What was supposed to be a glorious fall day in Boston, Hermione Granger stepped of the plane in hopes of starting over. Since she ran away instead of staying behind and helping Harry, she needed to get away from the Wizarding World in Europe.
She had gone to the Minister himself and told him she wanted to go to America and asked his permission to use a very complicated Aging potion. He wanted to know why and she said it was the only way that she could survive this up and coming war, so he gave her his permission. So with the letter in hand, she went to St. Mungo's under a disguise and asked to speak the head healer; once she was safely inside the Head's office she removed her glamour.
Once she handed the letter to the healer, he quickly grabbed it form his personal stores. "Once I hand you this, there is no going back. You will age four years and its irreversible, what I mean is that no spell or potion can give back the four years your about to lose by taking this potion." He said as he handed her the bottle.
"I don't care, muggle-borns are being killed left and right or sold as slaves, I sent my parents away thinking I died a horrific death and I will never see them again. I left my two best friends wondering if I am going to help them on their journey but I can't do it, I won't risk losing this war and becoming a slave for the Malfoys.
"I have already had my bank account transferred to a muggle bank in Boston, Ma and I also have an apartment waiting for me. I have done all my homework and even have spoken to the American Ministry. They have agreed to sponsor me until I find work or I go to school, which won't be long since I can have the Ministry do some fancy faking and I can get into whatever school I want to in Boston. I might even go to Salem Academy of Magic via owl post so I can at least finish school, don't worry about me. Just worry about all the bodies that will be piling up on your doorstep by the end of the year." She as right before chugging the entire bottle.
Her bushy hair was now down past her ass in soft ringlets and she grew a good four inches in height, she took a look in the mirror in the loo down the hall on her way out. She was no longer the bushy haired know it all, she was now drop dead gorgeous "Eat your heart out Lavender Brown" was all she said before leaving the loo and the hospital for good.
Now here she was in Boston after a 7hr nonstop flight, she took a deep breath and headed to flag a cab down. The first stop was her new home away from home to shower and to catch a nap, then she was going to go clothes shopping since everything she owned was either too small or made her look like a frumpy spinster librarian.
As the cab pulled up in front of the building she was going to be living in the next few years, she sighed. Why did she have to choose such a rundown flop to live in, oh yeah it was either that or people wondering why such a young girl was living alone in a big house. So here she was standing outside wishing that she wasn't doing this alone, she wished she could have at least had gotten Harry to run with her but she knew that would have been a lost cause.
Sighing she began to walk up the stairs only to slip and land in the arms of angel with blue eyes "Aye are ye alright lass?" he said with a hint of Irish in his voice.
"Yes now I am Thank you, I am afraid I am a bit jet lagged. I just flew across the pond from London and I haven't had a chance to sleep yet. Still getting used to the time change I reckon, but thank you so much for catching, I wouldn't like to spend my first day in America the Hospital. My name is Hermione but my parents used to call me Mia and my friend's used to call me 'Mione, I prefer Mia rather than 'Mione." She said like a blabbering buffoon.
She wasn't used to cute guys talking to her like this, normally cute guys would just look right past her for girls like Lavender Brown or Cho Chang.
"Mia, I think it suites ye Lass; names Murphy and me and my brother live on the fifth floor. Ye must be the new tenant we heard about, welcome to the states, if ye is filling up to it how about me brother and I take ye out too welcome ye to the neighborhood and the states. Don't worry we don't bite unless asked, just kidding lass our ma taught us better than that. How about I help ye to ye new flat that way ye won't fall and get hurt or worse?" he said.
(A/N: From here on out Hermione will be called Mia and she is using her mother's maiden name which I will make up since nobody really knows what it is.)
Mia thanked him as he helped her up and inside, she found out that she was going to be staying across the hall from Murphey and his brother. She wondered to herself if he was as good looking as he was, "Um do you think you or your brother could come wake me up in a couple of hours, I want to do some shopping and I am afraid I might sleep through the night." She as they reached her door.
"Of course lass, anything for our pretty new neighbor from across the pond. Connor will be glad to know that we are no longer the only ones with a funny accent at the bar tonight, I shall be here in two hours to wake ye lass." He said just before she closed the door so she could get a couple hours of rest.
Once inside she noticed that there was only really old table, a mattress that had seen better days, shower with no curtain and a toilet. Not to mention a couch that liked like it was a seventies reject from hell; making a mental note to herself that while out shopping for clothes, she would pick up some new furniture, a couple of wooden dividers and a sheet set. Who said living in a one room flat had to be this bad, she had money and she was damn well going to spend it to make her new arrangements better.
She was so tired she was out as soon as her head hit the bed, she dreamed of hot Irish guys fighting over her.
After leaving Mia, Murphy went into the flat he and his brother shared. He was tired himself so he set his alarm for two hours and crashed out on his bed. But before he could fall asleep, Rocco was banging on his door; he and his on again and off again girlfriend got into a fight and he needed a place to cool down at.
So instead of taking a nap like he wanted to, he was killing time talking to Rocco about his dead weight of a girlfriend. By the time the alarm went off Conner was walking towards their loft as he was walking towards hers.
So he grabbed Conner and told him about the girl who just moved from across the pond and how she had an English accent, not to mention a killer body. He also said that they had to keep her away from Rocco or otherwise she might be scared away, so he kept his promise and knocked on Mia's door.
Mia had woken after just an hour's nap, so she began to unpack her beaded bag; she separated her things from school into one pile while she put her stuff from her old room in another. Kept the only muggle picture she had of her and the boys, it was taken right before they went to the World Quidditch their fourth year. Back when all they had to worry was the Tri-Wizard Tournament and who to take to the Yule Ball. Now instead of running around trying to find these objects that might turn the Dark Lord human long enough for Harry to kill him, she was 21and living across the pond by herself.
She felt like a coward but in the end she knew that if they failed she would either be killed or be enslaved by the Malfoy's for the rest of her life. So she conjured a black trash bag and put all her school things in it to take down when she leaves to go shopping. The last hour before Murphy was to come wake her, she spent trying to relax; so about twenty minutes before Murphy knocked on her door she took a shower completely forgetting she hadn't locked herself in.
She wasn't even sure if the door had a lock or not but at the moment she didn't really care, she didn't have a boyfriend or anyone who could accidently walk in on her at the moment.
When Murphy and Conner knocked on the door, instead of her calling out that she was awake they heard silence. So they did the rock, paper, scissors to see who would go in and wake her up. Once again for the third time in a week Murphy won, so as he quietly opened the door he snuck in.
Instead of finding her in bed asleep, he got to see a very good shot of her ass as she was reaching for the towel. Once the towel was around her and she turned around, she freaked out, "Sorry lass, was just trying to wake ye up but I see ye beat me to the punch. Like the gentleman me ma raised I will step out the door and leave ye to dress, if ye still would like to come the bar with us I will gladly play mule to make up for this." Murphy said as he tried to cover his eyes.
Mia just started to laugh, it wasn't the first time a guy walked in on her while she was bathing. Just last year, she had been walked in on by a very bashful Ernie Mcmillian as she was climbing out of the bathtub the perfects got to use. It was because Moaning Myrtle thought it would be fun to unlock the door with her still in the tub and not warn her, luckily no one got points taken away.
"My first day across the pond and I flash an Irish man, Ginny would be so proud." She said to herself as she made a mental note to write to the red headed witch. Before she left she had charmed a P.O Box in London to send any letters she sends or receives directly to that person or herself.
Realizing that Murphy had offered to be her mule, she decided to take full advantage of his generosity. She grabbed the pair of jeans she had bought her trip and pulled them on, since they were snug fitting she knew that watching her walk in them would be pure torture for him to see.
She then grabbed the corset she was planning on wearing that night out to the bar with the boys and laced it up real tight, she almost couldn't breathe for a second but was able to steady it after a couple of minutes.
As Mia was getting ready Murphy was standing the hall looking like a boy who got caught looking at a girly magazine for the first time. Connor just stood there laughing as Murphy told him what had just happened, then said "Well I guess it was ye and not me, she might have hit me with a shoe or something."
After a few minutes Mia walked out and you could have sworn the boys had forgotten how to breathe, "Now that I know that the outfit has the response I was hoping to get, let's go shopping since I have two very handsome mules at my beck and call." She said.
Taking one arm Murphy who had finally found his voice said "Mia, this is Connor me twin; Connor this is Mia our pretty new neighbor"
Connor who also had finally found his voice said "It's a pleasure to meet ye lass, welcome to the best city this side of the pond. But of course anywhere there is a MacManus, it's the best place to be." He began to follow his brother and try not to stare at a girl sent from the Heaven's above, just torment a couple of sinners like him and his brother.
Just his luck though Murphy met her first, he knew that if a girl saw him first she would never look twice at him, but maybe just maybe he might be able to convince her that he is the better of the two them.