Harry Potter and What Happened After - Sahits

following them.
Hermione took one last look around the kitchen, and started absentmindedly playing with the
unfamiliar weight of the engagement ring on her left hand.
She saw Ron look down at it and smile, "Happy?" he asked as he came around the table and took her
right hand.
She smiled at him and gave a single quick nod of her head, "Yeah," she said as she led him out the
door, "I don't think I could be happier." And with that the two of them Apparated to the Leaky Caldron,
still hand in hand.
When they arrived only a few milliseconds later they were greeted by a startled gasp, and the sound of
shattering glass. For a second Hermione thought that they had missed the Leaky Caldron and had
Apparated into some muggle's kitchen, but when she looked around she saw the familiar sight of the
bar, with Tom the barman behind it. She saw a rag clutched in his hand, and a small stack of dirty
glasses next to him. "Sorry Tom," she said as she took out her wand, "let me help you with that."
But before she could fix the broken glass Tom held up his hand and muttered, "No, no, it's alright, I've
got it." He took out his wand and jabbed it at the shattered mug, the mug flew back together and into
Tom's hand, where he resumed wiping it. "So, what can I get for the two of you?" he asked with a
toothless smile. "What ever it is, it's on the house."
Hermione saw Ron open his mouth to say something, probably asking for food, but she cut in, "No
thank you, not right now at least. We have some errands to run, but we'll be back before six, we'll eat
then." She turned to Ron, saw the look of disappointment in his eyes and couldn't help but melt.
"Actually Ron will eat now, I have to get to the Ministry for something, I'll eat when I get back."
She turned back to Ron and gave him a quick kiss, "I'll meet you back here as soon as I can.
Remember, get Australian dollars." She could feel Ron staring at her back as she left, she couldn't help
but smile inwardly.
Nearly forty minuets later Hermione arrived back in the Leaky Caldron, to find Ron sitting exactly
where he had been before, except this time he had two half finished plates of food in front of him.
Hermione sat down next to him and asked, "Ron, have you been here the whole time?"
He looked up from his food, swallowed what he was chewing and said, "No, had a piece of toast to tide
me over, then I went to the shop and got my money bag. Then I went to Gringots and exchanged the
Galleons for AUSTRALIAN dollars. We now have 1132 Australian dollars (A$)"
"Good, that should get us through the week," said Hermione as she looked down at the two half eaten
plates of food. She realized that one of the plates was uneaten; it just had less food on it.
"That's for you." said Ron in between bites of food, "So, did you get the portkey?" he asked.
Hermione picked up a fork that was sitting next to her plate of food, flattered that Ron had thought to
order for her. "Yeah, I ran into Kingsley right after I got to the Ministry. After I told him what I needed,
and why, he came with me to the Magical Transportation department and made sure they got it done
quickly. The portkey leaves at six o'clock precisely." She finished, putting an old baseball hat on the
table.
Hermione sat there for a few minuets, taking occasional bites of food, but mostly just pushing it around
her plate. Ron spoke up after a few minutes, "'Mione, is everything okay? You've barley touched your
food."
Hermione looked over at him; he had finished his breakfast and was now staring at her with a look of
concern on his face. She smiled and said, "Yeah, I'm just a bit nervous is all." she reached out and took