Hermione, Draco, and Harry now laid in the hospital wing unconscious, while friends and professors stood before them awaiting the moment that they should come too.

"The war is finally over." Dumbledore said.

"Yes it is. But what will happen next? These things don't last long." Minerva looked at Dumbledore with eyes that shimmered with tears.

"Do not worry about what is to happen in the future. But do not dwell on the past. Cherish the present, as it was a gift given to all of us." Dumbledore smiled at Minerva. She smiled back weakly.

Hermione, Draco and Harry began to awake slowly. They're eyes slowly opened, and they woke up to see their dear friends, and Professors.

"THEY'RE WAKING UP!!!!" Ginny squealed.

Hermione slowly came too. Once she figured that she was in the hospital wing she looked over to her sides and found Draco and Harry sitting upwards looking at everyone with sleepy looks. Hermione sat up to and asked what had happened.

"Well right after you killed Lucius, all fell silent until a deatheater hit Hermione with the "crucio" curse. Harry had then killed the deatheater, but it took out a lot of energy from him. So he fainted. And now you're here." Ron said.

"Where's Goyle!" Draco demanded. He just remembered that Goyle had saved his life.

"Do not fear Mr Malfoy. Look over to your side." Minerva said and pointed to his left side.

Draco turned his head to see Goyle.

"GOYLE! You're okay!" Draco cried out.

" Draco please not so loud. I'm sleepy." Goyle fell asleep after.

"Just like Goyle to go and do something to break the moment." Everyone in the room giggled.

"Now then. Mr Malfoy, Miss Granger, Mr Potter drink this up." The three of them drank the concoction just before Draco and Harry said.

"Not again." They all giggled again.

"Well then. It's late, and you all are graduating tomorrow. Go on and get some sleep, if you like you can spend the night at the heads common room if they allow it." Lavender and Pavarti (who were also there) began to sob at the thought of graduating. Hermione smiled at everyone and said.

"Yeah! You guys want to spend the night at our common room? Draco and I would love to have you guys there with us." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Hermione..do they have to stay with us?' Draco pleaded mentally.

'C'mon! They're our friends, and this IS our last night. Please'

Hermione turned to face Draco and did the puppy dog face.

'Oh all right.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Draco...she did the face." Harry said and laughed.

"Yeah I know. I'm a sucker. So you guys want to spend the night at our common room?" Draco asked.

They all screamed yes.

"All right then, I suppose you can just magic your things into their common room, and magic a bed." Dumbledore smiled.

"Yes. You are free to go." Poppy said cheerfully.

They all got up and left the hospital wing. But before Draco left he went up to the Professors.

" Um...I don't know how to say this but. Thanks for everything. But what'll happen to my mother and I? And.well Hermione." Draco looked a bit sad.

"Don't worry. You're mother will be in good care with you around. As for Hermione. She has yet to decide what to do." Dumbledore smiled and winked at Draco. Then from out of no where. Draco got an idea. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lavender, Pavarti, Ron, Ginny, Neville, Harry, and Hermione were now already in the common room. Beds were already magiced, and everyone magiced their things. They were all in their pj's and talking about the battle, when Draco stepped in.

" Hey Draco! Nice of you to join us!" Hermione said while running to him to give him a hug. Draco was now holding Hermione.

"Hey." Draco said. He turned to look at Hermione and asked.

"Ummm. Hermione. Where do you plan on going after graduation?"

Hermione's eyes widened. She couldn't believe she didn't think of what she was going to do after graduation.

"Oh. Well. I don't know." Hermione looked away from Draco and down to the floor.

"Um..Hermione. I was wondering. If you would like...to um. Stay with my mother and I? Well until you can get your own place and stuff." Draco blushed furiously.

Everyone looked at them and they were all grinning madly. Hermione looked back at Draco. Their eyes met.

"I'd love to." Hermione whispered. Draco then pulled her into a deep kiss. He didn't care if anyone else was there. The kiss was pretty long, and they both broke apart when Harry began to whistle.

Draco looked at them and smirked while Hermione looked at them and childishly stuck out her tongue. They walked towards their friends and sat on a bed that Hermione and enchanted for them both.

"Now, now Hermione. That isn't very lady like of you now is it?" Ron shook his finger at her. He laughed after.

" HA HA HA!" Hermione laughed sarcastically. A knock came to the door. They all wondered who it was. Draco went to answer the door and it reveal 2 house elves carrying trays of food with a not attached to it.

The note said.

I suppose you all could use some well deserving food after fighting in the battle. Enjoy.

From,

Professor Snape

Draco read it aloud.

"Wow. He actually thought of us." Lavender said.

"You don't suppose it's been tampered with?" Neville said hesitantly. The house elves placed the trays on the coffee table. They all began to eat. They spoke all night about the battle, and all the special moments they had throughout the years. Occasionally Lavender, Pavarti, and Hermione would begin to cry at the thought of graduating. But then they would be consoled by the guys. Next thing they knew was that the food was done, and they were all fast asleep dreaming dreams of happiness. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next morning. They all awoke at around the same time which was around 9 am.

"Well then. I suppose we should return to our own dormitories and pack our things, and get ready for the celebration." Lavender said sadly.

"Yea I guess we should." Harry said.

"We'll see you at Graduation." Neville said.

The Gryffindors slowly left the heads common room.

Hermione hugged Draco, and Draco hugged her back.

"I'm going to miss them so much!" Hermione began to cry.

" Don't worry Hermione. You can always see them whenever you would like. Now we too should begin packing. I'm glad you accepted to stay with me until you can get settled." Draco looked down at her and smiled.

"Me too." Hermione smiled and looked up and gave him a peck on the lips and headed to her dormitory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Sorry everyone but I don't know how the graduations go in the wizarding world. So I'm just going to make it as how my graduation was. But just without the boring details.)

Hermione had finished packing her things at around 12 pm. After she had packed all her things she got prepared for Graduation. She took a nice hot bath, which lasted around an hour. She did a drying spell on herself and just wrapped the towel around herself. She began to apply her make up which was very little. Usually just some eyeliner, lipstick, and blush. Then she brushed her teeth. And decided to work on her hair next. She put her hair into a half pony tail with strands of hair coming out in the front. While she was doing this, Draco entered the bathroom.

"Well, well, well. How nice it is to see you in this. Do you plan on going out like this?" Draco smirked and wrapped his arms around her. He rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Actually, now that you think of it. It wouldn't be a bad idea." Hermione smiled and turned her head to the should where Draco was. She kissed him softly.

" I've got to go prepare. As you should too." Hermione smiled and left to her room.

Draco just stood there and smirked. After a few moments he took a quick hot shower.

After he was done he grabbed a towel and wrapped it around himself. He did a quick drying spell and looked himself in the mirror. This time he felt that he should just leave his hair the way it was. He dabbed on some cologne, brushed his teeth and left to his room to get ready.

He decided to just wear a pair of black jeans, and a dark green muscle shirt. It didn't really matter to him since he was going to wear a graduation robe over it anyhow. He had already packed his things' early and took one last look at his room. He sighed, and left his room.

He looked down at the couches to see if Hermione was still there. No sign of her. But he noticed that there wasn't a huge mess from before.

"I guess the house elves have cleaned it." Draco sat down on one of the couches and awaited Hermione. He was looking around at the common room and noticed a note on the coffee table.

The note read:

Dobby will miss master, and mistress very much. This is for master, and mistress as thanks.
Dobby.

Draco saw a box which was wrapped in green wrapping paper. He opened it up and revealed two cups.

"Cups?" Draco thought aloud. Then he looked at the card once more. Some writing appeared at the bottom of it.

The note:

If master and miss don't remember. Dobby remembers how master and miss became friends. Cups. The drinks.

(end of note)

"Dobby has done so much for us. And I can't believe he remembered how we first fell for each other. I have an idea." Draco got out his wand and magiced a gift. He muttered a spell to bring it to Dobby. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dobby was sitting in the kitchens when something popped up in front of him.

" What's this? A present for Dobby?"

Dobby quickly opened the card.

The card..

Thanks Dobby for everything. Thanks for reminding us on how we both first really began to like each other. We hope you like the present. We hope to see you again in life.

From

Draco and Hermione

End of card..

Dobby began to cry out of happiness. Then he rummaged through the present. He lifted a soft piece of cloth. Then noticed it was a sweater.

" Dobby's own sweater!"

The other elves began to whisper and envy how dobby got a sweater. But they were all happy for him none the less. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hermione was in her room deciding what she should wear. After about 10minutes she finally decided that she'd wear a pair of blue flare jeans, with a white blouse. After fixing herself up. She stopped and looked at her room. She had her trunk in hand. She looked her room over once more, then sighed. She sure was going to miss this place. She began to sob lightly for awhile.

When she recollected herself she exited her room. She saw Draco sitting on the couch with some cups.

" Hey Draco." Hermione smiled. (She had water proof make-up)

"Hey 'Mione. We got a gift from Dobby. Cups. Can you believe he remembered how we first fell for each other." Draco smiled at her. Hermione sat down next to him, and he handed her, her cup.

" Oh Dobby is so kind." Hermione said. She was now in Draco's arms.

"As thanks I sent him a sweater."

"What a good idea you had."

"Yea." Hermione looked up at Draco and they kissed. When they broke the kiss, they looked at their common room.

" Well you'll meet my mother for the first time. I owled her earlier this morning. And she said that she was excited to meet you."

"Are you sure it isn't a burden?"

"No of course not! It's not like I have anything else better to do over the summer." He laughed.

" I can't wait to see your mother."

"Neither can I. I guess we should go to the Great Hall for our Graduation. I mean we are the heads."

"Yeah. Let's go."

They got up and left their common room. They left their trunks in their common room so it would be easier for them to pick it up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They walked to the Great Hall together hand in hand. But they stopped by Mc Gonagals office to put on their robes.

Once they were their, they both took their seats on the platform as head boy, and girl. The Great Hall was decorated with the colours of each house. They all blended together beautifully. The eating tables were magiced away. And many chairs were placed in rows for the graduating students, and parents to sit on. As the ceremony went on, pictures were being taken, and sobbing was heard. Finally it was done. They finally graduated. After 7 years, they were finished.

Everyone made their way outside. More pictures were being taken. Friends were gathered together and they all cried, and laughed together. Promises were made, and memories were recalled. Hermione was gathered with Draco, Harry, Ron, Neville, Lavender, Pavarti and Ginny even though she wasn't graduating.

All the girls' cried, and the whole lot of them hugged each other. They all made promises to meet like they did last night every month.

All the couples hugged each other and cried. Harry and Ginny. Draco and Hermione. Ron and Neville were a couple as of earlier that morning. And well even though Lavender and Pavarti didn't have boyfriends, atleast they had each other. They were the bestest of friends and they would remain like that until they die.

They all hugged each other once more, and said their good byes. Harry was staying with Ron now. And Pavarti was staying with Lavender for the summer. And as for Hermione. Hermione was walking with Draco to finally meet Mrs. Malfoy.

Hermione was looking back at all the people she passed with her tear streaked face until they came to a stop.

" Hermione. Meet my mother. Narcissa Malfoy."

Hermione wiped away her tears and looked up slowly at the person who stood in front of her.

" It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Malfoy." Hermione smiled.

Narcissa was a tall thin lady, with blond platinum hair, that reached down to her elbow. She was really beautiful. She didn't look as if she was older than 35.

They all smiled at each other. Draco acciod, his and Hermione's trunks' and were now in awaiting to be picked up by a horseless carriage. Draco and Hermione took one last look at Hogwarts and their friends. They both smiled and sighed.

"Don't worry you two. I bet you will come back some day. Hermione, I have things' to tell you that would appeal to you very much." Narcissa smiled. A horseless carriage stopped in front of them. Draco helped his mother in, and then Hermione.

Hermione had a puzzled look. She wondered what Narcissa was talking about.

Well there ends their days at Hogwarts. But now opens their lives to the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hey everyone! Well I've finished my story. And I'll be writing the sequel whenever I don't have homework. And that'll probably be late at night around 11 pm at night.

I believe that many of you are curious as to what the next story is called. Well I think I'll call it.

"New Beginnings"

I hope you all will enjoy it. I think I'll post the first chapter next weekend. Email me at

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if you have any questions as to the sequel.