What is it, Nym?

Chapter 7

I was woken up the next morning, by Tonks getting up. She looked at me, as I sat up.

"What's wrong? I thought we both had today off?"

She shook her head, picking up clothes that were strewn around the room.

"Apparently not, Kingsley wants me in today. Some mission which wasn't due back until Friday at least, just got back. And there's tons of paperwork that needs to be done. It may take a while."

I nodded, getting up and grabbing something. I walked over to her, kissing her. She smiled, pulling me closer.

"I'm going to be late."

I groaned, not wanting her to go. I thought about the previous night.

"Last night was amazing, Nym."

She kissed me again, before going into the bathroom to get ready. She walked out, kissed me again and left, saying she would be a little late.

I had been planning to surprise her with a nursery and today was perfect. I had asked Harry, Draco and Luna to help. Neville couldn't leave his shop. The plants needed to be looked after. I let them know what had happened and soon enough they were over with everything we needed.

"So, what are we working with?"

I looked at Draco, who was standing in the nursery. He had his arm around Harry, as he looked around.

"Well, this is going to be the nursery. Harry told you she's having twins, right?"

He nodded, smiling.

"Yeah, he did. I bet she's really excited?"

That made me smile, he was right.

"Yeah, we decided on Nicholas and Natalia. We have a few others, but those are our favourites."

"Lovely. How about putting the cribs along that wall. Not to bright in the morning, not to dark at night. And maybe a pale gold?"

I looked at what he was suggesting, and he was right. And gold sounded perfect.

"That's perfect Draco. We can put the dresser and all the other stuff there."

I pointed out where I thought everything would work, and Luna agreed.

"That's perfect, Hermione. She's going to love this."

I hoped she would. I really did.

A few hours, several safety gates and two arguments later, it was finished. We stood in the finished nursery. It had turned out really well. I looked at everyone, and they were all watching me.

"This is perfect, thanks everyone. She's going to love it."

Everyone left, after making me promise to let them know what she thought. I closed the door, and went to get cleaned up. I was pretty tired, after everything that I had done. I had just sat down, when Tonks walked in.

"I thought you were going to be back late?"

It was only 5:30, so she was back pretty early.

"Yeah, apparently they didn't get what they want. So, I didn't have as much to do as I thought."

I nodded, getting up to get her something to eat. She sat on the couch, and her hair turned green. Uh oh, somethings bothering her.

"What's wrong, Nym? Something happen today?"

I sat next to her, handing her the plate. She took it, and started eating.

"No, I just wish I could've stayed home with you."

I shrugged, there wasn't anything anyone could do.

"I know, but you had to work. It would've been nice if you could've stayed home. I have surprise for you when you're finished though."

She raised an eyebrow and her hair turned pink.

"What is"

"Oh no, when you're finished you'll see .............. And, looking at me like that, isn't going to work."

Usually the 'puppy dog eyes,' would work, but not this time. She groaned, but kept eating.

Once she was finished, I took the plate. I made sure she didn't see anything in the kitchen and led her to the nursery.

"OK, close your eyes."

She seemed unsure, but closed her eyes. I opened the door, and led her in.

"Open."

She opened her eyes, and looked around the nursery.

"This is amazing! Thank you so much, baby!"

She pulled me into a massive hug, almost knocking me off my feet. She was a lot stronger than she looked, something I usually forgot.

"Draco, Harry and Luna helped, it wasn't just me."

She let go of me, but wrapped her arm around my waist. She looked around, she really seemed to like it.

"I love it, baby. It's beautiful."

I showed her everything we had done, and it earned me another hug. I really need to remember how strong she really is. Not easy when she's that excited. When she let me go, she suggested going to lay down as she was pretty tired. We went into our room, and lay on the bed.

"So, what happened today?"

She told me how some of the others were sent on a illegal potions mission and didn't find what they needed. I watched her, as she spoke. I grabbed her hand, holding it in mine. I lay both our hands on her stomach, something I had been doing a lot lately. She smiled at me, squeezing my hand.

"Yeah, you really like doing that, don't you?"

I laughed, and opened my mouth to answer, when I felt a small kick against our hands. We both looked down, and back at each other.

"Did you"

"Yeah, Nym. I did."

I smiled at her, moving closer. It was the first time, that had happened and we were both excited. We felt another one, making us both giggle.

"Something tells me you won't be getting much rest tonight....... OK, that came out wrong."

Again, she laughed.

"It's OK, baby. And, you're right. I really love the nursery though. I was going to say, before these two started, that I saw Remus today."

He works in the Ministry, so we were bound to see each other, and I didn't think he'd do what Ron did.

"Please tell me he didn't do anything stupid."

She shook her head, looking at me. There was another kick, and we both laughed.

"OK, you're right. These two are gonna be up for a while."

"Yeah, looks like it. But, what"

"I was on my way to lunch, when I saw him. There weren't many people around, I was running late. He told me how we shouldn't be raising the twins, they'll grow up confused and some other crap, implying we're not going to be able to look after them. I told him, that it was none of his business and that he was to stay away from us. Then, he said something about this place. Something about how the area wasn't suitable for raising twins."

OK, now I was worried.

How would he know that?