A/N: HEY ALL! How's life? I hope its good for you as I have to go to the doctors soon and have my knee checked out – I dislocated it two years back and discovered today it is still unstable (I don't think being able to move your knee cap back and forth is a good thing!) and I may have to have knee surgery. So who knows?

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DISCLAIMER: Eh… I own Gavin, Lorraine (the character), Amy (the character), Terri Peterson and anybody else I create… the rest is the lovely J.K Rowling's!

Chapter Two: To Say Goodbye

Hermione stepped out of the Ministry fireplace a smile on her happy face. She really did feel now as if she hadn't seen her best friends for years. Seconds later Gavin arrived and stepped out to stand beside her. He dusted his cloak and jeans and smiled at his sister.

Hermione had decided to dress in her favourite jeans and pale pink ¾ sleeve shirt. Her long, in a need of a cut, hair was pulled back into a long ponytail.

"So who do you wish to see first?" asked Gavin.

"Harry, Ron and Blaise. They are on the aurour floor right?" replied Hermione looking nervous.

"Sure are. They are the best aurours to have come through since old Mad-Eye himself."

Hermione just nodded as they were examined by the guard who granted them permission to head to the elevators. Gavin hit the up button and him and Hermione waited patiently, though Hermione nervously tapped her right foot.

The elevator doors opened with someone is inside giving a loud impatient "hmph!"

Hermione's mouth fell open in surprise at the person to looked back at Hermione with the same look.

"Ginny!" cried Hermione.

"Oh my Merlin… is that really… I must be seeing things… surely your not… oh dear Merlin… are you really awake?" stammered Ginny pinching herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming, "Ow that hurt!"

"It would," commented Gavin.

"Gee Ginny! Look at you! You look so sophisticated!"

Ginny just starred at Hermione. She wore a navy blue fitted robe and her hair was in a stylish bun.

"Your awake!" cried Ginny finally hugging Hermione tightly in tears, "I can't believe it! Four years Hermione! Four long bloody years! I've missed you so much girl!"

Hermione smiled as Ginny hugged her tightly.

Ginny pulled away smiling at Hermione as she wiped away her tears, "How are you? When did you wake?"

"Early this morning… and I feel fine. Just anxious to find out what's been going on. It is confusing. What's your job like? You work as Fudge's assistant right?"

"Yes I do and it is extremely busy," sighed Ginny as the elevator came to a stop on her floor, "Wow… I have to go. But my Merlin it is so great to see you again, awake too! I'll be coming by to see you tonight!"

Ginny hugged Hermione tightly again and hurried out of the elevator waving to her like a maniac.

Hermione grinned and waved back as the doors slid shut and continued it's journey upwards.

"She's so grown up," sighed Hermione smiling at Gavin.

Gavin nodded, "Yeah. She is a lot like Molly in ways too."

!Z!

Amy yawned a little leaning on the nurse's station. Her back was killing her from all the walking she did during her shift, but it wasn't over yet. She didn't finish till 3 that afternoon. Just as she was about to get a drink of strong long lasting coffee, a new creation discovered in 2007, it was 2009, Roxie came hurrying towards her.

"Amy, we are out of cough cure potion and patient in ward C bed 4 needs some," said Roxie looking as tired as Amy did.

"I'll go see if Lorraine has any one hand. Try and get Mr Wally to drink some cough calmer for now. It will reduce the coughing fit," replied Amy before heading to the workers elevator.

She pressed the button for the potion-making floor and entered the elevator. Her thoughts passed to the memory of Gavin's ecstatic face when he saw Hermione finally awake. Amy couldn't help but smile at the thought of having Hermione back, life had been so different without her level headed, but stubborn self around.

The elevator came to a halt and the doors slid open. Humming away to a tune by the band Bond, Amy walked to the potion lab and pushed the doors open.

Lorraine looked up from some forms and smiled at Amy.

"Hello Amy," greeted Lorraine tucking a strand of her short hair behind her ear.

"Oh Lorraine I have wonderful news!" cried Amy suddenly running around the bench to grip Lorraine's hand excitedly, "Hermione woke up early this morning!"

Nearby a shatter of glass breaking broke the chatter. Amy looked around Lorraine to see Draco Malfoy starring at Amy in absolute shock. Amy bit her lower lip and looked at Lorraine who inhaled, than exhaled a deep breath before plastering a smile to her face.

"Amy that's wonderful! How is she doing?"

"She's great. Gavin took her home and I think she's going to visit Harry, Ron, Blaise and Ginny today."

"Wonderful! I must come see her tonight. Now what do you need?"

"Oh yes. Do you have any cough cure handy?"

Lorraine nodded and reached under the bench and pulled a dark red bottle out, "Here you go."

"Thanks," smiled Amy before leaving.

!Z!

Draco watched as Amy exited the potions lab. He swallowed a lump in his throat.

Hermione was awake? Hermione was out of her coma? Now after four long years? Draco looked at Lorraine before running out of the lab after Amy. He skidded to a halt when he saw Amy standing in the middle of the corridor looking at him.

"I figured you'd come after me," replied Amy dryly, "And it is true. Hermione is up and about living life. She knows you have moved on and only visited her once a year. I think she worked that out after reading all her birthday cards for the past four years."

"She asked about me then?" asked Draco.

"Of course she did Draco! She went into a coma loving you and now she has awoken from it still loving you! Don't go see her! It would only upset her and she doesn't need any turmoil in her life yet! Let her get used to things and if I were you… I would just stay out of her life."

"I need to see her!"

"You had four bloody years to see her. Even if you did move on, would it of hurt to visit her more than you did?"

"It was too hard Amy!"

"It was hard on me too Draco, I had no choice but to see her everyday! Gavin is her brother, he saw her nearly everyday… he had nightmares… Harry, Ron… they are her best friends, they have known her since they were 11! It was hard on everyone, not just you! If you really love Hermione, you'll let her be."

"What if she wants to see me?"

"Than… you'll have to wait and see what happens then."

!Z!

Harry scratched his head as he sat hunched over his report.

"This is so confusing," he mumbled in his deep voice.

"Need some help with that Harry?"

"No thanks, Hermione."

Hermione smiled as Harry scratched his head, but stopped abruptly comprehending what he just said. His hand fell to the table and slowly he looked up, his mouth hanging open as he starred at Hermione.

"No way," said Harry in disbelief, "No way!"

Hermione smiled and walked in while Gavin sat on a chair outside the office reading a ten-year-old Witch Weekly.

"This is not real," said Harry standing up walking over to Hermione.

Hermione smiled, "It is. I'm awake!"

Harry suddenly pulled Hermione into a fierce hug. He let go after a few minutes and looked at Hermione.

"I can't believe it… I seriously don't know how to react," said Harry laughing.

"I think your reacting pretty good," replied Hermione.

"To think yesterday you were in that coma… and now your… standing here in front of me."

"Hey Harry… oh sorry."

Hermione and Harry looked up and turned to the door. There stood Ron.

"Dear Merlin Harry, creating a Hermione look alike is a bit crazy. I miss her too you know but I wouldn't go that far," said Ron shaking his head.

"Ron you always were a daft old bat," said Hermione now shaking her head as she heard Gavin sniffling a laugh in the corridor at Ron's comment.

"Hermione?" cried Ron in a high squeaky voice.

"No Ron, I'm a stunt double," said Hermione sarcastically, "Come here and give me a hug!"

Ron walked towards Hermione eyeing her suspiciously, "Say something only you know."

"You slept with your teddy bear called Chudley until you were 15 and than you placed him in a box, which you had placed directly above your bedroom ceiling."

"OH MY MERLIN IT IS YOU! IT IS HERMIONE!"

Ron hugged Hermione happily lifting her off the ground and spinning her around.

"I have missed you so much! Harry's my best mate and all, but he does get boring to be around and now that you are back we can all go out and I won't get bored listening to Harry go on about Lavender and how she smells like roses."

"Hey!" cried Harry, "You get boring too. Talk about desperate. You were at one stage willing to date bloody Neville Longbottom."

"Neville Longbottom?" laughed Hermione.

"I was being over dramatic Harry."

Hermione smiled feeling happy to be around her two best friends.

Harry and Ron smiled and pulled Hermione into a fierce group hug.

"What on earth is going on?" came Blaise's voice, "Are you two guys that desperate you are willing to snog each other?"

Hermione laughed in the middle and said clearly, "Blaise if Ginny heard you say that I think she'd smack you one around the head."

"Oh… oh…oh," cried Blaise pulling Harry away from Hermione so he could see if he was hearing things, "Murder Voldemort again! Is that really you Hermione or have I gone mental seeing those two song each other?"

"I was not snogging Harry!" cried Ron.

Hermione hugged Blaise, "It's me! I'm awake!"

"How on earth are you? When did you wake?"

"I'm fine and early this morning. And look at you three! Aurours… wow… I mean I can tell time has passed… you all look so grown up. I saw Ginny and she looks great… and… I… really am… I mean… he's moved on… and I would want him too… and I-"

"Excuse me, but I am in need of an aurour," came a haughty voice at the door.

The four in the room turned around to see a long legged, skinny woman with bright blue eyes and sandy blond hair.

"Well you've found three," said Harry recognizing the woman instantly and prayed Hermione didn't know Draco's girlfriends name. He looked at Ron and Blaise and knew they were thinking the same thing.

"My name is Terri Peterson," said the woman.

"Excuse me," cut on Hermione, "Did you say… Terri Peterson?"

The woman looked at Hermione a sneer on her face, "I did. Now I need an aurour. Someone has broken into my house and I am scared culprit is still there."

"Oh," said Ron, "Than you should go see Dean Thomas three doors down, He deals with these sort of things."

Terri nodded and strode out of the room leaving them. Hermione bit her lower lip and felt a lump in her throat.

"Ah well… I think I might go now… umm… come by tonight, yeah?" said Hermione before leaving in a hurry.

Harry let out a sigh and sat in his desk chair, "She obviously knows who Terri Peterson is."

Ron nodded, "It's great she's back though."

"But a lot has happened over the past four years. I mean she has woken still loving Draco," said Blaise, "What is he going to do when he finds out?"

"I don't know. But Hermione's heart was just broken right then as soon as Terri arrived. I think she was hoping Terri Peterson didn't exist," said Harry.

!Z!

Hermione shut her bedroom door and walked to her bed and sat on it starring out her bedroom window. Than she let the tears fall, her heart beating in pain as she cried her broken soul out. Desperately she had prayed Terri Peterson didn't exist. Desperately she had prayed the four years hadn't passed and that everyone was joking. But everything had happened and one person was to blame for the pain.

Clarissa.

Hermione angrily grabbed a photo of her and Draco and threw it at the wall, the frame shattering into pieces.

"I HATE YOU!" screamed Hermione, "I HATE YOU AND CLARISSA! How… How could you do this to me? How could you forget me so easy… even if I did tell you to move on… how could you? I hate you so much… so, so much."

Hermione stood and grabbed her purse. She needed to get out. Anything to clear her mind.

Hermione apperated to Digion Alley, it was only 2pm. She sighed as she breathed in the familiar smell of the warm and inviting alley. She looked around and was pleased to see everything as she remembered it.

"At least something has remained the same," sighed Hermione as she walked directly to the hairdressers.

!Z!

Draco looked at his watch. 2:30pm. Knock off time for him. After cleaning and saying goodbye to Lorraine he apperated to Digion Alley. He needed to think before heading home. All day his mind had been pounding with the thought of Hermione being back.

What could he do? He loved Hermione, but he is with Terri. He'd been moving on and than this happened.

Draco slowly walked down the alley looking at the ground. Suddenly he stumbled backwards as he rammed into someone. Looking up he gasped to see his mother.

"Mum," he cried, "I didn't see you."

"So I noticed," sighed Narcissa, "What is wrong with you? You look confused? Did you and that Terri girl have a fight? If you did I always told you she was a snotty nosed brat."

"Mum, calm down. I know you hate her but she's not that bad."

"But you don't say she's a wonderful person. Why do you date her Draco?"

"You know why… only everything has just gone topsy turvey."

"Why?"

"You don't know?" asked Draco raising an eyebrow.

"Know what?"

"Hermione woke up from her coma this morning."

Narcissa's mouth fell open, "She did? This is wonderful! You can get back together with her and life will be perfect again!"

"Mum! It's not that simple. She know's about Terri… she knows everything. Gavin and Amy told her I guess… and if I see her it would only cause her pain and stress… and I have my own life… with Terri."

"You love her Draco! Terri is not for you… but if you choose her over a real love than fine. But don't come crawling to me when you realize your mistake a- oh my Merlin!"

Draco spun around to see Hermione stepping out of Sally's Scissor Magic. Her hair was just above her shoulders in a stylish layered style making her hair curl into loose ringlets. Draco felt his heart pound a mile a minute; she looked just as beautiful as she did four years ago, if not even more beautiful.

Narcissa barged past Draco hurrying over to Hermione who saw Narcissa and hugged her happily.

Draco didn't know what to do… go see her… let her go forever… he didn't have choice when Terri came out of no where and ran over to him hugging him.

He plastered a smile to his face and dared a look at Hermione who was looking at him her face with a look of immense emotional pain. His mother asked Hermione something and Hermione shook her head waving a hand in front of her face as she began to cry than run away.

"Ahh… Terri… I'll be with you in a minute… meet me at Jordan Café," said Draco before chasing after Hermione who had turned up an empty alleyway.

!Z!

Hermione leaned against a brick wall trying to calm her tears.

"H-Hermione?"

Hermione looked up startled at the voice.

"What do you want?" asked Hermione, "Isn't Terri waiting for you?"

"I-I needed to see you," said Draco softly stepping towards her.

"Don't come any closer okay? You moved on as I saw and now I have to accept that and try to move on myself."

"You wanted me to move on… didn't you?"

Hermione didn't answer.

"Hermione?"

"I-I… NO! OKAY! I NEVER WANTED YOU TO MOVE ON! IF I WERE DEAD THAN THE ANSWER WOULD'VE BEEN YES! YOU HAVE BEEN AWAKE THE PAST FOUR YEARS! YOU HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO MOVE ON! I WAS ASLEEP FOR FOUR BLOODY YEARS… AND YOU ASK ME IF I WANTED YOU TO MOVE ON? YESTERDAY FOR ME WAS FIGHTING CLARISSA! YESTERDAY FOR YOU WAS DIFFERENT THAN MINE… so don't ask such a stupid question Draco."

"How could you expect me to wait for you? No one knew when you were going to wake up Hermione."

Hermione just took a deep breath, "I love you Draco, but I'll accept the fact that you have a different life now. So... now I'm going to say goodbye… and begin a life of my own."

Draco felt his heart constrict in his chest at those words but nodded, "Can… I just… ask one more thing?"

"What?"

"One more kiss… to close the chapter of our past."

Hermione leaned forward and her lips connected with Draco's. It was meant to be a short kiss but emotions began pouring out of the two of them and into the passionate heated kiss. Draco pulled Hermione close, pushing her up against the wall. Hermione's fingers were entwined with Draco's soft blonde hair as there tongues battled.

Hermione broke the kiss first and Draco let her go. She straightened her shirt and looked Draco in the eye.

"Goodbye Draco," she said calmly before leaving the alley.

"I can't say goodbye," whispered Draco running a hand through his hair before leaving to meet up with Terri.

A/N: Ahh well… it happens…

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