We are going to continue with the story right where we left off.

As always I do not own Harry Potter or Criminal Minds.

By the time Hermione got home it was late in the evening. She really needed to talk to Harry or Ron but she knew they would be asleep. Hermione decided to floo them in the morning. Harry and Ginny were supposed to be coming over on Friday anyway to see her, so maybe she could get them to come over a day early and spend the night. Hermione made her way to her bathroom. She started her shower and undressed and stepped under the hot spray of water.

As she stood there the memories came back to her. Memories of the Manor, memories of the Department of Mysterys, memories of telling her team. It took Hermione a while to notice she had started crying. She put her head on the tiled wall and slide down to sit. She cried as she looked at her arm and remembered the look of horror and sickness that was on Spencer's face as well as the rest of the teams when she told them what had happened. She cried for her parents whose memories of her were gone. Erased by their daughter in a desperate attempt to save them. They would never know that she existed. Her mother would never help her pick out a wedding dress. Her father never walk her down the aisle. If she ever had children they would never know their grandparents. She cried as she remembered all the people who had died. All who had died because of Voldemort. So many lives ruined because of one person. So many lives ruined because of stupid antiquated beliefs. Harry's parents dead. Sirius dead. Dumbledore dead. Neville's parents insane. She left the wizarding world to get away from all the publicity of being a member of the Golden Trio but she could not outrun the memories.

Hermione sat in the shower until the water ran cold. When it did she turned off the water and got out. She pulled on her sweatpants and an old Gryffindor Quidditch jersey of Harry's and crawled into bed.

Hermione woke up the next morning early. It was only 8 am but she had enough sleep. Or at least pretending to sleep. Hermione had tossed and turned all night long the memories replaying in her head like a bad record. She knew it was now 1 in the afternoon for Ginny and Harry so Hermione decided to try to floo them. She wrapped her dressing gown around her body and walked towards the living room.

"Ginny" She called out once the floo had connected "Are you there?"

Ginny came into the living room her belly was now much more prominent at 6 months.

"Hey Mione, why aren't you at work? Don't tell me you have been hurt again."

"No. I am not injured. I just had a rough time with this last case so Hotch gave me an extra day off. Look I know you guys were supposed to be coming over tomorrow and spending the day with me, but do you think it would be possible if you and Harry come over when he gets home. I have an extra room you guys can sleep in. I just really need to see Harry right now."

"Mione what's wrong?" Ginny asked. She knew it was not like Hermione to take an extra day off without a fight. If she did and she was asking for Harry something was wrong.

"We just had a really rough case and it brought some things up for me. That's all. Do you think you can ask Harry if he would mind coming over tonight instead of tomorrow when he gets home?"

"Hermione Jean Granger have you lost your mind? Harry would avada himself if you ask him to. I will send a patronus right now and ask him. He will probably come right home. I think he said he was just meeting with Kings today and if Kings knows it is for you he will let Harry go early."

"Okay Gin just come on through when you guys are ready."

"Don't worry honey. We will be there soon." Ginny said as she ended the call and sent her horse patronus to her husband.

Hermione sat on the couch and dazed off into space. She was still on the couch 25 minutes later when the fireplace lit green and Harry and Ginny stepped out and into her living room. Hermione looked at her best friend.

Harry took one look at her and dropped the bags he was carrying and was over on the couch pulling Hermione into a hug before she could blink. As Harry held on to her Hermione started to cry again.

"Shush. Your okay Mione. Your safe. I am here." Harry said into her hair. Ginny decided to give the friends some privacy and walked to Hhermione's kitchen to start making some tea.

Harry sat there holding his small friend as she cried on his shoulder. After a few minutes she calmed herself back down and pulled back out of his embrace.

Harry looked at her and asked "What's wrong Mione?"

"Oh Harry." Hermione said "It was awful. We had a case in Dallas. A man had been abducting people and then carving words into their bodies. It made me think about the manor. Then Penelope walked in on me after I finished my shower and saw my arm. So I had to explain what it was. Thank Merlin Kings set up those false reports for me. And then I told the rest of the team. It has just been really hard. And normally I have you I can call or go to right away when something starts to make me remember, but I couldn't this time. I was so short and distant from my team the entire time we were there. I just really needed to see you."

Harry understood now what had been bothering her. He had seen it before but never this bad. She would always come to him or Ron before it got to this point but this time she couldn't. This is what Harry had been afraid of besides Hermione getting hurt.

"What did they say after you told them?" Harry asked

"Derek was upset I had kept it from them and was worried, Emily and J.J were crying, Spencer looked sad and sick at the same time and Hotch told me to take an extra day off. The only one that sort of worries me was Davids reaction he almost looked like he did not believe me, like he thought there was more to the story then that."

"There is no way he is a wizwizard Mione. Before you came here we checked out the people you would be working with just to be safe"

"I know." Hermione said as she fixed her ponytail. "Maybe I am just over thinking things. I am sorry you had to leave work early for me today. I just really needed to see you."

"Mione" Harry said firmly "It is never a problem if you need me or Ron. We will always be right here for you just as you have always been there for us. You had a bad day. I get it. Do you feel better now?"

"Yeah I do."

"Then that's all that matters. I have told you before you are family." Harry said as he gave Hermione one more hug. As he broke the embrace he said "So we have a couple of bottles of Time difference potion. The Aurors use it when we travel. I was with kings when I got Ginny's patronus and he gave me 2 for me and Gin so we would not be going to sleep on you. So what's say we go get some tea Ginny made and then we can all hang out and do spmething."

"That sounds wonderful" Hermione said a smile returning to her face. Just being around her friends helped center her mind. The two friends stood up and Hermione spotted the bags still on the floor where they dropped "Oh Harry the guest bedroom is already for you guys. It is the second door on the right, if you want to go put the bags away."

"Okay Mione. I will go put these in there and meet you girls in the kitchen for tea. After that we can decide what we are doing today"

Harry grabbed his and his wife's bags and headed down to the spare bedroom as Hermione walked into the kitchen felling a million times better then she did when she woke up.

I really wanted to show how much pain Hermione has been holding back and just how strong her relationship with her friends in England is. Harry is one of the only people she knows who knows the full truth of what happened to her and can always calm her down when she starts working herself into a panic.

Next up some more fun and a meeting of the Minds...