A/N OK, there you go! I won't tell you what Hermione's answer was. I bet you think you know exactly what it was, but you may be surprised at what unfolds in later months.... So anyway, it's been a while since I uploaded a chapter, but I hope ya'll think it's been worth it. I'm really sorry about the long wait, but I've been working on my ficlet Beauty and the Beast, a Draco/Hermione thingy, as well as my other new story, Once Upon A Time..., and of course, my baby, To Last All My Life. Please read and review all three, because almost no one has, and I want to know what you think! :D

Dedication: To lauriena, my faithful beta, who has waited patiently for weeks for me to get this out.

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Harry alone sat in the common room after the others had left, thinking long and hard. Peg? he thought finally. Can you hear me?

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Peg was leading the others down the corider towards the kitchens when she heard it: Harry's voice. Faint though it was, she would know that voice anywhere.

Peg? rang through her head, almost silently, but it filled every crevice of her mind. Can you hear me?

She stopped where she was and listened. Harry? she thought increduously. Is that you?

Yes, came Harry's voice.

Wow! Peg thought delightedly. How did you figure this out?

I don't know.

How's Hermione? asked Peg delicately.

She's fine. She went up to bed a while ago. I just checked in on her: Sleeping like a baby, Harry reported.

I know what she said. And so do you. You two were made for each other. Really.

Thank you Peggy.

Don't call me Peggy. I hate them name. Bill is the only one that doesn't do it just to annoy me.

OK Peggy.

Grrrrr! Stop it! You are such a pain sometimes Mr. Potter.

So are you, Miss Potter.

Harry, ew! Do you know how bad that sounds?

No. But I don't want to either. I gotta go. My head hurts really badly.

OK. Mine hurts too.

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A/N Short. Stupid. Sorry. Three words summing up both me and this chapter.

Signed Thanks:

The Mystic Soa, my ONLY chapter 9 reviewer!: Thank you sooooo much! You actually read that chapter? Wow! I'm impressed. OK now, tell the truth: Did you read it all, or skip some? I really wanna know! I just kinda like spelling vampire with a 'Y' instead of an 'I', I dunno why. LOL! M.S.S.! I like that, can I use that. Here's your next chapter. I don't think this one really needs explaining, but if it does, tell me and I'll e-mail you.

OK, peeps, let's try for fifteen reviews before we get No. 11. I don't really expect that, but hey, I can dream right?

Love you lots all! If you haven't, please read and review To Last All My Life, while you are waiting for the next chapter to get up, as well as my two new stories, Beauty and the Beast and Once Upon A Time..., I promise they're funny. Beauty and the Beast is NOT for the faint of heart and/or groin, and one Miss B. J. comes to visit Draco and Hermione on their wedding night. Nothing explcit though, I promise. As I say clearly in my Author's Note at the bottom, I refuse to add more to my guilty conciense by writing explicit stuff about a couple that should only exist to repopulate the Earth, then kill themselves in shame.

On that frighteningly morbid thought, good night and have a nice morning too. Kisses and hugs.

sugar-n-spice

And now you know the rest of the story.

PS-If anyone knows who says ^ line, I will be thoroughly pleased and award 500 Whose Line Is It Anyway? points.