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DPOV

"I wanted to show you something. It wasn't my idea, but you know how Ginny gets." she trailed off, moving over to a drawer and pulling out a scrapbook.

She sat down and opened it up to the first page.

"It's basically like a baby book or something. Ginny thought it'd be cool to have...I don't know." she moved the book onto my lap and I started looking at the pictures.

The first ones were of Hermione, Ginny, Harry, and the rest of the Weasely clan, the only difference was that Hermione had a baby belly. Later on it was Hermione decorating a nursery, and those turned into pictures at the hospital, and then the first picture of Rose right after she was born, and a very, very tired looking Hermione with a smile on her face.

"I wish I would've been there for that." I said quietly.

"Me too." she whispered.

I continued to flip through the book and saw Rose's first days home, her first steps, her first day of pre-school, her first drawings, trips that she and Hermione had taken-everything that I'd missed out on in the past five years.

"I assume Potter, Ginny, and Weasely helped you?"

She smiled softly and nodded, "Yeah, surprisingly Ron was the most involved-and that's saying something considering Ginny did everything but move in with me."

I tried to keep the jealousy out of my voice at the mention of the Weasel, but I couldn't help it. I knew they'd had a thing back at Hogwarts.

"So did he...um..."

"Move in?" she said, looking down at the scrapbook, "Yeah. But not until the 7th or 8th month. Everybody was worried that I'd fall again so Ron decided to come stay with me. It was actually nice to have him here to talk to, you know?"

I nodded stiffly and looked down at the scrapbook, "What do you mean fall again?"

"Oh it's nothing." she said, dismissively waving her hand in the air.

"Tell me."

"Oh for Merlin's sake. I fell in the kitchen once. But I was okay, and Rose was okay too. No big deal. Everyone was more worried than I was."

I didn't think it would be possible to feel worse than I already did, but I'd been wrong.

"If I'd been here with you, it wouldn't have happened."

She placed her hand on top of mine and shook her head, "You don't know that Draco."

I pulled my hand away and stood up, "I think I'm going to go for a walk."

"Draco-"

"Hermione, don't." I instantly regretted snapping at her.

She gave a resigned sigh and walked into the kitchen while I stood by the door. I hadn't meant to get mad at her, because it wasn't anybody's fault but my own.

I was the one who'd missed out on them, I was the one who didn't grow up, I was the one who caused this to happen, not Hermione. Yet here I was making her feel bad.

Great.

I walked into the kitchen and saw that she was staring to make dinner.

"I'm sorry."

She sighed and turned around to face me, "I know."

"It's just...I feel so guilty about not being here to help you, and then the fact that Weasely was able to be here for you-even though I'm glad he was-sucks."

She smiled softly and walked over to me, wrapping her arms around my waist. "You can't go back in time and change what was. The only thing you can do is be better for the future."

I ran my hand up and down her back, more for myself than for her I'm sure.

"I just want you to be able to forgive me, and I know-"

"Draco," she said, pulling away to look up at me with a beautiful smile, "I forgave you a while ago. I think that now you just need to forgive yourself. We both said and did some things that we shouldn't have, and there are a lot of things we could have handled better, but we both need to move past it, and look ahead, because we have a beautiful daughter to raise. Together. Got it?"

I couldn't have been happier in my entire life combined, than I was in that one moment. Even though I was fucked up, damaged, had a past, and a pretty bad reputation, here she was, this amazing, beautiful, kind, and intelligent woman who I had no right to call mine, telling me that the past didn't matter, and that it was behind us.

"Yeah...I got it." I said with a smile.

She leaned up and pressed her lips to mine in a chaste kiss before turning back to the stove to continue making dinner.

I gave her one more kiss on her forehead before walking into Rose's room.

"Hey daddy," she said from her spot on the floor. She had a whole bunch of toys scattered across the ground, "Come play?"

I chuckled and nodded, this would never, ever get old.

"What are we playing?"

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We were currently on our way to the Manor so that my mother could see Rose again. I coud tell Hermione was uncomfortable, but she didn't say anything as we walked up the steps to the front door.

Wispy answered and led us outside to where my mother was already sitting.

"Rosie," she said, a smile on her face, as Rose ran over to her.

"Hi Cissy."

Hermione trailed a bit further behind me, so I took her hand and half pulled her over to the table. We all sat in silence for a few moments before my mother said, "I was here, the day your father called you and Astoria to the Manor."

I raised an eyebrow, "You were?"

She nodded slowly, "I was upstairs, but I heard you...and I was so very proud of you for standing up to your father like that."

I was shocked, but Hermione had a small smile on her face, and I felt her hand rest on my thigh.

I placed my hand over hers before I spoke again, "How mad was he when we left?"

She chuckled, "You know how your father gets."

And I did know, so there was no need to ask anything further, so I just said the one thing I could say, "Thank you."

She nodded and Rose slid off her lap to go lay in the grass and look at the clouds again.

"That is quite a peculiar habit."

Hermione shrugged, "Maybe for wizards, but muggles do it all the time."

My mother nodded slowly, as if trying to swallow the idea. "What is the point?"

"The point?" asked Hermione, her face scrunched up in confusion.

"Well yes. I mean everything has a purpose right?"

At that Hermione smiled and said, "Well I suppose the purpose would be to find shapes in the clouds."

My mother gave her a blank look, so she tried to elaborate. "You know, use your imagination, have fun?"

My mother tilted her head to the side and watched Rose for a moment, before she got up and sat down next to her.

I watched with curiosity as she looked up at the sky and let Rose point out certain things, and before I knew it my mother was actually laughing. She was looking at clouds and fucking laughing.

This was certainly new.

Hermione smiled while she watched them, and I pulled her close to me and kissed her temple, "This is certainly strange."

"I think it's lovely." she said quietly.

I knew she was worried about having to deal with my father, and so was I to be honest. I halfway just didn't even want to confront him about it, but I knew that if my mother was going to get to keep seeing Rose, we would have to.

Hopefully it wouldn't go as badly as I thought it would.

HPOV

Coming up with a plan to deal with Lucius was more difficult than I thought, so it was nice when I got a letter from Luna inviting us to dinner.

We hadn't really spoken since the day I ran into her and Blaise on my way back to Rose at the hospital, but I did remember that she'd wanted to hang out.

Plus I would finally get to ask her about what exactly was going on between her and Blaise. They'd looked rather close when I'd seen them, and I'd caught Blaise on the phone quite a few times talking to a certain "lady friend" at work.

"Draco is she almost ready?"

I heard laughter and then a few thuds before both Draco and Rose emerged from Rose's room. I chuckled and took her hand, leading her over to the couch, before handing her her shoes.

"So why are we having dinner with Loony - I mean Lovegood."

I glared at him and he smirked, "Sorry...old habits and all that."

I rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah, yeah, I don't see you calling Ron Weaselbee, or Harry Scarhead."

At that he chuckled and said, "Ah, but you notice I still call them Potter and Weasely, which is something I called them back at Hogwarts as well, Granger."

I stuck my tongue out and muttered 'whatever' before walking into my room and grabbing my purse. When I turned around he was standing in the doorway, that smirk ever present on his face.

"Come on, we're already late." I said walking up to him.

Before I could react he pulled me into a kiss that left me weak in the knee's.

"What was that for?"

"A preview of what I hope happens tonight." he said, and with a wink he was walking out into the living room and picking up Rose.

I took a deep breath and joined them a moment later, a blush slightly tinting my cheeks.

"Alright, is everybody ready?"

They both nodded and we headed out.

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I had never been to Luna's house before, but if I had to imagine where she'd live, this would be exactly what I'd picture.

It was a yellow house with blue shutters in the middle of nowhere, roses and vines that crawled up the side of the house, bushes and flowers in the front yard, and it seemed like all the magical creatures that the Wizarding World had were in or around her house.

"You're kidding me right?" asked Draco as we walked up the front porch steps.

"Hush,"

"I think it's pretty!" said Rose, her eyes wide.

I smiled and ruffled her hair.

Draco was about to knock on the door, when it opened, and there was Luna.

"Hey!" she immediately pulled me into a hug.

"Hey Luna." I pulled away and she looked to Rose next.

"And you must be Rose." she said, crouching down to her level.

Rose nodded and Luna smiled, waving her hand in the air and conjuring a red rose.

"A rose for Rose."

Rosie smiled and gave her a hug before taking the flower.

Then Luna stood up and looked to Draco.

"Nice to see you again Malfoy."

He nodded and at least attempted a smile, "Please, call me Draco."

At that Luna smiled, "Well come in, come in."

The three of us followed her inside, and it was like a garden-in her house. Not that I expected anything different from her.

What I didn't expect, but probably should have, was Blaise in her kitchen.

"Hey mate," he said to Draco. "Hey Hermione, and look who we have here," he said, high fiving Rose.

"Luna can I go play with the fox?" asked Rose, looking somewhere past the living room.

"Oh sure."

"Wait a second," I said, catching Rose by the waistband of her pants. "What fox?"

Luna smiled, "That's just Flora. She won't do anything."

"Please mummy?"

I sighed, "Alright, go ahead."

Draco and Blaise were in the kitchen talking so Luna and I walked into the living room. It was quite an experience to be in Luna's house, that was for sure.

There were conjured birds flying around the ceiling, a few items of furniture were sort of hovering a few inches above the ground, and everything looked sort of like a scene out of Alice and Wonderland.

We sat down on her blue couch and it took me a second to get used to the fact that my feet didn't touch the ground.

"So how've you been? Nobody's really heard too much from you since we left Hogwarts." I said, turning to look at her.

She looked like she'd done quite a bit of growing up. Back in Hogwarts she'd been kind of thin and scraggly looking, but now she really looked like a young woman. Her hair was still the pale blonde it had been at school, but it was thicker now, and feel in waves around her face. Her eyes were somewhat similar to Draco's silvery blue-grey eyes, but Luna's were more pale, and somewhat eerie. But it somehow worked for her.

"Oh, I did a lot of traveling. There are plenty of other places in the world to explore and find adventure. Except those darn Nargles seem to be everywhere too." she said.

I couldn't help but smile, she was still so similar to the Luna I'd known back at Hogwarts. Everyone always thought that she was just crazy, but she was actually quite bright.

"Where did you go?"

"I actually just got back from Thailand a few weeks ago."

"Really?" I asked, quite surprised, "How was it?"

"Thailand's Wizarding World is vastly different from London's. Not that I don't like it here. I'm glad to be home." she said.

I could tell that she spaced out for a moment, but she quickly shook her head and asked, "So how've you been? Blaise told me about you and Draco."

"I've been good, actually. I mean there's still a lot that we have to get past, but it's going well."

"I think it's romantic," she said, a far away look in her eyes. "Well, if you ignore the whole leaving you at the beginning part."

I didn't take offense to her blunt words. She didn't mean them in a spiteful way, it was just how Luna was. She just spoke the facts.

"Yeah, I suppose it is."

"He's changed a lot." she said after a while.

I looked over at her, but she was staring into the kitchen at Blaise and Draco.

"He's not as mad anymore."

I nodded, "Yeah. He's done quite a bit of growing up."

She nodded slowly and then smiled, "I bet the sex is great."

I couldn't help but laugh, "Luna!"

"What? It's no secret that they called him the Slytherin Sex God." she said with a slight smile.

I nodded, "They definitely didn't lie. But speaking of Slytherin's, what's going on with you and Blaise?"

At that she actually blushed, "I suppose we're seeing each other."

"How did that happen?" I asked, excited for her. Blaise really was a good guy. It was a pretty big shock to picture them together because of how different they were, but I guess what they say is true, opposites attract.

"I had just come back from Russia and ran into him in Diagon Alley. I was trying to find a book on Water Sprites, you know, so I could ask them to help me with my garden, and I couldn't reach the book. Next thing I know he's reaching over me and grabbing it. We got to talking and he actually asked me to grab coffee...and I guess it just went from there." she explained.

I smiled and said, "Well I'm happy for the two of you. You look good together."

She smiled, "As do you and Draco."

"Are you girls going to sit in there and chatter the whole time, or are you guys going to come eat?" called Blaise from the kitchen.

Luna rolled her eyes and hopped off the couch, and I followed close behind.

"Rose, come eat!" I called, hoping that she heard me somewhere in this Alice in Wonderland House.

"Coming!" I heard muffled from somewhere.

A few seconds later she skipped into the dining room.

"What are we having?" I asked, looking at all the strange things that were on the table.

"Well-"

"Don't ask." said Draco, a smile on his face.

Blaise rolled his eyes, "Just eat it. I promise you'll like it."

Rose sat down and looked at the food with curiosity.

"Hey," said Blaise, getting her attention, "When Luna made it for me, I didn't think I'd like it either, but it ended up being really good."

She smiled and picked up her fork, "It is good." she said.

I chuckled and followed her lead, and soon everyone was eating and talking.

"So have you thought of what you're going to tell your dad?" asked Blaise.

"Can I go play with Flora again?" interrupted Rose.

I smiled and nodded, "Go ahead."

We waited until she had left to resume the conversation.

"I mean there isn't much to tell. He know's Rose is mine, and he knows that I'm with Hermione." answered Draco.

"I mean yeah, but don't you think he's-"

"Going to try to hex me into next month? Of course. I wouldn't expect any less. But I hope it doesn't come to that." he said with a sigh.

"Ideas are appreciated though." I added with a smile.

"What do you think Luna?" asked Blaise.

But Luna was spaced out again. Blaise rolled his eyes with a smile on his face, and snapped his fingers in front of her face.

She shook her head and laughed, "Sorry, what?"

"Do you have an idea of how they could get Lucius to come around to the idea of Hermione and Rose?"

"Let Rose do it." she said simply.

Draco raised an eyebrow, and even I was a bit shocked.

"Are you insane?"

She smiled, "Contrary to popular belief, no. I'm actually quite sane. Rose is a very bright young girl, possibly brighter than you give her credit for."

"I'm not going to expose my five year old to my father's rath in an attempt to get him to see how stupid he's being." said Draco.

"Your dad is a bigoted close minded business man." she stated matter-of-factly, "And he's not going to listen to you, and he's certainly not going to listen to Hermione, so the only person left is Rose. And I really think that he'll listen to her. She is his granddaughter."

Draco seemed to be considering her words before he spoke, "Maybe you're right, but I still don't think it's a good idea."

"You didn't ask for a good idea. You asked for one that would work." she said simply.

I couldn't help but smile, "She's right."

"About using Rose?" asked Draco, eyebrow raised.

"Well I don't know, but I do think it could work." I said.

He sighed, "Yeah I know."

"Who wants dessert?" asked Luna suddenly, standing up and walking into the kitchen.

"Is it actually normal food?" asked Blaise with a smile.

She rolled her eyes, "It's Hermione's recipe."

"It is?" I asked, surprised.

"Yeah. You remember in your 6th year when we snuck into the kitchen and baked a cake? This is the recipe." she said with a smile.

I chuckled at the memory, and watched as she put the red velvet cake on the table.

Everybody dug in and it was really good.

"Luna," I said slowly, trying to reason it out in my head before I just blurted it out.

"Yeah?"

"Do you like baking?"

"Of course. It's fun. Plus the Nargles don't bother me when I'm baking." she said with a smile.

Draco seemed to catch where I was going with this and smiled.

"How would you like to work with me in my bakery when I get it opened?"

She broke out into a wide smile, "Really? You'd want to work with me?"

"Of course," I said chuckling, "I've missed you, and you're a damn good baker."

"I'd love to."

Blaise picked up his wine glass and said, "A toast, to success."

We all clinked glasses and a few minutes later Rose came into the dining room, Flora following her, along with what looked like a tiny version of a Phoenix.

"Mummy, we definitely need to come here more often."

We all chuckled and Luna said, "Well you're welcome to come by whenever you'd like. Just keep and eye out for those Nargles."

"What are Nargles?"

"For Merlin's sake Luna. What is it with you and Nargles?" asked Draco with a chuckle.

She shrugged with a smile and said, "They're everywhere."

"What are they?" asked Rose again.

Luna pulled her onto her lap and took out a pair of strange looking glasses.

"Here, put these on."

Then she looked around the room a moment before she pointed to a bit of mistletoe by the window. "There, in the window, do you see those little creatures flitting around?"

Rose took in a breath and said, "Yeah!"

Draco snorted and I elbowed him.

"Do you not believe in Nargles Draco?" asked Luna, taking the glasses from Rose.

"No, not particularly." he said.

Before she could say anything Rose spoke up.

"What is it they do?"

"They seem to have sticky fingers. Usually when something goes missing it's because they took it."

"How do you keep them away?"

Luna smiled and took off her Butterbeer Cork necklace and put it around Rose's neck. "They won't bother you as long as you have this on."

She smiled and hopped off her lap, and Luna turned back to Draco.

"Come on," she said, motioning for him to follow her outside.

We all stood and followed her into the huge backyard with over grown vines and trees and plants of all different types.

"Ah, right there." she handed him the glasses, but Draco just looked at them.

"Oh put them on before they leave!"

He sighed, but did as she asked.

"Now where do I look?"

"Right there, between those two trees." she said, pointing.

He was silent for a moment, but then he spoke.

"Well I'll be damned."

Maybe Loony Luna isn't as crazy as some people think. (:

I forever blame the Nargles.

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