"Do you always have to be rude?" Jade asked bitterly as they walked down Diagon Alley hand in hand.

"Yes…otherwise I wouldn't be Draco Malfoy." He said. Jade leaned her head on his arm and poked his side, feeling him hold her tighter.

"It's too bad that Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour is out of business." Draco said looking at the boarded up shop. He remembered sneaking out of his mother's grasp and running to Florean's to have a cup of a different ice cream every time he visited. At that time in his life, Draco made it his life goal to try every single flavor there was in Florean's Ice Cream Parlour and Florean would be kind enough to give Draco a free cup every time he visited. When Draco had started dating Jade, he'd often wish that he'd take her to Florean's Ice Cream Parlour to finish up trying all the different ice cream flavors. Now, that familiar feeling came back to him and Draco realized again how much he had forgotten during his marriage to her.

"Oh Merlin, we're late." Jade said walking faster, holding Draco's hand.

"For?" Draco asked.

"We were supposed to meet Mum and the girls 5 minutes ago in front of Gringott's." Jade said pointing to the white marble building. They saw Ginny and Hermione standing there and Molly walking out of Gringott's, pocketing a purse.

"Late!" Ginny called.

"Sorry. We met Luna and Neville on the way. They had a store right down that corner next to Eeylops Owl Emporium." Jade said pointing to the road behind her, seeing Hermione and Ginny nod and smile.

"We were planning to take you there right now to meet them but since you've already met them, how did you find them?" Hermione asked. Jade brightened up and held on to Draco's arm, telling them excitedly about Neville and Luna's triplets and the shop they were managing.

"And Luna's pregnant! It was so nice to see them again. I'm awfully happy actually, it's scary." Jade said hearing the women laugh.

"You're awfully quiet Draco, what's wrong?" Hermione asked.

"Oh, nothing." Draco said. Ginny hummed and nudged Draco with her elbow.

"It was awkward for you wasn't it?" Ginny asked him seeing him nod.

"Couldn't find the right way of welcoming them but eventually it'll warm up in time. Although I won't see eye to eye with Lovegood's belief of the Crumple Horned Snorkack's existence. It's entirely absurd, I don't care who thinks I'm wrong." Draco said hearing Hermione snort.

"You're not the only one. I like Luna, but sometime's the Quibbler really gets my skin crawling…a bunch of rubbish what they write." Hermione said.

Jade looked at Ginny and her mother and shook her head, rolling her eyes as Draco and Hermione walked side by side, agreeing vehemently over the Quibbler's authenticity. It was a match made in Quibbler Heaven.

They apparated to Hogsmeade and separated ways once again. Jade kissed Draco's cheek and asked if he felt much better to vent about Luna Lovegood's 'Quibbler.'

"I'm feeling much better but there's still more I haven't touched on. Like for instance, the man who's traveled to the moon and brought back moon frogs, can you believe how insane and stupid that is?" Draco asked seriously as Jade listened to him, smiling and nodding. They walked down Hogsmeade and Jade let Draco rant a bit more, listening to him intently.

"Holy cow, look! The old bookstore is still there!" Jade said pointing to the bookstore on the other side of the street. They crossed the street and stood outside of the small bookshop, reminiscing about their first date.

"You were annoyed with me…what was it that you were annoyed about?" Jade asked, forgetting what it was. She clearly remembered being terrified and worried about his rude attitude with her, not being as warm and flirtatious he had been to her before.

"I think…" Draco said looking around the bookshop and the place where she stumbled and he caught her. "I believe that Thomas asked you to the dance and you had agreed…that's what he told the whole school and I was annoyed at myself for not getting to you before him." Draco said seeing her nod. He took her by the waist and turned, dipping her slightly.

"Remember this?" Draco asked seeing her laugh and hold him tighter. People passed by them, looking at them strangely but neither of them cared. Jade looked at her husband's face, it was more matured and just as happy and loving as it was 6 years back.

"You know what I was thinking when you held me like this?" Jade asked softly.

Draco shook his head, looking over her face. Her nose and cheeks were red and she smiled kindly at him. Her soft brown eyes looked so affectionate Draco cursed at himself for not being able to see how much she loved him.

"I thought that no matter what happened, whatever natural disaster, or manmade disaster, if the world exploded, I'd stand here in your arms completely protected. At that very moment and even now…I know nothing will be able to hurt me if I'm with you." she said.

She saw him clench his jaw and his arms grow weak under her body. She saw tears swimming in his eyes and she reached up to touch his face. He pulled her up and hugged her tightly to him, feeling a lump in his throat grow. The twisting pain and agony in his chest filled out more and killed him when her dead body flashed through his mind.

"If I can do anything to save you from being hurt I will. For as long as I live Jade…I'll protect you from everything I can." He promised.

Jade felt a bit unsettled hearing this from him. Something was bothering him; otherwise she'd never see him this choked up and emotional about anything before. She loved that he promised to protect her from any harm but what was bothering him so badly?

"Draco? Is something wrong? Do you want to talk about it?" Jade asked trying to pull back but he shook his head, not letting her go. "Are you all right?" Jade asked feeling concerned about him. He moved back and kissed her forehead.

"I'm fine…just a little flake in my eye." He said acting as if he were trying to clear his eyes. Jade grinned and took his hand, placing it on her cheek.

"Damn those bloody flakes." She said making him laugh. When he was finally settled, Jade motioned towards the bookshop.

"Ready to go in?" Jade asked. Without answering, Draco pulled her into the shop. They looked at the bookkeeper who instead of the small silvery brown haired man with enormous spectacles was a woman their age, smiling at Jade and Draco as they walked in. They walked around the bookshop and eventually led to the bookshelf where Jade uttered the most embarrassing line of her life.

"No, not this again!" Jade said shaking her head, trying to release herself from Draco's grip.

"No! You have to repeat the same exact thing you told me when I was trying to show you my cuts." Draco laughed softly seeing her blush and scowl.

"What did you say love?" Draco asked trying very hard not to laugh.

"This is just plain stupid." Jade said crossing her arms. Draco smiled and nudged her slightly.

"It's all right." He said, still smiling looking around for some books.

"I didn't mean it that way! You wouldn't even try to understand if I explained it to you…but I don't really remember why I said it anymore.'" Jade said tapping a finger on her chin. Draco turned around and went into another fit of laughter, making Jade laugh as well.

"That's not funny! Why are you laughing?" Jade asked breaking into peals of laughter when she saw Draco clutching his sides. She put her hands on her hips and shook her head, smiling at Draco.

"You're crazy? Did you know that?" Jade asked seeing him nod. His laughter died down to a chuckle and he watched Jade walk past him, making a face.

"You're cute when you're mad." Draco said seeing her turn around and stick her tongue out at him. "And immature." He added.

They walked up the stairs and Jade pointed to the same table and chairs that they had occupied before they started dating. They sat down and looked at each other and looked away, looking around their surroundings.

"Not much has changed." Jade said seeing Draco agree with a hum. Jade stopped her eyes at the empty space where the pile of books used to be.

"But those books are gone. Remember-"

"I do, don't remind me." He cut in.

He always hated to remember the moment where he had been physically harmful to her. He never even lifted a finger on a woman in his life and never wanted to either. To think that Jade, his wife was the first woman he had physically assaulted would terrorize him for the rest of his life. Jade reached over and touched his hand, squeezing it slightly.

"I knew you didn't mean harm." Jade tried to reason but he shook his head.

"Doesn't make any difference, I pushed you and that's the bottom line." Draco said. Jade moved herself close to him and wrapped a leg around both of his legs, leaning in to him. She rubbed her face gently with his and brushed her lips with his.

"I didn't mind actually. I was quite…turned on." Jade said finding it hard to be serious when he looked baffled by her bizarre comment. She knew he was probably horrified at her telling him it was a turn on for her because the both knew at that very moment that it was anything but sexual between them. He admitted to her a hundred times that he was going to regret that for the rest of his life and saw how scared she looked when she was pushed. No matter how many times Jade tried to console him, he wouldn't take any of it.

"You know that's not going to work on me." Draco said defiantly, seeing her smirk.

"Oh I know what will." She whispered. She softly pressed her lips against his and felt him slowly respond, taking his sweet time with her. She lifted from her seat a bit and made her way into his lap, feeling his arm secured around her hip. She nibbled on his lower lip and felt him pull back and look at her disapprovingly.

"What?" Jade asked frowning at him. "That hat." Draco said gently swiping her white hat off her with that ridiculous pom-pom on the top of it.

"I don't see what your problem is with that hat." Jade murmured when he ran his hand through her thick wavy hair. She arched her neck and Draco slipped a hand under her cloak, under the heavy layers she wore and made contact with her warm and smooth skin. Jade gasped at his cold hands and shivered, feeling him rest his hand on her stomach, seeing a warm look on his face as he thought about their child. He then slid further up and stopped on her breast, surprised that she hadn't worn a bra.

"This must be my lucky day." He breathed.

Jade cracked into a giggle and was immediately immersed into a flood of torture and pleasure of the way Draco gently cradled her breast.

"Beautiful." He whispered in her ear. They heard a couple of children walking up the stairs and immediately abandoned their intimate escapade. Jade stood up from Draco's lap and rearranged her cloak, seeing Draco stand up as well. She grabbed her hat from the table and pulled it on, seeing Draco look at her with a mix of desire and annoyance.

"I'll make you love this hat." Jade said walking off, holding his hand.

"I'd like to see you make me." He said as the children passed by them, not being able to walk in their heavy winter suits. Their mothers followed behind and Draco and Jade descended down the stairs reminding themselves to finish what they had started when they got home. Before they had walked out of the store, they stopped to see the original bookkeeper stand behind the counter with the young girl that Jade and Draco saw when they walked in.

"Hello." Jade greeted. The man squinted at Jade and adjusted his glasses. His eyebrows rose and he pointed to Jade.

"Oh the two of you! You both always used to come by every Hogsmeade weekend from Hogwarts! It had been years since you last came!" the bookkeeper said, delighted to see them again.

"Yeah, it's been a while. We were looking around Hogsmeade after all these years." Jade said seeing the bookkeeper nod.

"Well now you must visit frequently! This is my daughter by the way, Carol." The man said. Jade and Draco nodded greeting Carol.

"We'll be running this bookshop and waiting for customers like you." the man said smiling at them.

"And we'll be back. Thank you, happy holidays!" Jade said.

"Happy holidays dear! Have a blessed New Year!" The man wished as they left the store.

"You too!" Jade said waving at him.

They walked out and started walking down the road. Draco looked at Jade who looked around, her eyes lighting up whenever she saw the same old store or the same old sign. There was a warmth and love in her that attracted people to her, unlike him. It was hard to believe that someone as good as her had to leave this world before he did.

Everywhere she went, she had an odd connection with people and a familiarity that made them comfortable with her. Her happiness and love seemed to draw everyone in, like she was the light and they were the moths. It was impossible to believe that a man like him had someone like her that fell to his feet and gave her life for. If he had known earlier how lucky he was, he wouldn't have pushed her away. This was his punishment though, a mere few days to show her how much he could have loved her.

Jade's hand waved across his face and he blinked down to see her look perplexed by his daydreaming.

"What on earth were you thinking about? You completely blanked out on me." Jade said. He reached out and touched her face, tracing her lip with his thumb.

"I was thinking about you." he said truthfully. Then he wagged his eyebrows, suggesting something dirty, causing Jade to laugh out loud and gently push him away as she entered Honeydukes.