Chapter 13

Hermione and Draco spent a blissfull week together. They met up everyday, usually at Draco's house. They got to know each other even better.

Hermione's parents could visibly see their daughter was in love and happier than she had been since the war had ended.

It had been a lazy day as usual for Hermione. She was sitting out in the shade of a big oak tree in the garden, reading a book when an owl fluttered on to the arm of her chair. She curiously looked at the owl, not recognising it. She carefully took the letter off the owls leg and accio'd a few treats for it. The owl, however, didn't leave. Obviously it wanted a reply. Hermione unrolled the letter and came face to face with Harry's untidy scrawl. He had written;

Dear Hermione,

How are you? I hope everything is great. Me and Ginny were talking about how much we missed you last night. We really want to see you. What do you say to meeting up today at 3:30pm in Diagon Alley? If your answer is yes, me and Gin will wait for you by Ollivander's. Send your reply back with Otus.

Hope to see you soon Mione.

Love Harry and Ginny xx

Hermione was over the moon at this letter as she had really missed Harry and Ginny too. She quickly wrote her reply onto the back of Harry's letter and sent Otus off.

A few hours later Hermione apparated to Diagon Alley. She walked down the road looking at all the restored shops. After the war, the place had been in disarray. She was happy to see it looking so normal and fixed again. She vaguely wandered who had funded this, but was quickly distracted when she spotted Harry and Ginny waiting for her in front of Ollivander's.

She broke into a run and met them half way. Harry quickly picked her up into a hug, laughing and spinning her around. As soon as he released her, Ginny grabbed her, giving her a tight hug.

"How are you Mione?" Harry asked happily.

"Never better," she said with a big smile. She looked from one to the other. They had never looked better to her. She hadn't seen them for so long.

"Why don't we go for something to eat? Harry let's take Hermione to that restaurant we went to last week. What was it called..." she trailed off trying to find the name.

"Bel Pier," Harry supplied, laughing at Ginny.

"They have the best steak ever!" Ginny exclaimed.

"Let's go," Hermione said, holding onto Harry's left arm while Ginny held onto the right. Harry quickly apparated them to a lovely restaurant with a small gazebo at the front. As the weather wasn't too cold, they sat under the gazebo, looking out over the view of snow covered mountains.

"So, tell me then. What's been going on lately? I feel like I haven't seen you guys in ages," Hermione said after they had ordered steaks.

"Well, actually, we have something to tell you," Harry said. He paused momentarily and looked down at his wife. When he received a small nod and a smile from her, he looked back up at Hermione. "We're having a baby!" he exclaimed. Hermione was so shocked that she sat with her mouth half open for a few seconds. Then, as if her brain started working again, she released a small scream of happiness and launched herself out of her chair, grabbing Ginny and hugging her tightly. Harry laughed at the two, watching them hug each other, both with happy tears in their eyes.

Hermione released Ginny and hugged Harry tightly too. She was so happy for the two of them. She couldn't think of any other two people who would make better parents then them. As Ginny was sitting down from their hug, Hermione noticed for the first time the tiny bump that she had.

"How far along are you?" she asked excited.

"Three months tomorrow," Ginny answered smiling. Harry took her hand and gently kissed her knuckles. Hermione found herself thinking of Draco when she watched the two infront of her with so much love for each other.

Just then, their meals came. Ginny was right, this really was the best steak she had ever had. They talked easily of old times as they ate. Hermione asked about Ron, who was still traveling around Europe. It seemed that he had met someone in France, which Mrs. Weasley was not very happy about as she was worried of a repeat of the Fleur incident. Though in the end she did like her and still loved her daughter-in-law dearly, it would be hard adjusting to someone new again. The conversation than changed course to Harry and Ginny's new home. They had sold Grimmauld Place and moved in to a nice little cottage by the sea, not unlike Bill's cottage.

While they were having desert, souflé for Hermione and chocolate cake for both Harry and Ginny, Harry brought the topic around to Hermione.

"So tell us than Mi. What's been going on lately?"

Hermione started to tell them about her university subjects and exams but Ginny cut her off quickly.

"Oh come on Mi. You know that's not what he meant," she said while popping a piece of her steak into her mouth.

Hermione tried to stall for time by taking a sip of her wine and placing a potato chip in her mouth. She avoided Harry's eyes as she wasn't sure how he would take the news that she was dating Draco. She took a deep breath and decided to take the plunge.

"Well, there is someone that I'm going out with," she began. Ginny instantly began looking interested. She sat up straighter and put her elbows on the table leaning forward. Harry, however, looked more nonchalant than anything.

"Who?" Ginny asked, excited. She speared a piece of steak onto her fork.

"Draco Malfoy," Hermione said boldly. Ginny's fork remained mid-air, as Harry spat out the sip of wine that he had just taken.

"Are you sure?" Harry asked.

Hermione felt irritated at his question. "Of course I am," she snapped a little.

"Hermione, are you serious?" Ginny asked, her fork still afloat.

"Yes, I'm very serious. We've been together for a month now and it's going great," she said defensively.

Harry and Ginny remained quiet after her explanation. Hermione sat on the edge of her seat, her meal forgotten, waiting for some reaction from her friends.

"Are you happy Hermione?" Harry asked, after what felt like a millenia. He looked deep into her eyes and he knew what her answer would be, even before she replied.

"I'm the happiest I have ever been Harry," she answered with a far off expression and small smile. Ginny, who was a complete romantic, got a tear in her eye. She grabbed Harry's hand and squeezed his fingers. Harry looked down at her and smiled softly. Hermione knew at that instant that everything was going to be ok.

"If he makes you happy than who are we to stand in the way," Harry said, taking another sip of his wine. Hermione flew out of her chair, and hugged her two best friends tightly. She hadn't realized how important it was for her to receive their blessings.

"So how did it happen?" Ginny asked excited, as soon as Hermione had resumed her seat. Hermione told them all about the stress of Jake and how Draco had come to the rescue. Harry had gotten angry when Hermione had talked about Jake's alcohol problem, but he was glad to hear that no harm had come to her, even if it was Draco Malfoy who was saving her.

"I'm glad to hear he's taking care of you Hermione. But there is something that you should know about him," Harry said slowly. Hermione felt uneasiness pool in her stomach, but she tried not to show it and motioned for Harry to go on. "When the war had ended and there were all those trials, well do you remember how there wasn't one for him and his parents?"

Hermione thought about it for a second and realised that she had never noticed that before. She looked at Harry, confused about where he was going with this.

"Well the reason for that is...He came to me." When Hermione continued to look puzzled, he went on to explain further. "He gave me information from the inside. Information about all those Death Eaters who hadn't been captured. Because of him, we were able to capture twice the amount of Death Eaters. He also...apologised...to me...for being such a prick towards me during school. Also he funded for the fixing of Diagon Alley."

When Harry finished, Hermione found herself speechless. She thought back to the first day of term, and how he had apologised to her too. She was more than speechless to hear all that he had done and was a little upset that he hadn't told her himself. 'All in good time' she thought to herself. She smiled at Harry and Ginny, letting them know that she wasn't too bothered with what she had heard. They chatted a bit more after that, about Hogwarts and how they missed it. When it was time to say goodbye, Hermione found herself wishing they lived near each other so that they could see more of each other.

"Hermione, I hope what I told you about Malfoy doesn't change your opinion of him," Harry said sheepishly as they hugged goodbye.

"No Harry, of course it doesn't," she said smiling to reassure him. That would be the last thing to ever happen. He hugged her again and passed her over to Ginny, who hugged her extra hard. They disapparated back home with promises to meet up again the following weekend. Hermione didn't apparate back home but to the park that was close to Draco's home. She texted him to let him know that she was there and sat on a swing waiting for him. He had known that she was meeting up with Harry and Ginny today, so he was surprised that she had wanted to see him.

He walked into the park and saw her on the swing with her back to the gate. He quietly walked up to her and hugged her from behind. She screamed but quickly relaxed into his embrace.

"Hi," he said kissing her neck.

"Hello to you too," she replied, melting at his touch. He released her so that she could stand up. She stood and he quickly grabbed her into a hug. They found themselves sitting on the bench in the corner with their arms around each other.

"So how was it today?" he asked softly.

"It was brilliant. I'd forgotten how much I'd missed them," she paused before bursting with , "Ginny's pregnant!"

"You're kidding," Draco said smiling slightly. He wasn't overjoyed with this news. Well he was happy for them, but he didn't know what he thought about little Potter spawn running about the place.

They sat quietly for a while, but Draco sensed that there was something Hermione wanted to say. He took a hold of her hand and gave her an encouraging nod.

"Harry told me," she said hesitantly.

"Told you what? Draco said confused.

"Told me about all that you have done since the war. About how you helped them with the Death Eaters and the funding of Diagon Alley," she said quickly. He froze in his seat. He wasn't ready for Hermione to know all this yet. The only people that did know were his parents and Harry. Obviously the Weaselette knew too. He could tell that she was waiting for an answer. He didn't know what he could say to her though. His reasoning for what he had done were not exactly what she may have been thinking.

"Mi, I-" he began only to be cut off by his mobile ringing. His mother was calling to tell him to come home as they had visitors. It was like being saved by the bell for Draco. He quickly kissed her goodbye and rushed back home. Thanking his lucky stars that this conversation was being delayed.

Hermione wasn't very happy with his obvious stalling but decided that he would tell her, when he felt he could. She would wait, though anxiously, for him to 'come clean.'

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