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Chapter 10: Caden and Kendra

"You think Ginny Weasley may be involved in this?" Dumbledore asked Hermione, who was pacing back and forth in the space in front of his desk. She had insisted to Draco that they speak to Dumbledore about the letter immediately.

"I don't want to assume anything. It's just that she is one of the only people who knew about the children and knew that I hadn't told Draco yet," Hermione said, pausing her pacing to put a reassuring hand on Draco's shoulder. He rubbed her hand with his own.

"The only advice I have for you right now is to have a keen ear to what your classmates say to you and trust each other," Dumbledore looked at the couple from behind his half moon glasses. They nodded and moved to leave. "And remember to come to me if you sense anything else out of place."

"We will," Draco, said, standing and giving Hermione a gentle nudge on her lower back towards the door. "Thanks professor."

"You okay?" Draco turned her around to face them once they were back in the corridor away from the headmaster's office. He rested his hands on her waist and pulled her to him, leaning against the stonewall.

"Yeah," her eyes were intent on something on his shirt. "I'm fine."

"Say that again," Draco tilted her chin up, forcing her to look him in the eye. Her brown eyes gave her true emotions away. "You're a bad liar Granger."

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner," she said sincerely, her eyes never wavering from his.

"I know," Draco kissed her forehead. He dropped his hold on her and led her down the corridor to their dorm room. "Tell me about them?" Draco asked once they were alone.

"Who?" Hermione asked lazily, sitting on his lap in one of the comfy armchairs.

"The twins," He whispered into her ear and kissed it. "You did keep them right?"

"Of course, I lost you I wasn't going to lose them too," Hermione put her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder. "They're staying with my parents right now. They usually do when I'm away on business and stuff."

"What are their names? What do they look like? What are they like?" Draco blurted out all the questions that flooded his mind.

"One at a time," Hermione chuckled. "Wait hold all those thoughts." She jumped off his lap and rushed into her room. Draco could hear her rummaging and muttering to herself. "I knew it was a good thing to pack this." She held up a thick leather book and then took her seat back on his lap. Her back rested on his chest so they could both look at the book.

"There they are, Caden and Kendra," Hermione pointed to the babies lying side by side in the muggle photograph. One baby with blonde fuzz was dressed in a pink sleeper while the other with dark fuzz on its head was wearing a blue sleeper "That's them when they were only a week old."

"They're beautiful," Draco stared at the motionless picture. Slowly he flipped through the entire photo album, until he reached the most recent photos.

"Kendra's the female version of you," Hermione pointed to her petite blond daughter who was crushing her twin in a hug with a huge grin spread across her heart shaped face.

Kendra really was the female version of Draco. She had white blonde hair that fell down to her waist like it had never been cut since she was a baby. Her eyes were the same silvery blue but there were so much more joy behind them then Draco's had ever had. Even in a more serious photo you could see the smile in her eyes.

Caden on the other hand looked like the male version of his mother. He had unruly brown hair and chocolate eyes. He had the same lanky build that Draco had when he was younger and was a few inches taller than his twin sister. He may have looked like Hermione but he had Draco's pale perfect complexion.

"Well if they had sent me this picture then there wouldn't have been a doubt in my mind that those babies were mine," Draco mumbled thoughtfully.

"But that was their whole plan," Hermione nuzzled his cheek with her nose. "They want us apart."

"All I have to say to that is good luck," Draco put the book on the table and turned his full attention to Hermione. He shifted her body so he could look into her eyes. The same eyes that his son had inherited. He was still trying to grasp the fact that he had two children, two children that he hadn't know about or seen for a decade.

"I love you Hermione Granger." Draco whispered running his fingers into her hair and pulling her face close to his.

"I love you too," Hermione managed to say before he crushed her lips to his.

Hermione woke up the next morning feeling a little out of sorts. For one thing she wasn't in her room. She had fallen asleep on the couch. Draco's arm was draped protectively around her waist. She wanted to turn and look at his face but she feared that her moving would wake him. Hermione let out a long sigh and snuggled her back against Draco's chest to try and get some more sleep.

"You don't think they drag the kids into this do you?" Draco mumbled into her hair.

"Hey," Hermione turned to face him, trying not to fall off the couch. "You're awake." He smiled and kissed her gently on the lips. Hermione reveled in his touch and put her hand on his neck to pull him closer.

"You didn't answer my question," he said against her lips.

"I don't know," Hermione answered honestly. "I don't know how sick this person is."

"Well we know they've killed once and probably won't hesitate to do it again," Draco replied.

"That's a comforting thought," Hermione smirked. "Way to make me feel better."

"Sorry, I'm just trying to look at all the angles," Draco apologized nuzzling her cheek with his nose. He kissed her softly on the cheek and pulled her closer to him. "I think we need to get into the mind of this kind of person so we can figure this all out."

"I really hope it's not Ginny," Hermione sighed. "She was my best friend. I can't imagine why she would want to hurt me like this."

"Jealousy maybe." Hermione twisted in Draco's arms so she could look at him. He could see the stunned look in her eyes.

"Jealousy?" Hermione asked, one sculpted eyebrow arched. "Are you implying that Ginny may have liked you?'

"It was just a thought," Draco shrugged. "She was a little boy crazy in her younger years."

Hermione rolled her eyes. "You are full of yourself aren't you? Not every girl was in love with you, you know."

"But you won me didn't you," Draco smirked.

"You pompous prat," Hermione swatted him in the arm. "I think of it more as you won me."

"Of course," Draco pulled her in for a kiss. "It was a lot of work getting you to think of me as something other then a disgusting ferret face."

"Actually I always thought you were rather good looking," Hermione admitted, tucking a few flyaway strands of hair behind her ear. Her cheeks turned a little pink.

"I guess I would have to say the same for you too."

"Even when I had bushy hair and big teeth?" Hermione asked, a smile creeping onto her lips.

"Well maybe not so much then," Draco admitted. "But you were by far the best looking girl in our year."

"Well aren't you sweet," she gave him a lingering kiss before untangling herself from his arms and standing up. "We should get down to the Great Hall for breakfast."

"I could go for a bit of brekie but I'd rather just have you," Draco stood up and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Draco," Hermione moaned. "We need to go play nice with the other kids. Then we can come back and have the whole night to ourselves."

A huge grin spread across Draco's face. "I love you, Granger."

"I love you too, Malfoy."

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