A/N: Thanks to all my lovely reviewers! XD Here's a chapter with finally some dialogue! Well actually it's just Hermione in this chapter and she's just sort of talking to herself but it still works. . so there you go that's what you guys wanted. I think. Please review or else I won't update! Thanks, enjoy and read on…

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My Happy Ending
The Beginning of Everything

Lying lazily on the back porch of her yellow tarnished French-styled house, Hermione Granger was trying to soak up the last of the summer's sun rays before the Hogwarts year started in just a mere 2 weeks.

Beside her green lawn chair, of which she was sprawled upon, laid her favourite little blue notebook. You could see her messy cursive in the pages she was writing in before she decided to stop and take a rest.

"Ahh…the summer sun. Just what I need to help me relax and - "

Something very familiar attracted her attention and she bolt immediately to a sitting position.

"Merlin, is that? Can it…be?" She gasped and then laughed. "Of course…"

A snowy owl appeared out of nowhere and flew onto Hermione's small outdoor picnic table. It was quite peculiar actually; a snowy owl in the middle of summer in the boiling heat.

"Hedwig! What have you got here? You know you're attracting quite a lot of attention around here…and please realize that muggles are also living in this area as well," she said, patting the owl, unaware of the fact that she was talking to an animal who understood every word she just said perfectly well.

She tore open the letter that Hedwig had been carrying from Harry, which read:

Dear Hermione,

Ron has invited both of us to visit and stay at the Burrow for the rest of the summer and we were wondering if you would like to stay with us. Last year at Hogwarts was sort of chaotic for Ron and I and we both apologize if it seemed like we might've been ignoring you. But we also have other stuff to do than be with you right? Maybe we could catch up with each other and go back like the old times. That would be great! Owl us back with your answer!

Cheers,
Harry

PS Ron says 'hi' too!

Hermione wasn't surprised at all by his letter; Ron always invited her and Harry over at the Burrow every summer. This summer was by no means of any exception.

But this time, Hermione wanted to do something different during the summer.

And plus, the boys and her weren't as close as they used to be. As they grew older, Ron and Harry and drifted into their own world, and Hermione was off to herself. She never had many good girl friends and now that they had sort of left her, she was lost.

She decided to write them a quick word back.

Dear Harry and Ron,

Thank you for the offer, but I think this summer is going to be a little bit 'different'. I've decided to invite Ginny over. I want to have some quality girl time with her; I really hope you can understand.

Thanks,
Hermione

Frankly though, Hermione didn't exactly feel too upset over the fact that Harry and Ron had gotten closer to each other than to her. She was growing up and she didn't really need two close guy friends around her like pointless body guards. (Although, it still sometimes affected some of the boys liking her and it was hard finding boyfriends.)

She wanted to spend some more time with Ginny. The red haired girl was the closest girl friend Hermione has ever had in her life. It didn't matter that Ginny was a year younger than Hermione, because they got along so well with each other. Ginny respected what Hermione had to say and they trusted each other very much.

But Hermione had never told her the BIG secret.

Why?

She was so afraid of what her best friend currently would say. She was afraid that Ginny would stop being her friend. She was afraid that Ginny would hate her. She was afraid that Ginny would laugh at her and tell the whole school. Oh yes, she was very afraid.

However, Hermione wanted her last summer to be a good memory (not that being at the Burrow was a bad memory…but having Ginny over would be a better memory). And she decided that having Ginny there would be the perfect touch.

Plus, she had already created a list of some changes she needed to fix about herself. And Ginny would most definitely be willing to help.

Hermione was sure that Harry and Ron wouldn't mind. They'd rather play Quidditch than fix a girl's hair any day. They were still friends…but just not as close. And they didn't exactly care what Hermione ever did; but she didn't mind anymore.

The brown-haired girl owled Ginny just in case she hadn't heard from Ron or Harry yet.

As soon as she finished, she lied back down on her lawn chair and picked up her glass of lemonade from the wooden porch floor and drank. Putting down her glass, Hermione grabbed her blue notebook and pen and flipped through it until she reached the page she was looking for.

Skimming the page very quickly (titled The List); she shook her head slightly to herself and tossed the paper pad aside.

"I must be crazy to think this is going to work."

A/N: There! Please please just press the little 'go' button at the bottom and review! Thank you very very much! I might not update in a while though…because unfortunately, my editor is gone for this weekend and I need him to continue! Oh, thanks, ronaldo9!

Bittersweet Love
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