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Chapter 2, Platform 9 and ¾

Harry and Hermione spent the rest of their summer bored and tired. They both pretty much wanted school to start up. As a muggle person, you might be surprised at these crazy kids actually liking school, but they wanted it to start. Not just for the academics either, oh no, Harry and Hermione wanted to see each other.

They had only talked once, for about 2 minutes, yet it was almost like love at first sight. Neither of them could stop thinking about the other. All they wanted was it to be September 1^st, and to be on that train ride to Hogwarts.

So, you can imagine how exited they both were when it actually was that day. Hermione for example, woke up at 6:00 AM to get ready, but had already packed and all she had to do was shower and get dressed. In the same way she always did, she woke up to her alarm clock blaring and got into the shower. She dried and brushed her hair, along with her teeth, and put a small amount of make-up on. She never wore that much; just some lip gloss and eye shadow usually, and mascara sometimes.

She dressed in a jean skirt that went down to right above her knees and a short sleeved v-neck black shirt. She wore her regular black shoes and put her hair into her usual half pony. Finally she checked herself over in the mirror, and actually thought she didn't look that bad. Her shirt fit her curves nicely, and so did her skirt, not revealing too much but just enough to look good. Her brown hair fell in light waves around her shoulders, and her chocolate eyes sparkled. Harry might actually think I'm pretty now! She thought as she looked in the mirror, before jumping up happily and grabbing her trunk to go downstairs.

She carefully hefted it down each step down to the kitchen where her parents were sitting at the table. Her dad folded up his paper as she came down and said,

"Hermione! You look beautiful! Those wizards will be drooling over you! Sadly, one of us had to work today, so I'll be heading to the office and your mother will be bringing you to the station. I'm disappointed to miss it, but you're going to write me as soon as you get there, right?" Hermione laughed and nodded, saying,

"Of course I will, Dad. Maybe I can borrow someone's owl and they can bring a letter to you from the train. Otherwise I could just dump Crookshanks out of the window with a letter around his neck. He might be able to find the way home." Both her parents laughed and her father kissed her on the cheek and said,

"I'll be going now, sweetie. Remember to write every single day!" Hermione laughed and said,

"Maybe not every single day, Dad. Once a week?" He frowned and said,

"I suppose I could settle for that. Now give us a hug!" Hermione hugged her father goodbye and he kissed her mother and left for work. Hermione sat in a chair and pulled the plate of toast towards her, grabbing a piece and munching on it before standing up and going to get a glass of orange juice.

"Don't eat too slowly Hermione dear." Her mother said sarcastically as Hermione finished her toast and gulped down the orange juice. She smiled at her and said,

"Sorry, Mum. Guess I'm just exited." And with that she looked at the clock hopefully thinking it was nearer to when they would leave. It was now 7:30, and they would leave at 10, since it took a half an hour to get to London. She bit her lip and ran up to her room to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything.

3 Hours Later

Hermione, of course, had read all about platform 9 and ¾ in Hogwarts, A History, but her mother was a bit apprehensive.

"So, you walk into that big brick barrier thing, and that's how you get in?" She said, gulping. Hermione smiled and, for the millionth time, said

"Yes, now are you ready?" Mrs. Granger smiled, faintly, and started walking towards it with Hermione right behind her. She pushed her hand into the brick, and surprisingly, it went right through. She shrugged and smiled at Hermione again, slowly walking in, with her eyes wide and amazed. Of course she knew about these wizarding things, but she had never really experienced them. Hermione laughed at her mother's nervousness and looked around a bit before walking quickly into the barrier, and into platform 9 and ¾

The first thing she saw was a huge scarlet train, with Hogwarts Express on the side. It was 10:40 so she walked around to find her mother. There were a lot of Hogwarts kids there already, and she noticed them all running up to their friends, hugging them and telling them how much they missed them over the summer. She felt a bit sad when she realized she didn't know anyone, except for Harry, but she would make friends soon…hopefully.

Her mother was found lost in a crowd of what looked to be 5^th or 6^th year girls hugging and yelling to each other loudly. Hermione grabbed her mother's arm and pulled her out, to which her mother said,

"It's a madhouse, Hermione! Let's find you a compartment!" They walked into the train and passed through a couple compartments of Hogwarts kids, finding an empty one in the middle. It was 10:50 by now, so Hermione hugged her mother goodbye and said,

"I'll owl you first thing, Mum, don't worry." Mrs. Granger smiled and said,

"Yes, well, you better. I guess I'll see you Christmas Break!" She left out the door and Hermione sat down on the train seat and took out a book from her bag, leaning back and starting to read. She was well into the book when five minutes later someone walked into her compartment. She put her book down and was about to introduce herself when she saw Harry Potter staring down at her. She jumped a bit and he smiled brightly, saying,

"Hermione! Fancy seeing you here! Mind if I sit down?" She shook her head slightly with wide eyes. Although she had known that he would be here, it never really occurred to her that he'd be…well…here. About a minute later, two people burst into the room, a boy with platinum blonde hair and a girl with light brown hair. The boy noticed Harry and smiled, saying,

"Harry, there you are! We were just looking for you!" The girl giggled slightly and said,

"Um, yeah. I don't suppose there are any empty compartments anywhere?" Harry smiled and said,

"Draco, Lavender. I just found this one, but I'm sure the bathroom would be fine for snogging. This is Hermione, by the way. She's coming from Beuxbatons for her seventh year." Lavender, who had been blushing at the snogging comment, held out her hand and said,

"Lavender Brown. And this is my boyfriend, Draco Malfoy. Nice to meet you." Hermione shook it and said,

"Hermione Granger. Nice to meet you both." Draco, who had been staring out the window, turned and looked at Lavender, who glared at him. He turned to Hermione and said,

"Uh, yeah. Great to meet you." He sat down across from Harry and Hermione and Lavender sat on his lap, saying,

"Luna and Ron should be here in a moment. Along with Ginny and Seamus." Hermione couldn't help but notice the referring to as couples. She wondered if Harry had a girlfriend, but she found this out when Harry turned to her, smiling, and said,

"I guess we're the only people in seventh year who don't have a boyfriend or girlfriend, huh?" Hermione laughed and said,

"It seems to be turning out that way, yes." They smiled at each other, and Hermione couldn't help but notice how green and beautiful his eyes were. They continued to stare at each other until the door slammed open and a tall boy with bright red hair along with a girl with light blonde hair walked in holding hands.

"Oy, Harry! Already found yourself a girl, I see!" Said the red haired boy, looking down at Hermione, who looked down at her hands, blushing. The blonde girl smiled dreamily and said,

"I'm Luna Lovegood. And whom might you be?" Hermione smiled back and said,

"Hermione Granger. I've transferred here from Beuxbatons." Ron smiled at her and said,

"I'm Ron Weasley. Nice to meet you." She smiled at all of them as Ron and Luna sat down. They spent the next minute talking about the teachers to like and to hate, and spent a lot of time telling Hermione about how much they hated Snape. A minute before 11, a red haired girl that looked a lot like Ron walked in with a sandy haired boy. Hermione guessed them to be Ginny and Seamus. They both plopped down in the same way as Draco and Lavender, not really noticing Hermione. Harry cleared his throat loudly and said,

"Ginny, Seamus, this is Hermione Granger. She's going to Hogwarts for her last year." Ginny looked up, surprised, and smiled, saying,

"Oh, hi! I'm Ginny Weasley, Ron's sister. This is Seamus Finnegan. We're both in Gryffindor." Hermione smiled at them and said,

"It's nice to meet you both." They spent the time after that continuing their talk about the professors, and told Hermione funny Hogwarts stories. Hermione repeatedly found herself looking at Harry, and his laughing face. He seemed very happy, and Hermione felt glad to be included in this group of friends. When the snack cart came by, Harry bought some for everyone to share. At one point, Harry was turning his head to look at Hermione as she turned to look at him, and they both smiled at each other, looking into the opposite person's eyes. As they did this Luna looked at them, smiling, and tapped Ron on the shoulder, getting him to look too. He nodded knowingly and thought, `well, I wonder how long it's going to take these two to realize they are attracted to each other.'

A/N: I know, there wasn't much H/Hr interaction in this chapter, but it's coming! Don't you worry! PLEASE REVIEW! Pretty pretty please! And I'll try to get the next chapter out soon but seeing as I'm just writing and posting as I go, there's really no telling when I'll have it done. Review!

-Emily

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