Three weeks passed and Hermione was getting anxious and nervous as Draco was going to be there in 15 minutes.
"Hermione, relax. Just breathe. Drink the tea I made you", Harry tried getting her to relax but nothing seemed to be working. He was making lunch for Hermione and Draco. He would eat upstairs in his room so they could have privacy.
"I just want this to be done. I'm afraid to see how he's gonna react", Hermione said, looking at the clock, 12:55. "He's gonna be here in a few minutes", she breathed deeply. Harry had just finished putting lunch on the table and was heading upstairs.
"Hermione, you're going to be fine. If you need me, just yell. I'm gonna leave my door open so I'll hear if you do. I think he's coming up the path", he said and ran up the stairs. Just then the doorbell rang. Hermione breathed deeply and went to answer the door. She shut the door to the nursery and gave the baby monitor to Harry. The babies were fed, burped and changed at 12:30, so she figured they'd be okay. She opened the door.
"Hi", Draco said as she opened the door.
"Uh, hi", she said. This was the first time she actually looked him in the eye in almost a year. Draco could tell she was nervous, so he didn't move. He waited for her to invite him in, she did.
"Something smells good", he said, smelling the air.
"Yeah, that would be lunch", she said and directed him to the kitchen.
"Looks just as good as it smells", he said sitting down.
"Harry made it", she told him. He nodded and took a bite.
"Incredible", he said, taking another bite.
"I know, I didn't know Harry could cook until I moved in with him", Hermione said.
"Why did you move in with Harry anyway?"
"I wanted to be here, away from all the muggle chaos and close to all my friends", she told him. He nodded his understanding.
"Makes sense. So… What made you change your mind about seeing me?" He asked, eager to know.
"Harry convinced me that I needed to. For a couple reasons", she told him. He looked surprised at the fact that Harry convinced her to see him.
"What reasons?" He asked.
"Well, I was very unhappy and crying all the time", she said. He nodded. She knew he wanted to know the other reason. He waited. By this point they were finished eating so they went to the living room. "Before I tell you my other reason, I want to just talk", she said. He nodded. "How have you been?"
"Much better since you finally wanted to see me. Before that, I wasn't sure what I was doing. I was a wreck Hermione. I can't explain it to well. It… It's like you were literally a part of my soul and then it was ripped in half", he finished. Hermione just looked at him tears threatening to fall. "Please don't cry".
"I'm sorry, I'm emotional, have been for months. I had other things that kept me going, like friends and family. But you only have your mum. I'm so sorry it took me so long to come to you", the tears fell. He jumped up from where he was sitting and sat beside her and pulled her into him, hugging her tightly.
"I've missed your hugs so much", she sobbed.
"I've missed yours too", he said, kissing the top of her head. A few minutes later she wiped her tears away and contained herself.
"I have to show you something. And you might hate me after I do", she told him. He shook his head.
"There's nothing that will make me hate you", he told her.
"Decide after I show you", she said and got up. She led him to her bedroom and to the nursery door. "Close your eyes", she didn't know why she told him to do that. But he did it anyway. She led him to the center of the room. "Open them". His jaw dropped.
"Wh-What is this?" He asked slowly backing up. Hermione's tears started again.
"These are our babies Draco", she whispered.
"No. Y-You said… You said you weren't pregnant!" He yelled. She flinched as she had never heard him yell like that or seen such anger on his face.
"Let's get out of here. You're going to wake them", Hermione said, crying. They walked out and Harry was standing there. Hermione ran into his arms and Draco just walked past to the living room.
"Why did you lie!?" He asked, anger filling his voice.
"This is what I meant about causing you more pain than you deserve. I didn't want to burden you and ruin your life with being a father at 18!" She yelled back.
"This is why you didn't want to see me anymore?" He asked.
"No. I found out about this a month or so after I decided that. And I couldn't just tell you we were going to be parents. I couldn't even look at you without being haunted", she told him. "I didn't know it was twins until they were born", she added.
"I would have accepted the responsibility!" He shouted.
"I didn't want you to have to give up your life for us!" Hermione shouted back. Harry still had his arm around her back.
"I feel so stupid!" He said to no one in particular. The babies started crying. Harry went to look after them.
"Don't feel stupid. I kept it from you".
"How did you hide it? You would have clearly had a belly at school".
"I did. The teachers, mainly McGonagall and Dumbledore, helped me. They let me go to Hogsmeade to get some maternity clothes and larger robes", she explained. Draco sat on the couch, soaking in all the information.
"I… I don't know what to say", he got up and left.
"Draco, please wait!" She yelled, opening the door, but he had already disapparated. She went to the nursery and told Harry that he had left. She started crying, yet again. She was sick of crying.
Malfoy got back home and stormed through the front door. His mum came running out.
"What's wrong?" She asked, seeing the angry look on his face.
"She had twins!" He yelled. Narcissa looked at him questioningly. "She WAS pregnant after the incident last Christmas and now she has twins. MY twins!" He yelled.
"And you just left her!?" Narcissa yelled, angry that her son had left Hermione and the babies.
"I didn't know what to do or say", he said sitting down with his head in his hands. "After all the shit I went through, I find out that she kept the most important information from me? That hurts", he told his mum.
"I know it does. But I raised you better. You WILL take responsibility for your children, whether you want to be with Hermione or not", she told him and walked away.
He spent the rest of that night thinking about everything. He wanted to send a letter to Hermione the next morning, apologizing for the way he acted and that he wanted to meet his babies. But he couldn't bring himself to do it. He decided to spend the next month getting his life in order. He started by getting a job and focused on that.