10 years later

''Morning beautiful.'' Draco greeted his wife with a kiss on top of her head.

Hermione stretched, feeling completely content with her place.

''Morning.'' Hermione gave Draco a peck on the lips before turning and getting out of bed.

''I'm going to take a quick shower, OK? Could you make some breakfast? We're already a bit late.'' Hermione said as she started to gather her things for the shower.

Draco got up too. ''Sure, we don't want to be late for my sister's wedding, do we? She'd kill me!''

Hermione laughed. ''Yes, she will kill you, and after that she will hex me into oblivion.''

Draco kissed his wife once more before leaving to start on breakfast.

He made some coffee, and started on the food. It will be a long day today, so they needed a good breakfast to keep them going till lunch.

Who would have thought 11 years ago that Draco Malfoy would be making his own breakfast, without any help of magic or house elves.

It's been 10 years since he left Malfoy Manor together with Delilah. He had seen them 8 years ago when Voldemort destroyed half of Hogwarts, and many of it's students.

Lucius had to go to prison for 15 years. He was still at Azkaban at the moment, though rumours had it that he was slowly losing his mind and was beginning to get very, very sick.

Narcissa wasn't judged because she betrayed Voldemort and saved Harry's life. Even though Narcissa didn't get any punishment, Draco hadn't talked to her. Partial because he didn't want to, and partial because he was afraid.

Afraid of what she might say, afraid of what he will see in her eyes.

Draco heard Hermione turn off the shower. He quickly finished his toast and made his way over to the bedroom to gather his things for the shower.

He bumped into Hermione halfway to the shower, and took her into his arms.

''You smell great! Hmmm...'' Draco said before kissing her deeply.

''You smell rather awful. Go take a shower you smelly man.'' Hermione laughed, ducking under his arms and into the kitchen.

''That's not a very nice thing to say, Hermione! It hurt my feelings...'' he said, pouting.

Hermione appeared in the doorstep holding a cup of coffee and some toast.

''Would it help if I say you made some delicious coffee and toast?''

''It helps a bit...''

''Well then, Mr. Malfoy. This coffee is absolutely delicious, and the toast; Merlin, I've never had this delicious toast! Wow, sir. Absolutely yum!''

Hermione laughed before turning to the kitchen again. ''This cup of coffee was so incredibly good I need to get another.''

Draco sighed, women.

An hour later the couple apparated to the Burrow. Everything was beautifully decorated and clean.

Draco leaned into Hermione.

''I've never seen things so clean here!'' he whispered

Hermione shrugged. ''It's a busy family, they don't always have the time to clean everything thoroughly. Remember, they don't have house elves, they do everything by their selves.''

And I thought breakfast was hard Draco thought.

''Hermione! Draco! You are right on time!''

Mrs. Weasley hurried towards the pair. ''Molly, you look beautiful!'' Hermione said as Molly pulled her in for a hug.

''Hermione's right, Mrs. Weasley, you look stunning.'' Draco said as he kissed Molly on the cheek.

Molly's cheeks reddened. ''Oh, well, it's not everyday that your youngest son gets married, now is it?''

''Is there anything we can help with, Molly?'' Hermione asked.

''It's very nice of you Hermione, could you help Ginny with-'' Molly started.

''I'm sorry to interrupt, but would it be OK if I'd go see my sister first? I will do anything after I'll see her.''

Molly nodded. ''That's OK dear, up the stairs, second door to your right.''

Draco gave the two women a smile and walked up the stairs.

He was glad his sister got into this family, they were loving and kind. They saw the good in first in very person.

Draco remembered the day Hermione told them she was dating him. It was weird, because Mr. & Mrs. Weasley were shocked at first, but Hermione explained everything.

A week later Draco couldn't imagine a world without all of the Weasley's.

He was a part after a month and shared their love & laughter. But also the tears when Fred died. After Fred's death he'd helped George in the shop with Ron.

The whole family was thrilled when Ron announced he and Delilah were getting married, and Draco couldn't be more proud of his sister.

They've gotten really close over the past 10 years, and made up for those lost years. Sharing the stories from their past, and dreams about the future.

Draco knocked on the door and it opened swiftly.

''Draco! How great to see you!'' Ginny said as she hugged him tightly.

''Weaselette, how are you? No kicking yet?'' Draco asked as he put his hand on Ginny's belly.

Ginny rolled her eyes. ''I'd wish. I'm sure this little one inherited his parent's Quidditch skills.''

Draco laughed. ''Is Delilah inside?''

Ginny nodded. ''She's expecting you. Tell her I'm going downstairs to find some ice-cream.''

Draco smiled at her and walked through the bedroom door.

''Sis, how are the nerves?'' he asked her as he approached her from behind.

''Draco!'' Delilah said, hugging Draco tightly for a long time.

''I'm not nervous at all. Why should I, this is absolutely the right thing to do. I'm certain Ron and I are perfect together.'' Delilah said matter-of-factly.

''You are absolutely right, you two are perfect. I love you little sister and I can't say how proud I am of you.'' Draco said as he pulled her in for another hug.

''Thank you, Draco. I should get ready though, any idea where Ginny is?'' Delilah said as she let go of Draco and walked towards the bag with her dress.

''She's on a quest for ice-cream. I'll send her up when I find her. Do you know where Ron is?'' Draco asked lightly.

Delilah glared at him. ''You are not going to give him the talk, are you?''

''Yes I am, what's wrong with that? You're my sister, I have a right to give the talk!''

Delilah sighed. ''Just, don't be too hard on him, al right?''

''Moi? Too hard, please, I'm a softie, you know that!'' Draco grinned.

''Oh get out of here you, weirdo. Go bother Ron!'' Delilah laughed as she pushed Draco out of the room.

''Oi Weasley.'' Draco called out as he entered Ron's room.

''Malfoy.'' Ron greeted him.

Their relationship had gotten a lot better since their school years, but they always called each other by their last names.

''I just want to say thank you.'' Draco said quietly.

Ron turned around, shocked by what he just heard. ''I wasn't expecting that mate.'' he said, picking up his tie.

''You've been expecting the talk? Yes, well, you don't need it. I've known you quite well for 10 years now, and I see how you're treating my sister with respect and love. And I thank you, she deserves you, she deserves someone who will love her. Someone who will be there for her no matter what.''

Ron finished with his tie, walked over to Draco and put an arm on his shoulder.

''Thank you, Draco. This means a lot to me.'' Ron smiled.

''Yeah, well, I need to go downstairs. I believe your mum has some jobs for me to do.''

Ron laughed. ''Yeah, we had to do all the hard work on Harry's wedding last year, and now you and Harry are the ones who can fix it. Love the feeling.''

Draco glared at him. ''Be afraid, Weasley, I can still give you the talk.''

Ron put up his hands in defence. ''Al right, alight, I will keep my mouth shut.''

''for now.'' he added as Draco walked out of the room.

The wedding ceremony was quickly over with, and Delilah and Ron were now husband and wife.

Delilah beamed in her white fairytale dress as she accepted people's congratulations and gifts.

Draco slid his arm around his wife's waist.

''They look so happy together, this must be one of the best days of their lives.'' Hermione sighed.

''I still remember the best day of my life like it was yesterday.'' Draco said.

Hermione turned so she faced him. ''And when was that, Mr. Malfoy?''

''When I won my first Quidditch match.'' he said teasingly.

Hermione smacked him on the arm.

Draco's turned serious again. ''I think you know what the best day of my life is.'' he said while laying his hand on Hermione's still flat tummy.

''Should we tell everybody?'' Hermione asked.

Draco shook his head. ''No, it would be nice to keep it our little secret a little while longer. Plus, I think Delilah would hex me if we'd bring it out tonight. It's their day.''

Hermione smiled and leaned into Draco to kiss him.

''Eeeew, Auntie Mione is kissing Uncle Djaco.''

The couple turned to see the family Longbottom standing behind them.

''Neville! Charlotte! How great it is to see you!'' Hermione said brightly as she hugged the pair of them.

''And gorgeous Georgiana. What a pretty dress you are wearing.'' Hermione cooed at the little girl in Neville's arms.

Georgiana made a happy sound and put her arms out to Hermione, wanting to be carried by her 'aunt'.

''Look what I've got for you, gorgeous.'' Draco said as he pulled a miniature unicorn out of his pocket.

The girl squealed and took the little toy.

''Georgiana, you should thank Draco for your toy.'' Charlotte said.

''Ank ou, uncle Djaco.'' the girl said in her little voice.

''No problem, kid.'' Draco told her.

Draco turned to Charlotte and Neville.

''How's your sister, Charlotte?'' Draco asked.

''She's great! She and Oliver are still so happy together! Meg is due in two weeks actually, she's around here somewhere. I last saw the pair of them talking to Ron over there'' she said pointing at Ron and Oliver at the other side of the garden.

''Here I am.'' a voice said behind them.

''Sushi!'' Charlotte said happily as she hugged her sister.

The three others hugged her as well. Megan and Hermione both worked on the same department at the Ministry, and started chatting about work.

Draco turned to Oliver who had joined them too. ''Still keeping the Quidditch team together at Puddlemere's?'' he said.

''Oh yes I do! We're going to win this season, I have no doubt. Though, I still miss our old Quidditch theme from Gryffindor, we were quite good.'' he said excited.

''Don't let Harry or Ron hear that, he'd make you leave Puddlemere and start a new Quidditch theme. He just won't shut up about the game.'' Hermione complained, who was listening to the conversation.

''Ouch, that hurt, Hermione.'' Draco said.

''Yeah, it is my job, you know.'' Oliver joined in. ''I wouldn't mind though, blue isn't my colour. I miss our red robes.''

Megan nudged Oliver. ''Don't complain, you look absolutely handsome in blue. Why do you think I married you?''

The group laughed.

''And how are things at Hogwarts, Neville?'' Hermione asked her old friend as she handed over Georgiana, who was now looking confused from face to face.

''Couldn't be better, actually. Trelawney is retiring, and Padma is ready to take over teaching.''

he said.

Draco laughed.

''Patil teaching? I do hope she doesn't get as mad as Trelawney.'' Draco said.

Neville shook his head.

''Naah, don't think so, Padma is actually a really good teacher. Loads better than Trelawney.''

''Mummy, mummy, I wanna go to the pwetty pwincess.'' Georgiana said, watching Delilah.

''Al right darling, let's go visit the princess.'' Charlotte said. ''Talk to you later!''

''Later.'' Neville said as he followed his wife.

The four watched as the family approached Ron & Delilah and shared kisses and hugs.

''They're such a sweet little family.'' Hermione said.

Megan nodded. ''Yes they are, I hope we'll have just a beautiful kid like the do.'' she sighed.

''And one who's good at Quidditch.'' Oliver joined in.

Draco smiled. ''With the two of you as parents, Merlin, the kid will be brilliant.''

The pair smiled at him. ''Thanks Draco.'' Oliver said and added to his wife: ''Shall we go, congratulate the happy couple?''

Megan nodded and took Oliver's hand. ''See you guys around!''

''Another perfect little family in the making.'' Draco smiled.

''And soon we will have our perfect little family.'' Hermione said, hands on her stomach.

''Ladies and gentleman, we laughed, talked and drank. Now it's time for some dancing, the bride and groom will open the evening with their first dance. May I introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley?''

Delilah and Ron walked onto the dance floor, bright smiles on their faces. They danced the first dance to a beautiful French piece of music.

Soon others joined in. George and Angelina, Neville and Charlotte, Oliver and Megan, Harry and Ginny (swaying softly at the edge of the dance floor because of Ginny's big belly) and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley who were quite the energetic dancing couple.

Draco and Hermione joined in too when a slower song came by.

And so they danced for 10 minutes, when Mrs. Weasley interrupted them.

''Draco, there's someone here for you and Delilah, would you mind?'' Molly said softly.

Hermione looked confused from Molly to Draco.

''Thank you, Molly.'' he said to Mrs. Weasley, and turned to Hermione. ''I'll be back in a few minutes.'' he kissed her on the top of her head and followed Mrs. Weasley, Delilah was already in the house. A confused look crossed her face when she saw Draco enter.

''Draco, do you know anything about this?'' she asked.

''I'll leave you two alone.'' Mrs. Weasley said, and she left the room quietly.

''Congratulations, Delilah.'' Draco said as he walked over to his sister and puller her in for a hug.

''Thank you, Draco.'' she said with a smile. ''But please tell me what's going on, who's here? Molly told me there was someone here to see me.''

Draco sighed and sat down on the couch.

''Don't get mad at me, Li. But I asked mother to come over, after the ceremony. She already missed my wedding, and I regret not inviting her. It wasn't her fault that our father is a maniac. I don't want you to regret not seeing mother on the day of your wedding. You know the stories about father losing his mind in Azkaban, and he's slowly dying in there. Soon mother won't have anybody around, we have to slowly let her back into our lives. It's been ten years, Li.'' Draco finished with a sigh. He kept staring at his shoes, afraid to look up and see the hurt in his sister's eyes.

''Draco...'' was all Delilah could say.

''Draco, I'm not mad, not at all. How could I be mad at you? You did the thing you thought was right, and I agree. I want mother back into our lives as well, at least we still have a mother. Look at Harry, look at Neville, they didn't know their parents. I think it's been long enough since we haven't seen mother.

''Thank you, dears.''

Draco turned to see his mother in the door. She had changed. Her hair was beginning to grey, her eyes were older, but she looked good. Pained but good.

Ten years without Lucius has done her good Draco thought.

''Mother.'' Delilah said as she got of the couch and walked quickly over to her mother. ''I missed you.''

Narcissa cupped Delilah's face and kissed her forehead.

''I missed you too, love.'' She looked up to Draco and held out her hand.

He got up too and walked over to his mother, hugging both Delilah and Narcissa tightly.

''Mother..'' he whispered softly.

''I'm so sorry, dears. So, so sorry.'' Narcissa said to her two children.

''Let me explain everything. Sit down.''

Draco and Delilah sat down on the couch. Narcissa started talking. She told about how happy both Lucius and she were with the two of them, but how they knew that if they kept Delilah at home she would be raised the wrong way. She explained how it would be different for Draco because he was a boy. In Voldemort's eyes a girl was worth less than a boy, and Delilah would have been trained to be a server to everyone, and she wouldn't be the strong independent woman she is today.

Narcissa told how they ended up sending Delilah to some old friends in France, and that they visited her as often as possible.

And when the Dark Lord came back Narcissa was scared for her family, and she made Lucius to get Delilah back home. Lucius didn't agree on the matter, but eventually he complied. Even though Lucius was scared for his family, he still followed the Dark Lord, and over the summer of Delilah's return he got in way too deep for Narcissa's liking. She warned him. Now Lucius had always been a cruel man, but that summer he became even more cruel. Hurting the ones he loved most.

''And you know how the story continues...'' Narcissa said. ''You showed up, told us you, and Lucius lost it, I think. But I'm not sure why. It might be because he was mad because he couldn't control anything of it, or because he was afraid for us.'' she finished. ''That's something we will never know, I think...'' she added.

Narcissa, now sitting in one of the chairs, closed her eyes and let her head rest. Draco got up and kneeled in front of his mother.

''I'm so sorry mother, for not seeing you all those years, for not helping you. I think I was afraid, that seeing you would remind me of father, and that I would blame you for everything, but I don't. I'm sorry too.''

The three of them talked for another 30 minutes, exchanging little things about the day and about Hermione.

Eventually Narcissa got up and put on her cloak again.

''I'm sorry to hold you up, dear. You should go back to your friends and husband.''

Delilah shook her head. ''Not at all, can't you come with us?''

It was Narcissa's time to shake her head. ''I don't think that's a good plan. Even though you two are good Malfoy's and the like you, doesn't mean they can forget my past with your father. No, not this time, but perhaps someday in the future.''

Draco hugged his mother.

''How about lunch or diner next week?'' he asked.

Narcissa gave him a smile. ''That would be nice yes, owl me.''

''Bye, loves.'' Narcissa walked out of the door.

Draco looked at his sister, and put an arm around her shoulder.

''Thank you, Draco. This made my day complete.''

Draco smiled and let go of his sister. ''It's OK, I didn't get you a wedding present anyway.''

Delilah smacked him on the arm. ''Ouch woman! Is that something Hermione taught you?''

She laughed. ''Perhaps she did.''

Draco had to laugh too.

Both of them walked out of the room, into their new lives, never looking back.

FIN

A/N

This is the last chapter, I hope everything's clear now. In a way I'm glad it's done, it was getting harder to write, since I started to gorget what I used. But I'm proud of this, it's the first story/fanfiction I've ever finished and I thank my sushi for this. She's an absolute amazing person and she inspires me. Without her this story might never have happened, or finished. So thank you Meg, for eerything! Love you!

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