Neville and Seamus spent the rest of the year traveling abroad. The Christmas gift from Pansy and Dean was a month long visit to Paris. A hotel booking was being held for confirmation of a date. A week after graduation Neville and Seamus left to Paris. While there, they decided to spend the year traveling. Seeing places and doing things only the two of them would know about. They had basically cut contact with everyone, promising to get together once they were back.

Narcissa gave her Christmas gift to Harry and Draco. The two ended up spending two months in Southern America. They travelled as far as they could while sight seeing in Brazil. Their trip ended in the Caribbean where they spent a week before returning. Spending the rest of the year helping Narcissa with reservations in the manor.

Blaise joined his favorite quidditch team. With encouragement from Hermione he signed up for a part-time coaching course. Hermione spent the remainder of the year doing whatever she wanted to. She sent a letter to Mcgonagall asking for an apprenticeship position in the school.

Pansy and Dean found themselves exploring the muggle world. Every second week of their exploration they had to contact Hermione and Harry for help with something. Having never been to the muggle world before. Harry was the one who mainly helped them as Hermione sometimes lost track of time buried in a book.

December time had come around rather quickly for the lot. Malfoy manor was always loud and busy due to renovations. Narcissa had taken down some walls to rooms on the ground floor, in order to create one huge room for Adriana. She had felt bad that Adriana had to stay in her human form while at the manor. Another renovation she was doing was changing the left side of the house on the top floor into a greenhouse. While all the renovations were happening Narcissa stayed with Harry and Draco in one of the other houses that were left for Draco.

Neville and Seamus sent out owls to their friends informing them that they would only return after the New Year. Pansy had made a joke about Seamus being pregnant as a reason they were staying away so long. Harry and Draco looked at each other rather oddly thinking about how that could be possible.

Blaise told everyone he wouldn't be around for Christmas because of his quidditch team and coaches exam. That meant Hermione wouldn't be around either. She was Blaise's number 1 cheerleader after all and hadn't yet missed a single game.

Dean was still busy working towards his acceptance in the ministry. So he wanted to spend the Christmas with Pansy before having to go back to training. The Auror position was a hard one to fill with its requirements both academic and physical.

*~*

"Happy New Year love."

"Same to you Dray."

Draco smiled. "Sevy wants me to study under him for the year. First step to being a potion master."

"Are you going to teach at Hogwarts after?" Harry asked lacing his fingers with Draco's.

"No I was thinking of making one of the other places into a lab. Then I'd make potions to supply hospitals and stuff." Draco said.

"Sounds brilliant. So you're going to be gone a lot this year huh?" Harry sighed.

"Unfortunately. But you don't have to worry about anything happening." Draco kissed Harry.

"Well yeah. I'm not upset about that. I was actually going to tell you I was going to be away. When I was helping Dean and Pansy in the muggle world I had an idea. I can't tell you yet because I want it to be a surprise." Harry grinned.

Draco shook his head and kissed Harry's cheek. They laid on the couch cuddled together. Harry's left hand laced with Draco's. His right hand combing through Draco's hair. It was a lazy day for the two. Narcissa had gone to Malfoy Manor to see what needed to be changed before more work was done.

*~*

"Neville?"

Neville looked up. "Yes Seamus."

Seamus took the book Neville was reading. "I was kind of hoping that when we get back we could stay in the muggle world."

"Why?"

"Well... I always wanted to study. Like go to college. It's like a muggle school people apply to to get a job qualification. I know magic isn't my strongest quality. And I want to work with something I'm good at." Seamus was staring at his feet.

"Well if that's what you want I don't see any problem with it. You've tought me a lot about the muggle world these past few months." Neville smiled.

Seamus beamed. He kissed Neville before climbing onto the bed next to him. This was their last week abroad. Sunday they would be heading back to London and would have to look for a place to stay.

*~*

"Pansy just keep your eyes closed a second longer okay. Please trust me."

Pansy shifted her weight. "I trust you Dean. Just not very patient you know this."

Dean rolled his eyes. "Okay open."

Pansy opened her eyes and gasped. It was the perfect date. She remembered mentioning it when she thought Dean wasn't listening to her. For the whole year she believed that he hadn't listened to her. But here she was. The restaurant was empty and set up specifically for them. Dean lead Pansy to a chair and waited for her to sit. They filled the evening with light conversation and dancing when they weren't eating. Then something else caught Pansy's eye.

"Why is there a chain in my glass?" She asked.

She finished it out to find a ring attached to the bottom of it. When she looked up Dean was down on one knee. She shifted in her seat so that she was completely facing him. Dean reached out with both hands. One took hold of Pansy's left hand the other took the ring and chain.

"Pansy Parkinson. Will you do me the greatest pleasure of being my wife?" Dean asked.

He was trying his best to hide how nervous he was. Forgetting that their bond meant that Pansy could feel his nervousness. Pansy took the chain and removed the ring. She expected the ring not to fit. Either being too big or too small. When she slipped it on it fitted perfectly.

"Yes you Gryffindork. It would be an honor." She learned forward and kissed Dean.

*~*

"Blaise! Watch out!"

"I am going to kill them!"

"You will do no such thing V. Quidditch is a rough game. How many times do I have to say it."

After a close call of almost being knocked out of the sky Blaise sped past the stands. The game went on for a while longer before the game was won by Blaise's team. They all cheered. Did their usual victory lap and then descended. They had won on points rather than catching the snitch. To Blaise a win was a win no matter how you got it. Hermione had run down from the VIP box just in time to catch Blaise before he entered the lockers.

"You were wonderful!" She cheered.

"Thanks honey. I'll be out in 10 minutes." Blaise said before kissing Hermione and leaving.

When he entered the locker rooms his teammates started cat-calling and wolf-whistling.

"Has she ever missed a game?" One asked.

"If you count the matches I played in Hogwarts then she's missed a few." Blaise laughed.

His teammates laughed. "Of course not!"

Blaise got changed as quickly as he could. For two very specific reasons. One was his teammates. They wouldn't stop teasing him since he was the youngest one there. And two was Hermione. She got irritated if he took longer than he said and he just wanted to go back to their room and rest. The team had played 3 games in a row now, granted they were given a day in between. Blaise used that day to study if the team wasn't practicing. He had to write his first coaching exam the day they got back. Which was two days away. He walked out of the lockers and got a face full of bushy hair.

"Can we skip the restaurant and get room service instead?" Blaise asked.

"No problem baby. Come on let's go." Hermione smiled grabbing Blaise's hand.

They both ignored the whistles and shouts from the locker rooms. Hermione recalled the first few games Blaise played when his teammates would say they wouldn't last. Then after the 5th match they started teasing them and Hermione would blush from embarrassment. Even though they were only teasing her because they believed she was a diehard fan. PDA never being something she thought necessary. At the 7th game she came down after Blaise was already in the locker rooms and met a girl. The girl claimed to be Blaise's fiance and Hermione decided she'll put the girl in her place. So when Blaise came out of the locker rooms she literally jumped on him and they shared a rather heated, passionate kiss. Having only remembered the audience when the girl shrieked. She tried to accuse Blaise of cheating on her when his teammates stepped in and defended them.

"Happy New Year beautiful." Blaise said.

"To you too Handsome." Hermione whispered before kissing Blaise.