Pairing: Dramione

Chapter 19:

Hermione's POV:

Today is the first day in a long time that I don't feel fear. I don't have to worry about Gabriel. Today is the day where I can be me again, and merlin, I missed me. Autumn is going to the Burrow today while I go to work and when I pick her up we are going straight to Draco's flat. I missed him so much this last month. I can't wait until five.

Today dragged by so slow, I actually thought time had stopped. A minute felt like an hour, and an hour felt like a day. At lunch break I visit Autumn. I want to spend as much time with her as I possibly can. After the trial it made me realize how easy it could be for me to lose her and I want to make sure she knows how much I love her and how grateful I am. The afternoon wasn't as slow but it still dragged on a bit. Once I finish my shift I race to pick up Autumn and then we make our way to Draco's flat. He opens the door for us right away and smiles at us. He doesn't offer to take Autumn from me and that's how I realize how nervous he is. Whenever we got together he would pick up Autumn right away and give her a kiss.

"I, um, ordered Chinese food for tonight. Is that okay?" I nod and notice he has a high chair in the kitchen.

"When did you get a high chair?" I ask curiously. He goes a shade of red.

"Before we broke up, Autumn and you were spending a lot of time here and I didn't want you to keep dragging her high chair back and forth so I bought one that I could keep here." I smile at him, touched at his gesture. I place Autumn in her new high chair and start to feed her.

"Thank you for coming tonight, when can we talk?" he asks nervously.

"Just let me finish feeding Autumn, and then we can have a talk." He nods and we spend the next few minutes in silence. When I finish I pick Autumn up and put her on my hip as we make our way to the living room.

"Where should we start?" I ask.

"Why didn't you tell me?" he asks, and I see the hurt in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry I didn't in the beginning. I was embarrassed and I didn't think he would ever know he had a daughter. When he did I panicked and I focused solely on keeping custody of Autumn. It was selfish of me, but you have to understand how scared I was."

"I would've helped you Hermione. I was stupid to leave you because you didn't tell me. It was such a hard time in your life and I'm sorry I wasn't there."

"I was stupid not to trust you. If I forgive you will you forgive me?" I ask. Merlin, I miss him so much. I want to kiss him so bad, I want to be close with him again, not this awkward politeness.

"Yes. So, I want to do this properly so don't interrupt me." He pauses for a beat and then continues. "Hermione Jean Granger, will you be my girlfriend… again?" he asks. I smile and accept. He launches me into a hug and gives Autumn and I both a kiss on the cheek. Autumn reaches her arms out to Draco and he picks her up.

"I missed you guys so much." He says.

"We missed you too." And just like that, I knew I didn't want to be with anyone else.

A/N: Well, am I forgiven for breaking up Dramione? Thanks guys for reading, the next and the final chapter is the epilogue! I have a really cool idea for it and I hope you like it!

AliceGI: I'm happy too that Hermione is happy. I originally had a different idea for the ending but I'm glad I kept with this one

MalfoyTwin: I'm glad I'm forgiven! And unfortunately the next chapter is the last one but I have a really good idea how to end it so I hope you like it. Go on with your rant, I get into my feminism rants so it's cool! I used a website to help me find a name with evil origins or mean spirited and Gabriel came up and it worked. And yes he deserves life in Azkaban

Ariana Dobriyal: I'm really glad you like it, I hope you enjoyed this chapter