Disclaimer I don't own HP I wish I did but then JK did wonderful. (I just wish the pair was different)

This chapter is a turning point...


Chapter 9

Draco and Harry had worked nonstop all weekend. If not counting eating and sleeping. They had finally got both rooms done. Ron did come by but only stayed for a while. Sunday he wanted to spend the day with Hermione.

"Thanks Draco for all your help. I think I will get the furniture back in here. Then I will start on Teddy's room on Tuesday if you want to help out." Harry said using a cleaning spell on the rooms. "Yeah that will be fine, I did promise Mrs. Wealsey about doing something for her." said Draco. "Ginny also wanted me to help her with a potion for work too."

"Molly has been busy with that house hasn't she. Ron now you. I'm glad I'm busy with this house." Harry said with a laugh.

"So... how are you and Ginny doing." Draco said levitating the bed into the master bedroom.

"I guess we are okay. I mean I do love her. I think moving in together would be a great next step for us," Harry said.

"Yeah I guess it is," Draco said with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"Draco are you okay?"

"Yeah just thinking about something."

"You want to talk about it?"

"No it's okay, mate really." Draco said levitating a mirror in the room.


The next day Harry went back to the trio's flat. Hermione was home from the hospital, but tried to stay out-of-the-way. She was in the library studying. She had a rough night sleeping, just a rough night all around. Yesterday was supposed to be a day that they would start planning the wedding. How could he not understand that I don't want a huge wedding like that. I get that I only get to get married only once but shouldn't it be both of us. Harry understands why can't Ron? I am really getting tired of all the fighting that we go through. I get that couples fight but seriously.

"Hey," said a familiar voice in the doorway startling Hermione. "Watcha doing?"

"Oh nothing much, just studying. How's the packing going?" Hermione said.

"Oh you know, kind of slow. I am doing it the muggle way." Harry said walking over and sitting next to her on the couch.

"I admire you that you do that still even though you are a wizard." Hermione said. "Thanks." he replied.

"Do you want any help? I think I have studied this book that my brain is mush." she said putting down her book.

"No... not you. Are we losing our Mione?" Harry said chuckling. Hermione rolled her eyes at Harry's comment. "You know you never will." I kind of already have Mione I am losing you to Ron. Harry thought.

"I'll help you with packing." Hermione said walking towards Harry placing her book on the table. "Let's go before I change my mind with that sarcasm of yours." she said with a laugh walking past him and towards the stairs.

While Hermione took the pictures from the dresser and bed table her tears started to fall as she looked at the picture of just her and Harry. Harry saw the tears. "Mione are you okay?"

"Yeah I am just really going to miss you, that's all." she explained.

"Oh Hermione, I will miss you too. It will be weird at first but hey you'll have Ron." Harry said whipping the tears from her cheek.

"Yes I will have Ron." she said quietly. "He is my fiancé."

"Well let's get going I don't want it to be too late when I get to the house." Harry said. "You can always come over and kickbox with me in the basement. I bought some stuff yesterday. You can help me improve."

"I would like that. Thanks." she said smiling at him as she placed the pictures in a box.


Ron came home a half an hour later and started to help pack.

"We're sure going to miss you around here mate." Ron said picking up a box to bring downstairs to place next to the fireplace.

"I will miss being around here too." Harry said levitating more boxed to the fireplace. "Did you guys want to help me floo these to the house?"

"Yeah I want to see what you have done so far." said Hermione grabbing 3 boxes into the fireplace. "12 Grimmuald's place." The green flames surrounded her and she appeared in the living-room of the familiar house. Ten more boxes appeared on their own. Then the boys appeared.

"We have only done the master-rooms so far." Harry said leading the way.

"Oh Harry it's amazing." Hermione cried when they walked into the bedroom. A huge four-poster bed was the first thing you saw when walking into the room. Burgundy walls and a Bay window on the far wall. They walked into the bathroom to see a stone granite all over the bathroom floors and walls. The massive shower still had the stone and clear glass door and sides. There was a separate jacuzzi bathtub in the corner with steps leading into the tube. "Everything about this is amazing!" Hermione said walking around the bathroom.

"It's great mate. You guys worked really hard in here didn't you?" Ron said to his best friend.

"Yeah, I love it. Teddy's room is next starting tomorrow and then the kitchen and maybe the basement I will start with this week before my holiday is done." said Harry grinning at Ron and Hermione's reactions. Mainly Hermione's amazement about his master-rooms.

The trio flooed back to the flat and sat down for a while. Harry and Ron played chess for a couple of games. Hermione stared at the duo instead of reading her book. Around 7 Harry got up from the floor. "Well I better get back and unpack a bit before going to bed." he sighed. They all walked over to the fireplace.

Harry hugged Ron first. "See ya later mate."

Harry then turned to what he was dreading saying goodbye to her. He saw her tears start to fall again. "Hey I will see you soon." he said hugging her.

"I know," she said hugging him tight.

"Ron take care of her." Harry said turning to Ron again.

"You know I will." the red-head said.

"See you guys. Goodnight." Harry felt like it was one of the hardest things he had to do, but knew he had to do it. He disappearated leaving the couple together hugging. Hermione's tears were now falling like waterfalls.

"Sweetheart it will be okay." Ron said.

"I know," was all that she could say. "I think I am going to take a long bath Ron."

"Okay I will be in the office doing paperwork." he said.

Hermione walked up to her bathroom and sunk into the hot water and cried.

Harry appeared in his now living-room feeling exhausted and instead of unpacking he collapsed on the king-size bed and fell asleep looking at the picture of the trio.


Harry and Draco did finish the rooms that he set out to do. Ron did come over to help with some of the decorations and construction. Teddy's room was decorated with Quidditch things and pictures of Tonks and Remus. The walls had clouds and blue skies. The kitchen was just as he imagined it red and black with modern fixtures. Hermione had come over a couple of times during the week to kickbox with him in the basement. She always looked sad about leaving him behind and saying that she missed him. That week had been very hard for him always thinking of Hermione. This next week Ginny was to move in with him and he was excited about trying to move on with her, but he felt guilty about thinking about Hermione. Teddy was also supposed to be there in the next weekend. In between of working and spending time with Ginny he would be working on the rest of the house.

It was an extremely emotional week and half since Harry left the flat for Hermione. It seemed like she was missing something in her life. The only time she felt the happiest was working out with Harry. Ron and her have tried to decide on when the wedding should be but was getting nowhere fast. When they weren't arguing Ron was trying to convince her that they should be more intimate with each other, which Hermione felt she was not ready for and wanted to wait for a little longer. This sparked another argument. They did come close to having sex after heated snogging, but she didn't feel ready and pulled away from Ron.


The telephone sounded on Sunday two weeks after Harry leaving.

"Hello?" Hermione said.

"Hello dear. How are you doing?" Emma Granger's voice came through the receiver.

"Oh hello mum. I am okay. What about you?" said Hermione rubbing the bridge of her nose from her crying.

"What is going on with you dear? Is everything okay with you and Ron?" asked Emma. "Don't lie to me I can hear it in your voice. I am your mother after all."

"Yeah we are fine I guess." Hermione said. "Mum I have just been thinking too much."

"About..." Emma started.

"About Harry for one." Hermione said honestly. "I miss him for one. He moved out last week."

"I knew this would happen." Emma said to her daughter.

"What do you mean?" said Hermione.

"Oh nothing dear." she answered.

"No mum tell me what did you know would happen?" Hermione stated stubbornly.

"Ah... I knew this would happen that you would fall in love would happen." said Emma

"I don't love Harry..."

"Hermione you have always talked about that boy in all your letters. And when you and the boys came back to Australia you couldn't take your eyes from him." Emma stated.

"Mum, I just miss him that's all." retorted Hermione.

"Uh okay dear whatever you say. Did you want to talk to your father?" her mother said.

"No, I'll talk to him later. I have a huge headache and want to take a bath." Hermione said.

"Okay dear. I love you."

"I love you too mum." Hermione sighed as she hung up the telephone and walked upstairs to her bathroom. While soaking in the bathtub her thoughts drifted to Harry.


A week later Hermione would still see Harry on some days when she would come to his house to kickbox with him in the basement.

Hermione apartated into his house. "Harry! I'm here to workout!" she yelled.

Harry ran down the stairs with Teddy in his arms. He put the boy to the ground and ran around the room. Teddy walked over to Hermione and held out his arms to her. She picked him up. "Mione!" he squealed. "Hello love," Hermione said kissing the little boy.
"I'm so sorry Mione, I forgot about our workout. I woke up late and had to get Teddy ready and I am running late for the office." His voice frantic while trying to get Teddy's stuff ready.

"Harry slow down, I will be happy to take him to Andromeda's." she said trying to calm Harry down with her gentle voice.

"Are you sure, I don't want to mess your plans up." Harry said picking up Teddy's toy bag.

Hermione giggled "Of course I'm sure. Go to work I got Teddy."

"Thank Merlin for you Mione. Okay little man I will see you in a few sleeps." Harry said kissing his godson and then kissing Hermione on the cheek, handing her the bag. Then he aparated.

Hermione sighed as she watch him leave. "Ok love let's go see your Grandmother." She aparated with the boy in her arms.


"Andra!" Hermione called with Teddy in her arms. "I brought Teddy back for his Grandmother!"

"Hello Hermione dear how are you? Where's Harry?" the older witch walked into the living-room.

"He had to work and I said I would take Teddy." said Hermione putting the little boy down.

"I always wondered something Anda." said Hermione to the older woman.

"What is that dear?"Andromeda said.

"I have always wondered why Harry calls you Dora."

"Well I think I let him call me that because it kind of makes me feel closer to my daughter. I miss her so much it just makes be feel like she is still here." said the older woman. She looked at the brunette and her soft and tired face. "Is everything okay Hermione?"

"I am just so confused and I feel guilty too. What am I doing?" Hermione said to the older woman. She always felt at ease with the Andromeda.

"What dear are you so confused?" Andromeda said.

"I'm supposed to be with Ron,"

"Who said you are meant to be with Ron Hermione?"

"Everyone at Hogwarts thought we should be together due to all the fights and sexual tension that was between us during school. Plus during the hunt it hurt when he left us high in dry and it hurt Harry. I was so livid with him for backing out on the promise we all made before that whole crap happened. But when it was just Harry and I it was nice. There was this one day when I was listening to the radio and Harry came over to me and we danced. It was amazingly fun and it made me happy."

"But..."

"I knew he wanted to be with Ginny. So I walked away from him."

"Hermione what is so great about Ron... be honest with me." said Dora.

"Well... He is very sweet and can be quiet funny."

"And Harry?" said the older woman.

"He makes me laugh, he's smart, he is great with Teddy. I guess he just makes me feel like I am the best person and that I can be a better one." said Hermione with a sigh. "My mom also said that I always talked about him in my letters. But that doesn't mean I love him does it?"

"I don't know does it?" Andromeda said to the younger witch.

"I don't know. I can't. I promised Ron and I love Ron." said Hermione trying to convince the older witch.

"What makes you feel passionately about Ron then."

"I don't know. I can't..." said Hermione stopping. "No..."

"No what Hermione?" Andromeda said.

"I'm... I'm in love with... Harry." said Hermione not believing the conclusion he just come to realize. "Oh Merlin... I can't."

"Why not?" Dora said.

"I don't know." Hermione said.

"How do you feel around him."

"I feel like I have to be around him all the time. I see him when he works out and my heartbeat gets faster." the brunette said. "I can't breathe."

"You need to think more I think. But just keep in mind of what makes you happy." Dora said.

"Well it was nice talking to you Dora. I must go. Thanks for everything." Hermione said grabbing her coat and kissing the older woman's cheek.

"Bye dear," Andromeda said smiling widely at Hermione apparating from the house. I knew it. Thought the older woman. I knew she loved him.


Hermione thought about what Andromeda and her mother said for days after leaving Teddy at his Grandmother's house when she was sitting on the couch in the library. I really do love Ron and don't want to hurt him. I am in love with Harry. What can I do? How am I going to do this?

"Darling, I'm home!" Ron said walking into the library. "How was your day?" he said with a smile as he leaned down to her for a kiss.

"Ron, we need to talk..." Hermione started with a tear in her eyes.


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