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I love all my readers and those who review so I just couldn't prank you guys, hope you forgive me for not writing another HUGE chapter, i just couldn't do it.

I disapparate to the front step of Grimmauld Place and begin banging on the door. It's at least eight by now so Potter and Ginny should be awake.

The doorknob turns and two wands point at me. "Malfoy?" Potter asks, keeping his wand up even though his fiancé dropped hers. "What are you doing here?"

"Where's Hermione," I demand, not wanting to sit around and have tea with the boy-who-continues-to-live.

"Why should I tell you?" Harry asks, narrowing his eyes. I push his wand out of the way and walk inside. "Get out of my house, Malfoy."

"Tell me where Hermione is and I will," I tell him, leaning against a wall and twirling my wand incase I get myself into trouble like I usually do when it comes to Potter.

"Why?" Ginny asks, her voice calmer than Potter's.

"I need to talk to her," I explain vaguely, looking at the red head. "I need to talk to her now."

"Harry..." Ginny touches Potter's arm and I feel like I'm going to puke.

"No. I'm not telling the ferret anything about where Hermione has been." He continues to glare at me. "Get out."

"Merlin, Potter just tell me where she is!" I yell angrily, done messing around and trying to be nice.

"Get out!" Potter raises his wand and I do to.

"Where has Hermione been this past year?!" I shout, but I know he isn't going to answer, I just need his thoughts to go straight to the place to make my job easier. "LEGILIMENS!" I flick my wand and am pulled into Potter's mind, something my aunt had trained me to do during the war. I don't really need a wand or to say the incantation, but I can not mess up.

"HARRY!" I stand off in the corner of a restaurant and watch Rose run towards Potter. Fuck, my emotions are so out of control the charm backfired and now I'm stuck in my own thoughts. I watch myself as Phillip walk in after Rose, masking the feelings of worry I had been feeling. Potter whips around and hugs Rose into a bear hug. I move closer to them to watch the reactions better. Maybe Potter was the bastard Rose cheated on me with. "Wow Briar, you look beautiful," Potter says, and I notice discomfort when he speaks to her that I hadn't noticed in the moment.

Rose takes a step back to look at the others in the room, a group of people that I personally believe I have seen too much of the past few months. "Harry, I've missed you so much," Rose says, smiling a lot like always. Seeing her happy after what I did to her last night literally pains me.

Rose steps forward and hugs Ginny who had been staring at her, almost in awe. "Wow Hermione, blonde suits you," I hear Ginny whisper.

My heart begins racing and I step back, staring at Rose as she stiffens at the word Hermione, then relaxes. I gasp and step back again, but I trip over my feet and fall out of Potter's memory.

"Malfoy don't-" I stare at Potter, my eyes seeing him hugging Rose- Hermione-Rose. Their the same. What the fuck.

I turn on the spot and disapparate to my room. "Prince!" I shout, the house elf appears and bows.

"She is the same person. All this time she has been lying to me who she is, and then Hermione has been lying to me here. Both of them. Her just her."

"Master Draco?" I continue pacing, needing to speak my confusing thoughts allowed.

"Rose is Hermione who is Aurora, and I fell in love with both, all three, no two. Or I was already in love with Hermione and just didn't understand it. So I fell in love with Rose again, even though I wasn't falling out of love with her." I run a hand through my hair. "She didn't tell anyone where she was, only the country. Merlin, she covered her tracks better than I did! How did I not see this? Of course they're the same person! I would never cheat on Rose!

I pause and look at Prince who was shivering. "But I did cheat on Rose. I cheated on her with herself but neither of us new that. I was conscious in the moment and knew what I was doing. I didn't feel good about myself, but Hermione is just perfect. Because she is Rose. So I didn't really cheat on Hermione-Rose." I sit on my bed and put my head in my hands, getting a major migraine.

"Does Master Draco need a potion or glass of water?" Prince asks.

"Water, Prince." I say, and here him pop away.

She lied to me this whole time, about who she is and her history and where she has been the past few months. I want to be angry with her about that, but I did the exact same thing. We lied to each other after the war when we wanted to start anew, but when we came to the Zabini's we were already happy and content, so neither of us lied. In our original forms, or at least the form Hermione has chosen as hers, we told each other the truth because we know our history. Then we fell in love again if that is even possible since we already were.

"Water for Master," Prince hands me the cup and I take small sips.

"Shouldn't this just mean there is no one else in the world we could ever love?" I ask Prince even though he has no idea what I have been going on about.

"Yes?" He says, stepping back a little in case that was the wrong answer.

Yes. "Fuck!" I exclaim, jumping up and dropping the glass by accident. Prince catches it before it can break. "I hurt her so much, she'll never forgive me for ending it with her. She is going to actually hate me now!"

"No one hates Master Draco," Prince says, handing the drink back to me. I chuckle.

"Yeah they do, Prince."

I don't remember when I stopped crying, but I can feel the line where the river of tears had been falling on my face. At some point I must have fallen asleep, because my eyes are crusty. Things are happening to me and around me, but I don't notice anything. I'm still numb.

*Knocks*

hmmmmmm

"Hermione, let me in please." More knocks and banging.

Breathe in and out.

"Hermione, Rose, or Aurora I don't care open up!" I should be wondering who knows my secrets, but I don't. Breathe.

Muttering. Knocks. Bangs. One loud bang.

"Rose?" I stare through Draco as he slowly stands up from lying on top of my door. He knocked it off it's hinges. I'm supposed to be mad about that, but I can't move. "Rose, what's wrong?" Draco crouches in front of me, leaving my door on the floor. That's rude. "Rose, you're scaring me, will you say something, please?" I'm trying. Draco leans his forehead against mine and stares at me even though I really can't move my eyes that much. Draco slowly moves forward, and kisses me. The shocks through my body, shock me back to consciousness. At least a little. I move away and stare at Draco He watches me, trying to find my reaction to the kiss, but I had a wall up to keep both of us away from my emotions.

"You broke my door," I whisper, stilling staring but I move my eyes back to the spot on the carpet. I've established it's slightly darker than the rest of the room's floor but I can't remember what I dropped on it to make a stain and why I hadn't cleaned it up. Draco moves away from me, and I see a smile on his lips that had been on mine.

"There, I fixed it," Draco replies softly. I don't look at him. "Rose? Are you ok?" He blocks my view of the spot, but I feel like I can still see it so I continue to stare. My chest is getting tight again and I need to go back to numbness before the emotions come in.

"You ruined my thoughts," I say, not making any sense to either of us. I can feel emotions seeping through the brick wall I put up to keep them all at bay. I close my eyes tightly, rebuilding the wall that my subconscious had made a while ago. Or was it hours? My stomach growled. I must have fell asleep at some point. Something definitely spilled on that spot.

"Are you hungry? Do you want some food?" Draco asks, and he puts a hand on my knee to help him stay upright as he squats in front of me. I flinch and he stands up. I can remember a hazy feeling of hunger from when I woke up after one of my naps on this couch. I think I took two. I had sat up to get myself some food, but that was as far as I had made it. "I'll go make you breakfast."

"Breakfast?" I should have slept through breakfast, it should be dinner.

"Yes breakfast," Draco continues to talk slowly, staring at me like he is trying to figure out a puzzle. "It's morning here." I just nod and continue to stare at the spot on the carpet. A few seconds later a plate of egg and bacon sandwich is set on my lap. "I'm sorry it took so long, but I made it the muggle way."

I stare at the plate in confusion. That wasn't that long. Confusion washes over me as I try to figure out whats going on. Draco seems to notice. He takes the plate away and places it on his lap when he sits down next to me.

"Open," I do as he says, thinking it'll be better if his brain tells me what to do since mine won't. He helps me take a small bite out of the sandwich. Draco continues to feed me until I'm finished eating. "Are you tired?" Am I? I blink to see if my eyes want to be closed longer, but sitting for a whole day and not moving except to take two small naps doesn't exactly wear you out.

"No," I croak out, and my raspy voice surprises me.

Draco chuckles and takes my hands. "Let's brush your teeth." He pulls me up with him, making me stand. I don't stand, however, I fall. "Woah there," Draco helps me stand up straight then begins walking backwards, pulling me along slowly. "Come on, Rose you can do it." We make it to the bathroom after a minute, at least it was a minute to me but my sense of time seems to be out of sorts too. "Alright, open," Draco holds my toothbrush with toothpaste on it. He forgot to put water on it, and that annoys me for some reason.

"I can brush my own teeth," I say, taking the brush out of his hand and running it under water.

"Good," Draco says, and he's smiling. "I'm going to go clean up the living room ok?" He says when I put the brush in my mouth, but I pul it out to stare at him.

"What's wrong with the living room?" Draco's eyes widen a little, but he composes himself and replies slowly.

"Everything but your couch is destroyed, Rose," He leaves before I can reply so I continue to brush my teeth.

When I'm finished, I'm aware that I haven't had a shower. I strip, and turn on the shower, putting it mostly on hot water. My taxes are probably low anyways since I haven't been here. Most of the shower I'm just letting the hot water run along my body, but after I clean myself I step out and dry. My thoughts are beginning to clear, especially when I stare at the mirror and notice my hair is still blonde. I put on my glamour charm, wondering how Draco didn't notice.

I walk slowly out of the room taking my time and thinking as I make my way down the hall. Draco isn't stupid or numb, he had to have noticed my appearance. What did he call me earlier?

"You look better, Hermione," Draco says, standing up from the couch.

"You called me Rose before," I state, staring at him. Why was he here again?

"I did," Draco nods.

I cock my head to the side. "Why are you here?"

"I wanted to make sure you were okay," Draco says. "And talk to you." He steps closer but I don't move. "You weren't okay when I got here but I think you are now."

"I was numb," I explain, my brain not coming up with a better word or phrase for my zone out.

"I'm sorry for that," Draco says, I just furrow my eyebrows. "Do you want to sit down?"

"How did you find me?" I ask, finally finding the question I have been searching for.

Draco smirks for a second, but stops because this is serious. "Potter told me the country."

"How long was I numb?" Now worried.

"Just a day."

"Then how did you find me so quickly?" I say, leaning against the door way.

"You should be sitting down for that," Draco says walking forward to take my hand.

"I don't want to sit down," I say angrily.

"Rose, please sit down," Draco closes his eyes to practice patience.

"You called me Rose again!"

"Because you are her, and Hermione, and Aurora," Draco explains. "And I know that now. Please sit down." I walk past him, staring at him the whole way. "Can you not talk till I tell you to?"

"Are you going to place a silencing charm on my if I say no?" I ask, but he chuckles and shakes his head. "I won't interrupt."

"I shouldn't be nervous when I say this, because technically I have told you before, but Hermione, I'm in love with you." My eyes widen and I have to cover my mouth to keep from saying anything. He smiles at me. "I love you more than I can explain and the past few months have just proven that even more."

"You loved me before - sorry." I cover my mouth again when he gives me a playful look. He sits next to me on the couch.

"I didn't know you really well, recently I don't think I knew you at all, but I fell in love with you over the course of the last year. I know this confuses you, and I don't want you to go back into the numb state you say you were in but I need you to see this so you understand better." He raises his wand to his head and places a glamour charm on himself.

"Phillip," I gasp, my eyes widening and tears falling, he takes the glamour charm away.

"All I wanted after the war was to get out of London and be as far away from there as possible. I guess you wanted the same place because Australia is as far away from London as you can get. We both hid our true identities from one another, yet still fell in love. I love Rose, so much. Then we were called back to our real life, leaving this safe heaven and re-met in our original identities. At least the original one that you picked, I haven't really met the Aurora side of you, but I love the Zabini's so I'm sure I love her too. I fell in love with Hermione a lot slower than I did with Rose because I tried to stay as far away from you as I could. If I was going to cheat on Rose it was going to be on someone just like her. I, as in Phillip, cheated on you with you.

"I know you're confused. I was - am confused too. It's okay to be confused, just know that I love you and I hope you still love me. I love you as in Hermione, Briar, and Aurora. I love you no matter who you want to be or are called. You are still the woman I love no matter the appearance or name." He takes my hand at this, but I continue to cry and stare at him. "I don't care if you turn out to be a hag under all those glamour charms, I'll still love you." I chuckle but continue to stare. "I'm sorry I said all of those things to you yesterday. I'm sorry that I cheated on you with you. I don't want us to be done. I don't want us to ever be done. I love you too much to live without you."

This is where I'm suppose to say I love you too.

"I.. I l- I need a day," I say urgently, eyes wide and the first emotion I have felt in a day taking over. I'm so confused that I'm scared.

"Okay,"

"Please, I just need- Okay?" I sit up straight, and stare at Draco while he continues to stare at me with love in his eyes.

"Take a day, Hermione, I don't care. I love you and I'm pretty sure you love me too. I know that because you're amazing and the only possible way you could consciously hurt someone is in the confusing way we did. You cheated on me with me, I cheated on you with you. If this isn't true love you can kill me."

"I don't want to kill you. I just need a day to understand what I want to do and how I feel." I tell him, looking away from him and standing up. Draco nods and stands up too, trying to take my hand again. "No, I don't think that's a good idea."

"Hermione -"

"Draco, just go home and rest. I'll do the same and think. Let me come to you," I say, playing with my hair nervously.

"This is my home." He states, and he puts on his glamour charm, staring at me through Phillip's eyes.

"Right," I close my eyes and rub my head. "Bye Phillip."

"I'll see you soon, Hermione," Phillip- Draco replies.

I nod, then turn grab my wand from the coffee table and disapparate. When I open my eyes, and see that I'm at the apparation point near my store. I put on my glamor charm, wipe my face to get rid of the tears, suck in a deep breath, then turn the corner and walk to my store. It's ten in the morning, and through the glass I can see Flora giving a customer a book. I walk in and Flora immediately smiles and runs at me.

"Briar! Merry Christmas! I'm so happy to see you! I'm so happy your here! Oh, is Philip's mother okay?" Flora asks, hugging me then pulling away and looking at me. "Briar, what's wrong?" I give her a small smile and hug her again.

"Nothing, Flora, I'd just like to work in my store today. Have the day to think to myself," I tell her. She nods and pulls away.

Working around the store, especially with both girls helping me, is like zombie work. I sell books and roam the isles, not thinking about what I'm doing, but thinking about what my life is doing.

All this time Phillip has been lying to me. He lied to me about his parents, about who he was, about everything. His name isn't even Phillip Lee, it's Draco Malfoy. Draco I know. Draco was my enemy in school, then my company in jail, my fiancé, and finally the guy I cheated on Phillip with. I'm angry at Draco and Phillip, who are the same person. I'm so angry but I have no right to be because everything Draco did, I did.

If I cheated on Phillip once, who's to say I'm not as good as everyone thinks and I won't do it again? I cheated on him with Draco, who is him, which just makes me so confused. I love them both, but they are one. I love him. I cheated on him with himself so I didn't cheat.

"Flora?" I call through the store, she comes to the front desk from the fantasy section. "I'm going to go to Monica's, but after New Year's I'll be here everyday again."

"Alright, Briar, I hope you feel better," Flora gives me a hug and says goodbye.

I disapparate to the empty house. Unlike before, the emotions don't make me become numb but makes me tear up again. I some how make it to Monica and Wendell's front step.

"Briar? What are you doing here, honey?" Wendell asks, reaching over and placing a hand on my shoulder and taking me inside.

"I.. I-" I don't know why I came here, neither of them will understand and I can't tell them anything. More tears are falling.

"Briar, honey, what's wrong?" I hear Monica's voice and feel her hug me to her. "Shhhh, it's okay." I just continue to cry into my mother's shoulder. "Let's get you in bed, sweet heart," Monica and Wendell begin walking with me towards their guest bedroom I've stayed in only once when they didn't want me going home because I had too many drinks.

"Thank you," I whisper as Wendell pulls covers over me and the tears are slowing down.

"Anything for you, Briar," he kisses my forehead and lets Monica replace him.

"Sleep well, sweetie, we'll talk about everything in the morning." She says it sternly, expecting nothing but the truth.

I gulp as they close the door. To be honest, I'm done with lying.

I disappointed you guys I just know it! This is what I've been planning to do at the start, just the chapter isn't edited as much as it should be probably. I just wanted to post the chapter before I went to work this morning. Later tonight it might be better but still this is how Draco and Hermione find out and react.

Hey Analise! Thanks for reminding me I'm writing for Sleeping Beauty too! I completely forgot so I added the kiss, I"ll edit that part too to make it better