Hey guys.. I'm so so so so sorry I haven't posted in ages been super busy please don't be angry:( but I'm back now so enjoy:)) (thankyou Rose Davis have no idea where id even be with this story if it wasn't for you!

It had been a month since the twins birth. They were finally settling into a routine of some sort of normalcy. Well as normal as it can be, being the proud parents of twin boys. Each had their own personality and even had their preference of whom they wanted to comfort them. Scorpius put Draco in the mind of Hermione. Mild mannered but when push came to shove he would be heard. When really riled up Draco was the only one who could calm him down. Cephas was more of an attention junkie and Hermione said the he reminded her of Draco. When it is time for him to go to sleep he always prefers Hermione over Draco. Both boys had their fathers hair and beautiful eyes but aside from that and the personality traits the only other way to tell them apart was their smile. Scorpius had Hermiones and Cephas had Dracos. Both Hermione would swear had the trademark Malfoy smirk. So far she was the only one who has had privy to it. As she sat putting Cephas to sleep her mind wondered back to when Ede was one month old. She was always exhausted because aside from the house elf that she would only let help her in extreme situations she was alone in the day to day care of her new born daughter. Narcissa would come and help out during the day so that Hermione could get some rest, but it wasn't the same as actually having Draco there. Narcissa still couldn't believe how he just walked out and left when she was only a few days old. Hermione couldn't think about that. She had a daughter to take care of. Narcissa was furious when she found out. She thought that the birth of Eden would end the foolishness between Draco and Astoria but it didn't. Instead it made matters worse. She often wondered what he was thinking while he was away. Soon her focus would revert back to just being a good mother to Eden. She wouldn't let her bad judgment of becoming intoxicated and engaging in unprotected sex with her school nemesis ruin Ede's life because she didn't ask to be here. So she vowed to make her life a good one. Whether or not Draco was apart of it.

Reflecting on that part but always remembering that he came back into their lives a year later and hasn't left since. He didn't leave Astoria although he kept telling Hermione that he would. When Eden was five he finally left her but they still had a fling from time to time. When Eden turned ten she pleaded with her father to leave the horrid woman alone. He did finally after 9 months because he saw what it was doing to her. From then on he set out to fix his estranged relationship with Hermione.

"I can't believe it's only been a month since you've had the boys and you have already got your figure back! So jealous right now" Ginny said as she stared at Hermiones now flat stomach. Hermione raised her eyebrows at her and pulled her top back down.

"Gin you were like ten times skinnier than I am now and I actually had to work to get this back!" Hermione exclaimed as she nudged Ginny in a playful manner. Ginny let out a breath of laughter before following Hermione into the garden.

"So where are your little darlings anyway?" Ginny sat down on one of the new plump chairs Draco insisted to buying Hermione.

"Oh Draco took Ede and the boys to manor, Narcissa wants to see them at least 3 times a week. She says it will give Draco and I a break so we can focus on our wedding" Hermione replied rolling her eyes and sipping her drink.

"Well that's nice of her, at least it gives you time off?"

"Yeah but there is really nothing left to plan because she has basically planned everything. The only thing we have to do is show up."

"Why do you sound like you don't appreciated her help." Ginny asked with confusion on her face.

"It's not that I don't appreciate it it's just. I feel like she is just spoiling them. With Ede I was pretty much on my own and she stepped in and helped out. I made sure that she didn't turn into the same brat that Draco was. I'm scared that with Draco and I being together that the boys won't stand a chance."

"Oh, Hermione, there is no way that is happening and you know it. Now what is really the problem."

"I guess i'm afraid, that Draco may realize that there is someone better out there and leave again. I don't think I can take it this time. It was just Ede and it wasn't so bad but this time I have to think about Scorp and Ceph also."

"Do I have to keep paying for the same stupid mistake for the rest of my life."

Hermione and Ginny turned around when they heard Draco's voice.

"Well I have to go. I will talk to you later. " She stood up and walked past Draco. "Malfoy."

"Red."

"Draco, I wasn't .." He held up his hand and she stopped mid sentence.

"Have I not proven to you that I want to be with you and only you. Have I not been trying to show you how much I love you and Ede. Do you really think that I want to fuck up my chance at happiness and find some stupid bint that can't or won't except any of my children."

"Draco, that's not what I was saying."

"Well what were you saying because I am a bit confused."

"I'm a scared ok. The last time I had your baby you left us. You didn't send a word to say whether or not you cared for her or me. Yes you came back but you still distanced yourself from Ede."

"I wasn't distancing myself from Ede. I was running from the feelings I had for you."

"Me?"

"Yes, you. Look Hermione, when you came to me and told me you were pregnant with Ede I was scared. Then I thought my mother would get me out of it but she pushed me right into it. I fought long and hard but then she made us spend those weeks in Tuscany getting together because as she so eloquently put it 'you've spoiled long enough. You made a grown up mistake now take the grown up consequences.' You turned out to be more than what my father said some one like you would be."

"I knew you didn't want to be with me. I accepted that but you just left."

"That's just it, after that I wanted to spend time with you but I had Astoria and it was just complicated. I should have left her when I startedhaving feelings for you but I was a coward. So I ran from what I felt for you but I never for one second stop thinking about or loving Ede. She just got hurt in the process."

You never wrote or sent word that you even cared."

"Come with me." She followed him to his study and he pulled out a box from his desk and handed it to Hermione.

"What is this?"

"Just look inside." She looked inside and gasped. There were pictures of Eden that she knew were taken when he wasn't around.

"How did you get these?"

"Mother sent me these of her smiling and a nasty note. Telling me that no son of hers could leave such a beautiful baby. I felt like such an ass. These would show up every month with the same caption. I would respond and say 'thank you for the reminder that I am the biggest fuck up ever' then she sent me this one of you holding Eden. Read the back."

"This is where you belong and whom you belong with."

"I came back to win you over but you were so angry and you had every right." Draco gave her a weak smile and put the photos back in the box. "But look where we are now, standing there with my ring on your finger, becoming Mrs Draco Malfoy in a month. If I wanted to leave 'Mione I would've" he wiped a fallen tear from her cheek and pulled her closer. "You are my life now, and nothing will ever change that do you understand me?" Hermione nodded her head slightly before pulling his head down to hers so her lips were gently grazing his. "I love you" she mumbled through a kiss. "And I love you"