Hermione lay in bed still thinking of the summers events. She had done a lot including got together with a new Hogwarts exchange student, Jack. She had kept in touch with Harry and Ron and had gone to Ireland with her parents, thus meeting Jack. Jack was sweet, tall, and had fiery red hair. He had reminded her so much of Ron, was that why she liked him so much? Hermione looked at her clock, 3:17am. She would be going to Diagon Alley in less than six hours. She was going without her parents this year, since it was her last. Hermione yawned and decided she should turn in. She switched off her lamp and pulled the covers up close to her head. Soon her mind was fixed only on sleep which soon happened.

The blaring of her alarm clock woke her up the next morning; reluctantly she got out of bed and walked over to her window. Hermione opened the window taking in the cool, fresh air. She sighed and walked over to the bathroom, turning on the shower. As she waited for the water to heat she examined herself in the mirror. She sighed again looking at her hair, as it had calmed down to just being curly, she never could rid it of the frizz. She lowered her gaze to her chest, which had developed much over the summer. The shower screamed, letting Hermione know it was hot and she stepped in.

Twenty minutes later Hermione stepped back out of the shower and into her room. The most unthinkably horrible thing happened as she pulled her dresser drawer open to grab her under garments. She turned to her window seeing Ron sitting on his broom wide eyed at her.

"AHHHHHHH!" Hermione screamed. "What are you doing here?!" She demanded trying to cover herself.

"I-I was coming t-to pick you up." He murmured still with wide eyes.

"Excuse me?!" Hermione hissed misunderstanding his meaning.

"I was coming to take you to Diagon Alley, I didn't know if you had a way to get there." Ron replied trying to look away.

"Oh, thank you, Ron, I'll be ready in a sec." Hermione quickly grabbed some clothes and went into the bathroom. "You can come in and sit down Ron!" Hermione called. Ron did come in and sat down on her bed.

Hermione came out of the bathroom minutes later in a light blue tee and jeans.

"Just let me say bye to my parents and then we can g-." The door opened.

"What the? Why? Oh my! HERMIONE JANE GRANGER EXPLAIN YOURSELF NOW!" Mr. Granger screamed.

"Dad its not what it looks like, he just got here, he's taking m-." Hermione said but was cut off.

"NO EXCUSES JUST SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR MOTHER AND LEAVE!" Mr. Granger ordered.

Hermione did as she was told her mom had said 'I believe you, I'll talk to him', which gave her some sort of relief. The two friends ran to the broom. Hermione hesitated, I hate flying but… Hermione shook her head and decided to swallow her fears.

"Ready to go?" Ron asked sweetly.

Hermione nodded and wrapped her arms around his waist causing Ron to turn to her, blushing madly. Hermione looked confused at him but ignored him and winced as they started to move.

"Scared?" Ron asked turning back to her.

Hermione nodded her head, this is not a time to argue, I really don't want to fall, Hermione thought about it and asked if they could go lower. Ron shook his head and said they couldn't because the may be seen. Ron swooped to the left to avoid a tall building, causing Hermione to hold on tighter.

"Almost there…" Ron's voice trailed off. Hermione wasn't paying attention; she just wanted to be on the ground… safely.

Ron and Hermione slowly lowered to the ground below. Hermione winced as they jerked in front of the stone wall and soon were standing looking at it. Hermione pulled her wand out and tapped certain bricks. They stood back looking at the moving bricks unimpressed as they had done this for seven years straight. The two walked side by side into the bazaar of magical items. Hermione seemed distracted.

"Hermione?" Ron asked but was only ignored by the young woman. He sighed and started to walk faster.

"Ron? WAIT UP!!" Hermione was shouting at the tall red-head walking ahead of her.

"Hmm?" Ron turned to her with a glint of victory in his eyes. "Sorry, but you were ignoring my question and I figured I should leave you alone in your own little, smart world." Ron said softly trying to walk past her, but he ran into a young man- also with hair like his own.

A/N: Well? Worked a long while on this chappie so PLEASE, PLEASE R&R!!!