Disclaimer: Everything except the plot belongs to Joanne Kathleen Rowling.
A/N: This is the second, and the last chapter of this fic. There'll be a sequel...but the plot is different. I think that's the shortest author's note I've ever written!
Days went by like seconds, and the end of the year arrived at Hogwarts. Harry and Hermione had both promised that they'd send letters to each other everyday, telling how they were doing, and how much they missed each other.
Harry was not allowed to send letters by owl or even the Muggle-post when he lived with the Dursleys, but thankfully, he had been living with Sirius ever since his name had been cleared. Peter Pettigrew had been eventually caught, and Harry, along with Dumbledore's help, asked the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge to force Pettigrew to drink Veritaserum before the Dementors of Azkaban performed the Kiss on him. So Pettigrew told the whole truth-including where Voldemort was. But Voldemort, having heard the news that Pettigrew-or-Wormtail, one of his most faithful servants, had spilled out his deepest secrets to the Ministry of Magic, fled once again. Voldemort's whereabouts were unknown ever since then.
"Urgh...what do I say?" Hermione mouthed, clearly nervous for her and Harry's big Headboy and girl speeches that night, infront of the whole school at the end-of-year feast. Hermione scribbled things down on a piece of parchment with her quill, then sucked the end of the quill once in a while when she was thinking of what to write. Meanwhile, Harry was having the exact problems. He sat beside Hermione, his hand clutching his forehead.
"I have a headache..." Harry said, obviously thinking very hard. "Why did I have to be chosen to be the Headboy?" Hermione hurriedly wrote something, then shook her head, deciding that it is the wrong thing to say, as she scratched it off, and drew lines through it with her quill. Harry stared at her, his mouth open. "I thought Hermione Granger would always know the right things to say!" he said. Hermione glared playfully at him.
"Well, then you thought wrong, mister," she said, drawing a sharp breath, before exhaling. "So, have you got anything good?" Harry closed his eyes, and shook his head sideways. "Then have you got anything?" Harry shook his head again, opening his eyes again, revealing his bright green eyes. Hermione laughed, then Harry muttered,
"This would be a perfect time for Voldemort-" Hermione looked at Harry warningly. "-I mean He Who Must Not Be Named to come and kill me," he said, sarcastically.
"Harry," Hermione said. "You really shouldn't joke around with that kind of stuff. You Know Who is not going to kill you! And if he tries to, then I won't let him. I'll stand in his way. I won't let him take you." Harry smiled. 'God, I love her,' he thought.
"Thanks, Herm," he whispered. "I'd do the same for you." He bent over and hugged Hermione, grateful that he had someone as wonderful as her. Then, they went back to working on their speeches.
Dumbledore rose to his feet at the staff table in the back of the Great Hall. His eyes twinkled through his spectacles as he smiled, looking around at all of the Hogwarts' students. He cleared his throat, then he spoke loudly and clearly.
"The end of another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has finally arrived. I shall see you again at the start of the next year at Hogwarts. However, for those of you who are leaving this year, I will miss you greatly. Representing the graduates of this year, we have our Headboy and girl, Mr. Harry Potter and Ms. Hermione Granger-" Dumbledore's eyes flickered to Harry and Hermione, who were still trying to memorize their speeches in their heads. "-who will both be making their speeches. Could Mr. Potter and Ms. Granger kindly come up?" Hermione nodded, then looked around at Harry, who was still busy memorizing his speech. Hermione nudged him in the ribs, then Harry came back to reality. He turned to Hermione, and mouthed,
"What?" Hermione got up, then motioned him to get up, also. Harry finally seemed to understand what Hermione was trying to tell him, then he, too, got up slowly. Harry and Hermione walked up to the staff table, then stood where Dumbledore was standing. Dumbledore sat back down in his seat, stroking his long silver-white beard. Harry smiled a wide, toothy smile, and went first, like Hermione told him. "It's great to see you all in here again-together," he started, as Hermione stood beside him. "It seems like only yesterday when I was in my first year at Hogwarts. I made alot of great friends, and also some enemies, of course." Harry looked at Draco Malfoy, who half-grinned. "But in the end, almost all of them turned out to be friends." Hermione knew why Harry had said 'almost' all of them turned out to be friends. Snape, of course, was definitely one of Harry's enemies, along with several other witches and wizards like...Rita Skeeter, the mad Daily Prophet reporter, who had almost gotten fired from her job...all of the people who were supporters of Voldemort, or were Death Eaters...and of course, Lord Voldemort himself.
Harry went on for two more minutes or so, about friendship and magic, then finally ended with a "Thank you, I'll miss you all." The students and staff all clapped. It was Hermione's turn, and she started with her speech, too. Her speech wasn't at all like what Harry had expected. It wasn't a long lecture about magic, or anything. No, not at all. Infact, Hermione's speech was not unlike Harry's. The speech was a little longer than Harry's, though, that was for sure. Just when Harry thought that Hermione was finished with her speech, Hermione mentioned Harry, and what a good friend he was. All of the people in the Great Hall clapped loudly once again, as Hermione finally finished with her last line, which was "Goodbye, Hogwarts, and I thank you most sincerely." Dumbledore shook hands with Harry and Hermione, and told them they'd done a good job with their Headboy and girl speeches. Then, Harry and Hermione walked back to their seats beside Ron, Ginny, and Lavender. All three of them either hugged them or gave them a pat on the back when they got back.
"That was great!" Ginny said to Harry and Hermione. "How did you come up with those speeches?!?"
"Well, it wasn't hard," Harry said, but then he paused. He thought of how hard he had to think to write his whole speech. "Wait, scratch that. It was hard-very hard."
"I agree," Hermione said, chuckling a little. "I never want to write that speech again!!!"
Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender walked out of the Hogwarts Express on platform nine and three quarters at King's Cross Station, then walked through the gate, after saying goodbye to some other old friends like Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan, Parvati Patil, or some of their favorite professors of Hogwarts like Dumbledore, who said that he'd definitely keep in contact with the trio, McGonagall, who had tears in her eyes, and of course, Hagrid, who hugged Harry, Hermione, and Ron so tightly that they thought their backs would break, before making them swear that they'd write to him often. They found Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Fred, George(who had both set up a joke shop in Hogsmeade, like they had always planned to), Bill, Charlie, Percy, Mr. Granger, Mrs. Granger, Sirius, Mr. and Mrs. Brown waiting for them. The families briefly greeted all five of them, then the trio, Ginny, and Lavender asked if they could speak to each other alone for a brief moment. They all gave consent, so Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender walked away from their families. They stood, not even moving an inch, as if their feet were glued to the ground, and they faced each other with looks of great sadness on their faces. Lavender was the first to speak.
"Oh, come here..." She pulled all of them into a tight hug, before they could even stop her. "I'll miss you so much!" They all burst out with laughter after Lavender let go of them.
"Yeah, I sure will..." Harry said, very disappointed that he wasn't going to see his friends everyday.
"I think I'll even miss Malfoy!" Ron said, scratching his head, thinking that he'd gone mad.
"Ginny, you're really lucky you get one more year at Hogwarts," Hermione said. Ginny frowned.
"Next year will be like hell without Draco! How can I live without him...?" Ginny sighed.
"You'll get by, Ginny. Just try not to fall in love with someone else." Harry said, and laughed quietly. "Just be glad that you still have one year left of Hogwarts."
"Yeah, Harry's right," Hermione agreed. "And if you get made the Headgirl, and you need someone to help you for the Headgirl speech," Hermione smiled widely, and put a hand on Ginny's shoulder. "Then please don't ask me. I'm...going to be sick that day. With a cold, probably." Ginny put her hands on her waist.
"HAVE YOU GONE MAD?" she shouted. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?" Harry, Ron, and Hermione grinned, as they all thought of that moment when they were all in their first year, and were trapped by Devil's Snare, Hermione trying to think of how she could make fire without wood.
"Like brother, like sister..." Ron said, quite proud of this little sister that moment.
"Huh?" Lavender mouthed, confused. "What're you talking about?"
"I'll tell you later," Ron simply said.
"Ah, Mom and Dad're calling me," Lavender said quickly, hearing her mom and dad telling her that it's time to go. "I'm sorry, guys. Goodbye! Oh, by the way..." Lavender kissed Ron, who's ears went red, then started to run back to her parents.
"Bye, Lav! Owl me!" Ron shouted after her, waving.
"I will, Ron! Bye!" Lavender yelled back, then left. Ron turned back to Harry, Hermione, and Ginny. Then suddenly, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, and George walked over to the four friends, all beaming.
"'Lo, ol' mate, been a long time, eh?" Fred said, giving Harry a brotherly hug.
"Hi, Fred, George," Harry said, as George slapped him on the back.
"Hey, Harry, Hermione. Can't forget my own brother and sister, can I?" Bill said. "Hello, Ron, and Ginny."
"Hey, you lot," Charlie said, looking around at Harry, Hermione, and his two other siblings.
"Hello Harry, how have you been doing?" Percy said, and Penelope Clearwater, his girlfriend, walked over to him, smiling. "Hold on..." Percy walked away with Penelope, with a dazed look on his face.
"Dear, you've both grown!" Mrs. Weasley said to Harry and Hermione, and she hugged them. "How are you?"
"Hello, Mrs. Weasley," Hermione said, smiling broadly.
"Hi," Harry said. "We're alright, you?"
"I'm just fine, dear," Mrs. Weasley answered.
"Hello!" Mr. Weasley said. "It's been quite a while since I last saw you two, hasn't it?"
"Hello Mr. Weasley," Harry and Hermione said.
"Oh, look at the time!" Mr. Weasley shouted, looking at his watch. "I'm going to be late!"
"Right," Mrs. Weasley said quietly, wiping her eyes, and blowing her nose in a handkerchief. "We have to go." Ron opened his mouth to argue, but Ginny beat him to it.
"But Mom," she whined.
"I'm sorry! But your father is going to be late for an important meeting at work. Now we all have to go! Hurry..." Mrs. Weasley quickly hugged Harry and Hermione again, before saying goodbye to them. "Harry, Hermione...I'll miss you very much. You're both welcome to come to our house any time you want, alright? Goodbye, dears!"
"Goodbye, Mrs. Weasley, thank you!" Harry said, waving, as all of the Weasleys walked by him. "Bye, Fred, George, Bill, Charlie, Ginny and...Percy." Harry had found Percy, cuddling with Penelope again. He grinned. "Bye Ron, I'll owl you!" Ron hugged him and Hermione tightly. Ah, so many hugs!
"Yeah, you'd better!" Ron replied. "Bye, Harry! Bye, Hermione!" He waved, then left with his whole family. Mr. and Mrs. Granger came over to Hermione and Harry.
"Hermione? We'll be waiting for you in the car," Mr. and Mrs. Granger said, before saying goodbye to Harry.
"OK, Mom. I'll only be a moment..." Hermione said, then turned to Harry. Sirius then walked over to them.
"Hey, Harry!" he said, brightly. "Hi, Hermione! Well, I'll be waiting over there...Bye." Sirius waved at Hermione, winked at the two of them, and walked away. Hermione waved back.
"Bye, Sirius!" Hermione shouted. She turned back to Harry, and sighed. "Well, I guess this is goodbye," Hermione said.
"No, Herm, it's never goodbye," Harry whispered, wiping a tear away from Hermione's cheek. "Besides, we'll owl each other everyday, right?" Hermione nodded.
"Of course we will. That's not an option, Harry." Hermione giggled. Harry smiled, and kissed Hermione. Hermione opened her mouth to her own surprise, and her and Harry's tongues danced together happily. Finally, when they let go of each other, Hermione spoke again. She had to say it. She didn't think she would ever forgive herself if she didn't say it. Hermione finally decided to speak her mind. "Harry...?"
"Yeah, 'Mione?"
"I love you," Hermione said. This was the first time that Hermione had said that to someone who wasn't related to her. Finally! It was about time she'd fallen in love! This was definitely not like this when she was with Ron. She had never felt this way about...anyone before. Not even Viktor Krum, Hermione's former boyfriend.
"I love you, too." Harry said. He kissed Hermione again for several minutes, then hugged her tightly. "I'll miss you so much."
"I'll miss you too much," Hermione said. They let go, and looked into each other's eyes for a long time, before realizing that they were there for almost twenty minutes.
"God, I hate goodbyes. But it has to happen anyway. And like I said, it's never goodbye. I'll see you again. Maybe you could come over to my house sometime. So...bye-not goodbye. I love you, Hermione." Harry kissed the tip of Hermione's nose, and Hermione did the same to Harry's nose.
"I love you more. And yeah, maybe I could stay over at your house," she said. "Bye, Harry." Hermione waved, and walked away. It pained Harry so much to see Hermione walk away from him...but it didn't matter. He could see her over the summer, anyway. Sirius immediately came over, and put a comforting hand on Harry's shoulder. Harry smiled, and they walked out of King's Cross Station, to their house.
A/N: Think that's the end? Think again. That was just the beginning! =P I'll give you some hints about what the sequel is about.
- Harry and his friends send letters to each other.
- Hermione gets invited over to Harry's house over the summer.
- Uh oh...a problem here!
I'm writing as much as I can, so don't spazz at me if it isn't long enough for you. Here's a question from one of my friends... "What does 'confuzzled' mean?" Heh, you gotta love my friend, Cho Chang. Wait, I meant...you gotta love me! I think that the word 'confuzzled' is made up with the words 'confused' and 'puzzled' together. So there you go, Cho! Go figure! Well, I talk too much. So now you can go read the sequel which won't be posted any time soon...but submit your review first, plz! Thanks!
A/N: This is the second, and the last chapter of this fic. There'll be a sequel...but the plot is different. I think that's the shortest author's note I've ever written!
Days went by like seconds, and the end of the year arrived at Hogwarts. Harry and Hermione had both promised that they'd send letters to each other everyday, telling how they were doing, and how much they missed each other.
Harry was not allowed to send letters by owl or even the Muggle-post when he lived with the Dursleys, but thankfully, he had been living with Sirius ever since his name had been cleared. Peter Pettigrew had been eventually caught, and Harry, along with Dumbledore's help, asked the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge to force Pettigrew to drink Veritaserum before the Dementors of Azkaban performed the Kiss on him. So Pettigrew told the whole truth-including where Voldemort was. But Voldemort, having heard the news that Pettigrew-or-Wormtail, one of his most faithful servants, had spilled out his deepest secrets to the Ministry of Magic, fled once again. Voldemort's whereabouts were unknown ever since then.
"Urgh...what do I say?" Hermione mouthed, clearly nervous for her and Harry's big Headboy and girl speeches that night, infront of the whole school at the end-of-year feast. Hermione scribbled things down on a piece of parchment with her quill, then sucked the end of the quill once in a while when she was thinking of what to write. Meanwhile, Harry was having the exact problems. He sat beside Hermione, his hand clutching his forehead.
"I have a headache..." Harry said, obviously thinking very hard. "Why did I have to be chosen to be the Headboy?" Hermione hurriedly wrote something, then shook her head, deciding that it is the wrong thing to say, as she scratched it off, and drew lines through it with her quill. Harry stared at her, his mouth open. "I thought Hermione Granger would always know the right things to say!" he said. Hermione glared playfully at him.
"Well, then you thought wrong, mister," she said, drawing a sharp breath, before exhaling. "So, have you got anything good?" Harry closed his eyes, and shook his head sideways. "Then have you got anything?" Harry shook his head again, opening his eyes again, revealing his bright green eyes. Hermione laughed, then Harry muttered,
"This would be a perfect time for Voldemort-" Hermione looked at Harry warningly. "-I mean He Who Must Not Be Named to come and kill me," he said, sarcastically.
"Harry," Hermione said. "You really shouldn't joke around with that kind of stuff. You Know Who is not going to kill you! And if he tries to, then I won't let him. I'll stand in his way. I won't let him take you." Harry smiled. 'God, I love her,' he thought.
"Thanks, Herm," he whispered. "I'd do the same for you." He bent over and hugged Hermione, grateful that he had someone as wonderful as her. Then, they went back to working on their speeches.
Dumbledore rose to his feet at the staff table in the back of the Great Hall. His eyes twinkled through his spectacles as he smiled, looking around at all of the Hogwarts' students. He cleared his throat, then he spoke loudly and clearly.
"The end of another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has finally arrived. I shall see you again at the start of the next year at Hogwarts. However, for those of you who are leaving this year, I will miss you greatly. Representing the graduates of this year, we have our Headboy and girl, Mr. Harry Potter and Ms. Hermione Granger-" Dumbledore's eyes flickered to Harry and Hermione, who were still trying to memorize their speeches in their heads. "-who will both be making their speeches. Could Mr. Potter and Ms. Granger kindly come up?" Hermione nodded, then looked around at Harry, who was still busy memorizing his speech. Hermione nudged him in the ribs, then Harry came back to reality. He turned to Hermione, and mouthed,
"What?" Hermione got up, then motioned him to get up, also. Harry finally seemed to understand what Hermione was trying to tell him, then he, too, got up slowly. Harry and Hermione walked up to the staff table, then stood where Dumbledore was standing. Dumbledore sat back down in his seat, stroking his long silver-white beard. Harry smiled a wide, toothy smile, and went first, like Hermione told him. "It's great to see you all in here again-together," he started, as Hermione stood beside him. "It seems like only yesterday when I was in my first year at Hogwarts. I made alot of great friends, and also some enemies, of course." Harry looked at Draco Malfoy, who half-grinned. "But in the end, almost all of them turned out to be friends." Hermione knew why Harry had said 'almost' all of them turned out to be friends. Snape, of course, was definitely one of Harry's enemies, along with several other witches and wizards like...Rita Skeeter, the mad Daily Prophet reporter, who had almost gotten fired from her job...all of the people who were supporters of Voldemort, or were Death Eaters...and of course, Lord Voldemort himself.
Harry went on for two more minutes or so, about friendship and magic, then finally ended with a "Thank you, I'll miss you all." The students and staff all clapped. It was Hermione's turn, and she started with her speech, too. Her speech wasn't at all like what Harry had expected. It wasn't a long lecture about magic, or anything. No, not at all. Infact, Hermione's speech was not unlike Harry's. The speech was a little longer than Harry's, though, that was for sure. Just when Harry thought that Hermione was finished with her speech, Hermione mentioned Harry, and what a good friend he was. All of the people in the Great Hall clapped loudly once again, as Hermione finally finished with her last line, which was "Goodbye, Hogwarts, and I thank you most sincerely." Dumbledore shook hands with Harry and Hermione, and told them they'd done a good job with their Headboy and girl speeches. Then, Harry and Hermione walked back to their seats beside Ron, Ginny, and Lavender. All three of them either hugged them or gave them a pat on the back when they got back.
"That was great!" Ginny said to Harry and Hermione. "How did you come up with those speeches?!?"
"Well, it wasn't hard," Harry said, but then he paused. He thought of how hard he had to think to write his whole speech. "Wait, scratch that. It was hard-very hard."
"I agree," Hermione said, chuckling a little. "I never want to write that speech again!!!"
Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender walked out of the Hogwarts Express on platform nine and three quarters at King's Cross Station, then walked through the gate, after saying goodbye to some other old friends like Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan, Parvati Patil, or some of their favorite professors of Hogwarts like Dumbledore, who said that he'd definitely keep in contact with the trio, McGonagall, who had tears in her eyes, and of course, Hagrid, who hugged Harry, Hermione, and Ron so tightly that they thought their backs would break, before making them swear that they'd write to him often. They found Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Fred, George(who had both set up a joke shop in Hogsmeade, like they had always planned to), Bill, Charlie, Percy, Mr. Granger, Mrs. Granger, Sirius, Mr. and Mrs. Brown waiting for them. The families briefly greeted all five of them, then the trio, Ginny, and Lavender asked if they could speak to each other alone for a brief moment. They all gave consent, so Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender walked away from their families. They stood, not even moving an inch, as if their feet were glued to the ground, and they faced each other with looks of great sadness on their faces. Lavender was the first to speak.
"Oh, come here..." She pulled all of them into a tight hug, before they could even stop her. "I'll miss you so much!" They all burst out with laughter after Lavender let go of them.
"Yeah, I sure will..." Harry said, very disappointed that he wasn't going to see his friends everyday.
"I think I'll even miss Malfoy!" Ron said, scratching his head, thinking that he'd gone mad.
"Ginny, you're really lucky you get one more year at Hogwarts," Hermione said. Ginny frowned.
"Next year will be like hell without Draco! How can I live without him...?" Ginny sighed.
"You'll get by, Ginny. Just try not to fall in love with someone else." Harry said, and laughed quietly. "Just be glad that you still have one year left of Hogwarts."
"Yeah, Harry's right," Hermione agreed. "And if you get made the Headgirl, and you need someone to help you for the Headgirl speech," Hermione smiled widely, and put a hand on Ginny's shoulder. "Then please don't ask me. I'm...going to be sick that day. With a cold, probably." Ginny put her hands on her waist.
"HAVE YOU GONE MAD?" she shouted. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?" Harry, Ron, and Hermione grinned, as they all thought of that moment when they were all in their first year, and were trapped by Devil's Snare, Hermione trying to think of how she could make fire without wood.
"Like brother, like sister..." Ron said, quite proud of this little sister that moment.
"Huh?" Lavender mouthed, confused. "What're you talking about?"
"I'll tell you later," Ron simply said.
"Ah, Mom and Dad're calling me," Lavender said quickly, hearing her mom and dad telling her that it's time to go. "I'm sorry, guys. Goodbye! Oh, by the way..." Lavender kissed Ron, who's ears went red, then started to run back to her parents.
"Bye, Lav! Owl me!" Ron shouted after her, waving.
"I will, Ron! Bye!" Lavender yelled back, then left. Ron turned back to Harry, Hermione, and Ginny. Then suddenly, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, and George walked over to the four friends, all beaming.
"'Lo, ol' mate, been a long time, eh?" Fred said, giving Harry a brotherly hug.
"Hi, Fred, George," Harry said, as George slapped him on the back.
"Hey, Harry, Hermione. Can't forget my own brother and sister, can I?" Bill said. "Hello, Ron, and Ginny."
"Hey, you lot," Charlie said, looking around at Harry, Hermione, and his two other siblings.
"Hello Harry, how have you been doing?" Percy said, and Penelope Clearwater, his girlfriend, walked over to him, smiling. "Hold on..." Percy walked away with Penelope, with a dazed look on his face.
"Dear, you've both grown!" Mrs. Weasley said to Harry and Hermione, and she hugged them. "How are you?"
"Hello, Mrs. Weasley," Hermione said, smiling broadly.
"Hi," Harry said. "We're alright, you?"
"I'm just fine, dear," Mrs. Weasley answered.
"Hello!" Mr. Weasley said. "It's been quite a while since I last saw you two, hasn't it?"
"Hello Mr. Weasley," Harry and Hermione said.
"Oh, look at the time!" Mr. Weasley shouted, looking at his watch. "I'm going to be late!"
"Right," Mrs. Weasley said quietly, wiping her eyes, and blowing her nose in a handkerchief. "We have to go." Ron opened his mouth to argue, but Ginny beat him to it.
"But Mom," she whined.
"I'm sorry! But your father is going to be late for an important meeting at work. Now we all have to go! Hurry..." Mrs. Weasley quickly hugged Harry and Hermione again, before saying goodbye to them. "Harry, Hermione...I'll miss you very much. You're both welcome to come to our house any time you want, alright? Goodbye, dears!"
"Goodbye, Mrs. Weasley, thank you!" Harry said, waving, as all of the Weasleys walked by him. "Bye, Fred, George, Bill, Charlie, Ginny and...Percy." Harry had found Percy, cuddling with Penelope again. He grinned. "Bye Ron, I'll owl you!" Ron hugged him and Hermione tightly. Ah, so many hugs!
"Yeah, you'd better!" Ron replied. "Bye, Harry! Bye, Hermione!" He waved, then left with his whole family. Mr. and Mrs. Granger came over to Hermione and Harry.
"Hermione? We'll be waiting for you in the car," Mr. and Mrs. Granger said, before saying goodbye to Harry.
"OK, Mom. I'll only be a moment..." Hermione said, then turned to Harry. Sirius then walked over to them.
"Hey, Harry!" he said, brightly. "Hi, Hermione! Well, I'll be waiting over there...Bye." Sirius waved at Hermione, winked at the two of them, and walked away. Hermione waved back.
"Bye, Sirius!" Hermione shouted. She turned back to Harry, and sighed. "Well, I guess this is goodbye," Hermione said.
"No, Herm, it's never goodbye," Harry whispered, wiping a tear away from Hermione's cheek. "Besides, we'll owl each other everyday, right?" Hermione nodded.
"Of course we will. That's not an option, Harry." Hermione giggled. Harry smiled, and kissed Hermione. Hermione opened her mouth to her own surprise, and her and Harry's tongues danced together happily. Finally, when they let go of each other, Hermione spoke again. She had to say it. She didn't think she would ever forgive herself if she didn't say it. Hermione finally decided to speak her mind. "Harry...?"
"Yeah, 'Mione?"
"I love you," Hermione said. This was the first time that Hermione had said that to someone who wasn't related to her. Finally! It was about time she'd fallen in love! This was definitely not like this when she was with Ron. She had never felt this way about...anyone before. Not even Viktor Krum, Hermione's former boyfriend.
"I love you, too." Harry said. He kissed Hermione again for several minutes, then hugged her tightly. "I'll miss you so much."
"I'll miss you too much," Hermione said. They let go, and looked into each other's eyes for a long time, before realizing that they were there for almost twenty minutes.
"God, I hate goodbyes. But it has to happen anyway. And like I said, it's never goodbye. I'll see you again. Maybe you could come over to my house sometime. So...bye-not goodbye. I love you, Hermione." Harry kissed the tip of Hermione's nose, and Hermione did the same to Harry's nose.
"I love you more. And yeah, maybe I could stay over at your house," she said. "Bye, Harry." Hermione waved, and walked away. It pained Harry so much to see Hermione walk away from him...but it didn't matter. He could see her over the summer, anyway. Sirius immediately came over, and put a comforting hand on Harry's shoulder. Harry smiled, and they walked out of King's Cross Station, to their house.
A/N: Think that's the end? Think again. That was just the beginning! =P I'll give you some hints about what the sequel is about.
- Harry and his friends send letters to each other.
- Hermione gets invited over to Harry's house over the summer.
- Uh oh...a problem here!
I'm writing as much as I can, so don't spazz at me if it isn't long enough for you. Here's a question from one of my friends... "What does 'confuzzled' mean?" Heh, you gotta love my friend, Cho Chang. Wait, I meant...you gotta love me! I think that the word 'confuzzled' is made up with the words 'confused' and 'puzzled' together. So there you go, Cho! Go figure! Well, I talk too much. So now you can go read the sequel which won't be posted any time soon...but submit your review first, plz! Thanks!