A/N: So this is the chapter that everyone has been asking for. Thanks for all the reviews guys it really inspires me to write more!

After leaving Vernon in his angry stupor they stuffed Harry's trunk into the back of their Expedition (A/N I love that kind of car). They started of towards the long drive back to the house. Before they went home though they went and picked up a few things for the barbecue.

"Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Granger for taking me in like this." Harry said.

"No problem, anything for Hermione's friend." Mrs. Granger replied. She snickered silently while everyone in the car that wasn't driving turned their head to look at her weirdly at her sudden outburst.

"What?" Mrs. Granger said

"Nothing mum. Nothing." Hermione said. She leaned her head back and breathed out while Harry directed a question towards her. Harry turned and just looked at her and then he noticed something different about her.

"Hey Herms…?"

"Please don't call me Herms! I hate that name!" Hermione grumbled.

"Okay then why do you let Ron call you that!" Harry retorted.

"I think that after telling someone that they have the emotional range of a teaspoon you should stop insulting them!"

"So what do you want me to call you for short then?" Harry said.

She was silent.

"Or I could pull a Malfoy and start calling you Granger?"

"Heck no!" Hermione said. Harry was stuck in thought for a second.

"Mione?"

"Yes Harry what was your question?" Hermione said finally accepting something.

"Oh yea… what'd you do to your hair?" Harry asked

"My hair?... Oh well it kind of tamed out for some odd reason. As for the streaks of blond I kind of started to make this potion because I was experimenting and the cauldron was a little bit faulty…guess we should have taken Percy's theory on cauldron bottoms seriously. Anyway the cauldron I was using couldn't take the potion and it spilled everywhere in the basement. The basements clean its just that my hair is now all these different shades. I think it's permanent… for now… at least I love it and this is the only way my mom was going to let me have it anyway." She then whispered:

"I seriously like it but you should have seen the fit me mum had when she saw that my teeth weren't their regular size!" She said raising her eyebrows. Then Harry said,

"Oh yeah I remember Malfoy knocked with that engorgement curse." Harry said.

"We're here!" They heard Mrs. Granger say.

Harry was truly amazed this house was very nice. It was two stories and it had lots of space. It also had this homey feeling that he had never felt before. True he felt this too at Hogwarts but there's a big difference between castle and actual house. He could already see the massive amount of cars lined up outside.

"How did they get inside without you being here?" Harry asked.

"We have a secret location already for a key! Everyone in the family knows it except the really distant ones that we talk to like once a year." Hermione answered behind him. He jumped slightly.

"Geez Mione. Don't sneak up on somebody like that." He grabbed his trunk which Hermione had been struggling with and asked her.

"Why were you carrying my really heavy trunk! You could break something!" Harry said. Harry started to try to lift it.

"Who can't lift it now?" Hermione retorted.

"I thought I could okay." Harry said.

"I have a better idea instead of trying to outdo each other you grab one end I'll grab the other." Hermione said.

"Okay Hermione!" They each grabbed an end an tested it out. It proved to be easier but still just as tiring. They hoisted it up towards the door as Hermione's parents were still over at the car getting the rest of the supplies they needed. Hermione rang the doorbell four times and someone answered the door.

"Can't you just ring the doorbell like a regular person." A voice said.

"Monique." Hermione said bitterly. Monique realizing who it was replied.

"Herms." Once again Hermione flinched.

"Who might you be?" Monique continued turning her eyes at Harry. Hermione knew that look. She was scared for any boy or man or dog that came within a 10 mile radius of that look. Right now she could tell she had her sights set on Harry.

'I mean who wouldn't like Harry. I mean of course when I think about it I've liked him since third year. His personality. I just admire all that is Harry I guess. I think it also helps that he has a great body too and eyes. Wait I need to say something back'

"He might be Harry. Harry and I have this big trunk which needs to be moved before it falls on your foot. So I suggest you move out of the way." She stepped out of the way which was about the smart thing to do because the second they got into the house they dropped it on to the tile. Hermione shook out her hands trying to regain the circulation lost.

"Come on" Hermione said. She carried his trunk with him behind her helping to pull the weight.

"Well we just moved into the house two months ago apparently since we were still in school so the only rooms done are mine, my parents, the bathroom, and the library. Since none of those spaces are available you have to sleep with me in my room. That okay with you."

"Yeah that's perfect!" Harry said. 'Strangely I don't have a problem with this. I guess I should since we're you know boy and girl and things happen. Then something tells me that this is Hermione and then something else is saying that there's something else there too. Like why do I feel like I can tell here anything and everything? Cause you do tell her everything you prat. I mean everything besides what happened with Dumbledore. Everything that I know I want her to know too. So is this like a liking her better and more than Ginny thing? No. I already said I didn't ever like Ginny. So this is like me finally liking someone I think more than that but whatever floats your boat'

"Harry!" Hermione said waving her hands in front of his face. "Are you okay, you zoned out for a while."

"Yeah I'm great." Harry told her reassuringly. They were now in her room.

"Hey no pink! I can live with this!" Harry said.

"Just cause I'm a girl doesn't mean I have to like pink." Hermione told him. "Besides I love blue you know my birthstone. So I settle for a pale blue."

"Hey Herms…your mum wants you!" Monique shouted.

"I swear she calls me that just to annoy me." Hermione said as she went downstairs.

She went downstairs and saw her mom in the backyard starting to light the grill for her dad.

"Yeah mum you wanted me!" Hermione said.

"I didn't call you Hermione." She said trying to figure out how to turn the dial on the gas grill.

"Here mom let me do it!" Hermione said. She went over to the grill and turned the knobs and grabbed the lighter of the table on the side and they instantly had a fire ready for cooking. So maybe Hermione was a little better at cooking than her mother.

"Now to find Monique!" Hermione said under her breath. She started looking all over the house and she was nowhere and then all of a sudden she found herself being pulled into the bathroom. Hermione started to yell until she felt a hand clamp over her mouth. She licked it and the person withdrew their hand. She turned around and saw the person she had been looking for:

"Monique? Why'd you lie my mom didn't call me!" Hermione started furiously. Monique wasn't paying attention though she just asked.

"Tell me what you know about Harry?"

"First he's my friend. He likes sports such as……wait why am I telling you this?" Hermione started and then asked the question aloud.

"Tell me you know you will eventually!" Monique said

"Before you go and hold that over my head. Let me tell you something I don't care! I won't tell you!" Hermione said.

"Why not!" Monique asked her voice getting louder.

"Because" Hermione said.

"Because…" Monique pushed her raising her voice higher than ever before.

"You are an asshole. You use guys and then when you've milked them for all their worth you give up on them. I love Harry and I'm not going to let that happen!"

"You love Harry" Monique said.

"She loves me!" she heard a voice that sounded really familiar.

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All of a sudden Harry had heard a scream and he thought it sounded like Hermione. Actually that it was Hermione's because after all of the battles that they had fought together he should know it by now. Not that she screamed excessively or anything.

He walked down the hallway in the direction of the screaming. It led towards the bathroom. He pressed his ear towards the door. He knew that there was no excuse for snooping but then he just needed to know. He heard the sound start to increase and had to pull his ears away from the door. He heard the last bits of information

"Why not!" Monique asked her voice getting louder.

"Because" Hermione said.

"Because…" Monique pushed her raising her voice higher than ever before.

"You are an asshole. 'He couldn't believe he actually heard Hermione curse.'

"You use guys and then when you've milked them for all their worth you give up on them. I love Harry and I'm not going to let that happen!"

"You love Harry" Monique said.

"She loves me!" Harry shouted in disbelief. 'Wow that's a great feeling.' He didn't realize that the bathroom door had indeed opened and that Hermione had ran out of the way. Then Harry realized something:

She hadn't wanted him to know. At least not that way!

A/N: Thanks for reading my story review and tell me what you think. I already have ideas for the next chapter where Harry and Hermione definitely get together. It's already in my head I just need to get it in the computer and to you guys! Alexzangel