(A/N: this is my first Harry Potter based FanFic but it's based around Ginny and sometimes Hermione. Please review and be patient, I'm new at this. It will be from ginny's P.O.V. and may be a little slow. Hermione and Ginny's conversations will have single speech marks and normal conversations with double. ' and " Private thoughts of Ginny will be italics. This has been edited and re-posted as R rated for future chapters.)

Chapter 1: Beginnings and Welcomes.

It was the summer after Ginny's last year at Hogwarts. The past seven years had been the best of Ginny's short life. Well, the first six had been, but the last year was so lonely, she secluded herself from her friends and spent all of her time alone.

In her sixth year, Ginny had realised that she and Hermione could hear each others thoughts. This was a great thing because it was so uncommon and it meant that they could always be together in a sense. But, it had it's downfalls. Ginny had to work hard to keep certain thoughts to herself. Certain...private thoughts. All through the year Ginny suffered from terrible headaches because of the strain on her mind.

However, this gift that she and Hermione had outweighed the negatives, because now she had a special bond with Hermione that no-one else had. She felt special, privelidged.

When they first realised this gift, it was like a new beginning for them. Like they had only just met again. All through Ginny's sixth and seventh years, they 'talked'. They kept their gift a secret, though. They learned things about each other that they never knew and never would have known unless they had this form of communication.

But, still, this wasn't enough for Ginny. She secretly wanted more. She longed to be with Hermione, but could never tell her.

'But Hermione, I'm really not interested in Dean. Honestly. Please stop trying to set me up with these guys from school. I'm not interested in any of them.' sighed Ginny as she lay on her bed looking at the ceiling.

'Aww c'mon Gin, you haven't had a boyfriend since your fourth year. I'm just trying to make you happy, you're always down nowadays.' Ginny could hear the smile tugging at Hermione's mental lips as this was said.

'Honestly Hermione, you do make me happy. You don't have to try, you make me happy without even realising it.'

'Well it doesn't feel like it. I miss you. I miss your smile, your full smile that made me smile and I couldn't help it. i miss the way you laugh. You haven't laughed in so long.' Hermione replied, sounding rather worried.

'Look Hermione, I've just had a lot on my mind what with exams and stuff. I'm fine there's nothing wrong. Stop pushing me.' Ginny said, a bit hotly. And then she closed her mind to all thoughts from Hermione. Sort of like hanging up a telephone.

Why do I have to be like this with her? It's not her fault I'm madly in love with her. She knows I like her, I know she does, but she just doesn't realise how deeply my feelings run. Why is it like this? I can't be with her, even if she felt the same I couldn't be with her because she lives so far away with college now. She says she likes me too, sometimes I believe her and I feel on top of the world, but then other times, other times she's different. She points out the fact that we can never be together so why try. It hurts.