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A/N: Despite the fact that I only got four reviews, I decided to write more of this fic… Thanks to those four people who actually read the first chapter and reviewed… Hope y'all like this chapter… Happy New Years!!

"Harry… do you know what tomorrow is?" Hermione asked on night in late May with tears in her eyes. They were sitting on a park bench near the building they worked in. After work, they had decided to walk there and talk since it was such a beautiful night. Now, they were sitting side by side on the bench, talking.

"Yes, I well, of course I know," Harry told her while avoiding her eyes and watching the pigeons chase each other.

"I was wondering if you'd visit the—with me?" Hermione asked, tears now flowing freely down her face. Harry jerked his gaze from the pigeons and faced Hermione.

"Of course I will," Harry said pulling her into a hug. He hated it when she cried.

"Thank you, I have to go home now," Hermione said and with a pop, she was gone.

With a pop, Harry disappeared from the bench where he and Hermione had been talking and was in his own apartment. He looked around. It was after nine and he still had not eaten anything yet. He rummaged through his cabinets. The only things he found were either cereal or spoiled. Eventually, he gave up the hunt and sat down on his couch with a bottle of butterbeer.

"How could I not go with her to the graveyard?" Harry asked himself, aloud. "It's my own fault that she's going in the first place."

Harry sat on his couch a bit longer, staring at the plain, white wall and thinking. It had been about a month since the training program had begun. He and Lexi were getting along terribly; she seemed determined to annoy him. He thought back to the first training session.

"Do you have any experience with self defense?" Harry had asked her. They were standing in the cubicle, facing each other.

"Well, why else would I think I could do this job if I didn't?" Lexi snapped. She was in a very short temper today.

"Do you know what the unforgivable curses are?" Harry asked her. She looked at him, tilted her head to the right, and raised her left eyebrow.

"Is it really necessary to patronize me?" Lexi asked, clearly annoyed.

"Who said I was patronizing you?" Harry asked her.

"How could I not know what the unforgivable curses are?" Lexi snapped giving him a death glare.

"Well, for a second, let's pretend I don't know what they are and you tell me what they are?" Harry told her rolling his bright green eyes.

"Are you as dumb in this imaginary world as you are in the real world?" Lexi asked cockily with a smirk on her face.

"Answer the damn question," Harry snapped, leaning on his desk. He was getting a bit annoyed with her attitude.

"Aveda Kedavra, Crucio, and Imperio," Lexi said, checking her black nails and rolling her eyes at the same time. Rolling her eyes while doing something else seemed to be a special talent of hers.

"Do you know how to use them?" Harry asked.

"In America, it's illegal to use them while underage," Lexi said, still examining her nails and rolling her eyes.

"Is that a no?" Harry asked quietly.

"Yes," Lexi said, still picking at her nails.

"Well, get out your wand," Harry told her quietly.

The two of them had spent the next two hours working on the first of the three: Imperio. After she had mastered it, they moved on to Crucio. They were practicing on spiders.

"Well, that's enough for today. Go home and get some sleep," Harry had told her.

"That's pretty easy," Lexi said.

"It's much harder in attack conditions on real people," Harry told her and with a pop, he had disappeared.

Lexi was so cocky and annoying. She would be his student for the next four years.

"Naïve little brat," Harry muttered under his breath and putting his face in his hands. Just thinking about Lexi annoyed him.

Harry got up and went to get ready for bed.

Harry woke up in the middle of the night, gasping for air. He had just seen it again in his dreams. The dead body there, Voldemort threatening to kill Harry next, the deatheaters torturing Hermione. All of it was there. Of course it was, tomorrow night was the five year anniversary. Like Harry could get through the night without dreaming about it. He hardly got through a regular night without dreaming about it. That's why he was always in a dreadful mood. He was yet to tell anyone about the dreams, they would think he could not handle himself. Besides, there was no one to tell.

Harry rolled over onto his side and fell back asleep.

Ronald Weasley

Loving son, friend, and student

March 1st 1988- May 30, 2006

RIP

On the side of Harry, Hermione burst into tears. Harry put his arms around her shoulders while he blinked back tears of his own. He looked around the graveyard. It was a gray day and everything seemed to be out of place. Of course, he thought, nothing is right anymore.

"He was so…" Hermione began.

"Shh…shhh… I know," Harry said, patting her reassuringly on the shoulder.

"We n-need to get to work," Hermione said, biting her lower lip.

"Yeah, see you there in a second," Harry told her and with a pop, they were both gone.

"Are you ok?" Harry asked in the hall right outside their cubicles.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," Hermione said, wiping the tears from her eyes. She gave Harry one last hug and walked towards her cubicle.

"Looks like you're late now," Lexi said when Harry walked in. Lexi could really get on a guy's nerves Harry found himself thinking.

"I had… stuff to do," Harry told her, "I don't know why this is any of your concern though."

"I noticed Hermione crying. Did you break up with her?" Lexi asked with a sly smile.

"No, we aren't dating," Harry told her, annoyed. "For your information, today is the five year anniversary of the death of our best friend." Harry said coldly as he sat down in his seat behind the desk.

"Oh—I'm sorry," Lexi said, looking really and truly sorry.

"Did you work on your defense curses?" Harry asked directing the conversation away from Ron.

"Yes," Lexi said shortly.

"Well, get out your wand and I'll find out," Harry snapped.

The two of them practiced curses and defenses for the rest of the day, stopping only for a brief lunch break. When five o'clock came around, Hermione walked into the room.

"What are you doing tonight?" Hermione asked Harry as she sat down on top of the desk.

"Sleeping," Harry said with a smile. He loved to annoy her by stating the obvious.

"I mean before that," Hermione confirmed with a smile.

"Oh, I have an interesting evening planned in which I will be getting drunk and then sitting on the couch talking to Hedwig," Harry told her. Hedwig was his snow white owl; he had had him since he was eleven.

"Charming. You want to invite me over to eat so that you can talk to me instead of your bird?" Hermione asked. "I mean, I'm sure Hedwig in an interesting… creature, but, you know." As much as Harry wanted to be alone, he hated to disappoint his best friend and she really seemed like she should not be alone. So, Harry did the only thing he knew to do when he had a crying girl on his hands. He agreed with everything she said.

"I guess… If you don't mind the fact that I have no food," Harry said with a sympathetic smile. He had hoped this would make her change her mind.

"I'll cook," Hermione said, hopping off the desk.

"I don't have anything to cook with," Harry told her.

"Then I'll go to the grocery store before I go to your house," Hermione said.

"Is it really worth all that trouble?" Harry asked. He noticed Lexi was watching, eyes darting back and forth between the two of them.

"I really don't feel like being alone," Hermione told him, looking as though if he said no, she just might burst into tears.

"I see. And where is the charming Victor?" Harry teased.

"Training. So, am I invited or not?" Hermione asked, giving him a sad puppy face.

"I suppose I could stand to eat something," Harry said, smiling at his best friend.

"What are you doing tonight, Lexi?" Hermione asked Lexi. Harry made the cut-throat signal, but Hermione pointedly ignored him.

"Just… hanging around," Lexi said, looking at the pictures on the wall. One picture contained Harry, Ron, and Hermione, beaming at the camera. Another was of Sirius and Harry, taken so many years ago.

"Well, would you like to join us? I plan on making my world famous lasagna," Hermione offered. Harry shot her a look. He did not want to spend the evening with his least favorite person.

"If you'd like me to come, I'll be there," Lexi accepted with a smile.

"Well, I can't wait. You can come at about seven," Hermione told her.

"I'll be there," Lexi said, smiling. "If it's ok with you guys, I'm going to go home and change now."

"See you soon," Hermione told her and with a pop, Lexi was gone. Hermione turned back to Harry.

"Why don't you invite Snape and Malfoy as well?" Harry hissed at Hermione.

"Harry, be nice. Did it ever occur to you that she just needs a friend?" Hermione asked, looking stubborn. She seemed dead set on doing something good that day.

"Even if it had, I doubt I would give a crap," Harry said, annoyed. Like Lexi needed anything or anyone. Her life was perfect.

"Well, she's coming and you're going to be nice to her," Hermione snapped. "Now, let's get to the grocery store," Hermione said right before apparating off.

Harry sighed. Harry could not, for the life of him, disappoint Hermione. He never could. She just had this thing about her that made Harry say yes to her. It had always been that way and always would. Dealing with Lexi would just be another way in which he had to deal with making Hermione happy. He would be nice and hold his tongue… If she held her's.

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