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AN: well here's my second chapter - i hope you like it. please tell me what you think and all in a review...

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Chapter 2 – Beginning of a New Day

Hermione was having a pretty good first day at the Burrow. Though Ginny kept asking her if she liked Ron and whenever she walked into a room where Harry and Ron were they got all quiet which made her think they were talking about her. She was beginning to get uncomfortable with the whole thing. If Ron liked her why didn't he ask her out already? She soon found out he was waiting for just the right moment.

Her, Harry, Ron and Ginny were sitting in the living room talking when Ginny suddenly got up and said she had to go to the bathroom. Harry soon followed using the same excuse. It made Hermione suspicious to say the least but she soon found out what was going on. Ron had immediately turned red and looked away from her.

"Ron, what's going on?" she asked him.

"What? Oh nothing..." he replied still refusing to look her in the eyes.

"Okay, well this is nice, we haven't been alone since I got here."

"Yeah, I guess...umm 'Mione can I ask you something?"

"Sure Ron, anything."

"Will...you...umm...be my girlfriend?"

Hermione didn't know what to say, she quickly went over the options in her head. Finally deciding on the best one for her and him. "Ron, look at me."

He looked up at her a few seconds later and she saw so much emotion in his eyes. The pleading and desperation for her to say yes, if she did she would erase all that. "What?" he asked quietly.

"I'll be your girlfriend."

"Really?"

"Yeah," she said reassuringly, going over and sitting next to him. He looked uncomfortable at the sudden closeness but soon relaxed and put his arm around her. She leaned in and put her head on his shoulder. "This feels nice."

"Yeah, it really does."

Harry and Ginny had been standing in the next room the whole time listening to what was going on. They finally went back in to greet their friends.

"Aww, how cute. Are you guys finally together?" Ginny asked.

Hermione looked up at Ron before she answered and he gave her a smile. "Yeah, we are...finally." She replied with a dreamy look on her face.

"Congratulations, I knew it was bound to happen sometime, just not when we were all sleeping in the same house." Harry said chuckling.

"Hey," Hermione exclaimed throwing a pillow at him.

"What? I was just joking, I think it's great."

Her and Ron were finally together after years of Ron admiring her from afar. But other than that the day was pretty uneventful. Hermione had so much fun just hanging out and catching up with her friends. Though they had been writing all summer, it wasn't very personal. Mrs. Weasley fussed over her so much too. Hermione decided she liked the Burrow much better than her own home.

After a very tiring day the eight residents of the Burrow settled into sleep seeing as they had a very eventful day ahead of them. The next day they would be going to Diagon Alley to get school supplies. It would be their last time, except Ginny who had one more time after this.

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Draco flooed Millicent and she was thrilled at her godmother title. She decided to go and visit Pansy. Personally Draco was ecstatic, Millicent would keep Pansy occupied all day leaving him free.

He decided to floo Blaise to tell him the news and then invite him to hang out for the day. Which was exactly what he did, Blaise accepted his offer and came to the hospital to rescue Draco. The two boys then went back to the Manor where they went flying most of the day and talked about everything. Who would be the Head Boy and Girl. Who would be the hottest girl this year. Who they'd have their eyes on their last and final year. They decided to make it as memorable as possible.

Draco was having a great time until reality hit him, he had a kid and a soon-to-be-wife. His last year at Hogwarts was going to suck. If he ever tried anything with a girl his father would kill him.

He pointed this out to Blaise, who had been avoiding the subject so far. Blaise was all for sneaking around and not getting caught but Draco wasn't so sure. He didn't even know if Pansy was going back to school or not.

Eventually it got to be dark and Blaise flooed back to his house. Draco decided to retire early seeing as he was going to Diagon Alley as soon as possible in the morning. Pansy wasn't going to ruin his life just yet.

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Hermione woke up to the sunlight streaming in the window, apparently she had been so distracted last night she forgot to close the blinds. She got out of bed and looked across the room to find Ginny still sleeping soundly, the light obviously not affecting her. Not knowing what to do Hermione decided to get ready early since they were going to Diagon Alley today and once everyone was up it'd be hectic.

Sleepily walking down the hall to the linen closet and took out a towel, then continued on to the bathroom. She walked right in not even noticing it was already occupied. Beginning to remove her clothes so she could shower she heard the sound of someone clearing their throat. Looking up she saw Harry with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist. They both immediately blushed at the situation and avoided their eyes.

"Good morning 'Mione," Harry finally said still trying looking at her, she after all was his best friend's girlfriend. Though he couldn't help noticing much more of Hermione then he had ever seen before.

"Morning to you too Harry. I'm going to go back to my room, can you just stick your head in when you're done? Please." Hermione still blushing furiously gathered her discarded shirt and shorts and made her way out. As much as she knew she was with Ron she couldn't help noticing Harry had become a lot more attractive over the summer.

"Hey 'Mione, I was actually just getting out when you walked in so it's all yours." Harry said catching up to her as she was walking away from him.

"Oh, thanks Harry, I'll see you at breakfast." She replied as she went back into the bathroom and shut the door, a second later Harry heard the lock click into place. That was too bad, he was sure Ron wouldn't mind waking up to that in the morning.

Harry continued back to the room he and Ron shared and quickly dressed into a white wife-beater and tan khaki shorts. He looked in the mirror and smiled, he didn't look half bad. Finally relaxed having the scene that happened mere moments before erased from his mind. He went to go down the hall to breakfast but when he passed Ginny and Hermione's room he couldn't resist the urge to look in. Not being surprised at all he saw Ginny still asleep, what he didn't anticipate was the feeling he got inside of him as he stared at her. Seeing as he was so wrapped up in admiring Ginny he didn't hear Hermione come in behind him.

"You really should just tell her already Harry, I'm sure she feels the same way about you." Harry nearly jumped five feet in the air, quickly turning around to face her and deny everything. But the look on her face told him she understood how he felt and was being genuinely honest.

"Thanks, 'Mione but I doubt Ginny would want to be my girlfriend." Harry stated with his eyes darting around the room.

"You're not always right about everything Harry." Hermione replied while slowly guiding him out of the room and closing the door behind him. She then got dressed, changing into a strapless summer dress that was white and had a pleated skirt. It hugged her curves nicely and she was sure Ron would appreciate the outfit. Slipping on a pair of white thong sandals to match Hermione made her way downstairs for breakfast.

Upon entering the kitchen Hermione and Harry caught each other's eyes and seeing as they were the only ones up they decided to start breakfast. Flirting and joking around the whole time they had breakfast for eight ready, right as the Weasley family came down the stairs and into the kitchen.

"Oh, dears, you didn't have to do this, why didn't you wake me up?" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed as she saw the food spread out on the table.

"Mrs. Weasley, we wanted to and there was no point in depriving you of sleep when we could manage on our own." Hermione replied gesturing for everyone to sit around the table. They complied and the stomachs that were once empty became satisfied.

As everyone was finishing they made their way back upstairs to get ready. Ron stayed a little behind so he could talk to Hermione.

"'Mione that dress looks really good on you." Ron said regretting it as soon as the words were out of his mouth, she was going to think he was kind of some pervert.

"Thanks Ron, well why don't you go get done so we can go to Diagon Alley as soon as possible."

"Okay 'Mione, I'll be back down in a few minutes." Ron leaned in and slowly kissed her cheek before retreating back up the stairs.

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There was a loud "pop" and Draco's room was filled with beautiful aromas of the breakfast the house elves had prepared for him. He sighed as took his time getting out of bed and going to sit in his armchair, settling down to eat. As soon as he finished the plates and glasses disappeared. He then got up and walked into the bathroom discarding his clothes along the way. When he finally got there and had turned the water on and was basking in warmth under it he heard someone enter his room. He figured it they wanted to talk to him they'd make their presence known, sure enough he did, it was his father.

"Draco. I need to talk to you get out of the shower immediately." Lucius exclaimed. Draco did as he was told and exited the bathroom wearing nothing more then a bathrobe.

"Yes father?" Draco said with fake interest, he was pissed that his shower had been interrupted.

"Draco, it has come to my attention that you did not visit Ms. Parkinson in the hospital at all yesterday. Why is this?" He asked with a death glare.

"Father, Blaise came over and spent the day. Isn't is rude to force a guest to leave?" Draco shot back with equal fire.

"Well make sure you go today."

"I can't."

"And why is this? What's so important that you can't go see your son and soon-to-be-wife?"

"I'm going to Diagon Alley today, I had planned on going yesterday but Pansy ruined that. If you and mother want to come you're welcome to it. I'm just going to finish my shower and get ready then we can leave."

"You can find the time to visit her, at least just to drop by. And yes your mother and I will be accompanying you today." Lucius scowled before walking out of the room leaving Draco to himself and his shower.

Once that was done he got dressed a black wife-beater and black pants. His hair was, as always, gelled back away from his face. Seeing as he didn't want to keep his father waiting, which would only bring on the worse, he grabbed his school list, moneybag and headed downstairs into the parlor.

His parents were already waiting for him there and they got the floo powder out ready to go. Then his father suddenly had a different idea in mind.

"Draco, why don't you go to the hospital and check on Pansy for a few minutes then continue on to Diagon Alley and meet us at The Rose for lunch."

"Okay, father, though you know I'm not staying with Pansy the whole morning and you can't make me."

"Just visit her Draco, that's all I ask." And with that he stepped into the fireplace, throwing a handful of floo powder and shouting "Diagon Alley" as he vanished. His mother gave him a sympathetic look before she too was on her way to Diagon Alley.

He then followed their examples except he shouted "St. Mungos" and was immediately being transported.

After being trapped with Pansy for a half hour Draco was eager to get to Diagon Alley. He had found out Pansy's parents didn't intend on raising the child so Pansy would not be attending Hogwarts this year. They tried to get him to do the same, but after a very heated argument they finally settled on him just coming to visit every other weekend and on holidays. He wasn't very pleased with the arrangement to say the least but he figured it was better than not going back to Hogwarts for his final year. He was more than relieved as he stepped into the fireplace to go to Diagon Alley. Throwing a handful of powder and shouting his destination he was sent whirling there.

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Hermione and Harry were making small talk to pass the waiting time. When they were sure they covered almost anything thinkable Ron came sauntering down the stairs followed by Ginny. Ron took his place next to Hermione on the couch placing his arm around her, while Ginny sat in the other armchair Harry wasn't occupying.

They talked about the day ahead and decided that they would split up for the first part, then meet for lunch at the Three Broomsticks. Between those times they were free to do whatever they wanted. Though Ginny and Hermione were going to stay together and Harry and Ron decided to do the same.

"Ready to go?" Mr. Weasley asked them all as he followed the rest of the Weasley family down the stairs. They all nodded in return and walked over to the fireplace.

"Okay, now Fred, you can go first, then George, Ron next, Harry after him, Ginny following him, Hermione after her, and then myself and Arthur." Mrs. Weasley passed the bowl of floo powder around as she gave the leaving order.

Fred stepped into the fireplace, threw his powder, shouted Diagon Alley and was gone. George did the same, as did Ron, Harry and Ginny. Finally it was Hermione's turn to go, she took her handful of powder and went cautiously into the fireplace. She hadn't really traveled by floo that much. Gaining her confidence back she shouted "Diagon Alley" and was already being transported.

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Unfortunately for them, two people had happened to use floo to get to Diagon Alley at exactly the same time. They landed in a heap tangled with each other in the streets of their destination. Struggling they managed to free themselves and look into the face of the other. A variety of emotions whipped through them as they saw just who they had just been very close to. Neither of them said anything, they just stared, shock evident on their faces. Hermione and Draco finally turned away from each other and got up. Glares were passed around until Draco finally spat an insult and the games began...

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