Draco was nervous the whole time they sat in the cafe. It was on the same level as whenever he saw a ferret. "Could you please quit tapping your foot so much, Draco? It is rather annoying," His mother asked.

"You noticed he does that too?" Hermione asked. "I know he does it when he's nervous and anxious."

"Yes!" Narcissa agreed. Draco stopped and glared between the two women. "Draco, darling, please catch me up on the past...three years?"

"Almost six," He corrected and took a bite of his sandwich, "And I don't know what you want me to say, mother."

"What do you and Hermione do?"

"We work at the Ministry in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement," Hermione spoke up. "We work in the same office, and it was where we reconnected and formed our relationship. We went to Hogwarts together but weren't friends then."

"What house were you in?" Hermione looked at her curiously. Narcissa's eyes widened. "I am terribly sorry, Hermione dear, if we have met before. This memory thing is a pain. Can't remember much unless it was something of true meaning in a non-stressful environment."

Hermione nodded. "I was in Gryffindor."

Narcissa looked over at her quiet son. "You used to make fun of her, didn't you?" She turned back to Hermione. "I may not remember ever meeting you, if I did, but I do remember hearing about you." She cleared her throat and said in a high voice, "Granger did this. Granger did that. I hate that brilliant Granger and her atrocious hair. She's just too smart for a Gryffindor. She's a muggleborn and smarter than me. Granger punched me in the nose."

She groaned. "I swear he complained about you as much as Harry Potter, but he said nicer things about you."

"Mother," Draco moaned. Hermione blushed.

"I can remember some things, dear," She said. "I'm not completely lost. Now, how are my second and third sons?"

"Blaise and Theo are good. Blaise works in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. Theo does whatever he wants and, as I said earlier, lives with us. Blaise stays with with us during the week too and goes to Italy from Friday after work and returns Monday morning for work. He stays with his mum. Both are as alone as ever," Draco explained.

"So I am about to go live in a bachelor pad," Narcissa blantly said. She glanced over at Hermione. "Do come and visit, Hermione. You simply cannot leave me with those boys by myself. I will simply go mad. Once all three were at the Manor and Lucius was gone for two weeks for a business trip. It was a disaster! Those three are quite the group."

Hermione nodded but refrained from saying a word. Lunch continued on civilly. Draco glanced down at his watch. "I believe it is time to take you home mother. Hermione has to get back to work, and she wanted to help get you settled in."

Narcissa smiled over at the girl. "You do wonders for him. Let's go home. I'm getting tired."

Draco was the first one to step through the floo. He figured it would be the easiest way to get home. He was greeted with the sight of Theo laying on the couch upside down with his legs kicked up on the back asleep. His mouth hung open and snores came out. Narcissa stepped out of the floo, followed by Granger.

"Oh my," Narcissa gasped. Granger had a similar expression.

Draco pulled his wand out. "Sometimes I regret letting him stay because he feels he owns everything," Theo's leg kicked in the air. "I have told him countless times not to act like dog. Now he has to suffer."

"What?" The two woman asked.

Draco pointed his wand at his best friend. "Aguamenti."

A stream of water shot from Draco's wand and straight into Theo's face. Theo quickly woke up and fell off the couch. "Scourgify. Theo, mother is home."

Theo glanced over to the trio in front of the fireplace. He smiled and scurried over to hug Narcissa. "You had a lot of bags to bring back. I never realized one must still be very fashion forward at a hospital."

Narcissa giggled. "Oh, Theo, you are still ever the charmer. Draco tells me you stay here just sitting on your bum all day. I hope you know that if you don't get a job, you will help me with whatever."

Theo cringed but nodded. Theo looked over at the others, but his eyes widened when he saw Hermione Granger standing quietly behind the Malfoys. "What in Merlin's name are you doing here, Granger? I didn't know you made house calls to check on your employees."

Narcissa glanced between the three. "You mean you've never met, Hermione?"

"Oh I've met Granger before," Theo said seriously, "And I've heard tons about her too."

Draco paled and Granger glared at her secretary. Narcissa chuckled. "All good things from Draco about his girlfriend."

Theo gaped at the woman. "I'm sorry, did you say Draco's girlfriend?"

Narcissa's smile fell. Draco kicked his friend in the back of the leg. "Our relationship is fairly new. I've only ever met Theodore as Draco's co-worker," Granger spoke up. The Slytherin boys looked at her, clearly forgetting she was still there. "We haven't had the time to break the news to everyone. To be honest, it was a fluke that you and I even met today. Draco and I wanted more time to explore our relationship with only our ideals in mind."

Narcissa nodded. "Of course. I completely understand."

She looked at the boys. "I should be heading back to work. I'll see you tomorrow morning, Draco," She turned back to Narcissa. "It was lovely to meet you, Narcissa."

"And same to you, Hermione," She left through the floo. "Where is my room?"

"Same one you always occupy, Mother," Draco said.

Narcissa nodded. "I am going to go lay down. Please make sure I am up at four."

"I'll have Mitzy bring you a cup of tea," Draco said.

Once Narcissa was out of the room and down the hall a ways, Theo turned to his best friend. "What the fuck Draco? What the fuck!" he yelled.

Draco sat down on the couch. "Mitzy!"

A small house-elf appeared. "Master Draco called for Mitzy."

"Could you please get Theo and I two glasses of firewhiskey, and give my mother a cup of her special tea?" he asked.

The elf nodded and went to grab her masters their drinks. Theo sat across from his friend. "You have to explain to me what just happened. It must be serious if you call for firewhiskey."

Draco sighed and took a large gulp of his drink. "Granger's normal partner that helps her is on maternity leave so I am both the secretary and the helper. We had to go to St. Mungo's to interview a guy and as we were leaving mother found us. Her and the healer said that there isn't anything left to do for her so she needed to come home. She asked if Granger and I were together, and Granger said no, which led to her freaking out. One forgetful tea and horrible request later, she asked the same question again and Granger is my girlfriend.

"We went out to lunch and brought her here. Granger let me have the rest of the day off but I now owe her big time. I had Mitzy give her the tea so she'll forget Granger," he explained.

"I know when she wakes up she'll be out of it, but come tomorrow, how do you know she'll forget?" Theo asked.

"That's the point of the tea. This cup will make sure she won't remember Granger."

"But what if she does remember? You'll be screwed if she does."

"Trust me, she won't. If she does, you can name my first born."