Days Gone By (Trio <3)

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It was getting close to midnight, but Hermione Granger already felt quite exhausted. She'd mingled with the other Ministry workers, and spotted her daughter Rose from a distance. Before she went home to her husband, she'd head to the Hospital Wing to see Hugo and Xanthippe to see how they were getting on. Hermione enjoyed the bustle of the evening, but a part of her had wished that Ron had been well enough to come to the Yule Ball.  He'd be a good laugh at the very least, and she'd taught him how to dance over the years, so there was that too.  Still, as she scanned the ballroom she did find one more familiar face that she hadn't gotten to talk to yet - Harry Potter.

Smiling, Hermione made her way over to her best friend, past the dancing couples and trays of food and collapsed into a seat next to him.  "Glad to see you were able to grace us with your presence, taking away from yours and Ginny's vacation," she said, teasing him lightly.  "How are you Harry?" she asked, more seriously.  Ginny did seem to be making more and more progress as the days went on, but she still didn't remember everything yet.


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Harry had sent his daughter off to confess her love to a boy. He was completely in shock right now, not that he regretted it. Of course not. He still felt... Frazzled, in a way, but happy. Very happy. After much dancing, both involuntary and not, sat down to take a breather, wondering for a moment where is daughter was now... And Adrian.

Then he saw Hermione approaching and gave a small, exhausted wave as she sat beside him. He shrugged, "awe, well, wanted to see the kids all decked out," he said before offering a yawn. She asked how he was, in a tone that Harry knew well. He reached over to pat her hand before taking it in his. "Good. I'm doing well, thanks."

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Hogwarts. Ron hadn't been here in years, and it seemed like nothing has changed. He looked around the hall as people danced and moved about. He remembered the last time he was at a Yule ball. Decked out in what he swear were his Aunt Tessy's drapes, and dancing with a last minute partner. That night sent chills down his spine, and for more than one reason. He looked down at the dress robes he wore now. dressed in a black suit with white undershirt and a black bow tie. He checked himself in a platter that was sitting on a nearby table, making sure he was neatly trimmed and his hair wasn't out of place. He had to admit, age had treated him well.

After straightening himself out and looking around the room, saw his wife and best friend sitting next to each other. Harry didn't seem too worse for wear, but also looked a little weary. Hermione still took his breath away, even more so in the dress she was wearing. Having an idea, he smiled and headed for the snack table, stuffing his face with a few sweets before grabbing a stray platter. He took three cups, filled them with pumpkin juice and made his way over to the two. As Hermione and Harry talked to each other, he walked up to them, platter and drinks in hand, and cleared his throat.

"A drink for old times, my lovelies?" He spoke, mimicking a prim and proper gentleman.

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Hermione smiled at Harry. “Good, both Al and Lily look lovely. Was that her boyfriend that just ran off with her?” she asked curiously. She didn’t really see Lily Potter as the type to be tied down; she was a wild spirit. But she had heard an AWFUL lot about one Adrian Greyback over the summer; perhaps that boy was him. “Rosie was around here somewhere; Hugo is up with Xanthippe in the Hospital Wing, the poor dear is still recovering from her illness. I’ll probably stop up there soon,” she told him. Her eyes found her eldest in the crowd; but didn’t she just look so beautiful? Rose was growing up, a concept that was becoming harder and harder to grasp each day.

A voice interrupted them, mocking a prim accent but Hermione immediately knew who it was. “Ron?” she asked, sounding surprised. Turning around, she found that it was indeed her husband smiling down at them. Part of her wanted to scold Ron for getting out of bed while he was sick but before she could help it, her smile spread across her face. She stood up and kissed him firmly, not caring whether or not he was sick. “Are you suddenly all better?” she asked, taking ahold of his arm and gently pushing him into the free seat beside her.

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Hermione complimented both Albus and Lily and mentioned her boyfriend and Harry shook his head. "Not yet, but she's completely head over heels for the kid. A Greyback, can you believe it?" Harry shook his head and chuckled, "it's a good thing names mean nothing to me. At least, not in a way that I'd judge someone because of it-" he paused, suddenly considering something he hadn't realized. Was this boy a werewolf? If so... no, this was not the time or place.

"I saw Rose walk past at one point. Awe, I would check in on Xanthippe and Hugo but... I'm not sure I should crowd her," he didn't know her well enough to go anyway.

A voice sounded above them and Harry looked up, immediately bursting into laughing at Rons pretending to be a waiter. Then after Hermione asked if he was better, Harry stopped his laughs and leaned toward him, his own voice all posh and prim, 'why yes my lovely darling thank you for the elegant choice of pumpkin juice. Did you know this juice was freshly squeezed out of the pumpkins of the garden of the great wizard Merlin himself!? Quite so, quite so," he joked. Hermione was sitting in between them, and probably was going to slap Harry AGAIN.

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"Yes I am, thank you." He leaned in, giving Hermione a kiss, "You could say I got a visit from the Weasley family nurse. Curer of all the ginger ills."

He laughed at his joke, knowing that the "nurse" he had mentioned was, of course, his mother. Not long after Hermione left for the dance, Molly appeared via flu powder, making sure that Ron was well enough, at least to go to the dance. As she put it, there was no way her son was going to miss taking Hermione Granger to the dance again. Ron tried to roll his eyes and explain to her about the situation, but who, in Weasley history, ever was able to win an argument with their mother? Especially when their mother was Molly Weasley. He laughed out loud when Harry started to mimic his behavior.

"Oh indeed I do, dear boy. I believe the vintage was early 1800s. Who would've expected that such a magnificent jack o' lantern could produce such an equally magnificent beverage, what?" he mimicked scoffing a laugh, raising his glass to Harry, "Cheers."

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Hermione smiled as her husband took the seat next to her; she should have guessed that Molly would have gotten wind of his illness, whipped up a cure and brought it straight over to him.  The Weasley matriarch was no fool; she knew that Ron and Hermione should have attended the Yule Ball together all those years ago, and she was not about to let some stomach flu stand in his way of dancing with his wife at Christmas.  "Well I am glad you're here, it wasn't quite the same without you," she declared, reaching over and squeezing his arm fondly.

At Harry's surname comment, Hermione threw her head back in a laugh.  "Your children are dating a Lestrange, a Flint and a Greyback.  Thank Merlin you don't judge my last names, otherwise they'd probably all elope or run off into the night," she said, still laughing at the thought.  It was rather ironically funny, the way things had worked out.  Rosie of course was...in a complicated relationship with a Malfoy of all people.  She hadn't told Ron yet though; she could vividly remember him warning Rose to stay away from Malfoy her first year on Platform 9 3/4.  So naturally she had fallen in love with him.  "You'll come with me later to say hello to Xan and Hugo right Ron?  They're up in the Hospital Wing; Xan's still too weak to come down," she asked her husband.


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Harry nodded as Hermione said it wasn't the same without Ron. Then, she mentioned his other kids significant others surnames and Harry laughed, "yup, it's rather comical if you think about it. They're all lovely kids, though... as far as I've seen," Dusti was just troubled and untrusting, Natalia was warming up to him and he had nothing to go off of for Adrian beside what Lily had said while talking very, very fast. So he didn't quite catch it all. But anyone who could get his daughter to use tunnel vision like that was worth keeping around.

Harry chuckled as Ron continued the banter, speaking of the vintage and the jack o' lantern. "Cheers!" he agreed, raising his glass and turning to Hermione with an eyebrow raised, inviting her to join in.

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"Yeah, last time you were with Krum, and Harry and I were with the Parvati twins."

He smiled and shook his head at the thought, wishing he could go back in time and ask Hermione out to the dance like he should've done in the first place. But he was had to admit, he was glad things turned out the way they did. As the three of them sat there, he looked around at the kids laughing and having fun. When Harry responded to his cheers, he held up the glass and laughed, taking a drink and leaning back again the chair as table as he did. He began to think back to his time at Hogwarts, how he and Harry were at each other's throats, simply because of a misunderstanding, Moody was the newest dark arts professor, and all sorts of other things, that a sudden thought popped into Ron's head.

"Guys, have actually learned anything while being here? We spent more times going after Voldemort and Death Eaters, and changing Dark Arts teachers, I can barely remember us actually studying."

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Hermione rolled her eyes, but laughed at Harry and Ron’s mock proper accents. “You two are positively ridiculous,” she said, still smiling as she took a sip of her drink. “But Ron and I have lucked out on at least one; the Meagles have been friends for years, so to have Xanthippe as Hugo’s girlfriend really makes less of a difference than….well, whoever Rosie chooses.” Rose had yet to tell Ron about her relationship with Scorpius Malfoy - she imagined Ron would overreact and freak out. That was a conversation that had to happen sooner rather than later though, especially since Rose and Scorpius were attending this ball together.

Hermione had the grace to look affronted at Ron’s comment. “Speak for yourself my dear, I learned plenty while dwelling in this castle, as you are very well aware of,” she said, shaking her head while laughing. “You two though, I wouldn’t be surprised if the most you learned was the secret passageways and how to produce a proper Patronus,” she teased them. Nobody could ever say Hermione hadn’t learned anything at Hogwarts; she had been the top of their class every year except in Defense Against the Dark Arts their third year. That had never really bothered Hermione though; Harry deserved that recognition for certain. “Dumbledore is probably turning over in his grave if he heard that Ron; he did make you Prefect after all,” she added a little chidingly.

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ooc: ron have a death wish or something? XD

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Ron mentioned the Patil twins and Krum and Harry shook his head like 'no bro don't bring it up'. But, luckily, Hermione was cool with it. Harry was a little suspicious about the mention of Rosie and 'whoever she chooses', but he wasn't going to look into it. He honestly didn't care that much... which sounded rude. Rose could do what she wanted.

Hermione did bristle a bit as Ron spoke about not learning at school and Harry chuckled. Classic Hermione! "Hey, hey I learned... stuff. Important stuff. Cool stuff," he said, clearing his throat awkwardly and then winking at Ron.

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