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Chapter 32 One Big, Happy Family

"Hey." Draco swallowed back tears as he looked at the two tiny babies crying in their clear, plastic hospital bassinets. Katherine's blood pressure was so high that her heart had stopped during the procedure. The healers were trying to make it start by electrocuting her, so Mother had to drag him away when he started to transform. If he could control himself, he would be able to say goodbye.

Like they knew something was wrong, the babies, his children, wouldn't stop crying. Draco shakily caressed his daughter's cheek. Her crying slowed but didn't stop. His son quieted down immediately at his touch though.

"I don't blame you for this." Draco forced himself to laugh. "Mummy's a fat head who wouldn't see her healer… I just want you to know…"

She still wouldn't stop crying. The boy just yawned and slowly opened his eyes. When they briefly met Draco's, he felt his heart skip a beat.

"I think she wants to be held." Mother nearly made him jump out of his skin. He had forgotten she was there. "… They've started her heart again. She hasn't woken up, but they have to run some more tests. They said her kidneys might start to fail too."

"I'm going to kill her," Draco said, never feeling so relieved in his life.

Mother smiled softly and nudged him. "Don't you want to be the first to hold her?"

No. Draco swallowed at the lump in his throat. You mean the first to drop her, he thought. She was so tiny. "Y-you should do it."

Mother pointed at a rocking chair near a window. "Will it be easier if you're sitting down?"

Draco shook his head, suddenly terrified. Katherine was so sick. He couldn't hurt his daughter too. "She's too small."

"She's perfect." Both he could protest, Mother scooped up his daughter and practically shoved her in his arms. He only took her out of fear of his mother letting her fall out of her arms. "See?"

She was still crying. Probably because she missed her own mother, the person she had been attached to for her entire life. Although he was too scared to move, Draco took a deep breath. "It-it's alright."

After a few more whimpers, she finally stopped. Cautiously, she opened her eyes and started fearfully looking around.

"She's busy," Draco muttered. She stopped her search and briefly focused on the sound of his voice. She was so tiny. If Katherine… Then she would need him for everything. Even the thought was overwhelming. "I know. You'd probably recognize my voice better if I was yelling."

Mother reached out and let his daughter's hand wrap around her index finger. "You weren't much bigger." She smiled when the baby girl let out another whimper. "Did you two pick names yet?"

Draco glanced at the door, which Katherine had yet to be wheeled through. What if she never was? "Y-yes."

Kat woke up to the feeling of cold hands brushing the hair out of her eyes. Bright light blinded her before she could see his exhausted, worried face staring at her. The last thing she remembered was wanting to change her pants. They were soaked.

"Oh thank God!" Exhaustion leaked into his every word. She felt so much lighter, for some reason. Wait…

Kat sat up with a start, only causing Draco's forehead to collide with hers. That wasn't the pain that made her scream though. A ripping, burning pain sliced through her abdomen. She definitely wasn't pregnant anymore.

"Where are the babies?!"

A high pitched wail answered her question. They were born, and she didn't even know it.

"Right here," Narcissa said softly as Draco rubbed his head and muttered a few curses under his breath. Kat felt her heart stop when she saw the little blonde head, who was the source of the crying. Sirius held another blonde baby, who was sucking on his finger and ignoring everything else.

"Can I…?" Kat barely noticed the healers scrambling with the salves and asking to examine her wound. She just wanted to hold her babies.

Of course, the fun sucker had ruin it by saying, "Katherine, you had a cesarean section, and your heart stopped twice during the procedure."

So?! Kat started crying when Narcissa knelt right beside her bed, and Sirius did the same. She ran her hand through the wispy blonde hair, and the crying immediately stopped. It killed her that she didn't know if it was the boy or the girl.

"This," Narcissa whispered, "is little Minerva." What? She pointed at the baby that Sirius was holding. "And that's little Castor."

WHAT?! Kat tore her eyes away from the babies to stare Draco down, who was smiling like he was expecting thanks. "What the fuck did you do?"

Draco blinked in surprise while Sirius started snickering. "That's what you wanted to name them…"

"Not it's not!" Kat squeaked. "I told you I wanted to see them first! Is-is that on their bloody birth certificates?!"

Draco glanced at his mother, who was trying to hold in her laughter. "Yes… Katherine, your blood pressure was rather high, so…"

"How can you expect me to calm down?!" Kat yell whispered. "That isn't their names!"

Sirius grinned. "Legally it is!"

"Shut up, Black!" Draco growled, but Sirius only let out a bark like laugh that made her daughter start crying again.

"Her name's Aurora," Kat muttered as she held her tiny hand. "Aurora Katherine."

"That's actually acceptable," Narcissa said quietly. Would it be rude to kick her out? No… Kat couldn't do that. She might leave with the baby.

"So you don't want to name him Castor," Draco said slowly as he took the baby from him mother. He smiled softly when she held out her hands. "You almost died, Katherine."

"Here you go, Kitty Kat." Sirius actually stuck his tongue out at Draco when he handed her her son. She loved that man.

"Careful," Draco stressed as Sirius and Narcissa quietly left. Kat could barely hear him. He looked just like Draco. "Are you in pain?"

Uh, yeah. But Kat shook her head. "They're so tiny."

"Just under seven pounds." Draco paused and slowly sat on the stool near her bed. "Don't you want to know what happened?"

She was absolutely in love. Now that he didn't have Sirius's fingers to suck on, he opened his eyes and started to whine. Draco had to clear his throat before she realized he was talking to her. "Sorry. What?"

"You had preeclampsia. And from the looks of things, for a while. If you were a Muggle, you would've needed a new heart." Thankfully, there was no blame or bitterness in his voice. "You can thank Severus tomorrow."

"What should we name him?" Kat smiled sheepishly when he raised his eyebrows. "Sorry. I hadn't been feeling well, but I thought it was just part of being so pregnant."

Kat held her breath as she waited for him to blame her, to ruin this perfect moment. She was the one who hadn't been to the healer's in nearly two months. Draco took a deep breath, causing her to wince. "Well… Everyone's fine. Actually, you're the worst off of the lot. I thought…"

"Don't cry, Draco." She held up her son, who was starting to cry too. "He needs a name. And she does if you don't like Aurora."

"I…" Draco let out a watery laugh and quickly wiped his eyes. "Aurora is actually acceptable."

"I hate you." Kat kissed her son's forehead, but he wouldn't stop whining. Maybe he was hungry? She was a little afraid to try to feed him and suddenly wished Narcissa was back. "His middle name should be Draco."

"How about Lucien?"

"Say that again and I'll vomit on your shoes."

"Go ahead. They're still covered from when we were in the operating room." Draco frowned. "Adrian?"

Kat wrinkled her nose. "Where the hell did that come from?"

Draco bit his lip to hide his smile. "From Hadrian. The fourteenth Roman Emperor, who adopted Lucius Aelius—"

"Don't make me divorce you."

Draco's jaw set, meaning he was going to be stubborn about this. "Why can't they both have "A" names?"

"Because you turned down Alaric!" Kat hissed as she tried to shush their son. "That's why I didn't ask you about Aurora! I knew you would shit on it just to be an ass! Alaric means "everyone's ruler." He's going to have to be bossy if he's going to make it with us!"

"When did I turn down Alaric?" That piece of shit.

"When we bought the sofa bed," Kat said through clenched teeth. Her stomach hurt so bad. Would she be a bad mum if she put him down?

"Well you were being incredibly annoying." He smiled until she winced in pain. She felt bad when he quickly put Aurora in her hospital crib and picked up their son. The poor girl obviously liked being held and started crying the second she realized she was out of her father's arms.

"Sorry." Kat felt horrible as Draco tried to comfort Aurora and hold their son at the same time. "So… Ric and Rory?"

"Aurora and Alaric," Draco corrected, but he smiled again. "I'll get a solicitor to change their birth certificates."

"You better," Kat grumbled, feeling useless. Hopefully her wound would heal soon.

Aurora wanted constant snuggles and enjoyed being the center of attention, and Alaric, well, he just wanted to eat. Like clockwork, he wanted milk every two hours or less and after that, he wanted to be left alone unless he had a full nappy. Kat was in so much pain that everything seemed like a blur. Her favorite parts of her hospital stay was when everyone else was asleep, and she watched Draco through half closed eyes.

"You're just like your mother," he told Ric as he changed him. "She can't be bothered unless she wants something either."

Maybe he knew she was pretending to be asleep. The jerk. No, no he didn't. Kat tried not to react as he picked up Ric and kissed the top of his head. The baby turned his head away with his almost permanent grouchy look.

"Your sister is more like me, I'd say," Draco whispered. "But I think Mummy is disappointed that you two look so much like me. So don't take it personally if she calls you ferret face."

The hell she would! They were gorgeous. Still, it kind of looked like she gave birth to pink Malfoy clones. She thought for sure that the Potter Curse would dominate Malfoy blond.

"And by like me, I mean normal." Draco sat with her in a rocking chair a looked out the window. "Can you believe Mummy wants to dress you in a costume when you leave tomorrow?"

The Santa costumes were cute! Stupid ferret… And it made perfect sense! Christmas was in less than two weeks. They left tomorrow, so she'd have to figure out how to get them in the outfits without him noticing.

"I wanted to give her the middle name Natalie," Kat whispered when her old healer stopped in. "But I was too much of a coward. I didn't want her to ask me where it came from."

"She didn't suffer," the old man said as he held little Rory, who hummed in his arms. Kat wondered if he was just told that when he had to identify the body. "She… She knew, when they broke into her office. That… That it was the end for her. She took poison before they could catch her."

It took a minute for that to sink in. Nearly another one for Kat to realize that couldn't be true. She shook her head. "She wouldn't just have poison lying around."

Embers smiled sadly. "My daughter wasn't as happy as she liked everyone to think. I-I put too much pressure on her after my wife died."

"That's not true," Kat found herself saying. She wasn't sure if it was or not, but she couldn't let him think that. "She loved her job. If it wasn't for me—"

"She was in the process of adopting a child," Embers interrupted before Kat could continue. His eyes were flat, and Kat felt like he was pushing her away and being too personal at the same time. She didn't blame him. "I think I'll continue it for her. She would like that."

Kat nodded as he left, trying to ignore the lump in her throat. She couldn't even get out an apology. Should she feel better or worse that her healer didn't suffer because she killed herself to avoid it? Kat wasn't so sure.

"So what do you think, Teddy Bear?" After five days, they were getting ready to leave the hospital. Or at least, Kat hoped. Draco was asking so many questions that Kat wanted to throw something at him. Her wound was nearly healed! She was just sore from having two human beings ripped out of her in such a short amount of time.

Teddy shrugged. "Not smelly yet."

So he hadn't been present for any nappy changes. Kat supposed that was good. They were cuddling in her hospital bed with Rory, while Draco ask for the third time what to do if she had ripped open her wound. Just what was she going to do? The most strenuous thing she had done this week was breast feed.

"Drake was crying." He was referring to when she was sick. Kat was still on potions until January, just to be safe.

With a sigh, she kissed the top of Teddy's bright blue head. "I know, Teddy. That's why he's being a royal prat." Draco gave her a side glance and went on asking if it was okay for the babies to have so many visitors. For Merlin's sake! "We'll have to give him a break, I guess."

"You won't shake again, right Kat?" Teddy asked, which inspired yet another question from her wonderful husband.

"Nope." And I can't go to the Christmas party. Kat was dying to say it, since it was a week away, and she was already dreading it. Aurora needed her and Ric liked to be comfort nursed if someone (usually Sirius) tried to hold him for too long. But she couldn't be that cruel. Teddy would never forgive her.

Teddy hugged her so tightly that it hurt a little. Kat tried not to wince. "Good."

"I don't think I can do this." Malfoy was pacing. Kat was taking a shower and as soon as she was out of earshot, he became an absolute wreck. Unfortunately, Sirius only got a small laugh out before getting a double glare from Narcissa and Remus. "There's going to be so many reporters."

"Don't you want to be there when they come home for the first time, Dragon?" Narcissa tried to soothe, but her stupid son didn't seem to be able to panic and listen at the same time.

Remus squeezed Sirius's hand to get his attention. "Come on Padfoot. There's a few pug puppies at the shelter that Teddy has his eye on."

"I want the black one!" Teddy said loudly while trying to drag him out of the room. "Daddy said I can name him Coal because that's what you getting for Christmas!"

And not Padfoot Junior? It was bad enough the dog would be hardly bigger than a New York rat. "I'll catch up to you," Sirius said absentmindedly. Maybe he could finally get back at Kat for his backfired prank from the other week. "I want to make sure my grandchildren aren't eaten."

Remus rolled his eyes as Malfoy stopped in his tracks and paled. Narcissa took out her wand, and as Moony waved goodbye, there was an unspoken, It's your funeral, love.

Luckily, Malfoy gagging at the thought kept her from hexing him. He was already heading for the door as he said, "Tell Katherine I'll meet her at home. She'll understand… Probably."

"Or…" Sirius grinned when Malfoy froze. "She'll never forgive you. Remember yesterday, when she had a hormonal meltdown after you put Rory's nappy on backwards?"

Malfoy glanced at his daughter, who was sound asleep in Lucius's arms. Lucius was trying to act like he didn't hear them or maybe he didn't. Although he wouldn't admit it, Sirius could tell the git absolutely adored his grandchildren. "It will only be a few minutes, unless something happens. She'll get over it."

"Unless," Sirius mimicked obnoxiously. "What if she doesn't know you aren't there?"

Lucius snorted. "She's not that stupid, Black."

"You have spit up on your robes." Sirius snickered when Lucius jumped, causing Malfoy to growl and sprout a few feathers at the chance his father would drop his daughter. And Moony thought he was the feral one. "Snape, for a ridiculous price as usual, gave me some Polyjuice."

"So you thought it would be funny," Narcissa hissed, "to torment my son just to trick your goddaughter?"

But I never get to trick her, Sirius whined in his head. Instead, he grinned and waved the vile in the air as the shower stopped. "You're running out of time, Malfoy."

With a nervous glance at the bathroom door, Malfoy ripped a few strands of hair out and fled.

Kat narrowed her eyes as she fed Alaric before leaving. Whoever this was, it wasn't Draco. He didn't call Aurora princess like he usually did when they were alone. And he looked away when she unbuttoned her shirt to fed Alaric. By the look of disgust, she had to say it was Nott. Sirius and Remus were off to the shelter. Blaise hated babies too much to do this for Draco. It had to be Nott.

Silently, Kat accioed the babies' Santa outfits. "Thanks for letting me pick their outfit out by the way."

He didn't vehemently deny it. In fact, he had yet to turn towards her because he wasn't sure if she was still feeding Ric. "They're hideous." Well, at least he tried to be Draco. "But it's the least I can do, Katherine. Since you'll have to deal with Father for weeks."

It was oh so tempting to flash him. But no, Kat would get back at Nott and piss Draco off at the same time. "I'm nervous about dressing them. Can you get your mum?"

"Draco" spun around and then sighed with relief that her shirt was in fact buttoned. "You can do it, Katherine. We'll do it together."

Wrong again imposter! Kat thought. Draco was more nervous than she was. But Nott and Pansy thought they were baby experts. It was definitely Nott. "What if I twist their arm or something?"

That would send Draco running out of the room. The imposter was too confident. "You can do this." He squeezed her shoulder. "You can do anything."

Nott was trying too hard to pretend to like her. Kat rolled her eyes but then bit her lip. Their arms were so tiny… She could easily break them. "I'll just put the hats on. The lobby is warm enough."

"Look." Before she could stop him, the Draco imposter started putting the Santa coat on. Kat winced, waiting to hear the snap of a bone breaking. Then, she'd rip his throat out.

But, the only thing that happened was Aurora giving him a funny look as she tried to understand what was happening. Kat felt her heart melt when she saw a little yawn.

"And now for the knickers." And like that, Aurora was all dressed. Nott smiled. "Your turn, Kat… therine."

Dumbass, Kat thought. Slowly, she picked up the jacket. Ric opened his eyes and made a face that looked suspiciously like a scowl. The real Draco wouldn't mind Narcissa helping her. "I can't."

"Yes you can," the fake Draco reassured. "He isn't that breakable."

Kat felt her heart start to pound. She knew she was being stupid. She had dressed Teddy a million times as a baby. "You're an asshole."

But Kat took a deep breath and dressed him anyway. Of course he started to cry half way through. Kat froze and looked at the fake Draco for help, but he merely waved her arm like he was her dad, not her equally nervous husband. Stupid Nott was probably going to laugh with about this with Pansy all night.

"You're okay." Kat swallowed at the lump in her throat and put the other sleeve on. "Mummy's just afraid your bones are made of glass."

"Blame the Malfoy inbreeding for any glass bones," Nott joked before ruffling her hair. If Kat didn't know he was at the shelter, she'd say it was Sirius. Is this how Nott showed Pansy affection? Poor girl.

Kat glared at him. "Let's go."

Kat didn't entirely blame Draco as she was wheeled to the floo area by the lobby. Reporters blinded her with flashing lights. Some whispered and some didn't bother. Kat wanted to clobber them all. But first… She had to get back a Nott.

"Let's pose for one picture," Kat said loudly. "We'll put in in their baby books."

The fake Draco raised his eyebrows. "Okay," he said stupidly. Draco would never risk it in a million years. Kat laughed evilly to herself.

She was holding both sleeping babies in her wheel chair while Narcissa and Lucius were trying to get the reporters to make a path for them. The fake Draco leaned to get in the picture and planted an equally fake smile on his face. That's when Kat leaned in for the kiss.

Nott froze but immediately backed away when she slipped him a little tongue. "Oh my God!" Lucius and Narcissa looked equally horrified as he started gagging. "Oh my GOD!"

Kat laughed when the reporters started asking a million questions. That's what Nott gets.

Draco started pacing the living room as soon as he got home. He regretted it immediately but felt it was too late to fix it. He'd come clean as soon as they flooed in.

The floo lit up, but the process was slowed because it was the hospital floo. Draco felt his heart quicken as he waited.

Black came out first and immediately ran for the kitchen. Mother pushed a rather smug Katherine out of the fireplace as he started rinsing his mouth out at the sink. Like he usually did around Katherine, Father had a look on his face like he'd rather be in Azkaban. Mother did her best to keep her face blank.

"You could've told me!" Katherine said happily as gently rose from the wheelchair, which disappeared back to St. Mungo's as soon as she was out of it. Mother took Alaric and gestured for Father to take Aurora. She looked rather proud of herself. "I think I can tell the difference between Nott and my husband!"

Draco looked at Katherine, then at Black, who was spitting in the sink and still trying to rinse his mouth. Oh no… "Erhm… That's not..."

"It's Black." Father chuckled when Katherine's face fell. "He offered to help Draco—"

"He's at the shelter," Katherine insisted, in obvious denial that she snogged her godfather. "Remus said they had to hurry before all the puppies were adopted."

"I was afraid," Draco tried as Black continued to gag.

"And he made it worse." Mother threw Black a dirty look and called out, "So he deserves this!"

"No," Katherine denied as her eyes widened with horror. She turned green when a pale Black, still looking like Draco, finally emerged from the kitchen. "That's Nott. As in Pansy's husband. Your friend who would do this for you as a favor."

"I'm going to go home now," Black said flatly. "And drink a bottle of soap."

"Home to Pansy!" Katherine pleaded as he walked robotically to the floo. She hung her head when Black ignored her and left. "I hate myself."

"That makes two of us," Father muttered. Draco frowned when the man's eyes lit up when Aurora started to wake up. "Let's hope you inherit more than your looks from your father."

Katherine chose to be mature for once and not react to that. "I'm going to go drown myself in the shower."

"Don't take too long, darling." Mother smiled and made a funny face at Alaric. "Someone looks hungry."

Katherine stared and then turned towards the bathroom. "Okay…"

"You could've told me!" Kat yell whispered. It was three in the morning, and now that they weren't having constant visitors, Rory wasn't too happy to learn that she had to sleep in her bed and not in someone's arms.

Draco winced when she wailed and took her out of her bassinet again. "I thought you would get mad. I panicked. And Black said something about me eating them."

"He wasn't being… serious." Kat smiled but then suddenly remembered that she snogged him. "I would rather you have panicked and fled than snog my godfather. Remember that next time."

Draco ran a hand over Aurora's cheek as she started to calm down. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but would you mind living in the Muggle world? Until they're older. I'm still worried going feral."

Even though their door was closed, Kat stared at it, which led to the living room where Draco's parents were sleeping. "I think we'd better make sure your father didn't go into cardiac arrest at your words."

"Katherine."

"Can I still go to WWW?" She grinned when he glared at her. "You know I'd take Chinese takeaway over Rita Skeeter any day."

"They are not eating that toxic waste." Draco held Rory closer to his chest and if Kat didn't know better, she'd think she heard the baby sigh happily in her sleep. "… I didn't think I could love anyone this much."

"Thanks," she said dryly but then kissed his cheek when he scowled. "I know. If it was between you and them, you'd be a dead duck."

"I hate you…" He glanced at Ric, who was sound asleep and didn't want to be bothered. "That is one hundred percent your son."

Kat reached in his bassinet to pick him up, but he whined so she left him be. "I'm not that much of an arse."

"I was so scared when you…" Draco sighed and kissed the top of Rory's head. "It felt weird. Being devastated and happy and terrified at the same time."

"So you're saying you don't want to start trying for another?" Kat joked. Well, she knew she was joking. She held her breath with effort not to laugh when Draco tensed and looked at her like she was nuts. "You're so gullible."

"You're an asshole." Draco held Aurora's tiny hand. "You know what's weird? I was afraid of holding them, but now I can't stand that he hates to be cuddled."

"Well if you start lactating, he won't mind it so much." Kat giggled when he glared at her. "Sooo… It was love at first sight? For me, it was love at first puke but in May."

Unfortunately, all she got out of him was an eye roll and, "Good night, Katherine."

The Christmas party. The sooner Kat got there, the sooner she could leave. Ric was already in a bad mood. He started crying as soon as she passed him to Draco after feeding him. Maybe she could stay…

"Don't worry," Draco told Ric. "I love you just as much as Mummy."

Kat spun away from the floo, only to see Draco going about his business as if he didn't say anything. His parents were with Rory in the nursery. Maybe she could stay longer.

Kat was stuck between two gossipy mums while the kids were dancing to Christmas music. They strongly reminded her of Aunt Petunia. Hopefully the pizza would arrive soon so she could sit with Teddy.

"I'm surprised you came," one of them said snootily as she sipped her punch. "Edward talks about you a lot."

The other one nodded. "So, we you a surrogate for Remus and Sirius?"

Kat choked on her juice box. They looked down on her when she coughed some of it up. "What?"

The first mum smoothed out invisible wrinkles in her dress. "He calls you by your first name, but he made you a card last Mother's Day. And he never mentions his biological mother. We know what Remus and Sirius are."

Kat gaped like a fish. The only thing that stopped her from calling her a bitch was Teddy finally spotting her from the dance floor. "You came! You came!" All her anger subsided when he ran up and hugged her. "See! I told you only mums come."

That doesn't mean Sirius and Remus can't come, she wanted to say, but she didn't want to embarrass him, so she only hugged him back. "I promised, didn't I, Teddy Bear?"

"I'm gonna bring you some candy, Kat!" Before she could get another word in, Teddy ran off to the snack table. Thankfully, he got distracted by one of his friends because the Aunt Petunia wannabes weren't done yet.

The mum to her right frowned. "But she's awful young, Alice. How old are you, Katherine? Twenty?"

"Twenty three," Kat growled, before realizing she should've said something around thirty.

"So she was around eighteen when he was born." Alice copied the other mum's frowned. "But he looks so much like Remus…"

Fuck! Kat didn't know what to say. She didn't want to tell the truth and risk Teddy hearing people talk about Tonks during the party. Causing a scene wouldn't be much better either.

"I, uh, needed money for college." Kat tried not to cringe at the thought of being inseminated with Remus's... She shivered. Gross. "I lied on the forms and said I was twenty. Remus and Sirius didn't realize until Teddy was already on his way so…"

Alice glared at the other mum. "See, Sherry. I told you. Did they use an egg from Sirius's side of the family? He looks like him too."

"Yeah." Kat cleared her throat, suddenly wishing Teddy would hurry up with that candy. "But we're close now, so I'm his mum."

"That's good," Sherry said. "The poor boy needs a woman in his life. Being raise by two men…"

"I'm going to go." Kat rose from her seat before she could get in mummy cat fight. "Be anywhere else but here."

"I think that girl likes you, Teddy Bear," Kat teased as she tried not to look at the whispering mums. Remus was going to kill her.

Kat quickly put Teddy's hood up when his hair turned bright red. "Does not!" he yelled. "She stole my cookie!"

So cute! Kat wiggled her eyebrows. "And your heart?"

"No!" Teddy's face scrunched up in revulsion. "She picks her nose!"

Kat had no idea who Teddy was talking about. She just pointed in the general crowd and apparently lucked out. "And wiped it on your cookie?"

"Daddy said she's not 'llowed over," Teddy declared, as if Remus's word was law. Sirius must've already tried to arrange a play date with the little monster.

"Oh?" Poor Teddy. She'd drop it, for now. "How's Coal?"

At the thought of his new puppy, Teddy perked up. "He peed on Dad's shoes!"

"Excellent." Kat pulled Teddy into a hug and kissed his cheek as he tried to squirm out of her grasp. "I love you Teddy Bear!"

Unsurprisingly, Teddy quickly wiped the kiss off. "Gross!"

Meanwhile, the Malfoys were having a hard time taking care of two ten day old infants who were very attached to their mother. Draco wanted to rip his hair out, and Father wasn't helping.

"What's so special about her anyway?" he cooed to a hysterical Aurora. The baby let out a particularly loud wail. "You're right, I suppose," he said wearily. "She has to be special to make you and your brother."

"I think Alaric looks like her." Mother kissed his crying son's cheek. "No wonder he's so handsome!"

Did Mother just call his wife handsome? Draco wondered if they were holding this all in for the past few days since they knew Katherine was leaving.

"Let me, uh…" He tried to take Alaric from his Mother, but she only smiled.

"You get him all night, Draco. Why don't you go relax?" Why did Katherine invite them again? She couldn't have done it for him because they were slowly sucking the life out of him

"You did say Potter sleeps like a rock," Father said. "Does she even get up to feed them?"

"No," Draco said sarcastically. "She lets them starve all night." Mother's eyes widened with horror. "She doesn't! Mum, he wants to be put down! He's tired!"

"Are you sure he's okay, Draco?" Mother had yet to release poor Alaric. "I've never heard of a baby who doesn't like to be held. I know Katherine isn't big on healers—"

"It's just his personality." At this point, his parents were wearing him out more than the babies. "He had a checkup before he left the hospital. He's perfectly healthy."

Mother finally handed him over, but not before adding, "Perhaps you should contact a specialist."

No wonder Katherine couldn't stand them. Draco was ready to kick them out. "There's nothing wrong with him!"

"You won't know that until you see the specialist," Father muttered. When it came to his grandchildren, he was becoming worse than Mother. "It is better to find these things out sooner, rather than later, Draco."

"What specialist?" Draco snapped as he put Alaric in his bassinet and took Aurora from his father. Her whining slowed but only a little. "A baby holding specialist? Or any specialist you can find until you decide there's nothing wrong?"

Father raised his eyebrows like he was being the unreasonable one. "Fine. Wait until he gets sicker."

Draco had to literally bite his tongue to keep from saying anything. No wonder Katherine hated them.

"Where are my babies?" Kat yelled when she got out of the shower to find the house usually quiet. There was no crying or nagging in-laws. Not even a swear from her husband who still couldn't figure out how to use the telephone she had installed a week ago.

Draco opened the bathroom door without even knocking and grinned. "Gone."

With a squeak, Kat grabbed a towel. It had only been a month, and she still had about fifteen pounds to lose. "What do you mean gone?! It's their one month birthday, you prat!"

"And you celebrated with them all day." Draco walked over and kissed her jaw. The grip on her towel tightened. "Celebrate with me."

"Fuck no," she snapped. "Give me back my babies or I'll make sure you can't give me anymore." He only smiled and tried to kiss her again. "That's me nicely saying I'll rip your balls off, Malfoy."

"They'll be back at midnight," Draco promised as he pulled her into a hug.

That was in three bloody hours! Kat knew she shouldn't have used the breast pump. She just was sick of leaking, and figured if she used it, she could have clean pajamas for a few hours at least. "You told your parents to leave for three hours so we could fuck?"

Unsurprisingly, Draco wrinkled his nose. "I told them I wanted to catch up on some sleep. And will that be so bad? We've been too tired to do anything."

The potions made her recovery time a lot quicker. She only had one excuse left. "I'm fat."

"That never stopped us before." That prat! Like he thought it was funny, Draco grinned. "We haven't had sex in over two months."

"Go wank," Kat snapped. She wasn't going a night without her babies because he was horny. Draco glared at her. "If I do it now, can they come back in fifteen minutes?"

"Katherine…" He sighed in exasperation. "What happened to wanting time for us?"

"I was a hormonal bitch," Kat said honestly. "Disregard everything that I said. We'll have alone time when they go to Hogwarts."

"You're impossible," Draco muttered before stomping out of the bathroom. Kat felt a teensy bit bad when she ran out to follow him.

He had the living room done up like a fancy restaurant with champagne on ice and pretty music playing in the background. There were even rose petals on the ground.

"I ripped it off from one of Storia's magazines," he grumbled before throwing himself on the couch and turning on the telly. Well, trying to turn on the telly. He pressed the four button before giving it up and tossing it on the coffee table.

Kat smiled awkwardly. "Sorry. I miss them."

"You've only known they've been gone for five minutes." He was even dressed up in a white shirt and nice pants. The only thing that was missing was the coat. "Your son spit up on me before he left."

"I'm sure your parents pretended not to notice your "sleep" wear," Kat joked. "C'mon, Draco! I didn't mean it."

"You meant it."

Kat laughed nervously. "Okay. I meant it… Look, I do want to spend alone time with you, but that conflicts with my very strong desire to spend every waking moment with them. And I was kind of startled that it only took a month for your parents to successfully steal our children."

Draco shook his head and tried to suppress a smile. "They promised to bring them back."

"Did you get it in writing?" Kat padded over to the couch and sat next to him. "I'm sorry. Are you sure I'm better than a sock?"

"What?"

With a giggle, Kat kissed the tip of his nose. "Never mind. I'll just have to make it up to you."

Finally, he gave up on pretending to still be angry and kissed her deeply, removing her towel as he went. She wrapped her legs around his torso as she started unbuttoning his shirt. Once the shirt was off, he pinned her on the couch. Kat gasped out, "We fucked for the first time on a couch."

He was kissing down her sternum and stopped just below her bellybutton. "Katherine?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up."

Kat laughed loudly as he started going lower. Life couldn't be more perfect.

Thank you for the reviews Ern Estine 13624 and gr8rockstarrox! I thought that this chapter was a little boring, but the next one will be better! The shit really hits the fan! ;)

gr8rockstarrox: I'm ending this with the impossible! Kat actually liking Lucius!