Title: Recollections and Reality's

Pairing: Minerva McGonagall & Hermione Granger

Set (time): ten years after the events of book 7 2011

Summary: can love outshine anything and survive the years, and will she finally admit her own feelings to herself and the one she loves the most.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of its characters, and no matter how much i wave my magic wand i am not JK Rowling. I'm just borrowing them for a bit, and they will all go back to normal when I'm done i promise.

Authors notes: This story was developed my myself and a member called Maggie Snow, I'd like to thank her for helping me come up with the ideas and background for this fic, as i was stuck as to where to start with another MM/HG fic. Well here it is and i hope you like it, also thanks to my beta readers dcmasters and thebillforever. Luv Minervarulez xx

Chapter 1: Recollections

I can still recall the day i realised that my feelings for her were maybe more than friendship. I can still recall the day that i knew i had fallen head over heels for that marvellous, courageous, beautifully intelligent dark haired green eyed witch. It was half way through my fifth year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry that i Hermione Jean Granger had fallen completely and utterly in love with Minerva McGonagall. Throughout my remaining years as s student at the school i had hoped that my silly little crush (which at the time i thought it was) would go away, but if anything my feelings only seemed to get stronger. And at our final stand in Hogwarts great hall at the end of what was meant to be my 7th year i realised that these feeling i had been having since my 5th year would never go away. Watching her battle gracefully, her hair loose from it's usual tight bun, the gash on her cheek, i was transfixed, for she seemed more beautiful to me than ever. I never thought i could tell her then how i felt (i regret that now), how could i, she could never feel the same way, i was just a silly know-it-all student, well that's what i told myself anyway.

When i did finally buck up the courage to tell her how i felt, it was a few days after the final battle, i was a watching her attend to everyone else but herself, always the caring one. I couldn't help but go over to her and see if she was ok. She was fine of course glad the battle was over, and pretty gratefully that she only had the cut on her face to show for her efforts, but to me she was still the most beautiful woman in the room. She kept telling me not to fuss over her, that she was ok and i was just being silly, but i couldn't help it, i loved her and when i blurted it out to her the happiness i saw reflected in her eyes caused my heart to skip several beats. But as soon as it had flickered behind her eyes the sooner it was gone again – her mask was back up and she told me i was being ridiculous and that i had no idea what i was saying. But i wasn't being ridiculous, was i? I could have sworn i saw something behind those sea-green eyes of hers.

Well that was all ten years ago, and i have been back at Hogwarts for nearly two years now. She is still the Headteacher and still teaches Transfiguration to the schools students, (i don't think she would ever let anyone take her place as long as she remains at Hogwarts, transfiguration is a subject she is truly passionate about). She still looks the same as she did while i was a student, mind you witches and Wizards age differently to non-magical folk don't they.

When i first returned to Hogwarts, i thought i had truly gotten over her, it had taken me several years, but i thought i had. I was wrong. I quickly discovered that i could not have been any further from the truth. The moment i entered her office on my first day back, those feelings had came rushing back and hit me like a tidal wave, i did not say anything for i had come to value her friendship more than anything over the years.

We quickly fell into a routine of friendly talks in her office, talking about anything and everything. My feelings kept getting stronger and stronger, and i could tell she can see it too. There are occasions that i catch her glancing at me with that same look i saw in her eyes ten years ago, but she masks it too quickly. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if she does truly feel the same way, but i will not confront her or tell her i still feel for her after all these years, for i don't want to ruin a friendship i have come to value as dearly as the woman herself. A friendship i could not live without.

Hermione put down her quill and closed her diary. It had been a long time since she had written in it. Even if all her entries had been along the same lines she had thought she had better update it before she got completely bogged down with work, this was her second year back at the school and well the work load was still getting to her a little. But she had become more adept at her time keeping and in a few weeks hopefully she would have mastered all her marking.

She glanced up at the clock, it was getting late and as it was the weekend, she and Minerva had to go into Hogsmeade. Minerva had asked Hermione to join her, and try as she could Hermione couldn't help but get her hopes up, for everytime they were alone she wished Minerva would admit her feelings and tell Hermione she loved her too. Well she could dream couldn't she.

She turned the lights out with a quick flick of her wand and padded bare foot through her quarters to bed. Tomorrow was another day, full of promise and well she couldn't help the niggling feeling in the back of her head that told her something was about to happen.

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