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*HM pov*

I woke up with a start, and at first thought I was late for work. Then I remembered today was my day off work. It was Wednesday, and today was the dreaded tea planning party. What a way to be spending my day of relaxation

I got out of bed, and decided to have toast for breakfast. I took my time eating, and reading The Daily Prophet from front to back. An hour before the tea party I decided it was time for me to stop procrastinating, and start getting ready. I put down Pride and Prejudice and went to take my shower.

I dried my hair, and put on a formal skirt, and top. I did my makeup and was just putting on the last touches when there was a faint knocking at the door. I hurried to answer it, and was greatly relieved to see Ginny standing in the open door. I smiled and welcomed her in.

"I'm surprised to see you ready. I came over here to make sure you weren't sitting on your couch reading that book of your's" Ginny said with a raised eyebrow as she spotted the book on the coffee table.

"Yeah I wish I could just skip this" I said as I finished getting ready. I couldn't pick out which shoes to wear. "What heals should I wear? I asked as I came back into the family room, only to find her sitting on my couch with her shoes off and her feet on my coffee table.

She gave me a guilty look, "What? My feet hurt and you should feel lucky being able to wear high heels! My feet are so swollen, that I can't wear anything but UGG clogs. I'm FAT!"

I slipped on the first heels, and hurried over to Ginny and helped her up, "At least UGGS are cute! Just remember only two and a half more months Gin!" She nodded and I breathed a sigh of relief. We had just avoided a major mental breakdown

I held onto her as I apparated us to the side of my Grandma's house. It was the closest place that I could apparated to that no muggles could see, "Come on Ginny, it's not far" I said as I led her towards the front door. I let us in, "Grandma! We're here!"

"Come in the Dining room dear." Came a faint voice, so we made our way to the back of the house. Ginny and I walked into the dining room, that we used for special events. We were greeted by three women seated at the dining room table, surrounded by fabrics, flowers, and food. They looked like they'd been there planning for hours.

"Hello everyone." Ginny said as she took a seat. My grandma started to talk with her about the baby. I went to the only seat left, between Ginny and Narcissa.

"So it looks like you have already started," I said with a small smile.

"Oh yes, but don't you worry! We're just eliminating what we think aren't suitable for this type of wedding. You will still have plenty of choices," Narcissa assured me.

The rest of the afternoon was spent talking about: flower arrangements, cake flavors, wedding invitations, the wedding parties' apparal, the guest list, meal choice, and where the ceremony and reception would take place.

After a great amount of debating we decided on: white and pale yellow stargazer lillies and gladiolous for the center pieces, and white roses for the bouquets, half vanilla and half chocolate four tier cake, the wedding invitations would be elegant and mailed shortly, the guest list would be extensive, we will be serving sea food, or steak for dinner depending on each individual's preference, the ceremony will be at Saint Thomas Cathedral, and the reception will be at the Malfoy Manor.

The only thing that was undecided was the main color of the wedding. Narcissa wanted the bridesmaid dresses to be green. They would look wonderful, and Draco would approve. But I didn't really want green, and my grandmum said that we should go beyond the usual Slytherin wedding and not be so boring.

We were at an impasse, when I realized the solution, "I know what color we can use" I said interrupting Narcissa and Grandmum's debate. They looked at me expectantly, "What about turquoise? It's in the green family, but more unique."

"That's wonderful!" exclaimed Narcissa as she scribbled notes in her book.

"It'll be beautiful," agreed my Grandmum.

"finally," mumbled Ginny.

I started to laugh, but was interrupted by the shock of what I was hearing.

"Oh yes, I agree! She must move in soon. I had months of training before I married Stephen." Grandmum was saying.

"That's what I was thinking. Draco and Hermione need to get to know each other," Narcissa agreed.

"Isn't your rent up next week?" My grandma asked oh no, what were they getting me into?

"Yes, I believe so." I answered cautiously.

"Great, it's settled then," Narcissa said as if it were the end of the discussion.

"What's settled?" I started to feel nervous.

"Draco will be by this weekend to help you move your things to the Manor," She answered as if it were obvious.

All I could do was nod. I knew there was no fighting them. It was three against one. I knew I couldn't win. Ughhh I was not looking forward to this.

"I'm sorry ladies, but I'm feeling offal tired. Do you mind if we make our exit now? I can't apparate myself. Harry's just so overprotective, and it's time for my nap! All this planning is wearing me out," Ginny said with a smile as she got up slowly.

I smiled and helped her. She was trying to help me escape! Bless her. We said our goodbyes, and headed out the door. As soon as we were outside, she turned to me, "Let's go shopping! I'm not tired at all."

I laughed and apparated us to muggle London. We went to many shops, and had a lot of fun. Soon we were tired, and decided to go back to Ginny's for dinner. After a long evening with friends, I went home to get some sleep since I had to work the next day.

…

I woke up on Thursday, and I could tell it wasn't going to be a great day. I had a feeling that something was going to go wrong …

On my way to work I thought of the dream I had, had last night. For my twelfth birthday I had received Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I had absolutely loved the book, and have reread it countless times. I always had a bit of a crush on Mr. Darcy, and was always anxiously awaiting the time when he would finally come back for Elizabeth Bennet.

Last night in my dream, I was Elizabeth Bennet. As I was walking out of Mr. Darcy's grand abode, I ran into him. Just like in the book. The only difference, was that he had his fiancé with him, and she was Emily, and Mr. Darcy was Draco.

I have no idea why this dream would even have an effect on me, but it did. I tried to keep it out my mind by going through my schedule. I needed get to David's case. I was nervous because his test results were coming in

It was just about lunch time, when I finally got to his case. I hurried to the blood lab, to get the results, and was greeted by the lab tech.

"Oh hello Miss Montresor! I did not think you would be in today so early," The little old lady said with a kind smile.

I nodded, "I've been working hard to get here" She agreed, and handed me the papers. I studied them, and couldn't believe this was happening to David! He was such a little sweet heart. I have really gotten to know him over the past couple of days, and he doesn't deserve this. no one does.

…

"I'm so sorry I had to bring you bad news, but now that we know his illness we can start treatment right away," I finished, trying to give some hope.

His mum leaned on his dad's shoulder and started to cry. David just sat there in shock as he watched his mum cry, "I don't understand, what is it?" he asked me.

"David, you have something called leukemia. I know it doesn't make sense, but I will help you fight it, that's what friends do."

His piercing blue eyes started to shine, "Did I do something wrong?"

His mum hurried over to him, "Sweetie you didn't do anything wrong. Never think that. These things just happen to good people, because life's not fair."

His dad went over and put his hand on David's shoulder, "Everything will turn out fine son. Healer Montresor, how and when do you intend to start treatment?"

"I feel that starting treatment tonight will be the best course of action, and I'll be doing extra research until that time, to see which chemo is best for David," I said before I walked out the door.

I spent the next couple of hours in the hospital library. They had more books then I could ever read. I was sure it had the information I needed. It took me a while to make my final decision on which drug to use, and how much, but I eventually figured it out and headed back to his room.

"You mean Grandpa and Auntie M. are coming tomorrow?!" David asked excitedly as I stood in the doorway.

"Yes Dave, they've been trying to make it. You know how busy Auntie M. is," His dad said with a small smile.

"Oh boy! I can't wait!" He said and glanced towards me, "Did you hear that Mione?!"

I smiled at the look of excitement on his face, "Yeah I did David. I can't wait to meet them, but you need to take this medicine. You might not feel good afterwards, but it will help you get better."

"You mean I'm going to be sick tomorrow when Grandpa and Auntie M. come? I thought I was going to be better tomorrow?"

I shook my head, "No David, I'm sorry, but it might take a long time for you to feel better."

…

I decided today was the longest Friday in the history of Fridays. Work has been especially busy, so I haven't even gotten a chance to go check on David. It's not like I'm looking forward to the weekend either, because Malfoy is coming over to help me move!

I walked down the hallway to get to David's room. I needed to monitor his reaction to the meds.

As I was walking down the hallway I heard David's dad talking to his Grandpa, "I'm so glad we finally know what the illness is! It was killing me not to know."

"I know son. David's strong. He'll beat this," The older man said as he gave his son a reassuring hug.

I walked past to them and entered the room. I went to David's bed, and began to read the chart that the nurses had been keeping all day.

"Mione! Now you can meet my family!" David was saying, and I just nodded, "This is my Auntie M. and over there, is my grandpa!"

I glanced up and smiled at his grandpa, "Nice to meet you both" I stopped as I saw his 'Auntie M.'

"Professor!" I said with a smile and hugged her. I hadn't seen her in quite a while, because now that she was Head Mistress she couldn't always come to The Order meetings.

"Hermione dear, how are you?" She asked kindly.

"I've been keeping busy, what about you? How's Hogwarts behaving?"

She laughed, "Things have quieted down, especially since there's no Weasley's in attendance."

I laughed also, but was interrupted, "How do you know each other?" David asked confused.

"I taught Hermione at my school Dave. She was one of my favorite students," she explained to her nephew.

"Oh, she's my favorite too!" He said and laughed.

For a while I talked with his family, but then I went back to reading his charts, and eventually had to get back to work. It was so wonderful to see a family together It made me sad, because I never had that with my biological family, and my adoptive parents had died because of me.

Soon it was the end of the work day, and I didn't want to go home. I started walking through the streets, and then apparated to the place where I had spent the first year of my life. I stood in front of the house, and tried to imagine my parents living there with me.

I could almost imagine my dad having to mow the lawn the muggle way, so my grandma, who lived next door, wouldn't suspect anything, or my mum taking me to the park in the neighborhood. I wish I could have had that. The life I was supposed to lead. I loved my life, but when I was younger I had always felt as though I hadn't belonged, and that was because I had belonged here.

As I was standing outside of the house, I made a vow to myself. I would never let myself forget my two different, yet perfect sets of parents. They had both loved me, and I didn't want to let them down.

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-Grace