Harry grumbled in his sleep and slowly opened his eyes. The sun was peeking through the curtains in the infirmary. He rolled over, looking toward the bed at his right. Hermione lay there still sleeping peacefully. He stared at her for a minute, remembering those few moments when he had been scared the previous day. Harry hadn't been scared of Voldemort, but he was scared of what he might do to Hermione and Cho. His eyes glanced past Hermione for a moment, to the bed next to her. Cho was laying there sleeping soundly. He figured she must have come into the infirmary after her talk with Dumbledore. Harry rolled back over and glanced at the clock on the wall. 8:30 in the morning, Harry sighed. He lay there awake for another half an hour when Madame Pomfrey came in.
"Feeling better?" she asked him.
"Uh, yeah." he answered.
"Good, because Dumbledore has requested to speak with you and Miss Granger." she said sounding a bit annoyed at the fact that she couldn't keep her patients in bed longer. "Here" she said handing him some clothes. "Your friend Mr. Weasley delivered them to me earlier." Harry took the clothes and closed the curtains around his bed and got dressed quickly. When he opened his curtains Hermione was awake, and looking around.
"Herm, Dumbledore needs to see us. You should get dressed." Hermione took the clothes Ron had brought for her off of the nightstand next to her bed and closed the curtains. Five minutes later Hermione emerged wearing a light pink shirt and jeans. Harry couldn't help but think how beautiful she was. "Let's go." Harry said and they walked out of the infirmary and made their way up to Dubledore's office. Hermione found Harry's hand as they walked and slipped her hand into his, as they continued to walk. When they reached Dumbledore's office Harry remembered the password from earlier that year and said it (Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans) and they entered dropping each others hands and sitting down. Dumbledore was not smiling as usual but looking very serious.
"You two along with Miss Chang have killed Voldemort for good. You will all receive awards for special services to the school." He said still looking very serious. "But, I need to know what Miss Chang did to help Voldemort, just to ensure that her story is true." He said. So Harry and Hermione dived into the story of all the previous events between Harry, Hermione, and Cho. By the time they finished, Dumbledore was still listening intently and twidling his thumbs on his desk. "I see. I hope the Ministry will believer Miss Chang's story, otherwise she will be put on trial. You two are free to go." Harry and Hermione got up and walked out, making their way to Gryffindor tower. Harry glanced at Hermione sideways and noticed tears, falling silently down her cheeks. Her tears made him want to change the world so it didn't hurt her anymore. Because no matter what she was in the world, at that moment and forever she meant everything to him. And when he looked her in the eyes, he traveled to the depths of her soul, and he could say a million things without a trace of sound. And he knew that his own life was inevitable, consumed within the rhythmic beatings of her very heart. He loved her for a million reasons, no paper would do it justice. It wasn't a thing of the mind, but of the heart. A feeling. Only felt. (A/N: sorry you guys I got a little poetic there, back to the story.) And as he stood there, he kissed her softly, but with all the love he had for her, and then hugged her tightly.
"Hermione, I love you." And Harry prayed she would say the same, although in his heart he knew she would say it back.
"I love you too Harry." She said, her tears slowing.
"Why are you crying, Hermi?" He whispered into her ear, still holding her in his embrace.
Hermione pulled back, staring right into his eyes. "To be honest, Harry, I don't know." she smirked a bit, thinking that she must sound stupid. But Harry understood what it felt like to cry for no reason at all, he need not ask her anything else. They began to walk to the Gryffindor tower again, Harry with his arm around Hermione's shoulders, and Hermione with her arm around Harry's back. As they entered the common room, there were cheers from Ron, and the rest of the Gryffindors. Fred and George we yelling 'Party!' and that's exactly what they did. People all over that day were celebrating the final downfall of the Dark Lord. Most of the celebrating lasted all through the night but the celebration in Gryffindor tower was put to an end by Professor McGonagall shouting at them all to go to bed. Even As Harry went to bed, he couldn't help but smile. His nightmares had subsided finally. The high pitched laugh that he normally heard in his dreams was replaced by the soft, sweet giggle of Hermione. That night every one of his dreams were sweet.
A/N: I personally think that chapter kind of sucked but you'll just have to live with it cuz I'm done with this story!! I'm sorry it took soo long to get out I've had this file on my comp for about 2 months and just didn't upload it onto ff.n sorry. Oh well. I'm working on the next chapter of Coming Together (the D/H fic) and I PROMISE you that will be out soon. I'm also going to write a song fic to a Michelle Branch song (that girl rocks!). The songfic might come out first...I had a little writers block and songs help me with getting a story going. Plus stupid school started 2 weeks ago and the teachers are bombarding me with homework which totally sucks. Anyway, I hope you liked this story and let me remind you to: REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!!!! I don't know if I'll write a sequel...I doubt it. But watch out for my upcoming stories! Thanks to all the awesome peeps who reviewed and I am now on a bunch of peeps favorites lists. If I'm on your fav list could you let me know in the review? Thanks. Love ya'll!!!