The next morning, Harry and Hermione opened up the shop. They were talking about nothing in particular, "all I'm saying is I just don't know if I'd look good as a 'Bomber Girl'." She said.
"Come on, You Are Drop Dead Gorgeous 'Mione." He said as he unlocked the door. She blushed a cherry red, "thinking about it aren't ya?" After work, Harry visited the Grangers.
(Granger home- previous day)
"Hello Dr. Granger," he said as he brought Hermione home.
"Hello, Harry." She said she glomped him in a tight hug and kissed him on the temple. "You are a great candy maker."
"Thank you," he said as they went into the living room. There they saw Hermione's dad, he was a big guy. He looked like a professional rugby player. He had scars and broken bones to show for it. "Hello, Dr. Granger." (1)
"Hello Harry," he said. "So you're the one sending chocolates to my wife and daughter?"
"DAN!/ DADDY!" Said the wife and daughter.
"I'm just wondering why are we getting this generosity?"
"Well, she is my best friend." Said Harry, "even agreed to work with me."
"That's right," she said. "He made me his partner."
"Partner?"
"Yep, I make enough to have my own home but, I found out that my family home is still standing so I have the goblins helping me rebuild it."
"Would you like to stay for dinner?" Said Dan.
"Is that alright with you?"
"Sure," said Dr. Granger.
(Lilly's Confectionery- now)
"I can't believe that there was a book with 'bomber girls' in it and one of them looked like me."
"Pretty much." He said, "ready to start the day?"
"Stop changing the subject," she said. "And yeah let's do it." So they opened the storefront. People were coming in to do business with them. Harry was talking to some of their customers.
"Don't you think she'd look good like this?" He asked as he showed the customer the picture of the bomber girl.
"Yeah, that does look like her and she would be a good bomber girl." Harry looked at her.
"Okay, fine!" She said, "you were right." Everyone laughed they continued their day selling chocolate and other candies. That was when someone had come into the shop.
She had long red hair and green eyes, she was in a shirt, jeans, and wedge sandals. Unbeknownst to her and Harry, this was going to be a reunion 15 and a half years in the making by chance. "Welcome to Lily's Confectionery," he said with a smile. "How can we help you today?" He looked at her and tears started to softly fall from his eyes. "M-Mom?"
The woman looked at a young man with blond hair and teal-colored eyes filled with tears. She gasped and covered her nose and mouth with her hands. He looked just like him, is this her son? His hair darkened to black and his eyes lightened to her green. It was! Her son was alive! She went to him and they hugged tightly. She cried on his shoulder while Harry's tears fell into her hair. "Harry?" Said Hermione, "why don't you two go to the back? I'm sure you have a lot to catch up on."
"You got this up here?" He sniffled.
"Yeah," she rubbed his shoulder. So they went back to his office. Hermione explained to the customers that the shop was named after the woman they saw.
Meanwhile, in the back, Harry started to wipe his eyes and blow his nose. "How did you survive?"
"Would you believe he missed?" She said.
"If that's the case then why show up...now?" That was when he put two and two together. "It makes sense, Dumbledore." She smiled and nodded.
"I went to him and told him about what happened after I woke up. Somehow he places a spell on me to seal my memories of you."
"All because he wanted total control over me."
"Wouldn't be surprised. So, it started to break somehow and I found a way to get my memories back. Once I did, you were already in your third year at Hogwarts."
"But you're here now," he said as he hugged her tightly. So they continued to talk when the topic of the shop came up.
"So, you named a chocolate shop after me?" Harry blushed and nodded. She kissed him on the cheek, "I agree to be your partner."
"Really?"
"Of course, I mean my name is on the shop." She giggled. So they came back out after he handed her an apron and they showed her the ropes. He was showing her the different chocolates he had created as well. "Can I try one?"
"Sure go right ahead." So she took one of the chocolates and bit into it. She was on a first-class trip to heaven.
"What is this little piece of heaven called?"
"I think, that's the 'Hermione'?" He looked to Hermione for confirmation. She nodded, "a cookie with a passion fruit and peanut butter filling covered in milk chocolate and drizzled with caramel."
"That one is my favorite." She said.
"I think it's mine too." Said Lilly, so they continued to work on new confections and helping people.
Meanwhile, in the Greengrass manor, a box of chocolates had been delivered to Daphne and Astoria. "Who would be sending us chocolate?" Said Daphne.
"Don't know," said Astoria. So they both had a piece and they were in heaven.
"Wow, this is great!" Daphne saw a card and read it.
Daph (HA! Can't get me now can ya?),
Enjoy the chocolates.
She scrunched up the card, "only one person calls me 'Daph'!"
"Potter!" They said.
"Now calm down sis," said Astoria. "At least he sent us these chocolates.
"Yeah, let's go see him and thank him personally." So they left to go to the chocolate shop.
TBC
Note: 1. Think Vinny Jones.
