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As Hermione pulled up to Kings Cross Station she had butterflies in her stomach. She was finally going to see the people she hadn't seen in almost five years, the people who had changed her life forever. She couldn't help but smile.
She walked into the station carrying Crookshanks in his cage in one hand and pulling her bag with the other. She saw Ginny and Ron and ran over to them, almost tripping over her bag on the way.
"Hermione! Be careful! You going to break something before we even get on the train!" said Ron, while giving her a hug and taking her bag off her.
"Hey 'Mione" Ginny said, greeting her best friend with another hug. "And hello Crooks!" She said, taking the pet she had so happily nicknamed.
"Where's Harry?" Hermione asked, looking around for her other best friend, after realizing that he wasn't with Ginny and Ron.
"He just went to get us coffees for the train" Ron answered her, "Vanilla Latte, two sugars, right?" He asked her hesitantly, making sure he had given harry the right order for Hermione's coffee
"Perfect," said Hermione, smiling at Ron. She was glad that the boys had thought to get her one. She had hardly slept last night because she was so excited, so right now, she was buggered.
"This is so exciting for you guys" Ginny stated, "I mean, I hope Dumbledore does the same for our year next year, it would be great to go back for a while, see not just the faces, but the places and everything! Oh, promise to tell me what it's like!" she finished.
Hermione knew that Ginny would have given anything to be able to go with them, she was Hermione's best friend, and had sort of become part of their gang, even after her and harry had ended on not so great terms. Ginny kept hanging out with them just to be around Harry, but Hermione was the only person she told that to. According to everyone else, she just wanted to hang out with Hermione. Needless to say, the 4 of them had become rather close, but Hermione know Ginny could never really be a part of whatever her, Ron and Harry had. It was something more than friendship. Like an unbreakable bond. But even that was starting to change, well, Hermione's feelings anyway. At least towards Harry…
Hermione was brought quickly out of her thought by none other than Harry Potter himself.
"There ya go Ron, long black, two hot donu-Oi! Slow down! Geez, you'd think you hadn't seen food in a century!" Harry remarked as he handed Ron his coffee and donuts. "Flat white, raisin toast" he said, and gave Ginny her packet, then he looked up.
"Hermione! You're here!" he said, as he took her presence in, grinning from ear to ear. Then he gave her a huge hug, still holding their two drinks and snacks. The hug lasted that tiny bit longer than her one with Ron, and while Hermione and Harry both knew it, it went unnoticed by Ginny and Ron. Of course, both Harry and Hermione went on like it was nothing. Each thinking the other didn't notice it and Harry handed Hermione her coffee and a bag with something in it. Curious, she opened it. She should have guessed, a chocolate croissant, her favorite. And Harry knew it, because it was what she always ordered whenever they went for coffee. She smiled and thanked him.
As soon as they all had their drinks, and Hermione had instructed Ginny on the care instructions for Crookshanks, they decided it was time to go through the barrier. They left Ginny at the barrier, but she didn't seem too concerned. She gave them all hugs and said her goodbyes then returned to the cute, lost, Irish guy by the name of William she had found. Hermione just laughed and rolled her eyes, and Ginny winked at her as Hermione, Ron and Harry walked through the barrier, once again, on their way to Hogwarts.
When they got to the other side of the barrier, Hermione's jaw dropped. She had know that Harry, Ron, Neville, Lavender, Seamus and a few others were coming so she expected to see a few familiar faces when she came through. What she hadn't counted on was seeing her entire year level there. Everyone, from Crabbe and Goyle to the Patil twins. She couldn't think of anyone she couldn't see. And by the looks on everyone else's faces, they had similar thoughts.
"Wow." Harry said. And that was exactly it, putting it simply. Wow.
The three just stood there gob smacked for a few moments until they heard the whistle blow from none other than the one and only Hogwarts express. The trio turned to each other and grinned, this was it!
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