Harry Potter: Love's Second Chance

"Just follow your heart Harry," The Goddess of Love replied. "Your heart is connected to hers; just let your love guide you and it will not fail."

Harry wasn't sure what she meant but he tried to think of the love he had for his wife, the dream he had of their future and as he gazed at the rings, one in particular seemed to call to him. It was simple silver ring with two interlocking hearts. Each heart had a single small gemstone in the middle while where the two hearts joined there was a small diamond. The ring seemed perfect but not quite right at the same time. "Excuse me," Harry finally said to the saleswitch whose eyes hadn't left him. "Can I see that ring please?" He asked pointing at the one he had identified.

"Of course," She replied and quickly opened the display and removed the ring that Harry had identified. "Most people change these stones to be the birthstones of the young woman and man," She explained as she pointed to the two stones inside the hearts. "But of course they can be anything."

"What are the birthstones of July and September?" Harry asked.

"July is a ruby while September is a sapphire at least in the modern era," The saleswitch replied as she pulled out a birthstone display rack. "But many of our customers still believe in the ancient era stones," She pulled out another birthstone display. "July was Onyx then while September was Peridot."

As Harry contemplated the different jewels, another gemstone caught his eye; the emerald birthstone of May. As he remembered Hermione comparing his eyes to that particular gem, an idea struck him. He quickly scanned the rest of the stones in both displays but none of them seemed to match Hermione's eyes.

"Do you have a light brown gemstone? I'm thinking of my girlfriend's eyes."

It took twenty minutes to find the exact shade of brown in a chrysoberyl stone. When Harry picked it up and put it beside an emerald that the witch said was the same color as his eyes he liked what he saw. The witch took the ring in the back and had the jeweler magically sized the stones to fit and put an autosizing charm on the ring.

"How does this look sir?" The witch asked as she passed the ring back to Harry when it was complete.

Harry looked at the ring and knew it was perfect for Hermione. "It's perfect," Harry replied and quickly paid it.

"She's going to love it Harry," Neville said as they left the jewelry store.

"I hope so," Harry replied.

A few minutes later they were back in the Shrieking Shack where they were relieved to find the door back into the castle still there. It was lunchtime when they arrived back in the Room of Requirements and found Hermione reading her History of Magic book.

"Want it now?" Harry asked after receiving her welcome back kiss that was passionate enough to cause Neville to blush. Harry knew she was trying to not ask to see it.

"I can wait if you want to but…" Hermione replied looking down and blushing.

"I want you to have it, to wear it, to let everyone know what you mean to me," Harry pulled out the ring box and opened it, showing the ring to her. The look on her face instantly told him he had made an excellent choice.

"Allow me," Harry said as he took the ring from the box. He took her left hand in his and as he gazed into her eyes he said, "I know we are married in the magical world, but this is my promise that you will be my wife in all ways someday. It is my promise that you are my future," And he slid the ring on left ring finger.

Hermione lifted her hand and studied the ring. Earlier she had pulled out her History of Magic book and started revising just so she wouldn't see the ring in his mind, but as she looked at it now, she realized how perfect it was. The emerald matched his eyes perfectly when he looked at her.

The other stone was the color of her eyes and the diamond, though small was brilliant and flawless. Tears crept into her eyes as she looked at it. She realized how much effort Harry had put into selecting the perfect ring for her and the thought of how close she had come to having her life screwed up by a couple of the Weasleys crossed her mind. She had to mentally laugh at the thought of Ron putting any effort into picking something out like this.

"That bad huh?" Harry asked as he waited for her to say something.

"You know perfectly well these are happy tears," Hermione sniffed as she shoved him in his shoulder. She then pulled him closer and showed him just how happy she was.

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