A/N: I just HAD to write this!

Disclaimer: Don't even get me started.



Epilogue: Five Years, Three Months, and Nine Days Later



"Hermione, we've been boyfriend and girlfriend for quite a long time now..."

"Five years, three months, and nine days."

"Er --- right. The thing is, I want to take a step ---"

"Back?" Hermione said, a hurt look on her face.

"No!" exclaimed Harry, a bit shrill. "I'm saying that I want ---"

"That you want to what, Harry?" butted in Hermione. "See other people? Like that woman down at the office? Or ---"

"NO!" Harry yelled, drowning out Hermione's upset voice. "Listen, you're not letting me finish."

"That's because I know what you're going to say!" yelped Hermione, putting her head in her arms and pouting. "I bet you this whole private 'talk' that you wanted to have was to dump me, right?"

Harry pulled Hermione's arms down and made her put her chin up. He kissed her lightly.

"Never in my whole entire life," he said, kissing her neck. One of Hermione's stray tears splashed in his hair.

"What are you saying?" Hermione asked, wiping her eyes vigorously.

Harry looked up at her and smiled.

"Marry me, Hermione."

..::END::..

Nope. No sequel. Just a little happy ending. The real epilogue is this: Harry and Hermione get married, they have two kids, a boy and a girl, and they end up dying in peace. There, happy? LOL, gotcha. I don't think I'LL ever know how they end up...