The next morning saw Hermione and her parents eating a nice breakfast after their usual walk. The usual morning chit chat filled hte room. Hermione loved this feeling more than anything. Being surrounded by people who love and cherished you, its was amazing for her.

Sure, she had always felt wanted and even loved in a sense by Harry, but the memories she had of Ron made her cringe. Looking back at all the times he had insulted her, she had no idea why she put up with him for so long. She had done her best to help him whenever he needed. Sure somtimes she was a little pushy, she would admit that, but why he would go that far to hurt her was beyond her.

She pushed the thought from her mind and continued chatting with her parents. After a few moments, their attention was drawn by an owl swooping in, dropping a letter neatly infront r

"Oh my gosh! Its my letter from Professor Mcgonagall!"

Hermione opened the letter and began to quickly read through it. She skimmed over the list, quite happy with what Mcgonagall had come up with.

"I'm going to be learning so much! I can't wait to tell Harry!"

Before her parents could questio nher, Hermione had ran upstairs, allready thinking of what to write in her letter.

Her parents shared a knowing smile, as the two stared lovingly at eachother, drinking their morning cofee.

Meanwhile, up in Hermiones room, she had begun writing letter when she noticed Hedwig had just landed on her window sill.

"Oh, Hedwig! Wonderful timing." She walked over to the owl, noticed she had a letter attached, and grabbed it.

She opened the note, and began reading.

Hermione,

Mcgonagall wrote me this morning saying that she had sent you your list. Would tomorrow be too soon for you? I know you're probably uncontrolably excited about it, so I figured sooner would be better than latter. Plus, I miss seeing you everday Mione'.

Anyways, send Hedwig back with a response. Hopefully, I'll see you tomorrow.

Love,

Harry

Hermione smiled at the letter. Had he really missed her that much in so little time? Wasting not one second longer, Hermione quickly jotted her reply.

Harry,

Tomorrow sounds wonderful! I can't wait!

Love,

Hermione

Hermione tied the letter to Hedwig, and within seconds, the owl was off.

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Number twelve Grimmauld place was lively today. For only having two people inside of it, it was quite noisy.

Harry and Draco, who had only been friends for about a year now, were chatting in Harrys living room. After his painting the day before, he had used magic to quickly clean up the mess. Sure, painting and remodeling were funner without magic, but cleaning? That was bloody boring.

"So, whats her name Draco?" Harry asked, causing Draco to smirk.

He had began seeing a girl about five months ago. He had yet to tell Harry who she was, but as for her name, he barely spared any detail.

"Where would the fun be if I told you that? Having you constantly make horrid guesses is one of the few things that bring me laughter." Draco sneered and the two began laughing, again.

"Fine. How are things though? Everything going good with the two of you?" Harry asked.

"Quite well actually. I've never felt this way about a girl before. I think she might be the one."

Harry faked shock. "Are you telling me that, Draco Malfoy, the self proclaimed sex god of Slytherin, Adonis of Hogwarts, might actually be ready to settle down? And at such a young age?"

Draco rolled his eyes. "Whats the point of sleeping around your whole life when you;ve allready met the one you want to spend the rest of your life with? Also, I wasn't self proclaimed. You can ask any girl in Slytherin about that one!"

They shared another laugh, until Harry broke it. "Well, I'm Happy for you. I hope I get to meet her soon."

"I'm sure you will." Draco replied "So, hows it going with you and Granger?"

Oddly enough, during their time over the last year at Hogwarts, Harry had told Draco about his feelings towards Hermione. This was a big deal for Harry, Draco was the first person he ever shared that with. He hadn't even talked to Lupin about it.

Though, when Harry had told Draco, he was anything but surprised. He had said it was obvious to everyone. Except of course, Hermione.

"Eh, we're going to spend a day together soon. I sent Hedwig off this morning to ask if tomorrow was fine with her. She also said she wanted me to have dinner with her parents, but thats not offical yet."

"She wants you to have dinner with her parents?" Draco asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah. Whys that heard to believe?"

"Its not. Anyways, I should get going. I have a date to get ready for. I'll see you soon."

A confussed Harry stood up and lead Draco to the door. "Seeya soon Draco."

With one last wave, Draco was off. Harry turned, and headed back into his home.

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A few hours later, Harry was relaxing on his sofa, reading a book that Lupin had recently giving him. It wasn't part of the list he needed for his following year, but it listed quite a few spells that would be on his masterys test, when the time came.

He was so deep in concetration that he failed to notice the snowy white owl infront of him. After a moment of sitting their, looking at her owner, Hedwig let out a loud hoot to grab his attention.

Harry, slightly shocked, looked up to his owl. "Oh, hey girl. Is that from Hermione?"

Harry quickly grabbed the note from Hedwigs leg and began reading.

"Great! She says we can go tomorrow girl. Isn't that great?"

Hedwig hooted back a response, causing Harry to chuckle.

Harry plopped back onto his sofa and attempted to begin reading again. However, all he could think about, was spending the day to come with Hermione.

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It had been a while since Hermione had gone up to her room, and her mother was getting a little worried. She made her way up to her daughters room and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Answered Hermione.

Her mum opened the door and walked in. "Everything okay hun?"

Hermione nodded. "Yeah mum. Everythings fine. I've just been thinking."

She made her way closer to Hermiones bed, sitting down next to her daughter.

"Whats on your mind?"

Hermione blushed at this. Should she tell her mum? She had never really told anyone how she felt, but if anyone would understand, it would be her mum.

"Well," she started "I've never told anyone this but.."

She sighed, losing herself in thought. Her mum sat theur, a smile on her face.

"Hermione?"

Hermione jumped at the sound of her voice. "Oh, right. I'm in love with Harry."

Her mother chuckled. "Is that all dear?"

Hermione looked at her mum, her mouth open. "Is that all? Mum, I've never told anyone that before. I've never felt that way towards someone either."

"Dear, it was quite obvious, thats all. The one thing you always managed to tell us about Hogwarts, was Harry. Hes been there with you, and you with him, through so much of your life. Its only natural that you;ve developed strong feelings for him."

"But mum," Hermione groaned, causing her mum to chuckle once again. Sure Hermione might be nineteen, but she still had some of the stubborness she had when she was younger.

"i want to tell him, more than anything, I'm just scared."

"Scared that you'll lose him? That he wont fill the same for you?" at Hermiones nod, she continued. "Hermione, after all you two have been through, I highl doubt Harry would stop being your friend. Even if you two were to date, and have that relationship fall a part, from what you;ve told me about him, I feel like your friendship would stay together."

Hermione pondered this for a while. Maybe she was right? Past relationships hadn't broken their friendship. Harrys past relationships, and Even the Ron situation. Harry had took up for her, afterall. Maybe their friendship was truely unbreakable?

And whos to say that Hermione telling Harry wouldn't work out. After all, whats life without a few risks.

"Besides," her mum said "He would be a fool to not feel the same about you and by what you;ve told your father and I, Harry is no fool."

Hermione smiled. "Would it be okay if I invited him to dinner sometime soon? I would love for you and dad to get to know him better.

Her mother smiled and hugged her daughter. "Of course. Your father and I have been looking for a chance to get to know the man whos had our daughter so smitten for the past seven years."

The two women shared a chuckle. They spent the next few hours talking. About boys, girly things and the works. Hermione finally had a chance to be a normal girl with her mother, and she loved every second of it.