A/N: OK so once again I suck with timing and my excuses are rubbish but literally, family drama and the most exciting yet heart breaking thing; we cut down a bush in our back garden and found a mother cat and 4 kittens, around 2-3 weeks old. Now a week later, we can't find the mother cat, she's pretty much abandoned them, we can't find an owner (Advertised everywhere and nobody comes forward) and word from all the local vets/cat sanctuaries/RSPCA is to keep them until old enough to find new families. So I now have 4 very excited, energetic and playful kittens, which of course I adore.

Writers block sucked this chapter, hopefully you guys like it but it's mainly a filler, that's why it's a little short but I'm going to jump straight back onto the writing train and kill the next few chapters, here goes...

Ok so I'm reloading this chapter because for some reason it decided to completely mess up the whole form of it, marking random chapters here, there and everywhere, new chapter in the next few days.

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Trouble in the Sweet Shop

Chapter 32

Hermione and Draco were sitting in the study in their luxurious home, looking through files and papers and drafting letters. Their task was simple; request Zach's medical records from his muggle Doctor. Hermione had looked over his files once more, taking down important details they may need; date of birth, place of birth etc. From working in St Mungo's Hermione had learnt that some muggle professionals knew about wizards and the whole wizarding world. Occasionally, the hospital had to request records for muggle borns, had they been admitted. Other professionals just knew of St. Mungo's, that it was a specialist hospital, they asked no questions.

The house was silent and the only sound that was heard was the occasional turn of a page or scratching of a quill, the couple worked well together, both challenged academically by the other, It really was a shame they never knew this in school. Their son was at Hermione's parents, she didn't go to her parents as much as she would have liked because she always hated how her parents berated her way of raising Scorpius, they constantly told her what to do and how to punish him, should he be bad. Of course they loved their grandson and Scorpius always had fun as they taught him how to do muggle things that Hermione thought unimportant, although he couldn't understand why Nana and Gramps couldn't make him fly like mummy and daddy.

Fortunately for Hermione, getting this request was no problem and the likely hood of getting caught was minimised by the fact that wizards did not use muggle contraptions like computers. Therefore everything had to be done by post and not wizarding post by owl, but by muggle post which could take a while. It could only be rushed, was there an emergency and that required a signature by the head healer, therefore this could take up to 40 days. Hopefully it didn't take that long. But either way, it gave her time to smooth things over with Harry and try to get him back on side. It would take some doing seeing as last time he came over, he accused Draco of still being a death eater and that Hermione was falling for his spell.

With the letter complete, along with St Mungo's personal request form. The couple grabbed their coats and headedout of the house, ready to post the letter and spend a little time together before picking Scorpius up.

The days passed slowly as they waited eagerly for the reply, the case was still on going in the Auror department and it was decided that Malfoy (Lucius) would be interrogated and receive no more day releases. It was too dangerous to even consider. Zach Richman went about his daily work load, none the wiser that anybody was onto him and Hermione had reached out to Harry and Ron in a single letter. It read that she was sorry this got out of hand, that they needed to be civil and talk things through, about their relationship and the case they were assigned.

Hermione was sitting in her living room, watching the rain come down and bounce of the window. On the floor Draco was sitting with their son, playing with the small kitten Draco had brought the boy. After all he had promised him a pet and this was what he chose. Scorpius hugged and stroked the kitten, holding a small toy by the kitten who batted it away.

"So Scorp what's kitties name?"

The small boy shrugged and turned towards his mother, letting the toy drop in his lap. Just as it fell the small kitten pounced on the toy and into Scorpius' lap. He let out a loud giggle and lifted the kitten for a hug.

"POUNCE! mummy he pounce. Can we call him pounce?"

Hermione laughed and nodded her head. As she was laughing and talking with her family, she heard a tap on the window, turning she noticed Hedwig in the rain, she quickly opened the window and allowed the bird to enter. Taking the letter she opened it, it simply said...

Hermione,

7pm, Leaky Cauldron.

Harry & Ron

It was 2.30pm, she still had plenty of time to relax and think about what to say. She would tell them what she was doing, she was sure they would keep her secret and not get her into trouble, even with all of the arguing and falling out they still loved each other. She let Draco know what was happening and put it to the back of her mind for a while, whilst she spent time with her loving family.

It was still raining out, Hermione, cloak pulled tightly around herself, walked in the rain to the Leaky Cauldron. Once inside, she pulled her hood down and shuck the rain off herself, looking around she saw the two faces that years ago made her smile and gave her the feeling of hope, now all she felt was pain and anger. Hermione had always thought they would be together forever, the three of them would be inseparable, but then this was all their fault, they left. Although if they hadn't left, she may never have married Draco or had Scorpius so she couldn't regret their decision, Draco and Scorpius were everything to her. She walked up the the two men in the corner and sat down. Silent.

"Hi" Surprisingly it was Ron who spoke, maybe he had plenty of time to calm down since her last run in with him, Harry looked angry still. She gave them a small smile and looked down, Ron motioned towards a warm butterbeer in front of her, she picked it up and took a sip.

"Thank you for meeting me." They stayed silent so she continued.

"I understand how you must be feeling but we really need to be civil and serious. I am sorry for not telling you and sorry for all the arguments since but I'm not sorry I married Draco..." Harry was about to cut her off, she held her hand up.

"No let me finish...I can't ever be sorry that you left and that I married Draco, he is everything to me and without him I would never had Scorpius. They are my life, they make me a better person and I'm sorry if you don't understand that but trust me on one thing please. He is not a bad person, just a person that bad things have happened to. He hates his father, his mother is good and kind and she saved you Harry. If it wasn't for Narcissa, you wouldn't be alive. You forgave her, So basically what I am saying is, is there anyway we can act civil, for this case, for old times sake." The room was silent and Harry and Ron looked at each other, Ron Shrugged and Harry turned towards Hermione.

"Hermione he basically announced what he was."

"Harry he didn't, you don't understand him like I do, when he's upset he says stupid things, but all he meant was how can we trust Aurors when a death eaters son is in their ranks?"

"So you can't trust us?"

"Of course I can, I know you completely. I can trust you and up until a few weeks ago I thought I could trust all Aurors but this goes must farther than you and me. There is a little boy at home who spends his nights crying and is scared because he doesn't understand why mummy and daddy are scared. Please guys, this is my son." Again she was greeted with silence and the two boys looked at each other for support, Ron nodded.

"OK." Hermione squealed, reached over the table and briefly hugged them, sensing the awkwardness she pulled back and sat down, her face giving a small blush.

"This doesn't mean we like or trust him and the minute he starts up, says something i don't like or he acts like Malfoy does, I'll take him in." Hermione nodded.

"I promise, you won't regret it. He'll be fine."

"So what do you need us to do." Hermione sighed, she had already done the work and she just needed the go ahead from the Aurors.

"Well, I need the Aurors office permission to look into Zach's medical files" Harry put his head in his hands, tiredly rubbing his face.

"That's not as easy as it sounds Hermione, we need reason."

"I've thought of that too, Draco will testify against him, make a statement that he knows he is the son of a death eater. Come on Harry we have to try." Harry and Ron sat there thinking.

"It won't be easy Hermione and you could both get in trouble."

"I know the risk..."

A/N: Woo there you go, let me know as always because I love your reviews and favourites/follows etc. Pounce is the name of the most energetic and hyper kitten we have, named so because she indeed loves pouncing on everything. Can't think why you would but for any reason if you want to read the ramblings of a madman, my struggles with writing, my loves and hates, my complete randomness, add me on twitter Charlmeemee

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