Chapter 5

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I woke up early, and Tonks was still asleep. I sat up, trying not to wake her. I looked around thinking it would be better if we got a new place. This place, or mine for that matter, wouldn't be big enough when the twins arrived.

"Hermione........."

I looked down at Tonks, who had started talking in her sleep. She reached over to where I had been laying. Her hand landed on my stomach and stayed there. She woke up, yawning. She looked up at me, blinking.

"Hey, you been awake for long?"

I shook my head, noticing that she hadn't moved her hand. I smiled, thinking about what she'd said in her sleep.

"No."

"What are you smiling at?"

How am I going to talk my way out of this?

I shrugged, pretending not to know what she meant.

"I'm fine, Nym. I'm just happy me being her is helping you. I was thinking that we should get a new place. This place, and mine for that matter, won't be big enough when the twins arrive."

That distracted her, and she sat up. She took my hand, squeezing it. Her hair was purple, she was considering it.

"That sounds like a good idea. But, can we only tell certain people? I don't want anyone who shouldn't, knowing where we are."

I nodded, I'd thought of this already.

"Sure, but Kingsley will need to know. He won't tell anyone, what about Harry and Draco?"

Harry hadn't been getting along with Ron, since I broke up with him, so I didn't think he'd tell him. Draco wouldn't seeing as his boyfriend thought Ron was a twit.

"Neither of them like him, so I don't think they'd tell him."

We got up, and got ready, saying we would start looking soon.

I reached my office and saw the mountain of paperwork waiting for me. I took of my jacket and sat down.

By lunch, I was a little more than half way through. There was a knock on the door, and I told whoever it was to come in. A very perky Tonks walked in.

"Are you free for lunch?"

I nodded, standing up. I stretched and walked towards her. I kissed her and we went to get something.

"So, is the office still standing?"

She just looked at me, as I spoke.

"Just about. What about you? No one's bothering you?"

Typical Nym, always worrying about someone else. I grabbed her hand, and she smiled.

"Everything's fine, Nym. Really. You feeling OK?"

She nodded, sitting back.

"I'm fine, baby."

I went back to my office, and finished everything. By the time I left, I was exhausted. I left, thinking about finding a place for Tonks and I. I closed the door to my apartment, and went to my room. I needed to grab my clothes and other stuff I needed. Tonks had offered to help when I'd seen her that afternoon, but I didn't have that much. I got everything I needed and went to Tonks'.

"Hey, did you get everything?"

I looked down at the cases, that I was carrying, and back at her.

"Yeah, did you talk to Kingsley?"

She stood up and walked past me into the kitchen. She must have eaten already,which I would've expected, but she had made me something. I put my stuff in the corner, and sat on the couch. She came back over with something for me.

"Thanks, Nym."

"No problem, and I did. He said he knew a place. He told me we could see it tomorrow, if we wanted."

That was nice of him,and I didn't expect to have much to do the next day, so I nodded and started eating. When I was done, I put my stuff away and sat next to her.

"How was your work?"

I sighed, it hadn't been that bad. Just a lot of paperwork.

"OK, you?"

She shrugged. I knew she didn't like it, but it was the right thing to do.

"OK. So, do you want to see this place?"

"Sure."

We went to see the apartment the next day. It was pretty big. The bedrooms were pretty big. It was perfect. I looked at Nym, as we looked around. The woman who was showing us around Lisa watched us, as she brushed a stray lock of black hair behind her ear.

"It's perfect, Hermione."

She was right, and we agreed to move in the following Saturday. We left after thanking Lisa for everything.

"I really like that place."

I agreed with her, it was great.

"Yeah, the rooms are huge, it's perfect."

We talked about it some more before going to bed.

"Harry? What are you doing here? Where's Draco?"

A knock on my door at lunch time turned out to be Harry. I smiled at him, as he walked in.

"i wanted to see how you're doing. I heard about you and Tonks, i think you're great together. Draco's at the store."

Harry was an Auror, he could've spoken to Tonks. Draco owned a book store in Diagon Alley.

"Please tell me the office isn't in ashes?"

He laughed, sitting down.

"It's fine. She doing pretty well, considering her inability to sit still for more than 5 minutes in work."

That made me laugh, she was always busy in work, running around.

"Yeah, we just found a new place. Ron came by my place on Saturday and Lupin went to hers on Sunday. I wasn't there when he was, but I had to deal with the aftermath. We need to get out, make sure no one who shouldn't knows where we live. So, it'll just be you, Draco and both our parents who know.Oh, I need to tell Luna and Neville."

Harry was concerned over what had happened the previous weekend. He laughed when I told him that I'd threatened to hex Ron into the next century, and seemed to understand why I so concerned about Tonks.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. She said she was having twins. that was an interesting conversation."

"Yeah, we found out at her last appointment. The healer asked who I was, and Tonks said, 'she's my partner, is that a problem?' I just stood there. Typical Tonks."

We grabbed some lunch and saw Tonks talking to Kingsley. They were laughing, and she saw us. She finished with him, and walked over to us.

"Hey, you OK?"

We sat down, Tonks next to me.

"Yeah, Harry came over to see me and see me."

We sat, talking, before going back to work. Tonks kissed me and Harry started making gagging noises. We looked at each other and hit him in the back of the head. He started complaing, but I just kissed Tonks and went back to work.

The rest of the week was fairly quiet and we moved into the new place following Saturday.

I collapsed onto the bed and Tonks laughed, we didn't really have to do much, seeing as Harry talked Draco into helping us move.

"Hehe, come here."

I cuddled into her side, laying my hand on her stomach.

"Comfy?"

"Very."

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