Chapter 12: Healing Takes Time

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Mum? Dad?

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"Hi sweetie." Her mother offered a small smile. Mrs. Granger nudged her husband.

"Hello dear, I see you've had triplets. Splendid." His voice was cold.

Hermione had tears in her eyes, "What are you doing here?"

"We came to see you and our grandchildren." Mrs. Granger stepped forward, the Weasley family stared them down. An uncomfortable silence filled the air only to be broken by the cries of the newest Weasley son.

"Hermione would you like to hold him?" The Medi-Witch asked.

Hermione didn't answer, "Hermione?" The Medi-Witch approached her, "She's not conscious! Everyone LEAVE!" Another Medi-Witch escorted the entire family from the room. Ron protested angrily...

"She's the mother of my child...my fiancé...you can't kick me out!"

"Watch me!" The Witch pushed Ron through the doors and pulled the shade on the window down.

Ron calmed himself when a Medi-Witch from Hermione's room handed him his son, "It looks as though Ms. Granger has some internal bleeding, and we are trying our best to pull her through. Three children is a lot of strain on any woman." She spoke softly.

"Is she going to be alright?" Mrs. Granger spoke up from the back.

"You, stay out of this!" Ron whipped around, handed his son to Ginny, and walked until he was face to face with his future mother-in-law, "You have no business being here!"

"She is MY daughter!"

"Who YOU disowned! You turned your back on her...both of you! What kind of parent is that?"

Mr. Granger stepped in front of his wife, creating a barrier between his wife and Ron, "You ungrateful boy...we came back! Do you see us here, right now! We are back; we want our daughter back in our life, and our grandchildren."

"Not in this lifetime." Ron glared. He backed away from Mr. Granger, walking briskly down the hall. Harry followed him. The rest of the Weasleys stood watching the Grangers shift uncomfortably.

"We'll be over there." Mrs. Granger announced.

"Too much for you to handle?" Mrs. Weasley challenged.

"How dare you!" She shouted.

They were cut off when a Medi-Witch opened the doors of Hermione's room, "What is going on out here?" She yelled over Mrs. Granger's voice.

"Nothing." They said in unison.

"Where is Mr. Weasley?" The witch asked.

"He went that way I could get him for you." Ginny offered as she walked down the hall.

"Thank you."

"Excuse me, we are Hermione's parents, can we see her?" Mrs. Granger's voice was sickly sweet.

"Do not let them in!" Mrs. Weasley protested.

"I'm sorry, they are her parents, I have to. Come this way please." Mrs. Granger smiled a fake smile at the Weasley family when she entered the room.

"That conniving bastard!" Mrs. Weasley shouted.

"Molly!" Arthur was shocked at his wife's vocabulary.

Ron, Harry and Ginny were running down the hallway. Ron saw Mrs. Granger shine a fake smile at his mother as she entered Hermione's room. He never heard his mother utter such words, "Where are they going!?" He shouted as he ran up to the closed door.

"They used the ol' 'We're her parents' excuse." Fred huffed.

"Damn it!" Ron punched the door.

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Mr. and Mrs. Granger approached Hermione's bed, "Hermione has been through a lot try not to upset her. She had some internal bleeding, we fixed the problem, but she will be in a lot of pain."

"Thank you." They recited.

"Hermione." Her mother spoke softly, as to not frighten her.

"Ron?" Hermione blinked her eyes open.

"No sweetheart it's you mum...and dad." She smiled.

Hermione sat up quickly, "Oww..." She lay down slowly, "What are you doing here...I don't think I can talk to you."

"Why? We came all this way...don't be ungrateful, we raised you better than that." Her mother scolded.

"How dare you come in here and lecture me...do you have any idea what you put me through these past eight months? It has been hell! Sure I had the Weasleys, Ron and Harry, but I wanted my own parents there with me...but they weren't there...you weren't there. Now if you would please I want to see people that actually care about me...leave."

Hermione's mother sobbed into her husbands shoulder, "She hates us."

"Don't do this to your mother Hermione." Her father pleaded.

"What about you?"

"What do you mean?" He asked confused.

"You said 'don't do this to your mother' what about you? I bet you didn't even want to come today...how did you find out I was in labor in the first place?" She questioned.

"Of course I want to be here, I love you Hermione and so does your mother."

"You have a funny way of showing it. You never answered my second question."

"St. Mungos told us...we were your next of kin." Her father explained.

"Why did you come back?"

"We want to have you back in our life." Her mother recovered from her sobbing.

"Me or your grandchildren?" Hermione pushed farther.

"Both."

"And what about Ron? You have to learn to accept him...I'm stuck with him for the rest of my life." She smiled a little.

It soon faded, "You don't have to marry him Hermione just because he is the father." Her father told her.

"I don't think this is going to work out. I love Ron, not only because he is the father of my children, I'd love him and marry him either way."

"You haven't been married yet?" Her mother asked.

"No, we decided to wait. We don't want to marry just because we had children." She explained.

"So there is still time to make a choice?" Her father asked.

"Father! Ron is not a choice!"

"Hermione let's make a deal." Her mother took her hand, "We will live with the fact that you love Ron, if you let us back in your life."

"You cannot just live with the fact that I love Ron, you have to understand. I want you back in my life..." Her parents smiled.

"But, it will take time." She hugged her mother and father lightly.

"We're sorry baby." Hermione nodded, not ready to accept yet.

"Mr. Weasley would like to see his fiancé now." The Medi-Witch interrupted.

"Goodbye Hermione." Her parents left through the doors and went home ignoring the Weasley clan on their way out.

"Hermione, you're alright!" Ron ran to her side.

She kissed the top of his head, "I'm good as new Ron." She smiled.

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Hermione was sent home three days later. She was driven home by Mr. Weasley and Ron. She was seated in the back with her three beautiful children.

"We're home!" Mr. Weasley announced. Hermione sighed in relief. Everyone came from the house to greet them. Hermione, Ron and Harry each carried a child into the house. To Hermione's surprise there was another crib set up in the babies' room.

"You two got another crib?" Hermione searched for the twins.

"We couldn't let the little tyke be left out." George smiled. Hermione and Ron put their children down for a rest. Hermione explained to Ron what happened between her and her parents, and then they went to Ron's room to get some rest.

"Hey Ron, we should get started."

Ron looked confused, "Ready for what?"

"We have school in a few days. We should get packing."

"Always on top of things aren't you?"

"Pretty much." She plopped down on Ron's bed, "I can't believe we have to go back so soon."

"But the babies will be there."

"I know I just don't feel like going to school."

"Did I hear what I think I just heard?" Ron exaggeratedly brought his hand to his ear.

Hermione laughed, "Ha ha Ron, very funny. I think this pregnancy has calmed me a bit."

"You think it has...I know it has." He sat next to her, "What's next on our agenda?"

"A wedding."

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