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A/N Hey I know I just updated, but I cant help it. I hate when stories are left for me to wonder what is going to happen for weeks at a time. Enjoy and please review every chapter is possible. I love you all! I just wrote the wedding chapter by the way, so keep your tissues out and ready. If you want me to write past that, just let me know. I have lots of ideas!

The Grangers

We walked off stage and I told Draco to wait for me by the entrance hall stairs. I wanted to change before we went to dinner with my parents, but I wanted to talk to them first. He kissed me on the cheek and went off to our room.

My mum ran over to me and hugged me.

"I am so proud of you, we both are." she smiled reassuringly. My dad looked as if he wasn't too sure about that.

"Mum, Dad, I want to take you both to dinner. We have lots to talk about, and Draco will be coming with us. I would like you to get to know him." I looked them both in the eye.

"What is going on with the two of you?" she asked. "You kissed him on stage, I thought you hated him."

"It's a long story, and I will tell it to you over dinner. Let's just say, we are dating, and well, I will just explain then. Can you meet us in the entrance hall in about an hour? We will go into Hogsmead and eat, and please, lets all try to get along." I looked at my dad as I said this. Something in his eyes told me that he was not too happy about this.

"Of course we will honey," my mum said "why wouldn't we?"

"An hour it is." I said, running off towards the castle.

I ran all the way to my common room and found Draco nervously sitting by the fire.

"How did they take it?" he asked, his eyes never leaving the flames.

"I haven't told them everything yet," I said as I sat down next to him. "That's why we are meeting them for dinner in an hour."

"WHAT?" he said, suddenly standing up "An hour? I am not ready for this." he had started to pace.

"I am your fiancée now, they will be your in-laws once we are married, don't you think you should meet them and try to get to know them?"

"Your dad hates me, and your mum will probably too. I didn't know I made you cry all these years. I feel terrible about that. It took everyone here so long to forgive me, they never will for making their little girl cry."

"They will once they see how happy I am, now let's get dressed and put on our best faces." I kissed him on the forehead and headed upstairs to find something to wear.

I ran upstairs, leaving him once again staring into the flames. He was nervous, and so was I. His reputation had preceded him once again, and this would be a tough wall to tear down. How well I remember going home for the holidays and confiding in my mum about something he had said to me. She always told me that people who constantly cut others down, had more problems than they let on to. And she was right. He was being forced to make murder attempts on Dumbledore to save his family. And I thought I had problems back then. 'I will just take things slow with them and let them get to know the real Draco.' I thought as I slipped into a midnight blue dress with silver heels. 'I hope Draco is ready for this.'

Meanwhile, Draco had gone up to his room where he continued his pacing.

"What am I going to do?" he said aloud. "She said yes to my proposal, but I didn't think I would be meeting her family so soon. Her dad hates me already, and is probably poisoning her mum against me as we speak." He walked over to his closet and looked at all of his expensive clothing. 'I need to make a good impression. I love Hermione, and this is obviously important to her.' he picked up an Armani suit, with a lovely blue tie to bring out his eyes; he thought his eyes looked more trusting the bluer they seemed. He dressed quickly and grabbed the small box off of his dresser. "Here goes everything." he said into the mirror as he walked out the door and down the staircase.

I came downstairs, dressed and ready and saw my love waiting on the couch.

"Are you ready?" I asked him

"No, but I think I can be ready as long as I have you to lean on." he winked at me and I noticed his eyes looked especially blue and I longed just to lay there and kiss him and make love to him all evening. After all, this was our last night here at Hogwarts.

"Everything will be fine" I said. "They are just normal people, and they want to get to know the man who has made their daughter so happy." I was lying. I knew my dad was already prejudiced against him, but I was trying to make the best of the situation.

"Let's get going, my dad hates it when I am late." I pulled him out the portrait door.

My parents were already waiting in the entrance hall; they were both dressed in their best and were talking with Harry and Ron. Draco and I descended the stairs, arm in arm, and met them near the door.

"Can you believe it Hermione? We graduated!" Harry hugged me tightly.

"I can believe it." I replied back "about us graduating, but not Ron." I smiled sweetly.

"Hey," Ron said "Just because I wasn't first in our class, doesn't mean I slacked off." he scowled.

"Kidding" I said and gave him a big hug.

Draco looked uncomfortable with me hugging the boys, but he knew that I was always going to have them in my life and that he would just have to get used to it. He was loads better about it now. We walked over to my parents.

"Mum, this is Draco, my boyfriend." I said smiling brightly.

She held out her hand towards him and he put it to his lips.

"I see where Hermione gets her looks from. It is a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Granger." he said with a genuine smile.

She blushed like I always do when faced with a compliment, and finally said

"Thank you Mr. Malfoy. Call me Katherine." she said with an open smile.

"Call me Draco, please. Nice to see you again Mr. Granger."

My father mumbled some sort of acknowledgement and stared sternly at me.

"Shall we then?" I asked grabbing Draco's hand and walking out the door. I had arranged for a carriage to take us to Hogsmead. Draco held the door open for my mum and me and helped us up into the carriage. Thank Merlin he had good breeding, because my parents were very keen on manners and proper etiquette. He allowed my dad to get in next, and then he hopped in last. The ride was awkwardly silent as my dad's glares continued to pierce into Draco.

We arrived at the restaurant, it was a new place. Seafood and steaks, my parents' favorites. Draco hopped out first and helped us out. My mum took me aside for a second and said in a hushed voice;

"He is wonderful Hermione, so polite and mannered, and not bad to look at either." I blushed.

"Mum" I couldn't believe that she had said that.

We walked into the restaurant and I walked up to the wizard that was the matridée.

"Reservations for four, Grangers the name." I said

"Not for long." Draco leaned in and whispered in my ear. I smiled as I thought of that. Mrs. Hermione Malfoy. It had a certain ring to it.

"Right this way." the short wizard said, and led us to a beautiful table by the window. Draco ran over and pulled out my mum's seat for her, she smiled and said;

"Thank you" as she blushed furiously. He then walked over to my seat and pulled it out for me.

"Thank you." I said, looking at my dad, who was sitting across from me. I smiled, trying to encourage him to say something nice. We silently looked at our menus.

"Everything looks so good." I said "I am starving." a few minutes later the waiter came around to take our drink orders. I ordered a white wine, and Draco a red. My mum, who didn't drink, ordered some tea, and my dad ordered a double firewhiskey on the rocks. This shocked me, he was never a heavy drinker, and this was out of his character. Our drinks came moments later and we all ordered our food.

"So," my mum began, "how is it you two became friends?" as she took a sip of tea.

"Well Mum that is a very long story. Let's just say that I realized he was a different person than he was at age 11, and a friendship grew from there." That was honest, and she didn't need to know about the dreams and nighttime wanderings. I smiled at Draco.

"Mrs. Granger, Katherine, I know I have not been a good friend to Hermione in the past. And my life issues are no excuse, but when I got to know her, I grew to care deeply for her. She is a wonderful and intelligent person, and I was a fool not to see it before now." he smiled and looked into my eyes.

"I love her."

I blushed and looked at my dad, who was now the same color as Ron when I told him.

"I love him too Mum, let's just all get to know each other a little better." I reached over and held his hand on the table.

The dinner went well, at least between Draco, my mum, and I. My dad was quiet and was drinking quite a bit. He was on his fourth or fifth drink when he said.

"All right, lets cut the crap and get down to the truth. What do you want from my daughter?" he said, looking at Draco, who was stunned.