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Chapter 4- Was that...
For the next hour Ginny and Hermione talked about everything. From Draco to Aries, to what names Ginny and Harry are picking for their unborn. Even the uncomfortable talk about Hermione's ex-husband. All the while, Hermione woud sneak glances at Draco. He really did look good but his kindness really took her by surprise.
When Ginny and Hermione where getting ready to leave, they looked when they heard the door open and saw their former classmates carrying a young infant in his arms. "Hey Malfoy, where's my wife?" Blaise yells out.
Draco looks up and smiles. "Upstairs waiting for the two most important men in her life."
"Thanks mate." Blaise says and made his way up the stairs.
"Hey but make sure your wife doesn't hog my godson okay?" Draco tells him with a smile.
"I'll see what I can do." Blaise laughs and disappears. Draco laughs and moves to the counter wher Aries was working.
"So how is the Weasley doing?" He asks. When Ginny heard her last name her and Hermione made themselves comfortable again.
"Great actually" Aries answers with a smile.
"That's good. I'm glad to see him smiling again. I remember in school they would do whatever they could to make sure someone was laughing. Even if they hated my guts they always made me laugh." He admits while playing with the edge of a napkin.
"That's because you were a spoiled snot in school." Aries teases and throws a napkin at his face. Hermione and Ginny were surprised to see, instead of Draco getting mad, he laughed along with her.
"Yeah yeah." He says and throws the napkin back. "Aren't you glad I took that wand out of my arse?" He asked with a playful smile on his face.
"Of course it makes you more pleasant." Aries replies and like a mother does to an infant, she pinches Draco cheeks. Draco brushes her hand way but if you look closely enough you would see his cheeks were flushed.
"Okay enough of that." He tells her, his focus goes back to the counter. Aries laughs and pulls him closer to her.
"You know you're the brother I never got to have." She tells him and kisses him on the cheek. Draco nods and glances at the Grffyindor duel.
"I'll be right back." He tells Aries and walks to the table. He takes a chair from another table and sits himself facing the girls.
"So did you ladies enjoy your drinks?" He asks with a friendly smile.
"It was definitely a cup full of magic." Ginny winks and finishes her scone.
Hermione chuckles but nods her head. "Yes Malfoy this was very delicious."
"Does that mean I'm going to see you lovely ladies again?" He asks but his attention was on Hermione and Ginny definitely took notice of that.
"I don't know...Will we Hermione?" Ginny asks playful as she swings her attention to Hermione.
"I think that could be rearrange." Hermione answer but isn't able to look at either of them.
"Well it was lovely to see you ladies again and I hope you come back soon. Surprisingly it's actually quite refreshing to see some peers from my past, even if I was really rotten to them. Sorry about that." He admits. They could tell from the bashfulness and almost embarrassment on his face showed that he was sincere.
"Well we all have to grow up sometime." Ginny replies with a smile. Draco nods his head.
"A lot has changed since then Malfoy. Some for worst and some for better. It's nice to know that you've changed for the better." Hermione admits. It was then that Ginny and Hermione saw the biggest smile they have ever seen from Draco Malfoy ever since they met him, years ago.
"Alright boss I'm gonna go for my lunch break." Aries calls out as she makes her way with her coat breaking up the serious but happy conversation between the previous classmates. Draco chuckles and stands up.
"Alright Aries." He tells her.
"Any chances you are gonna see George?" Ginny asks with a smirk.
"Wow your smirk is almost identical as Drakes." Aries laughs out. "But yeah I'm going over to the shop to pick him up. You wanna tag along?" She suggest with a playful smile.
"Yeah sure. You okay with that?" Ginny turns to Hermione. Hermione nods her head. The girls stands up.
"Oh wait," Draco says and runs behind the counter. The girls walk to the door and wait for Draco to come walking back to them with a two brown bags. "Seeing as Mrs. Potter enjoyed the razzleberry scones I figured you would enjoy some take out ones."
"Damn I'm really starting to like you Draco Malfoy." Ginny says with a smile as she takes the bag. Hermione seemed bashful from the gesture but takes the bag.
"Thank you Draco." She smiles.
Draco smiles and nods. "Well hope to see you again." He tells them and even though it was a little awkward it still made everyone smile.
"You too Draco." Hermione nods and opens the door.
"I'll see you later Drake." Aries tells him and walks out.
"Bye Malfoy." Ginny tells him with a smile and walks out. Hermione watches them walk out the door then turns back to Draco.
"By the way umm... your window." She starts as she points to the window surrounding the door. Draco looks at the window then turns back to Hermione and nods. "It's very beautiful."
"Thank you." He says with a content smile. Hermione smiles once again and leaves. Draco watches them walk away.
"Was that Granger and Weasley I saw when I came in?" Blaise says out loud as he comes down the stairs. Draco chuckles and turns to his life long friend.
"Yup."
"Dang they definitely grew into themselves didn't they?" Blaise comments. Draco sits next to him.
"Don't let your wife hear you say that." Draco hints and nudges Blaise shoulder.
"Harmony knows that she is the only girl that will always have my attention." Blaise says with a smile that made Draco smile too.
"So Aries how did you and George met anyway?" Hermione asks on the way to the joke shop.
"Well it's really simple actually. We bumped into each on our way to work one busy day and I admit we did flirt but I could tell he wasn't all there, you know. Like he had a lot of things on his mind so I offered he could come by the coffee shop one day if he ever just wanted someone to talk too. You wouldn't believe how happy I was when I saw he came by the next day."
"Aww that's so cute." Hermione gushes.
"How did he react when he saw Malfoy?" Ginny asks as they make their way into the shop.
"I spit my coffee all over myself and my lovely lady." George answers as he sneaks up on them and wraps Aries into a hug. Aries squeals but soon wraps her arms around George's and leans into George's chest.
"So I see you finally met who Aries's boss is huh?" George asks with a smirk.
"Yes we did..When were you gonna tell us?" Ginny asks.
George shrugs. "I don't know it wasn't really my place to tell. It still is kinda awkward but he really is a nice lad now. It takes a lot of getting use too."
"Well you ready for lunch funny man?" Aries asks as she tilts her head towards George.
"Yeah, let me tell Verity. I'll be right back." He kisses her cheek and walks away.
"You know Aries I really have to say Thank you." Ginny tells her.
"For what?"
"Bringing my brother back." She answers truthfully. Aries blushes and nods her head. "well I think I better get home. I don't know how much my feet can take and I would love to see my husband."
Although she wouldn't show it, Hermione still flinchs when she heard the word husband. Where did it all go wrong? She always thought to herself. She put a smile on because her marriage failed miserably, her friends shouldn't.
About 4 hours later Hermione returns home after visiting the burrow and dropping Ginny off. She smiles when she hears the familiar sound of her feline companion. Jinx. She sits down next to him and he climbs on her lap.
"Hey buddy, mommy had a very exciting day." She tells him as she pets down his spine. He stretches his face up to hers. She leans down and rubs her nose on his.
"I love you." She tells him. He replies with a meow. She smiles and relaxes with him close to her heart.
Draco Malfoy walks into his house at the end of a nice wizard neighborhood located at the end of Diagon alley. It was build a few years after the war and when he was able to save enough money he was able to buy, all on his own.
"Hey I'm home."
"Hey Draco." Luna Longbottom makes her way from the kitchen. She kisses him hello on the cheek. He pulls back and takes in her outfit. She was a wearing a dark green dress that went down to her knees and a dark netting at the top. Her hair was up in a clip and her makeup was done light.
"Although you aren't the lovely lady I was hoping for, or even the handsome man. You look beautiful. What's the occasion?" He ask as they made their way into his office.
"Neville is taking me out for my birthday. He feels bad for having to work on it so he wants to make up for it." She answers in the dreamy tone she always has.
"Oh sounds romantic." He teases. She giggles and nods her head.
"Well thank you Luna for tonight." He says and gives her hug.
"Of course I'll see you tomorrow." She tells him and walks out. He sighs happily and walks upstairs and opens the first door on the right.
"Daddy." Two little five years yelled out as he made his way though the door. He smiles and scoops the two most important people in his life.
"We've missed you daddy." His daughter, Phoneix tells him and kisses him on the cheek. He smiles and turns to his son, Scorpious.
"What about you?" He asked.
Scorpious nods. " Yeah but I need to tell you something."
"And what's that?"
"I'm hungry. Did you bring any food back?" Scorpius asks eagerly.
"Did I bring food?" Draco begins asking playfully before standing up and drops his kids on the bed and tickles them. "Is that all you love me for? Just food?" He teases and he smiles at the laughs of his kids. The two people he loved the most.
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