After giving the interview I wanted to get home as fast as posibble. When I came there to meet Severus I hoped to have a nice evening in good atmosphere, I really believed he could have had good time with me as well as I with him, but he was acting so nasty! And without a really good reason! I didn't want anything but to meet and talk a bit, was that so much?!

I honestly didn't have many people around me with who I would feel the same way. We may didn't talk much, but that little conversation we have shared gave me more than hours of nonsense talking with any of my ex classmates or colleagues...But if he finds me being a silly student who has no idea what the life is then fine! I hope the old creepy bastard returns home being alone again and will continue diving in his own bitterness which as I guess is his only pleasure in the World, if I don't count bullying students and trying to interrupt beautiful day of other people, who may cross his way, of course.

Although I have told myself I do not care about the stupid selfish machest anymore, I couldn't fall asleep. I haven't slept even for three hours when I was woken up by my alarm. Oh how I hate mornings! Or to be accurate - how I hate not to sleep enough and then being in the position of facing the new day with its responsibilites which don't fade away just because I am tired. For today it ment to visit Ginny.

I had to stop at work first, as there was some unfinished work which needed to be checked (or maybe which I needed to check to push the visit of Ginny more forward and get some time to sort my thoughts a bit) but after all I went to see my friend to be asked about every tiny detail of the previous evening. She smashed the door open and with shinning stars in her eyes asked: "So how was it?"

"How was what?"

"Don't be silly! How was the date with professor Snape? You know who I mean, the grumpy bat of Hogwarts' dungeons!" She grinned and let me go in, without stopping looking at me curiously.

"First, it wasn't a date. It was a meeting with a friend. And second at the end it wasn't even that, it was just an option for Mr. Snape," I made sure I said these words with deep disgustment, "to apologise me for..."

"For what?" Ginny raised her eyeborow and I realized that I have again screwed up something for once.

"For nothing. Forget about it please, he just wanted to see me to explain me that we don't have anything in common to meet again or so."

"What kind of rubbish are you trying me to believe?"

"Just the truth."

"What does he mean you have nothing in common? What did happen that night?"

"Nothing important, really. Especially now, when he told me what he did."

"I am so sorry, Hermione."

"For what? For an old grumly dungeon spider dumping of? Ginny really, there is really no reason for that. Yes, I cared about him because I felt good in his presence, I won't lie you, but it was just an illusion, illusion of a great man I wanted to have around. A hero, I wished I would meet one day, but it was just a dream and I shouldn't have hoped it would come true..."

"I had no idea it meant so much to you, I am really sorry..." "It didn't, it's just...I don't even know him, or at least not as a personality which he is now. I have just this misty picture of him which is changing in each second and then of course the picture of the grumpy teacher of potions living in Hogwarts dungeons. It is just so messy, I have spent with him just that one evening which in addition didn't show him in the best light and still there was something which made me oversee all these flaws and like him, at least untill meeting him again yesterday...Ginny I don't know..."

I looked at her with hope that she could be the one who would fix all this mess up. She stood silent for a moment and then said: "Hermione, I don't have answers for everything either, but what is important now is that this chapter of your life is over now, it was a short one, but it's over, it was just another piece of the confusing strange puzzle which you're putting together now, but I am sure you will finish it soon and everything will be all right again."

She gave me an encouraging hug that I almost had a feeling like I am twelve again in the arms of Molly. Ginny definitely was the daughter of her mother. She was slowly becoming the same welcoming, wise, comforting lady and I was glad I could have had such a friend around me. "I just wish I wouldn't have to go through all of this you know, sometimes...Sometimes I feel so lost and lonely and then after such a long time there is a guy arond me who seems to understand how I feel and listens, or maybe not, Ginny I don't know! Maybe the whole reason to waste time with me was to try revange for what I did! Maybe it wasn't about me at all..."

"What are you talking about, what did you do?"

"I didn't let him die." Ginny looked at me in shock and then nodded.

We have stayed in silence for a while again, when I realized that in recent days it is all about me, I didn't even ask my friend what was new! Oh, God! This must stops! Right now, I am acting the same way the man I currently hate does! There was enough of pitying myself today, let's move on.

"Ginny?"

"Yeah?"

"How is it with Harry? How was your trip to Bolivia? I thought you were supposed to spend more time on your vacation."

"Yes, we were, but Harry was called from work immediately so we had to return after four days."

"Oh, the fucking Voldemort! It seems you are not going to have a peacful time even after the war either. In my opinion you are the first people who should have some time off and not to work all the time."

"Hermione, it's Harry! There is nothing, absolutelly nothing what would keep him away of saving people's lives."

"Really nothing, not even...?"

Ginny blushed a bit. "O.K., O.K.! Stop it Hermione, for some time there are things which makes him not to leave, but it doesn't work all the time...And actually, our holiday fullfiled its purpose, so I wasn't that upset to leave."

I looked at her with a question and she showed me her hand with a beautiful shinning ring with a blue diamont in it. "Oh my God, Ginny! You are engaged!" "Yes, I am." She smiled with happines in her eyes and I finally understood her great mood since my arrival.

"When did he propose?"

"The day we were supposed to leave. He told me he couldn't stay longer because of his work duties and that he was really sorry, but that he wouldn't wait any longer to do that, because there was nothing he wished so much than to spend the rest of his life with me." Ginny told with eyes on her feet blushing.

"I am so happy for you two! There is no other pair to which I would wish it so much as to you." I smiled at her when she finally stopped blushing and looked at me.

"So are you going to be my bride witness?"

"Really me? Are you sure I am the best person for it. You've got many other friends who would be thankful to do it..."

"I don't know about any better person than you. You know both of us for such a long time, you're my best friend and...and you were with Harry when I couldn't protecting him and trying to solve all of the mess there was happening during Voldemort's time."

"Of course, I would be very honoured to do so!" We hugged once more and then decided to celebrate a bit, in a muggle bar.

"Hermione, you know what? You should get out of here for some time."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I think you haven't been much anywhere since the war and I have seen it while being in Bolivia or anywhere else abroad, it's so much helpful, while you're dealing any problems, just to go somewhere far away, and forget about it for a moment and focus just on discovering the place and yourself and getting to know new people. You really should give it a try! Take a few weeks of and go! Somewhere. Anywhere. It will help you."

"I'll think about it, but I don't think my boss would be very happy for me not to be at work for such a long time."

"Send your boss to hell! When was the last time you went on a vacation? When was the last time you weren't at work for just 3 days?"

"Well...I'm not really sure."

"You see? Go and explore, the World is not just London and Hogwarts, there is much more to see."

"But I love London, I really do. But it is true I could go to see somewhere else for once too."

"That's what I am saying." She grinned.

"But now, when are you going to have your wedding?"

"Well, we have engaged on the 9th of May, rigt? So we were thinking of the 9th of September as the ideal time for there wedding, there is still plenty of time for all the neccesary planning but it's not too far away."

"That sounds nice, and is it going to be a big wedding?"

"Well, Harry acutally doesn't want a really huge one and me neither, but there are many people who have been supporting Harry for such a long time that we have to invite some of them so it's gonna be more than just family and friends, unfortunatelly. But I will try to keep it as personal as posibble."

"That's a good plan."

"So do you know where you are going? But keep on mind that anywhere you are going to be, my owl will visit you daily to give you my letters with questions about wedding place, decoration or the right dress..."

"Yes, I was afraid of it. I grinned and then we had to laugh.

"What's the cause of such happiness, beautiful ladies?" We turned left and saw Dean Thomas, a classmate of Gryffindor!

"Dean! What are you doing in here?" I stood up from the bar chair and hugged him, as well as Ginny did then.

"I actually live quite near here, at the corner of Green park."

"Are you kidding me? We have been going here with Ginny for such a long time and never really met you before." He grinned and then asked:

"Can I get you some drinks?" I looked at Ginny and she nodded so I said. "Martini please, twice." He smiled and asked the waiter to get us our order.

"So what's the news? We haven't seen for, how long was it? Two years?"

"Yes, it runs fast."

"Absolutelly! Last week I met Seamus and he already has a baby!"

"Seamus? Really? I thought he wanted to go study dragons, as well as Charlie Weasley did." I said surprised.

"Well he did, but returned back after six months we a girlfriend. She's kind of a dragon if you saw her, you'd agree!" We laughed and then ginny asked: "Are you meeting anyone from Hogwarts, now?"

"Not really, I have heard something about George having tough times getting along his buisness, but I don't know if it is really truth. But that's all."

"It is truth!"

"How do you know it?" "For Godness sake, because I am his sister!" She said a bit angrily but had to smile a bit. Sometimes, people know some of the Weasley's siblings but they didn't realize that all of them are bonded together, probably as there were such huge age differences among them.

"And what are you doing right now?"

"I am actually going abroad soon."

"Do you really? And to where? And when?" "I don't know yet, I have just decided a few minutes before."

"O.K., then go to New Zeland, beautiful landscapes and hills, it's very easy to clear your mind there. Try it!"

"Fine, I will think about it. And how did you come up with this country?"

"My boss is actually sending me thre in two weeks with my job as a reporter for a few months, so I thought it could be nice to have a chance to meet you again..." I have blushed and then said: 'Oh, you are such..." But then I had to laugh as well as he and Ginny did.

All right then, let's give it a chance. There is nothing bonding me home, so let's go to New Zeland!

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