Body A/N~ I'm sorry I've not posted for so long (pesky homework). I have finished righting the story and now just need to finish posting it. I will also start the leak that Corinne, Katie D., and I are working on a joint Harry Potter Author Fic, (shhhhh, very hush, not).

Disclaimer~ All characters related to the Harry Potter canon belong to the goddess like JKR. I "borrowed" a few ideas from Corinne, Katie, Lori, & Tamora Pierce. I also might have unknowingly "borrowed" some things from other people. So if you think you've seen it before, it's probably not mine. To those people I can only say 2 things: imitation is the censorious form of flattery, and please don't sue (I have no money).

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(the next morning)

Harry woke up and looked at the woman he had just shared a bed with. {She's beautiful.} he thought. {She looks like an angel, Finally my angel.} He brushed the hair out of her face, and bent over to kiss her. Hermione woke up and smiled at him. "Good morning sleepy head," Harry said, "Did you sleep well."

"I didn't sleep at all." She gave a soft chuckle and pulled him down on top of her.

He kissed her again, "Come on, as much as I'd like to stay here with you people will talk if we're any later for breakfast." And with that they both summoned their robes, and walked down to breakfast hand in hand.

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"I am honored to introduce this years valedictorian," Professor McGonagall announced.

Hermione walked up to the podium, "Thank you, Professor. First I'd like to say what is on everyone's mind. I am outta here! Now that I said that, I would like to thank our professors and parents who have been here to support us these seven years. And this is where I ran out of ideas. So let's just take 5 minutes of silence to reflect on where we're going in these next few years. Then we'll get up and leave and pretend that I said something moving and deep, but no one remembers these speeches anyways."she walked back to her spot next to Harry.

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Ron stopped them at the graduation banquet. "I didn't see you at breakfast this morning."

"Yes, well, we, um, slept in." Harry said, looking down guilty.

"Really, you must have been pretty tired to sleep in 'till lunch." Thomas said as he came up.

"Yes, well, it was a late night, with the dance and all." Harry said as a *very* red Hermione edged behind him.

"Yeah, the dance, sure." Thomas winked at Harry

"You two *really* thought we wouldn't figure it out?" Ron asked with a mock sense of being insulted.

"It's none of your damn business anyway!" Hermione shouted at them.

"Relax hon, just ignore them. Come on," Harry started to lead her away, "lets hit the buffet while there's still food."

"You're just going to let them talk like that!" she almost screamed at him.

Harry took her by the shoulders and stared straight into her eyes, "Does what we did bother you?"

"No" she said, stunned that he even had to ask.

"Then why does it matter what they think about it?"

"Ok," she said, "you're right. I *am* getting a little hungry."

They went to stand in line for food. By half way though the line they still had nothing on their plates (They were eating it as fast as they could put it on their plates). Harry put his arms around Hermione's waist and pulled her close. "Come on," he whispered, "lets go for a walk." He led her out the door. For a while they walked in silence. Finally they reached the rose garden. Suddenly Harry scooped her up, and set her on the stone bench. He quickly dropped to one knee and pulled a small velvet box out of his pocket. He opened it to revel a golden band with a blinding diamond mounted on it. "Herm, I love you more than life it's self," by this time tears of joy were streaming down Hermione's face, "And you would make me the happiest man in the world, if you would marry me."

"Yes, yes, course I'll marry you." She stood up, taking him with her. She kissed him like there was no tomorrow.

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A/N~I'd like to thank Corinne for the speech which she supplied in my writers block.