1. Tired and Cranky

As Hermione slowly opened her eyes, she glanced over at her alarm clock, which was sitting on her bedside table. "Great wizards, its 7:35, Harry and Ron will be arriving at 8:00." She sort of fell out of bed and dashed over to her dresser, as she fumbled around for something to wear, she remembered she had to pick up a couple of last minute school things at Flourish and Blotts before they started back at school in 3 days time. Since they were going to Diagon Alley she assumed they wouldn't mind.

After putting on some rather old blue faded jeans and a dark blue sweatshirt she made her way out into the kitchen, where her mother was squeezing her some fresh orange juice.

"Nice to see you up and about Hermione, would you like me to make you some toast?" asked her mother in a cheerful voice. "No thanks mum, I'm not that hungry. I might just have some juice."

Just as Hermione took a sip of her juice, a big snow-white owl flew through the window, which could only be the one and only Hedwig. Hedwig dropped a small envelope onto Hermione's lap and sat on the windowsill obviously waiting for a couple of owl treats.

Dear Hermione, Sorry but Ron and I will be a bit later than we arranged, around 8:30, something important has come up its really exciting, but i cant tell you in a letter, we'll explain when we get there. Sorry Herms, cya then.

Love Harry

"What possibly could be important enough to make them half an hour late, for something we planned 2 weeks ago! And they tell me at the last possibly minute."

Her mother suddenly looked from her toast and stared at Hermione.

"I might have expected this from Ron, but certainly not Harry!"

"Hermione, what are you getting so worked up about, its only 30 minutes. What has gotten into you?" her mother said in a surprised tone

"Sorry mum, I dont know. I guess I'm just tired I didnt get enough sleep last night. Now that I think about it, I was reading till pretty late."

"Harry and Ron are going to be a little while yet, how about you go and have a nice warm shower, that should wake you up abit more" her mother suggested. "Yeah...right... okay." Hermione mumbled

Though, Hermione didnt go to have a shower, she didnt want to wake up more. She wanted to sleep. She wandered back to her room and flopped onto her bed. She reached over and picked up her alarm clock and set it for 8:15, this way she could get a little bit more sleep and wake just in time for Harry and Ron's arrival.

(A/N: Please can someone read and review this, Yes I know your all probably thinking, it is really crap and pathetic, because now that I read over it, it is pretty gay. But ive never written fanfic, or anything really not for school. Remember it's my first attempt! I really enjoy writing, and hopefully in time I will get better. Should I give up now? lol. Or try and continue to make something out of this? Thanks.)