A/N: Thank you so much for your reviews, favorites and follows after last chapter! I am so sad that this story is rapidly approaching its end, but I am really excited to share these next three chapters with you. Now we can get to all the good fluff. This chapter contains a bit of a cop out, because I honestly can't come up with a reason why this time travel, two Hermione's scenario would work, but I hope you like what I've done with it. You can follow me on tumblr (nauticalparamour) where I post sneak peeks, story updates and answer questions!

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2001

"Don't you think it's a little bit soon?" Alphard's skeptical voice came from behind a large stack of galleons. "I mean, you don't want to rush into anything, and you are both still so young."

Draco snorted, snapping shut his great-grandma Eugenie's jewelry box in disgust. "We've been dating for a whole year now," he countered, positive that he was making the right decision. "And, I've know Hermione basically my whole entire life now. I don't think you could call that rushing."

"It's just, how do you know she's the right girl for you?" Alphard asked, pressing his hands into his face. "You've only had like one other girlfriend and it was Pansy, and...don't you worry at all about being with only one woman for the rest of your life?"

Draco came around to where his friend was sitting, rifling through one of the Malfoy family's trunks that they had brought over from France several centuries ago. "No, I'm not worried at all, because Hermione is just...she is the perfect woman for me," he said with a half grin. "Honestly, I am a bit worried that I will have to be convincing her to put up with me for the rest of her life."

"I mean, sure, she makes like...the best lasagne you've ever eaten before in your life," Alphard went on, throwing a crown over his shoulder to crash into a set of silver dinnerware. "And she does that thing with her tongue that like...blows your mind every time," he continued, making Draco's blond eyebrow rise in confusion. "But, does that mean she's really the one for you?"

"We aren't talking about Hermione anymore, are we?" he asked, looking at the Black heir with amusement, seeing how forlorn he looks.

"Don't worry about him," Harry said with a snort, suddenly appearing with a small leather jewelry box from somewhere in the back of the Malfoy family vault at Gringotts. "He has been dating this new Italian witch - Eleonora - and he is really hung up on her. Honestly, you are lucky that you moved out when you did, mate," he added with a wince.

"I can't help it!" Alphard groaned. "She is driving me wild. She's all I can think about."

Draco snapped his fingers at his friend. "Hey, focus okay. We are supposed to be finding the perfect engagement ring for me to give to Hermione. You know, she's your friend, too," he said with a smirk.

"Don't worry about that, I've found the perfect one," Harry said, handing the leather case to Draco.

He opened it reverently, fingers tracing over the monogram that had been etched into the grey leather. Inside was an assortment of pearl jewelry, but what immediately caught his eye was the ring with a pearl buffeted on either side by several diamonds, set in white gold. Picking it up, Draco felt his breath catch in his throat, already able to imagine Hermione wearing proudly on her finger. "It's perfect," he whispered, holding it in his hands reverently.

"She'll love it," Alphard agreed once he got a look at it. "Nice work, Harry."

"It was my pleasure," Harry said with a smirk, loving that he would always be able to rub it in to his friend that he had been the one to find the perfect engagement ring for Hermione. "Now Draco just needs to ask her. When are you going to do it?"

"We are having dinner this weekend," he said, everything feeling so much more real now that he actually had the ring. "I'll ask her to walk with me afterwards, and do it then."

"Okay, but in all seriousness," Alphard said with a grin on his face that belied any sense of seriousness at all. "It doesn't weird you out even a little bit that Hermione is technically Aunt Hermione? I mean...if you think about it, that means that Uncle Regulus knows everything about your Hermione. And-"

"I try not to think of it," Draco said, his cheeks turning pink, still hating that Alphard and Harry had finally figured it out, though he supposed so many of their family had at this point. If he was honest, things got a little weird if he started to think about it for too long. "They are two different people, and they have lived different lives." They didn't know the whole story - like the fact that Harry would have been an orphan if it hadn't been for Aunt Hermione, or that Alphard wouldn't even exist at all!

"And, have they figured out how it even happened?" Harry asked, trying to smooth down his ruffled hair.

"Well, they are still doing research, but it's not really clear. Even though Kreacher is Aunt Hermione's house elf now, he won't tell them how elf magic can change time," Draco said with a frown. "Honestly, all the time travel stuff makes my head hurt. I only care that my Hermione isn't just going to wink out of existence anytime soon, so that she can fall in love with my Uncle."

That had Alphard and Harry laughing. "You have to admit, that would be pretty tragic, Draco," Harry said, wiping at his eyes.

"Yeah, well, they are sure it's not going to happen," he said, confidently. "Aunt Hermione is already there so whatever was necessary to bring her back must have already happened."

"That doesn't make any sense," Alphard complained.

"I know, but...it's not my area of expertise," Draco said, throwing his hands up in the air. "Ask Hermione if you really want to. I am sure she would love to know that you are thinking about her and Uncle Regulus...you know!"

Alphard shook his head, knowing that it would be far too embarrassing to do that. "Alright, alright," he said, standing from his spot now that they were ready to leave Gringotts. "Let's go get a pint and celebrate."

Glad that they had found the ring, and knowing that he had the support of his friends, Draco readily agreed. He couldn't wait to pop the question to the love of his life.