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You Again

Chapter Six

Hermione woke up on the floor. She felt like a herd of centaurs were running rampant in her head and her mouth felt like it was full of Fiendfyre. She picked herself up slowly off the floor, as the room was spinning and walked out to the sink to drink water out of the tap. She winced when she heard loud tapping on the window in front of her, and looking up she saw a huge amber owl sitting on her window sill. She opened the window slowly and let the owl in.

"I'm so sorry," she said as she stroked the owl "I hope you haven't been waiting long." The owl just clicked it's beak at her, drank some water from the still running tap and settled on her shoulder. She started to lean to the side from the weight of the bird as she opened the letter.

Out of the letter fell a picture of Teodora hugging the book and a smile on her face. The letter read: Hermione thank you for the book, Dora was very happy when the owl dropped it off. I was wondering if you would like to go get dinner this Saturday night? We would have to take Dora but if you want to wait a week my parents can watch her. Please send a reply with Jean, she doesn't like resting much; she wants to get her job done fast.

Hermione picked up some parchment and penned out her response quickly so she could get ready for work. She replied: Thank you for the picture, I'm glad that she likes it. I would love to go out to dinner with the two of you. Does 5 sound good? Please let me know if you need earlier or later.

As Hermione got ready for the day she couldn't wait until 5 days passed and she'd get to see Viktor and Teodora again, although when she was brushing her hair she realized that she didn't have anything to wear. She quickly threw her clothes on and made a fire call to Ginny. "Ginny?!" she screamed through the living room.

Ginny came running with James on her hip, "Hermione what is wrong? What happened?"

Hermione replied back quickly, "oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you but I have a date with Viktor and Teodora and I need something different to wear."

Ginny smiled and shook her head, "I will be ready to go Saturday morning but you will be taking care of James the whole time as payment for scaring me."

Hermione laughed "Thanks Ginny, I have to go, my head is killing me." Ginny gave her a knowing smile and departed.

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When Ginny walked back into the kitchen Harry had just finished putting his cup of coffee into the sink. "How is she?" he asked.

Ginny put James in his playpen and turned around with a smile on her face, "she seemed fine, she said her head hurt but I didn't expect her to even talk to us for a day or two. Are you sure Remus said she had a bad day?"

Harry walked over to Ginny and rested his hands on her shoulders, "he let her go home early and she went, willingly. You know she only does that when it gets too much. What did she want anyway?"

Ginny smiled and said "she has a date with Krum and his daughter so she needs my help with clothes."

Harry had started to walk away to finish getting ready for work but when he heard Ginny's response he turned on his heel with his mouth open, "now Ginny…"

"Oh no you don't," Ginny quickly interrupted, "she is finally happy, she got wasted last night and doesn't even look like it this morning." Ginny walked over and stood toe to toe and put her finger to his chest, "you listen here Harry Potter, you give her nothing but acceptance and love. If she tells you."

Harry just swallowed and shook his head, "yes dear. I have to finish getting ready for work."

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Hermione walked into the Ministry smiling widely as the words from Viktor's note replayed in her head. She could hardly believe that she had a date, and just 4 days away. While she was walking she kept her hand in the pocket of her blouse to make sure the picture of Teodora hadn't slipped out. She brought it along to hang in her office so on her bad days she could glance at it.

Walking into her office, she pulled out the picture walked around the room to figure out the best place to tack it on the walk. Deciding that it would look best on her desk next to the picture of her parents, she sat down in her chair and tried to honestly examine her feelings for Viktor.

She reflected on the fact that the butterflies that Viktor had given her while she was in her fourth year felt like the same butterflies when she last saw him. While the butterflies were enough to remind her that she had some attraction to him, she didn't want to move too fast because he had a child. Teodora seemed like a delightful child but that could easily change if she felt threatened in anyway by Hermione's intrusion on her family unit. However, despite her rational mind underlining that fact on her mental pros and cons list, in her heart she knew she never wanted to let him go again. Pulling her head out of her thoughts she started on some paperwork for Remus so she could leave early on Friday and get some proper sleep.