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2/5/12: First I don't own anything it all is from the briliant mind of J.K Rowling and to the Waner Bros. for the movies.

IMPORTANT! I have to say if you haven't read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows or seen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2, this will contain spoilers! Further more this is a story I have been working of for a long time now, and I tried very hard to do good on it, so please tell me what you think I would like to know:) So thats all I have to say enjoy! R&R!

8/13/16: I am revising and editing this story. This is one of all my stories I am editing. I have edited a few stories already, so go read them, please. :) Before we begin, I would like to say my previous author notes are still present, as you can see above and below. I'm not editing those. You'll have to deal with my horrid spelling, grammar and writing. Lol Now, we can begin.

How could this happen? I never thought that I would have to be dead in less than an hour. Was this possible? I didn't think Snape's memories would solve all, well most of the problems I have dealt with in my life. I couldn't even guess what those memories were going to present to me. Now, I'm giving myself to Voldemort.

Standing up from the floor and walking out of Dumbledore's old office, I started heading to the forest, as Voldemort said: to confront my fate. I wish I could achieve my goals I haven't accomplished yet in life. The ones I never had time for, it doesn't matter now. I need to set my goals and wishes aside for others, so they can achieve their goals in the future and live their lives with pleasure. I thought about everything I have done and tried to do in my life, despite the fact that walking through the Hogwarts halls. All my thoughts suddenly stopped when I turned the corner to find my two best friends sitting at the bottom of the stairs, close together. What I was previously thinking was gone, I couldn't even remember what it was. When I almost reached them both, Hermione turned around and looked up at me. Not far behind, Ron did the same. I ignored them and kept walking.

Right when I passed by Hermione spoke up and said, "Where have you been?"

I continued to ignore them.

"We thought you gone to the forest," Ron said not even a second after Hermione.

I kept walking. This time I spoke to them, "I'm going there now."

"Are you mad? No, you can't give yourself up to him," Ron called out to me. This caused me to stop at the top of the next flight of stairs.

A moment of silence came upon the three of us, until Hermione asked, "What is it Harry?"

Again, silence crept upon us, "What is you know," She asked again.

I turned around and looked at her for a moment. I opened my mouth to speak, nothing was said. I took a deep breath, forcing myself to speak, "There is a reason I can hear them... the Horcuxes."

Hermione looked at me with only sadness. "I think I've known for a while," I said along with a paused," and I think you know to." Hermione's sighed and began to cry.

"I'll go with you."

"No," I said quickly, "Kill the snake. Kill the snake and then it's just him."

Next thing I knew Hermione came towards me and threw her arms around me. We hugged in silence while I stared at Ron. He had sadness on his face, but nothing close to Hermione crying in my arms. I pulled away from Hermione and walked off without another look or another word. Once I arrived at the last staircase, I turned the corner. Hermione or Ron could not see me. Suddenly, I heard something or someone. Stopping I didn't move or anything just listened carefully. What could that be? Turing around, I could hear a voice.

"Harry."

Then, it was silent. It was Hermione. I stood still looking behind me at the floor. Hermione stepped off the last stair and turned to the right and ran into me. Stepping back a little she wrapped her arms around me again, firmly, and I did the same.

"Harry," Hermione whispered.

I said nothing, just kept silent. She pulled away a little and looked me deep in my tender eyes. Looking into hers was the same of sadness and worry. Hermione gradually moved in closer to me. She kept getting closer tell her lips touched mine.

The kiss was alarming us both. I didn't expect it and I don't think she did either. After a while, we pulled apart. We looked at each other, wondering if we felt the same way. Slowly, once again, she moved towards me. This time I did the same. The instant our lips touched I felt it, and I could tell she has as well. To show how I felt, I began to kiss her more than I have ever to any other girl. Was I dreaming? No, I wasn't dreaming. I moved my arms around her waist and pulled her as close to me as I could. She wrapped her arms around my neck. We continued to kiss until I pulled away saying, "I need to go."

Hermione and I forget what was happening around them, a war. Her shocked sad expression appeared once again. "How much time?"

"As soon as possible. Now even," I told her.

Talking a deep breath Hermione launched forward once more and hugged me the same as she had the past two times. Pulling away, she looked around when her eyes landed on a door. I looked at Hermione's face, which was so close to mind, as well as her body that was in my arms for the last time and final time.

"Come," She said backing away from my hold on her. Grabbing my arm, she pulled me along towards the door she spotted. Once we arrived she grabbed the door handle with her free hand and pushed it open. It was an empty classroom. It was one of the perfectly new places, in this castle, that wasn't destroyed from the war. If you stayed in here you would never know a war was around you. The room was unbroken and pure. Hermione continued to pull me into the classroom.

Closing the door she turned to me, looking at the floor, "Harry," She paused a moment and continued, "Harry, I... I have been keeping this in for four years."

She looked up from the dark floor to my eyes. I could see the light front outside on her face, from the window nearby. Her eyes twinkling so brightly.

Taking a deep breath she continued, "I just want to tell you while I still have the chance." As she finished her sentence her voice crates. I didn't like to think we were in this perfect room, that I'd have to leave soon and never see her again. What could she being holding in for so long?

"Harry, I love you," Hermione told me straight out.

Looking at her I said, "I love you to, Hermione." We already know this? We love each other, as… friends…

"No not like that," She said, before I could cut in, "I love you. I want to be with you. I. Love. You."

I looked at her in shock. I should have seen this coming, considering we just kissed. But, I never thought this would happen.

Looking down she continued to speak, "I know you wouldn't feel the same, I just had to tell you and this is my last chance."

I looked at her in shock. Grabbing her face and pulling it up so she would look me I the eyes closely I said, "Hermione Granger, I love you."

I never told anyone. No one in the entire world. It happening in third year, but I thought it was nothing. She wouldn't like me anyways. During the summer I forced myself to forget about my feelings and move on, until she showed up at the Weasley's for the World Cup. My feelings returned. During the Yule Ball, my feelings of her grew bigger. I began to realize I loved my best friend, Hermione Granger. I still thought she wouldn't feel the same way. During fifth year, I tried to move on. I liked Cho Chang and forced myself to forget my feelings for Hermione. This worked until everyone in D.A got angry at Cho for telling on our secret meetings or should I say her friend. In sixth year, Hermione was still in the back of my mind. She was just my friend, best friend, and what I thought we established, my sister. I started to see I was trying to deny my feelings towards Hermione. When she and Ron started showing affection, I got jealous. When Ron started to date Lavender Brown, Hermione was not happy. Luckily for her, I was there to help her. Ron and her made up and I began getting jealous and angry. I was angry up until when Ron left us a few months ago. Everything was fine, apart that I had to hold my feelings in once again towards Hermione. Now, here we are the moment I have been waiting and hoping would happen. The moment I have been waiting for nearly half my life, near the end, I was getting what I wanted.

I leaned my forehead against hers while she said, "You have?"

I nodded slowly closing my eyes. Even if Voldemort expected me in about fifteen minutes, I needed this moment. I'll take it all in until my time was up. I can just apparate to the Forbidden Forest. I didn't need to walk there.

"When did you start feeling this way?" I asked Hermione, after a moment of silence.

"Since we saved Ron from Sirius," Hermione said simply.

"Me too."

Hermione took a deep breath, "I wish we could freeze time and do everything together we never got to do."

I thought of things that we never have done.

Chuckling I asked, "Like what?"

Looking down Hermione pulled out her wand from her back pocket and flicked it towards an old record player in a nearby corner, near the window. As it began to play, it was a bit scratchy. Hermione kept looked down. I looked at her face wondering what all this meant. What could this mean? What is she trying to do? Keep me longer to where I can't even go to Voldemort? Finally, she looked up at me. Her eyes sparkling from the moonlight, with tears in her eyes. Slowly, I pulled my thumb up to her face and wiped a single tear away. Why did she have to cry?

As the record continued to play, I pulled Hermione closer to me. Hermione wrapped her arms around my neck. With our chins on our shoulders we moved slowly to the hushed music, just like we need recently when Ron was gone.

I didn't understand how this isn't something we haven't done before. We danced like this not even a year ago. What is so special about this time? Oh yeah… this time we have kissed before. Now we know how we feel. What do we do about Ginny and Ron? It won't matter anyways, I will be dead by dawn and Hermione can be with Ron. So many questions are running through my mind.

Hermione and I continued to dance without changing our position, even when the music stopped. We danced, in circles, thinking. We pulled away to get a look into our eyes again.

For the third time that night our lips were touching. Out of the previous two kisses, this was the most passionate. I backed Hermione up into a wall. Hermione put her hands under my jack and shirt, touching my bare skin. As her cold hands wonder around my upper body our lips apart. I went right to her neck, kissing it all over. Hermione's hands went up and down my chest a few times before she began towards my pants to unbutton.

I couldn't do this, not now. I have another place to be. A place to where I can save her life, other's lives, and maybe if I survive we can do this anytime in the future. For now though, it had to stop. The single button on my pants was undone .Taking my lips off her neck and looking her in her closed eyes, we paused. It seems to take her a moment to realize we weren't moving. She opened her eyes looking at my instantly. Her breath was heavier than before and her chest moved up and down a bit faster.

"Hermione," I whispered, gently.

Nothing could be heard but her breath. She pulled my head down to her chest and held onto my head.

Opening my mouth, I took a second to speak, "I have to go."

Her breath has calmed down. We kept still. Standing up straight, I was pulled out of Hermione's arms that fell freely to her side. Unknowingly to me, sometime, she closed her eyes. Stepping closer to her I kissed her forehead taking all the time I could get with her before I would leave. Departing her, departing the world and departing our love in stillness. Unable to take it anymore, I pulled away and walked towards the door, away from her, closing my eyes. Last I saw of her was a one single tear falling out of her closed eye and down her red cheek. The last I heard was a whimper from was crying I caused, the crying we caused. Swiftly, I open the door to the classroom not capable to take in the state she was in and walked out, closing the door behind me.

For one moment we got each other. Regardless of how heartbreaking it was to go away I knew I gave her what she always wanted and she gave me what I wanted as well. Now, she would be pleased with a memory of me. A memory when we both were living at the same point in time, happily in love.

8/14/16: I hope you all liked this story. It was something that came to my mind a long time ago and I think it turned out exactly how I wished for it to be. Now, we all know Harry doesn't even up dead forever. I wanted to keep this story a one shot and nothing more, maybe even a two shot? BUT, I'm thinking Harry and Hermione will be together forever in the future of this one shot. :) If you liked this story, please review it and favorite it. I have many more Harry Potter stories so please check them out!