Ron awoke a soft suckling sound next to him. Hermione was nursing Emma.
"She has her father's appetite" Hermione said.
"Did you feed Jack?" Ron asked.
"Yes, he ate then Emma started crying for food fifteen minutes after he was done" Hermione said. Jack lay in the blue bassinette and his dad picked him up.
"They're perfect" Hermione said. Emma detached herself from her mum's breast and started to cry to be burped.
"I'll take her" Ron said. Hermione took Jack and Ron gently patted Emma's back. She burped and snuggled up to her daddy. There was a knock at the door and Harry entered.
"Hey guys, how are feeling, Herms?" Harry asked.
"Great but very hungry, could a water bottle for me please, Harry?" Hermione asked.
"Can I hold Emma?" Harry asked. Ron gave Emma to Harry who smiled at the little girl.
"She's beautiful, just like her mum" Harry said. Hermione blushed and thanked him.
"Hey little girl, I'm your Uncle Harry I but you'll be so bloody smart like your mum" Harry said. Emma put her tiny hand on her uncle's scar and smiled.
"She's clever already!" Ron said.
"Don't worry my handsome little man, you'll discover your talents soon enough" Hermione told her son.
"I love them so much" Ron said tickling Emma's belly while Hermione cuddled Jack.
A week later mum and babies came back home. Harry was there video tapping everything.
"Mummy and the twins are finally home, and here comes Kodiak to greet them" Harry said. Kodiak was a big boy, if stood on his hind legs he could almost reach Ron's height but he was very gentle. He looked at the little humans and wagged his tail.
"Kodiak, this is Emma and Jack" Hermione said.
"Do you like them, buddy?" Ron asked. Kodiak barked in approval at the tiny babies. Jack began to cry when the dog barked but Emma remained sleeping Hermione's arms.
"Shhh, it's ok, little man, Kodiak won't hurt you" Ron said rocking his son. Jack's crying clamed again and Hermione looked at her husband.
"That was weird, Jack cried but Emma didn't" Hermione said.
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Three months later…
On Saturday Hermione decided to take the twins to Diagon Ally while Ron was at the hospital taken someone's shift.
"Oh goodness it's Mistress Weasely" Hermione heard.
"Her children are beautiful" another person said.
"Hermione! Over here!" Hermione turned to see Parvati and her boyfriend.
"It's so good to see you, are these your twins?" Parvati asked.
"Yes, this is Emma and this is Jack" Hermione said.
"They're beautiful; they look just like their mum and dad. This is my boyfriend Robert we both work at a school for children with disabilities. Hermione is our Mistress of Magic, she runs everything" Parvati said.
"So you're a muggle then Robert?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, I hope that's ok if I'm here" Robert said.
"Oh of course you're welcome here. I'm a muggle-born, you're welcome here anytime" Hermione said.
"May hold one of your babies?" Parvati asked.
"Emma is bit more calm than Jack" Hermione said giving Emma to Parvati.
"Hello there, I use to go to Hogwarts with your mum and dad" Parvati said. Emma responded by blowing bubbles with her mouth. Hermione took her daughter back and wiped her mouth.
"Are they good at night?" Parvati asked.
"Jack is, not this one" Hermione said.
"She's a crier?" Robert asked.
"No more like an ear-piercing screamer" Hermione said.
"Oh no, not my Little Emma" Ron said just as he apperated.
"Ron! You off work early?" Hermione asked.
"Yup, another healer needed the hours, hi Parvati nice to see you" Ron said.
"You too, Ron, you're children adorable, Ron" Parvati said.
"Thank you" Ron said putting Emma back in the stroller. They said goodbye to Parvati and her boyfriend and continued walking down the Ally.
"You love showing them off to people don't you, love?" Ron smiled.
"Of course, they're the most beautiful babies in the world, aren't you?" Hermione turned to her children and kissed them both on the forehead.
At 2 am Emma began to scream her head off again.
"I'll get her, darling, you sleep" Ron said. He pulled his pajama pants on and robe and walked to the twin's room.
"Hey, my Jellybean, what's the screaming?" Ron asked. Emma calmed down once her daddy held her against his chest.
"I bet you're hungry huh? Let's get you a bottle" Ron said. Hermione would usually nurse the twins during the day but at night Ron would bottle-feed since he didn't have right equipment for nursing and he wanted his wife to sleep. He took a pink bottle from the fridge and sat in a rocking chair with his baby daughter.
"Emma, right here, sweetie, look at daddy" Ron said. Emma paid no heed to her father's voice and Ron grew concerned. Hermione had problems like this too when she would breast-feed Emma.
"Emmy, right here, baby, don't you want your bottle?" Ron asked. The little girl finally got started on her meal.
"Is she eating ok, love?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah but she had no idea what was going on, for five minutes I called her name and everything and she didn't respond, her eyes were everywhere expect the bottle that was right in front of her" Ron said. After Emma finished her meal, Ron looked in her eyes and ears.
"Do you think she could be hard-of-hearing, Ronnie?" Hermione asked.
"Possibly but the hairs in her ears weren't short or missing. Maybe we should take them in on Monday before I drop them off at daycare" Ron said. Lucky, St. Mungo's had a daycare for the healer's children so Ron would drop them off in the morning and Hermione would pick them in the afternoon because she got home at three and Ron didn't home until five.
Monday morning Ron and Hermione brought the twins to Healer Doyle, a very kindly man who loved children and was the best pediatrician at St. Mungo's.
"Hello Healer Weasely and Mistress Weasely what can do for you today?" Doyle asked.
"We need to look at our children, we think our daughter might be hard-of-hearing and we are wondering that for our son as well" Hermione said.
"Well aren't they beautiful, ok buddy let's see you first, what's his name?" Doyle asked.
"Jack" Ron said taking hold of Jack.
"Alright Jack, I'm just gonna take a look at your ears" Doyle said.
"Nothing wrong here, ok little princess, what's her name?" Doyle asked again.
"Emma" Hermione said.
"Emma, look over here, honey, Emma, look at mummy" Doyle said. Emma didn't turn her head of anything.
"There is nothing wrong with her ears from the outside. Did anything happen during birth?" Doyle asked.
"She was born feet first, and she wasn't breathing when she came out" Ron said.
"Hmm, it might brain damage. Come with me, we will give her a CAT Scan" Doyle said.
"Can give a CAT scan to a child this young?" Hermione said holding her daughter close to protect her.
"We have special ones for babies, Mistress, not to worry" Doyle said. When the CAT scan was finished Doyle turned to Ron and Hermione.
"Mistress and Healer Weasely, your daughter is not hard-of-hearing, she is deaf"