The street was filled with people, children running around, laughing and joking as they bustle in and out shops getting their supplies for school. Even after 20 years, he still get stares from people, whispering and pointing as if he couldn't see. He chose to ignore them as he makes his way towards Flourish and Botts.

" Dad!..Dad!..Helloooo?!" He hears his sons voice call out, looking down he sees his son waving up at him, and pulling on his sleeve.

" Sorry champ, what is it?" He smiles at him

" We're here" His son says pointing at the bookshop

" Right, lets get to it then" He replies opening the door for them.

It was his son's first year to Hogwarts, he could not be more proud, for a 11 year old, he was beyond his years, much like his mother, he may look just like him when he was younger but his son had both his and his wife's intelligence. After the war his mother and himself had been pardoned from Azkaban as he didn't join the dark lord with his own freewill and his mother had 'saved' the one and only Harry Potter. His father did end up in being prisoned for 8 years, it would have been more however he confessed up to his crimes and had given in several names of death eaters and even helped locate them. None of it mattered, they were and will always be seen as evil. His mother and him decided to start fresh and move to Italy, which was fine with him, not only were they able to get away and start anew, but he was close to his best friend Blaise Zabini who was neutral during the war and kept to themselves. After his father was released from prison, he had joined them in Italy. It was a couple years after they had moved when he bumped into her, his loving wife, sitting across him at a cafe with her nose in a book, turns out she decided to get away too but for other reasons.

After purchasing what his son needed they headed out to meet up with the rest of the group, his wife and him had decided to join with their friends with their children to get the school supplies. The two of them make their way through the crowds of people towards a coffee shop where his wife and others would be. It was a nice warm sunny day, as they approach they could see the others sitting there outside, his wife looks up and smiles when she sees her husband and son heading towards them.

" Mum! Look, there's a new edition of Hogwarts A History" Her son runs towards her pulling out a book from the bag.

" And you didn't get me one?" She replies jokingly

" Hey love" Draco kisses his wife on the cheek before taking the seat next to her

" Where's Blaise and Trenton? I thought he was with you?" Pansy asks, trying to keep her three year old from pulling out all the napkins from the tray.

" Relax Pans, we split up cause Trent hadn't been fitted with robes yet" He replies ordering a coffee for himself

" Look Scorp, I got my own wand! I can't use it yet but I have one now, just like you!" Cassie, his younger sister says jumping up and down with a huge grin, her blond curls bouncing.

" Cass, stop jumping like an idiot" Scorpius frowns

" Scorpius! Don't call your sister that" Draco says sternly, Cassie sticks her tongue at her brother before sitting with their father.

" Here's Blaise and Trent" He hears his wife say, looking up Blaise walks over with his son, both looking a little annoyed.

" Hey, sorry we got caught up when getting Trent fitted" Blaise says pulling a chair to sit down.

" What happened?" Pansy asks her husband, handing over their toddler so she can rest a bit

" Bumped into some people" He shrugs, taking his three year old son

" They were mean! Saying stuff about us and Uncle Drake" Trenton says sitting next to Scorpius

Draco knew this would happen and raises an eyebrow at Blaise, but Blaise just shakes his head to say it wasn't something to mention.

The four of them still sat chatting over coffee, while their children sat on a table next to them playing with quidditch figurines. They were still waiting for Theo and his wife Astoria to return with their son. Pansy and Draco's wife had headed off to the ladies room leaving the men at the table. Theodore Nott had always stayed in England but visited the other on a frequent basis, as he and Draco had opened up a company designing brooms, which had become very successful, so much that they had signed a contract to provide the England Quidditch team every year. It was not until the beginning of this year that the other two couple decided to move back to England due to their children starting school.

As the two women stand at the mirror washing their hands Pansy asks the question that the others had wanted to ask.

" Mia, are you worried what they'll say if we see them?" She turns to the brunette while wiping her hands on a paper towel

Sighing in front of the mirror before turning back to Pansy replying " No I'm not worried, I'm not going to lie that I'm not comfortable if we see them, but I'm not worried what they'll say, I wasn't the one that lost touch with them, they didn't bother to reply" giving her a smile at the end, before pushing the door to go back out

" Hermione" Pansy pulls her arm back, Hermione gives her a questioning look as she did this

" Whatever does happen, you know you have us there right? We're all in this together, even though we may not know exactly what happened, but we know the jist, we're your friends and best friends I hope. Slytherins don't stray from friends" Pansy gives her a warm smile

" Pans stop being so mushy, you're acting a bit like a Hufflepuff as Draco would say" She smirks and raises an eyebrow at her

" Oh god I told you not to smirk like that, it's too Draco-like" Pansy cries out making Hermione laugh

" Sorry, he has a bad influence on me" She replies still laughing

" I think we all do" Pansy smiles back

" It's what happens when you join the snake pit" Hermione replies wiping a tear from her eye, Pansy was still giving her a slight worried look making Hermione feel a little warmth inside, it would be weird for people to think that a worried expression would give someone warmth, but to her it showed that her friend was worried for her, and that was something she really appreciated.

"Pans, you guys ARE my best friends, and I'm really glad that we all got to know each other, I wouldn't trade it for the world. I know you guys won't abandon me, and I would never abandon any of you" She says sincerely smiling

The both give each other a hug before heading back out to the table where their husbands where

" Besides, who else will I run to rant about Draco" She laughs again

" You got that right" Pansy says laughing back

While Draco and Blaise were making random conversation and waiting on their wives to return. Both didn't notice a duo walking towards the table, just as a shadow start looming over them, they both look up to see a gingered haired man scowling at them and a dark brown haired man with a similar expression on his face. Blaise groans muttering "Not again", hearing what his friend said Draco instantly knew that they were the 'people' that Blaise had encountered with earlier. Trenton was whispering to his son and daughter, probably telling them what had happened earlier. He knew better to provoke them first as his wife would probably have his head on a platter, he decided to at least try and stay calm.

" What are you doing here ferret?" Ron says angrily

" Potter, Weasley, hello to you too" He replies calmly, you would think after 20 years they would come up with something better to call him he thinks to himself

Blaise doesn't say anything as he was now holding his younger son that had fallen asleep and leaning on his shoulders in his lap, the three children were now staring at the adults wondering what was going to happen.

" Why have you lot come back? You know you of all people are not welcome here" Harry says, but not raising his voice as he was aware that there were children around and he respected at least that.

" I wasn't aware that you owned England Potter" Draco sneers at the name Potter

" I am the Head of the Auror department and I CAN take you in for questioning on suspicion as you did disappear for years and now suddenly you're back, which raises questions of why you have returned" Harry angrily retorts back

" Is that a threat Potter" Standing up now Draco glares at him

" And what are you going to do about it Malfoy! Try it and we can arrest you on the spot" Ron yells gripping his wand at his side.

At this point Blaise calls the children, handing over Clayton his younger son to Trenton and telling them to go inside the cafe.

" I didn't know that Aurors can be so unprofessional, is this how you train all the Aurors Potter?" Blaise says now standing next to Draco with his hands in his pocket

" Shut up Zabini! We'll deal with you later, as you both being former death eaters you both can be still arrested, as you know there are still quite a few roaming out there, who else is best to bring in on questioning" Harry answers now also gripping his wand

They were starting to get attention now, people stopping and watching the scene. It won't be long till reporters would probably pop out of nowhere snapping pictures and making up ridiculous stories on what was happening. This was why they had left England in the first place, if it wasn't for their children starting Hogwarts, they probably wouldn't be back, they had hoped that things would have at least changed a bit since it had been so long, but no, they were proven right on their thoughts, people just don't seem to grow up much.

" Fuck off Potter, unless you want a lawsuit on harassing innocent bystanders l suggest you leave us alone" Draco says and waves his hand as if to push them away

" That's funny Malfoy, because no lawyer here would want to work for you, no one in England would help you, you're nothing in this country, that's why you left in the first place isn't it?" Ron grins

" I wouldn't say that Weasel, you wouldn't be able to afford the lawyers that would work for me. I heard you were still living at that dump with your parents, what happened? Oh right, you blew all your reward money away on whores and gambling" Draco smirks as Blaise hides a snort with a cough

Ron stares wide eyed at the blonde in front of him, how did he know that he lost all his money years back, with his mouth open trying to think of a come back, but not fast enough as he hears Harry speak for him.

" Shut the fuck up Malfoy, we all know you're the one that spends daddy's money and is a man whore sleeping around with stupid airheads." Harry snarls, a bad attempt for a come back but it was the fastest one he could think off.

" My father has nothing to do with my business Potter, and I've been married for 15 years" Draco snarls

" Probably to some gold digging bitch that spread her legs for anyone" Ron says snapping out of his trance

As he said that both Draco and Blaise stiffens and looking like they were ready to pounce, Harry and Ron could see this and was standing ready with their wands aimed at them.

" Don't you dare talk about my wife like that!" Draco growls at them, Blaise right by his side

" Or what ferret? Try it and your brats can watch us beat you like a pussy that you are" Ron says with his wand pointing closely at Draco's chest, with a smug grin on his face

The crowd was getting bigger, a couple reporters had now shown up at the scene, this is surely going to be the front news tomorrow. Theo and Astoria was trying to get through the crowd of people as they come to the front and seeing the scene, Theo tells Astoria to stay with their son as he walks over the four. Standing next to Draco's other side with his hands in his pocket looking fairly calm.

" May I ask what the hell is going on?" He speaks in a icy calm tone

" Another one, you lot just keep popping up" Ron says with an evil looking grin

Raising an eyebrow at Ron's comment Theo shakes his head, causing Ron to grow more angry.

" Go back to your hole you call home Weasel, you're not man enough to handle adult situations" Draco snarls at him knocking Ron's wand away from him

Being more pissed off Ron stabs Draco in the chest with his wand, Draco doesn't even flinch at the reaction still standing straight glaring back at him, before he could reply Draco had already started speaking again

" Ah look, if it isn't she-weasel, and oh and are they your kids Potter? I'm surprised they're yours as she pretty much slept with the entire school" They had all turned to see Ginny to their right standing with three children, Ginny's face had now turned a bright mixture of red and purple.

" That's my wife you're talking about" Harrys voice yells with venom now with his wand facing Draco as well.

The crowd were now whispering amongst themselves all waiting to see the reaction of what will happen next as if it was a tv soap. Pictures were being taken and Rita Skeeter was now at the scene with a sickening wide smile watching the whole scene enfold. It was not like they had never been to Diagon Alley before, however they prefer to stay away from limelight and keeping it on the low, they valued their privacy but not because they were ashamed or embarrassed, they just preferred to be not be splashed over tabloids for entertainment.

" You fucking bastard that's my sister you're talking about, I can kill you ri-" Ron yells but was interrupted by a familiar voice

" I wouldn't do that if I where you "

The crowd gasps as they see Hermione standing by the door of cafe. Harry and Ron both wide eyed with their mouths open at her.

She was more beautiful then they had seen her, yes they were all older but she had grown into her looks, her hair was now wavy instead of being in a frizz, she looked elegant and sophisticated, wearing dark skinny jeans with a creamy white cashmere jumper. She was holding her wand to her side but not gripping it like the others. Flashes from the camera were now going crazy as they hadn't seen the war heroine in years, now finally showing up at the same time as the four were in the middle of somewhat of a battle. Rita Skeeter was having the time of her life.

" Her..Hermione!" Finally finding his voice Ron cries out

" Hermione! Wha...Wh...What are you doing here?" Harry sputters out, his wand now lowered, as is Ron's. They had both turned to face her still staring. Draco smirks at Blaise who was returning the smirk, Theo decides to take a seat to watch what happens.

" I was getting coffee with friends and family, but I guess it's been ruined" She replies cryptically, glancing over at the other three who were close by, Draco and Blaise both had their hands in their pockets while Theo was leaning back in the chair with his arms folded. Both Harry and Ron notices as she glances over but clearly getting the wrong idea on what she meant, Ron had once again opened his mouth.

" Don't worry Mione, we were just taking care of them. God I missed you" He says while launching himself towards her for a hug. Blaise had one of his hands holding onto Draco's arm stopping him from doing anything stupid.

" Mr. Weasley, keep your hands to yourself please" Hermione replies pushing him off her

" What? Why do you keep calling me that?" Ron asks angrily as he was pushed away

" That is your name isn't it?" She retorts folding her arms

" Mione, what happened to you? We missed you" Harry asks in a more gentle tone

" Really? As I recall, my owls were never replied to" Hermione replies, but turns her head round to peek in the cafe seeing Pansy with the children, knowing that they were still fine she turns back round.

Once again, the two didn't catch on what Hermione was doing, they peered over and see Pansy standing there with the children watching them. Ron snarls at the sight and looks back at Hermione but before he gets a snarl back from Pansy.

" She's probably here with the ferret, the slut most likely married him" Ron says, this time it was Draco that was holding back Blaise. At any other situation, the three men would have jumped in by now, but they all know that Hermione would handle this, she would want to handle this herself.

Hermione didn't have a chance to reply back to him as he adds to the sentence,

" Oh and let us just take care of Malfoy and we can go talk" He spins around and points his wand back at Draco who looked more calm and raises an eyebrow at him, Harry had taken the same action and pointing his wand also

" Lower your wands, or so help me Merlin" Hermione had her wand pointed at the two, they both stare with their mouths wide open.

" Hermione we're just doing our jobs, stand back at let us handle this" Harry growls

" Then let me do my job Mr. Potter, if you have no warrant to arrest then I suggest you lower your wands or I will write up a lawsuit right now" She replies, she had now lowered her wand, the crowd all whisper loudly again.

" What? You would defend them? Are you crazy?" Ron snorts back.

" Why wouldn't I? You're both aiming at unarmed men as I can see" She says still standing at the same spot glaring at them

" You're a lawyer?" Harry asks with a surprising tone

" Yes, I have a law firm with one of my best friends" She replies, Draco was smirking at this point while Blaise snorts and Theo sits quietly watching with an amused face.

" Best friends? When was this? Why didn't you tell us?" Harry asks raising his eyebrows at her

" You would defend Malfoy? Seriously? You've lost your marbles" Ron yells at the same time as Harry. Hermione sighs and walks over and stands in between Draco and Blaise, Theo looking more amused by this point. Harry and Ron with their wands still aimed at Draco, she raises an eyebrow at them but they don't budge.

" We haven't spoken for over 15 years, did you expect me to not have a career or other friends?" She asks in a monotone

" That's not what I meant" Harry replies sincerely now slowly lowering his wand

" Okay FINE, let's just go Harry" Ron clearly frustrated lowered his wand

They both put their wands away and Ron makes another mistake and tries to pull Hermione towards him.

" Come on Mione, let's talk, I've been meaning to get in touch to get back together" He says with no shame

" Get your hands off me " She slaps his hand off her arm

" Hermione, come on, I've missed you" His face starts to redden slightly

" Ronald, I'm not going anywhere with you, I'm staying here" She takes a step back, Blaise and Draco had both followed taking a step back with her. Harry had noticed this and wondered.

" Hermione...who are you here with?" Harry asks, not missing the smirk that was on Draco's face

" I'm here with my husband and friends" She replies back

" HUSBAND?!" Ron yells

" and friends" Hermione blinks at him

" You're married? But, we were together, we were supposed to end up together" He carries on yelling, his face red with anger

" Where we? Could have fooled me when I saw you in between some blonde's legs" Hermione snorts back, the crowd gasps at her words, Ron was more red and anger boiled inside him as she had revealed what had happened many years ago.

" Where is your husband?" Harry asks, trying to stay calm

Hermione looks back at Harry and remembers the best friend that he was, no, thought he was, but he had taken Ron's side once again, and never returned her owls. She gives him a smile before replying.

" You were just pointing your wand at him" She says, putting her arms around Draco's waist, he slides an arm around her shoulders. Theo couldn't help but silently laugh as the crowd goes wild, Blaise smirks at the situation as Pansy was doing the same watching from inside the cafe. Astoria hadn't moved from the spot with her son being cautious in not getting in cross fire.

" This is going to be interesting" Blaise says out loud.

I didn't realise that the last line from this was missing, so I've put it back in, really sorry. I do have more of the story but I wasn't sure if it was better as a one shot or not, but I may post the next chapter if people want it.

I also forgot to put a disclaimer - HP is not mine but JKR etc etc

I'm not a writer, just that this sort of story came to me and I couldn't find one similar to read so decided to write one myself.