Chapter 4

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As soon as I shut the door after entering my house, Ernie jumped up and said, "Hi Hermione!" But immediately, I knew that something wasn't right. Ernie's eyes had a look of panic in them and he was smiling his guilty smile. I also noticed he was trying to hide something.

"What is that?"

"What is what?"

"The paper you're trying to hide! What does it say?"
"It's n-nothing at all, just something not important, yes nothing at all. It was from the, uh, the Ministry! Yes the Ministry saying-"

"Accio paper," I muttered and the paper came flying towards me.

Ernie,

We need to talk. You know that we both love each other and it's time that you leave your wife. Come to my apartment at eight o'clock tonight. Don't let Hermione know about this. See you tonight.

Hannah

Well, that explains everything.

"So, any comments?" I waved the piece of paper.

"Hermione, I-I was just about to write back to her and tell her that I'm not going too see her anymore. I realized you're most important and it was a huge mistake that I made and-" Suddenly, an owl tapped on the window, carrying a letter. I walked over to get it.

"No! I got it!" Ernie cried out. I took the letter from the owl and read it.

Dear Ernie,

I look forward to seeing you tonight.

Hannah

"Right, well you know, I'm just sure that you just owled her and told her that you didn't want to see her anymore." I said, rolling my eyes.

"Yes I was! I was going to meet her tonight and tell her that I love you and-"

"Ernie, just drop your facade! I know you love her more than me, okay? There's a reason why they call me the brightest witch of our age! Just go! Go meet her, because honestly, I don't care anymore!'

"What?"

"I don't care because we're going to get a divorce because obviously I'm the one who is holding you back from the girl you love."

"Hermione, don't be silly-"

"Ernie, we both know that you and I weren't supposed to marry each other. We're just friends, that's all we can ever be because we're both in love with someone else."

"Who are you in love with?" He asked sharply. Whoops.

I hesitated a little before answering. "No one, I'm just thinking that I will fall in love with someone, but that person isn't you, Ernie. Just go meet Hannah tonight and I'll contact a divorce attorney later."

"Okay, Hermione." Ernie looked at me for a while and said, "I'm sorry, for everything."

"Actually, thanks, Ernie, I'm glad we could deal with this like mature adults. Also, I'm glad we solved this mistake before it got worse."

He gave a little nod and left to go to his room. I checked my watch. It was six. I thought about which divorce attorney I knew. Then suddenly, I thought of someone. I took out a quill and a piece of parchment.

Lavender,

I need your help. I want to get a divorce with Ernie. I remember Ron saying that you were a divorce attorney so could you please owl me as soon as possible? Thank you very much.

Hermione

I fed my owl a treat, and watched him take off into the sky. I sighed then began to take out ingredients and pans to make dinner. As I was in the middle of making pasta sauce, someone knocked on the door. I wiped my hands clean and opened it. Standing there was the one and only Lavender Brown, holding a briefcase.

"Hi Lavender, come in," I gestured for her to come inside.

"Thanks." She walked inside. "Right, so you said that you and Ernie wanted to get a divorce. I came as soon as I could after I received your owl. Where is he?"

"He's just in his room." I answered uncertainly. Now, I felt sort of unsure about using Lavender. I knew she gossiped a lot and I didn't want everyone to know the reason why I was going to leave him. It would be all over the Daily Prophet tomorrow and that's the last thing we both need. Drama.

"Oh, I see. Well, I guess I'll just come back-" Lavender never finished her sentence because at that moment Ernie came home.

"Hey Hermione, hey Lavender,"

"Oh hello Ernie, I'm here as your divorce attorney,"

"Okay..."

"So, let's get started," Lavender opened her briefcase and took out some files. Now, I felt kind of dizzy, I don't regret that we're getting divorced, I just couldn't believe it was really happening. I swallowed and started talking about our new future that was coming.

*********************************************************************************************************************************************************** After an hour and a half, Lavender left, and Ernie started to get ready for meeting Hannah. He still looked at me as if this wasn't happening. I took out leftovers from the refrigerator since I forgot about the pasta sauce when Lavender came. It took about two minutes of scrubbing the pot by hand before I remembered that I was a witch and then just simply cleaned the pot with a wave of my wand.

While heating up the leftovers, I heard the door slam shut and knew Ernie had left. I started eating my food; Chinese food that I had ordered yesterday. I looked around, soon this house would belong to Ernie again, and it would be time for me to find a new house to live in. I read part of A History of Magic before deciding to go to bed. I heard a knock on the door and decided to ignore it. I was very tired and wanted my rest. But as I climbed into bed, ready for a good night's sleep, I saw two people standing at the door, wands drawn out and pointing straight at me.

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