"Taking Over Me"

"Taking Over Me"

Harry was seated in the darkest corner booth that could be found inside Club Warlock in Hogsmeade. He had just arrived and no one knew that he was there. You see, it had been almost a year since anyone had seen or heard from him. Harry had run soon after his defeat of Voldmort, he needed to search for himself and find his new purpose in life.

He had left everyone behind and ceased all communication, that is, until last Monday. Harry had decided that it was time for him to go home. He missed Ron and all of the Weasleys terribly, but most of all he missed Hermione. He had been in love with her ever since their fourth year at Hogwarts; he just never had the guts to actually do anything about it. And he had always thought that she had feelings for Ron.

Now back to how he ended up in Club Warlock. Harry had written to Ron on Monday, asking how everyone was doing. Ron had written back that everyone was doing well, he was working with the twins at their shop and Hermione had become the new Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts. Ron also mentioned in the letter that Hermione had been singing at this club on Saturday nights, she was apparently quite the hit with the regular crowd. So, Harry found himself in the back corner waiting for Hermione's performance.

Finally the club's owner walked onto the stage, "Good evening everyone, we are going to get tonight started off right with an old favorite, so here she is, Hermione!"

The crowd cheered as Hermione walked out from behind the curtain, the band following. Harry was mesmerized, she had changed so much and yet so little. Her eyes still were that warm chocolate color, but the spark seemed to be missing. Her hair had tamed and now fell in loose curls down her back, and her smile was still as gorgeous as before.

"Good Evening everyone, tonight I'm going to sing a song that I wrote for someone who I have not seen in almost a year. Hopefully one day I will seem him again." Hermione said this as she looked out over the crowd, a sad sort of smile on her face. She sat at the piano and began the introduction to the song, soon the rest of the band joined in and she stood grabbing the microphone and facing the crowd she began to sing.