Hermione woke with a start. She was in between her marauders, but the witch was in a panic. She knew for a fact she was going to be late for work! Jumping out of their arms she squeezed from them and crawled off the bed.

"Love, are you alright?" Sirius grumbled and Hermione squeaked.

"I am running late! I cannot believe I slept that long!" She exclaimed as she glanced at the clock on the wall.

Hermione had twenty minutes to get ready. "Don't go in, Hermione. Just crawl back in bed. We will get you back to sleep," Remus had sleep still clinging to his voice.

She huffed and was sliding her knickers on swiftly. "I would love to, but I am behind on my reports," she wiggled into her jeans.

Sirius felt dejected a bit and sat up making a pouting face, "kitten, my lovely sweet witch, come back to bed. I want to lick your skin and make you cry in pleasure."

She snapped her bra on and crawled on the bed, "I am not leaving by choice, I promise. But I need to work, can't save the world by shagging you two handsome men all day."

Sirius kissed her gently and she moaned, "my adorable animagus." She purred and ran her hand on his face.

Turning to Remus she kissed him and whimpered, "my witty werewolf," she exhaled and pulled away from him.

Remus sighed and grabbed her bum, "come home tonight?" He inquired softly and she smiled.

"Not tonight, I will be working pretty late. I need some downtime, I am so sore." She told him and he frowned.

"Hermione, let us take care of you, please?" The werewolf asked gently and she huffed.

"Let me see how my day goes," she declared and slid from the bed, throwing her shirt on.

She blew them kisses and left the room making the men look at each other. "Did she seem a bit cold today?" Sirius asked and Remus nodded.

"It was more than just her being in a rush... do you think she is worried this is all we want?" Remus grumbled and Sirius groaned.

"Do you think she regrets it?" Sirius murmured, flopping on the bed.

Remus settled down next to him and ran a hand through the animagus's hair, "not a chance, Pads. Don't worry, she loves us, remember?"

"She did then... we just drunkenly shagged her. That doesn't really scream stability, now does it? I should know that used to be my life style." Sirius grumbled and Remus smirked.

"You were pretty awful. That one flat we shared for awhile... I hated cleaning up after you and your... witches." Remus's voice was playful and sweet, but his lips were pursed.

"If you would have just shagged me, Moony, I wouldn't have had to go looking for it." the animagus retorted with a grin and the werewolf rolled his eyes.

"Haven't we talked about this numerous times? If I was going to shag anyone's arse, it would be James. He had a nicer one."

"If you were a puff, you would love mine, so shove it," Sirius grumbled and Remus chuckled and sighed heavily.

"She will be back and we can figure this whole thing out. It will be great. It isn't as if we have no idea how to do this." Remus grumbled with a frown.

Sirius cuddled against the werewolf and sighed heavily, "I hope you are right, I miss her already."

Remus nuzzled against Sirius's hair and hugged him, "it's alright, you, big softy."

Meanwhile, Hermione was in her room at Harry and Ginny's struggling to pull on work clothes. Ginny knocked and came in before Hermione could answer.

"What are you doing here? You should be cuddling your wizards." Ginny declared and Hermione sighed.

"Work, Gin," Hermione said pointedly as she slid on a skirt.

Ginny put her hands on her hips, "You are telling me that you need to get to work on time today? What has you spooked?"

Hermione waved her hand at her and threw on her coat, "I just am concerned. What if now that they're sober they won't want to share. I cannot deal with that today." Hermione finished and kissed Ginny's cheek. "I love you, Gin. See you tonight." She left before the redhead could ask more.

"Twitchy witch," Ginny scoffed and went to go put on tea.

0o0o

Hermione wasn't lying when she said she had work to catch up on. It was waiting in big heaps on her desk. Along with tons of mail regarding her experiment and even a few gifts. The witch was working in a frenzy to do the reports that were not finished, start the ones needing to be written out and even answering investigators written questions regarding the incident.

Her morning was absolutely crazy and she was at the top of her game, she hoped at least. It wasn't until lunch that she heard a knock on her office door that she was interrupted. She opened it to find a blond wizard who was smirking. "Afternoon, Granger, feel like a bite?" He asked and she laughed.

"I would but I am completely behind on work," she voiced with mirth and he shook his head and held up a bag.

"I figured, so I brought it to you."

She let him come in and shut the door before he pressed her against the wall. "I was thinking of something else swiftly too," he breathed and she sighed.

"Draco, I am sore. I- well-" he stopped her with a deep kiss and ran a hand over her neck gently.

"Just one more, Granger. I start negotiations for courting Astoria tomorrow. I didn't want to say goodbye without properly shagging you." He breathed and she giggled.

"Draco, I am-" he kissed her again and melted her resolve. "Draco, I am thinking about getting involved with Remus and Sirius, we shagged last night." She told him as they parted and Draco grinned.

"Good, then this will be a decent close to our trysts." He told her and she bit her lip; it felt shady.

"I don't think so, Draco..." Hermione sighed heavily and he ran his fingers over her necklace.

"That is a pretty piece," his fingers trailed and rubbed her through her skirt, "so is this," he whispered and she moaned.

She felt on fire and wasn't sure why... "Draco we shouldn't," she whimpered and he saw her weakness.

Lifting her up, he slid her knickers to the side and entered her. It hurt but felt so delightful. She arched back to the wall as he continued his assault and she bit back moans and sighs. Why was this so delightful, incredibly enjoyable? He found the angle to make her finish with him and he placed her back down with a smile against her cheek.

"Not too bad for a quickie," he told her and she laughed.

"That is the last one, I cannot be shagging you and shagging them... I would be spent to do much of anything else."

"Thank Merlin for potions, eh, Granger?" He teased and she rolled her eyes as she sat at her desk and flicked her wand a few times to clean up his mess.

"I don't need to give birth to your blond brats, that is for certain, Malfoy." Her voice was sharp but she smiled at him as he handed her a dish.

He fixed his hair as he lounged in the chair opposite of her. "They would be the most intelligent, stubborn children." The blond prodded with a smirk and Hermione snorted.

They fell into comfortable conversation about Astoria and Draco explained that his father all but pushed for it after yesterday. "He saw me walking out of the house, that is the reason I can almost be certain!" Hermione giggled and Draco's jaw dropped.

"Well, thank you for that, Hermione. He was a bit more interested in making it happen after. Must have been the marks all over your neck." He said with a bright grin and Hermione groaned.

"At least some good came out of being caught," she grumbled and Draco belted out laughter.

"Not that I wouldn't mind snagging you from those greedy blokes. The shagging is great, the company is better." He declared and she sighed.

"They have always had me by my heartstrings. I don't think we should talk about this shag, alright? Not that we have spoken about much, me and them, but I don't want them to think..." She trailed off and ran a hand through her hair.

"That you did this with the intention of hurting them," Draco finished and she gave him a nod.

She took his hand and ran a thumb over his palm, "you are an incredibly decent man, Draco Malfoy. Astoria is very lucky to have you."

"Thank you, Hermione Granger. You are beyond decent, however." He paused and smirked at her, "and they are alive because you love them."

They laughed and gave each other a nod, "well, this lunch was productive." She commented and he pointed his fork at her.

"Just don't bugger it up, Granger. You need to make it clear what you need. Just as you told me from the beginning what you wanted from me, you need to do the same with them."

Hermione sighed and shook her head, "when did you become so smart?"

"I had to take a few pages out of your book, they actually benefit me." He retorted simply and they enjoyed the rest of their lunch together.

0o0o

Hermione worked extremely late and did not make it out of her office and headed to the Potters before eight. She was utterly knackered from work and all her excursions lately. The only thing she wanted to do tonight was to take a hot bath and read a book in bed. She walked through the fireplace to see Sirius sitting in the armchair talking with Harry and Ginny.

"Good evening, love. Long day at work?" Sirius asked and Hermione exhaled.

"Extremely long. I still have so much more to do, but I am in need of a hot bath and sleep." She grumbled and walked to her room.

Sirius glared at the hallway and scratched his chin, "I am not sure I like this."

Harry waved him off, "she is just tired. You both wore her out and she had a busy night the previous one. I am sure she just is a bit grumpy."

Hermione went into the restroom and they could hear her turning on the bath. Sirius knew Hermione could be a bit... odd, but this was very different.

"Just give her a few days. Work usually takes up tons of Hermione's time. Once she is caught up she will be a different person." Harry tried to reassure him.

"No, I think not," Sirius growled and got up.

He went into the bathroom without knocking and Hermione gasped as she was climbing into the bathtub. "Sirius, what's wrong?" She questioned and he shook his head.

"You never let us thank you for last night. We were completely pissed and you still accommodated us." Sirius murmured and she exhaled.

Hermione relaxed into the tub and shook her head with a smile, "you scared me. I thought you were coming in here to yell at me."

He sat on the end of the tub and took one of her feet, starting to knead at the pads, "no, definitely not. We were a bit disappointed you left and wouldn't come home to us, but not angry."

The witch let out a sound of enjoyment and closed her eyes, "you keep that up and you can do whatever you like to me. I felt like I was running around to each department today."

"You can always quit and become my full-time sex kitten, love." He teased and she laughed gently.

"Not anytime soon, Sirius. I enjoy working and I enjoy being independent." Her voice was soft as he switched to her other foot.

Sirius bit his lip and she gazed at him, "would you be interested in us? More than a drunken shag? Your book was littered with lovely sentiments of your marauders."

Hermione tilted her head and frowned, "what's wrong, Sirius? Why do you seem so unlike yourself tonight?"

"I just felt something as you left today. As if you were regretful."

She giggled and shook her head, "Last night was the most amazing and wonderfully exquisite night, but it is no longer a dream. We are not bonded and this is going to take some work, especially between the two of you. I am not going to choose one or the other. I want both of you or neither."

The animagus inquired, "which is why you want us to be alone together?" Hermione let out a sigh of enjoyment and gave him a nod.

"We shouldn't soberly shag unless you, marauders, can be nice. Last night was-" she paused and moaned at his thumbs rubbing a spot roughly on her feet. "amazing and I would hate for it to tarnish from that."

"Can't we just take turns, for now, love?" He asked and she tilted her head, "just until Moony stops being moody? Not that he was, surprisingly. I haven't seen him all day, he went to see Teddy."

"Might be a possibility," she murmured and Sirius released her feet.

"Would you like my help with anything? I can go warm up some dinner for you." He offered and her lips curved.

"Sirius Black, are you being homely for me?" Her voice was impish and Sirius chuckled.

"Moony isn't here so I am filling in," his response ended with a toothy smile.

Hermione giggled and shook her head, "too much, Padfoot."

He leaned to her and kissed her, but she grabbed his shirt and deepened the kiss making Sirius moan. When they parted Sirius bit her lip and made her sigh and squirm. "I do love that sound," he whispered as he ran a hand over her cheek.

"I adore you Padfoot," her voice was full of affection and made him smirk.

"That's good to know because I am crazy about you. How? I am not sure, but you seem to always be surprising me." His reply was gentle and sweet.

Pulling away she waved at him and lounged back in her bath. He left the bathroom with a big smile, which made Harry and Ginny side glance him. "Just a warning for future reference, Pads... The bathroom wall is right here, we could hear all but your whispering."

Sirius tried to hide a blush and grinned, "well, nothing I am sure you haven't heard before."

Harry couldn't hold back a chuckle and nod. "Don't worry, we cast a muffling in here, she cannot hear us."

The animagus shrugged his shoulders and went into the kitchen to warm her up some dinner. Hermione came out a few minutes later and he sat her down at the table with it. "Thank you, Sirius."

He kissed her hair and spoke, "I am going to get back to Grimmauld. I am sure Moony is back. See you tomorrow?" He could not hide the hopefulness in his voice.

"I will come over for dinner tomorrow, I promise," she affirmed and Sirius let out a heavy breath.

"Excellent, I will let Remus know," he kissed her lips and she moaned softly.

"Have a good evening, Padfoot," she breathed against his lips when they parted.

"Good night, Hermione," he whispered and erected himself from the witch.

Sirius went and said goodnight to each of the Potters and blew Hermione a kiss before leaving through the fireplace. Harry and Ginny gazed over at their friend eating. "What, I know that look, Harry. I am not even looking and I know that stare." Hermione inquired and Harry frowned further.

"Why aren't you going back there?" His voice was pointed and Hermione sighed.

"Because if I do now and they fight, then we have a bigger problem than my stamina to handle two marauders," Hermione commented almost as if she was reading the paper; completely nonchalant.

Ginny laughed and nodded, "that actually makes sense."

"Baby steps, Potters. Both of them are completely insane and can be potentially moody. I cannot charge in there." The bushy haired witch admitted and Harry agreed.

"Alright, Hermione, just be careful with yourself as well." He declared and Ginny rubbed his arm.

"She will be fine. This is strange, but you said only Hermione can make the impossible happen."

Hermione smiled brightly at them and bobbed her head, "not to worry, I promise. I will be very careful with our marauders."

Harry cleared his throat, "well, er, Hermione, can you listen for James? We are going to go cuddle in bed." Harry blushed lightly and Ginny rolled her eyes.

"We want to go shag, Mione. It's the perfect time of the month." Ginny said bluntly and Harry nodded his magenta face.

Hermione giggled and smirked, "go have fun. I will listen for James. Please use all the charms you have..." She trailed off and Ginny giggled and Harry waved her off and left.

"Not sure if he will ever be anything but bashful about that with you," Ginny snickered and Hermione shrugged her shoulders.

"Better than him telling me all the details. I already hear them from you," Hermione teased and Ginny kissed her forehead.

"I will see you tomorrow, Mione. I love you," the redhead murmured.

"I love you too, Gin. Have fun..." Hermione muttered and the redhead danced off to their master bedroom.