AN: Well…today ends the Viktor and Hermione saga…hope you enjoyed it! Please Review and come back to see me tomorrow when I debut the beginning of a Severus/Hermione story! By the way…I don't own this.

Chapter Six – Goodbye

It had been about a week since the Yule Ball and I was becoming confused about my feelings. I needed to talk to someone about what had been going on. Ginny would be helpful since she knew about Viktor and I and was very supportive. I met her in my dormitory again and we began to talk.

"So, how was the ball with Viktor? I noticed you two left pretty early."

"Well, that was in part due to your brother…but it led to something I need to talk you about."

"Don't even get me started on my dolt of a brother. He took Padma to the ball and didn't dance with her at all."

"I know, Ginny…he can be rather thick at times."

"Any way, enough about him. What did you need to talk about?"

"Viktor and I had sex."

"You what? You're not pregnant are you?"

"No, of course not, Ginny."

"Oh, well…how was it?"

"Well, at the time, incredible…beyond what I could've imagined. However, now, it just feels like it was anticlimactic. I mean we don't really have any true connection…I just met him."

"I think that you were in the heat of the moment and now you are realizing that since you lacked a connection, it didn't really mean anything."

"It's really depressing to think of my first time having sex with someone as meaningless, Ginny."

"Well, are you going to try to get to know him and see if things change?"

"I'm not sure…I mean he has a great body and all but I just don't see it going very far between us. He lives in Bulgaria and I live here. It just wasn't meant to be, I guess."

"Hermione, it's ok. At least you learned this sooner rather than later, I know it makes your first time less special but once you are with the person you are meant to be with, everything will fall into place and you will be the happiest girl in the world."

"I hope so Ginny, I really do. I'm going to go talk to Viktor now, thanks for your help."

"No problem, Hermione."

I left the castle and headed down to the lake where I saw Viktor swimming.

"Isn't it cold?"

He merely shrugged in response.

"Can I talk to you about something?"

"Certainly."

"Last week, when we were together, I really enjoyed it then, but I don't really feel anything now. I mean we don't really have a connection together and I just met you. I really like you as a friend though."

"Is that how you feel my, Hermy-own-ninny?"

"Yes, Viktor. I am sorry, I shouldn't have let things get as far as they did."

"I have no regrets; it vas worth it even if I only got to once. I still care for you. Vill you write to me still?"

"Oh, yes, definitely."

"Then I still have hope. Perhaps we vill make this connection you wish for and you can come see me in Bulgaria sometime."

"Perhaps Viktor, thank you for understanding."

"My pleasure Hermione, and thank you."

The rest of the school year passed without incident from Viktor and I promised to write to him as often as I could. We went our separate ways although I continue to write to him.

AN: Well, hope you liked it…since this is part of a series and I am not a Krum Hermione shipper, this is how it ended and it's how I see Krum and Hermione as from the book…although I doubt Hermione actually had sex with him…that's just for my fun and entertainment here! Please review…thanks! Please come see Hermione's next interaction tomorrow in A Witch's Bedpost: Notch #2