Disclaimer: If I was JK Rowling, Harry and Hermione would have been together by fourth year.

Authors note: Thanks so much to all those who reviewed! I'm still new at this, and I'm only thirteen, so give a girl a break!

And now, on to my story!

Harry's POV

I was in the trying to do my homework and ignore Dean, Seamus, and ron, who were playing exploding snap.

"Guys!" I said, finally fed up. They looked up, but their gaze directly from me to someone behind me. I turned in my seat. My jaw dropped. It was a girl, but I hadn't seen her before, amazing because she was pretty hard to miss. Her soft brown hair fell in loose curls and waves around her face. Probably the most beautiful girl Id seen in a while. But her eyes, a warm cinnamon brown that felt like they could see right through me. I knew those eyes…

"Hi Harry." She said shyly. Her voice was familiar too…

"Hermione!" I asked in shock. She giggled. I stood up in front of her. "wow!"

She blushed. "Lavender and Parvati did it."

"You look so different!" I said. I glanced behind. Dean, Seamus, and ron were still seated, engrossed as ever in their game.

"Do you like it?" Hermione asked

"I love it! You look beautiful." I said without thinking. Immediately I felt my face get hot. She was blushing too.

"I mean…"

"Thanks." She cut me off.

"You're welcome." I said. I was just getting over the initial shock of seeing her like this. Id also never seen her shy, so this was a double blow.

"Do you…Do you want to go for a walk?" She asked.

"Sure." I said. We didn't say a word all the way out to the lake. As we began to walk the length of its shore, Hermione looked up at me and said "I'm still the same person, Harry." I looked at her. She really didn't look that different. Just her hair, and a hint off make-up.

"I know." I grinned, and she smiled back.

"Do you mean what you said earlier?"

I knew what she meant. "Yeah." And it was the truth. She did look beautiful. I tucked a curling tendril of hair behind her ear. "You're wearing the earrings I got you."

She smiled again, and nodded. "I really cant believe tomorrow is the last day of sixth year."

"I can. Its been one long year. But I defeated Voldemort. I can concentrate on schoolwork in seventh year."

"You killed Voldemort." Hermione murmured as we walked back into the castle. She stopped and held hands, facing me. She cocked her head to the side, like an inquisitive puppy.(AN: that's something I do all the time, and I thought Id put it in here!)

"Well always be friends, right Harry?"

I smiled softly. "Forever." I pulled her into a hug. We walked silently back to the common room. I said goodnight and went to bed. My things were already packed, and I was dreading another long summer with the Dursleys. I couldn't even spend part of it with the Weasleys, because they were spending the summer with Charlie in Romania

The only good thing about the next day was we didn't have any homework. On the hogwarts express, Malfoy even found it necessary to blame me once more for his fathers death in the final battle. (But we all love Tom Felton, right girls: ) )If Hermione hadn't been there to calm me down, Malfoy would've ended up with a lot more than a bruised ego. Hermione is the only one who can calm me down, I've noticed. Maybe Ill go to her house this summer.

Authors note: So, what do you think? I'm not posting another chapter until I get more reviews. Actually I probably will update for my own amusement. But if you want more chapters, take a measly 30 seconds out of your life and REVIEW! Thank you. Oh and if anyone really likes HarryHermione fics, you should totally read this one called Dance! Its really fabulous. Love ya!