Well everyone, this chapter took a long time because I broke one of my fingers. So that took up a few days plus the fact my typing is extra slow. Thanks for all your fabulous reviews! They made me write this chapter, because I was going to wait until I got the bandage off. But, no, all these reviews, and voila! Finished chapter!

(OK. It wasn't that easy to type, because I couldn't physically type, and it was a difficult chapter. But still.... VOILA! I love that word...)

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Regrets

"Are you sure I can't ask Harry over first?" Hermione asked, they were walking over to see, "He'd come straight away!"

"What about James? Huh? Of course you can't ask Harry to come. James hasn't even agreed to tell anyone yet."

"I'm glad you look like Sirius again" Hermione said, not containing her grin. "I don't agree with what your done, but I'm so glad you're back"

"How glad?" Sirius said, with one of his legendary grins,

Hermione starting dancing around the street, and held onto the lamppost spinning around on it. She stopped and smiled at Sirius.

"THAT GLAD" She shouted up at the sky giggling,

"Hermione, anyone would think you were drugged up"

"Still can't believe you sold me drugs either" Hermione said shaking her head,

"We're here" Sirius said, "Now, don't shout or anything. Let me explain who you are, then you can bombard him with questions and vent out all your anger"

"Uhmmm, ok" Hermione said, all signs of happiness now draining from her face. She looked chalk white, slightly ill,

"Here goes" Sirius put his key in the lock. Twisted it around and opened the door, "I'M HOME" He shouted, and he ushered Hermione in. She was wearing her wide fishnets, a new black pinstripe skirt, her new heeled boots which she could now walk in and a black tank top, with a waitress style black shirt over it without the buttons done up.

"Hey!" James said, he was sat on a black leather couch, he'd obviously just put his book down, which was in a black cover so Hermione had no idea what it was about. "Who are you?" James said raising an eyebrow quirkily, he was wearing black cargo pants, and a black muscle t-shirt. He was just as handsome as Harry was.

"Now James, don't get angry. This is Hermione Granger. Harry's best friend"

"What?" James said sounding worried,

"It had to come out sometime James, Mr. Potter, Harry's dad.... God knows"

"James" He said extending a hand,

"'Mione" She said giving him a kiss on each cheek,

"Delighted" James said with a pained expression,

"No one's got a gun to your head forcing you to be polite you know!" Hermione said disapprovingly and slumped onto the sofa.

"Hmph. I'm glad to see my son has a good choice in friends" James said sarcastically, and mimicking Hermione slumped onto the sofa.

"Stop being moody you two!" Said Sirius sitting onto a recliner with a sigh,

"Talking about your son, James, you never thought to contact him did you?"

"I didn't want to! How am I meant to tell him that I survived and Lily didn't?"

"You should have. All his life he's been stuck with the fucking Dursley's! Do you know what they're like? They hate him. As a kid Dudley bullied him. Anything and everything that went wrong was Harry's fault. They even tried to stop him going to Hogwarts. They never told him he was a wizard. He didn't even know till Hagrid told him."

"I would have told him, but I mean what was I meant to say? Hey, Harry, I'm your father. How's it hangin'?"

"YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD HIM!" Hermione shouted,

"Ok. Alright. I get it!" James said, "I made a mistake. One which, I now understand is never going to correct itself."

"Can't you try? Both of you?" Hermione pleaded, "Tell Harry. Tell everyone!"

"Tell everyone?" Sirius asked, "That's a bit much isn't it?"

"At least Harry." Hermione said,

"I suppose we knew someday we would have to" Sirius said,

"Well... Alright then" James said, "After Christmas" He didn't look happy at all,

"Is this why I had to go to my father's?" Hermione asked Sirius,

"Yes" Sirius said,

"I think you should go see your father 'Mione" James said,

"I think I shouldn't" Hermione said darkly,

"Why?" James asked,

"Er. No reason" Hermione said grinning, "It was a joke, of course I'm going to see him" She smiled silkily covering her unhappiness,

"So..." Sirius said, "What's happening at Hogwarts?"

"Oi! I have the whole of my son's life to find out about" James said,

"You already know, his first, second, third, fourth and fifth years, right?" James nodded so Hermione told him all about Harry's sixth year, then she started on the seventh. "So, I got on the train after sixth year summer a changed girl. Although still a brainiac, as Sirius so kindly puts it, I'd grown up a lot too, but only because I was clay for moulding in the hands of Sirius and Oaky." Hermione said, "Harry had changed, I could tell because he's had his eyebrow pierced and he's pretty gothy."

"No!" Sirius said, "Serious?" He was grinning, Hermione nodded,

"So, at the start of term I took Ron and Harry to the heads dorm which I share with Draco. Draco Malfoy"

"Ooooh" James said, "Lucius Malfoy's son?"

"Yes. And a right snake the last time I met him" Sirius said,

"He's changed, remember in sixth year he helped with the final battle" Hermione intervened,

"That doesn't mean his father isn't still making impressions on him" Sirius said,

"Lucius and Narcissa are gone. And Draco has changed,"

"Ok" James said,

"No it's not" Sirius said, "I don't want you being friends with him!" Sirius said,

"Your not my father you know?"

"I know, but he's a snake that one!"

"He's me AND Harry's friend along with Blaise Zabini!"

"I refuse to believe Harry and Draco are friends"

"They are Sirius!"

"Sirius, calm down and accept it. If Harry AND Hermione thinks he has changed then he obviously has. You were always stubborn, Padfoot!"

"And you weren't?" Sirius said pouting,

"Anyway, Ron couldn't accept the fact me and Draco were friends so he just left us. So, Harry and me hung out with Ginny, Luna, Blaise and Draco. And now, after a long spell with Ginny over sixth year summer he is with Luna. They make a lovely couple. Blaise is with Ginny"

"And you're with Draco?" James asked,

"No" Hermione lied,

"You're lying" Sirius said laughing,

"Don't be shy. You serious?"

"Well. Sort of serious. Harry and everyone don't know. So don't tell them. We're telling them after Christmas."

"How long for?" Sirius asked,

"Well... Yeah. That's kind of embarrassing"

"Spill!" James shouted,

"Well?" Sirius said smirking,

"I kind of made a mistake, and had sex with him, you know what I'm like. Then we became friends, him, Harry and me. Then, Harry went out with Luna, and Ginny and Blaise and we were all mates. Then Draco, asked me to be with him. And we've been er... Secretly dating ever since"

"Too cute!" Sirius said, "He's got to have changed, I trust you enough to know that"

"That is sweet" James said nodding.

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The next few days, whizzed by. Soon it was Christmas eve. About ten o'clock in the morning.

"Bye Darling!" Oaky said, giving her a kiss on each cheek and a hug.

"Bye!" She said, before James and Sirius gave her a huge bear hug.

"See you two. If I'm not at my dad's I'll be at Draco's or somewhere. Like if anything happens. You know?"

"Ok" Sirius said,

"What could happen?"

"I don't know, anything?!" She waved, her trunk in one hand, bag in other, "Love you all, bye!" With a pop she apparated back to her house. She dumped her trunk, and called for her dad. Only to get nothing in reply. She realized he was probably out. She apparated with her bag, from her bedroom to a public toilet in Greenwich. She was getting Sirius and James presents. She found Sirius, a big black teddy, which was a life-size dog. It had a velvety nose, and she bought a spiky collar that would fit around its plush furry neck. Then went to a key-cutters and got Padfoot, inscribed on a little disc that she could attach to the collar. Finding a present for James was much harder. She was going to get him some antlers, which he could mount on a wall, then thought it was tacky.

She was looking around for a present when she passed the jewellers she bought Draco's present from and something caught her eye. It was a chain with a little charm on it that was shaped like one antler. She went inside and bought it. She then went to the bank, and drew all of her money from her bank account, which was a substantial amount. She went into the public toilets she apparated to and, after shrinking the life size dog to the size of a mobile phone apparated to Gringotts. She added all the money into her vault and apparated home. There she resized the dog to its original height and width. It sat in the corner of her bedroom; she decided not to wrap it. She then took out some black tissue paper and silver ribbon. She wrapped the presents for everyone at Hogwarts and James.

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She lazed away the rest of the day, and she looked at the clock it was 8pm. She was now getting worried about where the hell her Dad could be. At 9pm, there was a key in the door. Then three brisk knocks. She had left her key in the door. She went downstairs quickly, leaving everything on her bedside table, and opened the door to her extremely drunk dad. She stared into his bloodshot eyes,

"You're here then bitch" He said, and stepped towards her.

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Okay people, there we have it. I'll hopefully have the chapter up soon this time. As I won't have to spend a day in the hospital waiting to have my finger sorted out. Leave a review, suggestion etc etc, and I'll have the chapter up soon my sweet peas.

Much love and muffins, ::holds out basket with unbrokenfinger hand::

P.C