Author's Note: Hello every one! This is my first attempt at fan fiction! I am not sure how good this fic is going to be or how regular I will be updating. I just decided today to try to write one. All I have written is this chapter and some random plot stuff. I know a direction I want to go in but I don't really know how I am going to get there if you know what I mean. Maybe, hopefully! I hope you enjoy and review and all that jazz!

The War is Over

A week after The Battle of Hogwarts, as it came known to be, Hermione was finally rested enough to not sleep most of the day. Her wounds were almost healed and she would be back to normal within the week. She was relieved that the war was over, and that Harry and Ron had survived. She was grieving for those she had lost in the past year; Mad Eye Moody, Dobby, Fred, Tonks, Lupin, Snape, and many others. Now that she wasn't on the run, now that Lord Voldemort was no more, she had time to grieve the loss of those who had died. Memorial services started tomorrow May 10th; the Order of the Phoenix was holding one large memorial service for all of the members of the Order who had died during the war. She would be attending with all of the other Order members, their families, loved ones, friends.

After being released from St. Mungo's three days ago, Hermione had gone to The Burrow to stay with the Weasleys. She was staying in Ginny's room like every other time she had stayed with the wonderful family of red heads. Hermione sat on her bed in the room pretending to read a book but what she really was doing was debating whether to talk to Ron about the kiss they shared in the Chamber of Secrets during the battle. She had liked him for so long but was nervous that he didn't feel the same. Summoning some of her Gryffindor courage she walked up the stairs to his and Harry's room and knocked on the door. The door swung open and she saw that it was Harry who opened the door.

"Hey Harry, um… can I talk to Ron for a minute?"

"Sure 'Mione, I'll go find Ginny"

"She should still be in our room, unless she went down to the kitchen."

"Okay, thanks." Harry said, as he started down the stairs to find Ginny. They had gotten back together after the battle and it seemed like even though they were grieving they were able to be happy because they had each other.

"So what do you want to talk about 'Mione?" Ron asked.

"Well I wanted to talk to you about that kiss we had in the Chamber."

"What about it?"

"Well I was wondering what you thought about it."

"Well it was a good kiss."

"Is that all you have to say about it? It was good?"

"Blimey Hermione, what do you want me to say? That it was the best kiss ever? That I now want to marry you?"

"Well I didn't expect you to purpose but I want to know what it meant for us."

"Okay… Well you're my friend 'Mione, we have known each other since we were 11."

"Yeah we have, Ron. Is there a point you're trying to make?"

"Well you know I love you, like a sister, but I don't think of you in any other way, I guess it was just sort of spur of the moment, you know with all the adrenaline pumping."

"Yeah… I understand." She said while feeling like her heart was being squeezed in a metal vise.

"I don't want one kiss to mess up our friendship, okay?"

"Yeah, okay. Well I'm going to go find something to eat."

"Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry."

"When are you not hungry, Ron?"

Ron let out a laugh, as he walked past her and started down the stairs. Hermione just stood in his room, thinking of how the conversation had gone so different from how she had wanted it to go. She was so close to tears that she knew that if she saw anyone she would surely start sobbing. She raced down the stairs and into the bathroom. She took her wand from her pocket and put a silencing spell on the small room, as she broke down in sobs. Hermione was heartbroken; her first love had rejected her. She felt like she had just received a kiss from a dementor. Hermione continued to cry until she was utterly exhausted. She had just begun to feel normal again and here she was a wreck, sobbing in the bathroom totally worn out again. She finally got herself back under control and cleaned herself up. She tried to make sure that she didn't look like she had been crying. She slowly opened the door and peeked out hoping that no one would be around and that they would all still be down stairs eating breakfast.

No such luck for Hermione today, outside of the bathroom was George. He looked at her funny and she tried to slip by him and into her and Ginny's room without having to have a conversation. Again, no such luck for her today. She sighed coming to the realization that today was going to be a crappy day.

"Hey 'Mione, took you long enough to get through in there, you are done right?"

"Yeah, sorry George." She said as she stepped around him and heading across the landing to her room, she really hoped that Harry and Ginny were not inside making out again. She opened the door and was so glad to find the room empty. Maybe today had gone as bad as it was going to go she thought as she lay back in her bed. She grabbed her book again and tried to read it, it was no use, she was just too distracted and to upset. She decided to try and take a nap and get some of her energy back that she had used crying her eyes out in the bathroom over her lost chance at love with Ron.

After an hour or so she fell into a restless sleep. She ended up sleeping until lunch time and only work up then because Mrs. Weasley insisted she get something to eat. As she got out of bed everything from the morning came rushing back to her. She went pale and lost her balance and sat back down on the bed. Mrs. Weasley seeing this insisted that she stay in bed and that she would bring her a bowl of soup and some crusty bread up along with some tea. Hermione was grateful for everything that Mrs. Weasley had always done for her, it was good to be mothered even when her mother was on the other side of the world, and didn't even currently know that Hermione was her daughter. Hermione sighed thinking about her parents. She decided that once things had calmed down and she had figured out what her next move was going to be she would start working on getting her parents back. Hermione spent the rest of the day in bed, thinking, reading and wondering what she was going to do now.

A/N: Well there it is folks, I hope you enjoyed it! I will try to update as regularly as I can, but since I have no idea what the next chapter is even going to be about yet we shall have to all just wait and see!