[July 24th-early morning] Home Late from Work

Teagan slept even with being moved to the bed. The nights had taken their toll on her as well as her body growing their two children. Sleeping soundly for several hours she stirred, opening her eyes to find her in bed with Matilda next to her. How had she gotten to bed? When did Marilda join her?

Her eyes fluttered open, trying to focus with the light coming through the window. She sat up facing the door and sighed running a hand through her hair and then wiping the sleep from her eyes. Turning to where she remembered falling asleep she blinked several times as if trying to see if it was real. A man, looking much like Dristan was sitting in the arm chair across the bed. His face was scruffy with a beard, his hair long, the same green eyes though dull in color but still those same green.

"Dristan....? Is it really you!?" She whispered quiet enough to not wake Matilda. She pulls herself from bed and walks over near him. She stops short an array of emotions flooding her. She had missed him, wanting to run and curl up into his arms but anger flooded her as well. He had left them. He had left his family, his children everything with out a word. Gone for weeks with no message or anything. She wasn't sure what to do.

Run to him, hug him him? Hell, the thought of punching him square in the jaw crossed her mind. She felt like crying, like yelling even but the sleeping child on their bed made her pause and rethink it all.

Dristan saw the emotions in Teagan's eyes and knew that this could go in so many different directions with the way he had just left for weeks now without a word. Slowly he stood from the chair and walked into the light and she would see the physical changes to his body but it was his eyes that would tell her the moment of his drastic change. Indeed they were dulled but something beyond them. Dristan slowly approaches her and lowers his head. "I deserve all your anger....I left. I had to. I needed.....I have no excuse." His voice a whisper to not wake Matilda but his eyes did gaze to his daughter.

"She is officially an Adamson, Teagan. She is officially and legally our daughter." He looks to the envelope on the table next to the chair and looks back to Teagan. "And I have so much to atone for with all of you. I will give no excuse because there is not one for what I have done. But you do need to know this. This evening I must leave once more to finish what I have started and I will not be going alone this time. All of you will be coming with me." He whispers and gazes deeply into her eyes. If she focused Teagan would hear two heart beating in his chest.

"I was broken and I needed to find myself and I have. Different thinking now and views but I am the man you all deserve and not the man I was before."

When Teagan hit his chest it was like her hitting a brick wall and though she did not show it he knew that she hurt her hand and wrist and pulled out his wand and gently took her hand and whispered healing the injuries and sighed. She had every right to do what she just did to him. As soon as he saw the tears his wand hit the floor and he wrapped his arms tightly around and held her close. His strength was more than it ever was before. "I am so sorry." He whispers in her ear and listening and letting her pour it all out on him.

"Listen to me.....I left yes. I needed to and I know you will never understand why I had to but it had to happen." How do you tell the ones you love that if you remained you could have possibly killed all of them in rage. He did not have the words that could comfort. Words were meaningless at this point. No more than excuses. Actions would need to speak louder than words. His lips crashed hard to Teagan's and deeply and with all the love he has for her behind his kiss. After a long moment slowly he broke the kiss and gazed deeply into her eyes caressing her cheek.

"I am here and we have much to do for Matilda and then we are all going to Germany tonight." He whispers.

Matilda opened her eyes to hearing tears, her body stiffened, this wasn't her bed. She felt the animals all around her though and as her eyes adjusted she saw Dristan and Teagan kissing. She made a face at the romance and tried to stifle her laughter at the two of them. She thought she was dreaming for a long moment before her head woke up.

"Your home!!" She screamed out and picked up a pillow and threw it across the room. "You left us!!! Mom has hurt because of you!" She threw another pillow at him, she didn't have anything harder to throw or she may have thrown that instead. She picked up each pillow and started chucking them across the room at him, anger furring up inside of her what he did to them.

"How could you!!" She was about out of pillows but that didn't stop her from chucking them with all her strength. "Do you know what it has been like! DO YOU!!" She picked up the last pillow and chucked it harder. "Mom hasn't been able to function because of you!!! Because of you everyone left! You think it was hard for you!! HOW ABOUT EVERYONE YOU LEFT BEHIND!!! SELFISH!! JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER ADULTS!" She was obviously not calming down and she was very angry and protective over the only adult who stood by her. She loved Teagan, more then she loved any other person she knew.

Teagan had been there since day one and though the girl had her own issues to deal with she wasn't about to let someone else hurt her mother.

Matilda was angry when Dristan picked her up and wrapped his arms around her, she didn't know how to act, what to say or do. He left. She didn't know how to process what was happening and before she could think properly, she struggled from his arms and went and hide behind Teagan. Her arms wrapped around her mother as she stared at the man from behind her.

"You can't even find the words to say. You think a hug will fix it. Hugs don't fix everything. You hurt us. You promised you wouldn't leave me out ever again and instead you just up and left us. Left us both without a word because of things no one seems to understand but you. How can you not see that you having to fix you broke the rest of us. You want us to be good, happy, fine with the fact you came back. Yet you have no words because you know you were wrong. You were wrong for hurting us and breaking us even more!" Then a whisper from her as she added "How can I trust you now?" She had tears now as she buried her head against her mother, she didn't know what else to say as she struggled to hold onto her mother.

Teagan was surprised when she was hit with the first pillow, having been so close to Dristan at the start of this. She jumped, pulling back from Dristan and turning to see Matilda awake and lively; the anger in her eyes like the day she had tried to run away. And it broke her heart to see her so upset once again.

She couldn't blame her, couldn't be upset with her as she watched all of the pillows fly across the room and at Dristan. His hold around her only seemed to fuel her as she ran from him and to her wrapping her arms around her tightly. The death hold as she called it when Matilda was so upset she didn't know what to do. Her eyes closed looking at her, as she knelt down beside her, careful to not fall over herself.

"Look at his eyes baby. Even though there arent words....Even though he doesnt know what to say, and sometimes even the way he stands wont say. But the eyes say everything." She looks at Matilda. "I can't blame you for being upset with him. I'm still upset with him. Even gave him a good punch in my anger for him leaving. But there is so much going on, just like with you. You feel all of these emotions and they come and go with out warning sometimes..." She hugs her as Dristan steps away and hands her the envelope.

"This..." She says pointing to the envelope "Is the first step. He knows there is a lot that needs to happen. Trust to be rebuilt and to earn back. Just like I had to do with you after his Accident and I wasnt able to come back for you right away like I promised. But you leanred to forgive me, and hopefully you will be able to forgive Dristan for leaving you when he thought it was best. Just like I will have to learn to build my trust with him again."

She looks back to Dristan hoping that she is explaining this all to her as best that she can. She didn't want to sugar coat anything for Matilda at least not the things that truly mattered. "So. If you are okay with it, I can go with you to this special place to get the rest of your school things, your uniforms and what have you. And if after getting all of your things for school you want to go with your daddy back to Germany for the next couple weeks we can. If you choose not too...Then I will stay here with you and we will enjoy the rest of the summer together until school starts..."

Dristan remained very silent with how Teagan was explaining everything to Matilda and he agreed with everything she was saying and then came the reaction of the adoption being completed and without a word walked over and sat down right next to his daughter, yes HIS DAUGHTER and wrapped his arm around her and brought her close to him and held her. "You belong and will never be thrown away ever again. You have a family that no matter what loves you and will always love you Matilda Adamson." And there was his smile.

"The MACUSA will come in a week for a house visit to make sure you have everything and to talk with you I would imagine. Part of their guidelines and we will come back from Germany for that visit since we all have to be here and I would never do or cause anything for you to ever be taken from us." He whispers and gently wipes her tears.

"Now I distinctly remember you were rather upset the day I took you Diagon Alley that you could not get a wand. Well now I can correct that for you and we have to return your Ilvermorny robes and get you you the proper robes for Hogwarts. By the way with that I am not just a professor there, I am also the Head of one of the Houses. Slytherin. So you will at least be in my class that I teach....Defense Against the Dark Arts." He smiles.

Matilda wrapped her arms around both of them and cried, listening to their words coming out of the haze and shock of finally having a place to belong, a family to belong to. She didn't have words for anything right now. She just hugged them both with all her might.

With a sudden chuckle she looked up. "Do you think the kids will pick on me because Daddy takes me to school every day with him? Maybe I should go in with Dmitry or Lili in the mornings. How far is the school? Ooo Mom you could always pick me up around the corner!" She laughed. "Having a parent teach you might be odd." She stuck out her tongue. "What house will I go into? What is a Slytherin?" She looked at Dristan.

Once more the child seemed to recover quite quickly and move onto another topic.

Teagan sat back allowing for the two to have their moment. She didn't know anything about Hogwarts except the small details that Dristan had explained to her in the past. So, she took in all of the information that Dristan was telling to Matilda.

"But, dont you worry. I'll keep myself busy, and watch over Baron and Lady for you while you and Daddy are away. And like he said. There is a little town near school that I can visit with my..." She paused suddenly realizing she had never really gotten the chance to explain to Matilda why she knew nothing of Hogwarts and couldn't answer any of her magic questions. She looks to Dristan a moment before back to Matilda. "with my own ways and I can see you every weekend if you want. And like daddy says. When it comes time for your siblings to be born, I will stand nose to nose...well, as best that I can with the lady of the castle and tell them that you will be there no matter what." She said with a smile.

"Hey now you have every right to be angry with me. What I did was uncalled for. And I will do everything I can to make amends to all of you." Dristan nods. He smiles when Matilda was talking about the twins. "Well truthfully I agree. I am hoping for a boy and a girl. But hopefully at her next appointment we all find out together." He winks. Dristan gazes at Teagan and tilts his head a bit. "You know Teagan I think it might be time to not just tell Matilda but actually show her just how special her mom really is." He smiles.

"Dmitry is sleeping right now in his room. I checked in on him when I got home before I moved you and mom to our bed." His smile was growing more and more. "And yes if he wishes he will be coming with us tonight. I am going through what is called animagus training in Germany. It is helping me balance everything inside of me. An animagus is a witch or wizard that can transform themselves into a particular animal which with me I will be able to transform into a black wolf. I can already feel my second heart beat so I have about two weeks left and then I can make the potion that is required as long as every thing lines up right. Though you both need to understand. My first transformation which you both will see, it will be very painful for me. No matter how much I scream or cry out you have to allow it to happen. It is part of the training. After my first transformation it will not hurt me anymore." He explains.

"The danes are going to have puppies, well that was fast." He laughs. "Now the sorting hat is enchanted and is able to see the person you are within but at the same time it will take in account what you desire as well for your house."

Matilda got lost in all the explanations of what her father was trying to tell her. She didn't quite catch a lot of it to be quite honest. Words confused her and she felt drained and rubbed her tired eyes. It wasn't like she had gotten much sleep. She laid her head down in her mother's lap as her dad kept talking.

"Two hearts?" She said yawning and though she was excited and wanted to know how a person could have to hearts, it seemed everything was catching up to her. The sun was barely a spark in the sky and her eyes closed as she listened to them both talk. Puppies and babies in the future. Though pups grew faster she wondered if they would all be sold or if they would keep one. Before long her breathing became steady and the girl was fast asleep.

Teagan looked at Matilda as she fell asleep in her lap. This was a lot and she couldn't imagine what was going through her head but she was happy she was finally coming around. She knew everything would work out in the end. She watched as Dristan stood pulling Matilda into his arms and placing her on the bed before coming back to sit down next to her. Her hazel eyes watched him. She still didn't know what was going to happen.

She looks down at his hand upon her belly and back to up to him. "We've missed you. I just wish I understood more what was happening." She sits up on her knees and scoots over to him, kneeling in front on him to rest a hand on his face. She tries to imprint his face again, taking in all of him again.

"Its different. Im not sure how I feel about it, but I don't hate it." She said with a smile. Her hands run from his face to his neck and shoulders, over the muscles of his arms and across to his chest.

"I'm trying so hard to understand. Your world is still so new. I'm trying to,understand everything you must be dealing it." She pauses sitting back on her feet slightly. "I can tell you have been through training. Changes in you. Balanced, but still my knight..."

She falls silent as he speaks again. Her mind raced a thousand miles a minute. Was he saying what she thought? Were they going to speed up everything to be done before he returned to school? Its what it sounded like. Her breath caught feeling heavy in her chest. It was as if he proposed all over again.

She closed her eyes to focus her racing thoughts before opening them and nodding. "Yes. Of course..." She whispered with a smile. She leans down cupping his fave in her hands and kissing him; not caring about the beard and how it seemed to tickle and scratch against her skin but enjoying these quiet moments with him.

Teagan let her arms wrap around him curling into his frame now sitting on the floor. She did miss him, despite how angry she was with him over the last two weeks. His arms around her showed her the strength he had gained while being gone, obviously working his muscles.

She pulls back, biting her own lower lip slightly looking at him. "Well. They two are still sleeping at least for a little while. What shall we do with this alone time my knight. We have much to do apparently so lets get started with your own list then"