I sat down on this quite lovely day is the middle of September, I had just gotten off work at the ministry to go have lunch and do some research like we had been for quite a while we were looking for Draco Malfoy I loathed that boy back at Hogwarts but I was curious as to what had happened to him. After the war against Voldemort he disappeared into thin air, little did I know that's how he liked it.

"Ginny, I'll be there in 20 minuets most! Golly I would have though you were my mum." I told Ginny on my mobile.

"Ok well don't blame me if your food is cold!"

"Gin…"

"I know I know just get here ok!? Bye!" I hung up my phone and told Mary, my co-worker that I was going to run off to lunch with Ginny but I would be back by 2 at the latest. I walked down stairs to the main lobby and thought about in Fifth year all that went on here. "Later Carter," I told the secretary and went to the fireplace labeled Rose Garden Avenue.

"It's about time you got here!" Ginny said she had on emerald spaghetti sundress with an ivory sweater and ivory sandals.

"Sorry some of us can't get out because we are going to see our sister slash bff." I said, "So how is my Nonie doing?"

"Nonie is doing well, she's wondering where her Aunt 'Mione is because she hasn't seen her in forever. And do you want to know why she hasn't seen her Aunt 'Mione in forever?" Ginny asked rhetorically. I just answered her by rolling my eyes while taking a bite of my Raspberry Walnut Salad "she hasn't seen her Aunt 'Mione in forever because her Aunt 'Mione is obsessed with her age old job of finding the infamous Draco Malfoy, when what I think is that she needs to stop its been six years since the war and she has had the case for five and a half years and has yet to turn up with anything but she wont give up for some reason. Mione you gave up on the Jammerson case after two years and it's not because someone else took it over, well Mary did after a while, or anything else. Jammerson was exactly like Malfoy in all aspects the only difference I can find is that Jammerson never gave you trouble. And 'Mione after all these years I figure that the Ministry would defiantly say that he's dead they let Mary do that after a couple of weeks on the Jammerson case. Hermione what has made you be so obsessed with Malfoy? You didn't get along at Hogwarts so why's it that he is always on your mind? You're always working on his case these days and yes I know that is partly due to the fact that there are only three people still in the state of 'unknown' after the war and I know Mary has those two cases close to completed but Mons why don't you let Mary have the Malfoy case also? 'Mione I love you with all the love I can for my sister and best friend but why don't you just give up?"

"Ginners, I don't know if I'm obsessed with Malfoy I guess it's mainly that I grew up with him teasing me during all of my teenage years. But Draco isn't always on my mind I think of other things also, he just my one case that I've worked on forever and now he's my only case so I want to get it resolved, and if I gave the case to Mary I wouldn't get that felling of self satisfaction. And I love you too Gin but I cant give up there is just something about the case itself that won't let me give up, its like I feel obligated to solve this case until the very end and besides I have a tea with Narcissa today to see if she has any new information; Her and Lucius have been trying to find him since the war, I don't know if I could deal as strongly as they have if my child was missing since the end of a war, could you."

"Okay fine, but Mon," she paused and took a deep breath, "you need to take care of yourself and get your own life also outside of work and Malfoy, which is still work, so please just go out with a few of us girls on Thursday and put on some make up and give yourself a treat and you cant work on the case at all while we are out okay?" I guess she took my silence as and answer because she asked for the check and told me to take care as she left me there to think. Had I really been obsessing about the Malfoy case so long that I didn't have a social life anymore? Had it really been five and a half years that I've had the case? And what did I have to show for it? Nothing that's what I mean yeah I know that he's not in England and he isn't in Australia but I have no leads and no other information. Hopefully this tea with Narcissa will give me something because if not I think I'm only going to work on the case until Mary completes hers and then I guess I'll call him either M.I.A. or dead. And what did she mean I needed to take care of myself? I was always clean was she talking about my clothes then? They were in good shape to though, today I donned an ivory blouse with a black with ivory pinstriped blazer and pants to match my shoes were black ballet flats, I didn't see anything wrong with the out fit.

I looked down at my wrist to see what time it was 1:20, I best be off if I want to make it to the Malfoy Estates by 1:30. You see since wars end the Malfoy's have moved from their Manor that sat on a mere 2 acres to the Estates that the house is cushioned on an acre of land itself, just as it was at the Manor but instead of the other acre being split around the house there are 8 acres of land surrounding the house. As I got to the gate the magical voice rang out asking for the password. I recited the password that I could say in my sleep "Draco lives on let the truth of his legacy live and help us bring him home again." The voice then asked for my name and date of birth and reason to be at the Estates. After the voice finally rang "enter" the gates opened and I was greeted by the Malfoy's lone surviving albino peacock Delilah Jane I petted her beak and gave her some food and then got on to the thersal pulled carriage and rode all the way up to the house. When I arrived at the door Narcissa met me as if she had been waiting for me after I hugged her I broke the silence by saying "hello Cissa, how are you?"

She gave me a rare genuine smile and answered with a happy note in her voice, so much had changed since Draco had gone missing, and I mean so much had changed within her since I got the case, so to see her happy gave me a glimmer of hope. "Hi Hermione, I'm as well as one could expect I don't know where my baby boy is and he is my one heir. Have you found out any new information?" I just shook my head as I was about to ask what had made her so happy she shoved a letter under my nose. I took it and looked at her only response was to smile bigger and tell me to read it.

'Dearest Mother and Father,

I'm well how are you? I know you two are concerned about me and where I am but I cant tell you, not now at least. But as soon as my situation has changed I will let you two know immediately. However I will tell you two all that I can. I am not highly regarded as I used to be while I am in pain here I am growing stronger and when I get back you won't be able to recognize me, I've changed…a lot until you see me you would not be able to even begin to know how much I've changed. Well one thing that has changed is my hair color it is now black with blue tips, a few of the guys I hang around with said that blonde was just to much of a rich snob colour I don't get it either but they said that I gave off a "bad arse" attitude so they said that it was more fitting something else that has changed is my eye colour all I did was a simple colour spell so now instead of having my blue-gray eye colour I have electric green eyes. I'm living with a couple of guys and a dog, we have actually formed a band I think they called it a "garage band" I think it just means we are undiscovered; the people seem to like us a lot. Well parents I must go now but thank you for believing in may safe return, and I'm sorry that I haven't been in contact for the past six years but I'm fine but as I said I must go. Oh and mother can you give the note that I have attached to Hermione Granger, that is still her name or is she a Weasley now, thank you and yes I have charmed it to where only she will be able to open it.

Love,

Draco Lucius Malfoy'

Narcissa then handed me the second letter that was addressed to me. I opened it to read what it read however instead of any real content it simply read:

'Hermione,

Thank you. And please don't give up on me.

My love,

Draco Lucius Malfoy'

I looked up at Narcissa with tears in my eyes. And she knew just as I did that he was in my life already as someone that I didn't know or recognize but I was close to, all due to being assigned his case. Narcissa and I just hugged and cried it out how could I be so close but be so far? I am happy that I know that Draco is alive but where is he? Lucius came along sometime during our session and kissed his wife's head and just hugged us while patting our backs and resting his head on his wife's about five minutes later we went into the parlor and had green herbal candy cane tea and talked about where he could be. I left a while later thinking of Draco and how no matter how much I would have once hated the fact but he was in my life…now and forever.

I arrived back at work an hour later apologizing to Mary about how late I was but I explained the new information I had found "Mary I've found him, well not really but I know he is alive his mother and father got a letter from him and I got a letter from him also. So now I can write him off as alive but I want to know where he is; and that is like a quarter of the job is to find out just where the missing are its not the most important but it is a part I know they don't care if we do have it but I do." Mary just laughed and gave me a hug and said this was the happiest she has ever seen me.

"Ms. Granger, you have just received a message from an unknown caller," Carter said as she leaned her head in through the door, I motioned for her to enter.

"What's the message Carter," I asked genuinely wanting to know when ever my friends called Carter could recognize their voices immediately and when she didn't know who it was she was required to ask who it was "why where you not able to get the name?"

"The caller said to meet them at 'Le Crème de le Coeur' at 7 o'clock and to tell the wait staff that you are here with 'Blau' and they will know where to take you and I wasn't able to grab the name because when I answered all the caller said was 'tell Hermione Granger to meet me at 'Le Crème de le Coeur' at 7 tell her to tell the wait she is there with Blau they know what to do from there' and hung up on me. Oh well I guess his name is Blau," I then dismissed Carter and looked at Mary, who would want to meet me there? It was such a fancy luncheonette you had to know someone who worked there to be able to even get on the waitlist to eat there in two years and this couldn't have been planned a while back it had to be a spur of the moment idea. I looked at my clock it was 3 I still had two hours before I could get off work might as well try to figure out some places that Malfoy could be.

When I looked up I saw Mary gathering her things to leave for the day, I looked at my watch '5:30' as I started gathering my things my mobile started ringing

"(Say a little prayer for you) the moment I wake up before I put on my make up (make up) I say a little (prayer for you) While combing my hair now I wonder what dress to wear now (wear now) I say a little (prayer for you) Forever forever you'll stay in my heart and I will love you forever and ever we never will part and I will love you together together that's how it must be to live without you would only mean heartbreak for me…"

I picked up my phone that was the song that has always made me think of him the last of the song was so true I was heartbroken ever since he left me all those years ago my friends never knew so they never knew how much I hurt every day thinking of him, everything I did I was thinking of him and what his reaction would have been, he would be proud…I think. "Hello?" it was an unknown number.

"You look perfect like you always do, please don't worry too much about me when things are how they need to be for our perfect life you will have me again. I promise you that today and Mona…I was wondering that when I can come back to you…if you would do me the honors of being married to the most wonderful woman on the Earth, you are so persistent and work to get what you want, if you say yes then tomorrow I will have a ring on your desk." I knew who it was but how did he get my number I haven't heard from him in six years and I didn't even get to hear from him much six years ago I was on the go with my two best friends looking for the damned Horcrux's I got to see him on occasion, mainly in my dreams, we dated from first to seventh year I only went to the ball with Krum because we couldn't go together and, at the time, Krum was still in the closet and so was his husband.

I was crying when I answered, "my swain you have been my husband since the day we met and I would love to be your wife, I have not been on a date since the last time we went out. I love you but I don't know when I will see you again if I can see you again within a year I will say yes but if I can not I don't think I can wait that long. I'm still a young woman and I need to know if I will ever be able to have a family or not with the man I love. I need to know. I love you with all my heart always have and always will but I want a family." My only response was the dial tone on the other end after a short 'I love you too, forever my inamorata'. The ball was back in his court if he could be back with me within a year my life would be all the best while I don't know what my future holds with the love of my life I do know that I still need to get home and take a shower and get ready to see this 'Blau'.

Disclaimer: really if was the real author of this wonderful book series do you really think that I would be writing on this site? All credit goes to the great J.K. Rowling for inventing the characters and letting people like me make fan fictions dedicated to our favorite characters J the song also belongs to Glee its called "I say a little prayer" basically all I own is my iPod, Nonie, Mary, Carter, Jammerson, and Delilah Jane (even if I do hate peacocks and peahens). Note: yes I know that a peacock is a male and Delilah Jane is a girl's name (peahen) but a member of the peafowl species can change its sex so that's Delilah Jane's story…aka I felt to lazy to go back and change it Oh and the clothes will be on my homepage if you want to see what they look like...I will update with each chapter

1-09-2010 looking for Hermione's outfit at the first