Disclaimer: Again I own nothing. Mrs Rowling owns all. Ok, I confess I own the plot (if you can call it a plot) and the adorable twins. ).
Chapter Four: A Familiar Face.
"Albus" Hermione jovially exclaimed. "Hermione my dear, how are you?" Albus Dumbledore asked his past student, blue eyes twinkling mischievously. "I'm fine thank you," Hermione told him while still smiling. "And the twins" he enquired? "Just fine, same as always, you know, boisterous," she told him. He nodded in reply, as he was taking a seat at the head of the table. Hermione smiled at him one last time, before turning her attention to Rob, who was asking her a question. Rob cut his question short as the headmaster (principal) of WandsWay, called for attention. "Hello everyone, hope you're all well. I believe you all know Albus?" Heads nodded in reply. "Good, Good. As some of you may already know, Albus is here concerning the transaction, of our year sixes, into Hogwarts. He likes to meet the aforementioned children, to make sure they are all comfortable with the changing process." The headmaster smiled at Dumbledore. He then clapped his hands, and raised the question of the finances of each of the departments.
After all the boring details, such as finances, grades, targets and achievements etc, were all sorted out, the conversation turned to more lighter matters, such as planning the end of year school trips. "Well, I think that the older children, such as the year fives and sixes, should enjoy a trip to a theme or adventure park. Children could be paired off in groups of five or six, and placed with a responsible teacher or adult?" enquired Hermione. "Yes, I do believe that would be a good outing for the older children", agreed the headmaster. "Along with a visit to Hogwarts, for the year sixes." he voiced. Dumbledore agreed. "Hmm now for the younger years… Any suggestions?" he asked the table. No one had any chance to reply, as there came a knock at the door. The headmaster rose to answer it.
"Ahh, Mr. Malfoy, please do come in." The headmaster stepped back to allow the visitor entry. Hermione's heart stopped. Standing before her, smirking his self satisfied smirk, as always, was Draco. 'What was he doing here?' her mind asked. The headmaster cleared his throat. "Everyone, I'd like you all to meet our new potions/science teacher. Mr. Malfoy here gladly accepted the offer when asked this morning. He has just been getting settled in his classroom. Please, do take a seat Mr. Malfoy." Draco obeyed, and sat himself down in a seat facing Hermione. She gulped and looked away. 'Ohmigod' her mind was screaming. 'Leo and Libby! What if he realised they were his? They were bound to be in his class soon!' Hermione was zoned out for the rest of the meeting. She missed everything that was said. When she came too, everyone was packing up reading to leave. She looked up and realised that Draco was giving her a curious look. "Hermione!" she heard someone call. She again looked around, and saw Rob, leaning over her, his deep black hair falling into his clear blue eyes. "You Ok?" he questioned. "Looking kinda pale," he explained. "Yea I'm fine" she answered him, untruthfully. He offered her his hand, and she grasped it. He then pulled her up, and draped a lean, tanned arm around her shoulders. She grinned up at him dazedly as he led her out of the conference room. The bell for break sounded, and Hermione remembered her promise to the twins. She pulled out of Rob's grasp. "Sorry Rob, gotta go check on the twins," she told him. "Okay" he said. "Meet you in the staff room soon?" he asked. "Sure", Hermione agreed.
Hermione's heels made a striking sound on the hard stone floor of the playground. The March air blew her loose hair up softly. She pulled her black suit jacket around her closely in attempt to block out the mildly chilly air, as she walked across the playground in search of her children. Her eyes spotted a flash of platinum blonde hair. 'Libby' her mind told her. She began to walk over to her daughter. "Libby" she called out. Libby looked wildly around, and then spotted her mother. "Mum!" she called out excitedly, running towards her. She tackled her mother in a loving embrace. "Hey love. Where's your brother?" she asked the small girl. Libby pointed a gloved hand over to the grassy area of the playground, where the boys often played football. Her eyes scanned the area, until she spotted her son, running across the small field, the wind running through his hair, his navy duffle coat undone and his black scarf trailing behind him, clinging onto his neck. She smiled to herself. He looked so handsome. His cheeks tinged red, his aqua eyes sparkling with the thrill of the game. Her thoughts were disrupted, when a small hand tugged at her hair. She released the trapped Libby, and stood back up. Libby grinned up at her, her hair being blown all over the place, her neat brows low over her beautiful eyes. Hermione raised her hand and grasped a curl of blonde hair, and tucked it behind Libby's ear. One of Libby's friends, a small girl with straight brown hair, by the name of Ellis, came up to Hermione. "Hello Miss. Granger", she said shyly. "Hello Ellis" she replied. The girl faintly blushed and turned to Libby. "Come play please Lib?" she asked the blonde girl. Libby looked to her mother. "Sure go and play Libby. I'm going to go and check on Leo anyway." Hermione then kneeled down and placed a gentle kiss on her daughter's forehead. "Muummm!!" Libby complained. Hermione smiled as Libby and Ellis ran off together.
"Muumm, everyone's looking!" said an embarrassed Leo, as Hermione mothered him. She assaulted his coat first, doing up all but one of the buttons. She then reached into the coat pockets, and produced a pair of gloves, which she immediately placed on his ice-cold hands. As she reached up to correct his scarf, he pulled away. "Stop complaining Leo! I don't want you to catch a cold," she told him. He then stopped resisting and allowed her to tie up his scarf. He scowled as his friends sniggered at him. Hermione who saw this, looked up at the other boys. "Stop sniggering all of you, before I do up all of your coats!" she joked. The boys immediately stopped sniggering. Leo smirked at them, as his mother released him, with a final kiss on the forehead. "See you later Leo," she bid him goodbye. "Yea later, mom" he said as he returned to his game.
Hermione walked through the entrance hall, turned left and was just about to enter the staff room, when a dark shadow fell upon her. "Hello Hermione" greeted Draco Malfoy. "Draco", Hermione noted. "Fancy seeing you here. Didn't think teaching would be your vocation", she told him. He smirked. "You thought wrong then. What is the world coming too? The great Hermione Granger being wrong!" Draco exclaimed. Hermione rolled her eyes at him and turned to enter the staff room. Draco however stopped her. "I'm curious to know as to what you teach?" he asked her, his perfect eyebrows, that were so like the twins, raised in question. "I teach basic math or arithmancy" she answered him. "Interesting" he mused. "You were always excellent at it back in school…" "Yes", Hermione agreed. The noise of someone running along the corridor reached Hermione and Draco's ears, and in unison they turned to see Leo speeding towards them, panic etched onto his features. "Mum, Mum!!" he shouted urgently. "Its Libby! She's hurt!!" Hermione's face drained of colour and matched the look on her face that Leo was currently sporting. She turned on her heel, completely ignoring the curious Draco, grabbed Leo's hand and ran them both out onto the playground. Neither of them noticed that Draco was following them. I doubt neither of them cared, either.
Hermione ran to the small crowd of people gathered in a circle, her ears leading her to the sound of her daughter crying. She and Leo pushed through the throng of people, to the small blonde girl sat on the stone floor, her chin leaking blood. "Someone call the medi-nurse!" Hermione ordered panicky. "No need my dear," said the voice of one Mrs. McDougall, "I'm already here to fix up little Liberty." Hermione looked up and smiled gratefully. Mrs. McDougall knelt down and inspected the wounded chin. "Hmm, just a straightforward gash. Don't cry dear, it'll be all over soon". Mrs. McDougall soothed to Libby, as she reached inside her pocket and produced her wand. With a casual flick, Libby's chin was healed instantly, and she found herself in a crashing embrace from both her mother and brother. She smiled bravely at them glad it was all over.
Draco gazed at the scene before him, his mind racing. These were Hermione's children? Curious. They both looked so much like him… Especially the boy. Same hair, same eyes, same nose. The girl too… Her hair was a shade darker and curly. He wondered when these children were born… They were obviously twins. He did the maths in his head, while staring in shock, his eyes glazed. July was the month Hermione and I slept together, that means if these children were mine, they'd have been born in late March sometime. Sometime around now he concluded. If they were his, they'd be around seven or eight too… He straightened and turned around, walking away from everyone, determined to do some investigating. After all, he had reason too. The similarities between him and these children were striking. Too striking to ignore.
A/N: This is my longest and quickest update so far! I feel so proud. This has to be my favourite chapter so far! Hope everyone likes it. I know its an extremely quick update, but its only because I'm ill today, so there was no school for me , and I was bored. So, I decided to update for all my loyal fans! Lol…. Thank you all so much for my wonderful reviews of praise and encouragement. I love you guys. Thanks too the following for reviewing the last chapter:
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