PROLOGUE

The tea was certainly something that she needed. Hermione was glad that this man had found her. Mr. Rogers wasn't asking anything of her, he just bought the cup of tea –and his coffee- and kept her company. She decided that he deserved at least a little chat instead of an awkward silence.

"Thank you." She said while she took another sip of her tea.

Steve was surprised that she talked to him at all; she didn't have to, and she also didn't have to thank him for something that everybody should do.

"You're welcome." He answered politely. "Anytime you want." He grinned.

Hermione giggled a little, both of them knew that was very unlikely to happen ever again. Mr. Rogers was very nice, she was lucky that he decided to help her.

They remained in silence again, Steve enjoyed his coffee and the peace that only sitting with no plans and a good company could provide. He waited until the young woman finished her tea.

"Better now?" He asked with a hint of concern staining in his voice.

"Yes, much better." Hermione answered. "I'm afraid that I may have troubled you, for that I'm sorry."

"You don't have to apologize, it was no trouble." Steve replied.

"But…" Hermione stopped and sighed, it didn't matter anyway. "I should go now; you probably want to go home."

Hermione stood up and grabbed her old purse. Steve stood up and grabbed her arm, Hermione's defense alarms turned on and she needed all her self-control not to hex the kind man in front of her. Steve noticed that her body tensed and instantly let her go.

"Sorry Ma'am." He apologized "Just wait a moment."

Great, now she probably thinks that I am nuts or a stalker, or both. Steve thought as he wrote something down on a piece of paper.

"Here you go." He gave the paper to Hermione. "Those are my phone number and my address, if you need another cup of tea while you are in New York." He said trying not to blush.

Hermione looked at the little paper in her hands and smiled a little bit.

"Thank you Mr. Rogers, again." She said, and kept the paper. "Good bye."

This is my first fanfic written in English so please be nice with me. As I said in the summary this is kind of an "after" of what happened in "Searching for Home" of Whispering Darkness. I am not planning to do this a long fic but this will continue :D

I would like to thank to Whispering Darkness for given me the permission to do this; and thanks to all the people that leave a review on the translation of Searching for Home to Spanish. This will be able in Spanish to, just give me a little of time ;)

Thank you Whispering Darkness for the beta reading :D

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