You probably think I'm lazy, well you aren't far from the truth. In the last chapter i did not elaborate on Minerva speech. All of us have read the books and hundreds of fanfic where Hermione life and heroic actions have been described. As a reader as soon as i see a writer making a detailed summary i skip the passage. I can't be bothered to read it all over again. That's the reason i started to write the story i wanted to read. I am no writer, and the most horrible storyteller you can find on the market. This being said you don't have to go further. As usual there is no beta, and the main characters still belong to JK. Rowling.

Chapter 21

Everyone drunk their spike cup of tea with pleasure . Once the atmosphere lighten, Jane and Richard ask their daughter if everything they heard was the truth, Hermione shyly node a yes, she could not speak. Headmistress McGonagall took the mind healer by the arm showing him the door with her head, he understood,but was hesitant to leave, his job was done and as one of the best in his field he was worried. But McGonagall push him to the door, turning to Hermione she gave her a tender smile. And left following Etherslumber.

Hermione looked at her parents, now that no one was there to witness their tru reunion, she wasn't feeling confident anymore.

~Hmmmm, mum ,dad , I'm truly sorry of taking your memory without asking first, i did it to protect you, i had no choice, if i had told you, surely you would have forbidden me to go back, but you see Harry was needing me,to defeat Voldemort. We did it , England is safe once again for you to return,that is of course if you wished it.

Hermione spoke nearly without breathing so afraid was she ,that if her parents, spoke she would not be able again to explain herself. The silence which follow was heavy, her parents were looking at her,like if she was a stranger. Then again in a way it was true they never have known what was happening in the wizarding world, she had never told them of her adventures. She only spoke of her grades, and of that pure blood blond git who was treating her,even less than a worm.

~Her dad looked at his wife , node his head and clear his voice

~Right Hermione, we do not approve of your methods but we understand why you acted as you did, we will need time before we can trust you again,without restrain. As for going back to England i don't think so. We have found happiness here, we have made friends, we work less, in a word we live the life we have always wanted. Of course we will come to visit you,and you will always be welcome to visit us. Oh please don't cry, how long are you staying?

~We have plan to stay a week.

~Good then you are welcome to come back tomorrow to have lunch with us, and bring you two friends with you, For now i think your mum and i ,are going to retired i feel exhausted.

~Why yes of course, but i here with more than the two persons you saw today, in truth we are five. The mediwitch of Hogwart is here as well with a patient.

~Right bring everyone with you.

~Thank you dad ,there is only one problem, the sick man doesn't know he us a wizard, someone perform on him the same spell as i did you, but it was done so poorly that it will probably take months before his memory can be return.

~Bring everyone, we truly would like to meet those people under different circumstances,

~I will. What time would you like us to arrive?

~Twelve thirty, should be perfect.

~Well then , i shall let you go to rest.

Hesitantly Hermione stood up, followed by her parents, arriving at the door she turn on herself tears running down her face, seeing the distress on the face of her daughter Jane took a step foward ,arms open to collect the crying child in a fierce embrasse,

~Shhhh, love i forgive you, know that i will always love you.

Those first words from her mother, lift a heavy weight, that she didn't know she had on her chest. Kissing her mum and dad, she left the couple on their doorstep. The ministry car was still awaiting her. Inside Minerva and the mind healer were talking about the dispositions who will have to be taken at Hogwarts to insure the security of Malfoy, and of what Poppy and Hermione will have to do daily to help him recover his memory.

Minerva looked at the girl,no, the woman who sat next to her, and took her hand in hers to give by this simple gesture all the affection she felt for her pupil.

Back in their suite they all scatter to their room, to refresh and rest, before ordering diner to the room service.Once everyone was again reunited in the living room of the suite, Minerva spoke for the first time. She was looking like the headmistress she was ,head held high, smooth low voice that no one if they knew what was good for them will interrupt.

~Now that we are all here, i shall address you first mister Etherslumber, i truly do not like the way you acted this morning, taking upon yourself to act as if you were our boss, you are just a paid healer hired to help mr Malfoy and the Granger family, the way you talk to Hermione is no way to speak to someone you only met few hours ago. Hermione has always ask many questions because being muggle born, didn't prepare her for our world. She likes to learn and understand everything, that's proof enough of a great intelligence. By her past actions she has prove that working by book knowledge is rather efficient. So i shall ask you to refrain from insulting her. Now that her parents have recovered their memories i think that it will be safe for you and your charge to go back to England that way we could give the girl some alone time with her parents. What do you think?

~Miss Granger, will you accept my apology for the way i treated you, under stress? Headmistress McGonagall, I'm terribly sorry if i did respect you. I'm so use to take chargeof the people surroundingme because most of the time they can'tdo it by themselves, that i act without thinking. As for going back it isn't an option, mister Malfoy needs to be in daily contact with miss Granger, he has bound to her without knowing it. She will be the only one able to help him recover. The spell which erase his memory has been done so badly that his brain is rather damage. So we need to work progressively to first restore his day by day memories before we can work on restoring what has been taken from him.

The silence and tension in the room were so dense ,that Hermione could nearly hear her blood runing in her veins. She look to her friend Minerva, and then to the healer, no words could come out of her mouth. Her brain was processing what had been said, she was grateful to Minerva for defending her. And she was shocked that Malfoy had bound himself to her. She had taken him in from the kitchen shelter out of her great generosity for a fellow wizard, knowing full well that if the situation had been reverse Malfoy would have left her to rot in the streets.She had act on impulse contacting Hogwarts mediwitch, was just so a solution could be found to help the man, and in a way to be freed of him. But now it appears that she will be link to him for a long time until he recovered.She had planned to spend a year without problems just studying, and enjoying her last year at the place she had considered home, during her schooling. Oh well it will be an other adventure ,one she will have to keep secret for safty reasons. Turning her head around once again noticing that all presents were waiting for her to speak.She felt annoyed that no time was given to her to think.

~Right mmmmm, my parents invited all of us for lunch tomorrow at their house, they will be glad to meet wizards, so far they only met Harry and Ronald. But we were children, so they weren't able to talk much about our world. As for the only time they came with me to Diagon alley, there had be no time for them to properly talk with Molly and Arthur .

Minerva was the first to reply

~That is very generous . Thank you Hermione.

Etherslumber was starting to move his head in a no motion, when just a look from the headmistress made him reconsider. Poppy was thrilled like a young girl

~Oh Hermione it will be my first muggle meal how exciting, would you mind to come shopping with me , please i would love to wear muggle clothes for the occasion, but have no idea how to do it.

~Oh yes that would be fun Poppy, let's go shopping together, do you mind Hermione, if i joined you?

Hermione looked at the two witches in front of her in bewilderment. She smile at them and acquiesced to them.

Etherslumber look at the witches like if they were crazy,

~Ladies what about lunch shall we order before your afternoon shopping?

Hermione looked him up and down before speaking,

~Well you and mister Malfoy can have room service if you like, but we shall have a proper shopping period starting by eating out, is this convenient for you? Poppy Minerva?

~I'm hungry ,can someone tell me where i can find food? I don't recognize this place, is it your home miss mmmm! sorry i forgot your name but I'm sure we are friends,aren't we?

Everyone had forgotten he could talk, Hermione look at Lucius and went to him arm stretch to take his hand in hers, Jason, i am Hermione, do you remember?

A big enormous smile illuminate the face of the man ,when their hands touched, it was like if a missing pieces in a jigsaw puzzle found the perfect spot. Sparks tickle Hermione fingers , she felt butterflies in her stomach,but pulling her hand wasn't an option. She felt so many emotions in this simple contact.She try to keep her face as blank as she could she knew she wasn't the best at occlumency, but the little she had learn was at this moment really precious, she was angry towards her betraying body. Now wasn't the time to analyse her feelings now was the time to help Lucius/Jason to accept the fact he will spend the afternoon with the healer and that she will go out with the two older witches.

to be continued. ...