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Hermione woke up to see nothing but darkness, an arm was wrapped around her naked body, slowly moving to not wake her husband, she grabs her phone to check the time, wincing as the light blinds her, it was still too early to get out of bed. Lying back down she snuggled closer to Draco trying fall back asleep, fidgeting trying to get comfortable she freezes as she hears a muffled voice
" Mmm...wha time isit?" Draco asks pulling her closer to him
" About 5..." She whispers nuzzling her head into his neck
" Why are you awake?" He asks groggily
" I don't know...I just randomly woke up" She sighs in a low voice
" Is something bothering you?" He asks in concern, propping up to see her
" ….I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little worried" She whispers looking up at him, she could just make out his hair flopping over his eyes
" About the paper?" He asks
" Yes but not just that...I got a lot of mail...I assume we all did" Hermione said
" Yeah...me and Theo were going through it earlier in the day, haven't even finished yet" He sighs, subconsciously rubbing her back
" What if the threats are real?" She says, her voice full of concern
" People talk big, but don't even have the guts to sign the letters. If anything happens, I'll protect you" He says kissing the top of her head
" I can take care of myself!" She replied
" I know you can, but let me be a man to protect his wife and kids. You know you like it when I'm protective" She could feel his lips curling into a smile against her head.
He was right, she did like it when he was protective, she never liked it when Harry or Ron was 'protective', there's a thin line between protective and possessive. Draco did show signs of possessiveness at the beginning of their relationship, but that was more because he was insecure, sometimes she can see it flare up again but he's managed to control himself very well. It's usually the little things that she loves, being in his arms made her feel safe, noticing how he sometimes would stand slightly in front of her in case of any danger, but he has never gone over board with it.
" I don't think I'm tired any more" Hermione sighs in frustration
" Well...I guess we should tire you out again" Draco whispers as he starts moving on top of her
" Yes, lets.." She giggles and relaxes into his embrace of butterfly kisses
The next few days went by without much trouble, the six friends were still receiving hate mail, but not as many as the beginning of the week, although Lucius got it the worse, he managed to get a couple of howlers which made Narcissa burst out laughing at the breakfast table, the other Malfoy's thought everything was getting to her, but she then explained that she had never seen Lucius receive a howler in all her life, including their time in Hogwarts. Lucius merely grumbled and walked off, Narcissa was brushing the hate mail off saying that people were being immature. Astoria ended up finding out about the mail as Pansy had blurted out in anger of reading hers, although she appreciated that Theo had tried to hide it from her for good reasons, she gave him a good scowling for doing so. Pansy had leaked some rumours in some magazines about Rita, but they didn't have a huge impact, Rita had kept out of public eyes for a couple of days but was back on the streets acting her old self again.
GMZ was doing well, the building was finished and they getting the place furnished next week, the employee transfers were all set and they had decided to hire more staff. Draco and Theo had found a place to open up an office in London, they only needed to sign the contacts and it will be theirs, the building was not far from GMZ in Oblick Alley, making Hermione more happy that they would be working closer. Scorpius and Trenton had been told to owl Harry an apology for intruding his office, however they never got a reply back, not that they cared, Scorpius wanted nothing to do with the man.
It was coming to the weekend and it was Hermione's turn to look after the children, they had organized a rota to take turns courtesy of Hermione of course. Mondays Narcissa had the kids till they finish work, Tuesdays Astoria would have her own son and the little Malfoy's as Pansy usually work from home on that day, Wednesday Theo's mother would have Parker as the elder Malfoy's would have their grandchildren and the young Zabini's, Thursday's would be split between the men which they usually play quidditch and the women would have them on Friday. The weekend they had preferred to not work and spend time with their own family, however they were always on-call for any work that needed to be done. Astoria was a part-time senior pediatrician healer at St. Mungo's and only worked Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Pansy being a fashion designer could do most of her work at home and send her projects via owl.
The three women were enjoying their girl time over tea in the sun room at Malfoy Manor as the children were playing in the garden, they hear footsteps heading towards the door, looking over they see Blaise walking in with a big grin on his face, holding a letter in one hand.
" Hey, I'm just finishing my lunch and thought I'd test the floo at work. It works!" He smiles happily, kissing his wife on the cheek and perching himself on the arm of the chair.
" The floo working at work is what got you so giddy?" Hermione asks raising an eyebrow
" Of course not, we got a letter today, it was address to both of us but I opened it, hope you don't mind" He said, handing over the letter.
As Hermione reads the letter with the other two women looking at her with curiosity, they watch as her lips curl into a big smile, Pansy looks back at Blaise for an explanation.
" Mamma is coming for a visit, she wants to see the kids before they go to Hogwarts" He grins
" Oh that's lovely! We haven't seen Matalia since we left Italy" Astoria beams clapping her hands together
" That's wonderful honey, I hope you told her that she can stay with us" Pansy says to her husband
" Of course! What kind of son would I be to not put my mother up" He replies
" This is great! I can't wait to see her" Hermione grins, practically jumping up and down from her seat
" When does she arrive?" Astoria asks, taking a sip of her tea
" This evening, she's arriving by port key." Hermione smiles at the thought of seeing her surrogate mother.
" I have to head back to the office, I'll be picking her up later" Blaise smiles at them all and rushes out.
" I'm so excited!" Hermione beams
" Why don't you go with Blaise to meet her and we'll keep an eye on the kids" Pansy says, knowing how much the two had missed their mother
" Would that be okay? I'd love to be there when she arrives" Hermione beams at them
" Of course! The men will have finished work by then hopefully" Astoria smiles at her
Hermione couldn't wait till the evening, she had texted Blaise as soon as they decided that the two would meet their mother. Draco and Theo had popped in for a couple of minutes during their lunch and heard the news, Draco could see how much Hermione was looking forward to meeting Matalia and promised that they would try and finish work early so that they could all spend some time with the Italian woman. Seeing his wife smiling so much, he hoped that things will be getting better, seeing as nothing major has happened the past couple of days.
Harry had been wary of Ron lately, he noticed that the man was more distant towards him lately and had been pestering his wife. He tried to talk to him on several occasions but was repeatedly snapped by him, he didn't understand what was happening, his best friend was more of an arse than usual and his wife was more moody. Harry had told them both separately that he didn't want anything to do with Hermione no more, and that he would leave the woman alone, it was none of his business to begin with, he neglected to tell them about the incident with the two young boys, knowing that it would possibly cause more problems. Checking the time, it was just getting to late afternoon, sighing to himself from his desk, he opens a file to carry on his paper work when suddenly his door slams open,
" There's been an explosion in one of the buildings at Oblick!" A senior Auror cries out
Jumping from his desk he runs out gathering a group of Aurors and apparating to Oblick Alley, as they run towards the building he sees Ron with two other Aurors outside, he looked over at his friend and noticesdthat he was scowling for some reason.
" What's the situation? Was anyone hurt?" Harry asks in his work tone
" Two are injured, they've been sent to St Mungo's already, they were unconscious but not both not critical" Senior Auror Johnson says
" The forensics are here but we told them they can't go in until you've approved" He carries on explaining seeing as Ron wasn't bothered.
" Right, what is the building for?" Harry asks
" It's Mione and Zabini's firm" Ron snarls
" Are they around?" Harry asks not phased by Ron's reply
Ron tilts his head towards the building, looking towards the direction, standing there speaking to some junior aurors was Blaise with his arms around Hermione, she was holding onto him as if she was scared he'd leave.
" All right, the building needs to be thoroughly checked out, go in pairs. I'm going to speak to the owners and Johnson, you're in charge while I'm gone, give me a report once you're done here." Harry orders them before walking towards Hermione and Blaise, he was aware than Ron had decided upon himself to follow him, not wanting to argue with the man in public he let it slide.
Dismissing the junior Aurors to stand by he turns to the two that were still in an embrace.
" Mr Zabini, Miss Grang-" He starts
" Malfoy, it's Mrs. Malfoy" Ron scoffs as Hermione interrupts
" Yes, sorry, Mrs. Malfoy. We need you both to come back to the ministry for questioning.
Understanding how the authorities work, they both nodded without any questions. Turning back to Ron he asked,
" Who were the two that were injured?"
" Our assistants, Stephen Platt and Jasmin Dennings" Blaise answers before Ron could, nodding at the dark-haired man he beckons them to follow.
Harry was walking in front of the pair while Ron was behind them all muttering to himself with a frown on his face. He could hear the two talking to each other in soft tones, not understanding what they were saying as he hears them speaking Italian he leads them to the apparition point.
Entering the ministry, Harry heads towards the questioning room, stopping outside a door he turns to the two of them.
" Mr. Zabini you sit in the waiting room while we talk to Hermione first" He says letting it slip by using her first name
" I'm not going anywhere without Blaise" Hermione said holding onto Blaise's hand
" It's just some general questions, we're not interrogating you" Harry replies professionally
" I don't care, Blaise stays with me" She replies stubbornly
" FOR FUCK SAKES MIONE, LET GO OF ZABINI'S ARM AND MOVE!" Ron yells grabbing hold of Hermione's arm roughly
" DON'T touch her Weasley" Blaise yells back pushing Ron away
" LET GO OFF ME RONALD" Hermone yells
" STOP!" Harry yells launching himself in front of Ron pushing him to let go off Hermione's arm
" It's fine, it's fine. We can join the questioning together" He says quickly to stop a fight, he didn't want any more trouble than there already was, especially as they were in the middle of a corridor. Ron growls and stomps into the room opposite waiting room.
Taking their seats opposite Ron and Harry, Hermione didn't let go of Blaise's hand, who didn't have any intention of letting go either. Harry could tell that Hermione had been crying earlier, judging by her puffy red eyes, trying not to let it affect him, he starts fanning out some documents on the table, holding onto a quill began questioning.
" Alright, you own GMZ Attorney at Law?" He asks
" Yes, we co-own the firm" Hermione nods
" You both were present during the incident?" Harry asks while writing down some notes
" No, only I was" Blaise answers him
" Why weren't you hurt?" Ron snarls at the man.
" I was on the third floor, the explosion was on the ground floor" He replies back calmly
" Why weren't you there Hermione?" Harry looks at her
" I was at home with Pansy and Astoria with the children" She answers, Harry nods as he writes it down
" How did you know it happened then?" He asks her
" Blaise texted me" She replies, she felt Blaise giving her hand a gentle squeeze which she returns
" Texted?" Ron raises an eyebrow at her as if she had two heads
" Muggle communication device" Harry answers him without looking up from his paper
" Zabini using muggle stuff? Hardly believable" Ron snorts
" How is it hard to believe? Just because you haven't grasped onto the outside world. Also, I'm wearing a muggle suit if you haven't noticed" Blaise answers, sure enough he was wearing a navy blue suit, that was now all rumpled and had soot all over, his tie was hanging out.
" How did you know it was on the ground floor Zabini!" Ron asks angrily, both Hermione and Blaise roll their eyes at his question while Harry sighs inwardly
" Because Weasley! I had to get to the ground floor to get out of the building" Blaise replied
" Why didn't you apparate out when you heard it? Why did you have to go down? There were two people injured and you didn't even help!" Ron yells standing up
" I thought this WAS'NT an interrogation!" Hermione yells standing up and glaring at Ron
" Sorellina" Blaise says in a soothing voice, pulling her hand to get her to sit down
" It's not. Ron. Sit back down!" Harry snaps at his friend, Ron looks at Harry for a second before taking his seat with a scowl, Hermione lowers herself back down as he did, scooting her chair a little closer to Blaise, too close for Ron's liking.
" Just because I know you would wonder about the apparating, I will answer your colleagues questions." Blaise says, his eyes on Harry as he spoke, ignoring Ron completely
" We have anti-apparation wards as well as safety wards up, we decided to put anti-apparation wards up more for privacy purposes, it's also put up in our firm in Italy. When I got to the ground floor I could barely see anything as there was still fire, and the smoke was too heavy, all I could see was debris everywhere and I had to climb through a lot to get out, I didn't see Stephen or Mindy." Blaise explains them as Harry scribbles on the papers
" Who's Mindy? I thought it was Jasmin" Harry asks with a confused look
" Mindy is Jasmin, it's her nickname, she doesn't like to be called Jasmin" Hermione states, he nods at the answer understandingly
" What did you mean by privacy purposes for the anti-apparation wards?" Ron asks, a question that they all finally approve off.
" We decided to have them put up when we worked in our firm in Italy. Six years ago we were working on a big case, and our information was leaked out. It turns out that someone was apparating into our filing room and stealing information, because of that we nearly lost the case. Since then we decided that it was safer to put them up and have extra security guards instead." Hermione answers him
" That makes sense" Harry replies, writing all the information down.
" Do either of you know if there might be a reason why the building was targeted?" Harry said, looking at the two seriously
" Well I'm not sure Potter, maybe it's because people assume I'm a death eater" Blaise says with a bite to his tone
" Blaise!" Hermione snaps, Blaise sighs out loud and indicates her to talk while subconsciously rubbing his sister's hand with his thumb, turning to the two in front of her she sighs out loud herself.
" Ever since that article came out a few days ago, we've all been getting hate mail, some seemed like death threats" Hermione explains looking down.
" Why didn't you come to us? You could have reported it!" Ron cries out angrily
" In all honesty Weasley, would you have taken any of us seriously if we came to you?" Blaise asks in a serious tone
" We would have believed Mione" Ron snarls back the Italian man
" I wouldn't have reported it on my own, they would all have come with me, and frankly, I don't really want a repeat of what happened at the beginning of the week" Hermione snaps at him
" Hermione, we need to see the letters that were sent to you and the others, we need to find out if the threat is towards just you two or the whole group." Harry said as he puts his quill down
" We can give you what we have, but some of them we've thrown out" Blaise replies
" Why would you do that?" Ron yells again
" Because Mr. Weasley, none of us really liked the idea of keeping a note saying they wanted us dead!" Hermione yells back
" That's okay, we'll work with what we can" Harry says putting his hand up to stop Ron from answering, hearing Hermione call Ron by his last name, he knew that his friend would say something stupid again.
" If you can drop off the letters sometime tomorrow will be great, also if you can think of anyone who may want to cause either of you harm, hold a grudge against you or someone you've had a fight with, etcetera, please let us know" Harry continues, standing up indicating that the questions were finished.
" I can think of one in this room right now" Blaise mutters but no one heard except Hermione
" We're Lawyers Harry" Hermione says, he looks back at her blankly
" We argue for a living Potter, Lawyers get a lot of people holding grudges" Blaise rolls his eyes pointing out what Hermione meant
" Oh." Harry replies, embarrassed that he didn't think of it
" Well if you can think of anyone that still may be related in going such measure to harming you please let us know, including any old clients" He says quickly before opening the door.
" Just a question.." Harry stops at the door way looking at the two as Ron had walked out and on the other side of the door, they blink at him
" What does GMZ stand for?" He asks them with curiosity
" Granger, Malfoy, Zabini" They both replied together.
" I don't know why I didn't work that out before" Harry mumbles
Hermione and Blaise step out the room after the two Aurors, and sees a blonde man leaning against the wall with his arms folded, snapping his head up he rushes towards his wife and pulls her into his arms.
" Cara! Are you okay? I got a text of Storie and went straight to the building but you were already gone, I had to get one of the Aurors to tell me where you was." Draco says with worry still holding her in his arms, Hermione had naturally put her arms around his neck as soon as she felt his arms around her.
" Yes I'm fine Drake, I wasn't there when it happened. I got there when Blaise texted me" She says letting go off him, he looks at the man next to his wife
" Are you okay? Do you need to go St. Mungos? Pansy's in hysterics" He says, as the two give each other a quick manly hug, patting each other on the back
" I'm fine, I'm fine. All in one piece, see" Blaise smiles putting his arms out.
" Unfortunately" They hear someone mutter behind them, they all knew who it was, turning round they see Ron was standing there with his arms folded, when Harry elbows him making the red-headed man grunt.
" What are you doing here Malfoy?" Ron snarls at the blonde, Hermione and Blaise rolls their eyes again at the stupidity of the question while Harry pinches the bridge of his nose to calm himself from smacking his friend in the back of the head
" I thought it was obvious, I'm here for my wife and best friend Weasley. How did you even become an Auror" Draco drawls putting his arm around Hermione's waist, pulling her to his side, she grabs onto Blaises hand from the other side of her instinctively.
Harry notices how the three of them were and wonders if there was more to Hermione and Blaise, it would make sense that they had something going on, he remembers Theo mentioning something that indicated them living together in the past, and Blaise always seem to call her something in Italian, he wonders if it meant mistress. Focusing back in the present he sees Ron's face turning bright red.
" Ron, take these to my office wait there for me" Harry says pushing the documents into Ron's chest
" But-"
" Go!" Harry snaps at him, Ron huffs and stomps off down the corridor gripping onto the files. Groaning out loud he looks back at the three in front of him.
" Thank you for your time Mr Zabini, Mrs. Malfoy" He finally says putting his hand out
" No problem Mr. Potter" Blaise says shaking his hand and Hermione nods
" Mr. Malfoy" Harry says doing the same as he did with Blaise which Draco shakes his hand with a nod.
Just before the three turn to leave Harry couldn't help but ask
" Hermione!"
" Yes?" They turn their head back to face him
" I know it's none of my business but with Pansy being Mrs. Zabini, why would you want to be Blaise's sorellina and with Malfoy being okay with it?" He asks her quietly nearly in a whisper.
The three look at him blankly, baffled on what he was asking, until Blaise smirks and Draco starts laughing, clicking on to what Harry was thinking Hermione asks in the same quiet tone.
" What do you think sorellina means?"
" Er...probably not what I had in mind I'm guessing now" Harry replies blushing with embarrassment
" What did you have in mind Potter?" Blaise says with a chuckle, knowing what the answer was
" Something along the lines of...mistress...maybe?" He replies cringing, making the three of them burst into laughter again
" Sorellina means sister Harry" She says after laughter stops
" Ohhh...that..clears up a lot in my head...Sorry" Harry says quietly, he felt even more embarrassed that the three had laughed at him, but he didn't want to be like Ron, he told himself already that he didn't want anything to do with Hermione any more and seeing her here was purely because of work., damn his curiosity for asking a stupid question he thought to himself.
" Oh and Harry?" Hermiones voice snaps him out of his thoughts
" Yeah?"
" I'm sorry that Scorpius and Parker intruded into your office the other day, I hope they didn't cause too much trouble" She says sincerely
" No worries, they didn't cause any trouble at all" He replies with a blank expression
" Our son seems to like to take things in his own hands sometimes, he won't be disturbing you again Potter" Draco says
" I can tell, he's a very intelligent kid" Harry said, remembering when Scorpius explained how he managed to floo into his office
" But of course. He's a Malfoy" Draco smirks
" Thank you Harry, we'll drop the letters off sometime tomorrow" Hermione says pulling the other two with her.
Harry sighs as he watches the woman that he use to be close with walk off with two men the two men, she seemed sane enough, she didn't seem like she was under any influence. Maybe he had it all wrong...what if Hermione was telling the truth. Shaking his head he goes to his office, preparing himself to deal with the man who was probably wearing a hole in his rug. He didn't have a chance to say anything as he opened the door, and Ron had started flying out questions at him, sure enough he was pacing on the rug.
" Why did you do that? Why did you make me leave? What did they say? What did you talk about?"
" Ron, I'm going to have to get a new rug if you keep doing that. Sit down will you" He says, closing the door and takes his seat behind the desk
" Well?" Ron asks impatiently pulling the chair to sit
" We were finished, you didn't need to be there" Harry replies, opening the file to read the notes
" Didn't need to be there? What is that supposed to mean!? Malfoy can be there but I can't?" He says furiously
" It means that your job was done there, and Malfoy was picking up his wife which is perfectly reasonable" Harry says trying not the offend him, he didn't want to say that he made him leave because he knew his friend would cause trouble in the corridor.
" Reasonable! Reasonable? It is never reasonable for a Malfoy to be around" Ron snorts
" Hermione is a Malfoy." Harry plainly states
" Mione is not a Malfoy, she won't be if I can help it" Ron says but mutters, but Harry heard him
" Ron, what are you thinking of doing?" He asks him looking up from the paper
" What do you mean?" Ron snaps
" You said ' not if I can help it', what do you mean by that?" He questions the man
" It means I'm going to help her" Ron snipped back at him, his behaviour was really getting to Harry, ever since they had seen Hermione at the café, Ron has been unbearable most times.
" Ron, you can help her by solving this case with me, other than that I think it's best if we leave her alone" Harry said almost pleading the him
" Leave her alone? What will that do? she's our best friend and you'll just leave her with them lot?" He yells enraged
" She's not our best friend any more, she hasn't been for years! If you're going to let her affect you to act this way then I'm going to have to take you off this case." Harry yells back at him, he was really pushing his buttons
" What? You can't throw me off a case! You've never thrown me off a case before" Ron cries
" I can and I will if you don't stop acting like a git" He snaps at the red-head
" I bet it's Zabini or Malfoy or probably both, they probably wanted to get Hermione out the picture to get back at us" Ron says, back to pacing again
" That's absurd Ron" Harry rolls his eyes
" No it's not! Can't you see, they know that if they hurt her, it will hurt us too! It's the explanation" Ron says stopping on the spot staring at Harry
" Ron that's the stupidest thing I've heard, Hermione wasn't even there when the explosion happened, why would Zabini even want to blow up their own firm, it'll cost them thousands to fix the place up again." He says shaking his head
" It's not like they don't have the money" Ron grunts
" It doesn't match up Ron, stop coming up with accusations and help me with this case" Harry snaps at him
" They're not accusations! They are good explanations, the Malfoy's are evil and Zabini is his best friend, they must be working together!" He yells at Harry
" You know what Ron, you're off the case, you're in no emotional state to be involved. Go follow-up on one of the other cases" He says, flipping through the papers
" What! I'm a Senior Auror! We've worked on cases together for years!" Ron says trying to persuade him
" And I'm Head of the Auror Department. It's for your own good Ron, now get out please!" Harry said not looking up from his work, he didn't like to pull rank on people but in some cases he had no choice, just like this one.
Ron glares at the man behind the desk who didn't even look up at him, he couldn't understand why he was defending the snakes, they're the most likely suspect. Growling out loud, he storms out the room slamming the door behind him, and heads straight to Grimmauld Place.
After leaving the ministry, Hermione and Blaise wanted to visit their assistants at St Mungo's straight away, Draco didn't argue with them and offered to pick up Matalia which they were grateful for. Separating by the floo terminals, Draco headed straight to the port key center. Upon arrival at the ward Stephen and Mindy were staying in, two Auror's came out, giving them both a nod before walking off. The two assistants had just finished with the questioning. Hermione and Blaise were relieved to see that they were awake and well, both with minor injuries, Stephen had a broken arm from protecting Mindy from a broken pillar falling, and Mindy made it out with just bruises and scrapes. They stayed and chatted for the next few hours before being kicked out by the healers, they had let the two assistants have as much time as they want to recover, but both were adamant that they would be back to work as soon as they were out of the hospital, however Blaise ended up having the final word that when they were allowed out they would still get a couple of weeks rest, as the building was a crime scene it would take a few days for them to be let back in, and then they still had to get the place fixed up again.
" Blaise, I want to go to the park outside" Hermione says while they were walking towards the floo, both were too tired to really apparate
" Now?" He asks
" Yes, now" She replies with a smile
" It's a bit late, Mamma is already here" He says trying to reason with her.
Linking her arm into his she looks up at him with puppy dog eyes, Blaise sighs as he knew he wouldn't be able to change her mind
" Okay, only for a bit" He replies with a smile
The pair walk along the path together in comfortable silence, coming across a bench Hermione motions for them to sit. Sitting down next to her he notices her solemn expression on her face, clasping her hand in his and pulling it on his lap he bends his head down to look a her properly.
" Sorellina? What's wrong?" He asks his voice with concern
" When I got the text, I didn't think properly. It wasn't until I arrived and I saw the aftermath of the explosion that I realised I nearly lost you." She looks at him with teary eyes
" Hey, I'm fine, I'm right here..." He puts an arm around her, pulling her to him, she leans onto his chest, he could feel the hot tears landing on his shirt, rubbing her arm to comfort her " shh.." she hears him whisper
" It could have been you there. I don't know what I would have done if it was you..I can't even imagine what Pansy is going through and she's your wife." She sobs into him
" Shhh...it's okay, everything's fine, everyone's okay" He says in a gentle voice
" I know it sounds selfish but when I found out it was Stephen and Mindy in there and not you, I felt glad..." She cried more
" I would feel the same sorellina..."He whispers
After a few minutes of letting her tears out she felt better hearing that everyone is okay. Pulling herself away from Blaise she leans back and exhales in a relieving tone, wiping her tears away with her hands.
" Oh god! I've been so selfish keeping you here, Pansy must be going crazy" She jumps up in a frantic
" Hermione, sit." Blaise pulls Hermione's back down on the bench, she looks at him wondering what he wanted to say, he only ever called her by her full name when he was serious about something.
" Listen to me. I love you, you're my sorellina and you will always be my sorellina. I want you to know that whatever happens I will always be with you, and I will not let anything happen to you. Don't let the others know what I'm about to say...They are like my family and I would do anything for them, my children are my world and I love Pansy more than words can describe, but you...I can't live without you, when me and Mamma first wanted you as part of our family, I knew then that I never wanted you to leave, and when you accepted us back, that was it. My mother was the first to have a place in my heart, you were the second." He spoke gently to her, her eyes filled with fresh tears again, and launches herself into his arms.
" I love you fratello" She says
" Mia dolce sorellina" He murmurs
" Mio caro fratello" She whispers softly
Standing up, Blaise takes Hermiones head in his hands and kisses her forehead before taking her hand.
" Let's go before Pansy ends up blowing the place to ashes" He smiles, making her laugh.
Before stepping into the floo to go back to Malfoy Manor Blaise stops Hermione but pulling her elbow gently,
" Seriously though, don't tell the others, Pansy loves you but if she heard what I said she can be a real jealous cow" He says in a serious tone
" Blaise Zabini! You did not just call your wife and one of my best friends a cow!" Hermione says faking a frown, he shrugs back in return with a grin.
" Non ti preoccupare fratello, segreto sicuro con me" She smiles and gives him a wink and steps into the floo.
Senior Auror Johnson had just arrived back from the forensics department and knocks on his bosses door before entering. Harry had been waiting for him to come back before heading home. After skimming through the file, he frowns to himself. This didn't look good, he quickly wrote down a few sentences on a parchment and picking up the file before heading towards the ministries owlery.
Happy that the owl was sent, he heads home.
Ron and Lacey was sitting on the couch with his wife talking happily as he arrives back, Ginny's face turns into a frown as she looks at him, groaning to himself he wonders what had he done now.
" Ron, Lacey, what are you two doing here so late?" He asks, hanging his cloak up
" They accompanied me and the kids for dinner because someone didn't turn up" Ginny scowls
" I had work to do Gin" He replies, he had no energy to argue with the woman
" Yes, I got your owl. Ron told me what the case was, I don't see why you had to stay so late, no one died" She says crossing her arms
" I had to wait for a report before I could leave, and Ron, we're not suppose to talk about cases outside the office" Harry snaps, he had very little patience from the day that he had
" It's just Gin, it's not like she's going to tell anyone" Ron says absent-mindedly
" There are rules for a reason Ron" He scowls at him
" I'm your wife, don't you trust me?" Ginny cries
" It's not that I don't trust you Gin, it's just how things work at the office" Harry sighs
" That's just a nice way of saying you don't trust me enough to tell me" The red-headed woman shouts
" I'm not in the mood to deal with this, I'll be in the study" Harry walks away, slamming the study door shut and locking it.
Throwing the file onto the table he walks over to a cabinet and pulls out a bottle of fire whiskey, pouring himself a generous amount before taking a gulp. Glancing back at the file on the table he sighs and picks it up and sits in an armchair in the corner of the room, placing the glass down on the side table he starts to go through it properly.
As they land in the sitting room at Malfoy Manor, Blaise was nearly knocked off his feet by Pansy jumping to him, Draco had rushed over to embrace his wife, with Theo and Astoria pulling the couple together into a group hug. As the group disband, Blaise and Hermione both see a dark-haired woman, her skin was lightly tanned just like her son. Standing in front of them with a weak smile, both feeling guilty that they hadn't come back sooner, they knew that she must have been worried for hours.
"Il mio bambini, mi sei mancato" Matalia Zabini says sweetly with her arms open
The two rush over to embrace her lovingly.
"Abbiamo perso anche voi, la mamma" Blaise says
Parting from the hug, Lucius and Narcissa pull Hermione in a hug. Hermione felt a little overwhelmed by the affection that she had received that evening. Sometimes she questions herself on how she got so lucky to have so many people caring for her. Even with the intense day that they had they were all still smiling at each other.
" Where are the children?" She suddenly asks
" They're asleep dear, it's really late" Narcissa reply
" Oh, I didn't realise what the time was" Hermione says checking her watch
" Have you eaten at all love?" Draco says sliding her arm around her waist
" Not since the afternoon, with everything going on I wasn't even hungry" She sighs
" Well you must eat something, come. You too Blaise" Lucius says before calling Biddy to bring them some food.
The two didn't realise how hungry they were until they started eating. It wasn't until they had finished when Narcissa jumps up from her seat and rushes out, leaving everyone in the room confused of her actions.
" I forgot, this came for you Mia" Narcissa says coming back in and handing her a letter. Looking at the seal she knew who it from the ministry. Frowning at the letter she hands it to her husband who was sitting next to her.
Hermione,
I need to talk to you about the case, there's something I need to show you, I'll be by Malfoy Manor tomorrow morning at 10am, assuming that is where you live, if not owl me asap to let me know.
Harry
" Well shit" Draco says giving the letter back to Hermione
" Draco! Language!" Narcissa scowls, Draco doesn't reply but puts his arm around his wife
" What is it bambino?" Matalia asks
" It's a letter from Potter, he's invited himself over tomorrow morning" Draco growls
" Why? We already spoken to him earlier" Blaise says
" Don't know, he said he wanted to show me something, at least he didn't ask me to go over to his, it'd be the last place I want to be" Hermione shrugs and folds the letter away
" Theo, can you handle finalising the plans for the office tomorrow" Draco asks looking at their friend
" Sure, I can-" Theo starts to reply
" No! No. You need to be there, they need you to sign the contract too Drake" Hermione says in a disapproving tone
" I'm not leaving you here with Potter alone, what if Weasley comes with him" He says angrily
" I won't be alone, Lucius and Cissa will be here." She said maddened
" I don't like it. I can always sign the contract another day" Draco yells
" Stop it, I won't be in any danger, they'll be coming here to Malfoy Manor, they can't do anything to me!" Hermione yells back, the couple glare at each other for a few minutes not bothered by the stares from the rest of them
" You're right. I'm sorry love, and I know mum and dad will be here, I just want to be here for you too" Draco sighs, relaxing his shoulders, pulling her to him
" It's okay, if they try anything, first thing I'll do is send you a patronus before hexing them" Hermione says giving him a gentle kiss
" You better" He smiles through the kiss
" Ladies and gentlemen, quickest argument ever!" Blaise calls waving a hand in their direction, making the others laugh
" Certainly an improvement from when they were first dating" Pansy says.
They all stayed there talking for a little while longer before all heading to off to bed, Blaise, Pansy and Matalie left to Zabini Manor, carrying a sleeping Clayton with them, they left Trenton with the Malfoy's as they decided not to wake the young boy. Theo and Astoria had decided the same and left Parker asleep and went back to Nott Manor. Hermione snuggles up to her husband in bed, sighing in content, letting Draco relax her as he held her tight, just bad that happened in the day she had before letting slumber take over her, last thing she heard was her husband telling her how much he loved her, before let slumber take over her.
Mia dolce sorellina – My sweet little sister
Mio caro fratello – My dear brother
Non ti preoccupare fratello, segreto sicuro con me – Do not worry brother, secret's safe with me
Il mio bambini, mi sei mancato – My children, I missed you
Abbiamo perso anche voi, la mamma – We both missed you too mum
I've posted two chapters at once because the last chapter was a bit mush, and since I've finished the fanfic I actually want to upload it all but decided on two at a time :)