Thanks for the reviews that I got. I know that I shouldn't have introduced Harry in such a early chapter but there is a reason why I did that. Here is the next chapter. it's semi-long so that should make you guys happy. This is just a revised copy.
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Hermione woke up with the sun's rays on her face. 'What happened last night?' she thought. As she tried to remember what had happened, she felt the pressure on her waist. When she looked to her left, she saw the man that she was pining away for all of these years; the man that made her weak at the knees; the man that was a murderer. She slowly and silently crept out of bed, grabbed her robe, got some clothes, and went to the bathroom.
After a quick shower, she came out of the bathroom, and went to her kitchen. While she was looking for the coffee pot, she heard the sound of a door opening. She turned around dreading what was to come, and saw Harry coming out of her room. He stopped when he saw her.
'Merlin he looks sexy!' she thought. 'Oh why did he have to come out in only boxers? I wonder what it would be like to take them off with my teet- Stop! Bad Hermione!' "Hi." he said.
Obviously this wasn't going to be easy.
"Hi? That's all that you can say? You act distant and Ron and I could not even talk to you and then I find out that you killed the Minister of Magic and that apparently the Daily Prophet was right and that you went insane. Then, you are on the run from the entire wizarding world. You tore everything apart! You hurt so many people; Remus, Ron, everyone! And especially me Harry! How could you! And then, two months later, you I wake up to you kissing me, and then you sleep with me! And "Hi" is all that you can say?
Harry listened to all of her words and was a little hurt by what she had said, but also understood where she was coming from. "I know that you have questions, and I'll try to answer all of them."
"No, you will not try to answer them, you will." she said angrily. "I guess that we should start with the most obvious one: did you do it?"
Harry was silent for a moment and then he replied "Yes."
Hermione almost wanted to cry. A small part of had not believed that Harry had actually not killed the Minister of Magic but now to actually hear him saying it, she knew that it was true.
She was shocked, but she had to make him answer the question that has been plaguing her for two months; this was the question that was in the mind of every witch and wizard. "Why?"
"I don't know." he replied softly. He wasn't lying. He didn't know why he did it.
"'I don't know' what kind of half-assed excuse is that?" she yelled.
"It's the only one that I have." he replied sincerely.
"Why did you come back?" she asked.
"For you." he went to her and held her arms and looked deeply into her eyes. "I have loved you for such a long time. I was just too scared to admit it; but while I was in hiding, all that I kept thinking was about you. How I never told you how I felt; how I wanted to kiss you every time I saw you and touch you everywhere, and finally, I couldn't take it anymore and I just had to come back and see you; but when I saw you sleeping so peacefully, I lost control and kissed you."
She listened to his words. "He loves me! I'm such a dumbass! I should have told him! We could have had months together! Wait stop thinking that! He's a murderer!" "I love you Hermione." those words snapped her back to reality.
He loved her. She had wanted to hear him say those words to her for such a long time. Was it too late? Had too much changed between them? Could they really be together in spite of everything that has happened?
"And I know that you love me too."
"No I-"she started to say but he cut her off.
"I could feel it in the way that you kissed me last night, and the ways that you made love to me so please don't try to deny it."
She could not try to hide it any longer. Even when she had told Draco that she did not love him, she knew that deep down in her heart she did. She had always loved him. She will always love him, No matter what.
"Harry I can't love you!" she said shaking her head.
"Why Hermione?" he asked clearly aggravated. "Why can't you love me?"
"Because you're a murderer!" she yelled breaking away from his arms "you killed someone-not just anyone- but the Minister of Magic! How could you!" What makes you different from Voldemort?" she asked softly.
"I'm not like him Hermione." he said softly grabbing her again and looking into her eyes. "You know the real me. The real me is the man that has been in love with you for a long time; The real me is the same boy who you helped to stop Voldemort and who relied on you when we were at Hogwarts. The real me is the man who loved your smile and loves when you bite your bottom lip when you are nervous; The real me is the man that came back to you last night and made love to you. That is who I am Hermione
"I'm so sorry Harry, but I can't." and she disapparated.
Hermione apparated to Grimmauld Place. After the war, Harry had given Grimmauld Place to Tonks and Remus. They refused profusely, but in the end, they finally accepted. With all that has happened in the last few hours, she completely forgot that she was suppose to meet Tonks and Ginny for brunch.
"Tonks? Ginny?" Hermione said when she apparated in the living room.
"Hermione! We're in the kitchen!" came Tonk's voice.
She made her way to the kitchen and she was greeted by her friends.
After the war, everyone changed. Ginny's flaming red hair grew past her shoulders but it was not as long as Hermione's which was up to her waist. She was happy and was you could tell by looking at her. Ginny worked as a Healer at St. Mungo's and her husband Draco became Ron's Auror partner. So far, they had not fought on the job because if one of them got hurt (which was likely if Ron would fight Draco, their relationship was always rocky. They would agree one minute, and then they would be getting into a fist fight.) they would end up in St. Mungo's and they were not so sure if Ginny would heal them instead of kill them.
Tonks was still an Auror and Remus worked for Dawsden. After Dawsden became the Minister, he past a law that let werewolves and other creatures have jobs at the Ministry. This law was dubbed "Dumbledore's Law." in honor for the old headmaster because he was never biased and treated all creatures with equal respect. As a result, the relationship between humans and magical creatures grew greatly and you could even see a goblin walk down Diagon Alley and no one would mind. The creatures were treated as equals, and Remus made history as being the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; Third to receive the position of Minister of Magic. The second person was Vice Minister Arthur Weasly.
"Tonks, Ginny. it's so good to see you." she greeted them.
"Hermione! It's been so long!" Tonks greeted her.
"You saw me yesterday!"
"Well, new things happen in twenty-four hours." Tonks said while laughing.
'you're right about that.' Hermione thought. She sat down, and they talked and gossiped. "So, Tonks, why exactly did you invite us here?"
"What? I can't invite my best friends to brunch at my house without having an ulterior motive?" she asked pretending to be hurt.
"Hmmmm let me think about it: no!" Ginny said.
"Yeah you're right." Tonks said while laughing.
"So why did you?" Hermione asked.
"Well, I wanted to tell you guys that I'm pregnant!" Tonks said.
"Tonks! That's amazing! Congratulations!" Hermione said and got up and hugged her friend.
Hermione was truly happy for her. Tonks and Remus had been trying for a long time and finally their prayers were answered.
After Hermione went back to her seat, Hermione asked her a question. "Tonks, do you believe that love can overcome all obstacles?"
"What? Where did that come from?" she asked puzzled.
"I was reading a book, and I was thinking about that question." Hermione quickly lied. "Well, do you?"
"Yeah. Love can overcome anything Hermione. Just look at me and Remus. He was a werewolf but that didn't stop me from loving him and now, we were blessed with a child. Love is the strongest force. Or look at Ginny and Draco. Draco has done bad things, but he helped us and Ginny fell in love with him. They had a tough time too, but in the end, the got their happily ever after. Love isn't perfect Herms. You got to go over some walls in order to be happy."
"Is it worth it?" she asked
"Yes it is." Ginny replied. "Love is always worth it."
Hermione realized that she could love Harry. She could be with him. It didn't matter if he was a criminal; she loved him no matter what; warts and all.
"Thanks guys. I got to go." she said quickly and disapparated.
When Hermione apparated to her apartment, she went to her room and saw Harry zipping up his bag. He turned around and saw her in at the door.
"Don't worry. I'm leaving. I guess that you should be glad that you didn't turn me in. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you how I felt earlier. Maybe we could've had something special. I'm also sorry for dragging you into this and hurting you. You don't deserve to be hurt. I'm sorry for everything, Hermione."
She went to him and kissed him passionately. When she broke away, she said "You talk way too much Harry. Stop packing; you are not going anywhere."
"But you said-"she put her finger on his lips to silence him.
"I love you, Harry. I know what you did but I still love you. We couldn't have a relationship before, so let's have one now. I want to be with you; warts and all."
He smiled and kissed her again.
"You're crazy you know that?" he told her.
"Logic and reason go out the window once love gets involved."
"That's cute where did you get that from?"
"A TV. show." she said simply.
"You know, if they catch me, you'll get in trouble for harboring a criminal." he said playfully.
"I don't care. The fact that you're a criminal is sexy."
"Oh really?" he said raising an eyebrow.
'Yes. a dead turn on."
He kissed her passionately and led her to the bed.
YAY!!!! Hermione and Harry are together! Obviously, there is going to be some trouble. The T.V. show that I got the quote from is Charmed.
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