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Chapter Ten- Sweetest Goodbye

Sweetest Goodbye-Maroon 5

Where you are seems to be
As far as an eternity
Outstretched arms open hearts
and if it never ends then when do we start?
I'll never leave you behind
Or treat you unkind
I know you understand
And with a tear in my eye
Give me the sweetest goodbye
That I ever did receive

Pushing forward and arching back
Bring me closer to heart attack
Say goodbye and just fly away
When you comeback
I have some things to say

Hermione pushed the shopping cart along the wide aisle of the supermarket and stopped to reprimand Elizabeth.

"Lizzy, don't touch those bottles," she said. Hermione stopped to look at the bottles of tomato sauce and smiled. "Should I make pasta then?" she asked. Lizzy smiled. "Of course you bum, you love it don't you," she asked with a huge smile. She looked up at Lizzy and then looked beyond her. What she saw made her heart stop for a moment and then all the blood in her face seemed as though it went somewhere else. It was him. It was Chris. He looked up and when he saw her, the bottle he was holding in his hand slipped and shattered into a million pieces. There was a silence, and then Lizzy began to wail.

"Hermione?" he asked. She saw tears well up in his eyes and immediately anger replaced her amazement.

"Chris! You…you bastard! What the hell are you doing here?" She spat out angrily. He was taken aback.

"Me, a bastard? Yes I know, I don't know my father, but…where have you been?" he asked.

"You didn't care two years ago did you?" she asked. He looked confused.

"Oh, so now it's me who's uncaring? Did you once even think of me when you picked up your skirts and left town?!"

"Think of you!? Why would I? Was I supposed to think about you when you...left me??"

"I left you for a minute, Hermione, not forever, when I came back you were gone!" he yelled.

"For a minute? I woke up alone, and…you…disappeared…"

"I left, Hermione, because my mother called me! She was sick, and needed me there, I left you a bloody note, didn't you get it?" he asked walking over to her. His feet crunched the glass. She looked up at him.

"A note? What note? Don't lie please, Chris, its bad enough you left me,"

"You didn't get the note?"

"Note? There was no note Chris…"

"In your coat Hermione, I left it in your coat pocket!" She felt tears welling up in her eyes.

"Oh no…I didn't even touch that coat…I had Ginny collect my things from that room, and then…"

"And then you left town, leaving no trace of where you were going, I searched for so long, I looked everywhere…" he whispered. She felt hot tears running down her cheeks and then she looked at him.

"You looked for me?" she asked. He nodded and smiled.

"And I've finally found you,"

He reached out and gathered her into his arms and hugged her. She still couldn't believe it. Chris, it was Chris, he was here, and he still wanted her.

Chris and Hermione sat on the bed while Elizabeth played on the ground. He looked at her lovingly.

"Why didn't you wait, Hermione?" he asked soothingly. She shrugged, and looked at the piece of paper in her hand. It was the letter.

"I…I just wanted to get away, I thought that I was a fool to get close to you because I got hurt, badly," she said. He sighed.

"I understand, Hermione, and I'm sorry that you've been suffering for these two years—"

"No! No! Lizzie is not…a burden, nor a mistake, she's beautiful, and I love her very much," He smiled.

"I'm sure I can grow to love her as well, after all, she is my daughter too," he said. She looked at Lizzy and nodded.

"Yes, she is…" She whispered. Chris looked into her eyes and sighed.

"You can't love me anymore, can you?" he asked. She looked down.

"I'm not sure…Chris…I just don't know right now," she said honestly. He nodded.

"That's fine…I mean, I'll come back later," he said getting up. She looked at the letter once more. She didn't read it yet.

"Please do, I…I'm having dinner tonight, come over at eight won't you?" she asked. He smiled and nodded. Planting a kiss on her cheek and then ruffling Lizzy's hair, he left the room.

"See you,"

"See you later, Chris,"

A/N: Well, there's the chapter. My mom is kicking me off the computer now. So I HAVE to go. (

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