Ok i couldn't resist so i added this chapter just some minutes after the first, this one is larger and answers some questions i think, please review and tell me what you think :)

Hogwarts, Once More

Harry crossed the large gate and stepped inside the large grounds of the school, it was early at the morning, not more than 8:30 but he was already late, he would go to McGonagall's office and then straight to his new dorms, and then around the castle and close to Higrid's house.

He stepped inside the Entrance Hall and moved toward the Headmistress' office, the Gryffin Statue was already aside so he just let his trunk close to the wall and went up the stairs. He could easily hear many voices talking from the inside of the office, he knocked and Minerva McGonagall answered to come in, he opened the door and stepped in, before he could say a proper word a person was hugging him tightly, bushy brown hair was blocking his view and the familiar sense of vanilla filled his lugs, he immediately return the tight hug and smiled brightly, Hermione didn't let go of him for more than two minutes, when she was away she was flushed, looking at him with a huge smile.

Harry smiled back even surprised for finding her there, but his smile vanished when he looked around and saw between other people, Draco Malfoy, looking at him back with disgust.

"Good morning Mr. Potter," McGonagall said pleased to see him.

"What is he doing here?" Harry asked without hesitating at all.

"Well, Mr. Potter, the ministry decided to give a second change to Mr. Malfoy and from now on, for this term at least, Mr. Malfoy will be the potion master." McGonagall said uneasy. Harry paled.

"The Ministry? Does a Death Eater's money help that much?" he particularly shouted this time.

"Harry please, we can talk about it later. Calm down." Hermione whispered and he tried relax.

"She is right Potter, what I am doing is not one of your business." Malfoy snapped and Harry felt his blood boiling.

"Ms. Chang is not here yet, but she will be the professor of the ancient Runes, and Mr. Longbotom will be the herbology since Mrs. Sprout passed by during the final battle," McGonagall said to the rest, almost 15 people around her office, "Mr. Potter will be the DADA teacher and Ms Granger will be the Transfigurations one." She said and Harry lost it, Cho would be there? And Hermione would be there, with him, for an entire year… but how? She should start training for be a Healer…

"I'll explain you later…" she smiled at his confused face.

The meeting finished in minutes since Harry had arrived, he moved for his new dorm, the DADA class, stairs was leading him at his new home for that year, Hermione was close to him, at the Transfigurations class on the same floor, they met again after 20 minutes at Head's table. Harry then released how much Hermione had changed just in three months, she was taller a bit, her hair was sorter and not that bushy like it used to be, and was she even curvier at her female sides? Harry took his eyes from her body when she was next to him, smiling for take his attention off of her breasts…

"You look …great, your hair is sorter." Harry finally said after some long moments.

"Well yeah, thanks, I decided to change some things in my life, one of these was my hair as well," she smiled at him.

"Why are you here? Not that I don't like it of course I want you here, but you should be at the Healer training right?" Harry asked as they wait until their plates were full of food.

"Well, the last year at Hogwarts was so intense and I didn't enjoy it, you know; Horcuxes, fightings… plus the Healer training needed some more money that I didn't have, but with the job here for a year I will afford it and have more money after," she smiled a bit shy.

"I could give you money," Harry said softly, knowing her pride.

"Naah, it's ok, it's pleasure for me to work here, close to the library and close… to you.." she smiled and Harry felt his heart melting.

"Ron sent me some letters, he is fine, all the Weasleys are." Harry said, their food finally appeared and they both took some potatoes and pumpkin pie on their plates.

"Oh, he did…" Hermione said clearly uneasy for Ron's mention.

"Is-is everything alright with you two?..." Harry asked worried for the answer he would receive.

"Well.. honestly…not actually…" Hermione whispered.

"It's ok if you don't want to talk about it…" Harry said and she nodded slowly.

"We can talk about it later, OK?" she asked and this time he nodded.

Their breakfast was over after almost twenty five minutes, the Great Hall was oddly quiet just with some of the teachers inside.

"Lets take a walk around the lake, shall we?" Harry asked smiling and Hermione nodded, they exited the castle and started walking, they first stopped in front of Dumbledore's tomb, Harry sighted deeply, Hermione put a hand on his shoulder.

"At least he is in peace and his dream came true.." she said softly and Harry looked at her, she had changed in the last years, she became more wise, more silent, more like… him.

"I know, I just can't believe it's all over and we lost so many, sometimes I don't know if is right for me to live and them to be dead.." Harry whispered.

"Harry listen to me!" Hermione answered a bit angry, " Every and each of us decided to be next to you because we wanted to, we lost many that night, yes, Hagrid, Charlie, Percy, Mrs. Sprout, Fluer, Bill, Mad-eye, Dean, Parvati and so many others, but we all chose to be next to you, they died in the battle but you saved all the rest, you saved all of us, so Don't ever dare to say you should be dead, because if you were dead, many of us would already be buried in our tombs, that night many Death Eaters escaped, they are still out there, I wish I could say everything is fine but it's not yet, we still need you here, your friends need you here…" Hermione said softly, Harry had never heard her talking like that the last months, and all these words were straight from her soul.

"Sorry, I just-" Harry murmured.

"It's ok," Hermione smiled, "That's why I'm here," she said and hugged him, she was so warm against him, so right in his arms, he smiled and hugged her back, he knew he would be ok, maybe not soon, but he knew he could count on her. She pulled away some moments after smiling.

"Lets keep moving," she said and he followed her as she started moving.

They walked slowly around the lake, stopped in front of Hagrid's house, smiled at each other and Harry took Hermione's hand in his, they kept moving, he started wondering what had happened between Hermione and Ron, they always had problems, but what had happened this time?

"You asked about Ron.." Hermione said and looked at the lake, 'Wow is she reading my thoughts?' Harry wondered.

"Uhmm yes I did," Harry said and stopped when they were close to their favorite tree, they both sat down one next to each other.

"Well, we didn't know if you'll return, and we needed you, we actually needed to know you are ok, and we missed you, and then we missed each other, we tried be together…" Hermione said and didn't look at him, he wasn't that surprised about the news, but he was surprised about the past tense she was using.

"It didn't work for more that a month, we tried, he tried and I was surprised about it, but I couldn't work with it, I needed to see my parents, I lost years away from them, I wanted to be with them, and Ron wanted to be with me all the time, it was suffocating really… and when he was kissing me… it was feeling like my brother would kiss me, and he wanted to rush things, he wanted to be with me, and Molly wanted us to be together and have children and blah blah…" she said in a breath and then blushed by her revelation to her best friend.

Harry had listen to her carefully, and for some crazy reason the beast in his chest, which once was awoken and mad for Ginny now was satisfied by the fact that Hermione was single and Ron had failed to be with her.

"Uhmm I dunno what to say Mione," harry said after some moments, she turned and looked at him smiling.

"I missed you calling me like that, Ron was always calling me Herms… it's annoying to be honest, I haven't talk with him allot, we both avoiding each other, I think he is embarrassed and I think I just need time for me and my job." She said and her smile faint.

"Well, I'm happy we'll be at Hogwarts together, I mean, you know working together…" Harry said and put an arm around her shoulders she rest her head on his shoulder.

"I thought you wouldn't return… when Minerva said you had asked her of being the DADA teacher for this year… I was so happy, I was watching the owls coming to my windows and I knew they were from you, tell me about your trips, how it was so far from here?" Hermione asked looking up at him.

"Well I haven't many things to say… I returned to my parents' graves, just for saw them, just for talk to them, and then I was just buying tickets and traveling around Great Britain, I needed to move, to think and decide what to do.." Harry said and arrest his head on hers.

"And did you find some answers?" Hermione asked.

"Well, no, I don't know what I want or what to do, I know I want to be here, I know I need to find peace, I know I need my friends." Harry said and smiled at her, he hadn't smile the last three months, not like this.

"I missed you, and Ron very much, I really wanted you to be there, to talk to me and say that everything would be fine."

"If you had said that in a letter of yours I would run to find you," Hermione answered seriously.

"I know you would, but I also needed to be alone and think…"

"I missed your birthday..." Hermione said sadly.

"It's ok, you'll be to my next, I promise," Harry smiled at her.

"It's -funny, Ginny and Luna will be our students this year… and Malfoy and Cho and Neville will be teachers like we will," Hermione smiled.

" I know… many of these people were in the same common room with us, what you think will be having them as students?" Harry asked.

"I don't know… but I will try to be good,"

"I will try to take many points from Slytherins, whispering 50 points from Slytherins, answering wrong to my answers 100 points from Slytherins,"

"Harry!" Hermione laughed and slammed lightly his arm.

"Ok, Ok Ms Fair-teacher, I will be taking only 20 points per day.." Harry smiled and they both laughed.

"I think McGonagall wants you as Head of the Gryffindor house,"

"Really?"

"Yeah.. I think so, it's nice… last year, we were head girl and boy, this year we are teachers and you'll maybe the Head of our house, I think you can be headmaster next year," Hermione grinned.

"Oh yeah and then Auror and then Minister and then God of magic," Harry laughed and Hermione joined him, how much he had missed this simple act of laughing with his best friend. He thought about saying something about their kiss but he wasn't sure, he could easily destroy that moment of happiness, of Harmony.

"What is going on with you and Ginny?" Hermione suddenly asked.

"Pardon?" Harry asked surprised.

"Sorry, I shouldn't ask, I was just wondering…" her voice trailed off.

"Well, I don't care any more for her, romantically I mean… I think it was just a way to escape from my problems that time… I can't imagine my self being with her anymore…" Harry said matter-of-factly, he had thought allot about his "thing" as he could described the last months with Ginny and he couldn't find a good way to explain his actions back in sixth year, Harry had kept distance from Ginny during his seventh year and he was planning to do the same during this, her last year here at Hogwarts.

"Oh," she just said.

"Hermione I was thinking… did you remember what- what happened between us…" Harry said uneasy and Hermione looked at him seriously.

"You mean when I woke up and we—" Hermione babbled.

"And what Granger? What Potter did when you were awake?" An annoying voice asked behind them and they both jumped in surprise.

"Malfoy what are you doing here?" Harry asked angrily and stood up.

I think it was already large so the Harry v/s Draco will be next chapter's essue :) please review :)