A/N: Thank you for the one review I got! *cries* I sound so pitiful... But hey! Better than nothing! Also, I'll be on vacation for 6 weeks and I have no idea if the place I'm visiting will allow fanfiction, so I'm sorry if I can't update, but please don't abandon my story! I promise I'll write all the chapters during vacay if I can't post it, and post them all when I get back! Okay not as long this time. As always, please read and review! :)
Disclaimer: Harry Potter does not belong to me... but maybe J.K. Rowling would like to give me the copyrights?
Not wanting Ginny and Harry to find out yet, Hermione apparated to her parents' house to spend a few nights until she sorted out her living conditions.
"Darling, what's wrong? Has something happened? It's almost 11 pm!" asked Evelyn Granger frantically as she thundered down the stairs with her husband, Richard Granger in tow.
"Mum, Dad, I'm fine. I just need to spend a few nights here, is that alright?"
"Of course, hun. Did something blow up between you and Ron again?"
Hermione laughs bitterly. "You could say that... I promise I'll tell you in the morning, but I'm quite knackered now, so if you'll excuse me..." She moved past the concerned faces of her parents and headed upstairs.
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True to her word, Hermione explains the whole ordeal to her parents over breakfast. After eating, she goes back upstairs to shower and brush her teeth. Wrapping a towel around herself, she walks to her room to get ready and get dressed. While drying her hair with her wand, Hermione thinks
"Wow... 24, recently cheated on, and single. Definitely not three adjectives I'd like to use to describe myself."
Regardless, she throws on a pair of faded blue skinny jeans and a plain, black button-up shirt. Today is going to be such a stressful day.
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She decides to go looking for a new flat first. Even though she only ran a cafe-albeit a successful one-, Hermione isn't exactly poor. She had the galleons she'd earned from defeating Voldemort.
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4 hours later, Hermione settled onto her new leather couch in her spacey flat. Seeing as it was 2 pm, she decided to go to the Three Broomsticks for a much-deserved drink and a bite to eat.
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Opening the doors to the Three Broomsticks, Hermione felt the familiar blast of warm air that helped to sooth her win-chapped winter skin.
"One butterbeer and some fish and chips, please." She plunked a galleon onto the splintery wood bar top.
"Hermione! I knew you were here as soon as I saw the amount of nargles in your hair!"
"Luna I haven't seen you in forever, how have you been?"
"Good, I've been planning to start a cafe, but I'm not to certain..." She trailed off and looked at Hermione with the usual dreamy stare. Meanwhile, the gears in the smart witch's head started turning and clicking.
"I like my cafe well enough... It's warm and quaint and all my hard work has gone into it, but honestly, I'd like a new start after the 'Ron Incident,' and seeing how I've already bought a new flat, I might as well get a new job. Besides, this would benefit Luna too."
"Hey Luna! Tell you what. How about I give my cafe up to you? I've been fancying a new occupation for a while now."
"Would you really 'Mione? That would be such a huge help! But you can't honestly expect me to accept this for free, can you? No that wouldn't do at-"
"Don't worry about it. I'm hardly struggling to get by." Hermione cut off."I suppose... But I still feel awful." The two girls chatted a bit more until Hermione realized that it was nearing 6 o' clock.
"Oh, look at the time! It's getting late, and I don't want my parents to worry. It was so good talking to you Luna! I'll owl you when I have a bit of spare time so I can sign the cafe over to you." The two parted ways and Hermione apparated to her Mum and Dad's to let them know of her new flat.
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After unwinding even more with a relaxing bath and a glass of red wine, Hermione slipped into bed and decided that she would tell Harry and Ginny of the "Ron Incident" tomorrow.
