Leaving Privet Drive

These are the first three chapters originally cut from Here With Me to start that story at Hogwarts. ***From Chapter 3: “Please don’t let us change,” Hermione said stormily into his neck. “I always want to be your friend, whatever it brings.” “You’ve got it,” he told her, letting himself draw her close. She felt wonderful, warm and sweet with the smell of grass in her hair, and he was lost. Even if she never felt any more for him than that, he knew with certainty he was lucky with what he had. “You always will be. No matter what.”***