Wade and Kelly were home when the trio arrived back, Dobby already bringing their belongings, "KIDS!"
Alexander and Hermione allowed themselves to be swallowed up by the large warm embraces of the adults, happy to be home again, "We missed you Mum, Dad."
"I know sweeties, we missed you too," Kelly pulled back slightly and looked them over, "Oh, you've both gotten so much bigger, soon you'll not be my babies."
"Mum," the pair whined, embarrassed, before whispering to her, "We always will be."
"Kelly, come on, they look like they're going to burst from the redness," Severus joked, only to find himself in the same type of hug.
Wade saw the look of pleaded help from his friend and laughed, "No chance mate, I have kids to worry about."
"Chicken," the wizard groaned out but did enjoy the hold, if only for the care he could feel in it.
In the house, Wade asked the kids, "So why's Nye not with you guys?"
"Well, we can't have him going to Greece with us and he'd go raving mad by himself here, so we left him at Hogwarts, he's been living in the forest with Firenze for the term anyway. You wouldn't believe how big he's gotten, he really did make it to 20 feet," Hermione removed the photo she carried everywhere and passed it to her parents.
In the photo Hermione and Alexander were astride Nye, the Golden Pegasus floating 2 feet from the ground, each face split into grins. When the parents saw that, they were just pleased that the pair was loved so much, "He is big love. How's school been?"
The pair laughed lightly and began to tell him and Kelly, who just entered, all about their year, not able to tell them everything in letters. Obviously they left out the parts that were too dangerous for the Muggles to know, but it was still an adventurous tale. The parents were happy that they had ordered take out for dinner, otherwise dinner would have been at midnight, both were so entranced with the tale.
"Why are you going to Greece anyway dears?"
The magical trio shared a grin, Hermione answered, "There's a large supply of rare potion ingredients just recently discovered in Athens; Severus thought that it would be a once in a lifetime opportunity to go, and wanted Harry and I to join him."
"Well that's wonderful. We've got your car waiting in the garage, decided on the Land Rover, just in case you run into some rough patches on your trip."
Severus shook his head, his friends may be the adopted parents of two magical children but they still knew nothing about their world, which was probably for the best. When Lex and Mia finally come out to the public, it will be good for them to have a normal life waiting in the wings, where they can simply be Hermione and Harry, Kelly and Wade's kids.
That night, the demigods camped out in the connected back yards, the freedom to use magic outside of school being used to help warm them under their blanket. They were looking up at the stars, Hermione reading them, while Alexander simply noted the constellations again, his mind busy with what he planned on asking the girl lying next to him.
Since they were first friends, Lex knew that he loved his best friend, though at such a young age it was the same type of love that all boys had with a girl. Despite only being almost a teenager, the wizard was certain that the way he felt was not the same as it was back then. When he had given Hermione the rose on Valentine's Day, it had been more than a friendly gesture, and he was certain that she knew that also but was waiting on him.
Plucking up the courage, Lex turned to face the brunette, "Mia, can we talk?"
"Sure," Mia stopped her star reading and faced her friend, "What's up?"
"Well, the thing is, for a few years now I've known that you're something really special to me, more so than anyone else ever could be. I know that we're only kids in the eyes of everyone bar the gods and Firenze, but I'm certain of the feelings I have for you and that they are not going to fade away as we age. What I was wondering is, would you be my girlfriend?"
Hermione's face was blank but it grew to a large smile quickly, the witch answering as she hugged her friend tightly, "Alexander Olympius, I have been waiting since February for you to ask me that, what took you so long?"
"My apologies kind lady for making you wait but you have yet to answer my question"
"Well let me be more succinct," gently, she placed a kiss on the wizard's lips, "I would love to be your girlfriend."
The green and brown/green eyes glowed with power and happiness, Lex grinning as he pulled his girlfriend to him, "We should get some sleep." The young couple fell asleep with soft smiles on their faces, their invisible minder with his own smile on his face.