Chapter One

It had been ten years since Hermione was last in America, she was nine years old and on a trip with her parents to Las Vegas, NV. She at the library closest to the hotel that they were staying at when she met a boy about three years older than her reading a book on Physic's. They started talking about different things she couldn't discuss with her family because they just wouldn't understand and so everyday from then on until the day she had to return to England, they met to talk. The day before she was to leave, she gave the boy her address asking him to write her; she knew that he didn't have many friends due to the fact he was smarter than most boys his age.

They wrote everyday until she went to Hogwarts and then she wrote him once a week, sending her letters through her parents. Then when she wrote her last letter to him, she told him that there were some bad things happening and she might not be able to write him for a while. But she told him that if she survived, she would come and visit him at his school maybe he could even help her get into an American College. So here it was the end of war, she had survived along with her two best friends; one which she had kissed. Now she had a choice to make, stay in England and mourn the loss of her friends or go to America to start over. She knew no matter what that she had to write her friend in America, so she sat down to write.

Dear Spence,

I know that it's been awhile since I last wrote but I felt it was safer not too. Remember the first time I wrote to you about what I am and how people were trying to hurt me because I was different then them. Well we had huge battle at my school, we lost a lot of people that were like family to us but the bad guys lost more including the war. I have a choice to make, I can stay here and marry my best friend (the one who got mad because I went to that dance with someone other than him) or I can come to see you. We have been friends since that first day we met over that Physic's book; I miss you, I miss how we used to write everyday. I know that you just graduated and are thinking about joining the FBI, I think they would be crazy not to accept you. Your the smartest guy I have ever known, if I choose to come to America could it be possible to stay with you while I try to figure out where to go from there? I am sending this via owl post (it's like our version of mail), I have instructed the owl to wait til your alone and to wait for a response.

Your Oldest Friend,

Mia

After she sent the letter off, she went to what was her dorm room and waited for a reply. She could just imagine the look on her friend's face when an owl showed up with a letter for him, it would be priceless. Yes he knew about her being a witch, it was something she never kept from him but up until she lost her parents she never used an Owl to send her letters to him. When she laid her head down on her pillow, she fell instantly asleep and slept until noon the next day. When she woke up, she saw that the owl had returned with a letter for her. So she went down to what was once her common room and began to read her letter.

Mia,

It's good to know that your alive, I was worried that I would never get to talk to you again. Your right I am applying for the FBI and if you want my advice any guy who treated you the way that friend (and I use that term loosely because he was really using you for your brain) did doesn't deserve such a wonderful person like you. You need to be with someone who cares about all of you and not just because your a walking brain. I would love to see you if you came to America, I can also get you into College if that is what you really want. I can't tell you what to do but I will stand behind any choice you make in your life.

Love Always,

Spence

She just there staring at the fire, she didn't know how long she was sitting there before Ron came and sat down next to her. Before she could stop him, he grabbed her letter and started reading it. By the time he was done, his face was as red as his hair "Who the hell is Spence and where does come off saying you deserve better than me? Is he the reason you why you haven't said yes to my proposal? Why does he get to call you Mia and the rest of us have to call you 'Mione?" he said yelling at her.

Hermione stood up and grabbed the letter from Ron, before he could throw in the fire. "You know what he is right, I deserve someone who isn't going to get upset over me writing to an old friend. The reason I haven't agreed to marry you yet is because I really don't know what to do yet, apart of me wants to stay here with you and Harry but there is a another part of me who wants to go to College. Going to America is my best chance at a normal life, away from the magical world. He knows about me being a witch and he has supported me through letters since I was nine. I met him while on a family vacation in Las Vegas, he was reading a book on Physic's and we just connected. We have been writing back and forth since I came back, then when I got accepted here at Hogwarts I told him about me being magical.

"He stood by me Ron, he stood by me when my parents started to back away from me. I told him everything that went on here at the school from Physco teachers trying to kill Harry, to World Cup Tournament. I told him about the Yule ball and how it wasn't until I told you that I had a date that you realized I was even a girl. He knows more about me than you do, hell do you even know my favorite color or my favorite flower?" she said screaming at him

Ron just sat there thinking for a minute, then said "Favorite color is Red and your favorite flower is roses, everyone knows that. Why is it such a big deal Hermione, your meant to marry me. It's always been you and me together just like it's Harry and Ginny, we are supposed raise our kids together and never be apart." Hermione couldn't believe her ears, maybe Spence was right; taking what Ron just said and what Spence had written her she gathered up all her courage.

"Ronald Bilius Weasley, I swear on my life as a witch that I shall never marry you. You are nothing but a selfish arse who cares for nothing but himself, if you actually cared you would know that I love the color Green. You would know that my favorite flowers are Sunflowers and that it's my dream to become a teacher, I don't want to be married at such a young age. I want to live my life, become a teacher and then maybe settle down to have a have a family. So after all the funeral's, I am leaving Ron; I am going to America to continue my studies and become a school teacher. If and when Harry and Ginny get married I will come back for that but only that, I wish you well Ron but I can't marry you." Upon saying that she went back to what was once her dorm room and say down to write Spencer back.

Spence,

It looks like I am coming to stay with you until I get into a good college. By the time you get this I will have talked to the headmistress about transferring my grades into muggle school grades. That way we can use my transcripts for admissions, you were right all along. He doesn't deserve me, he read your letter and started yelling at me; saying that it was supposed to him and me forever. I told him the truth about our relationship, I told him that your my oldest and dearest friend, I can't take this anymore. Give me a couple of weeks to say goodbye to everyone and then I will be flying out (on a airplane). Send me your phone number and I will call you when I get to a place I can call from, if I get to be too much a bother just tell me and I can find another place to stay.

Mia

After she was finished with the letter, she walked right past Ronald and went to the were the owls were kept. She chose the fastest and strongest of them, she told it to wait for a response. Then she went to find Professor McGonagall, so she could talk to her about transferring her grades, she hoped she wouldn't have to sit for the NEWTS before she left. On her way to the Headmistresses Office she ran into Harry, "Hermione have you seen Ron? He said he was going to find you but he never came back to the Great Hall." Harry asked looking concerned.

Hermione just sighed "Harry, you know that I love you like a brother in all but blood correct? Would you get upset if Ginny said she didn't want to get married yet, because she wanted to finish her schooling and become let's say a teacher? Would you get upset if you found out she was writing to a male friend that she knew before she came to Hogwarts? Ron got upset about all of the above, I can't marry someone so selfish Harry. I can't be the perfect little wife, the one who stays home and pop's out kids every other year. I am leaving Harry, after I say my goodbyes. I am heading to the States, I have a friend there that is willing to let me stay with while I go to college. I can't stay here and be reminded of everyone we lost, I can't even return my parents memories Harry, the spell I used was so old that there is no counter spell for it. They don't even know I exist Harry, all I have left is you and my friend in the states." she said as she began to cry on his shoulder.

Harry just stood there listening to everything she was saying, finally after really thinking about it he said "Ginny said no, I asked her but she said she couldn't marry me. I love her and she loves me but she can't marry me, she is afraid that the remaining Death Eaters that got away will come after me and my family. And to answer your question's, no I wouldn't be upset; I understand where she is coming from. I have known about your friend since we went on the run, whenever you would fall asleep you would be clutching his letters. I read one of them, I just wanted to see if they were from your parents but it was from a guy names Spence. In them he was saying how difficult it was to make friends when everyone was so much older than him, he also was saying that it was even harder to find a girl to talk to because he was so much smarter than some of them.

"To be honest if you read between the lines it sounds like he cares about you as more than a friend. Do you think he would mind if I joined you? Like you I can't stay and watch the girl I love move on without me, besides it might be good to go someplace where I can be just Harry and not Harry Potter the Savior of the Wizarding world." he said looking out over the grounds of the school.

Before Hermione could say anything, Ron came over yelling at her again "How dare you take everything from me, first you refuse to marry me and now your taking my other best friend away from me. Harry just give Ginny time, she will come around just like you will Hermione; you belong with me, who else is going to want some bushy haired know it all like you. No one, you know why because they are all too good for you. I am the only one willing to marry you or even be seen in public with you, just because your a war hero doesn't make you special. In fact Rita is writing a story about how I was the one to help Harry defeat Voldemort, not you. In fact she said that your nothing but a minor player in the war and shouldn't be included in it." he said as he looked at her with disgust in his voice.

Then Harry did something that Hermione never thought she would see, he turned around and punched Ron so hard in the face that he broke his nose. Just like she had done to Draco in third year, "I suggest you leave Ron before I do something I might regret, Hermione is not stealing me away from anyone. I am leaving of my free will. Besides I don't even know if her friend has enough room for both us." Harry said. Ron just stood there shocked, no one would have ever thought Harry would hit his best friend.

Hermione then took the chance and took off running to see if she could find Professor McGonagall. Once she found her in the Great Hall, she went about telling her what she and Harry were going to need and why. Then she found the Weasley's, summoning up all her courage she told them what Ron had said in the common room, what Harry said near the Owls and then finally what Ron said when he overheard her and Harry talking. Mrs. Weasley was shocked to hear everything that was coming out her mouth, but she knew that Hermione was telling the truth. Being on the run and wearing that necklace that was cursed by Voldemort took it's toll on Ron, she knew it was a matter of time before he said something to break the friendship. Molly being Molly just pulled Hermione in for a hug while saying "You and Harry will always be welcome at our home, no matter if you marry one of my sons or not. I think of you and Harry as my own and I am proud of all my children, if you believe that you will be better away from this world then so be it. Go and live your life, be something other than a war hero; just remember to write to us." she said while holding Hermione.

As they stood there holding each other and crying over the fact that not only was she leaving but Fred was gone, Ron came and found her. "Get away from my mother you traitor, I don't want you anywhere near my family. Your no longer my friend Hermione and to think I tried saving you from that stoid troll, I should have just let it hurt you in the first place. Your taking everything away from me and it's not fair, Harry hit me and it's your fault. I never want to see your stupid bushy hair again." He started to scream in front of everyone in the Great Hall.

Why was it so hard for Ron to understand that it had nothing to do with him, it was just she needed to find herself and she couldn't do that while everyone was watching her every move. She didn't want to lose her friendship with Ron but at the same time she couldn't be the perfect little wife he wanted her to be. She couldn't take it anymore, all the tears that she was holding back just came out; she collapsed on the floor crying. The was only one person that she needed right now and right now he was getting ready to apply for the FBI, he couldn't just drop everything and fly out here for her.