Just A Dream- Chapter 1
It was their last year at Hogwarts and Hermione was surprised at how many people had decided to come back and finish with their year. She had honestly thought that at least half of her year wouldn't come back and that they would go on with their lives and get jobs instead of finishing school. She was happy to be back, though. Now that the war was over, they could all try to move on and put what happened behind them. She was glad to see Ginny again, but ever since her and Harry had started hanging out again, she hardly ever saw either of them. She still saw Ron though, but that felt weird since they had gone out for two months and broken up before school had started.
She had liked Ron, or so she thought, but what she had felt for him wasn't what she thought it was. She only saw him as a friend and was glad when they had broken up. Ron though, didn't take it so well. He had really liked her a lot but he got over it and acted like nothing ever happened between them. They both knew not to bring up what had happened and she was glad that they could still remain friends. She just hoped that the weird feeling that was there would soon go away so that they could go back to the way they were.
Hermione was certainly surprised to see Draco Malfoy back at school. She had honestly thought that he of all people wouldn't have come back since he would get hell from the other houses about how he and all the other Slytherins had acted during the war. Even though she hated him, she had to admit that he was brave to come back to Hogwarts and to go through the halls with everyone pointing and whispering about him or any other Slytherin.
It had been a month since they had all started school and like usual, Hermione would always be found in the library. Sometimes she would be alone or accompanied by Neville or Luna, but not so much. Hermione had a feeling that they both liked each other but didn't question them about it. She didn't want to get herself involved in anything like that and just wanted to concentrate on school. I don't have time to date or even think about it, she thought to herself. If I think about things like that and date someone, I'll just fall behind in my classes and I don't want that to happen, she reminded herself.
It was a fresh October day and she had decided to do her studying outside for a while before it got dark and met up with her friends for dinner. She opened her Hogwarts: A History and started to read when she heard her name called. She looked up and smiled when she saw Ginny coming over by herself.
"Hey, Ginny." She said as she sat down next to her. "Whatcha up to?" she asked Hermione. She held up the book so that Ginny could read the title and laughed when Ginny rolled her eyes. "Not again, Hermione. Why that book?" she asked her jokingly. Hermione shrugged. "Well it's my favorite book and I could never get tired of it." She told her. "So where's Harry?" she asked Ginny. "He said something about wanting to talk to Ron." She told her. "Hmmm interesting." She replied. "Do you still like him?" Ginny asked him. Hermione looked over at her friend and shook her head. "No, I don't. He's like a brother to me and after we dated, that's what I realized. I do care about him but I don't like him in that way." She explained to her. "Yeah, I know. It's just…he really liked you and I thought you were lying about the whole break up or something." She told her. Hermione sighed. "Yeah that's true, but if I had feelings for your brother or realized that what I had done was a mistake, I would've told you." She assured her.
Ginny smiled and pulled at the grass. "Dinners almost going to start." Said Hermione as she put her things away. It was now getting dark and she decided to go and leave her things in the room before dinner started. "Are you coming or are you going to look for Harry?" she asked her. "I'll come with you. I really have missed talking to you like before and would like to catch up and see what's going on in your life." She told her as they made their way into the castle and up the staircases to the seventh floor. They talked about their summer and Ginny invited her to come over to her parents house for Christmas which they did every year. Hermione agreed to go over and hoped that it still wouldn't be awkward with her and Ron when that day came. When they got to the Great Hall, they took their seats at the Gryffindor table next to Harry and noticed that Ron wasn't there yet.
"What happened to Ron?" asked Ginny. Harry looked at Hermione and then at his girlfriend. "He said he had to go and do something before he joined us." Said Harry. Hermione and Ginny looked at him suspiciously. Before they had a chance to ask, Dean looked over to the entrance of the Great Hall and said, "Well this should be interesting." Ginny and Hermione looked at Dean confused and followed his gaze to see Ron holding Lavenders hand. Hermione looked away and could feel some people's eyes on her since she was pretty much the reason Ron and Lavender had broken up in the first place in their sixth year. Hermione closed her eyes and thought, now I know how Malfoy feels everyday with all the whispers and pointing.
[I know it's not be perfect, but tell me what you guys think please! :) I might change a few things later so I thought I'd let you know.]