A/N: I am extremely sorry with the fact that I haven't updated in ages. I was very wrapped up in all of my fics, etc, etc. This one mostly. I was trying to finish it up. I have to say that updates should come much more often now that I have all of this over with. This is rather short…but at the beginning of this fic things were a bit slow. But, enough explanations. Here you go.
Chapter 4
Harry sat down in Ron's living room feeling kind of dazed. According to Luna, Ron's wife, Ron would be down in a minute. He admitted at first he had been surprised when Ron had settled down with anyone, least of all Luna who had been the object of Ron's mockery over the years. But he found that it really was a match made in heaven. She really brought out the best in him.
Soon enough Ron came down. "I thought you were going out for the day with Kate."
Harry sighed. "I was out at the park with Kate but then…" he trailed off.
Ron sat forward. "What happened? Is everyone okay? Did Kate get hurt? Did something happen to-"
Harry cut him off. "No it's not them. It's…well…it's Hermione."
"Did she write you? Is she....?"
"Dead?" Harry looked horrified. "No, no. It's just that I saw her, she is in London."
"And you just let her go? Where is she now?" Ron was frantic.
Harry couldn't help but laugh. "Well when she recognized me she kind of fainted. And Kate and I carried her back to my house." He looked a bit uncomfortable.
Ron eyes him suspiciously. "You didn't."
Harry nodded, avoiding eye contact.
"You left her before she woke up? She is going to wake up in an unfamiliar room with no one she recognizes! Why did you do that?"
Harry sighed once again. "I guess I am just not ready to talk to her. Obviously she isn't ready to talk to me either after seeing her reaction upon recognizing me." He spread out his hands and shrugged helplessly. "I guess I never really forgave her for leaving."
"What about me? I mean we were dating at the time."
"Yeah but Ron you knew that things weren't going well at the time. Maybe it was better that you didn't get into a huge fight and ruin your friendship as well as your relationship." Ron and Hermione had in fact been dating at that time. Ron had had a bit of trouble getting over it but he moved on finally and started dating Luna with who he was now extremely happy.
"Yeah maybe you are right. So how is she?"
"Well I haven't really talked to her but…she looks good, really good. Despite the whole pale, faint, looking like death thing. Kate was worried that she was dead." He laughed softly. "From what I saw she took quite a liking to Hermione already. She never warmed up to anyone that fast."
"Yeah Hermione always had that way about her." they reminisced for awhile about their times with Hermione.
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Hermione looked at the woman who had just walked into her room. She was rather tall and slim. She had straight brown hair which Hermione found surprising seeing that Kate had sort of blonde hair. She also had large blue-green eyes much like Kate's that had a sort of hypnotic gaze. Hermione shook her head slightly.
"You must be Harry's wife."
"Yes of course and Kate's mother too."
Hermione laughed nervously. "Well yes, that is a given." Hermione looked cautiously at her for a minute unsure of exactly what to do next.
"Oh dear I am sorry. My name is Bridget." She extended a pale, slender hand. Hermione shook it.
"Are you…?"
"A witch? Yes of course. I went to Beauxbatons. You know, in France?"
"Yes of course. That would make some sense. So how did you meet Harry?"
"Oh yes well that is an interesting story. You see I had just moved into London. I moved into a flat right near where Harry was living with Ron. That was oh I don't know about seven years ago. I had no idea where anything was in this place and Harry was nice enough to show me around. We got to know each other and one thing led to another and a year and a half later we were married and then I was pregnant with Kate here." She smiled lovingly at the little girl that sat on the edge of the bed.
Bridget talked more about her life while Hermione watched her carefully. She looked comfortable enough but when Hermione looked deeper she could tell that Bridget was a bit on edge. She felt Kate looking intently at the side of her head. Both of them made her feel a bit uncomfortable. But either way she found herself really liking Bridget. She reminded Hermione of herself. Intelligent and hardworking. She had no wonder why Harry had picked Bridget. She really was a wonderful woman. She had liked Kate from the first minute. She was a kind, smart and intriguing. Hermione could see a lot of Harry in Kate. Now she could feel a lot of Bridget's attributes in Kate. The mixture was absolutely wonderful. She couldn't wait to talk more with Kate and get to know her more. She seemed like an extraordinary young girl. There was just something about Kate, about the both of them, which made Hermione intrigued, some kind of secret or a mystery that Hermione was determined to get to the bottom to. And fortunately for Hermione she was very good at finding things out.
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