A/N: I was so surprised to get so many reviews for the last chapter. Where were all of you? You just appeared when I asked if I should delete the story. Okay, so I will continue it and I will balance it with my new story. I'll give you some of the gist.

A Mother's Wish

Hermione Baltimore Granger is set to marry a person she has never met in her entire life. Protected by the Beauxbatons schoolgirl lifestyle, this American has not seen the world past her books. She has a certain dislike for the-stuck-up-boy-who-lived, who is a world away from her, but much to her shock and dismay he is who she has to marry.

Harry Potter who at eighteen saved the world from Voldemort is now just trying to have a normal life but when he receives a letter that his mother had written him so many years ago, he is shocked to find out that he is to marry an American Heiress.

Both their lives are turned upside down. Ego's will clash and how can love blossom in such a situation. Will both teenagers get married just to fulfill their mother's dreams but the bigger question is, will they fall in love?

So do I write this story? Would you guys read it? Please let me know.

Disclaimer: Disclaimed.

Ron, Ginny, Luna, Lavender, Harry and Cho,

SURPRISE! Sudden change of plans! Here's a portkey that will land you to our new destination. It's a surprise that I've been keeping from all of you. Please do not dress warmly. Bring swimsuits and lots of tanning oil. The less amount of cloth in your clothing the better. I'll see you all there! Oh, and please don't tell Adam about the whole portkey.

Hermione

"What an odd portkey." Ginny held the coconut shaped key chain. We were supposed to be meeting at King's Cross but the letter arrived last night and now everyone was gathered at the dining table in the Weasley house.

"Let's just go!" Lavender's mouth shook. She was in a pair of denim shorts and a top, not exactly something one would want to wear this time of year. Ginny turned the dial and in a few seconds we were at our destination.

"Where are we?" Ginny asked.

It looked more like a jungle to me. "Cho?" I looked around for my girlfriend.

"I'm here." She struggled to stand up. "You sure she didn't do this to make I and Harry pay?"

"Cho!" Everyone scolded.

"Besides," Hermione stepped out of one of the bushes. "You were supposed to say Harry and me, you're sentence was and is grammatically incorrect."

"Where are we?" Lavender whined.

Hermione motioned for all of us to come close to her. "Welcome to the Bahamas," She wiggled her eyebrows as created a pathway revealing one of the most beautiful beaches I had ever seen.

"You didn't!" Ginny squealed as she ran out of the rain forest that did not seem to be fitting for the whole beach theme.

"Oh, but I did." Hermione laughed as she nodded her head. "Lets get all of you settled into your rooms. How is this working? By gender or by couple?"

"It's your call." Ginny shrugged. "Because either way I know Lavender is going to be my roommate."

"So its up to the four of you." Hermione said as we walked past the entrance. The hotel was huge in fact the entire place was huge.

"Who are you staying with Hermione?" Ron asked.

"Adam." She said quietly as she got the cards from the concierge. "Welcome to the Atlantis."

"You're sharing a room with Adam?" Ginny asked in pure shock.

"Who else can I share with?" Hermione shrugged. "Don't worry its two queen sized beds for each room. We're all on the same floor. All four rooms are connected through these doors so we could just make it one big room and open all the doors."

"Hermione's playing house with Adam." Lavender laughed as we got into the elevator.

I held onto Cho's hand tightly feeling rather sick. It was still awkward for all of us. Hermione and I still hadn't talked.

"I've got to stay with Cho." Luna said. "That was the condition my father gave me. I could get into trouble if he's got one of his reporters following me."

"So its only one heterosexual room." Lavender's eyes gleamed. I had a strong feeling she was just saying all of this to get to me.

Suddenly I felt a tiny tingle on my forehead. It was strange because I hadn't really noticed my scar in the past few months but that alone was scaring me.

"Get settled and open those doors." Hermione laughed and walked into her room.

We all quickly settled in and in a few minutes Hermione and Adam were cruising down all the rooms. I was glad that they had gotten the open door thing because I could hear all the activity from each and every room.

"Hermione! You can't go parading around in your underwear!" I heard Ron's voice come from Luna and Cho's room. I got up from my bed and walked in.

There, Hermione stood with Adam's arms protectively around her waist. She was wearing a white bikini. "It's called a bikini Ron. And I got one for all the girls for Christmas with board shorts to match." She threw Ginny a green one, Luna blue one, and Cho a black one they all came with the shorts to match.

"You are overdoing yourself." Lavender shook her head, "And I love you for it!"

"My parents want to splurge on me." Hermione shrugged. "And I got the boys shorts. We don't want you two looking like idiots on the beach."

She leaned her head on Adam's bare chest. This guy was a walking contradiction he seemed like a nerd but a nerd with edge. What's happening to me? My last sentence just didn't make any sense.

We all stood there awkward at the situation.

"I don't think I can take this." Cho finally spoke up.

"Excuse me?"

"It's nothing against you. It doesn't seem right taking so much from you when you don't even consider us yours friends."

"Us?" Hermione was obviously annoyed by what Cho had said.

"Harry and Me." Cho shrugged.

"Harry and I." She corrected again. "You could've just taken it and said thank you because I already bought it anyway. Now if you don't want it I'm going to have to find someone your size."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Cho asked.

"Whatever you make it." Hermione shook her head and then inhaled deeply. "Look, all I wanted was to spend my last vacation with my friends, that's it. And since I invited you, I hope you'd be a little more grateful."

"I'm sorry." Cho apologized. "The entire situation is just making me uncomfortable."

I though I saw a, "good," escape Hermione's mouth. She shook her head, pushed Adam's hands away and walked out of the room.

"Don't even bother to follow me." She yelled as she slammed the door behind her.

"I've got to talk to her." I finally spoke up. My throat felt dry since I hadn't really said anything today.

"Harry!" Cho's voice was evident. The people in the room had moved to the next immediately. "Are you forgetting who your girlfriend is?"

"No, but she's made me forget who I am." I replied. "Hermione is part of who I am and I've realized that I'm willing to give you up no matter how much it hurts." I turned and walked towards the door.

"Walk out of this room, Harry and we are over." She said before I could step out.

"I'm sorry it had to end like this." I didn't even bother to look at her because I already knew she was crying.

I looked down the hallway from both sides.

Where was I supposed to go?

I began to walk to nowhere in particular. But as I walked every single turn seemed to be the same. It was starting to make me feel dizzy.

"Harry?" I saw Hermione seated on the floor crying. She quickly wiped her eyes. "How'd you find me?"

"I don't know." I took a seat beside her. "What are you going here?"

"I thought of the one place no one would look." She bit her lip.

"The floor?" I asked.

"That Janitor's Closet, genius." She pointed to the door she was leaning on. "It's locked. What are you doing here anyway?"

"I went to look for you."

"You don't understand English do you." She sat up straight.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?" She asked pretending not to know what I was talking about.

"You don't have to be so strong." I said in a whisper.

"Oh please." Hermione rolled her eyes. "Just leave me alone. I don't need this from you."

"Hermione, I'm sorry."

"For what this time?" Hermione's voice raised. "Breaking my heart, for choosing Cho or maybe for making all those years of friendship meaningless. Take your pick Harry, there's so much to choose from."

"I made a mistake."

"That was me being sarcastic." She butt-in.

"If you would just listen!" I yelled in frustration. "Please."

"What do you want from me this time?" She finally looked at me. Her hazel eyes blurred by her tears, "You've already taken my heart."

What was that supposed to mean?

"I'm sorry Hermione." I didn't know whether or not to touch her. I just wanted to put my arms around her. I felt safest when she had her arms around me. "I made a mistake. Its just I was in the middle of loosing Cho and I couldn't bare that. But I know now that I made the biggest mistake of my life. If she really loved me she wouldn't have made me choose between you or her. I've tried to ignore you but I just can't, I need to have you in my life. Its just too weird not being able to talk to you. You're the only one I can count on."

A million things were running through her head, her eyes bared it all.

"When we were friends at the Yule Ball I thought that everything was okay and then this whole thing about Dumbledore putting us all under a spell took me by surprise. But I know what my heart wants and what I want because I can't deny what happened that night. And I know that somehow, by some miracle you're going to forgive me because, you're amazing that way."

She bit her lip as if trying to stop it from quivering.

"I'm sorry Hermione." I'm not one to cry but at that moment I felt a tear escape from my eyes. "I'm just so sorry."

She sighed and smiled softly. Her thumb wiped away the tear that rested on my cheek.

"How can I forgive the person who broke my heart?" Her voice cracked as more tears trickled down her cheek. "There are no words to express how much it hurt to know that you did what you did."

"I can't even begin to imagine."

"No you can't." She shook her head. Her words were becoming incomprehensible.

"But I was in the moment where I had to choose and I know that there is no excuse but I just wasn't thinking straight. You were with Justin and Luna made some snide comment and I was just going crazy trying to protect you and then we fought and she gave me an ultimatum."

"Why do I need to be protected, Harry?" Hermione cried.

"I don't know." I said in frustration. "He didn't deserve you!"

"Then who does?" She cried again.

"I do." My eyes shot open when I realized what I had just said.

"Don't even go there."

"Hermione, Cho made me choose. I made a mistake and I am sorry."

"You've got to stop apologizing."

"Only until you forgive me."

Hermione put her head down. "You didn't even have to ask." She looked up again and I had never seen her eyes so expressive.

"Oh, Hermione." I put one arm around her and pulled her close. "God created you to be my best friend. What am I going to do without you?"

"Hurt me." She whispered. She cleared her throat. "We're just going to have to find you the right girl."

"Just like you found the right guy." I commented. I felt her shy away. "You're my best friend and I will make sure we find the man of your dreams."

She moved away from me again. This time her tears were small. "That's all I am to you, your best friend." Her voice was constantly cracking.

"You're Hermione." I shrugged. "You're everything."

"I'm the girl of your dreams, Harry." She whispered with a raspy voice. She cleared her throat, smiled at me, shrugged and said, "Masquerading as your best friend."

At that moment our eyes locked and it felt like we were the only two people left in the world. She didn't even have to touch me and already I was entranced.

"But you've got Adam." I reasoned.

"And you've got Cho." She stated but I made it evident in my expression that she had been wrong.

"I'm sorry."

"No, I am. I will never let anyone ever get in between the two of us." I stated simply.

Hermione smiled and it warmed my heart to see the way her eyes gleamed when I said that. I finally had her back and I intended to keep it that way.

I back into the room only to find Cho clutching on to her bag.

"You're leaving."

"I am." She smiled. "Thank you, for everything." She put her arms around me. "I'm sorry. There will be so many things that I will never forget about you Harry Potter."

"What? That you denied me the most important person in my life?" I looked at her and was almost (ALMOST) sorry for having said that, just almost.

"Maybe that," She took in my insult. "But this is the way things come to an end and it was good while it lasted."

"Why are you being so calm about this?" I asked.

"Because I saw it way before it came." She smiled. "And besides, even if I denied you the chocolate bean doesn't mean you wouldn't go and try to find it."

"You're crazy."

"Thank you." She smiled. "Good bye, Harry."

"Bye." I opened my arms offering a hug.

"I'm sorry." She pulled away quickly and pulled out the portkey she looked up at me one last time.

"And Harry, don't let Adam be a threat. People who are meant to be together always find their way in the end."

I rubbed my neck and decided to follow the rest of the pack downstairs.

'I'm the girl of your dreams, Harry, masquerading as your best friend.'

Those words changed my life.

Just like she did.

A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter! Please review or do I have to ask if I'm going to delete it again (LOL) But seriously please read and review and don't forget to let me know if you'd read my other story as well.

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