I Found a Reason For Me
Chapter Seven
Two months later…
Hermione sighed. She was tired. She had been studying all night for her exam which was in one hour. She should have gotten sleep, but she couldn't, not when her chance to receive her wizardry diploma was at risk. Hermione had soared up. Ron had watched Lexie while she had her classes and had worked also. She was always on the go and although she barely spent time having fun, she did what she could with her free time. For instance, last week Ron took her to a muggle movie and afterwards treated her to a dinner at Darcy's Diner. Hermione went out to her girlfriend, Toni's house to see the baby and her and Toni worked on making her room nice and pretty for Thomas, Toni's son.
Hermione sighed again, rubbing her temples. She was extremely tired and despite the many glasses of coffee she had she had trouble with keeping awake. Ron could see this. He smiled, thinking that Hermione really hadn't changed at all since Hogwarts. He knew, as he played cards with Lexie, that Hermione would pass. She always did and why should this be any different. She spent hours locked in her room to study for hours when the information was already in her head. She only missed a couple of months of school, but having this diploma was important to her. Hermione felt that it would give her a second chance. She came from her room and walked to the kitchen.
She thought about her past months here, with Ron. They had moved to his flat in muggle London right after Hermione got what she needed. Ron explained that he lived in muggle London because if he didn't his mother would be bugging him to come to see them all the time. Hermione laughed. She had got her job at the Ministry, examining mysterious wizarding things found by muggle archeologists. She usually brought the stuff home with her, the research that is, to check it over herself. Hermione made good money, especially good for someone who had just started working. Ron was the Head of the department, but he wasn't in charge of her salary, or anyone else's. Their department was the second largest in the whole ministry. It branched off from the Department of Mysteries. The only difference if that you examine even muggle things in the Department of Wizardy Finds and the objects that are found do not go to the Department of Mysteries unless they can't figure out what the item is or how it is used or where it came from.
Hermione had money to move out on her own, with Lexie. She didn't, though. She felt it would be wrong if she just left Ron like that, besides, Ron loved Lexie. He loved playing with her and Hermione thought it was good for him and for Lexie. It's not everyday you see a grown man playing with a friend that is the age of five. Hermione would never be able to do what he does with Lexie. Ron was child like and that worked for all of them, especially Lexie, who was only happy to have a friend.
Thats not the only reason Hermione stayed, though. She knew there was something else. Some thing much more than it felt right. She knew she would be sad justa s she had been before without Ron. He hadn't dated since Hermione and Lexie had been there. Hermione wasn't sure why, but she hoped that it had something to do with feelings for someone close to him. Perhaps the woman who was living in his house? Hermione liked to think what it would be like if her and Ron got together. If they got married and gave Lexie a little brother or sister. She didn't like to think about it, though she often did. It made her sad at the thought that they might never get together, that Ron might still think her as a friend. Hermione didn't want that. Lately, being a friend was the last thing on Hermione's mind.
Lexie, like her mother, would love it here. To live here. Forever, with Ron. So many things had happened that were good, with him. Hermione was happy, with job, and finally able to afford things she couldn't before. Lexie had a friend, actually quite a few. She had toys and television. That is not all that happened for Lexie. Her speaking had increased greatly and although she still wasn't speaking the average number of words other five year olds would, they were all proud. Hermione wondered if Ron's company with Lexie had did anything in helping her learn. Ever since they came to him after he found her, Lexie had been speaking more fluently and using more words as she spoke. Hermione couldn't help but think that Ron was the answer to her prayers. That he was her guardian angel.
As she filled a glass of water, she turned to look at Lexie and Ron sitting at the table, Lexie having the biggest grin on her face as she was winning in a game of, "Go Fish". Hermione smiled. She would do anything for Lexie to be Ron's. She would never ask him to be her father, though, he was that kind of figure. Lexie knew something was going on between the adults. Hermione called Ron her friend, and Lexie knew that even if they were friends they wouldn't be for long.
Lexie got excited with thinking that Ron might become her daddy. She had always wanted one, and Ron likes her enough maybe she'll have one. Lexie was little and although she had a learning disability, she was very smart. Hermione and Ron both knew how smart she was, she showed it to them everyday. Lexie would be starting school soon, but Hermione insisted on her staying home for a little while. She knew Lexie would get teased and Lexie knew too, but there was nothing that could be done.
Hermione walked over to the table and sat down watching Lexie put more cards down. "Your cheating." Ron said, as Lexie laid done her last two cards, smiling. "I am not!" She said, defensively, "you just aren as good as I am." She told him. Hermione smiled at Lexie. She had always been very prideful in herself despite how she has been. Ron rolled his eyes, and Lexie smiled widely. "I guess the only way to end a game the right way is to have ice cream."
Lexie jumped out of the seat and ran to the door. "Let's go," she told him, "What are you waiting for, da icecean to melt?"
A/N: I KNOW IT IS SHORT. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. I HAVE BEEN GETTING VERY ANGRY AT MYSELF FOR NOT GETTING ANOTHER CHAPTER UP, BUT I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY. I HAVE TO ADMIT I'M NOT REALLY HAPPY WITH THIS CHAPTER... BUT IT WILL HAVE TO DO. MAYBE NEXT TIME I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND A BETTER WAY TO WRITE. I WAS ASKED BY QUITE A FEW PEOPLE TO POST. I KNOW THE STORY DIDN'T REALLY GO ANY WHERE, BUT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT NEED TO SEE WHERE HERMIONE'S FEELINGS LAY. I WILL DO MY BEST TO UPDATE SOON, IF AFTER THIS CHP YOU STILL WANT TO READ THE STORY... I HOPE YOU ALL HAD HAPPY HOLIDAYS!