Harry Potter and What Happened After - Sahits

is as soon as we get back from visiting my parents."
Ron put some eggs and bacon onto a plate, offering it to Hermione who took it and started eating
slowly, barely listening to her friends as they had a heated discussion about what they would be doing
during the week. She looked over and saw Ron piling eggs and bacon onto his plate, she smiled, he
could always eat, it had been a comforting constant in the last few years where everything had been
thrown into disarray.
Hermione smiled to herself as she ate, thinking of all the things that had changed over the last 7 and a
half years. She had powers she never could have dreamed of, she and Harry were more like siblings
than friends, she and Ron were as close as two people could get and they were engaged. She ran her
thumb over her ring, just smiling inwardly. She thought of the family that she had gained in the
Weasleys, even if she and Ron weren't engaged they would have been family. She thought of all the
friends she had lost and the friends she had gained. She wondered at the adventures she had been on,
knowing that she had experienced more in her 18 short years than many did in a life time. She thought
of the loss of her parents, which was entirely her own doing, and then finding them again. Looking
around the kitchen, she couldn't help but feel a burst of pure and complete happiness.
"We'll be at Gringot's for a while," Harry waved as he spoke, "then I'm taking this one to go Christmas
shopping, she hasn't gotten her presents yet." Harry smiled down at Ginny.
"Neither have you," Ginny teased as she got their coats.
"Well, I've been a bit preoccupied with a certain red head," Harry said defensively, "if you saw her
you'd understand why."
"Thanks…" Ginny muttered sarcastically as they walked out the door hand in hand, "Blame me." And
with that, they were gone, leaving Ron and Hermione alone in the kitchen, a large plate of food
between them.
"Wait, what happened?" asked Hermione after a couple of seconds.
"Ginny had already invited Andromeda to dinner so they decided to go see Teddy tomorrow. Then they
asked Kreacher to decorate a bit more of the house so that they would have less to do when they came
back. Don't worry," said Ron as he saw the look on Hermione's face that said she was about to spout
something about elf rights, "they asked and he was quite excited about it. Although I'm not sure exactly
what his idea of decoration will be. The tinsel and Christmas tree in the living room are fine, but I
remember what Dobby did to the Room of Requirement a few years back…." Ron looked around as
though he would see an example of how Kreacher 'decorated', then he shrugged, not really caring and
continued to eat.
An hour later the two of them were ready to depart. They had packed a small bag that contained 2
changes of cloths and any other things they needed, both were quite full, but Hermione had put her 'fit
all' charm on them, and they looked nearly empty.
"Do we really have to go to your parents?" asked Ron, only half jokingly.
"Yes," said Hermione as she grabbed his arm a bit harder then she had meant to. He winced for a
second until she loosened her grip a bit and started to pull him to the door.
Once they were outside, they apparated to the front stoop of Hermione's Parent's house. While the street
was clear, the front lawn and the trees in the back yard were covered in a light dusting of snow, it
looked like a scene from a post card, and suddenly Hermione was very glad to be back at the house she
had spent the first 11 years of her life in. This house wasn't exactly home, no, home was with Ron,
whether it was Hogwarts, the Burrow or number 12 Grimmauld Place.