(A/N): This is just a short piece that I needed to get through to get to the rest of the story. Hopefully ill get a better chapter up soon.

For all you guys who are confused, in my fic Dumbledore didn't die that night on the roof and Harry and Ginny were never going out.

After The Dream

As Harry woke up the next morning he felt arms around him tight and a body close to him. He smiled to himself as he opened his eyes and saw brown hair in his eyes. Then he remembered why she was there…. The dream.

With that he got out of bed carefully so he didn't wake Hermione. He went over to the desk and sat in the chair. He took out a piece of parchment and a pen and began to write on it. After throwing a few drafts out he finally was able to finish the letter. He sat back and re read what he had wrote

Dear Professor Dumbledore

How are you doing? Summer going well I hope. Mine is going well, or at least it was until last night. I'm staying with Hermione for the summer and we've been having loads of fun. But last night I had a dream very similar to the ones I had in the summer before 5th year. I dreamt about Voldemort.

He had learned about your plan and was trying to figure out how you had learned so much and was torturing one of the death eaters for letting the information get back to you. He was also telling them that he wanted the details of your plan or they would be in trouble. He made an example of the death eater and killed him to get the point across to the rest.

So what do you think? Should I be worried? Hope I haven't caused you too much trouble.

Sincerely,

Harry

Finally being satisfied with what he wrote he set the pen down. He looked over at Hermione and was surprised to see that she was looking back at him. "Hey" he smiled as he moved over to sit on end of the bed next to her. He gently ran his fingers through her hair and onto her cheek.

"Hi" she smiled up at him "how did you sleep?" she asked sitting up and taking his hand in hers

"Ok" he said "You know after the dream. I just finished my letter to Dumbledore you want to see it before I send it?" he asked

"Sure" she said getting out of bed "if you want me to" she walked over to the desk and began reading. "It's good" she said. Looking at it again. "What plan?" she asked turning to look at him.

" I actually don't know the details of it but Dumbledore told me that he had some things planed and he would tell me in due time he told me to just go on like normal until he told me otherwise. I'm guessing that what ever he is doing Voldemort found out about."

"Hmm, well let's get this to Dumbledore so that he can get back to you as soon as possible." She said

"Your right" he said as he rolled the letter up and was about to tie it to Hedwig's leg when Hermione grabbed it and said "here lets protect it a bit" she waved her wand and muttered a few incantations. "There now, it is unopenable to anyone but the addressee and if someone does get it open then it will just be blank" she told him handing it back over to him.

"Wow" he said just staring at her "impressive" he smiled and attached the letter to Hedwig's leg. Harry stood watching Hedwig fly out the window, he was still very worried about the dream and just hopped that Hedwig could find Dumbledore and that he would answer quickly. Hermione was watching the emotions play over Harry face. She could tell that he was worried; she was worried, of course he was. She walked over and stood behind him and slid her arms around his waist and pulled him close. "I'm sure Dumbledore will be able to sort it all out." She said as she rested her chin on his shoulder.

He rested his head on hers and whispered "I hope so"

They stayed there for a while just looking out the window and holding each other. Finally it was Hermione who broke the silence with "come on lets go get some breakfast" she took his hand and pulled him from the room. Harry wasn't very hungry but he went along with it to make Hermione happy.

Then went down stairs and Hermione whipped them up a small breakfast consisting of oatmeal and some biscuits. After about 20 minutes sitting in silence Hermione had finished and looked up and saw that Harry had barely touched his food and was deep in thought. "Harry you've got to eat" she said knocking him out of his thoughts

"What? Oh…. I'm not very hungry" he said looking at her.

"Come on Harry" she said pulling her chair closer to him "don't make me treat you like a child"

"What?" he asked turning to look at her

She reached over and grabbed his spoon and started moving it towards his mouth "open up here comes the firebolt" she said with a smile.

Harry laughed and opened his mouth when the spoon got there. It was just what he needed, to put all those thoughts aside. "Thanks" he said chewing and smiling.

"Ready for another?" she asked with a smile

"I think I can get it, thank you though" he said taking the spoon from her laughing

"Anytime love" she replied giving him a smile and a wink.

They finished breakfast and Hermione had talked Harry into going up and getting dressed. When Harry walked into his room he was absolutely amazed to see Dumbledore standing there.

"Professor" Harry said shocked

"Hello Harry" he said slightly bowing his head "I got your letter and just decided it would be best to just pop by, I hope that is alright"

"Of course" Harry said

"Harry I just want you to know that I am still very adamant about trying to keep you out of the fight until you're finished with school. This I will not change my mind on, but lets get into that dream of yours…" he was cut off by Hermione entering the room "ah, Miss Granger it is lovely to see you once again" he said standing up and walking forward to her shaking her hand.

Hermione had run over to Harry's room and stopped dead in her tracks as she saw Harry talking to Professor Dumbledore "Professor… "She said shocked "I didn't know you were coming … Ill just go and let you talk to Harry" she turned to leave and was stopped by Dumbledore placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Actually Miss Granger I was hoping you would join us" he said "I think you will find that what I have to talk to Harry about will have to do with you as well" he said motioning for her to sit next to Harry on his bed. She looked quite confused but sat anyways.

"So, like I was saying Harry, your dream. I think that it is in fact just like the ones you had in your 5th year. Only this time I do not believe that he knows about the connection. He thinks that this connection is lost so he is not taking any measures to stop it. But Harry this time I need you to make sure that you take the proper measures. Meaning you have got to work on your occlumency. With that said I will tell you a little about your dream." He told them

"Now you say that Voldemort has learned that I know of his plans and that he wants to know what I am doing. This Harry is exactly what we want. He will be too worried trying to stop me doing what it is he thinks I'm doing that he wont be plotting anything of his own, you see?" he asked

"Um sir, not really. What is it that you are doing?" Harry asked

"That's the thing Harry we aren't really doing anything, well nothing as big as Voldemort thinks we are. We are just creating a buzz so that he thinks we have something big planned , so that we can get to finding those Horcruxes with out him knowing. But this Harry is not what I am here to discuss with you. I am here to discuss something that I need you to work on this year..."

"What's that sir?" Harry asked unsure of where he was going with this.

"Well this is actually where Miss Granger comes in" Dumbledore said nodding towards Hermione "this year you shall be learning to hone the thing that the dark lord knows not and the powers that come from it. I of course am talking about love" Dumbledore smiled seeing that Harry wasn't getting it.

Harry and Hermione looked at each other Hermione tried to suppress a grin but did a bad job of it. Harry smiled back at her and took her hand in his.

"See this is exactly what I am talking about" Dumbledore said beaming at the pair of them. Hermione turned a bright shade of pinkish red and didn't look at Dumbledore in the eye.

"It is nothing to be ashamed of Hermione. This is a wonderful thing. Especially now that Harry is truly learning what love is he will become more powerful, which will ultimately help in defeating Voldemort. But how, we will discuss when you get back to school. I simply came today to let you know that you are not to worry. The best thing that you can do right now to help the fight against Voldemort would be to spend as much time together as you can. Enjoy each others company, strengthen the bond that you share and the love that you have for each other and you both will notice the change in your magic I guarantee it. So unless you have any more questions I shall be on my way" he said standing up

"I have just one sir, how did you know about Hermione and me?" Harry asked.

Dumbledore smiled "Lets just say that I still have some friends of mine check up on you from time to time"

"So I'm still being followed?" he asked with a mix of emotion

"No not so much followed as checked in on" Dumbledore said " Well I've got some business to attend to soon so if you two don't mind I must be on my way" and with that he disappeared with a pop.

They sat in silence for a bit both thinking about what they were just told. Finally Harry looked over at Hermione "so the only thing I can do right now to fight Voldemort… is to spend time with you?" he asked with a fake disgusted look on his face.

"Yep" she said mirroring his look "looks like were stuck together. I guess that we really only have one option"

"Oh, and what's that?" He asked

She leaned towards him and got so close so that every time she moved her lips they brushed up against his and said "we're just going to have to make the most of a bad situation"

"Yeah, what bad luck we have" he said as he smiled just millimeters away from her.

"I know it's horrible, but I've got a question" she said still very close to him

"What's that?" he asked

"Are you going to kiss me anytime soon? Because I'm getting tired of waiting"

"sorry to keep you waiting so long" he said through a giant smile as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closed " Ill have to see to it that you don't have to wait…." But that sentence was never finished because Hermione closed what little space was between them as she pressed her lips to his. She wrapped her arms around his neck as the kiss deepened. Harry lightly bit her lower lip as he deepened the kiss. She licked his lips just before his mouth opened and his tongue met hers. After about 5 minutes the kiss came to an end and through trying to catch her breath that she hadn't realized she had lost she looked up at him and said "you know sometimes you just talk too much"