A/N: So it's a little shorter than normal but I'm currently suffering from writer's block. I'll try to update tomorrow sometime but I make no promises. I have two really good ideas for two more chapters. Hope you enjoy this it took me quite a while to write. :)

Beautiful Melody

Hermione stared at the computer screen. She had gone over the song hundreds of times. She had taken up guitar a few months after graduating from Hogwarts. She had heard this guy sing amazing along with his guitar on the Muggle site, YouTube. And she wanted to try the whole singing and playing thing. It was hard at first. But she learned how to do it. Strumming was the hardest part. Now all that was left was find the perfect song to debut on.

She looked at the song. It was slow, and wasn't hard on vocal. She was ready to do this. Hermione positioned the guitar just right. She didn't want a clear view of her face, but she wasn't going to copy the other guitarist and show just the guitar. That had been the appeal, that she couldn't see his voice all she could hear was his voice and the guitar. It was amazing.

Hermione finally found the right position and practiced the song one more time. She was hoping to record it a few times, pick the best one. Make sure it was perfect before she put it out there for the rest of the world to see. Hermione hit the record button and performed her song. After she was done, she shifted the guitar a little so she could listen to the song. Her finger hovered over the play button, and she took a deep breath in. She wasn't really sure if she wanted to hear what she sounded like.

But she played it, and listened with closed eyes to her voice. It wasn't half bad. It actually sounded... good. The song was perfect. She didn't have to record it multiple times. This was perfect. She uploaded to YouTube. She had done it. A year after graduating from Hogwarts, and only a few months after learning the guitar, she had recorded a song and put it out there for everyone to see. Well, she had recorded a cover. The song was Back Home by Yellowcard. She felt it was perfect, because after graduating from Hogwarts, and leaving Ron, she had moved to America.

Hermione was quite sure why she moved to America in the first place. But every where she went in England, it was a reminder of the war and all the people who had died during it. After a while she couldn't take it. She had to move, and to a place that wasn't packed with memories. America made the most sense. She lived in San Diego, California. It was beautiful. While she wasn't ever going to get a white Christmas here, she wasn't too far from skiing. Plus now she had surfing.

And it was much sunnier. She closed her laptop and took a look outside. The middle of January and the sun was shining brightly. Hermione shook her head, unable to believe it. She stood up and took a walk outside. Grey clouds rolled overhead many miles away, the promise of a nice shower a ways off. Hermione enjoyed the neighborhood she lived in. Even if you walked around every day for ten years, in the eleventh year, you'd still be finding things you hadn't seen before.

Hermione had applied to the University of San Diego, hoping to further her education even more. She knew an actual degree would help her get a job just about anywhere in the world. After she actually received her degree, all she had to do was figure out what she wanted to do with her life. That was the only question Hermione had been unable to answer for years.

She realized she'd been gone for awhile and decided to begin the journey back to her house. Upon her return, she opened her laptop to see what had happened with the video. Hermione wasn't freaking out about it, she just wanted to know other people's opinions. She was nervous, but she knew she shouldn't be. If people liked it, fabulous, if not, oh well.

21 hits. She had been gone an hour and already 21 hits. And a video response? What was that? She clicked on the link, and there was the musician who had inspired her new musical career. There he sat, his face hidden, his long fingers gracefully caressing the neck of the guitar. Hermione smiled as he started to strum, the song was entitled Follow You Home. He was doing a cover of a song by Nickelback. It was amazing. He copied the rough singing style of the lead singer but added his own style to it. It was very good.

Underneath the video, the musician had added To the Beautiful groundedgurl919. I'll follow you anywhere. Keep singing.

Hermione smiled and nearly giggled like a little girl when she saw that he used her username. She hadn't said anything about being a fan of his. But nonetheless, it looked like he was a fan of hers. She looked at the list of guitar chords she had saved. She wanted to reply to his video with something. Her list of songs was not large, but she could learn new ones. She tried to figure out what song would go best now.

Hermione thought of this as a conversation. And she needed something to say next. Currently the conversation was her talking about home, and him saying that he would follow her. Which was a little weird when you thought about it. Her next song? She looked through her list of songs and found another slow song that was an absolute classic. It was easy enough, nothing hard.

The only thing she was hesitant about was the fact that this was something she never did. Sometimes Hermione felt like she wasn't really the person she used to be at Hogwarts. She had changed so much over the past few months, and she knew that her friends would even recognize her. Her hair was a nice dirty blonde, and her skin was beautifully tanned. And she was so much more out there than she used to be.

She was no longer the know-it-all bookworm. She was a smart, and beautiful college student. Though she would never admit out loud that she thought she was beautiful.

She recorded the video, and watched it. After another recording, it was perfect for publishing and showing to him. Whoever this guy was, it was for him.

Hermione was a little nervous letting him hear this song. But she wanted to do it all the same. She uploaded the video as a response to his response and also gave a little shout out to him. To the Amazing goldhunter65. You are more inspiration than I could ask for. Hermione smiled as she hit save. This was a big step and, while the Hermione she used to know at Hogwarts wouldn't have done something like this. She wouldn't have done something this bold.

He watched her video over and over again. He couldn't place her voice but it sounded so familiar. But, the tag on her profile said she was from America. He didn't know any Americans. Did he?

This new video was entitled 'Some Day My Prince Will Come'. He was very flattered that she had replied with this. He hadn't really been expecting this, but her voice sounded amazing and he kind of enjoyed the boldness. He knew he had to reply. But the question was what to reply with? He quickly scrolled through his iTunes. He did that when he couldn't think of a song to sing. He would go through his music on shuffle and find a song that he liked that he hadn't thought of.

He found it. The perfect song to sing for her. He knew it was a little girly, but it would be unexpected and if done right, would actually sound very good. So he started working on the song. Within an hour or so he had the song finished. He recorded it and just uploaded it immediately. He didn't want to listen to it til after it was up. If he did something wrong on the first shot, then those who listened would call him out on it. The whole point of this was to get better.

'You Belong With Me' was the song he had chosen. He also wrote his little note, so that she would see he was still continuing this conversation with her. To groundedgurl919. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

He knew it was cheesy, the song and that line, but there was something different about this girl. Something he wanted to get to the bottom of.

Within a day or so, she had a reply. He nearly burst out laughing at the song she had picked. It wasn't a famous song, but that didn't matter. She still sang it beautifully. The song was 'Slow Down' By Ali and AJ. He had to admit that she picked a good song.

But he couldn't help replying with yet another Taylor Swift song. 'Love Story'. But the real reason he performed that song was because of the little note the girl had added. To goldhunter65. My name is Hermione. Yours?

To groundgurl919. Draco. I miss you.

Hermione smiled as she saw the name and the song. She had really started to miss Draco...