Chapter 6.… The Truth….
Hermione called her work that morning and told them that she couldn't come in, that her family was coming in and they didn't tell her till this morning. So her assistant manager was called in instead, and Hermione had to try to bring her 'family members' shopping, she a course agreed. Hermione made sure that her apartment was all in order. She then went to the store and got food she could serve them. She figured she would take them out to dinner.
Harry, rented a car when they got to the town… And then the three went and checked into a hotel for the night. The next morning Ginny was the first one up, showered and dressed. She then woke up both of the guys, they were both whining about how early it was but she simply reminded them that they were going to go to see Hermione, and they were both up in a hurry. Ginny just laughed, she straightened her shirt and put on her shoes.
When they were all ready the left for Hermione's apartment. Harry knocked on the door. Hermione almost screamed in excitement, she clamed herself before she opened the door and when she did she came face to face with three of the most important people in her past. Ginny smiled and swore that Hermione's smile touched her ears it was so big. The guys stood in shock so Ginny saved the would be weird since and hugged Hermione, quickly Hermione hugged her back. Both guys relaxed.
"Hey, Come on in." Hermione said as her and Ginny parted, she was happy she found her voice. Ginny then walked in Harry stopped and gave Hermione a hug then finished the walk, same as Ron. Hermione closed the door and fallowed them into the living room.
"Hermione It's so good to see you again." Ginny said she had noticed how much Hermione had changed, her hair was straight and short about shoulder length and her fashion sense changed too she was wearing blue jeans a very cute pink shirt that says "Good Girl Gone Bad" which made Ginny laugh since of Hermione's past she didn't think that she would ever see her in something like that.
"Thanks Ginny…" She looked down at her shirt when Ginny let out the laugh. "I take it you like my shirt. I figured you would." She turned to look at Ron who looked as if he had seen a ghost. Harry then cleared his throat.
"Yes, It is very funny." He said it but both Hermione and Ginny knew he didn't mean it.
"Hermione, where did you get it?" Ginny asked, Hermione smiled.
"At the muggle store I work at, they have a bunch. I'll have to take you there, we'll go shop, I get 50 off and they aren't the expensive there anyways." Hermione said Ginny nodded as the guys rolled there eyes. Ginny, Harry and Ron had all sat on the couch and Hermione was in her chair, she felt like she was in a interview. "Oh would you guys like something to drink?"
"What you got?" Ron asked it was all he could make himself say.
"I'm not sure, I have soda, water, milk, mostly American muggles drinks." Hermione said and run nodded. Ginny's voice spoke up.
"He'll drink anything." Hermione got up to go get drink and Ginny stood up.
"I'll help." she then threw a look at Harry and Ron which they took as they needed to find their voices or ginny would make sure they can't find them for weeks once they get back.
The girls got glasses and a bottle of soda and walked back into the living room. Hermione poured the drinks and Ron took a sip of his. Hermione then took a deep breath and said…
"I know Draco sent you guys… You didn't have to come if you didn't want to." Ginny was shocked and Ron spit his drink out which Ginny cleaned up with one wave of her wand, she couldn't say anything she knew that Ron and Harry had to do all the talking now.
"Draco, Hermione you know that we would never do anything that draco sent us to do. I haven't talked to draco since… well since the war and I know we should have came to see you earlier but things just kept coming up…" Harry said. Hermione got up and walked to her window.
"Harry come of it," Hermione said as she turned around, which surprised everyone even more, "I know Draco had to have some kind of contact with you guys… It's just to convenient other ways." Hermione said Harry stood up…
"What's convenient about it?" Ron asked confused why draco would be brought up in any of it.
"The fact that Hedwig is sent to me the next day, after I got in a fight with Draco and told him to leave." Hermione said Ginny wanted to go over to her and tell her the truth but she sat still and hoped for it to all go well.
"Draco was here, for how long? And why did you guys fight?" Harry said, he wasn't even letting himself think about the questions first, he just wanted answers.
"Draco came about three days ago. The first night we really didn't talk but he did tell me that Mrs. Granger is sick and that I should go visit her." She saw the confused look on everyone's face. She then took another deep breath and said "Maybe I should explain the day I ran first, It will make more since." Harry nodded and sat back down. Hermione then started with night she left, and finally got to the fight she had with Draco just two nights ago. She told them everything, even the whole fling between her and Snape. Which made Ron's blood boil.
Ginny felt sorry that she had to go threw all of it herself, and she knew that she was a lousy friend because she wasn't there when Hermione needed her. Then Harry surprised everyone.
"Truth is, Draco did send us a letter saying that we should come and make sure we knew you still had friends. But Hermione I never thought that you forgot we were still your friend. We just figured since you never wrote us, that you had made a life here and forgot us. That you might have even given up magic." Hermione just shook her head.
"You guys didn't have to come… I have made a life here, but I never forgot about you guys, I heard about the wedding, congratulation. And I knew you won the war, and that you all survived. I knew what I must, the important facts but I figured that you would seek me out when the time was right. And I didn't use magic have as much as I use to but it's still in me, as Draco found out. And when I say I've made a life here that means I have my place, I have a job I talk to some people but I never really made friends because I had you guys I my heart and I never let myself love anyone because I left that behind." when Hermione stopped no one knew what to say. That's when Ron finally found his voice…
"Hermione, You know us better then anyone even with the years you've been gone. We haven't changed, so we fought in a war, there is nothing bad about not fighting, hundreds of witches and wizards chose not to. That should have never been an issue to keep you away. Yes, we never came looking for you and we should have, There wasn't a day you weren't on my mind. And we fought so much…" Ron let out a little laugh and Hermione smiled at him. "I'm sorry draco played on your fears which ended up driving you further away from us, and if I would have come a crossed him on the battle field he wouldn't have got a chance to hurt you the second time, and Snape, I'm sorry I didn't make him pay! But Hermione the past in the past if we look back on our wrong choices or at least the choices you think were wrong. Everything leads you to your future, and you have to decide when it is your ready for your future." Ron said No one could believe that Ron was saying this, It sounded like something Harry might say but not Ron. Hermione smiled at him then thought about it, her smiled got wider then she asked…
"Ron you said that you never came a crossed Draco on the battle field?" He nodded no one saw her point then she looked at Harry and Ginny, "Did either of you see him on the battle field?" They both shook their head, Hermione then let a light laugh out and said, "That ass made me think that he went to battle but he didn't, I bet he stayed with the Grangers the entire time." Ron and Harry's eyes got big and Ginny let a laugh too understand what Hermione meant.
"But Voldemort wouldn't have let him stay there with the war going on." Harry said
"Yes he would, because he told Voldemort that it would be the prefect time for me to come back, while you all where fight then I could go see the Grangers, because that's where they were hiding Voldemort. So if he escaped the war alive, even if he won it, I could be there when he returned." Hermione couldn't stop her smile and now neither could Ginny Ron and Harry were still confused but Hermione was use to it, she thought she would explain it once more.
"Hermione, why would Voldemort care where you were?" Ron asked… Ginny then answered her brother.
"If you were listening earlier she said that Draco and Snape made Voldemort think she was a direct threat a bigger threat then any other witch or wizard besides Harry that is. And so Draco used her as an excuse not to have to go to the war and risk his own skin, his parents died so now he owns everything under the Malfoy name. He played it off nice." Hermione nodded.
"Would he do that?" Harry asked Hermione, she tried not to laugh as she nodded.
"He would sign death certificates for his parents for their estate. He never could wait till the past, and the whole running idea was his, he knew I wouldn't come back, and how I disappeared made it clear that I could be a bigger threat." Hermione and Ginny laughed again but neither of the guys did. Hermione finally made the suggestion that they should go get dinner, which is when everyone realized they had spent most of the day talking, so they did. After dinner Harry dropped Hermione back off at her place and they said their goodbyes as the three would be leavening the next day, while she was at her work, Ginny and her had made plans for her to come back in three days and go shopping with her on her day off so Ginny couldn't wait. Hermione walked to her apartment with a smile on her face of a day she would never forget.
A/N: I hope everyone like it… I don't know how it ended this way I tried to go for Hermione and Ron but it looks like it will end up Hermione and Draco… this is not spoiling it, I might bring in a whole new character for her to end up with… or a very old one…lol anyways give ideas thanks!
