I just realized I didn't put a disclaimer in the first chapter, but you all are smart, you should know that I am not the brilliant JK Rowling and therefore do not own Harry Potter. Anywho, I'm glad you all are liking my new story. I love getting alerts saying that you all are adding it to your favorites already :) Without further ado, here's chapter two (ha that rhymed xD)

Roughly one week later, Hermione arrived at her home in Mermaid Beach, Queensland. She got out of her rental car, got her luggage out of the trunk and walked inside. As she walked into the master bedroom she began to tear up again as memories of her parents began to flood into her mind again.

"No" she thought as she willed herself to keep her tears in "I have to stop crying." She sighed and began to unpack her clothes and other possessions.

She hadn't told anyone she was leaving England, not even Harry or Ron; they would figure it out eventually but knowing them (well Ron at least); it would take them a while. She knew they probably wouldn't agree with the decisions she made so she decided not to tell them.

She'd rented out the home her parents had left her in England since she couldn't bring herself to sell it, packed all of her personal possessions and had everything shipped to her Australian home. It will be as if she simply disappeared; after she met with the new tenants she altered their memories a bit so they would think that they'd met with her realtor instead of her and erased the memories of her mentioning to them that she would be going to Australia.

Once she was settled in, she decided she needed some sort of distraction so she changed into her red Burberry Brit swimsuit, some white Steve Madden sandals, grabbed a towel, her YSL sunglasses and went for a dip in her pool.

*Four months later*

Draco got settled in his vacation villa in Mermaid Beach, Queensland. Things had gotten quite hectic at Malfoy industries with all the business transactions going on, it nearly drove Draco insane. Once everything was settled, Draco decided it was time for a much needed vacation so he informed his assistant that he would be taking time off and left for Australia the next day.

As if his mind hadn't been preoccupied enough with business matters, he could not for the life of him stop thinking about Hermione Granger. It had been a little over four months since their little encounter at the café in London, and she still found a way to sneak into his thoughts throughout the day, every day.

He wondered what had happened to the Gryffindor Princess; a month after he'd last seen her on the front page of the Daily Prophet was the headline "Gryffindor Golden Girl missing?" It went on to read:

Where on earth is Hermione Granger? Yesterday the Ministry of Magic put out a bulletin stating that Miss Hermione Jean Granger, Gryffindor's Golden Girl and one third of the Golden Trio, had been reported missing by Harry James Potter, one of her best friends and savior of the Wizarding World.

When contacted for comments, Harry Potter politely recalled what had happened to one of our many journalists. Apparently Mr. Potter went to visit his friend at her deceased parents' home after not hearing from her for in over a month.

"Deceased Parents?" thought Draco, he hadn't known that her parents' had died, it was then that something clicked; that was probably why she had looked so sad at the café last month, she was probably still not over her parents' death.

When Mr. Potter arrived, he was surprised to find that not only was she not there, but that the house was being occupied by a muggle family. He later found out that the family was renting Miss Granger's home. He tried to find out any information that could tell him where she was and why she'd left without notice but he found nothing. The muggle family had apparently only ever met with a realtor to discuss renting the property and never actually met Miss Granger. When he tried to contact said realtor, he only replied that under his company's customer confidentially agreements, he was not at liberty to disclose any information about his clients.

Mr. Potter asked all of Miss Granger's friends if she'd ever mentioned to them or even hinted at leaving on vacation but they all answered the same: No.

So where could the war heroine be? Is she simply sipping a drink on a beautiful sunny beach somewhere far away or did she meet with an unfortunate fate? The Ministry urges anyone who might have information on Miss Granger to please either contact them or Mr. Potter immediately.

It was then that Hermione began to occupy Draco's thoughts even more, he constantly wondered where she was and why she'd left, but then again so did most of wizarding London.

He was brought back to the present when he heard the POP of apparition, standing in front of him was a small house elf.

"Welcomes back, Master Malfoy." Squeaked the small elf "What cans Missy do for yous?"

Draco smiled down at the little elf, she had always been his favorite; "Thank you Missy, could you please take my luggage up to the master bedroom and run a bath? I feel like going out a bit before the jet lag sets in."

"Yes Master" replied Missy before taking Draco's luggage and popping it into his bedroom before heading to his ensuite bathroom to run the bath.

After her now usual routine of yoga and Pilates followed by about an hour of swimming and sunbathing, Hermione headed back inside her home to take a shower so she could go grocery shopping as she had just finished everything in her kitchen that morning at breakfast.

When she got out of the shower she put on her green Diane Von Furstenberg sporty kleio dress, nude Valentino rockstud gladiator sandals, suede tie floppy hat and YSL tortoise shell sunglasses. Before heading out she grabbed her phone, Miu Miu wallet, pink lip gloss, wand (which used to belong to Bellatrix Lestrange) and stuffed it all into her Michael Kors Turquoise Raffia tote. She walked out to her car, left her home and headed for Gold Coast growers market.

Draco left his villa about half an hour later and he headed toward Marina Quays Market Village to distract himself and hopefully get Hermione off his mind, if only for a few hours.

After getting enough groceries for at least the next 2-3 weeks, Hermione loaded up her car and was about to head back home but decided to distract herself a bit more so she headed toward Marina Quays Market Village. Before leaving her car, she placed a cooling charm on her groceries so they wouldn't spoil in the heat.

Hermione walked around the many shops and cafés before she found her favorite store, shop 56, rare book store. She browsed around for a bit as she always did and ended up buying a book on serial killers, not exactly what you would imagine the golden girl to be reading but she was fascinated by people such as Ted Bundy and Zodiac.

She walked around a bit more and bought a few little things here and there, she spent at least a good two hours before she decided to head back home. But before she left, she decided to get herself a little treat so she headed into Cupcake Passion.

Draco was walking around the market village, enjoying the sights, sounds and smells surrounding him when all of a sudden he froze in place. Not even ten feet away from him, HERMIONE GRANGER was walking out of Cupcake Passion with multiple bags in her left hand as she enjoyed a chocolate cupcake that she held in her right hand.

Good? no? As I did with the Voice, I will be creating the outfits on Polyvore so you can all see them, I'm not sure if I will end up describing hermione's home but even if I don't I'll probably be adding pictures of what it looks like in my mind to my photobucket account.