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"Let's go get lunch, I require real food" Draco said as he stretched out. He had been released that afternoon.
"Here" Blaize said handing him a change of clothes. "You've been wearing that uniform for a while now and it's starting to stink"
"Thanks" Draco said as he changed quickly and the trio plus Scorpius left the hospital for lunch at a local café.
"Oh no" Hermione groaned spotting something behind the boys.
"Mya?" Draco asked looking behind him only to growl. Blaize did so as well and sighed
"Mya you said that guilt took you from him. Maybe this is your chance to get your best friend back" Blaize said taking her hand.
"You think he'll forgive me?"
"I think he'll surprise you" Blaize said placing a comforting hand on Draco's leg. Draco nodded in agreement and thanked the waitress as their food arrived.
"Mina?" Hermione turned frightened at the voice behind her. She smiled hesitantly at the dark haired man with stunning green eyes.
"Hey Harry"
"Can we talk Hermione? Please" He whispered not even acknowledging the two men behind her.
"Yeah" Hermione said softly as she passed Scorpius to Blaize and stood. She and Harry walked a little ways away, Hermione making sure she could still be seen by both men turned to Harry.
"Why Mina? Why did you leave me here alone" Harry asked looking her straight in the eye.
"I'm sorry Harry; I just couldn't handle it anymore. I had to leave" Hermione said softly avoiding his eyes
"I was worried Mina, no word nothing to tell me you were safe and ok. Then you left St. Mungo's and no one heard from you. And I find you here with two Slytherin's and a baby" Harry said crossing his arms.
"I had some unexpected changes in my life and moved to Australia to work at the hospital there" Hermione said softly "Those changes are the reasons for my new company. I'm not really comfortable explaining it in such a public place"
"Alright" Harry conceded, accepting her answer.
"I'm sorry Harry" Hermione said hugging him crying. Harry held her tightly
"I'm sorry to Mina, for not being there for you" Harry said vowing to never let his best friend go again.
"Join us for lunch, and I'll explain everything over dinner Friday?" Hermione said softly
"If it's alright with your friends there" Harry said smiling at her.
"It'll be ok" Hermione said moving towards the table. "Harry is joining us for lunch"
"Long time no see Potter" Blaize said smiling at him.
"Zabini, Malfoy, Malfoy jr."
"His name is Scorpius" Draco said passing the infant back to Hermione as Scorpius began fussing.
"So Potter, what has the chosen one been up to lately?" Blaize asked sipping his drink
"Not much in the ways of excitement," Harry said placing his lunch order.
"Are you still with the auror department?" Hermione asked
"No, I'm studying with Ollivander to make wands." Harry said smiling
"Is that anything like making brooms?" Draco asked looking at Harry.
"Similar, the science is different," Harry answered looking down as Scorpius tugged on his sleeve before climbing into his lap. "Well hello Scorpius"
"GA!" Scorpius said clapping as he swiped a fry from Harry's plate.
"Scor that was not nice" Hermione scolded the child who looked down
"It's alright Mina; he can have some if it's alright with Malfoy"
"He can eat what he wants." Draco said softly
"So Harry, have you found yourself a girl yet?" Hermione asked her friend
"Yes actually, I'm married, you remember Luna" Harry said, Hermione nodded "We have a little boy, about Scorpius's age, his name is James"
"I thought you were engaged to the youngest Weasley the last we heard" Blaize said looking at the dark haired man before him
"Her personal fantasy, Luna and I were together in Hogwarts but we broke things off because of the war, we decided to try again and were married about a year after Hermione disappeared," Harry said shrugging both Gryffindors avoiding the subject of the Weasleys all together.
"We should head back to the manor now; Pansy and Astoria are probably climbing the walls." Hermione said looking at her watch. "I'll owl you about the dinner?"
"Actually, you'll have to owl Minerva, we had a spot of trouble a few years back with stalkers and death threats so we cast a Fidelius Charm and she's our keeper" Harry said rubbing the back of his neck "We don't accept owls or packages unless they come directly from her"
"Alright" Hermione said smiling
"Hey do you still have your cell?" Harry asked confusing the two wizards
"Yeah, I don't use it much anymore why?"
"Same number"
"Yes" Hermione answered catching on
"Mine's changed, I'll send you a message, then we won't have to bother Minerva" Harry said as they parted ways.
"Thank you both" Hermione said looking at them
"For what?"
"Playing nice" Hermione said locking arms with both of them.
"He's your friend Mya, and obviously important to you, I'm curious as to why neither of you speak of the Weasels anymore but I'm not going to press it" Draco said looking at her
"I noticed that to" Blaize commented setting Scorpius down in the downstairs play room, a house elf instantly appearing to play with him.
"A lot of stuff happened, I'm sure you'll find out sooner rather than later but I really don't have the strength to talk about it again in detail. Just know that something bad happened, it destroyed me and they did nothing to help. Then something somewhat good came out of it and I began to heal again only to have them destroy me again. So I ran, I couldn't face it anymore. Those experiences fueled my entire research in abuse though" Hermione said softly "I didn't want what happened to me to happen to another person"
"You don't have to talk about it Mya, we'll find out when its time for us to know" Blaize said softly hugging her. Draco joined the embrace and they joined the others in the sitting room.
And there is the next chapter! I hope you enjoyed! Reviews are welcome!
~Redshadow17