A/N: Just so no one gets confused, that book that Hermione had (about pregnancy) gave her a spell so that she can gain her figure back, so she used that spell and is skinny again. Thanks to Miranda for proof-reading for me as usual (I'd be lost without her). Anyways, on with the chapter (and I apologize for the long wait)

At around 11 o'clock, the party took a turn for the worst. They were all partying and having a great time, until Bre came up to Hermione and said, "Cooper's here."

Hermione gasped and looked in the direction Bre was pointing. Sure enough, there was Cooper, followed by his two cronies. It kind of reminded her of Draco, Crabbe and Goyle back at Hogwarts. Draco noticed Hermione staring at someone and he looked to see who it was.

Walking right towards Hermione was a guy with black hair, dressed in all black and silver chains and spikes hanging from his neck. As he got closer, Draco noticed that he was even wearing black make-up and had his nails painted black as well. His friends looked the same.

"Well, what do we have here?" asked the guy on Cooper's right.

"Happy Birthday Hermione," Cooper said.

"What do you want?" Hermione asked.

"Just to wish you a Happy Birthday."

"Yeah right Cooper. Honestly, what do you really want?" Hermione asked.

"I told you. I wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday and see how you've been."

"Well, I'm fine. You can leave now."

"Actually, I thought I'd stay awhile. Enjoy the party," Cooper said.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him. "Whatever Cooper. Just leave me alone."

"Aww...c'mon Hermione. You know you're happy to see me again."

"Yeah right. You need to get a clue Cooper. I'm married now," Hermione said.

"Married? You're only 18 and you're married?" Cooper asked, shocked.

"Yes, and I have two adorable children as well," Hermione said.

"Two kids? I always knew you were a slut," Cooper responded. With that, Draco punched Cooper square in the face. Cooper fell backwards and landed on his ass on the ground.

"And who the hell are you?" Cooper asked, rubbing his cheek.

"I'm her husband," Draco said.

"You left me for the likes of him? I treated you like a queen Hermione. He probably treats you like dirt compared to the way I used to treat you. And how come you changed your look? You used to look so hot. Don't tell me you changed your look for him...," Cooper started, but Draco stepped in.

"Listen here you asshole, I treat Hermione like a goddess, way better than you will ever treat her! And Hermione is NOT a slut! Now you better leave us the fuck alone!" Draco yelled.

"And what if I don't?" Cooper said, getting in Draco's face. "I'm not afraid of you."

Hermione seen Draco's hand move towards his back pocket to grab his wand, but she stopped him before he had a chance to take it out. She leaned in and whispered in his ear, "Draco, leave your wand where it's to. Remember, you can't use magic in front of Muggles, and Cooper would tell the cops for sure. Don't risk getting sent to Azkaban for him. He's not worth it."

"Oh, I see how it is. Hermione tells you what to do and you listen to her. Can't make your own decisions?" Cooper asked, trying to look cool. Hermione grabbed Cooper by the arm and hauled him away before Draco had a chance to do or say anything.

"Cooper, what the hell is your problem? What are you trying to prove by being here?" Hermione asked him.

"I'm not trying to prove anything. I just wanted to talk to you," Cooper said.

"Well, talk," Hermione said, getting annoyed.

"It's too late to talk about what I wanted to talk about."

"Which is...?"

"I wanted to talk about us, and see if you, maybe wanted to give us another chance, but it's too late for that now. You're married. I waited too long to come after you again. Well, Happy Birthday Hermione," Cooper said and began to leave.

"Coop, wait," she called after him.

"Coop? You haven't called me that since we were together. I missed you calling me Coop," he said.

Hermione ran up to Cooper and took his hand, "Coop, just because we can't be together, that don't mean that we can't be friends. I would never turn down your friendship again." Hermione smiled at him and Cooper smiled for the first time that night.

"I'd like that. Friends again?" Cooper asked.

"Yeah," Hermione said.

"I have to ask you a question though," Cooper said. "Why did you change your look?"

"I changed my look for school," Hermione said, half-lying.

"Oh," he said. She kissed Cooper's cheek and they went back to the party. They continued to party that night until around 3, then they all went home. When Harry, Ron, Draco and Hermione got home, it didn't take them very long before they had all fallen asleep.

The next morning, Hermione woke up before anyone else, so she decided to go for a quick jog before anyone else got up. She put on a pair of shorts and a sports bra and went outside. She decided to jog around the block and back. It took her about 30 minutes and when she got back, she went to take a shower upstairs cause she didn't want to wake anyone by having a shower downstairs.

Once she got out of the shower, she put on a robe and a pair of slippers and went to the kitchen and put on a pot of coffee. A few minutes later, Draco woke up and put on a pot of coffee downstairs. While he was waiting, Draco walked upstairs to see where Hermione went. When he saw her in the kitchen with her back facing him, he snuck up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I see someone woke up early," he whispered in her ear. She turned around.

"Morning," she said, kissing the tip of his nose.

"How come you woke up so early? Couldn't sleep?"

"It's nothing like that. I just didn't feel tired, so I woke up and decided to go for a jog," she answered.

"In a bath robe?" he joked.

"Ha ha, very funny."

"Do I smell coffee?" Draco asked.

"Yeah, I just put on a pot, want some?" Hermione asked, getting ready to pour him up a cup of coffee.

"Actually, I just put on a pot downstairs. How come you came up here to put on one?"

"I forgot about the kitchen downstairs and I didn't want to wake you guys up anyway."

"Oh, well, I think that Ron is up. Harry is a sound sleeper, so you don't need to worry about waking him up, so lets just go downstairs and wait for them to wake up, then maybe we could go for a horse back ride," Draco suggested.

"Alright," Hermione said, walking downstairs with Draco. She left the pot of coffee for her parents. She and Draco sat on the couch in the rec. room (now living room).

"You know, now that we have our own kitchen, we'll have to buy our own groceries and stuff. I mean, this is the same thing as being out on our own," Hermione said.

"Yeah, Harry, Ron and I thought that you would like the idea of making downstairs into like an apartment. That way, we could have more independence and make it seem like we really were on our own," Draco explained.

"Well, I definitely love the idea. We need to go grocery shopping later, though. Otherwise, we'll have no food," Hermione said.

About an hour later, Michelle and Max were awake, and Ron had decided to join Draco and Hermione out in the rec. room. Suddenly, the phone rang and Hermione answered it before it could wake Harry up.

"Hello?" Hermione said into the receiver.

"Hermione, it's Cooper."

"Hey Coop, what's up?"

"Nothing much. I was just wondering if you wanted to go shopping with me after. Just like old times. What d'ya say?"

"Sure, but I think Draco and I were gonna go for a horseback ride. Hang on a sec," Hermione moved the receiver away from her ear and turned to Draco. "Draco, are we still going for a horseback ride after? Cause Cooper wanted to know if I would go shopping with him to bring back old memories."

"Well, you can go ahead. We could always go for a horse ride later," Draco said. Hermione nodded and put the receiver back to her ear.

"Coop? I'll go with you. Draco and I will go horseback riding later. What time are you going shopping?"

"Probably in 30 minutes, but I'll come pick you up. Will you be ready then?"

"Yeah, I just need to get dressed. I'll wait for you in the driveway," Hermione answered.

"Alright, see you soon," Cooper said, hanging up the phone. Hermione hung up too and quickly went to get dressed. She put on a tank-top, covered by a button up shirt and a pair of blue bellbottom jeans. She grabbed her purse and cell, and told Draco to call if anything went wrong.

She then left and went out to the driveway to wait for Cooper. A few minutes later, Cooper pulled up in his jet black caddy. Hermione went over and got in the car.

"Hey 'Mione," Cooper said.

"Hey Coop," Hermione said back.

"Are you sure Draco's ok with this? I mean, he seems like the jealous type," Cooper said, pulling out of the driveway.

"Yeah, he's fine with it and if not, he needs to understand that I'm allowed to have a life and that I have other friends besides Harry and Ron.

"Who's Harry and Ron?" Cooper asked, interested.

"They're my best friends from school. They're both living with me and Draco in the basement of my house. It's been totally re-done since you've been there last."

"Oh, sounds cool. Draco's fine with them living there?" Cooper asked.

"Yeah, he wasn't at first because he used to be enemies with them at school, but once he spent some time getting to know them, he was fine with them, Ron more so than Harry, but he loosened up to Harry too," Hermione said.

"Oh, cool. So what store do you want to go to?" Cooper asked.

"It doesn't matter to me."

"Well, what about Hot Topic? They always have awesome clothes," Cooper suggested.

"Sounds good to me."

So that's where they went. Cooper went and started grabbing clothes quickly, while Hermione was just slowly looking at clothes, but not taking anything.

"'Mione, what's wrong? Thought you wanted to go shopping like old times. Loosen up," Cooper said, smiling.

"You're right Coop," Hermione said, beginning to pick up some clothes and jewelry that she liked. Hermione had loosened up as the day went by and by the time they were ready to go back home, Hermione had 5 bags of new clothes and jewelry (all punk.)

"So Hermione, do you still like Good Charlotte?"

"Yeah, duh. Just because I stopped dressing like a punk, doesn't mean I stopped listening to the music," Hermione said, as if it was the easiest question on earth.

"Well, I have something for you. C'mon," Cooper said, walking over to his car and getting in.

"Where are we going?" Hermione asked, confused.

"My house. I have something to give you." Cooper drove to his house and went up to his bedroom, Hermione following closely in curiosity.

"Wow, you haven't changed your room at all," Hermione said, admiring all the band posters plastered on a black background.

"I've only added more posters," Cooper said, opening a drawer in his desk and pulling out an envelope. Hermione gasped. "It's only an envelope Herm," Cooper said laughing, but then he realized that she wasn't even looking in his direction. She was starring at a poster that he had above his bed.

"You like it?" Cooper asked. "It's personally signed."

"How on earth did you get Good Charlotte to sign a poster for you?" Hermione asked amazed.

"I went to their concert, and my cousin had connections with the band and I got to hang out with them after the concert. I got them to sign that poster for me," Cooper said.

"You are so lucky Cooper! I wish I could have met them. They totally rock," Hermione said in awe.

"I phoned to see if you wanted to come, but your mom said that you had already left to go back to school. But I was thinking of you and I got this for you," Cooper said, handing Hermione the envelope that Cooper had taken from his desk.

"What is it?" Hermione asked.

"Open it." Hermione opened it and inside was a poster of Good Charlotte signed by each member of the group and an individual picture of each, also autographed.

"Coop, thanks so much! This is awesome!" Hermione exclaimed, hugging Cooper.

"I thought you'd like it," Cooper said smiling. There was a kind of awkward silence for a minute, but then Cooper done something that shocked Hermione. He leaned in and kissed her, and at first, she kissed him back, but then realized what she was doing and pulled away.

"I can't do this. I can't cheat on Draco," Hermione exclaimed as her cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hermione, you have to come home. Michelle is being fussy. She won't stop crying and I've tried everything," came Draco's voice.

"Did you try changing her?"

"Yes."

"Feeding her?"

"Yes.

"Rocking her?"

"Hermione, I've tried EVERYTHING. Nothing worked. You have to come home, please."

"Alright, I'll be right there," Hermione said, hanging up her cell phone. "Sorry Coop, I have to go. Michelle is being fussy and Draco needs my help. Thanks so much for the picture, and I'll phone you later."

"No problem. I understand. I'll see you later. And sorry about the whole kiss thing."

"It's ok." Hermione said, but then she realized that she didn't have her car, so she got Cooper to give her a ride home.

"Thanks Cooper." She grabbed her shopping bags and brought them in the house.

When she got there, she went downstairs, leaving her shopping upstairs.

"Where's Michelle?" Hermione asked.

"She's in her crib, asleep," Draco answered.

"I thought you said she was being fussy," Hermione said.

"She was, but she's fine now."

"Ok, well, I'm gonna go upstairs and get my shopping bags. I'll be right back." She went upstairs and brought back her stuff.

"You didn't buy enough things," Draco said sarcastically.

"Actually, I didn't buy that much. Well, compared to Cooper anyway."

"So, what did you buy?" Draco asked.

Hermione showed him all the punk things that she bought.

"What are you gonna do with those?" Draco asked, looking at the clothes funny.

"Wear them."

I guess I'm in for a big change, Draco thought to himself.