Hermione Granger quickly ducked under the table as she saw a tall man with a mop of red hair pass by. "What the hell is he doing here?!" Muggle New York City was the last place she would expect to see Ron Weasly, or any other wizard for that matter. Which was exactly her reason for living there.

She had left Hogwarts during the last term of her 7th year, hoping no one would find out her secret.

"Mommy, can I go to Megan's house now? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!!" screamed a little blonde girl. "Sweetie don't yell, people are trying to read. OK you can go now I'll come pick you up at 6.Have fun!!" she yelled after the small figure that was bounding towards the door to her friend.

"Oh shit!!!" she thought. All that yelling had caused Ron to turn her way, and he was now walking towards her with a look of utter shock and confusion on his face.

"Her... Hermione?? Is that you?"

"Ron!!!" she tried to smile warmly, but it came out as more of a grimace. She hadn't seen him in 10 years, and even then she had just disappeared one night. She still loved him very much, and every night since she had left Hogwarts, she thought about Ron and Harry.

"What happened? We woke up one morning, and you were gone!! Who was that girl? How are you?" Ron said, all in a rush.

She couldn't help but laugh. Same old Ron. "Um..why don't we go out and have some lunch and I'll explain everything"

"Don't you have to work?" he asked questioningly "Actually I own this place" At 27,she had opened her own bookstore/coffee shop, which had always been her dream.

"Allie" she yelled "I'm going out for lunch. I should be back in a few hours"

"Where do you want to go?"Hermione asked "Actually I have no idea. I'm an Auror for the Ministry now, but I decided to go on a vacation and explore the Muggle world"

"Well this is a little far from home to go exploring isn't it?"

"Yeah well Britain didn't really have a lot of choices, so I came here."

They reached the door of a small restaurant ,and were seated immediately.Hermione studied Ron, and noticed that he hadn't changed a bit, except he was taller now and more handsome. He still had the same bright red hair and freckles dotting his nose.Only then had she realized how much she had missed him over the years.Even 10 years later, she wasn't used to pretending she didn't know about magic.Her friends in the Muggle world weren't the same as having Ron and Harry.She actually missed giving them advice on girls and listening to their boring Quidditch conversations!!

She didn't know it,but Ron was thinking exactly the same thing.Hermione had definitely change. Her once bushy hair was now long and straight with caramel streaks. She had a much nicer figure now, she was about 5'5 with plenty of curves. Her features were softer now, with chocolate eyes. Ron couldn't believe it had been so long since he had seen her. He still remembered the awful feeling in his heart, when he found out she was gone. Especially since he had never had the chance to tell her his true feelings. It was just a crush, but he was convinced he was in love with her.Until the next week when he had found "the love of his life"-Lavender Brown. The same pattern went on, with a new object of his affection every week.Even now,his love life was still the same. No one lasted more than a few weeks. Lately he had been very unsatisfied with this though.He felt he needed to live up to his family expectations and get married. Even Fred and George were married!!

"Okay, I'm dying to hear about what happened!!" Ron said, unable to hold in his questions any longer

"All right, well it all started around Christmas of the 7th year. Well you know how Draco and I were Head Boy and Head Girl right?And we had to share a dormitory?"

"Yeah,and I'm still sorry you had to share with that slimy prick!!"Ron yelled. Even though it had been many years since Hogwarts,he still hated Malfoy more than anyone.He hadn't heard anything about him,but he was probably hiding under a Death Eater cloak.

"Yes...well, one night, the night after Harry and I broke up, I kind of...let my guard down...and...we .....you know...."

"YOU HAD SEX WITH DRACO MALFOY???THE SAME DRACO MALFOY THAT MADE OUR LIVES HELL?!?!THE ONE THAT CONSTANTLY LORDED OVER US AND CALLED YOU 'MUDBLOOD' SO MANY TIMES?!?!?"

"Shhhhh Ron keep your voice down!!! Yes,I did,but I wasn't really thinking straight"

"DAMN RIGHT YOU WEREN'T,SLEEPING WITH MALFOY!!!"

"Look Ron, you didn't really know him like I did. With me, he was...different.He was sweet, caring and everything I ever wanted.But then I found out I was pregnant. I told him, but he denied it was his, called me a slut, and told me he never wanted to see me again.So the next night, I ran away."

"SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT,YOU GOT PREGNANT WITH DRACO MALFOY'S CHILD,AND HE LEFT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF HIS BABY ALL BY YOURSELF?!?!"

Ron practically screamed. Hermione nodded,tears forming in her eyes.Talking about it had brought back all the pain she had felt.She loved Draco with all her heart, and she thought he loved her, and she still didn't understand why he had left her.

Ron had finally calmed down when he saw Hermione crying.He grabbed her hand and spoke to her soothingly.

"Look, Hermione I'm so sorry.But why didn't you come to me or Harry? You know we would have helped you."

"I was so embarrassed" she choked out "I thought you and Harry would have thought I was a slut too, especially because it was with Malfoy"

"'Mione,you know that we would have been there for you no matter what."

"Speaking of which,how is Harry?"Hermione asked,drying her tears

"Actually I don't know. I haven't talked to him since graduation.We had some stupid fight-I don't even remember what it was about-and I never saw him again. I saw him in the paper a few times though. He's a pretty famous author now. Some autobiography he wrote." Ron said it casually,but Hermione could tell by the look on his face that he really missed him.

"Hey,you know the Hogwarts reunion is this Saturday.Do you want to come with me?"

Hermione groaned."Ron,did you not here a word I just said?I never want to go back to that place,too many bad memories."

"But more good ones"Ron grinned.

She laughed at all the fun times she had had there,and almost gave in,but thought better of it. "Ron do you have any idea how much explaining I would have to do?I just got up and left one night!!!They haven't seen me in more than 10 years,and they probably think I am dead or something!!!"

"Come on,'Mione just think about it. If they ask questions just say you don't want to talk about it!!! Come on, you know you want to see everyone!!"

She finally gave in,and was actually kid of looking forward to it.She was dying to see Harry too.

"All right,well I've got to go pick up Emma--my daughter"she said when she saw Ron's quizzical look. "It has been so much fun talking to you!!!I cant believe it has been 10 years,cause it seems like just yesterday we were sneaking out under the Invisibility Cloak at midnight!!"Just thinking about all those times at Hogwarts made her feel so happy.She couldn't wait to see it again!!! "All right,well call me"she said, scribbling her number on a napkin."I'll make all the arrangements for the reunion!!" She gave him a quick hug and rushed out the door

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