AN: If you would like to know why this update was so slow continue reading; if not then just skip down to the chapter. My 12 year old son, the one with the brain tumor, was nominated to join People to People International Student Ambassadors for their Celtic Culture tour in the summer of 2013. He will travel to Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. I have been busting ass trying to raise enough money through fundraising. We need a sum total of around $9000 and he was accepted this past week so it's a ton of money we have to raise! Updates will still be coming but will likely be much slower than normal and this will continue until we either raise the money from our fundraising or after he gets home. I hope this chapter is worth the !

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AN2: I wanted this part separate so it's an additional note. I want to express my deep, heart felt sorrow for any of my readers that were hurt due to "Frankenstorm, Hurricane Sandy, or Superstorm Sandy" whichever you choose to call it. I know it was total horror when Indiana was getting it as well while it was still happening in the Northeast. My prayers have been going out to all of you. I hope my little chapter will give you a small break mentally.

DISCLAIMOR: Still don't own either!

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Hermione looked around the room full of her loved ones. There was the family from home: Ginny and Harry, Fred and George, Draco, and finally Neville Longbottom. Then spread around the room was her "Forks" family: Jake, Emily and Sam, Bella and Edward, Rose and Emmett, Jasper and Alice, Esme and Carlisle, Seth and Leah, Jared, Paul, Quil, and Embry, and finally Charlie and Billy.

She was afraid of telling them her decision even though she must. Hermione was confident that she was making the right choice for herself but was sad because she was about to make half this group sad; which is why she needed the other half, she would hurt later because she'd hurt loved ones now.

Hermione cleared her throat and spoke. "Thank you to you all for coming. I've made a decision that affects everyone in this room and some more than others."

She looked into those eyes and suddenly saw that he knew what she was about to do and pain was evident in his eyes. She looked in those eyes she loved dearly and begged silently for understanding.

"Harry, I'm so sorry. I've decided to move to Forks." Hermione watched Jake's whole face light up and shine as he ran and lifted her in the air spinning her around and making her giggle.

When they stopped spinning they shared a magical kiss that both were a little lost in when they heard wolf whistles (literally lol) and Billy Black clear his throat. Hermione hit reality very quickly and took ahold of Jakes hand and squeezed.

"I love you all, I hope you know that by now, but I need a fresh start. You all are just an apparition away and vice versa so you'll still be able to visit and with time maybe I will reach the point that I can return and visit you as well but for now this is my decision."

When she finished she was staring back and forth between Harry and Draco and both looked hurt. She had to find a way to make this right between the three of them; just because she was moving here permanently didn't mean she could live without those two.

She turned to Jake and whispered in his ear that she was going to take them for a walk so that they could talk just between the three of them away from everyone and he agreed to distract everyone else so the three could sneak off. Then she walked over and grabbed both their hands and pulled them outside.

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When the three had reached the waterfall she led them back to the secret cave so that nobody could find them until they were ready to be found.

"Alright, let me have it." She said looking between them.

Draco got to his feet and started pacing as he was wont to do when he was emotional.

"'Mione, you barely know these people! While I admit that they are good and decent you still haven't been here long enough to make a decision like this." Draco blustered as he paced and Harry just nodded his head in agreement.

"Draco I do know these people they're as much my family as you and Harry. I've been friends with Emily for as long as I've known both of you and Jake…..well; he's it for me. I don't need more time to recognize that he's my match, my soul mate. I won't leave him and hurt him like that, I can't do it. I need to be with him and he needs to be with me." Hermione answered whole heartedly.

"Hermione..." Harry began but she interrupted him straight off.

"I am not finished! You both know what happened with Ron and Draco you saw it firsthand. I will never be able to repay you for saving me but it would be poor repayment indeed if I didn't use this second chance at life and continued to live a half-life! I want to live! I want love, a home, and a family and I need all of it with Jacob Black. Please understand!" She finished in tears.

Harry and Draco wrapped her up in their arms. "It's okay Hermione. I understand and honestly you're only an apparition away like you said, but he better know that we're watching so he better take care of you."

"We'll be taking care of each other. Thanks you guys; I love you both so much."

"Just remember…..the first son gets named Draco." Malfoy said laughing.

Just like that all the seriousness was over and she knew they understood exactly what Jake had come to mean to her. But it wasn't just Jake; it was the whole pack and oddly the coven of vampires too. Well; all but Edward who she was still a little iffy with.

She loved them all and the pack had set up an area in LaPush and were building her a little English cottage so that she had a piece of home here. This was her home now and had been for weeks since she accepted what Jake meant to her.

They spent the rest of the time talking about little things, and big things. They talked about Percy and what was happening with him and of course they talked about Molly and she had to promise them she'd be careful. They talked of their school years and the way Draco tried to torture them and they laughed at his face when the "Dementor" incident in their third year during a Quidditch match when Draco and some Slytherin's got detention for a month for trying to trick Harry. Things that led up to them burying the hatchet with Malfoy and slowly building trust and friendship. They spent two hours together and as the sun was setting they walked back to Sam and Em's place with her in the middle and both guys had their arms around their friend.

Jake was waiting in the front yard pacing when they rounded the corner and 'Mione ran ahead of them and jumped into his arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist and held him with all the strength she had while he tried being as gentle as he could.

That night would bring another change in the relationship because she'd decided that he was it for her; she was all in. She even brewed and had taken her birth control potion in preparation so that there wouldn't be any unexpected pregnancy. She was going to surprise him tonight when they curled into each other to sleep. She had the biggest smile on her face that she'd had since before the final moments with Ron. She was totally in love for the last time of her life.