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Hermione stood slightly shocked as she entered the Hogwarts entrance hall, it had been nearly 15 years since she had been anywhere near this place. After the war, she had left the order and her family and friends behind, to forget the things that had happened. Not that she wanted to forget Ron or Harry or the Wizarding World, but she did want to forget a few, two to be more precise, that she thought she could never forgive. She however could not forget either of them, but she never regretted the reason why.
FLASHBACK
It was the year after they had graduated from Hogwarts and the end of the War. The order were having a party at Grimmuld Place, celebrating the freedom the wizard world now had from Voldermort.
Hermione apparated there with her fiancé he was the handsome slytherin-turned spy for the order Blaise Zabini.
"Hermione!' Ron shouted drunkenly, "Come dance with me and Harry" and she was pulled away by her two drunk best friends.
Shortly after ten minutes she noticed Ginny sitting alone on the couch.
"Ginny," She asked, "What's wrong?"
Ginny began to sob and said something so quiet Hermione didn't even hear her.
"What Ginny, you have to speak up I cant hear you.' Hermione said loudly
Ginny looked at her best friend, tears running down her face, "Harry wants to go on a break, he said we should experience our life more, rather then settle down now." She continued to sob.
Hermione looked at her other drunken friend, Harry was laughing and dancing with Molly Weasley.
"Come on Ginny, just forget about him, " Hermione said hugging her tightly "let me get you something to drink."
The next time Hermione saw Ginny that night she was drunk and in bed with Blaise. She apparated out of Grimmuld place tears streaming down her face, leaving Harry and the rest of the order in shock.
Hermione had kept in contact with Ron, but shut everyone else out of her new life in America, especially when she found out she was pregnant. Now fifteen years later, she was here after Ron had talked her into taking a teaching job at Hogwarts.
She looked at her daughter, she was fifteen and looked almost identical to Hermione when she was that age, except for hair. Her daughter's hair had always been a constant reminder of Blaise, while Hermione's herself had bushy chestnut coloured hair, her daughter had inherited her fathers dark loose curls.
"Mom, are you sure you want to do this, I mean we could just apparate back home, no-one would ever know" Her daughter said.
"Alex," Hermione smiled slightly, "You can't apparate in and out of Hogwarts. And yes I do want to do this, I have to face my old life some time."
"Hermione Granger?" A familiar voice said.
Hermione turned around and saw her old potions professor.
'Professor Snape," she stepped forward, "This is my daughter, Alex"
"Hermione, after everything we've been through, just call me servus" he said embracing the younger teacher in a hug. "We've missed, you" he whispered as he hugged her.
While they had been in the order Hermione and Professor Snape had become close friends, although Hermione could never bring herself to call him anything other than Professor Snape.
"Dumbledore asked me to show you both to your rooms, and I'm sure Harry and Ron are dying to see you, " He said as he picked up their bags.
FLASHBACK
'Harry, '
She wrote on the parchment.
'I'm pregnant. Please don't tell anyone, not even Ron. I don't know what to do. I'm scared. From Hermione.'
A couple of day's later Ron and Harry had both apparated to New York, to where Hermione was staying, the place only the two of them know about.
Hermione opened the door and saw Ron's face.
"Harry,' she said, " I told you not to tell any one."
"He didn't tell me,' the red –head boy answered before Harry had a chance to, "I read the letter by mistake. What are you going to do?"
" I- I don't know." She answered choking slightly.
"We want you to come back with us, you can move in with me, since Harry's moving out," Ron said taking his best friends hand.
Hermione looked up and looked quickly at both of her two friends.
"What? Why? Where is Harry going?" she asked. Harry gave his red headed friend daggers.
"I'm, I'm moving in with…" He began before trailing off.
"With who?" Hermione asked stepping back, she already knew the answer. He had forgiven Ginny.
She never went back with them to London, refusing to talk to Harry.
Ron visited her almost every month and was there when she gave birth to Alex. She was glad he was there, knowing that Ron would always keep her secret, he became Alex's guardian, 'just in case' Hermione had said, and as far as she knew Harry never told any one where she was or that she now had a daughter.
Snape showed them to their rooms, they were beautifully decorated, Hermione's in red and gold, with Alex's in dark purple.
"Purple" she exclaimed when she saw her room, "how did they know?"
"Well, I always did have a knack for remembering the unimportant information," a voice they both knew said from the doorway.
"Uncle Ron," Alex screamed hugging him.
"Oh I think this time it was the important information," Hermione said as joined the two in a hug.
As they broke apart Hermione saw Ron's family, she knew a lot about them, letting Ron tell only them of her whereabouts and about her daughter.
Ron's his wife, a muggle-born witch, was Jessica, and they had a son Paul, who was a year younger than Alex. Hermione took an immediate liking to them. Jessica it seemed had grown up in the same area as Hermione had, but her parents sent her to Hogwarts international, the American sister school of Hogwarts. Her and Ron had met a few years after Hermione had left and fell in love, marrying soon after.
"Hermione," Jessica said hugging the witch, "How was the trip?"
"it was fine," Hermione replied as the two witches let go of each other, "how are things here? Ron hasn't being driving you mad has he?"
Jessica laughed "no, but I think Paul's been driving him crazy, asking about when you two were going to get here…"
"Yea it's so we could go the party," Paul said suddenly turning to Alex, "You'll get to meet everyone, my gran, and my uncles and all your mum's old friends."
"What party?" Hermione asked frowning, turning to Ron and Jessica
"Uh, um, well you see, Mum found out you were coming back, from Dumbledore, I think, and she said you deserved a party. But i…Dumbledore…no-one knows about Alex." Ron replied, giving his son daggers
"And everyone will be there? Fred? George? Your parents? Everyone form the order?" Hermione continued quietly, "Everyone?"
"Um, yea most people," Ron said looking at the ground
Alex came and stood next to her mother, grabbing her hand.
"Mum, you don't have to go, you know, I'm sure they'd understand if we didn't go?"
Hermione smiled, sometimes she wondered if Alex was really her daughter.
"NO, Alex, we should go, I mean you only know uncle Ron and Aunt Jess, so maybe it's time for you to meet the rest of your… extended family…" she slowly
Jessica smiled, "Great," she said, "it starts at 8:00, in the great hall, don't worry, the term doesn't start until next week, it's just and some of the other teachers." She looked at her watch, "the guest will be arriving in soon, Ron, come on we have to finish setting up." She looked around for her son, but he had disappeared, "god, when I catch Paul," se began as Alex started to giggle as they watch them walk down the hallway.
Hermione stood outside the great hall it was 7:45pm, she was always early. She looked down at the green silk camisole and black pants that Alex had picked for her to wear, maybe im a little over dressed she thought, turning to head back to changed.
"Hermione!" she heard two loud voices shout, she turned back towards the entrance and saw her favourite set of Weasley's, identical twin brothers Fred and George.
"Fred! George!" she smiled as they both hugged her at the same time, as they let go, she saw that Alex had also entered the hall.
"Boy's there is some one I want you to meet, she's very very special, so that means you can not play any jokes on her." Hermione said
"But that doesn't mean I can't help them play jokes on other people?" Alex said with a mischievous grin on her face, "Right mum?"
Fred 's eyes widened, while George smiled,
"Wow, you exactly like your mother," George began, "but she never wanted to help us pull any pranks, this could be fun.." they both hugged the younger girl, before George hugged Hermione again.
"Ron told me," he whispered into her ear, 'I never told anyone else though, ti happened by mistake a couple of years ago." Hermione just hugged him tighter "thank you" she whispered back.
The four of them entered the hall together, with Hermione being engulfed in hugs and questions about her daughter and where she was. No one ever asked her why she left, she knew they all understood, but she did notice that Harry was there alone.
"Harry," she said, her voice a little choked, "I'm sorry" Harry hugged her tightly.
"don't worry about it, you had a right to be mad at me, I mean I think I would have been mad at you if you had forgiven Blaise so easily," he said choking a little too.
It was the first time some one had mentioned Blaise that night, at least to Hermione and she was surprised with her self for feeling hurt that he had not shown up.
"So, um where's Ginny?" she asked, surprising herself with the question.
Harry looked at her shocked, "She, um…she didn't know…she wanted to let you settle in first before she you know talked to you."
"Oh," Hermione said sounding a little disappointed what's wrong with me she thought I don't care that she's not here.
Are you sure a different voice asked, maybe your ready to forgive her…
"She's here, in the castle I mean," Harry said, 'she teaches here too, I mean if you wanted to see her, I could take you to our room."
Hermione just nodded. Oh my god…what am I doing? She thought as she followed Harry into the entrance hall.
"Hermione," a voice said quietly as the two made their way up the staircase.
Hermione turned around and almost fainted, even though it hurt for him not to be there, she never expected for him to turn up.
"Mum, " Alex said coming in to the hall, "Fred and George said they'd show me all the secret passages."
Hermione looked up at Blaise as he looked at Alex, then back at her. She knew he knew, suddenly she ran. She didn't know where she was going, she didn't care, and she just didn't want to see Blaise, not now.
"mum, where are you going?" Alex called after her as she made her way up the stairs
"I'll find her" Blaise muttered, pushing past Alex. She glared at the man, she had never seen him before, but she knew who he was, and she hated the fact that he could still hurt her mother.
A/N: I hope you like the story, this is my first HP fan fic…..please r & r and tell me if you like or if I should change some things…or if you even want me to continue….
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