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Forgive and Forget

Summary: Draco and Hermione bump into each other, but soon those meetings aren't so coincidental anymore. But don't they have better things to do than talk to each other?

The Twenty-Third of December - Hermione

Draco exited the train, and his hand never lost Hermione's as he looked around for his mother.

"Draco!" But it seemed like his mother found him first. She walked forward and embraced him in a tight hug that could very nearly have rivalled Mrs. Weasley's. "Oh, how I missed you! I hope you had a wonderful year. How are your grades? You know you need an O in Herbology, Potions and Charms to become a Healer."

Draco cleared his throat. "Mother, I want to introduce my girlfriend to you."

"Girlfriend?", Narcissa asked as she let go of her son to look at the person holding his hand, namely Hermione. Hermione was looking at her shoes, nervously waiting for whatever Narcissa was going to do or say now. She was prepared for everything.

Or so she thought. Because the next thing they all knew was that Hermione was swept up in a hug by Narcissa. "I'm so sorry about what happened last year, Miss Gran-"

"Call me Hermione, Mrs. Malfoy. And it's okay. It wasn't you. And you couldn't have done anything. And believe me, it took me months to get the fact into Draco's head that it wasn't his fault. Please make it easier for yourself."

Narcissa smiled at Hermione. "Of course, Hermione. But you have to call me Narcissa or Cissy. I mean, you're my soon-to-be daughter-in-law."

Draco and Hermione both blushed and Narcissa laughed.

"Hermione!" Suddenly, Ginny stood next to them, holding Blaise's hand and looking at the brunette. "Are you still coming to the Burrow with us? Or are you going directly to Australia? Blaise is even coming, since…you know. Harry will be there and Daphne and Tori are going to come visit us as well. And if you'd like, Draco can come as well." She now noticed Narcissa. "Oh, hello, Mrs. Malfoy. It's nice to finally meet my best friends soon-to-be mother-in-law. I'm Ginny Weasley."

Narcissa smiled at Ginny as the latter stuck out her hand. Once again, someone else was hugged by Narcissa. When they let go, Ginny laughed. "Wow…you hug almost as tightly as my Mom. I guess it's a mother thing."

They all shared a laugh at this. "It must be", Narcissa replied. "And Draco can of course come to visit your house. But why would Hermione have yet to decide where to go now? Isn't that clear already if she's going to spend her holidays with you or in Australia?"

Hermione was looking down. "Uh…that's a complicated story, but Gin, I think I'm going to Australia first. And I can't imagine that — should I even be able to restore their memories — that they'll instantly let me go again to spend my holidays with friends. They're my parents, after all."

"You obliviated your parents' memories?", Draco suddenly exclaimed and Hermione turned red. "I haven't told you that already? I've wiped their memories of me and their identities and planted the idea of wanting to live in Australia in their minds. Right now they think they're Monica and Wendell Wilkins, a childless couple who immigrated to Australia a year ago."

Hermione really hoped that her parents would ever remember her again. She had the spell, but the book said you shouldn't rely on it because it doesn't always work. And then the fact that she didn't even know if they were still alive. For all she knew, the Death Eater's could've found them, or they could have died in a car crash or a house fire.

There was no telling about what she would find once in Australia.

Word Count: 605

AN: Yeah, I changed POV somewhere in the middle...

Love, Sarah💚

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