“Pick up your things little sister, we’re leaving.” Hermione grabbed her planner, was Theo in her day? No, he wasn’t. Neither was Draco, who entered her office closely behind. She didn’t need to check that. “You dating Harry does not make us siblings, we’ve covered that.”

"Ten minutes Miss Granger" Hermione only nodded, too nervous to talk. Below, the crowd danced and mingled, her eyes glued to a blond head. She wished she could be holding his hand. At that moment, Astoria grabbed his hand and took him to the dance floor.

“Breaking into Gringotts? Have you lost your fucking mind?” Hermione waved her hand so the door closed and a silencing spell fell over them, the only light coming from the window of her room at Shell Cottage. “Shh, nobody knows where we’re going” Draco ignored her.

"I had lunch with the Harpies today.” It was a testament to how much time they had spent together that Draco noticed the tensing of her shoulders at his words, even if only her back was visible to him. So she knew where he was going with this. She fucking knew.

“Hello Granger" Was she dreaming of Draco again? The cot dipped and she turned, alarmed. "How did you get in here?" she whispered, still unsure if he was really in her tent. "I know your wards, and I disillusioned myself to cross your guy in patrol, you should change him”

"Are you finally admitting your crush on Malfoy?" "What? Malfoy? No! Why?" Ginny laughed, why Hermione tried to deny it was beyond her. "Seriously, I don't like him like that." Even Ron snorted. "Just try not to be weird." he said "we don't want to lose him from-

“I’m sorry Mr and Mrs Malfoy, your marriage bonds cannot be dissolved by mutual agreement, it is imbued in the magic itself that the union is for life." The solicitor dropped his research on the desk, the sound mixed with Astoria's weeping. "So we're trapped in this marriage"

"I win!” Draco threw his last card on the pile and took all the money from the table. "You’re cheating, this is impossible" Theo threw his cards on the pile, amused by Granger's outburst. She had what looked like half of the deck in her hand. "My own wife doubts of my talent”

“I thought you'd be at the Witch Weekly gala" Ginny could have thrown a knife at her and it would have hurt less. "I thought Malfoy had invited you” she continued, pushing into the wound "being coworkers and all” "Well…winning Most Eligible Bachelor is barely an achievement."

"Have you lost your mind?" Draco looked up from his desk to a seething Granger clutching a piece of parchment, her grip so tight that her knuckles were white. "Nice to see you're talking to me again” he said. She threw the parchment on his desk. "This is low, even for you"

"He cut the date short again" Daphne opened her arms and a sobbing Astoria threw herself into them. "He might be busy for real Tori" her sister shook her head against her shoulder. "He's cheating, I'm sure" she sobbed "he didn't even notice I was waiting for him to kiss me-

"You called for me Father?" Lucius gestured at his son to take a sit. He was already in his Hogwarts robes, ready to go back. "I had lunch with Mr. Kerr, from The Hog's Head, he's noticed that you've been spending Hogsmeade weekends with Miss Granger" Draco visibly stiffened-

"Is that an engagement ring?" Ron pointed at Hermione's hand, a huge diamond sitting on her finger. "Oh crap" she laughed "that was the big surprise and I forgot to take it off." "You're marrying Malfoy?" Ron said it louder and more surprised than it had sounded in his head.

"I can't believe you overslept on your wedding day" Draco looked at the mirror, the extra hours of sleep hadn't even been helpful, he had dark circles under his eyes. "I couldn't sleep, it happens when I'm not home." "Well, you could have anticipated-" "Pansy, stop scolding-

"Hey! I can only stay for a few hours, I'm meeting Draco at six" Ginny coughed on her tea. She was not used to hearing Hermione drop Malfoy's name that casually. She was not alone because Ron groaned and Harry sighed. "I keep forgetting that Malfoy is now part of our lives."

"My new mission is to kill you." The overconfident bastard didn't even flinch and kept buttoning his trousers. "Wasn't that your plan when you found me? At least now they're taking you seriously." "Yeah” with her head against the headboard, she watched unashamedly his-

"Mum? Dad? I didn't know you'd be here" "Hi Lyra honey, it was a last minute thing" They stood up to greet their daughter. Draco extended a hand to the man standing behind her. “Benjamin, good to see you again, I'm happy that you're still friends, why don't you join us?"

"Granger? You're my blind date?" Draco Malfoy sat across from her. As in cue, a waiter approached them with two glasses. "Mr Malfoy, Miss Granger, your dinner has been ordered and payed in advance. Enjoy your drinks" There went her hope that this was all a big misunderstanding

"Do you think there’s a parallel universe where we’re not together?" She asked, closing her book over her huge belly. Draco lowered his own book on her ankles, currently on his lap. “You mean like alternative versions of us?"

“I won’t ask again, who is the informant?” Draco didn’t answer. The short one put a muggle device against his clothed leg. An electric shock crossed painfully through his body. “You’re going to regret that” Draco said, surprisingly composed for a man in pain.