Hermione POV

The war changed people, including myself and my friends. It had an unimaginable effect on us. Particularly on Harry, for some time now he has been suffering with something like PTSD. His nightmers are intense and some days he is just silent. It's rather upsetting for Ron and I to watch out best friend suffer so much. He now has Ginny in his life, yes they are together and i couldn't be happier for them. Those two were always meant to be. She helps him in more way than one, there has been a massive change since they became and I both realized that we had feelings for one another after the war...after Fred died. We officially got together. I felt like he needed me in some way; he was grieving for Fred and in some weird way it was like as if we were brought together by the war.

Unfortunately it was only Ginny and I who were returning to Hogwarts for our 7th year. Ron and Harry decided to stay behind to train with Aurors. They had already got accepted during the Summer so they really had no need to come back. The thought of being alone in Hogwarts for a year without Ron and Harry saddens me. But I know that they are old enough to make their own life choices. Ginny, Harry, Ron and I stood in the train station saying goodbye to one another. Ginny and Harry were saying a tearful bye to one another.

"Don't cry Ginny, we will see one another soon. I love you" said Harry is a husky voice while kissing Ginny on the forehead.

"I love you too Harry. I can't stand the thought of being without you this year" Ginny tells him with tears streaming down her face

"You'll be alright honey" Harry says wrapping his arms around Ginny, embracing her.

I stood near Harry and Ginny hand in hand with Ron. I spin around so I'm facing Ron. He wraps his arms around me.

"I'll miss you" he whispers in my ear

"I'll miss you too" I tell him. I move my face closer to his until our lips touch. We kiss tenderly until we are disturbed by Harry.

"Come on Hermione and Ginny. You two better get on board the train or you'll both miss it" He says lacing his fingers with Ginny's.

"Yeah" I say. "C'mon Ginny we better get going"

Ginny wipes away her tears before moving up to Harry and passionately kisses him. "I love you" I heard her whisper to Harry.

Meanwhile I kiss Ron once again. "Write to me soon" I tell him

"I will, don't worry. I love you Hermione" He says sadly before planting a soft kiss on my forehead.

"I love you too Ronald, I'll see you soon" I tell him before I make my way towards Ginny who was still embracing Harry.

"Sorry to disturb, but we really need to get moving Ginny" I say awkwardly. I hear Ron grunt from behind me and i heard him whisper 'get a room' under his breath. I knew Ron hated it when Harry and his sister kissed around him. I guess it's understandable in a way, if i had a younger brother or sister i wouldn't feel comfotable watching him/her kiss one of my best friends. I elbowed Ron in the arm telling him to behave.

"Go on Ginny. You don't want to miss your train" Harry says rolling his eyes at a grinning Ron.

"Okay I'm coming Hermione. I… will see…you soon Harry. I love you" said Ginny as she tries to fight back the tears. Harry and Ginny kiss once again, they both ignored Ron's annoyed sigh. When they break apart Harry looks at me.

"I'll see you soon Hermione. Good luck, make sure to study hard" he smiles. I giggled.

"I always do Harry. Write to me soon yeah?"

"Of course"

As Ginny and I board the Hogwarts express we make our way towards the window to wave goodbye to Ron and Harry. Ginny wiping away tears falling on her cheek, wave's bye to Harry blowing him kisses and mouthing to him "see you soon". I wave to Ron with a smile on my face trying not to cry. I did not want to be emotional like Ginny. Ron waves to me before turning to Harry. Before I knew it the Hogwarts express started moving and making its way to Hogwarts.

Ginny and I sat at the Gryffindor table waiting for Professor McGonagall to start the New Year's assembly. I sat there listening to Ginny rambling on about Harry. Or maybe I zoned out… Don't get me wrong, Ginny is my best friend and I love her to pieces, but I can't stand it when she talks nonstop about something. Harry has been the topic for the past hour since we set foot in Hogwarts that morning.

"Hermione aren't you listening" Ginny's voice interrupts my thought

"Sorry, what were you saying" I ask

"I was asking you if you think I should write to Harry tonight or during the week. I don't want to seem like the annoying girlfriend who sends her boyfriend letters all the time. What do you think?"

"I think you should write to him tomorrow" I tell her. "But it's up to you. I probably won't write to Ron until tomorrow."

"Yeah maybe I should" she says. She then starts talking to something else. Honestly I felt kind of guilty for not listening to my best friend, oh well; all what I had to do was nod and go along with it.

While Ginny was talking I let my eyes wander the spacious and noisy room, the great hall. I looked between all the heads over at the Slytherin table until they paused on a familiar blond head.

Draco Malfoy.

He had a hard cold expression on his face. Even when he spoke to Pansy Parkinson, whom I presumed was his girlfriend. Parkinson had her fingers laced with Malfoys and whispered something in his ear. He looked angry at first, and then he smirked and pressed his lips to hers. I wrinkled my nose in disgust before McGonagall's voice echoed the room.

"Attention everybody" McGonagall said in a stern voice. The whole room stopped talking and began to listen.

"I hope you all had a great summer and welcome back to Hogwarts" she smiles. McGonagall went into a few speeches along with a few other staff members. "I'd like to also wish a warm Welcome to our new additons to this school. I hope each and every one of the students in this school makes our new First years feel extremely welcome and not to hesitate if any of them are lost or need help with something."

One hour later the assembly was over and all students were told to go back to their dorms and get a good rest before classes started the next day. I was sharing one with Ginny this year. I was thankful. On our way back to the dorm Ginny said she needed to go to the bathroom so I went ahead. While I was walking I heard a familiar voice from behind

"Hey mud blood" the voice sneered

I kept walking, I didn't even turn around. "What do you want Malfoy"

"Look at me while I'm speaking to you Granger" he says in a cold voice

I sighed "Or what Malfoy… you'll hex me?"

"I'm not afraid to" I could almost feel his smirk at the back of my neck as I carried on walking and he was trailing behind.

"Will you please stop following me" I said angry. Still walking and not looking at him

"I can do what I want… seeming as I'm the head boy"

This made me stop walking, though I did not look at him.

"You're the head boy? Yeah right. I'm sure you can come up with something better than that."

"It's true mud blood. Even ask McGonagall. She told me I'm head boy this morning" I could still feel his smirk at the back of my head

"And who's the head girl" I ask

"You" he said sounding disgusted. I swung around facing Malfoy. I looked into his somewhat beautiful grey eyes.

"Me" I ask

"Yes you mud blood"

"But I wasn't told…."

"McGonagall was looking for you in the great hall ten minutes ago, but you already left. She told me to come look for you to tell you to come see her in her office" he tells me

"Oh" I say lamely.

"Well come on mud blood. I have not got all day; I've got stuff to do." he said harshly.

"Yes I'd love to be head girl" I tell Mcgonagall. There was no words to describe my excitment. Mcgonagall went through the expectations of us. We were not to abuse our position. we were to keep an eye on other students, never allow arguments/fights get out of hand and we were given the authority to take points from students and also give out detention. Of course school rules still applied to us and if we ever misbehaved in any way, our power would be taken away. This should be interesting.

Malfoy moaned. "Ah that means I will have to share a room with her"

"Tough" I sneered

"To make things clearer, you shall both have seperate bedrooms but will be sharing a common room" says McGonagall as she makes her way out of the office. Malfoy and I follow

She leads us to a large door and hands us two keys each.

"Before i allow you in, are you both clear in the instructions on your head boy and girl duties?" she asks us. Malfoy and I both nod.

"This will be you room for the rest of the year. Please treat it with care" McGonagall said. "Any questions or theroys, please don't hesitate in coming to see me. I understand that both of you will do a fine job this year. I chose the two of you for Head Boy and Girl for a reason and I hope you'll live up to the expectations of this position."

"Don't worry, I would never dream of abusing this position. I'm very grateful you chose me and i will do my best to make you proud." I tell her.

She smiled warmly. "I'm satisfied to hear that Ms Granger. I knew from the moment you first walked into this school that you're meant to be Head Girl."

Malfoy made a strange disaproving noice and McGonagall sighed. "And of course I always believed that you would handle this position very well also, Mr Malfoy."

Draco huffed. "Very well. I just didn't think you would chose me... that's all."

"Mr Malfoy, i know what you are referring to. If i didn't think you were worthy enough i wouldn't of chosen you. The past is the past. It's over now and your... choices previously are irrelevent to you being Head Boy." Malfoy shifted uncomfortably when McGonagall mentioned the past. He and I both knew what she was referring to. I wonder how Malfoy coped after the war. Did he, or is he, suffering like Harry did?

"Well i've got duties to attend to." McGonagall say. "Please make yourself at home and take a good rest before the first official school day tomorrow. And one more thing i need to say... no funny business between you too. We've had it happen between previous Head Boy and Girls in this school and i certainly would not like a repeat of it." And with that, she left. I blushed a deep red after i realized what she was talking about.

I stepped inside. The room was simply beautiful. It was big with two red leather couches, a black marble fireplace, a book shelf - I would definitely use up it's space, that is of course if Malfoy didn't want any of his books to be placed on it also - and a few wall hangings. There were three doors in the room. I opened one of the doors which revealed green wallpaper and black bed sheet covers.

"This must be your room" I say to Malfoy. He stepped inside the room and looked around.

"Hm... it is. Well you can leave now Granger" he sneers.

"I'm glad to" I sneer back before slamming his door.

I soon find my own room. It had beautiful ruby red wallpaper with a white closet and a chest of drawers. I had a double bed with golden sheets. I smiled as I unloaded some of my clothes from my trunk and started hanging them up in my new closet.

Sometime later I was lighting a fire in the fireplace in the main room. Malfoy was still in his bedroom. I could not help but wonder what he was doing in there? I was interrupted by an owl tapping on the window. There was a letter, attached. I had a good idea who it was from. I smiled as I tore open the envelope and took the letter out. It read….

Dear Hermione

I'm going to keep this short and simple, as I don't want to pester you on your first day back.

How is your first day going for you? Have you had any problems? Right now as I write, Harry is writing Ginny a letter. I can't help but wonder if it's a story he's writing her because he has been writing for a solid 20 minutes. Bloody hell. The soppyness between those two makes me feel sick sometimes.

I miss you like crazy, it's not funny. I can't stop thinking about you. It's not the same here without you. Harry and I start our Aurors training tomorrow, so that should be interesting. What are you plans for the rest of your day?

Tell Ginny I said hi when you get the chance.

I love you

From Ron x

I smiled as I read the letter. I love getting letters, especially from my boyfriend. I got a piece of paper from my note book and wrote….

Dear Ron.

My first day is brilliant! You'll never guess what happened. I'm the Head Girl! I'm so excited and happy. I've always wanted to be Head Girl, of course you already know that considering that every year i've been disapointed that i was never chosen. It's a pity yourself and Harry are not here to share my joy. The room I'm living in is amazing. I love it.

Unfortunately the Head Boy is Malfoy. I do not know what possessed Ms McGonagall to make him of all people Head Boy. It's beyond me. But don't worry; I'm going to avoid him as much as I can. I want a stress free year.

So yes, that's the only thing that's happened today so far. I don't know what's to come. Anything is possible in Hogwarts.

I miss you too by the way. I wish you were here. Harry too.

Love you.

Always, Hermione

P.S Tell Harry that I said Hello please and i expect a letter from him soon. Oh and by the way, I find the 'Soppyness' between Harry and Ginny rather cute.

I folded up the piece of paper and put it in an envelope and put Ron's name on the front. Just when I was about to attach the letter to the owl Malfoy came out of his room.

"Ah Granger, I see your already writing to your precious ginger weaselbee" He smirked

"Yes, and don't talk about Ron like that you ferret" I snap. I attached the letter to the owl and watched it spread it's wings and take off..

"I can do and say what I want Granger. Don't presume that you can back-chat me now that you're Head Girl" he mocks

"You're a horrid human being anyway Malfoy. Do yourself a favour and sof off" I growl

"Feisty now are we… I like the feisty girls" he says in a sexy voice moving closer to me. I stood still as a statue. I mentally told myself to slap the git, but I remained still. WHY? A few seconds later he was only inches away from me. I could feel his warm breath. As I looked into his stormy grey and I realized for the first time that Malfoy sexy looking. 'No' I mentally thought. 'You have a boyfriend Hermione Granger. You can't think things like this towards other boys. Ron will hate you'. I held my breath as he tilted my chin towards his face. He smirked as I remained silent. 'Get out of this now Hermione' I screamed to myself. I followed my head and I pushed Malfoy away.

Malfoy smirked. "I know you want me Granger and I know you find me super sexy"

"Don't flatter yourself" I say trying to make my voice sound fierce

Malfoy smirked again. Ugh, I really hated his evil smirks.

"Someday Granger, You'll admit it to yourself…. The day when I make you fall in love with me"

"I love Ron" I spat "And who on earth would fall in love with you. You're a sarcastic, evil, mean little cockroach"

He looked quite offended by my comment but then he said "That's one of the reasons why all the girls fall in love with me… they love the bad boys" he smirked again.

"As I said don't flatter yourself. And you'll never get me to fall in love with you" I rolled my eyes

"We'll see about that Granger" was the last thing he said to me before he went into his bedroom closing the door behind him.

I sighed as I made my way to my bedroom for my first night in my new bed.

This sure was going to be a long year…