Wanting to get away from the group of university students that were still making her quite jealous, she turned the corner at the first opportunity she could. Three steps down a darker street proved to be the absolute wrong decision to make. Her eyes landed instantly on a figure up ahead that seemed quite familiar. Convinced at first that she was just imagining bogeymen where they didn't exist, she took a fourth step. The person in question moved in her direction. Once he stood under the light of a lamp, Hermione felt her stomach twist into knots. Of all of the people she could possibly run into in London while she was alone, she didn't expect it to be William Wood.