A/N: To give context, Lord Voldemort dies due to a joint collaboration between Lily and James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and an effective Albus Dumbledore. Since there are no Horcruxes in this story, the wizarding world is at peace and Dark Lord free.

The premise of this story is somewhat similar with my all-time favorite novel, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Furthermore, this story is my interpretation of how Harry Potter's character would develop, assuming he was surrounded by love from his parents and how his relationship with Hermione will evolve.

This story will progress in shifting POVs - more like a he said, she said.

Also, there will be flashbacks for each year leading up to seventh as we go along with the present events.

I'm looking forward to your follows, faves, and reviews.

Seven Years of Loving and Loathing

By: tweety-src-clt9

PROLOGUE

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single bloke in possession of good grades and good looks must be in want of a grad ball date.

Hermione Granger, seventh year Hogwarts student and Head Girl, laughed to herself as she read the line she scribbled on an empty parchment. The line she wrote was a parody of the first sentence of her favorite novel, Pride and Prejudice. Since she needed a break from all her advanced reading, she was doodling on a desk inside the Head's common room as she thought about her friends.

Her closest friends, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Ginny Weasley, and Luna Lovegood spent most of the train ride talking about whose asking who for the upcoming Graduation Ball. Given that it's just the third day of the school year, she really could only laugh at the silliness of her best friends. In as much as most of the girls are silly, with boys usually dominating their heads, she loved all her friends. They were like sisters to her. It's also the first time that she's met girls of her age who actually accepted her for who she was - bookworm, bossy, and all brains. As Head Girl, she spent a little time bonding with her sisters on the Hogwarts Express, but they of course filled her in on the latest gossip and the developing romances. Of course, her friends were all dreamy eyed as they talked about the most sought-after wizard in the entire school, Harry James Potter.

Harry Potter was a seventh year Gryffindor who also happens to be this year's head boy. He is the son of the current head of the Department of Magical Law and Enforcement, Lord James Potter, who is clearly a shoo-in to become the next minister once Madam Amelia Bones decided to retire. His mother was no slouch either. Lily Potter was a gorgeous elegant witch who is a renowned charms and potions mistress and owner of the largest potions and enchanted items shops in the wizarding world. What made his parents even more famous is the very fact that many years ago, they single-handedly defeated the vilest Dark Lord since Grindelwald, Lord Voldemort also known as Tom Marvolo Riddle. Apparently, there was a prophecy about the young Harry that made him a target for Voldemort but due to the combined efforts of his parents, the Dark Lord is no more.

Aside from the fame surrounding the Potter family, Harry Potter in her unbiased opinion is actually quite good looking. His hair was raven black that seems to be all messy and tussled in a 'just got out of bed look'. His tall physique was toned from all the Quidditch training that he's been a part of since their first year. Of course, his best trait - those emerald green eyes that seem to penetrate your very soul. What added to his appeal is the fact that he is a powerful and intelligent wizard. In fact, he was the Top 2 student in their year, second only to her.

Harry Potter is the ideal wizard for probably all of the witches in the castle, except for her. Because as good as his looks, grades, and athleticism were, he was an arrogant, conceited, and self-important prat!

Okay, so I did fancy him when I was a first year but I was naive at that time!

After she heard him say that she was just a bushy haired know-it-all that he hangs out with as a study partner, her fragile heart was crushed. She loathed him ever since then. The bloody prat asked her out to Hogsmeade on the first trip during their third year but of course, she turned him down. He knew that he was just making a big joke out of her after all so why set herself up for more ridicule. Besides, it was more fun to go with her friends anyway. During their fourth year, she was surprised when he again approached her and asked if she would accompany him as his date for the Tri-Wizard tournament's Yule Ball, which she declined in lieu of Viktor Krum, the world-famous Bulgarian seeker. After all, Viktor asked her first and there's no way in hell that she would go with Harry bloody Potter anyway.

It will finally be my last year at Hogwarts and I would no longer have to suffer the presence of Harry Potter!

"Ms. Granger? We have rounds to do?", a deep baritone voice interrupted her musings.

"Just call me Hermione, alright?", she replied with exasperation. Who else would interrupt her quiet time but Harry Potter himself!

"You never considered me your friend after an unknown fiasco during our first year so I'll continue to address you as such until we become friends again", he smirked.

Merlin, I hate this prat!