Hermione's POV

Back at Hogwarts that afternoon I ran into Hagrid leaving the building.

"Hello Hagrid!" I called. I haven't seen much of him this term because I was used to Harry and Ron prompting me to go with them.

"Hello Hermione!" He replied, "got time for a catch-up?"

"Sure." So I followed him to his hut. When we got inside, I noticed it hadn't changed at all since my last visit.

"How're newts treatin' ya?" He asked.

"Great, I'm sorry about not visiting you, I've been swamped."

"That's alrigh', it's good to see ya."

"Have you heard from Ron or Harry?" I asked.

"Yeah, a couple o' owls now an' then. How're the Weasleys holding up?"

"They're alright, I haven't visited them much, they apparently could be better though."

"I thought as much, from Ron's letters he sounded a bit lost."

We carried on chatting until dusk when I needed to go back up to eat dinner. I ran into Ginny, coming back from the pitch from a Quidditch practice, now that she's the captain and filled her in with my meeting with Ron. When we got to dinner we sat at the end of the table as we always did and found Neville already sat there picking at his food.

"Ah! There you are, how's your day been?" He asked before eating a piece of sausage off his fork.

"It's been good, it was great to see Ron, so I'm gonna see him more often. I ran into Hagrid on my way in so I stayed there catching up for a couple of hours. How's yours been?" I replied.

"Great, Hannah and I spent time in Madame Puddifoot's so that was nice. You need to hear Ginny's news though."

"What happened?" I exclaimed, turning to Ginny.

"Harry surprised me with Teddy today in the castle. He flooed in with special permission from McGonagall. He really wanted to come see you but we couldn't find you so I hope that's alright?" She replied, looking a little sheepish.

"That's brilliant! How were they both?" I didn't worry too much about not seeing Harry, at least I got to see Ron.

"They were good, Harry seemed happier, especially with Teddy. His hair was bright green today, it looked brilliant!" She babbled. I could tell how much Harry meant to her when I saw her face light up.

"Ah, I'm glad." When dinner was up, we walked back to our eighth year common room leaving Ginny as she turned towards the Gryffindor tower. Our common room was close to Gryffindor tower so the small talk we were engaging in came to an end as soon as we got in. Susan and Hannah were sat in the cosy armchairs by the fire playing chess and chatting. Neville instantly moved towards them and sat by Hannah and they started cuddling. I guess they've recovered with each other from the war. So, I sat by Susan and joined in their mindless conversation. Then, an owl started tapping at the window. I recognised it as Harry's new owl, Hope. So, I reached for the the letter and fed Hope a treat.

The letter read, "Hi Hermione, I'm sorry about missing you earlier, I guess we were in the wrong places to meet. Andromeda says hello and Teddy misses you, much like me. Did Ron tell you that we discussed moving into a flat together if we do the auror training? Oh, and did he tell you about the auror training? I think it would be a brilliant idea to be honest, but I'm not sure if either of us are ready. Are you coming to the Burrow for Christmas? Hope I can see you there, Harry."

So I replied and excused myself from the conversation to take my letter up to the owlery, as Hope had left as soon as she'd delivered the letter. I used a school owl to deliver it. I'd almost sent if off when I thought that I should write to Ron.

"Hi Ron, it was great to meet up with you today. Are you happy to meet up again next week? Don't worry if not. Harry asked if I was coming to the Burrow for Christmas. I said yes. I will see you then if we don't meet up before. Hermione."

I sent both letters off with the school tawny owl. I hope I can meet up with him before Christmas, even though Christmas really was drawing closer as November came to an end. It was pitch black outside, so the only light was the handful of dimly lit lamps dotted around the owlery, so I headed back to the common room and to bed.