I had to split this chapter because it was going on 8 pages and I didn't to make it too long.
So here we go.

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Chapter Three

The next day Hermione found herself shopping with her much younger mentor Minerva McGonagall. Yes it was Minerva now. It was over a spot of tea during lunch that Minerva had told her to call her by her given name rather than Professor or Ma'am, since she was no longer her Professor and Ma'am made her feel old. To that Hermione smiled and agreed, but only if she would call her by her given name as well. Thus the day of fun began.

They had gone to do everything that day. Minerva had taken her to get an entire new set of robes in various colors; she took her to get muggle clothes as well. With every purchase, Hermione tried desperately to get Minerva to let her pay, but she wouldn't have it. They finally agreed that when it came time to buy some books that Hermione would pay for those, but nothing else. It was when Minerva decided to take Hermione lingerie shopping that almost caused Hermione to die of embarrassment. Hermione said she could buy her own after Dumbledore showed her where she would be staying, but Minerva wasn't having any of that. So she took Hermione's arm and dragged her into the shop.

They bought several pairs of knickers with matching bra sets in multiple colors. All of which were either satin or lace, Minerva told her that even if no one saw them, that she should feel good in what she was wearing. Hermione smiled and continued to shop while Minerva began to look for herself. Hmm.. It looks like Minerva has someone to look good for. I wonder who it could be. Hermione smirked as Minerva picked up her things and steered Hermione to check out.

After more shopping for things Hermione might need, they stopped to have a butter beer before making their last stop at Flourish and Blott's to get Hermione some reading material. They went to the Three Broomsticks, got their drinks, sat down and began to talk. The conversation was going well, until Minerva brought up a topic Hermione hated discussing.

"So you've told me so much about friends Harry, Draco, Neville, Luna, Ginny and Ronald. There are a lot of men in your life Hermione, are you dating any one of them?" Minerva asked innocently. Hermione sighed; she hated talking about her love life.

"Well Harry and Draco are basically the brothers I never had. Don't get me wrong, Harry is handsome and Draco is gorgeous but I don't see them in any other way than my brothers. I love them as if they were my own flesh and blood. Neville is a great friend, and has grown far more handsome than I could ever imagine, but he'll just always be my good friend. Ronald is a different story, we used to date but things didn't end well. He used to be one of my best friends but now I can't trust him and our friendship is basically nonexistent." Hermione said with a sad look in her eye as she took a sip of her drink.

"Oh Hermione dear what happened? I'm so sorry. You don't have to tell me, but I wish you would." Minerva said with a look of sorrow on her face. She didn't mean to bring up a painful subject.

"No its okay. I told the future you what happened, so I have no problem in telling the you right now what happened." Hermione said. She then began her story of the sixth month relationship of Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley.

Hermione had to leave out the kiss at the final battle so she just told Minerva that over the summer before her seventh year she and Ron had shared a kiss at a 'gathering' and then decided to search those feelings. She told Minerva how Ron and Harry decided not to go back to complete their seventh year together, which earned Hermione a raised eyebrow from a confused Minerva. Hermione laughed and told her that she would understand in the future why that came to be. Instead of going to school, Ron decided to move in with his brother George over the joke shop he owned so he could work there with George and Harry went to Auror training at the Ministry.

When the time came for Hermione to go to school both Ron and Harry met her at the train station to see her off. With a kiss and a hug from both boys, she went off to Hogwarts. The next couple of months Ron and Hermione communicated through letters, and would see him at the shop when the school came down to visit. Things between them were great; they had great conversations, a couple of snogging sessions, and were both in a good place. That was until a few weeks after Hermione's birthday, when she came down to the shop to see Ron on a Hogsmead trip. Ron was overly eager to see her, and yanked her into the storage room of the shop. He began to maul her with kisses, and pressed his body into hers.

Hermione responded to his advances at first, it felt nice to be needed like that, but it was when he began to ghost his hands up her thighs that she froze up. She stopped him and Ron looked back at her with confusion. Hermione told him that she wasn't ready for that kind of relationship with him yet. She wanted to wait until she was out of school to begin a physical relationship with him. She had been his friend for so long that she needed to get to know the Ron as her boyfriend first before taking that big step in their relationship.

Ron did not feel the same way as Hermione. He told her that this is what people their age did and that they should be doing it too. He told her that they knew each other well enough and that this part of their relationship needed to begin. He told her that for once he needed to come first in her life and not school. Hermione told him that her opinions wouldn't change and that he needed to think about what he was saying before they had the rest of the conversation. She kissed him one last time, told him she would see him on the next Hogsmead trip, and told him that she would write. She left the storage room, met Draco at the bookstore, and walked back to Hogwarts with him.

Hermione sent over thirty letters to Ron over the next three weeks and received none in return. She asked Harry what Ron was doing, but Harry wasn't in the country so he was just as confused as she was. She planned to confront him on the next trip to Hogsmead that coming Friday. The days that week went by fast and Friday had arrived. With Draco in tow, she made her way to WWW. She saw George and asked him where she could find Ron;he told her that Ron should be in the flat since he had the day off. Hermione was enraged, he had the day off and he couldn't be bothered to send her one bloody letter? She walked to the stairs with Draco hot on her heels, opened the flat door, and let out a gasp at what she saw happening on the couch.

She heard a growl leave Draco's mouth but it didn't faze her as she watched her boyfriend of six months shag a nameless woman with black hair on the couch. Hearing Draco's growl, Ron turned his head to see a stunned Hermione and an angry Draco Malfoy. He tore himself away from the woman and began to dress clumsily. The woman on the couch just covered herself with a blanket that had been carelessly dropped to the floor. She wore an indifferent expression, and seemed to not care at being caught in the act. However, Ron was a bumbling mess, trying to tell her it didn't mean anything, saying it would never happen again and even had the nerve to tell her that he loved her. It was the first time he had ever said it to her, and it was in front of the naked woman who he had been shagging into the couch. Hermione couldn't take it anymore, so she grabbed Draco's arm and led him away from the flat, down the stairs and out the door. She vaguely heard both Ron and George calling her name, but she didn't stop walking. She let go off Draco's arm to grab his hand and began walking back to Hogwarts.

Ron had given up on her again. She wasn't ready for a physical relationship and he gave up on her. He didn't even talk to her; he just stopped responding to her letters. All she had asked was that they wait for seven more months before becoming physical, in her opinion it wasn't that long. Apparently she was wrong, he hadn't even waited a month before finding someone else to shag. He gave up on her in the forest while searching for Horcruxes and he gave up on her now. When the going got tough Ron Weasley gave up, and Hermione needed a man that when the going got tough the man got tougher. She had cried over Ron so many times, but she was determined not to shed a single tear now.

Once they got to the castle she turned to Draco and he wrapped his arms around her in a bone-crushing hug. He whispered to her all the ways he was going to murder Ron, and how he wasn't going to get caught, which made her giggle. He said that no one hurt his sister and got away with it. The sentiment made Hermione's breath catch in her throat, it had been the first time he had called her his sister so she squeezed him harder. He said that Ron was an idiot to cheat on someone as beautiful as her, but Hermione didn't see it that way.

Hermione knew she was naturally pretty, her parents and other people she knew told her often enough. To go as far as beautiful was a bit of a stretch in her opinion. She had tamed her once overly frizzy chestnut colored hair to fall in ringlets around her face and added a bit of makeup using beauty charms she had found in a book over the course of the rebuild. Her breasts were only medium sized as well as her bottom, she was also short and skinny which made her curvier than others. She thanked Draco for the words of kindness and let go of him, and together they went to grab some dinner.

Over the next two years Hermione barely spoke to Ron at all. When she showed up for Holidays or to visit her surrogate family, she would ignore him as best as possible and was always polite. She and George wrote on a regular basis so when he found out what happened he threatened to hex the hell out of his little brother, but she told him just to leave him alone because his other brothers would probably do the same thing for him. Molly and Arthur were apologetic and didn't know why Ron did that to her. Ginny was livid and hexed Ron every chance she got, which made Hermione laugh. No matter how many times Hermione begged her to just leave Ron alone, Ginny would go off and shoot him with a hex.

Harry responded in a similar fashion to Draco. When Hermione first wrote to Harry about their break up, she didn't get a response through a letter for a week. Instead, she found Harry in the Gryffindor common room that next Saturday waiting for her on the couch. They hugged it out and spent the weekend together, along with Ginny at times. When asked why he came to see her instead of just writing a letter Harry grabbed her hands. He told her that she didn't abandon him when Ron left them in the forest and she was his sister so he wasn't going to abandon her now. He told her that Ron might be his best mate, but Hermione was always his sister first. Of course over the years Harry had forgiven Ron and their friendship remained intact, but it was never the same when they were together as a trio.

Hermione told Minerva that she had been on a few dates since her breakup with Ron, but none had ever worked out in the long run. Which Hermione was fine with, and hoped that one day someone special would come along to sweep her off of her feet. She took the last few sips of her butterbeer and looked into Minerva's sad eyes as she began talking.

"Hermione I am so sorry for what has happened between you and Ron. You deserve someone who will treat you like a queen and not ditch you for some floozy!" Minerva said as she began to grow angrier at idiot redheaded boys actions.

"I know I deserve better Minerva, and I'm happy you agree. I didn't think I was asking for that much of him, but maybe I was." Hermione said as she fidgeted with the hands in her lap.

"No Hermione you were not asking too much of him at all. No one should feel pressured into sex if they're not ready for it. You wanted to wait until your were finished with school like a responsible adult and that is commendable my dear. If he couldn't wait for you then that is his loss." Minerva said looking like she had just tasted something sour.

Hermione smiled at Minerva's expression. It was the same as when she had told her future self what happened.

" You told me the same thing in the future Minerva. Thank you for your kindness. Now I say we forget about all of that and go grab us some books." Hermione said with wide smile on her face. New books were always guaranteed to make her happier. Minerva returned her smile and agreed. They rose from their chairs and began to make their way to Flourish and Blott's.

Abraxas Malfoy sat at a table in Flourish and Blott's while enjoying a cup of coffee and reading his new novel. Of course he could have done this at home, but his mother decided to invite her friends over. When his mother had friends over, it meant that a certain someone also came over who drove him as mad as a hatter.

The black haired, blue eyes, and pug nosed monster that was Penny Parkinson.

She found herself in love with Abraxas, and the feeling was not at all mutual. Abraxas couldn't stand Penny over the years at Hogwarts and had done his best to avoid her at all costs. She ridiculed anyone who she didn't think was as good as she was and it made Abraxas stomach turn. Her mother and father didn't raise her to be that way, so he had no idea where the attitude had come from. She constantly sought him out and tried everything to get his attention, but he wouldn't have any of it. Abraxas had told her politely at first that they could never be anything more than housemates, and would never return her interest, but that didn't stop her. It had gotten to the point now where Abraxas had to tell her to 'stay the hell away from him' or the popular 'fuck off Penny'.

So now here he was, once again hiding from Penny Parkinson. He sighed and took a sip of his coffee. There had been other women in his past that had captured his interest, but none of them stimulated anything in him other than his cock. He wanted someone who could stimulate him not just by their looks, but by their mind as well. He wanted someone who was benevolent and not anything like Penny Parkinson. However, all the women he knew were just after his money and not really for him. The thought annoyed him to no end.

I wish I could find someone who couldn't give a rat's ass about my families' money, and care about me as a person. He mused silently, but given his luck with women he was doubtful that would ever happen. He would probably be doomed to an arranged marriage and forced to have an heir like some of his friends had been. He had been sitting in the bookstore for more than two hours and was beginning to grow stiff.

He took a moment to stretch and scan the bookstore to see if there was anyone in here worth his time or to see if one of his friends had walked in. He scanned each of the isles and saw nothing new, the typical people you'd find in the bookstore at a quarter to six in the afternoon. Except the woman on the last isle that already had her arms filled with books, but was still looking for more. He smiled at the sight of the small girl in navy robes being dominated by the books in her hands.

Abraxas raised an eyebrow and began to asses her with his eyes. She had long thick brown hair that was curled into ringlets, she was on the short side probably around five four or five five, her face wasn't painted on like other girls she went for the natural look and from what he could tell she had perfectly sized breasts with an ass to match. His cock twitched in response, but he forced it away. Down boy. You haven't even heard her speak or seen the rest of her face! She could be another Parkinson in disguise.

He continued to stare at the woman in front of him and tried to will her to look at him, but it wasn't working. Look at me woman. Hello? Yes, you there look at me. His silent yelling was interrupted as a familiar face who began talking to the mystery girl. He recognized the familiar face instantly. Professor McGonagall, what is she doing here? Are they related? No I don't think so. What are they saying? Abraxas was not skilled at lip reading and began to get angry. I can't stand this any longer. With a subtle flick of his wand, he could hear the conversation the two women were having flowing through his ears.

"…but Minerva come on. I'll go through these books in a maximum amount of three days. I just need a few more." The girl pleaded. Minerva? They must be friends.

"Okay so you go through those books and then you'll come back. It's not the end of the world dear. Plus you don't want to be stuck in that house all day every day do you? This gives you a reason to get out of the house." Professor McGonagall replied.

"Oh alright, but mark my words Minerva if these books are gone the next time I come back here. I will transfigure you into a toilet in the boy's lavatory at Hogwarts! "The girl replied. Abraxas let out a small chuckle. She had said Hogwarts, but he never saw her in all his years there. He would have remembered her if she did. She must be visiting someone that works there to know about it. Hmm.. who was she visiting? A laughing Professor McGonagall severed his thoughts.

"Hermione the books will still be here I can guarantee it. Now lets go check out and get back to Hogwarts. I'm sure Albus is waiting for us, and I think dinner should be starting soon." Minerva replied as she began to steer Hermione towards the register, which meant walking past Abraxas.

"Alright Minerva lets go." Hermione what a pretty name. Now turn and face me so I can say the name fits the face.

Hermione turned around and Abraxas' heart skipped a beat. Merlin she is beautiful. She had a heart shaped face, straight nose, full lips, and whiskey colored eyes that sent his pulse into overdrive. She was plain, but beautiful in an understated way. The member in his pants perked up and this time Abraxas let it. He continued to stare at her as she walked towards him to get to the check out and finally caught her gaze. She blushed a wonderful color of rose, smiled at him and kept on walking.

It took everything Abraxas had not to get up and follow her to the check out. I need to know who this girl is. She is too enticing to just let go. She's obviously smart since she clearly reads on a daily basis, and she's beautiful. It's what you've been waiting for, but you need to have a conversation with her first to be sure. She's going to Hogwarts. Hmmmm..

Abraxas vaguely heard the door chime as the girl Hermione left and he decided to leave as well. He needed to speak to his father.

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