Ginny dumps Harry after he finishes the Auror Academy. Apparently, he's a horrible a kisser and she wants someone that doesn't need training. So why does Hermione seem delighted at this news?
After Harry's fifth year, he enters a state of depression that Dumbledore is determined to remedy. After a meeting with Harry's closest friends, they determine to not leave him alone until he can leave the Dursleys. Hermione has plans of her own.
Hermione's mother is trying to set her up with a boyfriend and she's having none of it. But in the process, Hermione comes to realise that one of the two boys she's closest to could be more, if only he had the proper motivation.
Harry and Hermione are separated from the Hogwarts Express and their forced proximity pushes Hermione to make a choice she wasn't expecting.