Disclaimer: It's in the first chapter, and I am too lazy to retype it! So, don't sue me! Thanks!

Author's note: Well, for the most part I think a couple of people liked the first chapter so I decided to go ahead and put up the 2nd one. I hope you guys enjoy it! Please keep up the reviews, they help me come up with new ideas for the story. BTW, for all of those that hate Chad and think he is an ass, well I totally agree. But I know one thing; girls put up with some crazy stuff when they think they "love" someone. Oh and sorry about the few spelling errors, I was in a hurry. I apologize and I will try to look closer at my errors next time.

Enough of that, here's chapter 2!

Harry sat up with a jolt in his bed. For once it was a nightmare that wasn't causing his scar to throb with pain, this time it felt like something much worse. It was his heart that was in pain. He took a few deep breathes to calm is pounding heart and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He couldn't believe how much pain the dream had caused him, but then again witnessing your best friend being beaten would cause anyone to react the same way.

As he lay back down he pulled his covers up around him and closed his eyes. The dream started to replay over in his mind. He still couldn't figure out what had caused him to have the dream. As scary as the thought was, he started to ponder whether it was just a nightmare, or possibly a vision. In his dream he had seen Hermione arguing with a guy he had never seen before. He knew he had never seen the guy at Hogwarts, so he knew that he wasn't a fellow student. He had to admit that he was thankful it wasn't Viktor Krum. Harry knew he would kill him if he ever saw him strike Hermione. But Harry knew that Hermione had finally dropped Krum. He thanked Merlin that she had "finally seen the light."

He let out a sigh as he kept trying to depict the dreams meaning. He didn't quite understand why he couldn't hear anything. All he could do was see the actions, but he didn't have to hear anything to tell that they were arguing. He could tell that the argument had started over a picture, but he couldn't see what the picture was of. The part of the dream that kept playing over and over in his mind was when he saw the stranger slap Hermione. He could tell that the hit had been very hard, because it had caused her head to jerk to the side. He could even see a red handprint. He wanted to reach out and hug Hermione, do anything to comfort her. Hell he'd really love to beat the shit out of the bastard that hit her. He wanted this guy to feel the pain that he had inflicted on his best friend. But he couldn't move he could only stand there and watch it. That was when he jerked awake screaming, because for the first time in his life, there was absolutely nothing he could do to help her.

Harry had been thinking a lot about Hermione lately, but not in that romantic way. I guess you could say he was a little frustrated with her. He had received a few letters from Ron over the summer. Ron didn't mind not getting letters back; he just wanted to keep Harry up to date on what was going on with his family, and all of their friends. One letter that had confused Harry was the letter where Ron had told him about a boy named Chad. Supposedly Chad was a guy that Hermione had started dating when she returned home for the summer. Harry wished that it would have been Hermione that had told him, but he would wait to see what she had to say before he jumped to conclusions. He was a little depressed at the fact that she hadn't written him all summer. Not a single letter. Ron had said that she was probably busy memorizing a new book and going on dates.

It was a little depressing, he didn't want to be such a party pooper, he was happy for Ron and Luna, and even Hermione, and whoever this Chad guy was, but it did make him realize how lonely he truly was. Of course he had his friends, but was that enough? He had finally realized over the summer that he had grown out of his childhood crush on Cho, realizing that she wasn't quite the goddess that he had thought she was.

He looked at his alarm clock to find that it was nearly 1:30 in the morning. He rolled over thinking about what the new school year would bring. What adventures the trio would have, and if Ron would bring any new goodies that Fred and George had invented to test out on first years, and especially the Slytherins. At least this brought a smile to his face. It felt like the first real smile that he had smiled all summer. But then again he couldn't help but smile when he thought of his friends and going home, home to Hogwarts. With his final thoughts he fell back into a peaceful sleep.

Hermione sat out on her porch swing taking in a few last deep breaths and looking out into the yard. Crookshanks was playing with a toy mouse and she couldn't help but laugh at how silly the cat could be sometimes.

"Hello beautiful," Chad said sweetly with his hands behind his back.

"What do you want? I thought I told you that I didn't want to see you," she said with hate in her voice. She started to stand up, but was pushed back down by Chad.

"I know I am sorry but I didn't want you to leave without me apologizing and saying goodbye to you. I really am sorry Hermione. I didn't mean to loose my temper. I just don't want those two guys to steal take you away from me. I really do care about you. I honestly think I love you. And well, I just don't want to loose you. Here these won't make up for what I did but it was still worth a try," Chad said as he pulled out a dozen white roses from behind his back.

"Oh Chad, they are beautiful. I know you are worried but you shouldn't be. And well to be honest with you, I love you too." She said smiling as she kissed him.

"I'm really sorry about your cheek. I didn't realize I hit you that hard. It must hurt," he said as he looked at the small purple spot on her cheek.

"Well, it hurts a little, but I tried to cover it up with make-up as best I could. As soon as I get back to Hogwarts I will heal it with magic and you will never know it was there."

They both smiled at each other and they were about to kiss again, until they heard Hermione's mom's voice calling out from in the front yard.

"Hermione, it's time to go. Your father is already out in the car."

"I guess I better get going then," she said as she gave him a quick hug.

"Hermione wait. Do you think I could ride along with you and your parents, I mean I won't get to see you again until Christmas. So I wanted to spend as much time with you as I can," he said with sad puppy dog eyes.

She couldn't help but give into him, yet again. "I guess it wouldn't hurt and you can even meet Ron and Harry. Then you won't worry so much while I'm gone," she said smiling.

The couple walked hand in hand to the car and got in. The ride to the train station seemed like the longest ride Hermione could remember. She started getting butterflies in her stomach. All she could think about was what Harry would think. She knew Ron wouldn't be to Happy about her bringing Chad along, but she knew he would get over it after a few sweets on the train. She kept looking out the window and occasionally squeezed Chad's hand back when she felt his and tighten around hers.

As usual his family dropped off Harry and he had to carry all of his stuff into the station and to the platform by himself. At least he was getting away from that terrible house and family. Of course they gave him the usual last beating to keep him from forgetting what was waiting on him when he got home at the end of the school year. But he took the beating. It was worth it knowing he was going home. To his home, not the muggle world, but the magical world.

"Harry, over here mate!" He heard Ron yell. He saw him standing with his entire family talking, and holding hands with Luna. It was obvious the entire group had been happy about Ron and Luna getting together. Harry ran over to the group and said his hellos and was greeted by hug after hug.

"So, why are we still standing around?" Ron asked.

"I want to wait on Hermione so we can all get on the train together. Is that ok? Or should we just go ahead and get a cubby," Harry asked looking at Ron, Luna, and Ginny.

"Nah mate, we have time. Did she ever write you about that jerk, I mean Chad," Ron made a face as he said his name, and in return he received an elbow in the ribs from Luna.

"Be nice Ron, Hermione really likes this guy from what she has said in her letters," Luna said as she straightened her hair over her shoulders.

Luna noticed how Harry's face seemed to drop at the mention of Chad's name, but shrugged it off when he started to speak, "No she never wrote. I'm going to act like I still don't know and see if she says anything first."

At that moment Ginny piped in, "Look here comes Hermione. Who is that cute guy that is with her? Man maybe next summer I should spend a week at her house."

"Hello everyone," Hermione said, "Everyone I want you to meet Chad, my boyfriend."

Harry noticed for the first time that they were holding hands. Chad went to shake hands with everyone and when it came time to shake hands with Harry and Ron there was a sense of tension in the air.

Author's Note: muahahahahah, yet another cliffhanger! Sorry you guys but I gotta stop there. It's almost 2 a.m. and I gotta get some sleep. So you know what to do. Please read and review. Let me know what you think and I will try to get the next chapter up. The more reviews, the quicker the next chapter will be up! Thanks! And now it's time for me to get some sleep!