Disclaimers: No I am not crazy and I do have a lawyer! But I still don't own Harry Potter.

Author's Notes: To pumpkinpie4ever. You are so cool and cruel. Tks for reviewing! To Kazz. Thought you would like what happened to Victor. Tks for reviewing! To Jen. I am so glad that you like. Tks for reviewing! To L. Spencer1153. Yeah poor Harry's broken heart. Tks for reviewing! To lilchica. Tks for reviewing! On to part nine!

At Last

Flying back to the castle was very relaxing and enjoyable. It made Harry almost forget about his broken heart. It was not until he spotted a figure floating in the river that he actually broke out of his revelry.

"Is that? No it can't be." He said to himself as he descended closer to the lake.

"Lavender!" he yelled. The girl's eyes flew open. He let out a sigh of relief. To him she looked to be dead but she was just sleeping. "What are you doing in the lake?" he asked upon arriving to the floating girl. How could she sleep in such cold water was beyond him.

"Hi Harry." She said in a sad voice. "Where did you come from?" she asked as she started to swim. She looked about her to survey her surroundings. "I must have fallen asleep." She said with a shiver. "When did it get so cold?" she asked as Harry reached for her hand.

"Here Lavender, let me help you out of there." He pulled her out of the water and onto his broom. He then flew to middle of the court yard, performed a drying spell on her and sat on one of benches under a tree. He looked at her and she looked everywhere but at him.

"Thank you Harry." She said in her still gloomy voice. She then sat on a bench opposite him. She hung her head and started to cry. Harry jumped up and went to her side.

"What's wrong Lavender?" he asked in a concerned voice. He had never been very good with girls in distress. But he could not just let her cry like that. He did not know why he hadn't just walked away or left her here and flew on to some other place. It's just that she looked so sad and heartbroken. His own broken heart made him want for company, so if she needed to talk to someone then he suppose he could be that person. As long as it had nothing to do with him he will be fine, he guessed.

"Well I… I was just… Oh HARRY!" she cried even harder and flew into his arms. At first, Harry was stiff. He didn't expect her to fly into his arms like that. What was he to do? At first he just stood there, then he started to pat her on her back, rubbing, rubbing was good; that made her stop crying so hard. 'So the key was rubbing and not patting.' He thought to himself. 'I can do this.' He rubbed her back until she calmed down enough to pull away.

"Thank you Harry." She said with a sniff while whipping away stray tears.

"Well Lavender, what's wrong?" he asked again. This time she just turned pale and looked the other way. He supposed she would rather not talk about it.

"Some things are better left unsaid." She said nodding her head. She turned and looked at Harry with soft eyes. "You are always so nice Harry." She stepped back and sat back on her bench. "Why don't you have a girlfriend?" she asked while looking at him for a real answer. Harry started to feel uncomfortable. He found his way back to his bench and took a seat.

"Well I have not found the right one as yet I guess." He lied

"Yeah right. I know that you have one special girl on your mind." She said with a little smile. "You just don't know how to tell her yet." Harry turned pink, with out the help of the 'Emotion Lotion'.

"I… I…" he stammered. What was he to say? That the girl he loved was in love with someone else. Yeah right! He'd rather deny even being in love. He was just about to do just that when he spotted someone out of the corner of his eye. It was Ron and Hermione. Lavender let out a shriek and jumped to her feet.

"YOU!" she yelled. "How dear you do that to me!" Harry turned and saw that Lavender was yelling at Hermione. But why?

"Listen to me Lavender, it's not what you think!" Hermione said trying to calm the hysterical girl down. Lavender took one look at her and then at Ron. The tears just came all by them selves. She shook her head and was about to run away. Ron ran to her side and took hold of her arm, stopping her in her tracks. Harry was so confused, he just stood there.

"Lavender, it's really not what you think." He said trying to make her stop struggling. "Hermione's plan just went all wrong ok." She stopped fighting and turned and looked at him.

"What plan?" she asked

"A very stupid plan that back fired all the way." Hermione said making a step. She then turned and looked at Harry who was still looking very perplexed.

"It was not supposed to happen the way that it did." Ron started

"I made some arrangement that I should off ran pass you first." She said turning back to Lavender and Ron.

"What are you saying?" asked the very much baffled Lavender.

"What I'm saying is that Ron was there with me to meet you!" Hermione said while pointing to Ron.

"Only I didn't know about it until we say you running away." Said Ron looking into Lavender's eyes.

"So you were not on a date?" asked Harry looking right at Hermione.

"No. Far from it." she said and then groaned. "I went there to meet Victor." That made Harry heart take a loop and a dive at the same time. She was there to meet Victor. He was happy that she and Ron were not dating but how is her going there to meet Victor any better. At the sound of Victor's name Ron busted out laughing.

"You should off seen what Mione did to poor old Victor!" he said still laughing. He was turning redder by the second.

"That not funny Ron. Besides he will get over it." she said stubbornly "And me!" she added. That last bid made Harry look at her pointy.

"What's going on here?" he asked finally out of patients. "I want to know what's going on with you two and what does Victor have to do with all this?" Hermione looked at Ron, let out a sigh and plunged into the whole story.

"You did what!" Harry laughed. He could not help himself. But at the same time he could not blame Victor for his infatuation with Hermione. Relief flooded his whole being. She wasn't with Ron and most of all she was over Victor! When would fate award him another such chance as this! He had to take it.

"Hermione." He said pulling her away from the new couple that could not take their eyes off of each other. "There is something that I have for you." He pulled out the letter and held it close to his heart. She looked at him in confusion. "This is something that I should of given to you a long time ago." He pressed it in her hand and closed it.

"What is it Harry?" she asked with concern.

"It's a letter." He said with his head hung down. "It's a letter to you." He said not looking up.

"From who?" she ask not wanting him to say Victor.

"From me." He said looking up and into her eyes. She looked at him for a moment and started to open it.

"No!" he stopped her. "I want you to read it by yourself." He touched her hand. "After you have read it, I want you to tell me what you feel." She looked even more uneasy. "Please Hermione." He looked at her with pleading eyes. "I want you to be honest ok." She nodded her head and placed the letter in her pocket. They headed back over to Ron and Lavender who were now holding hands and blushing from ear to ear.

"Lets go." Said Hermione. "I want to take a bath and do a little studying" she said patting her pocket "before we go to dinner." Every body agreed to leave the court yard. However, it was only Harry and Hermione that headed back to the common room. Ron and Lavender decided that it was a lovely day for a walk.

Upon arriving to the common room, Hermione turned to Harry and excused herself. She told him that she will be back as soon as she was done.

Harry turned and took a seat in the arm chair by the fire place and watched the coal do nothing at all. He fell deep into thought. 'What if she laughed in my face? What if it's too late for me, or too early!' he jumped to his feet and paced the floor. 'What if she just wanted to be friends, FOREVER!'

"This is too much." He whispered while running his hand through his hair. He turned to the fire place and placed both hands on the shelf. "I am so stupid." He said out loud. He slammed his fist into the fire place and was turning to leave, when he saw Hermione running down the stairs right for him. She threw her self into his arms and kissed him. She kissed him. It was not a deep kiss but a full mouth kiss. The kinds he would give her in his dreams. He pulled back and looked at her. He searched her eyes, if only to find his answer.

"Yes Harry!" she said kissing him on the cheek. "I love you too." He smiled at her with such love in his heart he did not know what to do with himself.

"Wahoo Hooo!" he yelled. He picked her up and span her around. He stopped and looked deep into her eyes. He then reached down and kissed her gently. It started off with the touching of the lips and then he pushed deeper until she parted her lips allowing him access to deepen the kiss.

'The kiss that was long over due.' Thought the twins as they creped pass the loving couple and out the door.

"Well it took him long enough." Said Fred

"With a little help from his friends." Said George

"Sad really." Said Fred

"Sad?" asked George

"We just lost us our ginnie pig!" said Fred in a pained voice. George busted out laughing as they saw Neville walk by.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking George?" asked Fred

"I'm right with you Fred." Said George as the started to follow Neville.

FIN

Pinku: Well my faithful readers, we have come to the end of "The Letter." (sniff, sniff) it was a beautiful ride and really enjoyed writing it. Thank you all for reading my work and reviewing, it really made my day. I am going to miss it but you know what they say, all good things (and bad things) must come to an end. Until my next fic, good bye and God bless.