It's sad that nobody else just sat and listened to Hermione. Glad Lucius and Hermione do that for eah other.
The first kiss...
Now I'm not sure Ron is having an affair, maybe with the bottle. Lucius should look into it anyways. Relationships do run there course, people mature or not and you can't go back in time, all you have is what's in front of you. Lucius and Hermione are slowly, painfully slowly starting to cross the line. I think they both have old lines that need severing. Narcissa I don't get in this story, other than being a greedy bitch, Lucius is her bank after all and nothing more.
I really really don't like this Narcissa. Using her son to try to get her way, disgusting. My siblings and I were and occasionally still are used as pawns by our parents. (Who been divorced for 35 years) Not still, we all set clear boundaries, not that they respect them. So when boundaries are broken we ignore them, give them a time-out. Like naughty children. Narcissa needs a time-out, Lucius should cut her off completely.
They seriously need to stop fighting it. Their marriages are over. Lucius' because Narcissa is a spiteful bitch and Hermione's because Ron cant face reality and is a lying drunk and possible cheater.
Finally. That line Hermione made has been decimated. Now Hermione needs to get over her guilt and they both need to get rid of their baggage. (Ron & Narcissa) Holding onto something irreparable is just a waste of time.
Seriously, Hermione is just making herself more miserable than she already was by trying to stay in her dead marriage. For god sake where in the world is Ron? Not at work, Harry's or mommies. Your a very good writer, your stories pull me in and make me feel so many emotions. That's what's well written story should do. Kudos!
It's about damn time. No regrets, hallelujah!
Poor delusional Draco... Also still clinging to the hatred. He's so observant of L&H but he can't see how miserable his parents marriage is. Maybe it cause his mother uses and manipulates him? Hermione bested him in everything at school and defeated Voldemort. Cause let's be honest Harry couldn't have even survived his first year without her, let alone found the horacruxes. Sure he dueled old Voldy but he definitely needed Hermione's brains to get there. Great story, I'm really enjoying it.
All I can say about Hermione's fears are screw what people think. They could just hold their heads high and ignore the ignorance. Great chapter. I'm so glad they found time to be together, not just a bunch of quickies.