Hermione awoke the girls two hours later, at seven o'clock, and told them to hurriedly get dressed and come down for breakfast. Lyra was the first one down, dressing herself in a pair of muggle jeans and a pink ruffled top. Hermione smiled at her youngest daughter, proud to say she was able to pick coordinated outfits and dress all by herself, at the age of five. Hermione set a plate of pancakes in front of her and fixed her daughters hair into two braids, just as Gemini walked in.
Gemini had picked a pair of dark green wizard robes to wear, coincidentally matching Draco's own outfit that day. She had tried to pull her hair back in a pony, however missed a few pieces so after laying a plate of food in front of her, Hermione helped fix her other daughters hair as well.
Ara finally emerged last, dressed in a black skirt and blue tshirt. Her hair was left down in soft dirty blonde waves. Her icy grey eyes were smiling happily at her family, excitedly.
"I can't believe we finally get to go to Diagon Alley!" She said, sliding into her chair and taking a big bite of pancake. "I've been waiting for this day for ages!"
"Slow down Ara," Draco said as he took a sip of coffee, "you're going to choke."
"Sorry dad," she said, cutting her next bite in half.
"How do you even know about Diagon Alley?" Hermione asked, settling herself in her chair across from Draco at the head of the table.
"Teddy has told me all about it!" Ara said smiling, "last weekend when we went to Grandmother's, Great Aunt Meda had brought Teddy with her, and I found him in the library! Teddy goes to Diagon Alley all the time! He told me there's this really great joke shop, can we go?"
Hermione and Draco exchanged looks across the table, they both knew all too well what joke shop their daughter was referring to. "We'll see," Hermione finally said. "The most important thing is to get your school supplies."
"Can I get a broom?" she asked.
"You already have a broom," Draco pointed out, "one of the best, of course."
"But I want a new one," Ara pouted, "my birthday is coming up you know."
"We very well know you're birthday is a few days away." Hermione said, "but I will not have my daughter sulking at the table like a spoiled brat because she doesn't get a new broom. She gets this from you," she added glaring at Draco.
"Me?" he asked, feigning ignorance.
"Well I certainly was never spoiled,"
"There's nothing wrong with giving our children the best, after all, that's what they deserve, isn't it?"
Hermione rolled her eyes and looked at her daughters, "Finished girls? Gather your things; we will be leaving in fifteen minutes." With that she stood up, waved her wand, and vanished the dishes off the table.
Draco stood up as well as the girls hurried away from the table. He walked towards his wife with a smirk, "you just love besting yourself in front of them, don't you?"
She smiled innocently, "why whatever do you mean?"
Draco growled and grabbed her around the waist, pulling her towards him, "do you know how sexy it is when you play the good girl? You know we both know you aren't that sweet and innocent."
Hermione smiled, "some would disagree with you."
"They don't know you like I do," he whispered as he crashed his lips on hers. Hermione smiled, snaking her hands into his hair, pushing his mouth closer to hers and deepening the kiss. His tongue snaked out of his mouth and into hers, playing with her own. Hermione moaned, fighting for dominance, but Draco was too strong and she finally submitted. Just as Draco's hand was beginning to inch towards her buttocks, a scream of, "ewwww!" filled the room, and another shout of, "PDA!" was heard. The couple broke apart, panting slightly, and glanced over at their girls standing in the doorway.
"That was fast," Draco said slightly breathless.
"Has fifteen minutes passed already?" Hermione asked glancing at the clock, it was quarter to eight. "We should get going."
"To the floo girls," Draco said, ushering the girls towards the fireplace. "Ara do you have your list?"
"Right here!" she said, handing the parchment to her father.
"Same as I remember," he mumbled, "alright, Hermione would you go first and await the girls on the other end?"
Hermione nodded, "remember to speak clearly girls. I'll see you over there." She grabbed a handful of powder and stepped into the grate. "Diagon Alley!" she announced, dropping the powder. In a flash of green flames, Hermione felt herself begin to spin. She shut her eyes, tightly; she never enjoyed the feeling of the Floo, she preferred to apparate, but with three girls it wasn't so easy to do. It wasn't long before she was emerging from the fireplace in the Leaky Cauldron.
Waving her wand, Hermione cleared the dust off herself, waiting her daughters. A minute later, a small figure emerged, apparently Lyra wanted to go first.
"I did it mummy!" she said happily, running to her mother, with a dirt covered face.
"You certainly did," Hermione smiled, waving her wand to clean off the dirt. Ten seconds later and another figure was coming out, Ara.
"Gemini wanted to come with dad," she said rolling her eyes. "Daddy's girl," she muttered under her breath. Hermione had to hold in a laugh; yes their middle child was her husband's favourite, not that it made him love the others any less, but Gemini reminded him so much of himself, it was hard for him not to form a personal bond with her.
"Let's wait over here," Hermione said, gesturing to the bar, "we can get a drink before we go shopping. Two large, and three small pumpkin juices please," Hermione said smiling at the bar keep, which was no longer toothless Tom. The woman smiled and prepared their order as the floo started up again and Draco walked out holding Gemini's hand. "Can we get them to go?"
"No problem Hermione," the girl smiled. Hermione stopped, staring.
"Do I know you?" Hermione asked after a moment.
"Hannah," the girl said, "Hannah Abbot, we went to school together."
"Oh my goodness," Hermione said smiling, "I hardly recognized you!"
"It's been a while," Hannah smiled, "and Draco, right? Are you too together?" she asked, slightly surprised.
"Married nearly five years now," Hermione confirmed, "these are our girls, Ara, Gemini, and Lyra."
"It's nice to meet you," the girls said, politely.
"Such good manners, these are on the house," Hannah said passing the drinks over. "Maybe we can catch up sometime?"
"I'd like that," Hermione smiled, accepting the drinks and handing them out. "it was nice seeing you again."
"You too Hermione," Hannah said with a wave.
"Alright girls," Hermione said leading the family out and towards the brick wall. "Ready for your first trip to Diagon Alley?"
The girls nodded excitedly as Draco tapped the brick in the wall.
A/N: Welcome back readers! I was very pleased with the response from the first chapters, quite a few followers to the story, which means I have intrigued you, even if you didn't leave a review! So Thank You for that!
I realize the story is starting out a bit slow, things will begin to pick up by the end of the next chapter, so if you can hold out, I promise it'll get better! I've got tons of ideas for this story, I'm just hoping it flows as nicely on paper as it does in my head!
And I'm currently writing chapter 6, so I'm still ahead of the game! I'm planning on making Saturday or Sunday my update days, as I have more time to do so! So keep your eyes open! And if I begin to feel anxious, you may even get an update during the week as well!
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