ROOTS ~~ dramione, hinny, bluna

14: the future

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"Draco! The ceremony starts in an hour! We're going to be late!"

"Merlin Hermione, breathe! Lyra's ready. We're packed. We're dressed. All we need to do is put the gowns over this and we can go down, okay?"

I sighed, "You sure? Cuz I really don't want to rush and pack after the ceremony. We move out tonight. Draco!"

"What?!"

"I haven't even seen the new house yet! Are you sure it's the right size? I mean, we're going to have another kid eventually... and I really don't fancy moving in the next few months."

"Don't worry, it's great. Three bedrooms with closets, two bathrooms, living room, kitchen, and a laundry room. Plus a balcony. Trust me, we'll be fine."

"I know...but, it's just...what if I don't like it? I mean, what if it's in the wrong part of London? Or- or maybe the schools are really bad, or something about the house itself? Like the pipe—"

"Hermione." Draco walked over to me and put his hands on my shoulders, "The house is fine. You trust me, right?" I nodded, "Then trust me."

Almost an hour later, we were heading down to the Great Hall for the graduation ceremony before we would have the final feast. Then...we're done with Hogwarts. It was weird. I had started at this school with no friends, bushy hair, and the love of learning about everything. Now, I had many friends, including a husband and a daughter, my hair wasn't bushy anymore, and while I still loved reading, I know how to enjoy in the moment. It would be sad, though, leaving the school that I had called home for years. Starting life in the real world, with no family. That was going to be hard.

But everything would be fine, because I had Draco and Lyra, plus our large group of friends.

According to the law, after you had had two children, a couple could legally separate. Dean and Pansy probably would, but honestly maybe not. Everyone else seemed extremely happy with their partner.

ll-z (luna)

I was graduating! With a brand new daughter. A week ago, I had given birth to Nova, our daughter. She looked just like Blaise but had my eyes. She was perfect. Beautiful, adorable, the love of my life. We had talked a bit, about what we would do now. The plan was that I would move back into my dad's house and Blaise into his mum's. Just until we found a place suitable for us. We had also decided that we would definitely be staying together for the time being. If we wanted to split up in the future, we always could but right now, it was easier to be together to raise our daughter and eventually her younger sibling. Getting ready for graduation was hard, mostly because we hadn't really gotten the baby dressed much yet so it took a while to find clothes.

lw (lavender)

After Ron had gotten out of the hospital a while ago, I had screamed at him for a while. I couldn't understand what went through his mind, still can't. But I accepted it and he ignored it. Since then, though, I had become pregnant again. It's a boy and while we are extremely excited, we're also careful. Both of us are very aware that there could be a repeat of last time, but also don't spend all day worrying about that. We've learned how to live without thinking about it, just enjoying our lives and yes, I miss our baby. But there's nothing we can do.

dt (dean)

Pansy gave birth to triplets a few months ago. After that she just retreated into her room and studied. I don't blame her, but we have three kids now, and I can't do it all on my own. I know us. We aren't staying together longer than necessary, but I do want to make sure my kids are happy. I haven't had any chance to talk to her about custody, but she hasn't brought it up either, so hopefully she doesn't care and will sign all the rights over to me. Honestly, we were probably lucky. Having triplets with the first pregnancy meant that we were done. Of course, the same could be said about having twins and it would be a lot less work, but the babies are amazing. They eat and sleep well, so most of the time, I can handle it. Yesterday night, I heard Olly (my nickname for Olivia) crying, so I went to check on her and found Pansy rocking her to sleep. The door was almost closed so she didn't notice me, and I thought she looked beautiful. She's not ugly anymore, no one can deny that. But she's not exactly nice either, to anyone except her children. In front of them, she's an angel. It's definitely weird.

dg-l (daphne)

Neville and I... who knows what's going to happen? The truth is: no one does, ever. If someone had asked me a year ago, do you think being married to Neville Longbottom would be good? I would have slapped them and said no. But now, I can see that last year me was wrong. Neville, say what you want about him, but he's a great guy. He's sweet and romantic. When I was giving birth to the twins (who he is amazing with), he was extremely supportive. He held my hand and whispered things in my ear that at the time seemed very annoying but in hindsight, they were definitely helpful. He was the only one that got me through this war and this law, and maybe Tori got a better partner for her, and maybe she teases me about it, but I am perfectly happy with mine. I almost wish we didn't have twins, because now he can leave me. Don't get me wrong, they're great and I love seeing him play with them, but I can't imagine life without him anymore. I don't think we'll be together forever. We aren't in love with each other, but I definitely love him.

pf (parvati)

When I was growing up, my parents always told me the joys of having twins. I learned about many new ones, growing up with a twin: you were never alone, you always have someone to turn to, and most importantly, you always have extra clothes. I had always wanted twins of my own. And now I have them, not in the way I would have imagined. A daughter and a son with Seamus. Don't get me wrong, Seamus is fine. But personally, I don't like him. I'm extremely glad I got twins because now we can separate and move on with our lives. Padma wasn't as lucky but then again, she's actually okay with her partner. Liam, named after Seamus' grandmother, ironically looks like my dad. Riya, named after one of my cousins, looks like a female version of Seamus. Except her hair is a bit darker for now, but who knows? It could always lighten with age. I love both of them, they're great babies. But at the same time, and I feel terrible about it, I resent them. My life had been set, before the war, and I could have still had that life. If not for the law and the babies. But now, I'm never going to be able to whatever I want because I'll always have those two to care for. Seamus will help, at least financially if I ask for it, but I don't want him to feel burdened by them too. It's better for them to have one parent who cares for them, even if she doesn't actually want to, and one parent they can have fun with, even if it's only once in a while. Given that we're graduating today, we probably should have spoken about this earlier, but it's just so much easier to ignore each other and the whole situation. We should probably decide something soon though, we leave for who-knows-where tomorrow morning.

an (astoria)

I hate everything. I hate school and the world and the war and the law and the minister and every single person. I hate Theo and Daphne and my parents and even my great-great grandmother's cousins pet cat. That's how much I hate life right now. It's so unfair that I have to sit there and watch the rest of the world move on from the war, have kids and get married. And meanwhile, I'm stuck with Theo, childless. That's not even the worst part. The worst part is the fact that he doesn't complain. He has never once screamed at me about not wanting to be married to me when I'm a sad, mourning, moping mess. He never complains and never asks for anything from me. All he ever does is give. And I hate it. It makes it so much harder to hate him when he's being nice than if he were to scream at me for having a blood curse. Not that it's something I can help, but I wish he would. Why did it have to be me?! Daphnes older, she was born first. She's already the smarter, the prettier, the nicer person out of the two of us. I'm shorter and dumber and uglier and meaner. And I'm the sicker one too, that doesn't seem fair. Greengrasses...where one is always going to be better than the other. She has a good partner too, at least according to my parents. A pure-blooded man who is smart and brave...a true knight in shining armor for their dear, darling Daphne. And who do I get? Theodore Nott, the nicest of the Slytherins, a pure-blood who actually respects people. Someone who, in the past, has definitely dated both Daphne and Pansy, but still cares about me. Why does he have to be a good person! I hate him. I can't wait until the damned curse goes away and I can give the world those two 'magical' children. Who knows, with my luck, they'll probably be squibs. Either way, two children and I'm done. Two children and I'm moving to America. Theo can take the kids. My parents would be more than happy to house them, Daphne would help mother them. What a truly perfect family: Daphne Greengrass, Theodore Nott, Alice and Frank Greengrass-Longbottom, and the two Nott children. How lovely.

a/n: so that was just a (pretty long) little chapter about the feelings of each couple. i didn't include anything about hinny because the last chapters focused on them a lot. but the next chapter (idk when i can release it) will be about graduation! so hope you liked this!