Title: The Morning After

Author: Saiya-jin Girl

Disclaimer: Rowling came up with it all. I own nothing.

Chapter Eleven: Collision

Hermione looked at herself once more in the mirror. An old excitement arose in her, as she thought of who was coming over to dinner. Chris, her Chris. He had never really left her side, had he. Her thoughts then turned to Lupin. What would become of them? She shook her head. There was nothing there to begin with. She would have to get the idea of her and Lupin out of her head, because someone else was finally back in the picture, right where he belonged. Still the thought of Lupin hovered at the back of her mind. Just today she had been expecting him and was excited to see him, and now, she was already thinking of Chris. With a weary sigh, she left the room and began going downstairs.

Remus sat on the same bed in his little flat staring at the palm of his hand. Hermione had told him to come over to dinner earlier today, but mysteriously, she called him and canceled the plans. Tomorrow night, she had told him. She was having some unexpected company over and she was sorry that their plans were squashed. He sighed and lay back on the bed and now stared at the ceiling. He thought of Lizzy, and then he thought of Hermione. What was he getting himself into? When he thought back of the story she had told him, he felt his heart ache, because he himself had done the same thing when he was younger. It was one of the things he had never told anyone, he was too ashamed of himself. He closed his eyes and tried to sleep, but sleep did not come to him. Another sensation did.
Chris made his way down stairs and stopped in front of a mirror to fix his hair. He noticed that there was a spring in his step that hadn't been there for quite a while. Hermione. She was an amazing woman. A bit rash, at times, but she was beautiful, and wonderful, and she had been raising their child on her own, which was the most breathtaking thing he could envision. He couldn't wait to go and see her and Elizabeth. It had to be the most exciting thing that happened to him in the past two years.

Chris arrived at Hermione's doorstep and stood in front of the door. He took a deep breath, and as he raised his hand to ring the doorbell, he saw his hand tremble. What was he afraid of? He pressed down on the doorbell and he heard Elizabeth make a noise inside.

"Coming!" he heard Hermione shout. He heard her feet padding gently down the stairs, and soon her footsteps quickened as she almost reached the bottom, when suddenly there was a short scream, and a loud thud. He heard something crack and he grabbed the door handle and twisted it.

"SHIT!" he yelled. He pulled out his wand. "Alohamora," he yelled. The door opened and there he saw, Hermione lying at the bottom of the stairs, unconscious. Where her head rest, a pool of blood was quickly forming. "Damn!" he said. He cradled her limp body in his arms and then lifted her up, he needed to get her to St. Mungos, but what about Elizabeth? The door was still open, when the haggard shape of a man appeared in front of the door.

"Hermione! Is she alright?" Remus asked dashing over to their side. Chris eyed him.

"I need to get her to St. Mungos, who the bloody hell are you?"

"Remus Lupin, Lizzy's babysitter, get her out of here, NOW! I'll get the child, GO, GO!" Chris nodded and held on to Hermione tightly as he dissaporated out of the room and to the hospital.

Lupin ran upstairs as fast as he could to find Lizzy and then he too dissaporated to the hospital. This was going to be a long night.

A/N:

I know that this is a short chapter, but I have been so swamped with work. I'm so sorry for the delay, but I am finally graduating tomorrow and so the long haul is over! So look out for new chapters of this story in the coming week!

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Saiya-jin Girl