Summary: Hermione is having a great summer with her muggle boyfriend. Then her parents tell her something shocking, right before she goes back for her final year at Hogwarts and her whole world changes. Now she has to be something she never even imagined and she has to interact with people she despises… but will she always hate them? To add more surprise, what happens when a person she never expected comes to Hogwarts? HG/DM

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot and the few characters I may make up along the way. Don't even try to sue me because you won't get anything.

Chapter one: In the beginning

ENJOY!

Hermione Granger never thought of herself as a complicated person. Lately, however, she had spent more time trying to figure herself out than she ever thought possible. She had been home from her 6th year at Hogwarts for a few days, and all she wanted was to forget about what had happened in the past months. Harry had defeated Voldemort after a long and grinding battle, and she and Ron had helped him a great deal. That had been about three months ago and for the remainder of her time in the Wizarding world she couldn't go outside of Hogwarts without a swarm of news reporters wanting to get inside the 'Brain' of the Harry Potter operation. The war had taken a great toll on all of them; everyone from the Order was physically and emotionally exhausted. They all wanted nothing but time to recuperate and adjust to living life without the fear of being constantly in danger. Everyone else had gone back to Grimmauld place for the summer. Harry, Ginny and Ron had begged her to come along also but Hermione had opted to come back to the muggle world with her parents so that she could refresh herself. Her parents knew that she was involved in what was going on in the Wizarding war but never really knew to what extent. She felt bad for not spending as much time with them on her holidays and she planned on making that up to them this summer.

It was good to finally feel normal again. She had reconnected with some of her old muggle friends and for once she felt like a normal seventeen year old girl. None of her friends knew she was a witch and she preferred it that way, they all just thought she went to a boarding school because she was so smart and it was preparing her for University from an early age. It was very refreshing to do normal things for a while. So far she had not even used her wand at home to do any simple task, and she was very comfortable with that. She decided it was about time to go so she went down to breakfast.

"Morning mum." Said Hermione cheerfully.

"Good morning sweetheart! You seem very cheery today!" her mum replied.

"I'm going shopping with Morgan today." She said. Morgan was one of her closest friends since primary school. They had drifted apart once she went to Hogwarts, but Morgan knew she was busy and never held it against her.

"Well it's good to see you getting out honey." Her mother seemed genuinely happy that Hermione was living a normal life also. Her parents knew that after this summer she would be going for her last year at Hogwarts and would most likely be living permanently in the Wizarding world.

"Thanks mom, I'll see you later ok?" she said and she rushed out the door towards her friends car.

When she got in she greeted Morgan and was introduced to another girl named Lauren. Hermione was excited, and ready to have a fun refreshing summer. They went to the mall, bought clothes, ate ice cream, and pointed out good looking men. Hermione was actually shocked at herself for having had so much fun! For the last few summers she had only been home long enough to make her parents happy and then it was off to Harry and Ron to help the war efforts. She loved feeling normal again. She was happy to have girlfriends again who never judged her or saw her as the famous Hermione granger. To them she was just Hermione, and that once again, was exactly how she liked it.

"Oh Hermione this is so much fun!" said Morgan. "I have missed you so much these last few years"

"I know, I just had so much to deal with at school it was impossible for me to come home for a long time." Said Hermione.

"Oh Hermione, always the bookworm!" Laughed Morgan. They were just getting ready to leave the mall. "So you mentioned that your two best friends at school are boys… any boyfriends?"

Hermione laughed. "I don't have time for boyfriends" And that was the honest truth. She had been forced to grow up much quicker than most people her age and never really had much time to think of dating or romance. She wasn't blind, and she and Ron had even given it a go before they realized it was just not right seeing as they were such close friends, and they were too busy fighting Death Eaters to have time for a real relationship.

"Well we are going to change THAT!" said Morgan. "You should come to the movies with us tonight… I have been seeing a guy for a while and he is bringing a few friends… and I think there is one you will especially like"

"So basically you have a date set up for me and I have no choice?" said Hermione.

"Umm maybe…" said Morgan blushing. "But you guys would be perfect. His name is Justin and he is really cute and smart, and he goes to some kind of boarding school Academy just like you."

"Sound great!" said Hermione. She never really had time for boys, other than Viktor and Ron, Maybe it wouldn't hurt her to have a summer fling, because once she got back to Hogwarts, even though the war was over it was her last year and NEWTS were very important, and it was time to start thinking about what to do after school was over.

They got back to Morgan's house and Hermione was feeling better than she had in a long time. Yes, this was going to be a great summer.

"Good morning mum, dad." Said Hermione as she sat down at the breakfast table the next morning.

"Morning sweetheart… could we discuss something with you?" asked her mother.

"Sure, what's up?" asked Hermione.

"Well we were thinking," said her father, who sounded a bit nervous", and we have been talking to some old… friends of ours, and well… we think we are going to pay them a visit in a few weeks, sort of a summer vacation. How does that sound?"

"Umm… okay I guess," said Hermione confusedly they often took summer vacations and more than once had vacationed with friends and co-workers of her parents.

"It would be just like a little family vacation we haven't seen these people since you were about three years old and we just wanted to go visit them for a week or so." Said her mother quickly.

"Okay, that sounds like fun," said Hermione, even though she sensed something more was going on. Her parents never acted this odd.

"Wonderful", her father seemed relieved, "I do believe they have a son who is your age, so you will have someone to 'hang out' with while we are there."

"Okay, that's fine," said Hermione. "Well I have to go get ready. Love you, bye" and she left, giving them each a kiss on the cheek. She started up the stairs, but stopped halfway to see what her parents were going to say after she had left. She had found the whole conversation they had just had been very vague and suspicious. Then she heard them whispering.

"I think that went rather well," said her father quietly.

"Yes, but she is going to kill us when she finds out who they really are," said her mother.

"Well let's not discuss this now, we must send them a letter and let them know that we are coming," said her father.

That was all Hermione heard them say before she realized that they were coming out of the kitchen. She went into her room, her thoughts swirling.

'What the hell is going on with them, why would I care if they want to go and spend a week with their old friends, they have done it before.'

'But why would I care who they are?'

'Goodness I am so confused.'

Just as Hermione was trying to sort out all of these thoughts, her cell phone rang and it was Lauren.

"Hey, you want to come over to my house before the movies tonight so we can help each other get ready?"

"Okay, I'll be there in a few minutes!" said Hermione. She pushed the button on her cell phone, grabbed her stuff and headed to Lauren's house.

Once she arrived the girls got ready and Lauren was talking to Hermione about Justin.

"Nick and I really wanted to set you guys up, so we thought this would be the perfect thing." Said Lauren. Soon after that they were in her car with Kristin and Morgan. When they got to the movie theater, they paid for their tickets and then went to look for the guys. They found them near the back of the seats, waiting for them. Lauren went and sat next to Nick, who was by Justin. Morgan and Kristin went and sat in the next row with their boyfriends, and Hermione took this as her cue to sit next to Justin.

"Hey, I'm Justin," he said as she settled in next to him.

"Hermione," she replied. She didn't feel the need to elaborate with a longer introduction since he obviously had been in on the setup. Not that she minded.

He gave her a long look and she swore that was similar to recognition, but she ignored it. He was a muggle and had never met her before, maybe they had gone to primary school together or something. As the movie started they hushed and watched the movie until she felt him shift and put his arm around her. She had never been on a real muggle date before and was blushing as he took her hand.

"You don't mind do you?" he asked looking at Hermione.

"No," she said simply. He smiled a little and took her hand in his. She had never really had a boyfriend, except Viktor, who she had only kissed once before she broke it off, he was just too old and he wanted more from her than she was ready for at fourteen. She and Ron had their short fling during the war and she had also briefly dated Cormac. None of those could really count as a relationship and she was a little unsure of what Justin was expecting.

Hermione went back to watching the movie like nothing had happened. She did notice however, as the movie went on, that he kept repositioning himself, and he got closer to her every time. She took the hint and soon they were leaning on each other. A few minutes later, he leaned up like he was going to do something, but then sat back again. He did it again, but this time, he got closer to Hermione's face and she knew he was about to kiss her.

"You don't care if I do this do you?" he asked softly.

She just shook her head in response, and he leaned in and touched his lips softly to hers. She smiled a little to him, and then he did it again. He did these three or four times in a row before putting his tongue on her lower lip. She opened her mouth slightly after a moment of thinking what to do, but he had pulled away.

"Not yet huh?" he asked. She just shook her head and leaned on him again. They watched the rest of the movie in silence until Morgan, Kristin, Ryan and Jeff turned around to talk to them.

"So are you two, like, going out now?" asked Ryan, motioning to Hermione and Justin. They both just looked at each other.

"I don't know will you go out with me?" asked Justin.

"I'd love to," Hermione said with a smile. They started to leave and they went outside the theater and talked for a while, until the guys had to leave. Justin gave Hermione a small kiss. Hermione was ecstatic. Nothing like this ever happened to her at Hogwarts. She was finally in a place where she was notice as the woman she was becoming, and had no bookworm or war hero characterization following her.

"I'll talk to you later, okay?" Said Justin.

"Okay, bye", said Hermione.

When they had all left the girls got into Lauren's car and Hermione decided to stay at Lauren's house so they could talk.

As soon as they were in her room Lauren started to fire questions at Hermione.

"So you guys held hands the entire time?"

"Yea"

"Cool, so you like him? I think he's really hot, perfect for you"

"Yea"

"I'm so proud of myself, I finally found you someone"

"Yea, I think you are almost more excited than I am," said Hermione and both girls started giggling, when the phone rang.

"I bet that's Nick," said Lauren.

"But we just left the movies, he had to talk to you already?" asked Hermione.

"Yea, he calls, like, 12 times a day", said Lauren, picking up the phone.

"Hey, what's up?" said Lauren into the phone. Hermione just sat there and listened to their conversation, she got fed up with only hearing one side so went to the next room and got another one of the phones and Lauren motioned for her to pick up the line. She could hear Nick talking to Lauren now.

"Yea, he's here and he wants to talk to Hermione for a while," said Nick. Hermione put down the second phone and took the other one from Lauren.

"Hey Nick," said Hermione.

"Hey Hermione, Justin's here and he wants to talk to you," said Nick.

"Okay, let me talk to him," said Hermione, and a minute later a new voice was on the phone.

"Hey," said Justin.

"Hey, what up since like, an hour ago," said Hermione.

"Not much, just here at Nick's house doing' nothing." He replied. He and Hermione talked for a while, then Nick got back on the phone and was asking Hermione stupid questions, and then she would talk to Justin some more. Finally after about an hour and a half, they decided to hang up and go to bed.

Hermione lie there and thought about her day 'I have an awesome boyfriend now' I am so happy. This is going to be a great summer.'

Hermione woke up that morning to Lauren shaking her.

"Get up 'Moine, we are going shopping," that got Hermione up and ready, and they had a great day shopping. When they were sitting down at a fast food restraint eating lunch, Lauren brought up the previous night again.

"Thanks again for setting us up, I owe you," said Hermione.

"No problem, I think you guys are cute together, this is going to be a fun summer."

"Yea it is," said Hermione.

"Hey, how about some time this week we go to the beach with the guys, it's only a half hour away, and I can drive us there," said Lauren excitedly.

"Oh, that sounds awesome," said Hermione.

When Hermione got home that evening her parents were in the sitting room watching TV. When they saw her come in the door they wanted to talk to her again.

"Hello sweetie, can we talk to you about that trip we were going to take?" asked her dad.

"Sure Dad," said Hermione.

"Well we are going in two weeks, and we don't know how long we will be, just so you know."

"Oh, okay." Said Hermione.

A/N: okay so I wanted to re-write this because I thought it may make the story flow better. I tried not to change too much, and I know it was short….. Let me know what you think! If you like the other one better or if you like this one! All reviews are appreciated! I wanted to honestly change the whole beginning of the story but I am afraid that will REALLY make it confusing. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them. Also I would love a Beta if anyone would like to volunteer!

Thanks! Liz!