"Hello, Harry" as she sat down beside him, also watching the sunset.

"Hi Hermione. I see you found me"

"It wasn't easy. I actually had to talk with your Aunt Petunia. She said, if you were in America, you were in Hawaii. something about an old T.V. show"

"Yeah, Magnum P.I. Aunt Petunia loved that show and never missed it. She had a huge crush on Tom Selleck. I used to sneak peaks at the show. I was too young to appreciate the women or the cars. But at the time, I thought Hawaii must be the most beautiful place in the world. The water was so blue and the sun was always shining, unlike in gloomy England. I always told myself that I would come here when I was old enough. I find it very relaxing."

"It is very beautiful here. I can see why you would want to come here"

"Yes, it is." Harry said with his eyes still on the light reflecting off the water. This wasn't going to be easy. He could already feel his heart beating a mile a minute. "How is everyone back in Jolly old England?" This was a safe subject.

"Well, everyone is great now that Voldemort is gone. After Dumbledore died, everyone started to take your advice and think about getting out of England. But then he exploded and the Death Eaters all died, so we no longer had to do that. By the way, my parents wanted to thank you for the money, but we don't need it now and want to give it back."

"No. It was a gift and I don't really need it and don't try to persuade the Goblins. They won't help you. Enjoy it, use it to go to University. It can't be cheap." He replied firmly. Hermione realized that this was one argument that she wasn't going to win and she wasn't here to argue anyway. She was here to get her Harry back.

"Okay, if that is what you want. But be prepared for Molly to argue about it when she sees you. She wasn't exactly happy about all that money either, even though they were going to use it to move also." Hermione conceded.

"So, I had heard Dumbles died last year after I left. I never did get the true report what happened. Just that some DE's had snuck into Hogwarts and killed him" Harry said trying to change the subject. He wasn't going to take the money back if it helped his friends succeed. And the Weasleys could definitely use the money to upgrade the Burrow now.

"It was horrible. Him and Professor Snape had left Hogwarts on some kind of secret mission and Malfoy had snuck in some of the Death Eaters. We later learned that he had used a Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement. You were right about him, he had taken the Mark. Anyway, we were lucky. No kids were killed, because most of them were in their common rooms. They did run into Professor Flitwick and found out why he was so good at dueling. He got Fenrir Greyback with a slicing curse that completely beheaded him and one of the Lestrange brothers with a Reducto. The rest fled. However, I guess they trapped the Headmaster on the Astronomy Tower. Nobody knows what happened, but they found the Headmaster's body at the bottom of the Tower and Professor Snape and Draco gone."

"Way to go Professor Flitwick!' Harry said with a smile.

"Yeah, the Ministry gave him an Order of Merlin, second class for defending the school against terrorists." Hermione told him. "We thought the war was going to start going bad for our side and so we were all preparing to leave like you suggested and then only a month later Voldemort blows up. What we can't figure out is how. Besides, we all thought that the prophecy said that it had to be you to kill him."

"I did, just not the way people thought it would happen." He then told her about the Elves and the ritual. She too was very happy that Dobby and Winky were free of the curse and doing very well. She thought about how she could she get the House elves in England to America to free them. But that was for another time.

The sun had finally set and it was starting to get dark. It was time to get to the stuff he really didn't want to deal with.

"Why are you here Hermione? I thought you didn't want anything to do with me" Harry said, finally looking at her fully. She was beautiful. Long Brown Wavy hair, Deep Brown eyes, and from the looks of it, a body to match. Damn, this was not going to be easy.

"Oh Harry, I can't believe that you thought I was afraid of you. I was never afraid of you. I was terrified FOR you." Hermione said, eyes glistening. "I was afraid of losing you and didn't know how to deal with it. . After I got your letter, I was devastated that I had hurt you so much that you had to leave. I couldn't function for 3 days. Luna and Ginny were lifesavers. I don't even remember much of those days, except the believe that I had ruined the best friendship I had ever had."

"Hermione, all I ever wanted was for us to always be together, but then you pushed me away. I figured you didn't want to be friends anymore and were afraid of me getting you hurt again. I guess I was an idiot and thought this was the best for you." Harry replied with his head down.

"No Harry, I was the idiot. I should have listened to my heart." Hermione said. tears beginning to fall freely now.

"How bout we both agree that we didn't handle it very well?" Harry stated. He had to stop those tears. He never could handle a crying Hermione.

"Ok" she smiled with a sniffle. "Oh Harry..." And then she did what he had been afraid since she had appeared. She hugged him. It was horrible. How was a person supposed to maintain his calm exterior when a beautiful woman was pressing her body against yours. Okay, maybe it wasn't so horrible.

He slowly put his arms around her and returned the hug. It was wonderful. His Hermione was in his arms again. There was nothing better than this. It was the most stupendous thing in the world. He could do this forever.

"I missed this. I really did think that I would never get to do this again and was happy to suffer if it would make you happy." Harry said, tightening his grip a little.

"Harry...I want to tell you something"

"What?"

"I know what Ron told you in 3rd year, but we have NEVER been together. Despite my stupidity last year, I have not once thought of Ron romantically."

"But all the bickering and arguing like an old married couple." Harry said looking confused. "Everybody said that..."

"Everybody who? Those idiots in the dorm? Harry I know you don't have a whole lot of experience with couples, but even that limited experience should show you that couples that argue and fight all the time aren't happy. And opposites may attract, but that attraction dies pretty quickly. And Ron and I are complete opposites. Besides you, we have absolutely nothing in common. That was very obvious our final year in school. I don't think I said more than a few words to him the whole year. My Parents hardly ever argue. I know Mrs Weasley is a little loud sometimes and can be overbearing, but you don't see her and Mr Weasley arguing either." Hermione stated.

"Well, now that you mention it. I guess you are right. Even Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon don't argue whole lot. They yell and scream at me, but now that I think about it, I don't think I ever saw them yelling at each other." Harry said with a thoughtful look on his face. "But you seemed interested in him last year. What was that about then if you weren't interested?"

Hermione's eyes started to glisten again. "Oh Harry, I knew Ron has had a little crush on me since 4th year and was trying to suppress my feelings for you, so I pretended to be interested in him. Then I figured that since Ginny has had a crush on you forever, that she could..."

"Ginny? Have you looked at her?" Harry exclaimed. "She looks like what my sister would look like, besides we are cousins."

"What? No way."

"Hermione, think about it. Remember Ron telling us that they were related to the Blacks? My grandmother was Dorea Black. I don't care if it is legal, that is too closely related to me. I don't want my kids to be like Crabbe and Goyle. EWWW! Besides, you know how I feel about fan girls, even worse than Victor Krum does. And another thing, she always wanted to date the Boy-Who-Lived. She sees it as being popular and going to parties and rubbing elbows with the elite of society. I saw that she totally loved going to those Slughorn parties. You know me, I don't like any of those things and ."

"I know Harry." Hermione replied quietly. "So what about now? Do you still feel the same about me?"

"I don't know. You really hurt me, Hermione." Harry said while looking at her. "But I also do know that I missed you terribly."

"You did?" A little flash of hope in her eyes.

"I do. So how do you feel about me? How do you feel about me in your heart?"

"Oh Harry, I think I love you more than life itself. I can't bear the thought of being away from you anymore. I tried everything to find you. My parents made me finish school, but my heart wasn't in it. The only reason I did so well on my NEWT's was because I had known the material last year. All I kept doing was thinking about you. We kept hearing about this really powerful wizard here in America, so I knew that you were still here. However, I don't think you realize how stinking big this country is. It is huge compared to little old England, and didn't help that the American Ministry wouldn't help at all. Kept going on about privacy laws and stuff."

"Then how did you find me?" Harry asked.

"Pure luck. I ran into your Aunt Petunia. I told her that you had left to America and she told me about your love of Hawaii and that old t.v. show. From there, it was easy to do an internet check, where I found that a James and Dobs Black had gotten a speeding ticket for racing on the highway. I found the officer that issued the ticket and got him to show it to me. They listed your address on the ticket."

"Oh yeah," Harry said with a big grin, "That was fun. I totally had Dobby beat, before that cop stopped us"

Suddenly there was a POP and Dobby said, "Did Not" and popped out again.

Harry yelled back at the house, "I did too." They could hear someone giving them a raspberry from the house. Man, he loved that little guy.

Harry turned back to Hermione holding her at arms length, his face again serious, "Hermione, I want to get this out, so please just listen. Okay?"

"Okay" She replied a little nervously.

"I like to think that I have grown up in the last year and half. It especially helped getting that little piece of Tom out of my head. I am sure that probably enforced some of my depression those last 2 years at Hogwarts. I was able to get a lot of help with some of my mental problems at the school I attended. They have a class just for the Mental Arts and you have to go through therapy as part of the program. My Mental Arts Professor was able to help me understand about my feelings. What I felt was definitely love for you, but I didn't understand about the different facets of it. She explained about the different types of love. Love of a Friend, Love of Family and of course being in Love. We were able to work some stuff out and I realized that I love the Weasleys like Family, Neville and Luna like Friends and that you are more than just a friend."

Hermione gave a small gasp. "I am?"

"Very much so"

"Does this mean what I think it means?" Hermione asked with desperate hope in her eyes.

"Yes, Miss Granger, I am totally and completely in Love with you and I am yours if you still want me", Harry said with small smile.

He was suddenly engulfed in a hug that would put Hagrid to shame. "Oh Harry, of course I still want you. I was terrified that you didn't want me anymore." She was crying again, but Harry could see that these were happy tears. He wiped her tears, looked into her eyes and lowered his lips to hers.

He was only going to give her a quick kiss, but Hermione had other plans. She threw her arms around his neck and really got into it, pressing her lips fiercely against his. Then shocking Harry by slipping her tongue into his mouth. This is what she had traveled half way around the world for and she wasn't going to waste it. Harry for one, wasn't going to stop her. This was absolutely great. A lot better than that travesty with Cho back in 5th year, and was Hermione rubbing her body against him? Oh yeah, much much better.

Finally the need for air broke them apart.

"Wow!" Hermione gasped.

"Yeah, Wow!" Harry agreed. "I hope we can continue doing that. That was bloody brilliant. I guess this means that we are Boyfriend and Girlfriend?"

"You bet your sweet ass. I am not letting you go again, Mr Potter."

"That is good, since I don't plan on going anywhere without you by my side, Miss Granger." Harry said, and then proceeded to kiss her again.

The rest of the night was just the two of them talking, holding each other, kissing some more and just getting caught up with everything. They moved back up to the house and sat on his couch holding each other. Hermione told him that apparently the letters Harry had written had done some good. Ron was still with Lavender, but the relationship had matured from 'Lav Lav' and 'Won Won'. Ron had grown up quite a bit and Lavender had settled down too. He had gotten a job with the Twins at the Joke shop and shown a real flair for salesmanship and Lavender had gotten a job as a writer at Witch Weekly doing a weekly column helping teen witches. Everyone was predicting a wedding in the near future.

Ginny was still crushing on Harry and seemed to think that Harry would come back to her. It seemed that him leaving had really upset her plans. She had been giving him small doses of a Jealousy Potion to make him jealous and think that he liked her while she was dating Dean. The plan was for her to eventually break it off with Dean and have Harry swoop her off her feet and then live happily ever after. Harry puked up his dinner when he heard that and made sure to always wear his Head of Family rings. They would completely negate all potions

Neville had become Professor Sprout's apprentice and had become much more confident in his spell work. It helped that he now had a proper wand matched to him. He showed that he had a lot of power and was going to be a great wizard. When she thought of all the grief that could have been avoided if his Gran had just gotten him a proper wand back in first year, Hermione still got infuriated. Neville was engaged to Hannah Abbot and the wedding would be in September. Neville had told Hermione that he hoped she would find Harry in time for the wedding.

Luna had become one of Hermione's best friends. They had spent the last year and a half together a lot. Hermione was still frustrated by the illogical things Luna said, but came to realize that Luna was a wonderful person and totally brilliant in her own right. She was a whiz at Charms and deadly with hexes. It was no wonder that she was the only one, beside Harry to be relatively unhurt at the DOM fiasco. She was doing part-time reporting for her father at The Quibbler during the summer before going back for her 7th year, and had been very helpful in trying to find Harry. It had been Luna that had sent Hermione on an odd errand for Pineapples and where she had run into Petunia. Coincidence? Maybe, but that is Luna.

Harry told her about the Rocky Mountain School of Sorcery and how much he had learned from Professor Pelmen. Hermione thought he sounded familiar. Like she had read about him before, but wasn't sure where it was. Especially the part about him defeating a two-headed dragon. She was also fascinated with the Elves and their magic. During the Story, she wanted to see his Animagus forms. He transformed into the Twilight Panther first and showed her how he could travel through shadow. He then transformed to his Emerald Phoenix. Hermione was captivated by his beauty and his phoenix song. While he was singing, she could feel the love he felt for her in his song.

Throughout the night, Harry and Hermione just held each other just talking and kissing. It was Winky that found that they had fallen asleep together on the couch.

A/N I got the idea of the Jealousy potion from Dunelous and his "Afterlife, Inc." Great story, highly recommended for Harmony shippers.

Just got pointed out to me that it wasn't "Afterlife, Inc." that had the Jealousy Potion, but Driftwood1965, "Harry Potter and Future's Past". Another excellent story for Harry/Hermione shippers. Sorry for the misinformation. Check out both authors. They are very good.