It was finally Tuesday and everything was going perfectly fine. Draco asked his mother to go with him to Diagon Alley because he wanted to buy a present for Hermione's birthday. He couldn't think of any other excuse to lure her out of the house.

At Malfoy Manor everyone else was running around to prepare everything. Ginny and Lavender had baked a cake, Ron and Harry were putting up the decorations in the garden, and Hermione was making sure everybody was doing their best.

Hermione looked down at the two presents in her hands. One was from Draco for Narcissa and the other one was from herself. Draco got his mother a necklace because he said that her old necklace which she had gotten from Lucius had broken. Hermione was nervous about her gift though; she didn't know how Narcissa would react to it.

Harry and the others got Narcissa a present too. They all put their money together to buy her a book on spells and potions for everything from beauty to cooking.

Hermione looked at her watch and noticed that Draco and Narcissa would be back soon.

"Hey!" Hermione screamed, making her friends turn around. "They'll be here soon! Is everything ready?"

"Yes, Ma'am!" Harry and Ron yelled backin chorus, which made Lavender and Ginny giggle.

Hermione rolled her eyes at her friends and walked over to the corner of the house so she could peek around to see the front gate.

Suddenly Hermione saw a movement at the gate and got in position. She was still nervous.

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Narcissa recommended so many presents that Draco almost missed the time to leave. When they arrived at the Malfoy Manor he stopped his mother from stepping further.

"Draco, what are you doing?" Narcissa looked confused and raised an eyebrow.

"You need to close your eyes, Mother," Draco demanded with a smile. "Trust me, just do it."

"Why?" she asked in a sceptical tone.

"Just do it already, Mother!" he laughed and put his hands over her eyes. They walked together to the garden. As soon as Draco caught Hermione's gaze he winked at her.

"Draco, what-"

"Hush, Mother," he said. "I will count down, then you can open your eyes, okay?" Narcissa sighed but nodded.

"Right, so five...four...three..two..."

"Happy birthday!" Hermione, Lavender, Ginny, Ron and Harry screamed as Draco lifted his hands from his mother's eyes.

"Oh my, Draco! That is so sweet, thank you so much!" Some tears escaped Narcissa's eyes. She hugged Draco tightly and walked over to Hermione. "You planned this, didn't you?" She smiled and Hermione nodded. Narcissa hugged her just as tightly as she had hugged her son. Hermione exhaled in relief.

"We have a present for you, Narcissa." Harry snatched the present up and gave it to Narcissa.

"Oh, you shouldn't have bought me something," Narcissa said. "The fact that you are all here makes me happy." She smiled warmly at all of them.

Narcissa opened the present carefully and laughed as she saw what the four got her. She thanked and hugged them all. After that she opened Draco's present and immediately put the necklace on. She stood up and walked over to the cake when Hermione stopped her.

"I got a present for you too," she said shyly and handed it to her. It was nicely wrapped in some silver paper, Narcissa opened it and froze.

The only thing she said was "Oh". Hermione didn't know if it was good or bad. She hoped for the former.

"I – I just thought you would like to have it. I know you probably don't like muggle things but I quite like doing them and-"

Narcissa hugged her again. She pushed Hermione's hair away and whispered in her ear, "It is a lovely gift, darling, I'm really happy. Thank you. For everything."

Hermione smiled in relief and closed her eyes for a second.

"What is it?" Draco asked curiously. His mother gave him the book, grinning.

It was a photo album bound in black leather; filled with pictures from the last months. There were some pictures from their Quidditch match, from the times when they were sitting under the tree, pictures from their time at the park, there were even some pictures of just the two of them. At the end there was the picture of Draco and Crookshanks that she had taken before they kissed. The special thing about all of these pictures was that they weren't moving. They were muggle pictures. They caught the exact moment, not several seconds of a moment. Draco only knew some of the pictures, Hermione obviously took them secretly.

Draco looked up at Hermione's face. She smiled at him, a smile that held so many emotions. He really loved the girl.

He gave the book back to his mother and grabbed Hermione's hand, pulling her towards him.

"I really love you," he said, kissing her passionately. "Oh yeah, right, Mother," Draco said under his breath when he pulled away. "I'm madly in love with Hermione Jean Granger."

"Oh I know, sweetheart." Narcissa laughed.

"How?" the blonde looked at her with a confused expression.

"Oh, it was easy," she said. "Ever since that girl appeared you have been different, it was pretty obvious. I knew that you loved her even when you didn't." She stroked his cheek softly. Draco smiled shyly and scratched the back of his head.

Hermione laughed.

"Now I want to eat that delicous looking cake over there," Narcissa said, Ginny and Lavender winked at each other.

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Ron walked over to Hermione later that evening.

"So, you and Malfoy, huh?" His voice was calm and he smiled.

"Yes, I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I wasn't quite sure how you would react-"

"Oh 'Mione. I'm happy for you! I have Lavender and you have Malfoy. I'm happy if you are." He smiled warmly at her.

Hermione hugged him and together they watched the others bundled up around the campfire laughing.

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