Hey everybody!! Sorry that took so long. It's getting to the end of the year and I had some projects and reports I needed to finish up before I graduate. Anyway with out stalling any longer on with the story!!

Chapter 6

Why does it seem that when you try to forget about somebody there always there, right in your face? You can forget you had a business meeting or appointment with a doctor but no you can't forget about a person you actually want to forget. No matter how hard you try you could just never seem to get them out of your head.

And it doesn't help that I need to pass by her store everyday to get to mine. I looked into the window hoping to see her work, her face filled with concentration, her tongue twisting between her teeth. But no, I looked into the store and saw her talking to a customer and not just any customer, a male customer. I mean not that I'm jealous or anything. I could get any girl I wanted. I just haven't been looking. With coming up with new products there was just no time in life for a girl. Let alone one that take up every waking thought in my day. Ya, I'm better off with out a girlfriend.

They must be talking about business because he just handed her a business card. It must be a business card. Then why does she look so shock?? Oh look, the mans coming out of the store. Wow Hermione looks stressed; I haven't seen her that stressed since…well since we were together.

She lifted her face from her palms and looked out the window. Shit, she saw me. I had to stare, right!? Now she knows I was looking. Dame it! I said walked away, getting a few stares from strangers. Work will get her off my mind. That will help; I'll just concentrate on my work.

Walking in to the shop, I should have known it wasn't going to help get my mind off of Hermione. The shop was crowded with teenage girls. Shoot, must be a weekend off from Hogwarts. Ever since they started give weekends of for mental health before OWL's and NEWT's this is one of the first places they go.

"Excuse me!! Mister!!!" a girl said as soon as I got behind the counter.

"Yes" I said trying to be nice. It must have not worked.

"Well no reason to give me attitude!" she said with a neck movement that would have surely given me whiplash. "I just wanted to know if you go get that bottle of love potion from the top shelf for me. Jeeze…I'll get one of the boys to do it…"

"Scaring away customers again??" a voice said from behind me.

"Would you stop sneaking up on me like that, George? Jeeze they should make you wear a bell."

"Cranky, cranky….now I wonder what could cause this, maybe a certain girl you refuse to tell me about??" he said winking an eye.

"Shut up"

"You know what you need??" he said as if he could solve all my problems. "A day off"

"Sorry to burst your bubble bro, but a day off isn't going to do me crap"

"Come on it can't hurt. And plus you haven't taken one in forever. If you don't take it now I'll just fire you for the day"

"You can't fire me. I own half the business" I pointed out

"Just take the bloody day off!!! Your start to get me depressed"

"Fine, I'll take tomorrow off" I said giving in.

George looked happy. Maybe he knows more about people then I give him credit for. Maybe he really does know some stuff. And just when I start to think he might be the smarter one, he goes and proves me wrong…

"I know this great muggle place. They have this whole rope course where you can climb these logs and stuff that are all in the air. It's kind of like flying but you're strapped in so the muggle won't fall and die."

"Oh how pleasant"

"I'm serious. Just go, you'll see it'll relax you. It's-"

"Ok ok I'll go! Just shut up before you wet yourself"

"On second thought," he said starting to walk into the backroom "maybe they shouldn't strap you in"

"Oh I'm not that bad" I said more to myself then to him.

"Yes you are" said the girl who asked about the love potion. I gave her glare and she walked down an aisle.

This is going to be one slow day.

Hermione sat down to have dinner in her apartment and looked at the business card she held in her hand.

Why am I so nervous? Just call! I mean it's normal to feel nervous I just never got nervous with Fred because I knew him from before. Oh stop with Fred!!! Just call!!!!

She picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hello??" said a little voice

"Hello can I please speak to Scott?"

"Uh hu, Uncle Sc-…Uncle Sc-c-….SOMEBODY ELSE JUST GET THE PHONE!!!" Her voice was so loud that I needed to move the ear piece away from my head. With in a second a voice was on the phone that sounded familiar.

"Hello?? Scott speaking" the voice sounded as if it just woke up.

"oh I'm sorry, it's Hermione. I could call back if-"

"Oh! No, you couldn't have picked a better time."

"Really, the house sounded a little hectic"

"wha-? Oh Melanie, oh no she's fine she just hasn't really mastered her stutter over the phone yet, gets her a little frustrated. So, you decided to call??"

"Melanie lives with you?" I said surprised

"Ya, he parents, and my sister, died when she was three."

"Oh" I said slowly, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry. I was just-"

"It's fine really. I get questioned about it all the time. So you decided to call??" he repeated

"Yes I decided to call"

"Great because I have great day planned! You want to get together tomorrow afternoon?"

"You already planned a day??" I said a little nervous

"Ya knew you'd call" he said. I could tell he was smiling

"You knew? Should I be little nervous by this?"

"No, I just knew you would after you saw that red head outside. Old boyfriend?"

"You could say that."

"Well either way you called me. So….you in for tomorrow? Can you get off from the shop?

I had to think. I could both work all day and try not to think about Fred or go out and do something to actually get my mind off of Fred. On the other hand was I really ready for this. I still had mind in my head of Fred and of the last time we saw each other. I saw his face everywhere. I couldn't just be like this, I needed to do something.

"Ya, I'm good for tomorrow." I said.

"Great I'll pick you up at noon." I could hear he was smiling.

As I hung up the phone I realized that he was a lot more excited then I was. And I couldn't help the feeling that his, probably, well planed date wouldn't be better then a night on the couch with Fred.

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