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DPOV

"What are you doing?" asked Hermione, a small smile on her face as I cast a silencing charm on the room.

"I told you before we left what I wanted to do when we got back from Luna's."

She blushed and shook her head, "Rose is down the hall-"

"You can't just not have sex because she's here." I argued, wrapping my arms around her waist.

"I know, but-"

Instead of letting her continue I leaned forward and kissed her. She relaxed into my touch instantly and kissed me back.

After a few moments she pulled away and asked, "So did you really see the Nargles?"

I groaned and sat down on the bed, pulling her with me. "If I say yes you're going to tell me I'm crazy."

"That's not true."

"How isn't it? I mean they're not supposed to exist and-"

"Hey, you're the one who thought she was crazy. I take things Luna says seriously, because she's usually right." she said with a smile.

"So have you ever seen them?"

She nodded, "She showed me in third year."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"You would have thought I was crazy." she said.

I chuckled, "That's probably true."

She flopped back onto the bed and was quiet for a moment before she asked, "What do you think about Luna's idea to let Rose talk to Lucius?"

"I don't like it. I don't want to put her in that position."

"But what if you or me talking to him doesn't work? He's not just going to sit back and let Narcissa continue to see Rose, and you know she loves that little girl." she argued.

"I know. And I get that, but I think that maybe we should talk to him first without her. She should be our last resort. I mean she's only five."

"Yeah, but you heard what Luna said, she's a really bright girl." she said, sitting up to look at me.

I ran a hand through my hair, "What does Luna know about our daughter?"

"Incase you haven't noticed, she's good at reading people."

I had to agree with that. Back at Hogwarts Luna had known that something was up with me, she'd called Weaselbee out on being pretty cruel sometimes, and she knew that Hermione had more to her than what everyone else saw.

And boy had that been the truth.

"I get that...just...please, let's try to handle it ourselves before we bring her into it. I know how my dad can be-"

"Yeah, Draco. I know how he can be too. It's me he's going to be calling Mudblood, it's me he's going to be saying isn't worth it-and I've heard it all before." she said quietly.

I sighed and pulled her into a hug. "I can go talk to him by myself if it would make you feel better."

She smiled and pressed a chaste kiss to my lips before saying, "No, I have to do this. I can't just hide from him-from this. I need to do this."

I was in awe at how she refused to let anything bother her or deter her from giving Rose as normal a life as possible, even if that meant putting herself in a more than uncomfortable position.

I smiled, "Alright."

"You know what I was thinking about earlier?" she asked, walking into the bathroom and shedding her clothes along the way.

"What?" I asked, trying not to get distracted by how amazing she looked in her emerald green bra and lace panties.

"What ever happened with Rita and that article? It hasn't printed yet has it?"

That was a good question, but I'd been reading The Daily Prophet everyday, and there was nothing about us in it.

"No, she hasn't. I'm pretty sure when she does we'll definitely know though."

"Yeah, but don't you think that's weird? She made a point of telling you that she was going to run the article and now she just doesn't publish it...that doesn't seem weird to you?"

"Well of course it seems weird." I said, watching her slide into a pair of shorts and a tanktop. "But what are we supposed to do?"

"Nothing I guess. I'm assuming she'll publish it at the worst possible time for one of us."

I couldn't help but agree, because that's usually how Skeeter worked. "I don't doubt it."

She sighed and crawled into bed, and I quickly got into pajamas and joined her. She yawned and I chuckled, "Don't you remember what I said Princess?"

She smiled as I slid on top of her.

"No, why don't you refresh my memory?"

And boy did I ever.

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"I mean what do you think?"

"I think that Luna's right. You don't know her like I do-"

"I don't doubt that." I said with a smirk.

Blaise just rolled his eyes and continued, "So you don't know how smart and intuitive she really is."

I sighed and looked out of his kitchen window. "I don't know what to do."

"Well you said you wanted to try talking to him first, so do that, but keep Luna's idea in mind. Because you've only got four more days to figure it out."

I groaned at the thought and ran a hand through my hair, "I know, I know."

Just then there was a pop and Luna, Ginny, Rose, Lily, and Hermione stood in the middle of Blaise's living room with there arms full of shopping bags.

Rose immediately ran over to me and jumped onto my lap. I picked her up in one arm and walked over to the three women, Blaise behind me, and helped take their bags and set them on the table.

"Where the hell did you guys go?" asked Blaise sitting down on the couch between Luna and Ginny.

"Well I needed a few things for the children," started Ginny, "And I didn't want to go by myself,"

"So she invited me," said Hermione from her spot to the left of Rose.

"And Hermione invited me." said Luna.

"Is that supposed to explain the avalanche of shopping bags you brought here?" asked Blaise, an eyebrow raised.

"Well you know how it is when girls go shopping...we couldn't help ourselves."

"Mummy bought me new toys!" said Rose excitedly.

I chuckled and looked over at Hermione, "Did you get anything for yourself?"

Ginny and Luna smiled and Ginny said, "No, but she got something for you."

"Ginny shut up." snapped Hermione, a light blush tinting her cheeks.

"What? I didn't say anything." said a smirking Ginny.

Luna was looking out the window, and I couldn't help but wonder what exactly she was looking at.

"What did you get?" I asked, turning my attention to Hermione again.

"Nothing," she said, waving her hand dismissively. "Rose, why don't you show daddy what you got today?"

She hopped off the couch, pulling me with her, and Lily followed behind us as well.

I had a pretty good idea of what it could be that Hermione had gotten 'for me', and I couldn't wait to go home and find out.

HPOV

Ginny and Luna had dragged me from store to store in an attempt to get me to buy some ridiculously lacking piece of lingerie, to which I refused adamantly-well until I couldn't take their nagging anymore, and finally caved in.

I in no way intended to show Draco what I'd been forced into buying. For all I cared it could collect dust in the back of my closet.

Sadly that's not what Draco had in mind after we'd dropped Rose off with Ginny and Harry.

"So what did you buy?"

I groaned and tossed the bags onto the bed and turned to face him. He was leaning against the door frame of our bedroom with his arms crossed over his chest and that damn smirk.

"Nothing,"

"Doesn't seem like nothing."

I sighed and walked over to the dresser, pulling out a pair of shorts and a tanktop. "Well you're welcome to look in the bag and see for yourself that it's nothing."

I had placed a glamour on the bag that had the lingerie in it, hoping he wouldn't be able to notice it, but no such luck.

"Why? I can already tell you put a glamour on the bag." he said, smirking again.

I let out a frustrated sigh and whispered under my breath, causing the glamour to drop. "There. See for yourself."

I walked past him out the door and into the kitchen, pouring myself a glass of wine. I closed my eyes and leaned back against the counter, trying to clear my head. Everything was becoming more and more stressful, and having the whole Lucius thing looming in the very near future wasn't helping either.

On the plus side I'd gotten started on the bakery, and almost had things set up to the point where I could give Kyle my resignation letter. I had to admit that I'd be a bit sad to leave, but-

"What the hell?"

I looked down and realized that I was now wearing the lingerie Ginny had made me buy. I wanted to strangle Draco, but before that I wanted to cover up as quickly as possible.

I didn't doubt that it looked good-in theory. It was emerald green, of course, and was lace and satin, but the fact was I wasn't the tiny little toothpick I'd been before I had Rose. Sure, I wasn't chubby, but I noticed the difference, and it bothered me.

It was one thing to be naked and having sex with someone, and another entirely to be dressed in some skimpy outfit where someone was able to point out exactly where and what needed improvement. I just did not like it. At all.

Before I could, oh I don't know, crawl under a rock, Draco walked into the kitchen. I shifted uncomfortably under his stare and looked out the window.

He crossed the small distance between us and tilted my face up to look at him.

"I can't believe you weren't going to show me this."

"Why would I? I'm not-"

"I swear to Merlin, Hermione if you finish that sentence." he said, his eyes sharp. "You are perfect. Do you understand me?"

I couldn't help but smile, "Shut up."

He smirked and lifted me up onto the counter. "I do love you in green. It suits you."

"You just like it because they're you're old house colors." I said, not fooled.

He shrugged, "Either way you look incredible."

He leaned forward and captured my lips in a kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he slid his up and down my sides.

I slid my hands down to the hem of his shirt and then pulled t up over his head, tossing it onto the floor. I ran my hands over the smooth, toned planes of his chest and then up his back.

He began kissing a trail down my neck, pausing to suck on my pulse point and no doubt leave a love bite there. I rolled my eyes.

"I guess that hasn't changed."

"What hasn't?" he asked, pulling away enough to look at me.

"Always trying to mark me." I said with a smile.

He smirked and said, "Well I have to make sure everybody knows that you're mine."

I chuckled and pulled his lips back to mine. Not long after he picked me up and carried me back into the bedroom, setting me down on the bed, a sparkle in his eye.

"As much as I love how this looks on you, I do think I want it off now."

And I couldn't help but agree.

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Draco, Rose, Ginny, Harry, Lily, Luna, Blaise and I were all in my bakery painting and adding the finishing touches on it so that we'd be ready to open in a few weeks.

"Have you thought about what you want to call this place?" asked Harry, keeping a watchful eye on Rose and Lily.

I chuckled at Draco who had purple paint splattered across his shirt and a streak of it across his cheek that I'd put there, before I turned to Harry with a shrug.

"I have no idea."

"You should name it something unique, like Golden Granger." said Ginny, dipping her hand in the paint and then splattering it against the wall.

I raised an eyebrow at her, and she rolled her eyes, "What? You asked."

I sighed and turned to Luna, "What do you think?"

She hummed for a moment, before answering, "I think it should be something simple. You want people to know you for you, not for some crazy bakery name."

Harry and Draco nodded in agreement, and Blaise just smiled at her. "So I take it we're not going to be naming this place the Nibbling Nargles?"

Everybody burst out laughing, and I managed to shake my head and say 'no' in-between laughing.

"What do you think I should name this place Draco?"

He looked around and then smiled, "How about the New Beginnings Bakery?"

A slow smile started to form on my face and I turned to Luna, who nodded.

"What do you think Gin?"

She nodded, "I think that's the one. Although I do still like my idea for-"

"No!" shouted Harry, Blaise and Draco at the same time.

Luna and I chuckled, and Ginny scowled at all of us.

"Whatever, let's get out of here. We need to pick up James and Albus before Ron gives them so much sugar they'll never be able to sleep again."

Harry grimaced at the thought and nodded, telling us goodbye as they apparated away.

I walked over and wrapped my arms around Draco's waist, and he smiled, kissing the top of my head. "So are you sure you like the name?"

"I love it." I said honestly. It was pretty symbolic with everything going on in not only my life, but our lives.

"And you guys love it too right?" I asked, turning to Luna and Blaise.

They both nodded, and Luna said, "It's perfectly simple, just like I said."

I smiled. It finally seemed like my life was headed in the right direction. I had great friends, some old, some new. I had a new bakery, a perfect daughter, an amazing boyfriend...the only little hangup was Lucius, but, just like everything, we would deal with that.

Because after all, this was a New Beginning.

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