A/N: I just want to say thank you for all the well wishes sent towards my mom. She is slowly getting better but I have spent a great deal of time this week, yelling at nurses and pretty much raising hell all the way around. I generally have a great deal of respect for people in the medical field but I have never seen such… incompetence in all my life. They made her wait for 30 hours with a dislocated hip before they finally got her back into surgery. They won't tell us anything – not even her. I had to change her hospital gown myself today because they have made her sit in a bloodied hospital gown since Tuesday, and worst of all, the nurse told my mom she was faking about her headache and refused to give her anything for it. The Doctor finally yelled at the nurse because the headache was real and caused by the spinal they had to give her for surgery. The list can go on for hours, but I won't bore you any longer, I just needed to vent a little 

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It only took a week for the four of them to formulate a solid plan. Lucius had given Draco a list with several contacts, most of which were purebloods that didn't want their children married to lesser blooded witches and wizards. Some were working within the Ministry while others were just biding their time, looking for ways to over turn the law themselves.

Lucius and Severus had decided, with Hermione's permission, to stay at her flat while they lived in the Manor. Lucius would continued to stay in Draco's room and Severus eventually gave in and decided to use Hermione's room, complaining the entire time about the room smelling 'girly'.

"Do you have everything Draco?" Lucius asked once more. He had been making sure everything went smoothly so they didn't mess this up before it even began.

"Yes, Father, I have the list of contacts, books to research, and everything else you've included." Draco replied with a sigh. This was the fourth time his father had asked him this question.

Severus stepped forward, "Are you sure you have memorized the wards to my rooms and have the note to Dumbledore to allow your… intrusion?"

"Yes, Severus, I have been practicing and I'm positive I can break your wards." Hermione replied, "I also have your list of books that could be useful."

Severus nodded, "Very well."

Draco looked back and forth between the two wizards, "Oh sweet Merlin, You two look like you're having.. empty rest syndrome."

"Empty nest syndrome" Hermione corrected

"That's what I said."

"No it wasn't, you said –"

"Enough" Lucius scolded, "They will never marry you two if you are bickering like that already."

Draco rolled his eyes and Hermione smirked, "Does this mean I can call you dad?"

"No" Lucius replied with a raised eyebrow.

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"I want to say goodbye to them." Hermione huffed

"But we need to get to the Ministry."

"You can go to the Ministry if you want, but I'm going to say goodbye to Jeff and James."

Draco sighed, "Fine, just make it quick so we can get there and have time to get everything done."

She smiled and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

They arrived at Jeff's and James flat a few minutes later. Hermione was kind of sad to leave them but she had to do what she had to do and knew she would at least keep in touch. Jeff was the one to answer the door and escort them inside where James was perched on the couch, yelling out the answers to a game show.

"James" Jeff called, "We've got company."

James quieted down quickly and turned to see a somber looking Hermione.

"What's wrong Hermione?" James asked quickly

Hermione let out a sigh, "Nothing's wrong – I just wanted to come by and say goodbye to the two of you."

Jeff glanced over to James with a raised eyebrow, "Where are you going?"

"Uhh, we've got to move back to my hometown for a while, but I want to make sure we stay in contact and I will visit as often as I can." She replied with a false smile.

"You're complying with the law, aren't you?" Jeff finally asked in a soft voice.

Hermione and Draco froze solid.

"I have no idea what you are talking about." Draco said quickly.

"We know what you are." James stated. He walked over towards a table near the door and pulled a set of wands out of the drawer.

"We left not to long ago." Jeff added, "They will not recognize out relationship and want us to marry a female, so we left."

"How did you know about us?" Hermione asked in a shocked voice.

"We recognized Draco's last name and put two and two together. We knew the first night you went out with us."

Hermione then nodded in a defeated way. She knew there was no point in lying, "Yes, we are abiding by the law, but we are mainly doing it to try and turn things around."

Jeff smiled, "I hope you are successful. We both want to go back to our old lives."

"Yeah, and I'm tired of lying to people." James added, "I hate having to make up things so people don't realize that we aren't normal muggles."

"We are going to do everything we can." Draco replied, he was still kind of shocked that out of everyone Hermione could pick as friends, she picked up two more male wizards – Harry and Ron would have a fit.

"I will try and keep you two informed of our progress." Hermione said with a smile.

Both Jeff and James smiled back and took Hermione into a hug. Draco didn't mind much considering Hermione was not their cup of tea.

"We need to get going before the Ministry closes for the day." Draco stated

Hermione nodded, "I really will keep you two informed."

Both Jeff and James believed her and after a final hug, Hermione and Draco left the flat so they could make it to the Ministry on time.

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"Are you ready for this?" Draco asked

"As ready as I am going to get – I just cant believe I'm going to be considered a Malfoy in a short amount of time."

Draco laughed, "Hogwarts is going to have a fit when they find out."

"Harry and Ron are going to have heart issues – I'm just glad we are only going there to get into Snape's chambers – I cant imagine living at Hogwart's and being married to you at the same time, we'd never get a moments peace."

"My thoughts exactly" Draco agreed, "Well – it's now or never." He said while holding out his hand.

Hermione placed her hand into his, squared her shoulders and nodded, "Lets get married."

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Forgive any mistakes you find or let me know and I will change them when I get a chance.