Draco was the first to wake up out of the three of them, which he didn't necessarily mind. His muscles and joints were all still aching, but after a nice, hot bath he felt much better.
Blaise came down into the kitchen shortly after Draco did, stretching. "What time is it?"
"Time for lunch," Draco answered. "I'm starving."
"I bet after that change," Blaise muttered as he sat down at the table. "Hermione still asleep?"
"I believe so," Draco said with a small smile. "I didn't hear anything coming from her room when I came down."
"I'm surprised she's not in your room."
Draco turned to scowl at a very smug looking Blaise. "I'm not going to rush into anything with her."
Blaise shrugged and continued to smile. "Doesn't mean you two can't share a bed."
"I'm not doing anything until she's comfortable with it," Draco said as he turned back to look into his large pantry. "We only just started dating."
"Alright, alright..." Blaise waved him off and leaned back into his chair with a sigh. "I will say, though: she's pretty funny when you get her drunk."
Draco whirled around angrily. "You got her drunk?!"
"Not on purpose!" Blaise said defensively.
"She was working!" Draco exclaimed. "You shouldn't have let her drink!"
"Oh please! She had everything completely handled!" Blaise folded his arms against his chest and returned Draco's glare. "Trust me, if you had seen the amount of care she put into making sure she and I were safe, you would have no issues with it. And she didn't even start actually drinking until after one in the morning."
Draco's mouth formed a thin line as he turned away slightly. "Alright."
He heard the sound of quiet footsteps then and looked towards the doorway just as Blaise announced, "Ahh, there she is!"
Hermione entered the kitchen with a sleepy smile on her face, and she laughed slightly. "Good afternoon, Blaise."
Draco watched her quietly, realizing that she had absolutely no makeup on her face at all. While he noticed that she had stopped wearing her foundation and concealer after he made the comment about her freckles, she would still wear her usual eye makeup of shadow, eyeliner, and mascara, and sometimes lipstick. But now with her bare face and messy bedhead curls, he never wanted to see her in makeup again.
"How are you feeling?" She asked quietly as she stopped next to him.
"Sore but alright." He pulled her against him and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. "Do you always look this stunning just after you wake up?"
She giggled and pushed against him playfully. "Oh stop; I look awful."
"What did I say about insulting yourself?" He asked with a grin.
As she rolled her eyes, Hermione heard a gagging sound from behind her and turned to scowl at Blaise, who was mimicking throwing up behind the table.
"I swear you two just gave me cavities," He joked.
"Don't even act like you aren't this cute with Ginny," Hermione scolded.
"I'm not saying I'm not," Blaise grinned. "But I at least don't subject my friends to the cuteness between Ginny and I."
"Only because the four of us haven't hung out together," Draco laughed.
"Speaking of..." Blaise straightened up in his chair and looked between the two of them. "I know I mentioned the four of us doing a double-date last week; how about we set that up? I think it's been long overdue."
Hermione smiled up at Draco. "I like that idea a lot."
"And I know it's been a while since you've seen Ginny since I've kept her to myself," Blaise said sheepishly. "I'm perfectly willing to pay."
"Nonsense," Draco said immediately. "It's a double-date, we'll be splitting it."
Blaise scowled and Hermione shook her head, smiling as she asked, "What day do we want to do this? And where?"
"How about Wednesday at Zakarian's?" Blaise suggested.
"I took her there last date," Draco said. "I'm trying to take her to a new place every time."
"Oh, I really liked that place though," Hermione said quietly as she looked up at him.
He gave her a squeeze and then smiled. "Alright, I can't say no to that face."
She giggled and Blaise made another gagging sound, causing her to point a finger threateningly at him. "Stop doing that!"
"Or else what?" Blaise grinned.
"Or else I'll tell Ginny the wonderful things you let slip while you were drunk," She smirked. "Especially about a particular witch."
The grin slid right off Blaise's face and Draco looked between the two of them curiously. "What? What particular witch?"
"You wouldn't," Blaise whispered dramatically.
Hermione's smirk grew. "You're not the only one with leverage, Zabini."
"Leverage?" Draco's brow furrowed. "What?"
"Don't worry about it, sweetheart," Hermione said, patting his chest and smiling sweetly up at him.
"It's about time we all got together!" Ginny exclaimed as the four of them sat down at their table. "And this place is so beautiful!"
She looked around with wide eyes as Blaise kissed the back of her hand and said, "Yes, and I promise we will start going out more often very soon."
"Really?" She smiled widely at him and he nodded with a grin.
"Wait, have you not been taking her out on dates?" Draco asked.
Blaise scowled while Ginny patted his hand and answered, "I've been wanting to stay a little quiet on our relationship until a little bit of time has passed, so we've been having date nights at his place."
"It's just until the news on her divorce dies down," Blaise said.
"That makes sense given how much attention it's been getting lately in the Prophet," Hermione nodded.
"So, if you're wanting to wait, why did you guys want to come out for dinner?" Draco asked curiously. "Once the Prophet sees you two together..."
"Well..." Ginny faltered and she looked over at Blaise.
"Is it because your family doesn't know yet?" Hermione asked then. "About you two, I mean? Because I know Harry doesn't have a problem with it."
"Yeah, that's mainly it," Ginny admitted. "Mum won't be happy when she finds out that I've already moved on; you know how she is."
She nodded towards Hermione, who sighed and nodded as well. "She won't understand the situation even if you try to explain it."
"Exactly." Ginny sighed and then jumped when a bottle immediately appeared on the table in front of them.
"Sorry," Blaise apologized with a smile as he uncorked the bottle. "I thought we could all use a glass of wine to try and lift the mood."
"I won't say no to that," Hermione said.
After filling up Ginny's glass, Blaise filled Hermione's and asked, "So, shall we toast?"
"Toast to what?" Draco asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I was thinking maybe to new beginnings," Blaise shrugged.
Hermione smiled at Draco and said, "That sounds like an appropriate toast."
"I may have started early," Ginny muttered sheepishly after swallowing the sip she had taken.
"That's alright," Hermione laughed before raising her glass. "To new beginnings, and a wonderful change."
The four of them clinked their glasses together and the conversation soon moved to discussing happier things.
"Bill and Fleur are expecting again," Ginny said excitedly.
"Really?" Hermione smiled widely.
"Yupp! Number two is due in January." Ginny took a sip of her wine and leaned back in her chair. "Mum's ecstatic."
"And to think that we all hated Fleur a few years ago," Hermione said, shaking her head. "I feel awful about that; she's so nice."
"I know."
"Wait, are you talking about the Veela girl from the Triwizard tournament?" Draco asked curiously.
Ginny nodded and Hermione raised an eyebrow at him. "Awfully good memory there, Mister Malfoy."
Draco's mouth opened and closed as he floundered, and Blaise snickered behind his wine glass before muttering to Ginny, "It's hilarious when she catches him."
"Oh, definitely," Ginny giggled back.
"I just...happened to remember who she was because..." Draco faltered and then took a large drink from his wine glass.
Hermione tried hard to hold back a grin as she said, "Because you fell head over heels for her like every other guy in the school?"
Draco didn't answer and Hermione grinned over at Ginny, who stifled a laugh from behind her glass.
"Okay, I have no idea what to say to make myself look better, so I am going to take someone down with me," Draco sighed, looking up at Blaise.
Blaise pointed a finger and said, "Don't you dare."
"Blaise was slipped a love potion in fifth year," Draco said smugly.
"You..." Blaise dropped his head and heaved a heavy sigh.
Ginny was staring open-mouthed at Blaise in shock. "You never told me that!"
Blaise tilted his head slightly and then looked up at Hermione. "I also failed to mention the time when we were all playing truth or dare with Veritaserum one night, and Draco admitted to having a raunchy sex dream about-"
"Blaise!" Draco hissed. "Don't you dare!"
"-Professor Trelawney."
Hermione put a hand over her mouth to hold back the sudden laugh that tried to escape. Draco glared daggers across the table at Blaise, who glared right back. Ginny's face was red from trying to hold in her laughter, and she was staring up at the ceiling with her lips pressed tightly together.
"Did you really?" Hermione managed to whisper between her giggles.
Draco took a deep breath and looked down at the table. "It was one dream, and it's not nearly as bad as what Blaise admitted to."
"Hold on," Ginny laughed, holding up a hand. "This is going to have to wait for another time because my stomach is already hurting from all the laughter I'm holding in."
"Great," Blaise muttered.
Hermione and Ginny both snickered at each other and Hermione nudged Draco. "Don't worry, we have tons of embarrassing things that we can tell you about Harry and Ron."
Draco and Blaise both somewhat perked up at this and Ginny waved her hand. "Yeah, but those are stories for another time."
Their food arrived shortly after and the conversation shifted again, allowing for Draco and Blaise's moods to both lighten. The table was soon filled with laughter and another bottle of wine was ordered, which caused both Hermione and Ginny to become more giggly as they went into dessert.
"Oh, you have to get the cheesecake," Hermione insisted as she nodded towards Ginny. "It's just wonderful!"
"That does sound really good, but Blaise has dessert for us back at home," Ginny grinned. Then the tips of her ears turned red as Blaise immediately looked at her, and she stuttered as she went on, "What-what I mean, um...what I mean is..."
Hermione's jaw dropped. "Wait...are you two..."
"It's just temporary," Blaise interrupted quickly, squeezing Ginny's hand. "She's looking for a place right now and wanted to move out of Harry's place, so she's staying in my guest room."
"That's wonderful!" Hermione exclaimed happily.
"Really?" Ginny asked hesitantly. "You don't think it's too fast?"
"Ginny, it's your life," Hermione grinned. "And honestly, I don't blame you for wanting to get out of Grimmauld Place. But seriously, if you two are happy together then..."
Ginny's face lit up and Blaise smiled widely. Draco grinned then and said, "It's about time there's some womanly charm in that place. It was getting a little too bachelor-y in there."
Blaise scowled at Draco who simply chuckled and draped an arm across Hermione's chair. Hermione giggled and leaned against him as she took another drink from her wine.
"You two are seriously adorable," Ginny smiled as she pointed between the two of them.
"Why thank you!" Hermione grinned.
Ginny took another drink of her wine and the conversation ensued, with none of them noticing the cameras just outside of the restaurant.
A/N: This one was pretty funny to write, I missed writing the four of them together! Hope you all enjoy! <3