A gentle ruffling of my hair and rays of sunlight falling into the room woke me.

My head rested on Draco's chest, which explained why I had slept so well. I looked up at him only to look around in confusion because the bed we were lying in was neither mine nor his.

I turned to the side where I found Hannah and Neville lying on the bed opposite, still fast asleep.

We must have fallen asleep here yesterday, I thought, almost laughing at the thought that Draco Malfoy, Slytherin through and through had been sleeping in a Hufflepuff dormitory.

Not wanting to wake them both, I just silently wished Draco a good morning and then snuggled back in.

His gentle caresses made me fall asleep again until a loud "Get up!", rudely jolted me out of my sleep.

"Can you be a bit more insensitive next time or is that the maximum?" Draco grumbled annoyed.

"I can do better than that, don't worry."

That was Neville's voice.

"But you guys really need to get up. The train leaves in three hours and we still have to pack our things and I actually want breakfast too."

Damn, that was a pretty good point, but I really didn't want to get up.

I didn't move a bit and Draco didn't bother to get up either.

"By Merlin, you're naked under the covers, that's why you won't get up!

You can't have sex when we're lying in bed next to you!" Neville exclaimed in near panic.

"Now calm down Longbottom, we didn't have sex and I certainly would never do that in a Hufflepuff dormitory.

Your wake-up skills are just atrocious and we don't feel like getting up, that's all," Draco grumbled even more annoyed.

"Well thank you too," protested Hannah, who I didn't know where exactly she was standing.

"But honestly, you should get up now. And if you don't I'll have to force it willy-nilly because Susan will be back soon and I don't want to explain to her what Draco Malfoy is doing in my room."

"Not having sex with his girlfriend, anyway," Draco said and I heard Neville snort out.

And then my warming blanket was pulled away, which was probably the worst thing that could have happened.

Annoyed, I sat up and looked at the far too awake faces of Neville and Hannah who seemed to be having the time of their lives.

"I really don't want to wake up next to you," I grumbled and struggled out of bed.

"Good morning to you too. Now up, out of here," Hannah ordered, literally pushing us out the door.

I wasn't even fully awake yet, hopefully the day would get better.

Draco took me all the way to the apartment, even though I protested several times that it was a huge diversions, but he stuck to his opinion.

We had each fetched a roll from the kitchen on the way, because I could still do without the questions at breakfast.

My clothes had already been put in the suitcase as neatly as I could and the books had also found their place.

Before I started to clear my desk, I took a shower.

As I stood under the hot water I thought about the last times.

This was the last shower here, I was about to close my room door for the last time.

Last night was the last night with my friends and I had skipped the last breakfast.

I would walk the corridors one last time and I would see most of the students for the last time in my life.

It was many last times, many goodbyes and the end of my time here. A beautiful time, exhausting, exciting, challenging, nerve wracking and life changing.

When I arrived here I was Daisy Harper, alone and full of sadness and I left as Florentine Daisy Scamander, still sad but not so often and not alone anymore.

The notebook was the last thing I took from my desk and put in my bag for the train.

I let my eyes wander around the room once more before closing the door.

"All packed?" asked Min as the door slammed shut.

"I hope you send me everything I forgot," I laughed before she pulled me into a hug.

"I'm really going to miss you but I'll definitely come and see you before next term," she explained quietly but I could hear that this goodbye wasn't going to pass her by as easily as she did.

Our relationship had had ups and downs over the last year but all in all I was glad to have her. Somehow, despite arguments, we had become closer and I would really miss her.

"Will you still take me downstairs?", I asked cautiously and she nodded.

As soon as we met Neville and Hannah at the Great Hall she handed me into their care and hugged me goodbye once more.

"I'll miss you too," I murmured into the hug, blinking away a single tear.

I locked hands with Hannah and so we walked out of the castle together.

One last time through the gate under which Draco and I had unintentionally kissed for the first time.

Involuntarily, I began to smile at the memory.

I looked for Draco all the way to the station, but didn't find him.

It wasn't until we had arrived at the platform and the first students had hefted their suitcases onto the train that I spotted his light blond mop of hair.

However that had happened, Neville was already with him when I arrived.

"See you in a minute," he said goodbye and I looked after him questioningly.

"I wanted to say goodbye to Pansy and Blaise and then I'll join you," Draco explained with a smile.

"You're sitting with us?", I asked happily.

"Only if you want me to, of course."

And of course I wanted to.

I threw all my good intentions overboard and fell around his neck.

"Flo, the others are already looking," he whispered to me, but didn't think of letting go of me.

"Let them. They're already talking about me, so they can get on with it," I replied with a grin and pressed a quick kiss to his lips, only to leave him standing there, completely perplexed.

"You're really unfair," Hannah laughed when I got back to the two of them.

"Maybe," I grinned wryly and got on the train.

I was quite glad I'd managed to convince Min and Grandpa to take the train to London and catch a plane from there. As far as travelling was concerned, I much preferred No-Maj alternatives if it took longer.

So now I was sitting in a compartment with my two best friends and my boyfriend, whose hand I didn't let go of the whole way, staring out of the window until the castle was no longer visible.

This was Hogwarts, everything that came now was new.

Sometime during the journey I had fallen asleep and was only woken up when we were just outside London.

This time, however, Draco had made it his business to wake me up, so it was much more affectionate than this morning.

We waited for some time until most of the students were already off the train to get off, simply because we didn't want to get into the crush.

The plan worked well on the train but on the platform we were proved wrong.

There were students and their parents standing everywhere and you almost fell over a carelessly left suitcase every time you took a step.

I met Neville's grandmother who came to pick him up. A very resolute but nice woman.

We hugged each other goodbye for a long time, neither of us managing to hold back our tears.

"We'll write, every week," he sniffled into our embrace and I nodded.

"I promise."

"Love you."

"Love you too Neville." And then he left, turning to us once more and waving.

Then he was gone.

My first real friend. Without him I would still be alone today, I would never have met Hannah and who knows if things would have ever worked out with Draco if it hadn't been for Neville.

It was so surreal to think about what my life would have been like without him.

Saying goodbye to Hannah was even harder than saying goodbye to Neville. Neither of us was willing to let go of the other.

"I'm going to miss you so much," Hannah sobbed.

"I'll miss you too," I agreed with her.

"Hannah dear, we really have to go," a friendly yet annoyed sounding voice interrupted our goodbyes.

"One more minute Mom," Hannah grumbled back annoyed and squeezed me a little tighter.

"You have to tell me your address, then I'll come and visit you when I'm free," she explained when we had finally freed ourselves from our embrace.

"I'll write it to you, I promise."

And then she left too.

The platform had emptied considerably and it was no longer as loud as it had been earlier.

How long had we been standing here like this?

"Come on, I'll take you to your platform," Draco spoke quietly behind me.

He held my hand all the way to the platform while I was still thinking about Neville and Hannah.

I didn't want to imagine how hard it would be to say goodbye to Draco.

We were now standing at the platform from which my train to the airport would leave in ten minutes.

"I've got something for you," he explained quietly, looking at me lovingly and then taking something wrapped in wrapping paper out of his cloak pocket.

"But I don't have anything for you," I stammered sheepishly as I took the package.

"It doesn't matter."

I simply looked at the parcel.

A parting gift and I hadn't even thought about giving him anything. I really was a miserable girlfriend.

"Go ahead and open it," he prompted me.

As soon as the paper was removed, a notebook was revealed.

Storm grey, just like his eyes.

"Don't worry, it's not another notebook," he clarified, a little embarrassed.

"Then what is it?", I laughed, unable to imagine what it would be other than a notebook.

"So yeah kind of it is but kind of it isn't. We can write to each other in it. I have one too and when I write something in it, it shows up in yours and vice versa.

Because I'm really not willing to have to wait for an owl from you every time."

I stared at him and then at the book in my hands in amazement.

"Real-time transmission?", I asked in awe.

"You have to cast a spell to make it appear in the other book but yes, then it shows up right away."

I fell around his neck and kissed his cheek countless times.

"You are...", I started my sentence only to find the perfect word to describe him.

"Fantastic, terrific, brilliant, fabulous? I know, thank you," he didn't finish my sentence the way I had wanted.

"An idiot," I laughed and then I kissed him properly.

My arms folded in his neck as I continued to frantically hold on to my gift.

His lips were warm and soft and he tasted like lemonade and Draco.

His hands were on my hips, holding me like he never wanted to let me go.

And I wished he wouldn't.

I wish we could stand here kissing forever. But even the longest eternities passed and this one passed faster than either of us would have liked.

The announcement that the train was pulling in made us pull apart and we both started grinning stupidly as we realised that we had just spent minutes kissing on a public platform.

"I'm going to miss you," I mumbled into his shirt as he stroked my back.

"I'll miss you too," he agreed. "But now you really have to go or you'll miss your train."

I wiped away the tears running down my face and nodded.

He gave me another quick kiss and then pushed me away.

I would never have left voluntarily.

"I love you!" he called after me when I had almost disappeared into the train.

"I love you!", I called back, trying to smile past my sadness.

Then the train doors closed between me and him and I was alone again. The smile was over and the tears just ran down my cheeks.

This is not the end, I kept shouting in my head. This is only the beginning of something new.