Chapter 2: Harry

Hermione had left early in the morning on June 4th. Harry knew it was going to be hard being without her but he knew that if they were truly meant to be as he thought, they would withstand the long distance.

Harry threw the covers off himself and sat up and stretched. 'This next 4 years is going to be hell.' He thought. He got up out of bed and got dressed and went downstairs to meet with the Weasley's.

"Harry, I am thinking of joining the Ministry to become an Auror too! I think it would be great if we could become partners." Ron said excitedly.

"Yes, that would be great. And it would get my mind off Hermione being gone." Harry said.

Ron and Harry sat down on the red sofa in the living room and began talking about their futures.

"So, I know I haven't told you, but I finally asked Luna out on a date. We are planning on going out next Friday to London." Ron said.

"Wow Ron, that is great. I am very happy for you both. I was hoping you would get together soon." Harry said with a smile. "I was hoping that Hermione and I would last longer than we did, but I respect her wishes and I hope that she can see that we are meant to be together. Ron, I love her so much and I want her to be my wife and the mother of my children, but I don't think she sees that."

"I know Harry. I was hoping that I would see you two get married and have children. You know, I did like her for a short time, but I knew that it was you two that were meant to be together." Ron said.

"Yeah, but it looks like that is not going to happen now, huh?" Harry said.

"I am sorry, Harry. Hopefully you can move on from this and if you and Hermione are meant to be, then you will be together in the end." Ron said.

"Thanks Ron. I needed to get that off my chest. So are you ready to go to the Ministry?" Harry asked.

"Yes. Let's go." Ron said as they both Apparated out of the Burrow and to the Ministry front door. They both walked through the large entrance and to one of the elevators to the Magical Law Enforcement dept.

As they walked into the department, they were greeted by Kingsley Shacklebolt.

"Hello Harry and Ron. Are you both ready to embark on your journey and become Aurors?" Kingsley said.

"Yes we are. We just have to fill out this paperwork, correct?" Harry and Ron asked.

"Yes, go ahead and fill it out and return it to me when you are finished." Kingsley said.

They filled out all of their paperwork and returned it. They were told that their training starts on September 1st. They were both very excited about their upcoming change in life. Harry was really excited to be finally doing something with his life.

September 1st, 1999

Harry rubbed his eyes as he woke up on the morning that he was to begin his Auror training. He met Ron downstairs and Ron kissed Luna goodbye as they Apparated off to their training.

When they got back to the Burrow, Harry suggested something to Ron.

"Hey, Ron. How would you and Luna like to move in with me in a house in London?" Harry asked.

"That would be awesome! I would love that and so would Luna, right love?" Ron said.

"Yes I would love too. That would be great." Luna said.

He began looking at houses in London a couple weeks ago and soon settled on one not far from the Ministry. They began packing and shrinking all of their belongings and began Appararting their things to their new home.

"I love this place. It is gorgeous." Luna said.

"I do too. I think this will be a great place to raise a family if I ever have one." Harry said.

As they began to move all of their belongings to their rooms, Harry couldn't help but think of Hermione and what she was doing. How her life was in the US. He missed her so much and he wondered if the feelings were mutual.

"I wish Hermione was here with us. It would be great. I miss her so much." Harry said.

"I know, Harry. We all miss her. We wish that she would keep in contact with us." Ron said.

"I'm headed up to bed. See you all in the morning." Harry said as he headed upstairs.

As Harry laid down on his bed, he couldn't help but just think about Hermione and what she was doing. As he drifted off to sleep he thought of Hermione the whole time.