The Baby Project

Telling Everyone

When the triplets finally went back to finish the second half of term, Hermione and Draco thought it was finally time to let everyone know that they were having triplets. They figured it would be best to have one reporter over to their house. One that they trusted. That way, they could tell them, and they could break the news. They had told the kids that they would do it while they were at Hogwarts, so hopefully, it would settle down before they arrived back at home. Though, they were a little nervous about how many people at Hogwarts were going to ask them questions. At least Neville and McGonagall knew already, so hopefully, that would help in controlling the children. 

"Welcome, Miles, it has been so long," Draco smiled at the young man as he walked into the Manor. Miles had done all of the articles about the Malfoys since Hermione had become the Minister, and they had built up a great relationship with him. They both figured he was the one to break the news to. He would tell the story the way they wanted it. 

Hermione mostly didn't want people to think she could not do her job because she was. 

"Hello, again, Mr. Malfoy. How are you today?"

"Wonderful." Draco led Miles into the sitting room where Hermione was waiting. They all talked a little before they finally thought it was as good a time as any to tell him. 

"Basically, Miles, we wanted you to be the one to have the first crack at the story. We trust you. You have done a wonderful job on all of the stories about us in the past few months, and we think that you will be able to do something wonderful for us now." Hermione was smiling sweetly at the man and hoping that she and her husband were going to be right. 

"What is it that I can do for both of you?" 

"Well, we just found out some exciting news, and we want to be able to share it with everyone. Seeing as they are eventually going to find out, and we don't want to be keeping any secrets from them." Draco wanted to preface the conversation before Hermione really gave him the news. 

"Well, what could be more exciting than becoming the Minster Ma'am?"

"Well, Miles, I recently found out that I was expecting." Hermione instinctively started rubbing her stomach. Her eyes sparkled as she said it, and she looked over at Draco, who had the biggest smile on his face. 

"Really, you're going to have another child? That is great news, Minister." Miles started scribbling down many things so that he would remember to write about all the love in the room and how excited the couple seemed. 

"Well, actually, that isn't the most exciting part." Draco took a breath. 

"Can you believe that I am going to have another set of triplets?" Hermione finished her husband's thought with an even bigger smile than the first one. 

"Triplets!" Miles wrote more things down. This was going to be the biggest story of his career so far, and the Minister of Magic had chosen him to make the breaking news. 

"We are so very excited, Miles. We don't want people to think that Hermione won't be fulfilling her duties, which is the main reason we are asking you to write this for us. Hermione has already started making preparations for when she is gone to have our children and a little time after that. She wants everyone to know how seriously she takes her job, but also how much she loves her family." 

"I do love my family very much," Hermione kissed Draco's cheek, and the three talked for a while longer before Miles went back to his office to write the article. He wanted to have this out in the morning edition of the Daily Profit. He was going to have to work through the night to make it perfect. 

Breaking News: Minister of Magic Pregnant. With Triplets!

Minister Malfoy and her husband Draco Malfoy graciously invited me into their home yesterday afternoon to share some exciting news with me and, in turn, with you. They told me that they were going to be expecting a baby in a few months. Not only 1 baby but three! Their love could be felt throughout the room, and they couldn't take their eyes off one another when talking about how ecstatic they were to be adding three more little ones to their family. This, of course, is their second set of triplets that Minister Malfoy has had. The first set was due to the Marriage law passed when they were in their final year at Hogwarts. No word yet on how their older three children have taken the news.