As she walked into the pub in the deserted alley, she was thinking of one man and one man alone. She was to wait for her mission there, but who was the strange man that had wanted her here at four in the morning? Hermione yawns as she orders a cup of coffee, and starts to sip it as the door opens. Looking up she sees the man she's been dreaming about.

"Hermione Granger, its been to long." James Potter says

"Not that long, I saw you last week on the cover of the Daily Profit. Congrats on making Minister of Magic again."

"Thank you" he tells her

They look into each other's eyes for what seems like forever. Until Hermione breaks the silence with,

"Ok James tell me why is it that you want me here at four in the bloody morning? I don't do this for anyone, and in that owl you sent it felt like an emergency. I couldn't even tell it was your hand writing, that's why I took the chance of coming." She tells him

"Well I'm glad you took the chance on it. Because I need your help." He tells her and hands her the envelope that's been in his hands since he got there. "This has everything you will need all you have to do is follow the directions on the paper."

"Why do you want me to do this you have plenty of capable Aurors. I'm just a little business in the middle of it all." She tries not to look him in his light blue eyes. "I mean your own son is the head of it all, why not trust him?"

"I want you to do this I don't think Harry could stand taking on this mission. Not with his work load, plus his family." He tells, "I want you and only you to work on this and I want a weekly report. I also want a to have a meeting at least twice a week."

"Fine I'll take the mission, how long do I have to get this done with?"

" You have one year, it should take about that long, its all separated into different parts, as soon as you get one part figured out the paper will change." He tells her.

"Ok, so let me know when our first meeting is and what day you want the reports."

"Ok I'll have it on your desk in a few hours."

"Wait what desk, I don't have a desk?"

"You do now, I have moved all your stuff to an office right next to mine, I want you closer to me." He says with a sparkle in his.

"What's wrong with were I do my work at know?" she tells him

"You work from your kitchen table, in a hotel room. That doesn't count as a desk. It doesn't even count as a home. By the way with the mission you also gain a house, that's hooked up with the Floo network."

"James this is too much, I can't take a house and an office. I'm perfectly fine with were I work and live now."

"Yes I know you are, but how long is that hotel gonna let you stay there. I've checked the policy; you only have three more days. What are you gonna do when that runs out, go to another room, that costs more money."

"So what, what do you care." She tries not to look into his eyes, but the blue in his eyes makes her look. "There was a reason you told me to leave that night after Harry's wedding. You said you loved me, but you couldn't be with me. Now you want me back, James you need to start making sense."
"Hermione I did love you, I still do. Its just not right, how would it look for the Minister of Magic dating his 23 year old worker, Not only that what would I tell Harry, he's your best friend and my son. If we could be together we would." She turns her head away from him. "Hermione look at me dammit!" she looks "I want you to take this case and the office and the house. The house is right next door to my extra house that only I know about."

"Fine I'll take everything you offer me, but James how can we handle our love, every time we were near each other we have at least one kiss." She looks at him again and fights the urge to kiss his soft lips, and run her hands through his messy black hair. He was fighting the urge to run his fingers through her curly brown hair.

Breaking the silence between them James says, "I expect the first report by Friday, and consider this our first meeting." Not able to hold back any longer he kisses her lips. Not wanting to let go Hermione kisses him back. They can feel the first sun rise of light on their faces as they brake apart.

"Hermione we have to leave, people will start coming in. I highly dought they would like to see their Minister of Magic in the arms of another lady. So now come my lady I say escort you outside." They walk outside arm in arm, and both disappear before the first shop opens.

Later on that night as Hermione lies in her new bed, she replays the kiss between her and James. "Hermione why do we do this to our self every time." She talks to herself as if she were two. "When James finally starts to talk to you again you blow it, and now we have to see him every day." At that an owl comes for her, it's from Ron asking her to come over fast. She throws on her cloak and Disapparate fast. Nearly knocking over a broom as she enters the dark house she realizes this can't be good. She tries to find a light switch in the house, she finds one and screams as every one jumps out from the fastly going darkness.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY HERMIONE!" every one screams,

As her heart starts to calm down, she smiles and starts to laugh. She had been so busy with work that she had forgotten it was September.

"Thank you everyone, with all the work I'm doing I forgot te date." She walks around a and finds her friends, so she could thank them. She finally sees Harry with his pregnant wife Ginny. Ron with his soon to be wife Carmelita, a Mexican witch.

"You guys are the best, if not for you I would have forgotten." She hugs her friends and starts to wander around the room thanking people for coming. When it comes to end the party Hermione is the last one to leave, staying to help her friends clean up. She leaves with all her presents, back to her new house and sets them in the kitchen. She walks up the stairs to her room and lays down and falls asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.