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Chapter 2

I'm sitting in one of the three carriages that will take me up to the castle. They wanted the Golden Trio to each be in their own carriage, for some odd reason. And I'm sure plenty of people don't expect me to show up. Well, they're in for a big surprise! I'm clutching my four month daughter, Cassiopeia, as tightly as possible, without hurting her of course, to keep from fidgeting.

Naturally, there would be a lot of press. There were always one or two at the reunions. This year's class contained the Golden Trio. One-third of which disappeared of the face of the planet for eight years. They would be bombarding me from the minute the door of the carriage opens. I just hope I can keep it together to tell them I wouldn't be answering questions.

Yet.

I look down at Cassiopeia. She's sleeping, so I can't see her chocolate brown eyes. My eyes. She has her father's hair though. Platinum blond, and straight as a board. She was the perfect mix of us both. Seeing her asleep calms me slightly. I can't help but think, 'She won't be sleeping for long!'' I chuckle as the carriage stops. I step out of the carriage as the door is opened for me. I was wrong about the press. It was worse than I imagined.

"Miss Granger! Where have you been the last eight years!"

"Hermione! Who're you holding?"

"Is that your daughter?"

"Are you married?"

"What about Ron?"

Unfortunately, Cassi did wake up, and she started crying from all the noise. I frowned. I was hoping for the opposite reaction. I start rocking her, and it doesn't help. Because people are still asking my questions. Eventually, they all realize it's their fault she's crying, and they stop talking.

"I won't be answering questions at the moment. I am only here to see old friends and make new memories. You will get some answers just by observing the festivities tonight, but you will definitely won't be getting all of them."

With that said, I start rocking Cassi to get her to stop crying. Eventually, she only whimpers. Her eyes droop, and I can tell she is trying to fall asleep. I begin to hum softly, and she is soon fast asleep. I begin to walk through the crowd. Everyone was watching me now. Some were happy. Some were confused, they probably thought I had died. I wasn't paying much attention to them though. I am only looking for the three sets of eyes that I have longed to see most. Harry, Ginny, and Ron met me halfway as I walked towards them.

Ginny was the first to give me a hug. Thankfully, she was wary of Cassi. I don't know if I could take her waking up again. I hated all the eyes that had been on me while I rocked her to sleep. Everyone was back to their conversations with each other now.

Ron and Harry each gave me a side hug. They looked awkwardly at Cassi. Ginny noticed this. She already knew about Cassi, but we decided she would play it like she didn't. She started our conversation.

"Hermione! I've missed you so much! How have you been?"

"I've been good. I missed you all though!"

Ron said something next with a teasing smile on his face. "It looks like you've been good. Been a bit busy, have we?"

I couldn't help but grin. So far, things were going good. The question of the father would be the problem.

Harry glanced at Cassi. "What's her name?" He had relaxed a lot now.

"Cassiopeia. But I call her Cassi."

"She's a cutie! We should sit down! And when she wakes up, can I hold her?" Ginny replied.

"Thanks Gin. Of course you can hold her."

We walked over to an empty couch and sat down. We were silent for a moment. Ron was the first to speak.

"Er- Hermione?"

"Yes, Ronald?"

"I think you owe us an explanation."

"Not here. You're going to learn a lot tonight. Not nearly as much as I'll tell you later. But I need you to grasp some things. And, more importantly, accept them. Can I explain after the reunion? It will be easier. Besides, the walls have ears."

The three looked at each other. They all replied. "Okay."

"You're coming over to our house after this though."

"Alright. So tell me about how you all have been."

Harry put his arm around Ginny. "Well, you know that we got married right before you left. Not long after you left, we found out that Gin was pregnant. We have James Sirius, who is six years old. And Albus Severus is four, almost five. And Gin is two months along right now."

Hermione squealed. "Gin! You're gonna have another baby! This is so exciting! And I'll be around for this one!"

"You're staying here?" Ron asked, he sounded hopeful.

"Yes. We decided we needed to be around our friends again."

"We? Oh right! Who's your husband, 'Mione?" Ginny asked. She sounded like she didn't know who it was, but her eyes said a different story.

"Uh, yeah, about that-" She began, but she was cut off.

"I'm her husband." The voice came from behind them.

Hermione didn't need to turn around to know who it was. But her three friends did. She shied away from them as she waited for them to start screaming.

Her husband was none other than Draco Malfoy.