Ron and Hermione smiled at their baby girl and kissed her head, they did not care if she couldn't hear. She is a beautiful baby and no doubt she would be a beautiful teenager at Hogwarts and make some boy very happy one day, hearing or deaf.
"I can get her fixed for cochlear implants right away" Doyle said. Tears formed in Hermione's eyes as soon as he said that she held Emma protectively to her chest and shouted at the healer.
"NO! YOU ARE NOT "FIXING" MY DAUGHTER LIKE SOME ANIMAL!!! SHE IS A HUMAN BEING" Hermione screamed.
"But it would make everything so much easier" Doyle said now very scared of the young mother.
"Easier on whom?! Us or our Deaf daughter? She will learn British Sign Language and she will learn to read lips! Good day! Ron! I'm taking the children home! I can't work like this!" Hermione cried and carried both children to the car. Ron gave the older healer an evil glare and slammed the door behind him. Ron found his children in their car seats and his wife in the passenger's seat sobbing.
"Mione, honey?" Ron cooed softly. Hermione rapped her arms around Ron's neck and sobbed more.
"Shhh, it's ok, Emma will be ok" Ron said rubbing Hermione's back.
"I know she will be, I just believe that healer said those horrible things, how he wanted to fix our baby" Hermione cried.
"Don't you worry my love, nothing is going to happen our little Jellybean, we can teach both her and Jack Sign Language and we'll bring a speech therapist to the house to work with Emma so she can lip read" Ron said.
The twins were now sixth months and Hermione started working from home after Emma's diagnose and got the others in the ministry to work the "muggle" way by using computers and e-mail and phones, she got most of wizarding world doing this as well and they found it very useful .
"Mistress Weasely, ok is he on an I.E.P.? Ok, yes, he may certainly attend Hogwarts, I will transfer you to our Special Ed coordinator and they can talk with the Special Ed director who is Ginny Potter, oh you're very welcome and tell your son I said good luck, bye bye" Hermione said. She turned to her children and smiled.
"Lunch time, guys" she said and Signed. She put her babies in their high chairs and took their mashed apples. She fed Jack first.
"How is your meal, Jackie?" Hermione asked in baby talk. Next Hermione turned to feed Emma.
'Mummy' Emma Signed for the first time. Hermione dropped the jar of baby food in shock.
"What did you Sign, baby?" Hermione asked.
"Mummy" Jack said. Hermione called Ron at work and he apperated strait home.
"The twins said and Signed their first word!" Hermione said.
"Mummy!" Jack giggled. Emma read the word on her bother's lips and signed it.
'Mummy' Emma Signed again. Emma's brain just couldn't figure out how to make the words come out her mouth yet.
"Oh my god, they're geniuses!" Ron said.
At a year two years old Emma was still learning to lip read, now that is summer Ron and Hermione had more time to spend with Jack and Emma. Everyday a speech therapist came to their house to work with Emma. Hermione would hold Emma on her lap and Emma watched the therapist's lips.
"Your name is Emma, sweetie, Em-ma" the therapist said. Next Hermione Signed to Emma to put her hand on the therapist's throat while the therapist spoke.
"Daddy, why is that lady here everyday?" Jack asked.
"She is teaching Emma to talk buddy" Ron said.
"Why can't Emma talk by herself?" Jack asked.
"Because her brain works differently" Ron said.
"Is that why we use Emma's language to talk to her?" Jack asked. In their house Sign Language was known as "Emma's language" and deafness was known as "Broken Ears" because Ron and Hermione didn't know how else to explain to Jack.
"Why does Emma talk with her hands, daddy?" Jack asked.
"Well buddy, when you and Emma were in mummy's belly you pushed Emma a little to far back and when Emma came after you she didn't come out the right way and she couldn't breathe and her brain lost some cells" Ron said.
"Is that way her ears are broken? Is it my fault?" Jack asked.
"No, no, son, of course not, it's just something that happened" Ron said. Jack wasn't convinced of this however and he walked over to his mother and sister.
"Hi Jack, do you need something, sweetheart?" Hermione asked kindly.
"I need to say sorry to Emma" Jack said. Hermione didn't understand what her son was talking about as he climbed onto the couch. He touched Emma's head to get her attention.
"Emma, I'm sorry I broke your ears when we were in mummy's belly" Jack said. Emma hugged Jack and kissed his cheek.
"J-a-c-k, Ja-ck, Jack!" Emma said.
"You talked, Emma! Oh my brilliant child, you talked!" Hermione cried.
"Mummy!" Emma giggled. Ron came over and picked up his daughter, curls bouncing in the process.
"Good girl, Jellybean, my baby girl" Ron said.
"Daddy!" Emma smiled very proud of herself. Kodiak wanted to see what was going on and he sat when Emma walked over to him.
"Doggie!" Emma said putting her tiny hand on Kodiak's nose. Kodiak tilled his head in confusion when he heard Emma speak for the first time. He knew Emma was different, different but special.