A/N: This is for the prompt 'new year'.

Hermione stood at the edge of the ballroom with her friends watching the clock countdown to the New Year. When it was ten seconds they started counting out loud.

TEN!

NINE!

EIGHT!

SEVEN!

SIX!

FIVE!

FOUR!

THREE!

TWO!

ONE!

Hermione watched as the couples around her kissed. She felt slightly jealous that she wasn't able to do the same. A tap on her shoulder made her turn around. In front of her was Rodolphus Lestrange who had recently been released from Azkaban due to being under the imperious curse during both wizarding wars.

He stepped forward and pressed his lips to hers, and as he went to pull away Hermione pulled him closer.