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A/N: This is only the first chapter, so please keep reading even if you don't like it. Sometimes I don't like a story in the beginning, but then it turns into one of my favorites after I read it for a while. And please review!
Hermione sat on her old childhood bed, tears streaming down her face as she squeezed her pillow as hard as she could to refrain from breaking anything. It had been a mutual decision, so why did she feel so upset and broken? She knew for a long time that she and Ron weren't getting anywhere and that they were never going to work out, so why, now that she had ended it did she feel so bad.
Hermione rose and began to pace back and forth across the room, and finally, unable to control her anger she ripped one of her posters off her wall, the one of Taylor Swift, next came the one of One Direction, then Kesha. Finally she ripped down the one of Christina Perri. Finally her anger was sated and she flopped back down on her bed, silently cursing herself for ripping the posters that she'd had since before Hogwarts. Why am I even so upset! We were never going to work out. Hermione sighed, wiped the remaining tears from her eyes before standing up and heading downstairs for a snack.
Hermione served herself a bowl of the fruit that her mother had left on the counter before walking into the sitting room and settling down on the couch to watch TV until her parents got home. She knew that they would be surprised to find her there, as she was supposed to still be at the Weasley's for the remaining week before school started and they went back for their seventh year, but she figured that they would understand, though she would have to make it clear that the break up was both Ron's and her decision and that he hadn't in any way broke her part, at the very least he had made her angry because he had agreed to the break up so easily. Hermione sighed and tried to push all thoughts of Ron from her head as she continued to flip through the TV channels.
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Hermione pulled her attention away from the TV at the sound of the front door open and waited until her parents had walked into the sitting room, still in their dentist uniforms to address them.
"Hermione, dear, weren't you still supposed to be at the Weasley's? Helen asked. walking over to sit down beside her daughter.
"Yeah, well. . . . .Ron and I decided to break things off, and well I didn't find it appropriate to stay there anymore, I mean who wants to stay with their ex's family? Harry wasn't even there at the time, and I doubt that Mrs. Weasley is going to be happy. . . ." Hermione trailed off, tears beginning to stream down her face again. Why did she have to keep crying like this? She and Ron weren't met for each other, half of the time they were fighting, so why was it so hard to face the fact that they were over.
Maybe it was because everyone had always thought that they would be forever, maybe because at one time she had thought that too. But that had been before they actually started to date. Things had always been a little tense between them, but it just got increasingly worse when they began to date. Hermione had found herself realizing exactly how much he annoyed her. And exactly how much his eating habits disgusted her.
"Oh sweetie, I'm sorry. Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Helen asked, putting her arm around her only child.
"That bloody git, I swear I'll-"
"Mum, Dad, it's fine, the decision was mutual, we were never going to work out. We're just too. . .different, I guess" Hermione said, cutting her father off. "I think I'll go shopping in Diagon Alley or something," she added, wanting to get out of the house, maybe buy a few books. Helen and Ross exchanged slightly worried glances and Hermione sighed.
"Guys, I'm fine, I swear, I'll just be gone for the rest of the afternoon, back a little after dinner," Hermione said with a bright smile at her parents before walking upstairs to her room and changing into a red button down top and a pair if tight jeans, before slipping on her black flats and stuffing her wallet filled with galleons, sickles, and knuts into her bag before walking back downstairs, out the door and apparating to Diagon Alley.
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Hermione sat on a bench outside of Flourish and Blotts, reading her knew book on Transfiguration, Transfiguration and its Uses in Everyday Lives. She sighed, shifting about on the hard bench before continuing her reading, wondering what she would be doing right now if she had stayed at the Burrow any longer after breaking things off with Ron. Probably getting told off by Mrs. Weasley, even though it was mutual, she wouldn't care, she thought that we were destined to be together.
Hermione sighed and stood up, stuffing her book into her bag before beginning to walk down the street, trying to find somewhere to get something to eat.
"Hermione?" a familiar voice called from behind her.
Hermione spun around to see Harry approaching her.
"Hey Harry," she said with a small smile.
"Are you okay? Ginny said that Dean said that Ron told him that you guys broke up, is it true?" Harry asked. Hermione smirked at her friend.
"Yes, it's true, we were never going to work out. And did you know that you sounded a lot like Lavender and Parvarti just there?" Hermione said. Harry ginned at her.
"So, what are you doing here Harry? I thought that you already go all of your supplies, and it's not like you're planning on buying any extra books or anything,"
"I'm heading to the Burrow after this, I just had to pick up some gold from Gringotts," Harry said. Hermione nodded.
"Well I have to go get something to eat, haven't eaten all day, would you like to join me?" Hermione asked casually, desperate to have some company. Harry gave her an understanding look.
"Of course 'Mione," he said with a smile, before taking her hand and leading her off down the road.
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Hermione sat at the table at the outdoor cafe across from Harry as she nibbled on her sandwich and sipped at her butterbeer.
"So, how's things going with Ginny? Hermione asked before taking a sip of her drink.
"What do you mean? We were never anything but friends. Her and Dean got back together and I think that they're getting pretty serious, at least that's how Ron makes it. . . . ." Harry trailed off at seeing the look that flashed across her face at the mention of Ron's name. "Hermione, you know that if you wanted to get back together with him he would prob-"
"No, Harry! I can't go back to him, it will just take some getting used to. I was never really happy with him," Hermione said, finishing quietly. "We just aren't meant for each other, it's just hard, because, I thought that we were. . . . .for years Harry. It's just hard to realize that for once in my life I was wrong. Harry, do you think that our friendship is over forever? Do you think that Ron and I will ever be able to be friends again?" she asked.
"Hermione, the three of us have been friends since we were eleven. Just because you guys aren't dating anymore doesn't mean that you can't be friends anymore, things might be weird. . .why are you laughing?" Harry asked. Hermione continued to giggle.
"Nothing, you just sounded like a girl right there," Hermione said, earning a chuckle from Harry, before he took a large bite from his sandwich, the a gulp of his butterbeer.
When they were finished with their meals and had payed for them, well she let Harry at his insistence, they walked down the road together, talking aimlessly about different things.
"I have to go, I told my parents that I would be back, like an hour ago," Hermione said after a while.
"Okay, then I'll see you at the welcoming feast," Harry said.
"Yeah, I'll see you," Hermione replied.
Harry pulled out his wand to disapparate, but Hermione stopped him by putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Harry?" she asked.
"Uh, huh,"
"Can you stay the night with me? I don't think that I'll be able to sleep, not tonight," Hermione asked.
"Uh, sure, I'm sure that the Weasley's will understand, I'll owl them in the morning," Harry said and Hermione offered him a smile before taking his arm and apparating them to her house.
A/N: I hope that you all enjoyed the first chapter of Unexpected Lovers! I think that I'm liking it better so far than the other stories that I'm working on, so keep checking in for an update, because it'll come soon, but I'm trying to make the chapters longer than the ones in Love Can Change Everything, the chapters in How To Save A Life shouldn't be too short either, the prologue just is. Anyway! REVIEW!