The Baby Project

What.

Hermione and Draco were going to St. Mungos today to get their first checkup on the baby. Hermione was really anxious. She thought that maybe she had calculated how far along she actually was. She was really getting very big, and she didn't know if she was quite ready to have another child just yet. She and Draco both thought they still had some time to prepare. It had been a while since they had newborns around. Though they didn't feel as if 1 was going to be a huge problem, they had three the first time around. 

"Good morning Minister Malfoy. Mr. Malfoy." The head healer had come into their room, followed by what looked like another older woman. 

"Good morning," Hermione smiled at the two women and felt better instantly. They had probably done this loads of times and were going to be able to answer all her questions. 

"We thought it best that I will be in charge of you for this pregnancy, Minister, seeing as we didn't think you would want it thrown about all over the press. This is Alice; she has worked here almost as long as I have, and I know she is going to be able to keep this a secret for as long as you would like." 

"That is very thoughtful of you Ma'am," Draco smiled at the woman and shook her hand again. It really did mean a lot to them that the press didn't find out about this right away. Though she wasn't sure how long they were going to be able to keep it a secret. 

"Let's see how the baby is, shall we?" Alice took her wand out, and Hermione closed her eyes. She heard a light gasp, and she looked over at Draco first, who was looking at her with the same grin on his face that he had the last time that they found out they were going to be parents. 

Hermione looked up at her stomach and silently cursed Ginny for saying anything. Over her stomach were 2 light pink orbs and 1 soft blue one. 

"Well, this would certainly explain why I feel so large." That was all that Hermione could say. It was rare enough to have triplets, let alone two sets of them. 

"Scorp and Hyperion are really going to get their Malfoy quidditch team, aren't they?" Draco had tears in his eyes. He was ecstatic about expanding their family by three. He loved being a father, which would be such a good start to their next chapter. 

"I guess they are," Hermione let a couple of tears fall. She was so happy too, but there were a million questions running through her mind, and it was all overwhelming at the moment. 

"Dear, what is the matter?" Draco helped her up and pulled her into a hug. 

"How am I going to be able to perform all my duties as Minister if I am to be put on bed rest again?"

"Sweetheart, you have a million talented people that work for you that are going to be able to fill in while you are away. Plus, you don't know if you are going to have to go on bed rest yet or not. You have to take one day at a time and not think so ahead like this. And we might have to tell everyone else a little sooner than we wanted, but that really isn't a big deal. We can do it while the kids are still at Hogwarts, so the papers are not bothering them." 

Once the rest of their appointment was over, they walked a couple of blocks to meet Harry and Ginny for lunch. Ginny looked like she was over the moon to find out about what the gender of the baby is, and Harry looked happy to see his wife so excited. 

"So tell me, tell me. Am I going to have another niece or nephew?" 

"A nephew," Hermione smiled as she sat down. 

"And two nieces," Draco watched as both of their faces dropped to the ground. 

"I knew it!" Ginny eventually said.