'll have to color code them until we can tell them apart."

Draco nodded. "I just hope they start showing differences soon, because we can't constantly check for Bianca's birthmark." His eyes widened. "Hey, they have names!"

Hermione and Victoria laughed at his shock. "Yes, they do. And it's all thanks to their big sister. Thank you for helping us out, sweetie. You're going to be a wonderful big sister."

Victoria beamed at their praise, and her smile widened at Draco's next words. "You know, I think all this help deserves some ice cream, what about you, Hermione?"

The brunette nodded. "Yep, and we still have to figure out middle names, but we can do that in the kitchen."

"Yay! Ice cream!" And with a quick hug around their legs for each of her parents, she ran downstairs.

Draco opened her mouth to yell for her not to run, but stopped and shook his head. "Come on, we have ice cream to dish out. Is the baby, I mean Olivia done?" He grinned at the name.

Hermione nodded. "Yes, and I can see Bianca is too." She pushed her self up so she was standing. "Come on, we better get to the kitchen before she tears it apart."

With a grin they began the walk to the kitchen. "So are we going to call everyone and tell them the twins are named?"
Hermione shook her head as she rounded the corner. "No, we can wait for tomorrow. You can invite everyone over and we'll do it properly. For now I think we should just have a quiet night and finish the job." Hermione gave him a grin. "Besides, the ice cream is waiting."

Draco returned it. "Tomorrow it is. After all, we wouldn't want to interrupt your ice cream." And entering the kitchen and seeing the mess Victoria had made searching for her treat, he shook his head. "Like mother like daughter." He looked down at the baby in his arms. "What do you think, Bianca, are you going to be a daddy's girl." He looked up and saw that Hermione had joined in the search. "Because I don't think there's enough ice cream in the world for four of you." A gurgle was his only response. With a grin he remembered Hermione's words from before. "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." And with a spring in his step, he joined his family on the quest for ice cream.

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A/N: So what did you think? Good? Bad? Corny? Review and let me know.

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