Hermione sat at her desk her slightly wrinkled shirt had been getting the best of her, she always would press her clothes but today it seemed to slipped her mind. She began tackling the mound of paper work on her desk reading through the pages quickly, lately her work hadn't been holding her attention like it used too. She taped her pen on the desk anxiously as she flipped through the papers.

"Hey Hermione!" a voice said from her doorway she looked up to be greeted by Garret. Garret had been one of her co-workers he was from America and had a crush on Hermione since he got here. She had declined him numerous times mostly because she was dating Ron, though recently her friends who constantly would say things such as "he's not that bad!" or "he isn't unattractive" all as a way to make her feel comfortable enough to actually say yes. But she never gave in, it wasn't as if she was saving herself for someone special, she knew that wasn't true. She just thought Garret wasn't for her, that they would simply not work together or even get along past their polite small talk.

"Hi Garret" Hermione said pulling herself from her paper work giving him a small smile. Garret leaned his tall built body against the doorframe smirking over at Hermione.

"What?" Hermione questioned eyeing Garret.

"I just love you with glasses" Garret said with a smile, Hermione let her glasses side to the tip of her nose looking at Garret over them.

"Well thanks" she said in a raspy tone, before pushing them back up her face and went back to reading. Garret simply stood there, Hermione ignored him hoping he would leave but that didn't seem to be the case. Hermione finally looked up at him, taking off her glasses all together so she could look at him. Her friends were right Garret wasn't unattractive recently he had lost some weight and become more built. He was tall probably about 6'3 he had dark hair that he constantly swooped to the side for work. His eyes were a light golden brown completing his tan skin, and he was always sporting a perfectly groomed five a clock shadow.

"Is there anything else I can help you with?" Hermione asked slightly annoyed, Garret opened his open to speak but Hermione cut him off before he could talk.

"And no I will not go out with you" Hermione snapped, Garret's face fell slightly as he nodded.

"Worth a shot" he said smiling at her as he left, Hermione let out a sigh rolling her eyes. She looked up at the clock it was almost lunch hour and she couldn't have been more grateful. She got up from her desk smoothing her clothes and grabbing her jacket as she went off to find Leia.

"Lee ready for lunch?" Hermione asked once she got to her desk. Leia had become one of her closest friends at work. She was a petite woman with short blonde hair, she was even shorter than Hermione which was rather rare but she always wore heels to compensate for her height. Despite her size she was a very loud out spoken person.

"Uh yes! I'm fucking starved" Leia said getting up from her desk.

"I'll get Jill" Hermione said making her way across the office to Jill's desk. Looks wise Jill was the complete opposite of Leia she was tall with dark brown hair that flowed past her shoulders, she had a curvy body that drove men crazy. But personality wise they weren't much different.

"Lunch!" Jill exclaimed once she saw Hermione approaching her desk.

"Yup" Hermione said as she watched Jill pile papers into a disorganized pile, making Hermione just want to straighten them but she restrained. They went to their usual sandwich shop as they did almost every day, getting mostly the same sandwich every day.

"So Leia how's the planning going?" Hermione asked as they sat at their signature table.

"Oh it's going let me tell ya planning a wedding is hard" Leia said as Jill sighed.

"Uh I can't wait to get married" Jill said hopelessly, Leia shot her a look.

"Maybe if you stopped whoring around you could actually settle down with someone" Leia said bluntly. Jill looked slightly offended but it passed quickly because she knew it was true. It was no secret that Jill slept around but it wasn't as if she was exactly hiding it. She blamed it on her serious relationship she had from when she was seventeen to twenty two.

"Hey! I've gotten better I have a steady booty call currently I'll have you know!" Jill said in defense Leia simply eyed her not buying any of it.

"Yea with three different guys" Leia accused and Jill simply shrugged.

"Act like you weren't the same exact way" Jill said giving Leia a knowing look, Hermione nodded in agreement. It was true before Leia met Paul she was just as bad as Jill.

"I don't understand how you keep up with all of that" Hermione mused, she couldn't even find one guy she couldn't image dealing with three.

"It's really not that hard, you should try it sometime" Jill said

"Um no thanks" Hermione said shaking her head

"What one night stand days over for you?" Jill asked, Hermione shrugged she didn't really know the answer to that.

"Oh come on Jill there's nothing wrong with that" Leia said

"Yeah, plus the guys I slept with back then weren't exactly the best" Hermione said recalling her drunken one night stands from when she used to go out almost every night with Jill to "prowl" for guys. It wasn't exactly the best time of her life; she was in a very bad place. She and Ron had recently just broken up and she herself was broken. Drinking and finding random strangers to have random sex seemed to be the only things that felt right at the time.

"Hey one night stands are never winners, unless you're Leia" Jill said, and yes it was true Paul had been a one night stand at first to Leia. Until one day about three months later they ran into each other at a coffee shop, he had taken her coffee by accident and they got talking. Ever since then they've been hitting it off, surprisingly Paul had been the perfect fit of Leia and vice versa.

"Too bad it doesn't work like that for all of us" Hermione said sadly

"Hermione you'll find someone, just takes time" Leia said, the funny thing was Hermione wasn't even sure if she wanted someone.

"Hey how's Matt?" Jill said Hermione instantly rolled her eyes.

"Haven't really talked to him recently" Hermione said quickly. Matt had been Hermione's somewhat steady hook up a kind of friends with benefits expect for the fact they weren't actually friends. He was one of Harry's friends which he set up her with before his wedding. Matt was very attractive he used to play Quidditch professionally and it showed, he also a complete ass. He knew he was hot, and he knew he could get any girl he wanted, for reasons still unknown to Hermione he seemed to have a special liking towards her.

Their first date was absolutely dreadful but Hermione stuck it out because in all honestly she didn't know who else she would take to Harry and Ginny's wedding and she sure as hell wasn't going alone. He talked about himself most of the time only pausing to hear what Hermione had to say about him. At the end of the date Hermione asked if he would go to the wedding with him, he agreed since it was already kind of implied that this was the purpose of this date. They ended up hooking up that night doing almost everything but sex and Hermione couldn't deny he was good at what he did. Hermione thought back to the day of wedding,

It was a beautiful day the sun was shining the cool April breeze blowing the smells of the freshly bloomed flowers fill the air. Hermione was nervous more than ever mostly because today was the first day she would see Ron since the break-up. He couldn't make the rehearsal dinner because apparently his work had tied him up till late and he didn't make it to the Burrow till later that night when she had already left. She smoothed her dress, looking at her hair which was perfectly sleek and straight flowing down her shoulders much longer than it usually was curly. Hermione waited outside the bathroom door as Ginny pulled her dress on.

"How you doing Gin?" Hermione asked giving a slight knock on the door.

"Good! I just need you to zip me" Ginny said as she opened the door, Hermione instantly teared up. Ginny looked absolutely gorgeous, her hair was in big curls half of them pulled up away from her face. Her dress was a fitted and lace hugging every curve making her body look like a perfect hour glass.

"Oh my god Ginny you look stunning" Hermione said tears forming in her eyes.

"Thanks Hermione so do you!" Ginny said pulling her into a hug as tears formed in her eyes too. Hermione then zipped up Ginny and they made their way down the stairs where all her brothers waited. Hermione knew that now was the time, now was when she saw Ron for the first time after ten months of not seeing or talking to him. Ginny sensed her apprehension and squeezed her arm, "its okay" she mouthed to her as they got to the bottom of the stairs her family swarming her with tears in their eyes. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley already full on crying Hermione stepped aside to let them have their room. She scanned the room, looking for Ron though she knew it'd be painful. At first she couldn't find him until then her eyes landed at his, they both quickly looked away Hermione's stomach was in knots all she wanted to do was to run out the door but she knew she couldn't she knew she had to stay for Ginny.

Throughout the whole ceremony Hermione concerted on nothing else but Harry and Ginny, she avoided looking in the direction Ron until afterwards. Once the ceremony was over everyone immediately switched into party mode, Hermione went over to the wine table getting herself a glass finally letting her eyes wander. She set her eyes on Ron, simply taking him in, she could tell he recently got his haircut; it was shorter and more kept than usual. His face freshly shaven, he looked slightly thinner in the face which Hermione didn't doubt since his new job was a lot of physical work. He was talking to one of his old friends that worked with him and Harry; he was smiling the smile that always made her turned to mush. Whatever he was talking about he was very enthusiastic about it Hermione assumed it was his job. Hermione smiled sadly, she missed Ron, and there was no doubting it. Every part of her just wanted to go over and talk to him as if nothing happened between them, as if they were simply briefly apart but today was the day it all came back together.

"Hey there" Matt said grabbing Hermione's ass pulling her back to reality. She had almost completely forgotten Matt was here she whipped around greeting him with a forced smile.

"Hi" Hermione said slight startled, Matt eyed her following her pervious eye line to where Ron stood.

"That him?" Matt questioned, Hermione had previously filled him in on her circumstance.

"Yeah…"Hermione said with a sad nod, Matt simply shrugged

"Don't see what the big fuss is, there's nothing special about his" Matt said insensitively, Hermione simply took a deep breath drowning her first cup of wine, which seemed to become a theme throughout the whole night.

Somehow Hermione had managed to avoid any encounter or interaction with Ron the whole night. It was becoming into the later hours of the night most people were leaving, which would now make Hermione's plan much harder but she didn't care at the time. She was about five wines too many now, Matt in the same boat he had his hands all over her all night. He had been telling people they were dating against Hermione's will but she couldn't protest. They sat at table with Ginny and Harry finally getting a chance to talk to them, they seemed so happy.

Ron watched as Hermione sat on Matt's lap laughing and smiling with Harry and Ginny. She looked so happy, her eyes lit with laughter her face glowing. She really did look amazing tonight and it absolutely killed him. He came to the wedding dateless on purpose, partially because he didn't want things to be weird between him and Hermione and mostly he wanted another chance. But he saw clearly there was no more room for second chances as Hermione sat in the lap of a new man laughing like she used to with him. Jealously washed over Ron though he knew he had no right, he simply wandered into the kitchen sitting at table to keep himself from doing something stupid. He put his head in his hands, the room slightly spun when he closed his eyes due to the amount of alcohol he had consumed. The slam of the door opening made him jerk his head up in surprise.

"Oh…um…"Hermione stumbled over her words as she was faced with the one moment she avoided all night. She smiled, because she just couldn't help it.

"Hi" she finally let out breathlessly, Ron smiled back at her.

"Hi" he responded, and then a silence fell between them. They both had so much to say their minds overwhelmed with so many questions and feelings.

"You look amazing" Ron finally said the only thing he dubbed as safe say. Hermione's smile grew wider.

"Thanks so do you" Hermione responded, she quickly followed up with

"How are you?" in which she was really thinking, 'do you miss me?' 'are you with someone else?' 'do you still have feelings for me?'

"I'm good" Ron responded as he thought 'I'm not good. I miss you and you're here with someone else and it's killing me'

"What about you?" Ron asked

"Great" Hermione said as she thought "I'm a mess being without you is one of the hardest things I've had to do". Their stares both lingered at one another as if to read each other's thoughts,

"I should probably get going" Ron said getting up abruptly breaking their trace. Hermione quickly regained herself and nodded in agreement.

"Bye Hermione" Ron said with a meaningful tone, that Hermione at the time did not understand. Ron knew this was it, he didn't want to see her again, she had clearly moved on their time had been up and now it was his time to move on too.

"Bye Ron…" Hermione said softly not wanting him to leave as she watched him walk out the door.

"Hermione!" Jill yelled pulling Hermione from her thoughts.

"What?" Hermione said startled, looking at Leia and Jill.

"I said why haven't you guys talked?" Jill asked Hermione simply shrugged. It wasn't like they every talked, it was simply a floo late at night when she was lonely or he was drunk or a combination of both.

"I don't know I think he might have a girlfriend" Hermione lied just wanting to get off the subject.

"Like that's stopped you before" Leia said giving her a look, Hermione simply rolled her eyes. It was something she wasn't proud of and yet they had always brought it up.

"I told you I didn't know! He claimed they weren't serious" Hermione defended.

"Hey you know we don't judge you, we've all been there" Leia said as Jill nodded in agreement. The rest of the lunch seemed to be occupied by Jill's crazy new sex stories, which was always a staple in their lunches. They made their way back to work eventually Hermione sat there thinking about Matt, she hadn't seen him in about a month now. Which meant she hadn't had sex in a month. She sighed though Matt was a arrogant asshole, he was good in bed. Very good. Once Hermione powered through the rest of her work day she picked up a bottle of wine of the night, she knew exactly what her intentions were she was going to floo Matt tonight.

She uncorked her wine bottle pouring herself a large glass of wine and waited for liquid courage to set in enough to get her to floo Matt. It was ridiculous how she still needed a drink…or three to contact him considering they had been so regular in the past but it was how Hermione operated. About an hour and a half past and Hermione was almost nearly finished with her bottle of wine, she got up from the couch walked over to her fireplace picking up floo powder and said "MATT SMITH".

A/N There's chapter two hope you liked it! I also want to say Hermione and Ron will be together at some point in the story and I will as well give in insight to their relationship in the past good and bad times. So just give it a chance and keep reading and let me know what you think.