A/n: You are all amazing! Thanks to all those who reviewed. I feel so loved! So here it is. The final chapter of Another Life. And as I've mentioned to some in review replies, there will be a sequel. If you're at all interested, I strongly suggest you read the A/N in my profile. As for now, here is the epilogue. Enjoy.

Hermione was released from the Hospital Wing the next morning. After a quick stop to the Gryffindor common room to get her school books and other such things, she made her way down to the Great Hall for some breakfast.

She adjusted the weight of her bag on her shoulder. Hermione was glad to be back in her universe. Back with the teachers she knew all to well. She had lots to catch up on. Classes didn't stop for her, and she wasn't about to let herself fall behind.

But even though she was overjoyed to be back, she missed the other universe in spite of only having been there for a short while. She missed the Draco Malfoy she had fallen in love with there. But she knew he was here too. Only...deep down inside the Draco Malfoy most people were accustomed to.

Speaking of which, there he was now, talking with Blaise Zabini. Hermione shuddered a bit in memory of that dreadful kiss she had experienced with Zabini.

The two Slytherins saw her staring. Draco sneered in the most Malfoy-ish way, but Blaise, however, gave her a gold hard glare. Worse than any glare she had ever received.

Shaking her head, Hermione dropped eye contact and finished her walk to the Great Hall.

She saw Harry in deep conversation with Ron when she entered the Great Hall. Ron was still being a pain in the butt, and Harry wasn't helping much either. Hermione walked the distance to the two. Ron saw her first and stared at her angrily for a moment, before grabbing his school bag and departing.

Hermione gave a sad sigh as she took a seat next to Harry. "He's still upset with me then?"

Harry nodded and hid his face behind a plate of sausage and eggs. Hermione looked over to the Slytherin Table, where Draco had just sat down. It wouldn't be easy getting Draco to fall for Hermione, but it was possible. With lots of hard work.

"Would you stop staring at him?" Harry asked.

Hermione looked back to Harry who was glaring in Malfoy's direction, looking fairly annoyed. Hermione didn't know how to respond, so she settled with, "What?"

"Just don't...look at him. You get this weird look in your eyes and it's just..." he trailed off.

"What are you talking about, Harry?"

"I'm talking about how you're all in love with Malfoy!" Harry said just a tad bit too loudly.

A few other people had heard what Harry had shouted and looked in their direction. Including Malfoy and Zabini, who continued to glare at Hermione.

Hermione blushed deeply. "I don't see what the problem is, Harry," she said, trying to keep eye contact with him and not wander off over to Draco.

"The problem is, Hermione, that all that love stuff happened in the parallel universe. It's not the same here, so you need to stop acting like it is."

"Harry..."

"I mean, Draco Malfoy!? Just...how long do you think it will be like this? How long will it be before you get your common sense and things go back to normal?"

"Harry, they won't. I love Draco, and it's not about to change."

"You only think you love Draco."

"Why are you being so immature about this? You were fine about this last night."

"That's because last night I thought you were still in LaLa land," Harry exclaimed.

Hermione glared. "You know what, Harry? I would expect this sort of behavior from Ron, but not from you. I'll see you later, when you've got your common sense back." After those words, Hermione stood and, after grabbing her things, she exited the Great Hall, oblivious to the fact that she was being followed.

Hermione didn't exactly know where she was going. All she knew was that she was walking to blow off steam. She soon found herself out by the Black Lake. The same spot where she had told Draco she loved him.

She couldn't help but smile in memory. She bent over and picked up a rock, before throwing it into the lake as far as she could.

And then someone spoke from behind her, making their presence known.

"Out all by yourself, Mudblood?"

Hermione quickly turned her foot to see Blaise Zabini behind her, his arms folded over his chest and the usual infamous Slytherin smirk on his face.

"Why out alone? Shouldn't you be with your Gryffindor buddies?"

"What do you want, Zabini?" Hermione asked casually.

Zabini stepped closer and Hermione took a step back, her foot getting soaked from the lake water. Another step forward and, before Hermione could so much as think to take a step back, Zabini grabbed her, holding her as to make escape impossible.

"Can't I just have a talk with my ex girlfriend?"

'Ex girlfriend?'

"Zabini, what are you talking about?"

"I told you, you would regret it. Choosing him over me," Zabini said, taking on a much darker tone. "And you will. So watch out, mudblood. It's going to be hell."

And then he let her go, walking quickly away.

Hermione stood there, stunned, breathing heavily.

'Ex girlfriend? Regret!? How did he know about the parallel universe?' Hermione stood there confused, her mind racing, unable to think straight.

A/n: There you have it. If at all interested in the sequel, read the A/n in my profile. As

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