Chapter Five

Hermione knew she had her work cut out for her, for one she was trying to flirt when she really had no experience with in the first place. Second she was going to be living with two of America's brilliant minds, even though one is a narcissist but has a great sense of humor and the other when he gets mad turns into a big green guy who could give Hagrid a run for his money.

Third was going to be the hardest of all, she had to convince two masters spies/assassins to train her to become just as quick as they are, which meant she had to see if she remembered her ballet training. She knew that they had to be very graceful in their moves and that's what she wanted, she wanted to be graceful in her movements and be able to take care of herself while out of the tower.

Finally, the last part was calling her best friend who was the closest thing to a brother she ever had and telling him she isn't coming back to England for a while. That was going to be a very interesting conversation, she could just imagine how that was go to go. He would pull the Ginny needs her best friend here card, and who's going to take Teddy when Ginny goes into labor.

But first she needed a new phone since she dropped hers off the balcony by accident. Sighing she began to place her silencing charms around her room, didn't need to have one of her night terrors to wake the assassin two doors down.

Even though it had been ten years since she was tortured in Malfoy Manor by the sadistic Bellatrix Lestrange, she hoped that her night terrors would start to taper off. But she wasn't that lucky, she still had the dreams of her coming back from the dead to finish her off, Harry was always telling her that she was not coming back and there was nothing to be afraid of.

Maybe Harry was right about her needing to talk to someone, but she couldn't very well go to a muggle doctor, they would just lock her up in a mental hospital and throw away the key. She needed to go to Brooklyn and see if the Magical Community there had a doctor she could talk to about what happened to her ten years ago. Then she finally might be able to have a meaningful relationship with someone who will treat her right.

But first she needed to try and get through this night first, she laid down on the bed and fell right to sleep.

Clint knew all too well what it was like to carry scars, but instead of his being on the outside they were on the inside. He still blamed himself for his older brother leaving him at the circus, they were supposed to leave together but instead his brother took off in the middle of the night.

But he refused to dwell on the past because he had a job to do and that was protect the people he had become close too. He knew in his line of work he might never get to have the family like what he had before he and his brother ran off to join the circus all those years ago.

He decided to go back and continue beating on a defenseless dummy to take out his frustration. As he took the elevator down to the gym, he wondered if he should offer to train Hermione, the team wouldn't always be able to come help her out and she probably never had hand to hand combat training. He would speak with Natasha on how to approach her on the subject, since he had a tendency of coming off as an ass like Tony.

When Hermione finally woke up it was around six in the morning, sighing she figured nobody would be up this early, so she asked JARVIS where the training room was. After finding out how to get there she grabbed her mp3 player and headed to the training room, finding it empty, she began to move things around so she could have access to the whole floor. Then plugged in her mp3 player in the stereo system and begun, a workout she hadn't done in years. First she warmed up so she wouldn't get cramps half way through, then begun dancing to 'Move Your Body' by My Darkest Days.

She was so into it that she failed to see Steve Rogers standing on the outskirts of the room watching her, by the time the fourth song on the rotation came on she had everyone but Bruce watching her move. Natasha looked at Clint who looked back at Hermione and they came up with the idea to approach her about learning some muggle fighting techniques. So, it was Natasha who braved the Witch and walked into talk to about training with her and Clint.

Once the song ended, Hermione looked up to see that she had an audience; gracefully she bowed and went to grab her mp3 player. As she turned back around to head out she was met by Natasha, "Hello Hermione, there is something both Clint and I would like to ask you." Natasha said.

Hermione just nodded her head "That's funny because I was going to come find you after my shower, since you're here I will go ahead and ask. I don't have much training in hand to hand combat and I would every much like to learn, I was also wondering if you both could train me in weaponry as well. I don't want to be caught off guard without a way to defend myself and I won't always be able to get in touch with you guys." She said wiping the sweat from her forehead.

"That's what we wanted to talk to you about, we also think it would be a good idea to train you in hand to hand combat. We will start with that and then work our way up the ladder from that, but after seeing the workout you just had, I have a feeling that will be teaching you how to use a weapon other than your wand in a matter of days. Go ahead get your shower and let me know when you're ready to go get that new phone, I will gladly go with you. Besides if Tony took you, he will talk you into getting the most technologic phone they have which will cost you a lot of money." Natasha said.

Hermione just nodded her head and walked right past Steve and Clint, she took one look at them and said "Enjoy the view? Free show every morning at six, and I don't take tips Tony. I am very skilled at reading people's minds, and I know what you're thinking Tony, you want that kind of show go to a club. Now if you gentlemen don't mind I am going to go shower and get ready for the day." She said without blinking an eye.

You could hear their jaws hit the floor figuratively speaking as she walked towards the elevators, as she was about to press the button to her floor that she shared with Clint, she hears Natasha laughing at the comment she made to Tony.

Hermione knew that is she could make Tony speechless with just one comment then her time here wouldn't be so bad. She could make friends with Banner, Clint, Rogers, Natasha and maybe even Thor if and when she gets to meet him. Hell, she might be even able to handle the big guy if Banner ever gets really mad and he wants to come out and play.

By the time Hermione was done with her shower Tony had found his voice and was cursing over the fact there was an owl in his living room, Hermione just laughed and removed the note.

~'Mione, Ron told us his version of what happened last night, don't worry we didn't believe him. Anyways Teddy miss you and I can't believe you get to work with two of the most brilliant minds in the world. They better treat you right or your 'big brother' will come and have some words with them. But then I might get beat up, yeah let's not and say I did. Anyways Ginny told me that you're going to be staying the states, so I will go and get your things out of the apartment and put it in Ron's name. He's not welcome at Molly's; he should be receiving a howler soon.

Love Harry~

After reading the letter she quickly wrote one back to Harry and tied it to the owl's leg, she then walked it out to the balcony and let it go.

"Since I dropped my phone an owl was the only way to get a hold of me, it's fast then you mail service here in America. They can find you anywhere in the world, just by telling them who to look for. Now Natasha, if you don't mind I would like to call you Tasha; Natasha is to formal. So, Tasha, if you're ready we can go do some shopping; until my stuff gets here I need some clothes and such. I am not a girly girl so it won't take long to get some things that I am going to need before Harry can ship my things here. I just hope nobody is allergic cats because I will have one here soon or I might just let Harry keep him and get a new kitten." She said in one breath.

Tasha just smiled and nodded her head "Of course, let me go grab a quick shower and meet you downstairs in ten." Hermione went into the kitchen and grabbed a bagel and headed downstairs to wait for Tasha.

Once Tasha came down, they climbed into the waiting car and went to buy the things that Hermione was going to need until her belongings finally showed up.

Since Hermione had a sizable fortune thanks to being a war Heroine, even her small shopping spree today wasn't going to put a dent in it. She wasn't quite as rich as Stark, but she was a bit richer than Draco Malfoy at the moment, even with her testifying at his hearing he was still punished so to speak.

He had to live as a muggle without his wand and his family's fortune for the rest of his life or he would be put in Azkaban, his mother was giving the same deal for her part in telling in Riddle that Harry was dead in the forest when he wasn't really.

The last she heard he was attending a Muggle University, while his mother was living with some distant relatives that were squibs. She had a job working at a dress store in France, Draco was even dating a muggle girl he met at school. It was Lucius who was spending the rest of his life without his soul for his crimes during the war, somehow it was leaked that he was the one to put the Tom Riddle's journal into Ginny's bucket her first year. Which in turn got numerous student's either killed or petrified during that same year, Ginny herself almost died because Riddle was draining her energy.

A year after Lucius was sent to Azkaban, he was caught trying to escape and was sentenced to the Dementors Kiss which left him without his soul. In fact, it was Draco who came begging for forgiveness about two weeks after his father was 'kissed', he told her that he was just doing what his father told him to do in order to keep his mother alive.

Unlike Ron, Harry and her forgave Draco for the mistakes he made in school; they knew that he was just doing what his father told him do. In fact, Hermione saw a softer side of Draco when she ran into him in Muggle London, he was sitting at café trying to figure out how to work his new laptop that he bought for school.

Hermione just laughed as she sat down to help Draco, she could tell he was really struggling. So, she showed him how turn it on, how to set up an email, how to use all the programs he need for school. She also gave him her cell number in case he needed help with the computer again, she even showed him how to work his cell phone. To say the least Draco had changed for the better, he had told her that his mother was loving living as a muggle and working for a dress shop.

She had become a personal shopper for some of the richest clients her boss had and some of them were even Witches who loved to wear muggle clothing. He was even falling in love with the stuff he had bought with his recent paycheck, that is after he paid his rent. He told her that if he was given the choice on whether he wanted to return or not he would say no, he was happy living as a muggle.