Draco hadn't stayed when she asked him to. He shook his head sadly and turned to leave.

"Draco?" Her voice was so quiet she was almost afraid he'd not heard her, but he turned back to face her again, his body half way out the door. "How'd we end up alone?"

"You're not alone. You've got a family at home. So do I." he sighed. "That's why I have to leave. I have to be able to look after Rose and Hugo for you. And Scorpius, of course, needs me. I'll keep him off course. I'll be back soon, I promise."

"Don't forget me."

"I won't forget the best thing I've never had." He whispered it as he left, but she heard it. She smiled, realizing she was finally safe, also realizing that he still loved her. Maybe her life would be able to turn around.

But that was a week ago. She'd stayed in Muggle London taking in plays with the money she'd found on the table near the window. She even got a job at the bookstore that Draco had mentioned to her, going by a different name, one no one would trace back to her, Cissa.

As Hermione returned to the hotel after seeing Blood Brothers with some co-workers, she was surprised to see a light underneath her door. A little afraid that it would be Ron, she used her key card to enter the door. She let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding when she saw Draco asleep on one of the two beds-the one she usually slept on herself. She thought about letting him sleep, but was afraid something had happened. Just as she was about to go wake him up, he woke up by himself.

"Sorry it's been so long Hermione. Ron actually had me followed by aurors on suspicion of kidnapping."

"Kidnapping! You have got to be joking."

"No. Harry's called them off though. He knows it was me who helped you escape, he still doesn't understand why and he doesn't know where you are. I wasn't sure if you wanted him to know."

"You can bring him by. How are Rose and Hugo?"

"They're fine. They are actually staying at The Burrow. Molly's ecstatic to have kids to fuss over again, well full time I mean."

"That sounds like Molly. How have you been?"

"I know you're safe. He can't get to you. Of course I'm ok." As he said this, he moved closer to her. "I just-all I need is a holiday."

"A holiday?"

"From my new vocation as a saint." She laughed, it was amusing to think of the Draco Malfoy who tormented her as a child as a saint, but she understood what he meant. Helping her like this was very selfless of him. He put himself in danger of Ron's anger and he never tried anything with her. He got up to go. "I'll be back with Potter tomorrow. I promise everything will be fine."

"Draco, stay. Please?" He shook his head, again.

"I have to stand my ground, though I wanna stay with you tonight. We have to make sure you're safe before I can. I love you. I won't forget the best thing I never had."

Author's note:

OMG, this took forever to get to work. I am so sorry! It's been a crazy couple months, I got married! Then I just couldn't get this to work. I'll be back on the once a week thing. The next one was written, but I changed this to get it to work, so I'll need to rewrite it. It shouldn't be so long though.