It's OK To Not Be Ok...Right? **Complete**

129 - What's Next?

As they had hoped, the rest of the school year was blissful, uneventful, and boring! They finished their final year and their NEWT exams without any sort of mishaps at all. It was strange for Harry, Ron, and Hermione to have an end of the year without any drama or near-death experiences, but they were delighted to make it to their graduation day without any interruptions. As promised Newt and Tina were back again to see Sloane receive her diploma. She and Draco had both managed to receive five O's in their NEWTs and were very much looking forward to starting a new chapter of their lives together, out of school and as Hogwarts graduates. 

Daphne was now nine months gone, her due date was three days ago, and she was still here, bump and all, uncomfortable but delighted that she didn't miss her exams and that she would be getting to experience graduation with her husband and her friends. The rest of the group were loving watching Theo jump every time she so much as coughed or sneezed, thinking that it was time. 

Sloane stood on the balcony in their dorm looking out over the castle grounds, trying her hardest to soak in every inch of the place before she had to leave. She may have only had one year at Hogwarts, but it felt more like home than Ilvermorny ever had, and she would be very sad to leave the castle today. As she stood in silence simply taking it all in, she felt a familiar pair of arms wrap around her waist. "You OK out here?" Draco said leaning his chin on her shoulder. 

She nodded. "Just trying to capture every detail. I want to do this pace justice when I tell my future kids about this amazing castle and the wonderful people I met while studying here." She leaned her head back as he kissed her cheek.

"You mean our children, right?" he asked.

She smiled. "Well I would like to think so, but I don't want to presume." He kissed her cheek again as she gave a giggle. "Will you miss this place?"

He sighed, thinking of how best to answer. "Yes...and no." She frowned but didn't say anything as she waited for him to continue and explain. "This place has some wonderful memories for me but also some very dark ones. I will always look back on this place but most of my most cherished memories are of when you arrived. I will miss its beauty and charm, but I am excited to start working for Malfoy Industries and to move on to bigger and better things."

"At least you know what you are doing after graduation," she frowned. "I still need to find myself a job."

Draco shrugged. "You will always have a job at Malfoy Industries. I don't see why you don't come and work with me?" He had asked her several times over the last few weeks to work for him. He thought it would be great to have her around so they could spend their time together. He wasn't going to lie, he was a little disappointed when she shot down his offer without even considering it. 

"Draco that is your dream. You have big plans for Malfoy Industries and to be honest I am not sure what your company even does." He scoffed. "But I need to find my dream. I need to figure out what I want to do with my life. And while it would be amazing to work with you and to get to be around you all day every day, I need to find my own path." He couldn't really argue with that so instead he pouted. "You are going to give yourself wrinkles if you keep pouting like that." She mocked even though she couldn't see him she knew him so well, she knew how he would react. 

Sloane had never given much thought to what she would do after she graduated. There was a time when she had thought that she and Sawyer would be graduating together and they had planned to intern at their father's company for the summer after graduation before deciding what they wanted to do with their lives. But that never came to pass and without Sawyer, she didn't feel like she was capable of following through with the plan as it just didn't seem right. So now she had to think of something else to do. And it wasn't that she didn't have options. Her counselling sessions along with her empathy powers had given Professor McGonagall the idea to offer Sloane a job staying on in school as part of the staff, offering counselling to the students and teachers. She was also offered a counselling job at the Ministry as well. She was thrilled but when she sat down and really thought about it, she knew it wasn't what she wanted to do with her life. Reading people's emotions, and feeling what they felt all day was exhausting. She would be helping others but she wanted to do more. She wanted to offer more to the community who had been so kind to her this past few years.