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A Change of Heart



Chapter1-Seeing Her Again



Hermione Granger had not seen Percy Weasley for four years, so when she found out that she was going to be interviewing him she was extremely happy. She had always had a great affection for her best friend, Ron's older brother. He had always seemed so much like herself. He was ambitious, smart, and goal-oriented. During her first year she had even had a crush on him for a while.

When Hermione walked into Percy Weasley's office Percy asked, "What are you doing here, Hermione?"

"I'm here to interview you for the paper. Didn't you hear that I became a reporter?" Hermione asked.

"No, I didn't. Ron never told me that you started working as a reporter. Do you work for the Prophet?" Percy asked.

"Yes. They needed a new reporter because Rita Skeeter quit. I was really disappointed that she quit because I was really looking forward to working with her," Hermione said sarcastically.

Percy let out a laugh and Hermione continued speaking. "It sure is a shame that she quit. I don't know if I can follow in such big footsteps," Hermione said with a patronizing smile on her face.

Percy said, "Oh, I'm sure that it must be hard to come and fill the position of such a famous journalist."

Hermione replied, "Yes, I'm not sure I can make up that many lies, but I will sure try very hard to ruin peoples lives."

Percy laughed and said, "You always were a funny girl. It's been too long since I last saw you."

"Yes, I know. It's been, what? Four years now?" Hermione said.

"Yes, I believe it has been four. You've really grown up since the last time I saw you." Percy said.

"Have I?" Hermione asked.

"Yes, I can still remember the first time I met you," Percy said.

"Oh, you mean on my first day at Hogwarts?" Hermione asked.

"Yes, do you remember all of those questions you asked?" Percy said and laughed.

"Yes, I must have talked your ear off," Hermione said.

"You did," Percy said.

"But you like me asking you questions. It made you feel important and it gave you a chance to show off. I remember that the first thing you told me was that you were a prefect. Actually, I think that was the first thing that you told ever first year. You always were a little bit conceited while you were at Hogwarts," Hermione teased.

"What do you mean?" Percy asked.

"You know what I mean. You could have talked for hours about your duties as a prefect. And a couple of years later you would have talked for hours about being Head Boy." Hermione said.

"Okay, maybe I see your point," Percy said.

"Penelope was the only person who would listen to you. How is she anyway? I heard that you were engaged. Congratulations!" Hermione said.

"We were engaged. She broke it off. I haven't seen her for six months since she left me to be with Oliver Wood." Percy said sadly.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Percy. I hadn't heard," Hermione said and gave her old friend a hug, "I hate that I reminded you of such a terrible thing."

"That's okay. It's probably a good thing that she left me. I don't think that she would have liked being with me when I work such long hours at the ministry," Percy said.

"Yes, that probably would have been hard on her," Hermione said.

"I heard that you and Viktor Krum split up," Percy said.

"Yes, I couldn't handle him being so famous. I was constantly put in the spotlight when I was with him." Hermione said.

"I read a lot about you in the papers while you were with Krum. It must have been hard always reading about your relationship in the paper. Some of the reporters made it sound like you were a vicious women," Percy said.

"And you know that those reporters were always telling the truth. I have a habit of, what was it I read one time? Oh yes, I always got made at the other quidditch players on Viktor's team because they spent to much time with him and I yelled at them and even punched one of them in the nose," Hermione said.

"Oh, I remember reading that! Rita Skeeter wrote that the summer after your fifth year. I had to laugh when I read that. The only person I could see you ever even think about punching is my brother. Ron always could make you mad," Percy said.

"Yes, that is true, but he could always cheer me up. It's weird not seeing him and Harry every day," Hermione said.

"It's always hard being alone for the first couple of years after leaving Hogwarts. I still wake up and feel like I should be going downstairs to have breakfast with my friends," Percy said.

"I know. But do you know what the really strange thing is?" Hermione asked.

"What?" Perrcy asked.

"Everyone is getting married already! Harry is going to marry your sister after she graduates from Hogwarts next year, Ron's engaged to Lavender, Dean, Seamus, and Neville all have wives, and Parvati is going to marry Lee Jordan in the fall. Hell, even Malfoy is married!" Hermione said.

"He is?" Percy asked. "I never really cared for that kid."

"Yes, he married that pretty Ravenclaw, Padma Patil. You know, Parvati's twin sister? I don't see why she married Malfoy. She could have had any guy she wanted. Why would she choose to marry a Malfoy?" Hermione said.

"Who know?" Percy said. "Maybe he's a really nice guy."

Hermione and Percy both laughed at the thought of Draco Malfoy being a decent person.

"I guess we should start the interview now," Hermione said.

"The interview lasted thirty minutes and at the end Hermione said, "Well, thanks for letting me interview you, Percy. It's been great talking with you."

"No problem, Herm. It was nice seeing you again," Percy said.

Hermione started to leave the room but Percy began to speak again. He said, "I'd really like to see you again sometime, Hermione."

Hermione replied, "I'd like that too," and left the room leaving Percy staring bewilderedly at the place where she had just been sitting.

Percy thought, "Did she change or is it me that's changed? I've never thought of her as anything more than a friend. Why do I feel differently now?"



A/N-So, what do you think? Should I keep writing on this story? What do you think of the Percy/Hermione pairing? I've always liked it and I thought that there was far to few H/P fics. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter and I hope that you enjoyed reading it. Please R/R! Also, if you have time you can read and review some of my other fics. I'm always looking for constructive criticism.