The sun rose, filling the room with a warm and soft glow. Feeling the sun upon her face, Hermione began to stir, careful to not wake her sleeping lover. After escaping from her room and to the bathroom, she went into the study to draft a quick note to Ginny. She figured the young witch would be the perfect person to talk things out with, and maybe would be given a chance to explain herself. After sealing the letter, she attached it to the leg of the small owl Draco presented Hermione.

No sooner than the last drop of coffee filled the pot, and she made herself a cup, Draco's arms snaked their way around her waist. Persistent as he was, she managed to fix him a cup of coffee with his arms not budging. Hermione chose to charm the cups to the table, not willing to burn herself, and tried to work her way to the table. Within four steps, their legs became tangled, and the couple found themselves on the ground, laughing uncontrollably.

Their laughter stopped the instant they heard the tapping on the window. Hermione got up to let in three birds: an ordinary owl, her small owl, and a rather large eagle. She removed the Daily Prophet from the first owl, gave it a payment, and it flew out the window. She set the paper down, and began to untie the note to her on the small owl's leg, when she noticed Draco was not getting up.

"Draco, it's for you. Do you want me to untie it for you?" Draco shot up and grabbed the letter from the eagle, and cautiously opened the letter.

Hermione read her response from Ginny, and penned a quick reply back, and began to make herself a quick breakfast. Draco sat there at the table, silently reading his letter.

"I am going out today. I really think I need to have some girl time, so Ginny and I are going to meet up in Diagon Alley. Hopefully we can talk things out, and I can not feel as stressed..." Hermione continued to talk about her plans, and Draco kept reading on. She sat a plate down in front of him, and he ate in silence, unsure of what to say. Her voice stopped talking, and he looked over to see her eating rather quickly, and he made himself slow down, just to have some time to think.

"Ok, I will see you for dinner. Send a patronus if you need to change the plans!" Hermione disapparated after a quick peck on the cheek, and arrived right outside of Gringotts. She looked around, checking to see who was around, and then she spotted her ginger friend. The two ran up to each other, giving a big hug, and began their much needed girl day.

They began at one side of the street, where Ginny filled Hermione in on everything that had gone on while she was gone. She mentioned that everybody was worried sick about why she had up and disappeared, as well as stating that Harry assured everybody that she was safe. Ron apparently lost it, unsure of what was going on, blaming himself, and drinking like crazy. Most of the local wizarding pubs have been asked not to serve him by members of the Order.

Ginny then turned the tables, asking for all the juicy details on how she managed to be in a relationship with Malfoy. Despite her biased dislike of the man, Ginny had come prepared to see him how her friend saw him, and to make sure she really was happy. Listening to how he tricked her, she grew angry, but was unsure on who to direct her fury at: Harry or Draco. But as Hermione continued to share her knowledge, Ginny began to forgive both of them, and decided to warn them to never concoct such a scheme ever again.

"And he was the one to tell me it was time to undo the charm on my parents memory, and when I was unable to do it myself, he stepped up and did it. I don't know if I would have been able to do it if he were not there, as much as I wish he wasn't."

"Why not?"

"Well, let's just say my first conversation with my parents unveiled something, and it was not a pleasant conversation at all." Hermione looked uneasy. Should she trust her?

"Do you want to talk about something else?" Ginny asked, able to take hints.

"Actually, I think you might want to know before you find out the wrong way. When I was looking for the self note in my parents' house, I uncovered a secret about myself, and my family." She took a deep breath. "Basically, my parents lied to me, and continued to lie. There is no Granger Family. But there is a Dewin Family." She paused, looking at the look on confusion on her friend's face.

"Dewin... why does that name sound familiar?"

"Probably because it was a very powerful pure-blood wizarding family. They were all scholars, writing numerous books and performing thousands of studies."

"So why lie about it?"

"Well, that's where things are interesting. My mother and father, both from pure-blood families, and both squibs. Ashamed about letting their families down, when they married, they vowed to leave the world of magic, and live as muggles. They found out they had a talent in dentistry, and decided it would be best to not think about the world of magic. Unfortunately, they had me, and when they heard I was destined for Hogwarts, they knew they had to pretend they never had seen this world." Hermione shifted awkwardly as her friend processed this information.

"How long has Draco known about this?" Ginny questioned. "Because maybe his interest in you is only due to the knowledge you are no longer impure." Ginny read the offended look on her friend's face. "You can't say I am not looking out for you! I just want to make sure the ferret is not wooing you under false pretenses!"

"We started being close before he found out. He found out the day my parents were given their memories back. Feelings were already there prior to this. Or so I think..."

"Ok! You've convinced me. Don't go doubting your relationship!" Ginny pulled the brunette witch into a shop. Hermione had no time to read the name on the shop door, and was confused on what was in her friend's mind. She looked around, surrounded by dresses and trendy music. Confused, she looked over to where Ginny was, to see her talking with the sales clerk.

"What's going on?" Hermione asks quietly. Ginny just smiles and shakes her head, pushing her into the next room, full of mirrors and curtains. Hermione looked at her reflection, mildly shocked to see what she had. Her color was looking better than it had for a while, finally regaining the weight she lost, and through her not-so baggy clothes, she noticed the outlines of a rather nice figure. While admiring herself in the mirror, the clerk comes in and begins to take measurements of Hermione, the Quick Quotes Quill rapidly scratching out the numbers. The clerk disappears out the room and dresses start to appear in the room in a vast number.

Ginny begins to look at the dresses, pointing her wand at each one, making three different groups.

"Mind telling me what is going on?"

"Since things have been crazy, especially when it comes to you, I figured I would just go off my assumption and take charge." Ginny casually stated, as if it were no big deal.

"What do you mean you would assume?" Hermione asked while getting pushed behind one of the curtain dividers and being handed a dress. Guessing this meant she was to put it on, she began changing.

"Well, I assumed you were going to be the Maid of Honor at my wedding. And before you yell at me for not telling you sooner, Harry made sure nobody knew where you were, so I was not able to tell you. We were going to tell you last night, and that's when I was going to ask you officially, but naturally my git of a brother ruined that for us. And since I figured you would have said yes anyways, I arranged for a fitting for your dress today. Good thing too, since it is this weekend."

Hermione flung the curtain open, not caring that the dress was half on her. She gave Ginny a massive hug, and began to tear up at the whole thing. "And here I was going on and on about me all day!"

"A lot has happened with you too, plus I needed to know if it would be safe to tell you to bring Malfoy with you or not." At this point, Hermione grabbed her wand out of her clothes, and pulled Ginny behind the curtain with here.

"Well, let's get these dresses on as fast as possible, we don't have much time do we?" The witches giggled as the dresses were charmed on her, off her, and another on almost instantly. All the ones that were potential candidates were moved into a final pile. Once all the dresses were tried on once, they reviewed the final candidates. Finally, they picked one.

The two left the store, chatting about wedding plans, when Hermione looked at the time and realized she needed to go home. Ginny offered to go home with her, and invite Draco herself, to which Hermione agreed. Upon arriving in her flat, there was a letter left on the counter in Draco's hand. Picking the letter up, Hermione read it and ran to the study. On her way, she dropped the letter which Ginny picked up and read:

Hermione,
I received a letter from my mother and father requesting my presence at the Manor. I am afraid to know why they are requesting me there, but if I am not home by dinner, please owl me, and give me an excuse to leave. I did not want to worry you on your day out with Ginny, so I chose to leave this instead of tell you.
I love you.
Draco