Heyy everyone! This is a story that has been floating around in my head recently so I've decided to give it some life and see how it goes. Enjoy!

Disclaimer-I am not JK Rowling…sadly…

Finding the List

It was a cool day in London. A bushy haired young woman wrapped her cloak tightly around her as she hurried down the cobbled street. She slipped quickly into what appeared to be a café of sorts. Once inside she made her way past the tables and toward the fireplace. Her cloak soon was slipped off and was laid neatly down on the couch. The young woman than took a seat on the couch holding her hands up by the fire.

"Hmm…" the sighed smiling as the fire warmed her. She closed her eyes and was lost in her thoughts for a few moments before a pair of hands grabbed her from behind.

"Hermione!" the lanky red head practically screamed in her ear as he hugged her from behind.

"Ronald, I'm right here." Hermione playfully laughed as she jumped off the couch and hugged him properly. Hermione looked at him thoughtfully, it had been nearly a month since they last saw each other and again it seemed as though he had grown another inch. His red was short and spiky and his face was very tan. Ron was now the Keeper for the Chudley Cannons and almost all of time was spent practicing or actually at a game. His arms were nice and lean and his torso was nicely defined from all the playing. He still had the same boyish face and long nose from school.

The two pulled out of their hug and Hermione saw her other two best friends standing behind Ron holding hands, Harry and Ginny. Harry and Ginny had now been dating for years and were currently engaged. Harry worked as the Head of the Auror Department and Ginny was a Healer. Harry's hair was shaggy and hung in front of his eyes, he was still much shorter than Ron but taller than Hermione. Ginny was long and lean with thick red hair and a sprinkling of freckles. Her tiny hand fit perfectly inside of Harry's and Hermione couldn't help but beam at her two friends. They had lost a lot in the war but the two of them made it through all of that and were still madly in love with each other to this day.

The four friends were all meeting today for a celebration. Today marked Hermione's twenty-fourth birthday and she wanted nothing more than to spend it with her three closest friends. Since all of them had such demanding jobs they didn't get to see each other as often as they would like. Though her and Harry met for lunch at least once a week since they both worked in the Ministry. Hermione was the Head of Magical Creature Welfare and overseer of S.P.E.W.. Hermione had grown into her hair…sort of. It was still rather bushy but she had let it 

grow out some so it relaxed it a bit. She was even wearing a little bit of makeup, nothing crazy just some blush and mascara but it was really all she needed.

The four of them spent hours in the café catching up and remembering the good times at Hogwarts. As for gifts Ginny bought Hermione some really nice tops and a couple skirts because she said Hermione needed to show off her great body. Ron got Hermione a leather bound journal that you could even keep pensives in. Harry got her a collectors set of quills and her favorite muggle movie, Casablanca. All in all it was the dream birthday Hermione had hoped for.

Hermione had just moved into a new flat on Diagon Alley and was still in the process of unpacking. She decided she wasn't too tired and would unpack some boxes. Her little library room was stuffed with boxes so she started there. The place wasn't very homey yet so she went with unpacking pictures and pulling out photo albums. After that came dishes and some other odds and ends before she called it a night.

While relaxing on the couch she decided to flip through a photo album that she hadn't looked at in ages; it had all sorts of pictures from before her Hogwarts days. As she pulled the album off the table a piece of paper fell out. Hermione picked up curiously and unfolded it.

25 Things To Do Before I Turn 25

25. See the Seven Wonders of the World

24. Call in sick when you're perfectly fine

23. Send a message in a bottle

22. Learn to ballroom dance

21. Cloud gaze

20. Jump off a waterfall

19. Go to America

18. Name a star

17. Build a snowman

16. Share a kiss in the rain

15. Buy something I don't need

14. Learn a foreign language

13. Get a photo in a photo booth

12. Play board games for an entire day

11. Go camping

10. Drive a car

9. Visit Disney World

8. Find a long lost friend

7. Conquer a fear

6. Sing in front of an audience

5. Do something you love

4. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower

3. Do something out of the ordinary

2. Eat spaghetti like Lady and the Tramp

1. FALL IN LOVE

A small smile spread across Hermione's face as she finished reading through the list. This was one of the last class assignments she had done as a muggle. She was so little and some of the stuff on the list made her chuckle. And at the same time some of it seemed so mature. She looked over it one more time and realized how much had changed since then and how much she had changed since then. She was only twenty-four and had already fought in a war and lost so many people who were close to her. For the third time Hermione looked over the list but this time there was a certain amount of determination on her face. She was never one to back down from a challenge and well she did have a year left to accomplish everything on this list. And who knows maybe she'll fall in love. With her mind made up Hermione tucked the list into her bag and went to bed determined to conquer everything on the list within the next year.