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As Hermione walked down the hall towards her bathroom, she couldn't help but give a quiet yelp of excitement, for it was the day that she would return to Hogwarts. Yes, it was September first, the day that the Hogwarts Express would return to London and welcome passengers into its shiny, scarlet passenger train. She had not physically changed much over the summer. She didn't have a nice, new tan, or suddenly have a full figure. Nope, she was the same Hermione and as bookwormish as ever. (A/N- how's that for a change:)) She was fairly attractive, but definitely not drop dead gorgeous. She wasn't going to go back to school and suddenly be the girl of everyone's dreams. Nope, she was still modest and studious. She couldn't wait to return back to school. It was her 6th year and she was dying to see her best friends Harry and Ron again. She couldn't believe that it had only been 3 months since she last saw them. To her, it had felt like 3 years.

Being at home with her parents was relaxing, but there were no young people to keep her company. She lived in a neighborhood that was deprived of any teenagers, or at least any decent teenagers. No witches or wizards, to her knowledge, lived in her division. Occasionally, she would go to downtown London and meet some friends from her old, muggle school. They sometimes went shopping, but they mostly went to the library and read a good book. Hermione enjoyed reading muggle books, for she had missed them dearly while she was at Hogwarts. There weren't any muggle books at their library, so no Shakespeare. Hermione especially loved Shakespeare's work. She wasn't sure if it was the language, or the romantic tones that he used that kept her wanting to read more and more. She finally figured out that she should just buy the whole darn collection this summer and read them on her stay at Hogwarts. Yes, this year was going to be great. She was a prefect, and she had Shakespeare to keep her company. What could possibly be any better?

After her long, relaxing bubble bath, she continued on to her bedroom. She picked out a muggle outfit to wear for the train ride, jeans and a white collared shirt, and headed down to breakfast. Her mother was already seated around the table, pleasantly enjoying her breakfast, and she beaconed Hermione to join her. Hermione was welcomed to a heap of scrambled eggs and some toast lying on her plate.

"Oh dear!" exclaimed Mrs. Granger, "It's nearly 8:00! We had better get going if you plan on catching your train!"

Hermione gobbled down the rest of her breakfast and sprinted upstairs to get her trunk. To her surprise, instead of finding her trunk, she found an extremely excited Harry standing in the middle of her room.

"Harry!" Hermione yelped in excitement, "Harry, I'm so glad to see you!"

"I'm glad to see you too Herms!" replied Harry, "I've missed you so much. It's been another dreadful summer at the Dursley's."

"Sorry 'bout that Harry. Well, at least we have a new year to look forward to. I'm so excited. I'm just dying to know what my new classes are going to be."

Harry chuckled. Yes, it was his same old Hermione.

Your same Hermione? questioned Harry's inner mind. Hmmm, seems someone might have a crush on her.

So what if I do? Harry argued to his inner self. He always knew in the back of his mind that Hermione was more than just a friend. Actually, it had occurred to him several times that he and Hermione should be a couple. He usually shrugged off that feeling and simply blamed his hormones. As he thought about it some more, he really enjoyed his daydreams of him and Hermione just sitting together eating a picnic on the school grounds, or doing other things of a not so G-rated nature. (Hey! I don't mean it like that, I just mean PG-13, that's all! Jeez! You people always think about sex don't ya? Hehe, continuing on…)

As Harry was dazing off into space, Hermione too thought about her relationship with Harry. She pondered what could have happened and what still might happen. Her thoughts soon turned to Ron. Ron. The boy that she could never get enough of. He always knew how to push her buttons, but end up having her want him more and more. Ron had a crush on her, and she knew it. In fact, everyone knew it. Unless you were blind, deaf, and mentally retarded, it would be impossible to not notice his want, his need for her. After so, she began to think of Malfoy. Ahh, yes, Malfoy. Her worst enemy and the most interesting boy in school. He was the only person who she didn't know about. Yes, she had heard all of his snooty comments and his braggings, but she didn't really know anything about him. She was sure that he was just an insecure teenager who was too afraid, most likely of his father, to show his emotions and let his true personality out. She really wanted to see if she could pull that out of him. She wanted to help him.

"Hermione?" Harry asked, "Are you there? Earth to Hermione!"

"Sorry Harry, I just dazed off a bit. Ready to go?" she replied.

"Ready when you are!" Harry said as he opened the door for her.

Hermione took the lead and stepped gracefully out of the door. At least, gracefully until she fell flat on her face after tripping over her own two feet.

"Hermione, are you okay?" asked a frantic Harry.

"Yeah, just a little clumsy."

"Bloody hell, don't ever do that again. You gave me a real scare." Harry said with a sincere look.

The two teens carefully walked the rest of the way to the car and took seats in the back. They headed off to Hogwarts once again.

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