Forever Yours: DRAMIONE/BLINNY STORY

Love is confusing...

(I don't own any of the characters or places used in this story, only the storyline!)

Chapter 1-

Love is Confusing...

The war was over! Life was back to normal... Or so everyone thought.

It had been months since the Battle of Hogwarts had finally ended, the school had been re-build (with a few additions to the original castle) and the Hogwarts acceptance letters had been distributed to the new and previous students. To a lot of people's surprise, for that year only, there was an 8th year for all of those who missed out on their 7th year due to the war. Of course this was optional as many ex-students would simply want to get on with their lives outside of school but, to the hope of the new headmistress in the form of Professor McGonagall, many students would return to Hogwarts and forget their terrible past.

The story starts with an over excited brunette Gryffindor, the brains of the Golden Trio, Hermione Granger. She was staying with the Weasley family over the summer for a few reasons: her boyfriend (Ronald Weasley) had insisted on her staying to be his moral support as he (and the rest of his family) were still in shock after the unfortunate death of Fred Weasley and also as she had found out that her parents were tracked down and killed by the Death Eaters during the war. The battle had left scars, both mental and physical, on everyone involved. Hermione, for example, had both: the scar of the word "Mudblood" that was carved into her arm at Malfoy Manor by Bellatrix Lestrange and the mental scars of seeing her friends, peers and even teachers dropping dead before her eyes, she had nightmares every night about the memories left behind from the almost unreal event that affected her life.

As Hermione stood in the kitchen reading her acceptance letter, a huge smile creeped up her face, a smile that would be wrecked all too soon...

"Mione?" Asked a fearful sounding Ron as he crept down the stairs towards the excited girl.

"Yes Ron," replied a quizzical Hermione.

"I- I need to t- tell you something..." Said Ron sounding nervous

"Um ok then," Hermione said back feeling a sudden wave of nerves flood through her body, 'why?' she thought 'I've done nothing wrong, why am I nervous??'

"I.. uh, umm. Sorry Mione, I'm not sure how to tell you so I- I'll show you..." Said Ron, his voice trembling as he signaled for someone to come down the stairs...

Padma Patil came down the stairs towards Ron.

"Padma?" Questioned Hermione almost silently as Padma made her way towards Ron and..... Kissed him clearly passionately. Hermione was shocked when she saw her boyfriend kiss her back without hesitation.

"What in Merlin's name Ron?" Exclaimed Hermione, her voice shaking.

"I'm sorry Mione, but I've b- been cheating on you." Ron said with an awkward smile as if it were an apology.

"HOW LONG!" Yelled Hermione, losing her temper as she saw how Ron had his arm around Padma's waist.

"F- for about 3 months." Replied Ron as he saw a tear drop from Hermione's eye.

"I'M OUT OF HERE!" Shouted Hermione as Molly Weasley rushed into the room suddenly to see what all the commotion was. She looked appalled as she saw Ron and Padma in the centre of the room in each other's embrace.

"RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY!!! HOW DARE YOU!" Yelled Molly as she grasped the copy of that day's edition of the Daily Prophet, rolled it up and started to whack Ron around the head with it. Spotting her opportunity to escape, Hermione fled up the stairs towards her and Ginny's room. She ran in and slammed the door shut, ran towards her trunk and started to gather up all of her possessions. Next she wrote a note addressed to Ginny.