After having a drink with Harry, Hermione went back to her office to catch up on some paperwork. The message she had received earlier from Draco said that his meeting was cancelled and that he would pick up the children from his mother's, leaving Hermione free to catch up at work.
Hermione spent the next few hours making sure she was on top of everything and that the hotel was running smoothly. She also checked on several of their other business interests and made plans to visit them in person over the next couple of weeks. When she finally finished her work Hermione tidied her office and locked it up before she flooed home.
The main floo fireplace in the Malfoy house was in a small room just beside the front door. Hermione didn't like the idea of using the fire in the front room as the room was where her family spent the majority of their time in the house. She also didn't like using the fireplace in her and Draco's bedroom either. So even though these two fires could also be connected to the floo network Hermione and Draco made a room specially for travelling by floo.
When she arrived home Hermione took off her jacket and hung it up in the small floo room. She then magically sent her bag to her bedroom and left the room, heading across the hallway to the front room.
Hermione was only halfway across the large hallway when Lyra suddenly ran out of the front room and flew towards Hermione.
"Hi, princess." Hermione said, picking Lyra up in her arms.
"Ssh!" Lyra whispered, pressing her small finger to Hermione's lips. "Daddy's sleepy."
Hermione was confused but when she carried Lyra into the front room she understood what her daughter meant. Draco was lying on the sofa, his eyes closed with Scorpius curled up asleep on his chest. Hermione smiled at the sight of her husband and son, despite being asleep Draco's arms were still wrapped firmly around Scorpius so he was perfectly safe.
Hermione put Lyra down and the small girl immediately ran back to her dolls that were on the floor. Hermione turned back to Draco, wondering whether to wake her husband or let him sleep. Hermione hadn't decided what to do when Draco slowly began to open his eyes.
"Hi, I must have fallen asleep." Draco said, looking at Scorpius curled up against him.
"Obviously looking after both of them at the same time tires you out." Hermione laughed. "You're getting old."
"I'm not old." Draco replied, sitting up carefully so he didn't disturb his sleeping son. "I'm younger than you."
"Only by nine months." Hermione protested, sitting down next to Draco.
Draco smiled and gave Hermione a quick kiss. "How was your day?" He asked.
"Interesting." Hermione said, thinking about her shock reunion with Harry. "You know Kingsley was coming to view the function room's today, well he brought someone with him."
"Who?" Draco asked, despite having a sneaking suspicion it would have been Potter. For the last few years Kingsley had been trying to get Hermione to reconnect with her former friends and Draco wouldn't put it past Kingsley to manipulate a meeting between Hermione and her former friend.
"Harry." Hermione replied, confirming Draco's suspicions.
"How did that go?" Draco asked.
"Alright. We spoke for a while and he apologised for what happened before I left."
"As he should." Draco interrupted. He knew exactly what had happened with Hermione's friends before she left the country and he also knew it was Harry who had hurt her the most by not saying anything as the two redheaded Weasley's had turned on her.
Hermione glared at Draco before she continued. "As I was saying, we talked for a while. We also decided to try and give our friendship another chance."
"Can you forgive him for what he did to you?" Draco asked.
"I forgave you for everything you did." Hermione said. She knew that giving Draco a second chance was the best decision of her life.
"And that's something I'm grateful for every day." Draco said with a smile. "But I wasn't your best friend. You and Potter had been friends for years and he just stood back and did nothing as you were turned upon."
"I know." Hermione sighed. She knew that forgiving Harry was totally different from her decision to forgive Draco. "It'll probably take a while for things to be okay between us, but I've really missed Harry so I'm willing to give him a second chance."
"If that's what you want, then I'll support you." Draco said to his wife.
"Thank you." Hermione said, kissing Draco gently.
Scorpius chose that moment to wake up and gurgle at his embracing parents.
"Did you happen to mention who you were married to?" Draco asked as Hermione stood up and took Scorpius from his arms.
"No." Hermione admitted as she settled Scorpius into his bouncy chair. "But if he has a problem with you, then we'll not be renewing our friendship."
"So you're not ashamed of me." Draco teased, pulling Hermione onto his lap.
"Definitely not." Hermione said, running her hand through Draco's hair.
Draco grinned and pulled Hermione into a passionate kiss. Hermione pressed herself closer to Draco as his hand started to wander up her leg to caress the soft skin under her dress.
"Yuck." Lyra suddenly cried, causing Hermione and Draco to pull apart.
The couple turned to find Lyra sitting next to Scorpius' bouncy chair, a disgusted look on her face and one small hand hiding her brother's eyes. Both of them laughed at their daughter and her behaviour. She had picked the move up from her best friend, Serena Zabini, who always complained and made a disgusted face whenever adults kissed in her presence.
Serena was the five year old daughter of Draco's best friends, Pansy and Blaise Zabini. Over the years Hermione had also become quite good friends with Pansy and Blaise and the two families often spent time together. Initially Hermione had been wary of Pansy as the girl had been pretty horrible to her in school. There was also the fact she was Draco's ex-girlfriend for Hermione to contend with, despite knowing their teenage relationship was never serious Hermione still couldn't help being slightly jealous of the raven haired witch. After a few slightly awkward meetings however Hermione and Pansy settled their differences and slowly built a solid friendship.
"I should go and get dinner started." Hermione said, getting off Draco's lap.
As Hermione left the room she glanced back in time to see Lyra dragging Draco onto the floor to play with her.
After dinner, while Hermione put Lyra to bed, Draco settled Scorpius before he headed to his study. Grabbing a pile of documents Draco returned to the front room and settled down on the sofa, with his paperwork spread over the coffee table.
When Hermione finished with Lyra she found Draco engrossed in the documents. Grabbing two glasses of wine from the kitchen Hermione settled down next to Draco.
"What are you looking at?" Hermione asked, not recognising the paperwork as belonging to any of their businesses.
"Some information Theo sent over to me this afternoon." Draco said. Draco's old school friend, Theo Nott worked for Draco and Hermione as a lawyer for their company.
"What?"
"The Lucky Penny is apparently for sale." Draco said, handing Hermione some pictures of the property. "Theo got hold of some information about the restaurant for me."
The Lucky Penny was a high end restaurant near to Diagon Alley. Draco and Hermione had visited it once but neither of them were impressed with the food.
"It's a great location and it has so much potential." Hermione said, thinking about the stunning looking restaurant.
"Exactly. With a new menu and a decent chef it could be a gold mine." Draco said. "At the minute it's not doing great, but I think it could be a great business if handled right."
"Can we get a meeting with the owner?" Hermione asked. She loved the thrill of buying a new business and working with Draco to make them successful.
"I'll speak to Theo tomorrow and get him to set something up." Draco said.
"Let me know when you do so I can be there." Hermione said, picking her glass up and taking a sip.
"You're not worried I'll do everything without you are you?" Draco laughed.
"You did last time. The last place we bought I had no say in anything." Hermione retorted.
"You were six months pregnant with Scorp. You wanted nothing to do with it." Draco protested, not willing to be held responsible for Hermione's mood swings when she was pregnant with their second child.
"Well I want to be involved with this project." Hermione insisted.
"Fine." Draco said. He had always planned on including Hermione in the plans as he never bought anything without his wife's agreement. "Will you not be busy with this anniversary ball though?" He asked.
"Not really. Jason can do the majority of the organising." Hermione shrugged.
Hermione wanted to take things slowly with Harry as she still needed time to trust him again. As such she had already decided to not get too involved in the planning of the anniversary ball, despite Kingsley's best efforts to push her and Harry into spending time together. Hermione would still be around to help and she would see Harry occasionally, giving them time to re-connect slowly.
"So you're not planning on getting involved." Draco said, not believing for one minute that Hermione could resist the lure of organising such a big event.
"I'll be around enough to make sure things run smoothly." Hermione said. "Considering Kingsley managed to talk me into hosting the ball, I want it to be perfect."
"I'm sure it will be." Draco reassured his wife.
"I hope so. I'm hoping that the night's so amazing that it'll keep attention away from us."
"Us. What do you mean us?" Draco asked, raising his eyebrow.
"Exactly what I said. If I have to attend this anniversary celebration, you're coming with me." Hermione said. She knew as the owner of the hotel she couldn't avoid attending the celebration and she had every intention of making sure Draco was there to support her.
"Are you sure about this?" Draco asked. "I'll not exactly be welcome. I can't imagine the presence of a former Death Eater will go down well."
"Being a Death Eater wasn't something you wanted and you've made up for your past. If anyone has a problem with you then they should look at everything you've done since the war and the amount of help you've given to people in need." Hermione said firmly.
Draco had worked extremely hard to make up for his actions in the war and Hermione could get very defensive of her husband if people mentioned his dark past. Since the war Draco had donated plenty of money to charitable organisations that helped people after the war and had even founded a couple himself.
"I'm still not sure I'll be welcome." Draco sighed, wishing everyone saw things like his wife did.
"Kingsley knew who owned the hotel when he approached us. He would know that if I attended the celebration that you would be with me." Hermione pointed out. "Besides, it wouldn't take much for people to find out who owns the hotel and as the owner you'd be expected to attend."
"Fine, I'll be there." Draco sighed, knowing there was no point arguing with Hermione once she had made her mind up about something.
"Good." Hermione gave Draco a smile and a peck on the cheek. "Now let's have a good look at this restaurant."
Hermione and Draco spent the rest of the night looking over the details for The Lucky Penny and discussing how they could turn the failing restaurant into a thriving business.