I'm actually going to have some Lucius and Rose in the next chapter, and Draco's going to confront him about Hermione. Oh! And there's going to be some Ginny/Luna/Hermione craziness as they try to advertise for the bakery.

HPOV

"You're quitting? Why?" asked Kyle, looking up at me from his desk.

I'd just handed him my resignation letter, and I couldn't lie, I did feel bad. It's not that I absolutely hated my job, and the people I worked with were great, especially Kyle, this was just something I had to do.

"Some things have happened in my life that kind of made me rethink what I was doing...and this just isn't where I want to be anymore."

"Is this about the pay? Because I can-"

"No," I said with a small smile, "It's not about the money...it's just about being happy. I'm...I'm opening a bakery. It's something I've always wanted to do, and it's something I promised myself I would do."

After a while he nodded in understanding, "This business was something I always wanted to do. I guess you could say it was a dream of mine. So I'm definitely not going to stand in someone else's way to accomplishing their dreams."

"Thank you." I said, and I meant it. "I'll still be here for two weeks until you can find a replacement if you need me to, but if it's not totally out of line I've actually got a recommendation for somebody that I think would be perfect for the job."

He raised an eyebrow, "Who?"

DPOV

"Mate you have the best fucking girlfriend ever!"

I looked up at Blaise, an eyebrow raised, "Language."

He rolled his eyes, "Sorry Rose."

"It's okay. Daddy says bad words all the time."

Blaise shot me a look but didn't comment on it. I mean really, who could blame me, cussing just kind of...happened with me.

"Well you know how Hermione gave Kyle her resignation letter today right?"

I nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"She walked back into the office, a smile on her face, and the only thing she says is, 'Kyle wants to talk to you'. That's it. That's all she said."

I let out a sigh and asked, "Are you going to get to the point?"

"I go into his office, and you know what he tells me?"

"Blaise if you don't fuc-"

"Tells me I got a promotion. A promotion as in Hermione's job kind of promotion. When I asked him why, he said that he heard from a very reliable source that I'd be perfect for the job. So I go back down to Hermione's office and she's packed up the last of her things." he said.

"And? I still don't see how this makes her an awesome girlfriend."

"Dude, she's the reason I got the job." said Blaise, as if I was a small child.

"How do you know?"

"Because I hadn't said anything when I walked back into the office, and she turned around and looked at me and said, 'Good luck with the new job.' and then she apparated away."

I couldn't help but smile, that definitely seemed like something Hermione would do.

"Do you know where she went?"

"I heard her say something earlier in the day about going somewhere she hadn't been in a really long time. Something about a hill?"

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, because I knew exactly where she was. I just didn't know if she'd want me there.

"Rose, do you want to go over to Luna's house for a bit?" I asked, turning to look at her.

She looked up from her coloring book and asked, "Why? Where are you going?"

"I'm just going to get mummy, and I'll be back really soon." I said, standing and grabbing my jacket.

"Blaise, can you take-"

"Don't worry about it." he said with a nod.

I nodded back and grabbed my wand, apparating to where I was almost certain she would be.

Her parents graves.

HPOV

I'm not really sure what made me want to come here today of all days, but now that I was standing here, I wasn't quite sure that I could do it.

I hadn't been here in years and being here with all these feeling threatening to crush me was quickly reminding me why I hadn't been. It was almost like a suffocating feeling, but I knew I had to do this. I knew that I owed it to them to come here.

I took a deep breath and moved closer to the two tombstones. I sat down with a sigh, determined not to start crying before I'd even said anything yet.

I felt a bit silly, but I hoped that Ginny was right, and I'd be able to move on easier if I did this.

I cleared my throat and began, "Hey...I know I haven't been here in a while...a really long while actually, but um...some things have happened."

I took a deep breath a shook my head, a few tears spilling over to my cheeks.

"I know you didn't get to meet her, but uh, Rose is great...but maybe you know that already. I don't really know how this whole being dead thing works."

I closed my eyes and tried to focus. "She met Draco's parents. Narcissa's a really great grandmother, and I think even Lucius is going to warm up to her. And then there's Draco."

I chuckled a bit because I remembered all the times I'd complained to them about him back at Hogwarts.

"He's so different now...he's so grown up now. And yeah, I know what you'd be saying right now daddy," I said quietly, a few more tears managing to spill onto my cheeks, "But what can I say? I really love him."

I knew I was just stalling, because none of this was really the reason I'd come here. At least not the main reason.

"And I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I wasn't there that night when you needed me-" my voice broke on the last part and I closed my eyes.

I never really forgave myself for the fact that my parents had died while I was off helping Harry and Ron find the Horcruxes.

All of a sudden I felt someone sit down behind me, and it only took me a moment to realize it was Draco.

"Why are you here?" I asked quietly.

"Because you need me to be." he said simply, wrapping his arms around my waist. I leaned back against him and closed my eyes, letting myself get lost in his familiar scent.

"It wasn't your fault you know?"

"Logically I understand that. I didn't kill them. I get it. But in my heart...I wasn't there when they needed me. They had nothing to do with the magical world, yet they got killed in a magical war."

"They did have something to do with the magical world. They had the most powerful and bright witch as their daughter. And I know that they were incredibly proud of you." he said, his voice assuring.

"How do you know?"

"Because I saw the way they looked at you. It was the way I wished my parents looked at me."

We were both quiet for a while, until I said, "Thank you for coming."

He kissed my neck and said, "Anytime."

"Let's go home." I said, giving my parents one last look before pulling out my wand.

DPOV

"So I heard you got Blaise your job."

She smiled, shifting a sleeping Rose from the couch to her arms.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." she said softly.

She gently placed Rose on her bed and pulled the covers up around her. She gave her a kiss and I did the same and then we retreated into our bedroom.

"Really? Because Blaise is pretty sure that the recommendation Kyle was talking about came from you." I said with a smirk.

I could tell my her facial expression that she'd done it.

"Whoever gave Blaise the recommendation did the right thing. He's perfect for the job."

Without another word she stripped off her clothes and slid into one of my shirts.

"You drive me crazy, you know that?"

"Oh do I?" she asked, a sexy smile on her face.

I walked towards her but she shook her head, "Change first," before she crawled into bed.

I chuckled, but did as she asked, quickly stripping off my shirt and pants and putting on a pair of pajama pants. "Is this okay?" I asked sarcastically.

She rolled her eyes, "Are you going to be an arse, or are you going to come over here?"

I smirked and crawled into bed, moving so I was over her.

"Did you cast a silencing charm?"

I chuckled and mumbled a spell under my breath, before pressing my lips against hers. She let out a content sigh and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"You know I love you right?" she asked, breaking away from the kiss.

"Of course. And you know I love you."

She smiled, "I'm so excited about this bakery."

I could tell that she was incredibly excited, her eyes were bright and her smile stretched from ear to ear. "I can tell Love." I said with a smile, kissing her nose and rolling off her.

"Ginny and Luna said they were going to take care of the publicity thing...which has me a bit worried, but I think they would definitely get the job done."

I chuckled at the image of what they had in mind as far as publicity went for the bakery. If I knew them at all, which, granted I didn't, but I could assume no less than fireworks and dramatic explosions and adds in newspapers and magazines.

"I'm sure it'll be fine." I said, turning so that I was facing her.

She turned so that she was facing me and trailed her hand across my cheek. "I'm really glad you're as stubborn as you are."

"Why?"

"Because if you weren't we wouldn't be here right now." she said, her hand tracing over the planes of my face. Her fingertips lightly brushed over my lips and I smirked and kissed them.

She smiled and leaned forward, her lips just barely brushing over mine.

"It's crazy how badly I want to kiss you." I whispered.

"Then kiss me." she whispered back, her cool breath fanning across my lips.

I smiled and leaned forward, closing the gap between us.

Something about being with her always had a way of making everything else that I was worried about just fade away into the background.

All I needed was her in my arms and nothing really seemed as bad as it did a few minutes before. I pressed one more kiss to her lips and leaned back a bit.

"My father said he wants to see Rose tomorrow." I said slowly.

I felt her tense up, but she covered it quickly, "Alright. I'll be with Ginny and Luna anyway so you can take her."

I sighed and picked up one of her curls, wrapping it around my finger, "I want him to get used to the idea of you being around, because you're Rose's mum and my girlfriend."

"I know, but it's just going to be an argument if I go with you, and I really don't want to have to deal with that. I think it's great that he wants to see Rose, so let's just be happy with that."

"But I'm not happy with that. If he can't accept you, then he doesn't deserve to know Rose." I said, angry that she seemed so okay with it.

"No matter what his opinion is of me, he's still Rose's grandfather. And since she doesn't have my parents, I really want her to have yours." she said with a small smile.

I sighed and decided to let it go, at least for now.

"Alright Love. Go to sleep, you've got a busy day ahead of you tomorrow."

She smiled and kissed me one last time before snuggling further into my chest.

"Goodnight Draco."

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