"Ron?" Hermione answers, embracing him in a huge hug. "It's been a while."

"Yes it has," Ron a agreed, and held her back at arm lenght. Then with a small smile on his face he said, "Wow, you've changed a lot."

"We both have," She said with a sigh.

"Some things have, some things haven't," Ron smiled again, "Like I found you with your nose stuck in a book." He paused for a second and looked at Hermione again, "Where have you been all this time?"

"Oh you know, London, I've travelled a lot too,"

Ron paused before asked his next question."You've gone muggle haven't you?"

Hermione was silent.Then after a moment she nodded slowly.

"Who was the last witch you talked to," Ron questionned her.

"Oh, I'll have you know, I talk to witchs all the time," Hermione shot back, "Like this girl at a dounut shop, I'm pretty sure she's a witch."

"Who was the last person you talked to as a witch?" He questionned her not satifyed by her answer.

"Ginny," she said softly.

"When?" He asked in the same tone.

"The morning after Harry's -" She stopped mid sentence, "The morning I left, She saw me leaving"

Flashback

"Hermione?" Ginny asked quietly peering from behind the door, "Is that you,"

"shit," Hermione muttered under her breath. She then gained composerand answered, "Ya. It's me"

"Are you leaving?" Ginny asked as she stepped into the dark kitchen of the Burrow and saw Hermione with luggage in her hands, "Where will you go?"

"I'm going home," Hermione said trying to stay strong, "I need to,"

"Why?" Ginny asked through tears, "Why now? We need you now."

"You'll all have each other, you will be strong," Hermione paused again tear starting to fall, "But for me this world has brought me nothing but hurt, It has only lost me a friend,"

"And gained you a family," Ginny answered tears still running down her cheeks, "Aren't we a family to you, we love you. And we need you now. I need you now. Now more then ever. Your parents will never understand this loss, You need to stay"

"But I can't stay, I can't be here," Hermione said only half believing herself, "I need to leave, there's nothing more for me here,"

"How dare you say that!" Ginny said hurt, "You have everything here, you have friends, and people who love you. This loss is hard for everyone. For Ron, for mum, for me, for everyone. But do we run? NO! Just because it hurts now doesn't mean it will forever, doesn't mean you need to forget about everything."

"You don't understand!" Hermione screamed, "Everytime I see you, I see him, everytime I see Ron, I see him, everytime I see Molly, or Arthur, or Anything here, I see him, I see our friendship, I remember the times we laughed, and the times he saved the world!

"I do understand! You don't think I see him everytime I see you, or Ron, or anything else! I see him and remember I loved him, but I don't run, I want to, but I don't! I know I will heal." Ginny paused, and continued in a softer voice "I know I won't forget him, he will always be in my heart. But what you're trying to do, you're trying to forget him, forget us, forget who you are!"

Hermione didn't respond for a second. Ginny misses Harry just as much as me, if not more, I was being stupid thinking I was the only one that was hurting, thought Hermione. Suddenly her feeling of misundersanding disappeared and was replaced by complete understanding. But Hermione knew that she couldn't stay, her home wasn't here anymore.

"Sorry, Gin. I forgot, of course you understand, you loved him so much." Hermione said through tears, "But I'm not as strong as you. I'll never be as strong as you. I can't face it now. And if I can't face it, I can't help you face it. I just need to be away from this, away from everything."

"Please don't leave" Ginny said still crying, "Please don't forget us."

"I need to leave" Hermione answered, "But I will never forget"

"Please, 'Mione" Ginny said with so much meaning. It was her last plea, Please don't leave, Please don't forget, Please be happy, Please come back. Please...

Hermione then hugged her best friend tightly, then she grabbed her bags walked out the door and vanished. Ginny sank to the floor still crying. The only person she could really relate to was now gone.

End-Flashback

"Everyone was sad when you left, especially mum," Ron said.

"I needed to go though,"

"She didn't even know if you were safe, she worried"

Hermione paused, not answering for a few minutes then finally she said somthing that was long overdue.

"I'm sorry Ron," The she embraced her friend in a long huge. "I'm sorry for everything!"

"So what have you've been up too?" Hermione asked.

"Well," Ron paused, "I'm working with the ministry, the department of Internation games and sports."

"The ministry, huh?" Hermione sounded quite unimpressed, "a lot of people end up at the ministry"

"I said I worked with the ministry, not at," Ron corrected

"So what do you do then?"

"I find places for big international events, like the quidditch cup," Ron explained, "It's quite fun, I get to travel a lot, and get free tickets to all major events."

"Sounds great. But what brings you on a muggle train?" Hermione asked.

"Travelling with a friend," Ron explained, "A muggle friend"

"A lady muggle friend?" Hermione suggested raising an eyebrow. Instead of the immediate denial she was expecting, Ron was silent. Slowly she saw his cheeks turn the color of his hair.

"Oh," Hermione said excitedly,"Sit down, and tell all"

Ron reluctently sat in the booth and began to tell Hermione about his travel partner Samantha. Samantha was a muggle , who he had met about two and a half years ago. Sam was a dentist, who lived in London, but grew up in Scotland. And by the sound of it Ron was hopelessly in love, and Sam was too. Ron was on vacation with her, and on the last day he was planning to purpose.

"Oh I'm so happy for you" Hermione said happily, "Let's go find her!"

"Ok, but please don't embrass me!" Ron said sarcastically.

Ron lead Hermione to a compartement which was completely empty except for a blond who looked like she was in her mid-tweenties. She had hazel eyes, fair skin and was wearing a brown knit sweater.

"Sam," Ron said to the blond, "This is Hermione, she is an old friend of mine from School, one of my best friends."

"Hello," Answered Sam, "Ron doesn't really talk much about his old friends that much, although I have heard about you,... and Harry"

Hermione paused for a minute before she responded, "Yes the three of us were the best of friends, but surprising we lost touch the summer after graduation."

"I know what it's like to loose touch with old friends. My best friend moved to America, we don't even send Christmas cards anymore."

"So from what Ron has told me your a dentist, my parents were both Dentists," Hermione said trying to change the subject off Harry, and friends. She also wondered how much Sam knew about Harry's death and Ron's world.

"Yes I am, I kinda fell into it because my parents were also dentists, I would mush rather have a job where I could travel. But I do travel a lot with Ron, when i can get time off."

"Really, where have you two been?" Hermione said happy that the topic of conversatoin was back on muggle business.

For the rest of the Train ride Hermione, Sam and Ron chatted marrily about everything. The subject of conversation never venturing near witches and Wizards. Hermione and Sam hit it off right away, and seemed to be able to have intellegent muggle conversation which Ron was left out off.