Harry Potter: Love's Second Chance

Harry quickly shared his idea and Hermione agreed. He turned to Rita, "The only thing I really don't understand is how Voldemort knew we were coming, but I guess he has his ways," He paused before continuing. "I guess I should be glad that Severus Snape let Dumbledore's Order know since he was the only one that could have. He's the only one who knew I had planned on going. Of course I wished he'd told them a lot sooner. I think he must have waited four or five hours before he finally let them know."

"Severus Snape? Your potions professor?"

"Yes."

"He was the ONLY one who knew?"

"Yes, he overheard us talking about it," Harry explained.

"Hmmm...you do know that Snape was a Death Eater?"

"Professor Snape was a Death Eater?" Hermione feigned astonishment.

"Yes, it seems Professor Dumbledore vouched for him following the..." She realized who she was speaking to, "following the night You-Know-Who was vanquished."

"I'm sure he had good reasons too," Harry said.

"Yes, I suppose so," Rita agreed but she had a far off look in her eyes.

As Harry was about to leave the Reporter, he got one last idea. "Ms. Skeeter," He started. "Are you planning on writing more stories on Sirius Black?"

"Of course," Rita replied. "Your godfather is he? Reason for you to be in the Ministry? Innocent but falsely imprisoned? We've only scratched the surface with all the story potential there."

"How would you like a personal photo of him?" Harry asked. "I have one of him and my parents at their wedding."

"You don't say?" Rita's eyes lit up. "I'd love to have it."

Harry made a dash to his dorm and pulled out the book of photos Hagrid had made for him. He took it back and handed it to Rita. "This is very very important to me," He said slightly out of breath. "Please do not lose it."

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"Hermione?" A voice sounded from another bed as Hermione climbed into her own bed a little later. Hermione's hand instantly clutched her wand but realized whose voice she was hearing.

"Yes Lavender?" Hermione whispered. "I didn't think anyone was still awake."

"I've been awake thinking. I know we're not close friends or anything but can…can I ask you a question?"

"Besides the one you just asked?" Hermione thought before replying. "Of course."

"What happened between you, Harry and Ron? I mean you were best friends for so many years."

Hermione sighed. She laid there silently trying to put into words what she could say and how she would say it. As much as she would have loved to have Ron being called Won-Won again, it really wouldn't be fair to not give Lavender some of what she knew. "Well you know that Harry and I are now together."

Lavender snorted. "Been a little hard to miss. I even heard you had a wedding after I left dinner. Though we were hardly surprised."

"We?"

"Us girls. You know we gossip some and we always wondered if you two would get together. You've always seemed so natural together. It seems like you read each other's mind sometimes."

Hermione smiled in the dark. "If she only knew now that we can," She thought as she sent a quick goodnight and an 'I love you' to her husband before replying. "I guess Ron had other thoughts, he…he wanted me, actually I think he wanted who he thought Harry really wanted."

"But that's…never mind go ahead," Lavender replied with a hint of confused anger in her voice.

"What? What were you going to say?"

"Oh, it's…it's that Ron said he turned you down after you had made a big deal about him winning the Quidditch Cup. He claimed he told you he wasn't interested in people who only dated Quidditch stars. He even pointed out how you dated Krum. He then said…" Lavender paused before finishing the sentence, "he said that you turned to Harry after that to try to make him jealous."

Hermione almost laughed at the irony of that. She couldn't even feel anger at Ron about the lie; she just shook her head before replying. "And you believed him?"

"With you and Harry getting together like you did, I mean right after the match there wasn't anything it seemed, but the next morning… the next morning you two were all over each other," Lavender explained. "It wasn't that hard to believe. At least when I think I wanted to believe it."

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