Say Good Bye To Yesterday

It was the summer before sixth year, and Hermione had just come back from a trip to Paris with her parents.

Not long after starting to unpack, she heard a tapping at her window. She quickly crossed the room and opened it, allowing a large gray owl swoop into her room and land on her vanity table. She took the letter and gave it an owl treat that she kept for when Hedwig or Pig dropped by, and it was on its way.

She sat on her bed and read the letter aloud:

Dear Miss Granger,

Congratulations, you are now a sixth year Gryffindor prefect. Your fellow Gryffindor prefect will once again be Mr. Harry Potter. We look forward to seeing you on the Hogwarts Express, September the first. Enjoy the rest of your vacation.

Professor Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress and Head of Gryffindor House

"Well that's a shock", she said sarcastically to herself, folding her letter and placing it on her desk. She and Harry had been prefects last year as well, so she wasn't surprised that they were again this year. "Next year let's just hope its Head Girl".

* * *

After enjoying a nice dinner with her parents, she retired to her bedroom to take a nice long bath and watch some television.

While watching a muggle show that she always enjoyed, there came another tap at her window. "Well who on earth could it be now?", she exclaimed, and jumped off of her bed to let the owl in. It too had a letter from Hogwarts.

"Umm....."

She opened it rather nervous fearing that it was bad news, but soon found it was a letter from Dumbledore.

Dear Miss Granger,

I'm quite sorry to disturb you on you vacation, but I have a small favor to ask and you are perfect for the job. We will be receiving a new student this year, a sixth year just as you, from America.

"Oh wow! That'll be interesting!"

She is coming to us for a number of reasons but mainly because her school requested it. The favor I ask is if you would go to America, and meet her. She is a rather fascinating girl as I have just found out, and it would be nice for her to meet someone from school so that she may ask questions and learn a little about us. Your trip would of course be paid for, and you would be given some money to use as you like. America is a very interesting country, and there is no doubt in my mind that you would have a great time.

Please send your answer so that we can make arrangements.

Thank you.

Professor Albus Dumbledore

Headmaster of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry

"Oh wow- America.", was all she could manage. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and she'd never even been to America.

That was it, she had decided. She was going to go to America and meet the new girl. She was sure her parents would understand completely, so she grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill, and quickly scribbled her response.

"I'm going to America!", she squealed. And quickly ran downstairs to tell her parents.

* * *

"Mum! Dad! I need to tell you something!"

She took the stairs two at a time finding her parents reading quietly in the study.

"You're never going to believe it! Dumbledore just owled me asking me if I'd go to America to meet a new student that we'll be getting this year!"

"Wow pumpkin, that's great", said Mr. Granger.

"Everything will be paid for and they'll even be giving me extra money for shopping and stuff! This is such an honor because he chose me to represent the school, and it'd look really good if I went."

"Well darling", replied Mrs. Granger, "I suppose it would be a lot of fun, and all you were going to do was mope around the house for the rest of the summer..."

"So.... Can I go?"

"Well, I don't see why not...."

"Oh my god! Thank you so much! I can't believe it! I'm going to America! I have to owl Harry and Ron!"

She ran up to her room, got out her quill and some parchment and began to write:

Harry and Ron,

I decided to write to the both of you at once because by the time this gets to you, Harry will probably already be at the Burrow. You're never going to believe it! I'm going to America! Dumbledore wrote to me asking if I would go to meet a new student we're getting, a sixth year girl, who's transferring. Isn't this going to be an interesting year? An American student at Hogwarts... Well anyway- I'll be leaving in a couple of days, and I wont be back for about four weeks, but I still plan to come and stay at the Burrow for the last two weeks of vacation so we can all do our school shopping together. Have a good vacation, I'll tell you all about America when I get back.

Much Love,

Hermione

"That looks alright, I'll just send it in the morning."

***

2 DAYS LATER...

It was Tuesday afternoon and she was stepping off of the plane. 'God that was dreadfully long. Good thing I slept for most of it.'

She stepped out of the terminal and looked around. She hadn't been sure who was picking her up, but she assumed she'd spot them or they her, so she took a seat on one of the chairs and waited.

Just a minute later she saw a girl running towards her gate. She was very attractive from what Hermione could see- average height, straight, golden brown hair just past her shoulders, black sunglasses on top of her head, tight little denim skirt, tiny white t-shirt that said "Abercrombie" in red letters, and white sandals that had to be at least four inches high. Thrown over her left shoulder was a little black leather purse, and in her right hand was a tiny cell phone that she was screaming into. She had a body any girl would be jealous of- curves in all the right places, long legs, and big boobs.

'Well- we know who will be getting all the hot guys this year...'

As the girl came closer Hermione could make out what she was saying:

"You told me 4:40 you stupid ass-hole! The board says 4:30, WHICH MEANS SHE'S ALREADY HERE!!!! You know this is her first time in America! Dammit Mark! I'm gong to kill you when I get home. Oh! Oh- I'm over-reacting! HA! Well you are the biggest shit-head to ever grace this planet! Yeah okay, whatever. Bye.

Hermione smiled to herself. This girl had a temper and a mouth to rival Ron's!

She waved her hand in the air and started walking towards the girl. When the girl saw her she gave a very relieved sigh and smiled.

'Oh, and she has perfect white teeth, just great. Well, surely there must be at least one thing wrong with her...'

***

"Hey! I'm Jordan, Jordan Whitney. Welcome to America!" she said giving Hermione a quick hug and a gorgeous smile.

'I won't be jealous, I won't be jealous, I won't be jealous...'

"Hermione Granger. Nice to finally meet you."

"Oh you too! I've been really excited about this and a little nervous about who they'd send, but you seem pretty cool..."

Hermione smiled. 'She seems nice enough....'

"Here, let me help you with those! I'm really sorry you had to wait, there was a little mix up with your arrival time and my jack-ass of a brother." She said smiling again.

"I think when we get back to my house I'm going to have to hit him with my car....."

Hermione laughed. "Don't even worry about it! I was only here a couple of minutes."

"Well, that makes me feel better. But I'd still love to hit him with my car, what do you think?" They both laughed as they headed towards the parking garage.

***

'Oh of course, she drives a fancy car too!'

Sitting in parking spot C7 was a brand new, black Mustang convertible with a tan leather top.

"Wow! Nice car."

"Oh thanks. It was my birthday present from the folks."

Jordan tossed Hermione's bags into the trunk and climbed in. Looking around Hermione saw a tiny flip-down television screen, and a nice stereo system with 6 disk CD changer. Jordan turned on the car and out of no where Hermione heard a voice. The TV screen was on and there were little touch-screen numbers on it.

"Please enter your password."

Jordan tapped a few different numbers with her finger.

"Thank you Miss. Whitney, you may now put your car into drive."

"And thank you talking lady on the TV."

"What was that?!" said Hermione.

"Just the security system. Regular alarms are useless now-a-days. With this one, the car can in no way be put into drive without the password."

"Oh my god that's genius."

"I know, these muggles are pretty smart, huh?"

"Really!"

Jordan backed out of the parking space and drove to the end of the row. She tapped another part of the screen and said, "Map". Right away a map of the area popped up and the woman said, "Please state the area you wish to see." Jordan tapped her finger on a line that was a view of the freeway.

"Okay, there's an accident there, so we'll take.... this way."

And Jordan turned left and headed out onto the road.

A couple minutes later she touched another button that said "top down", and the top started to fold back. She took the sunglasses off of her head and put them on. "I have an extra pair in the glove box if you want to wear them." She said to Hermione with a smile. So Hermione got out the sunglasses and put them on.

'This is so cool riding with the top down!' she thought to herself with a smile. Jordan looked over at her and smiled. "Alright Hermione, spill your guts. I want to know all about you."

Hermione smiled and started talking.

Thirty minutes later they had covered everything from when they were kids, to boys, to bad habits, and birthdays. They were now talking about body art. Hermione had commented on Jordan's earrings. Three in each ear, and one in the cartilage up near the top on the left.

Hermione had never had her ears pierced so she was curious about the pain involved.

"Well, the cartilage one hurt a little bit more than the others, but getting your ears pierced is nothing compared to getting a tattoo."

"Do you have a tattoo?" Hermione asked shocked.

"Actually, I have five."

"YOU HAVE FIVE TATTOOS?!"

Jordan laughed. "Yep. Got the latest one last month."

"Oh my god! And you're only, what, 16 years old? That's incredible! I don't think there's anyone at Hogwarts with a tattoo! Well, a student I mean. I'm not sure about the teachers.... Do your parents know?"

"Umm. They know about four, but not the fifth."

"So..... where are they and what are they of?"

"Well, the first one is a scorpion, because I'm a Scorpio and all. And that one's on my left shoulder. The second is a pixie, and that's low down on my back just above my ass."

"Wow."

"The third is on my right ankle, and it says 'creativity' in Chinese writing. The fourth is around my belly button, and it's a circle of thorns. I had that one done to accent my belly button piercing."

"And you have your belly button pierced?!"

"Sure do." And Jordan pulled up her shirt a little so Hermione could see.

"Okay- that piercing with that tattoo looks awesome!"

"Well thank you."

"And the fifth tattoo?"

"Well um..." Jordan turned a little bit pink. "It's a butterfly, and it's........ Umm..."

"Yeah......."

"In a private place."

"Where on earth........ Oh my god are you serious?!"

Jordan laughed and nodded her head.

"And you were okay with having the tattoo guy look down there while he did it?!"

"Actually, they brought in this really nice lady to do it so it wouldn't be so weird."

"But still! Oh my god- I bet that really hurt, didn't it?"

"Oh hell yeah!"

"So what did you have to like... shave down there or something for it?"

"Well, I already have that waxed every three weeks, so it wasn't a problem."

"Ouch."

"Yeah."

***

They chatted the rest of the way to Jordan's and soon pulled into the driveway. Jordan lived in a huge two story house, with a six car garage. It had eight bedrooms and five bathrooms. Jordan got two bedrooms to herself, but temporarily gave one to Hermione. She had a huge bathroom across from her two rooms, with loads of counter space for all of her beauty products. There were huge fluffy rugs, big fluffy towels, and in the corner of this bedroom sized bathroom, a raised area that had the biggest bathtub Hermione had ever seen. It was right in front of a huge window with one-way glass. All around this 'mini-pool' were bottles of bubble bath and bath beads and salts. Fluffy sponges and candles everywhere. There was a huge shower on the other side of the room that had loads of shampoos and conditioners, body wash, and even more sponges. There was even a little seat to sit on.

"Wow." Hermione breathed. "This is breath taking! You're seriously going to let me share this place with you while I'm here?"

Jordan laughed, "Hermione it's just a bathroom! And you can use whatever you want!'

"Oh awesome."

"C'mon, I'll show you my room and your room. Then you can snoop around the rest of the house."

They went across the hall into Jordan's bedroom. It too was magnificent. There was a king size bed with the most fluffy, comfortable looking bedspread on it, silk sheets, and mountains of pillows. All white. And surrounding the bed was one of those mosquito-type canopy things that was sheer white and surrounded the entire bed, but right now was partially open. There was a dresser with even more beauty products on top, a vanity table and stool that held cosmetics and perfumes galore, and a huge white sofa sat in front of an entertainment center complete with big screen TV, DVD player, and stereo system. She also had a walk in closet that was of course filled completely full with clothes and shoes. There were stuffed animals here and there, and pictures of friends and probably ex- boyfriends. Everything was very girly and beautiful.

"It's gorgeous!"

"Why thank you! But this is nothing, wait until you see your room, it's totally awesome, I spend more time in there than anything!"

"So how does all of this work? You're a wizarding family, and yet you have stuff that takes electricity."

"Ah yes. Well you see- my dad's a muggle, and he's a lawyer. And my mom's a witch but she got into the whole lawyer thing when they first met when they were young. And she's a lawyer too. So we have electric-type stuff, but it all runs off magic."

"Oh.... Okay, I see now. Very cool!"

"Here's your room...."

"Oh wow....."

It was a huge bedroom that looked more like a lounge. There was a huge red couch, positioned in front of a TV almost the size of a movie screen. Huge chairs that looked like three foot tall high heels adorned the area. There was a window seat in front of a bay window that was covered with pillows, and in the corner was a trampoline. On the other side of the room was a large desk with a huge flat screen computer, a crazy lamp, a cordless phone and more pictures of people. There was an easel up against one of the walls that had a large, blank canvas on it. And on the walls were a couple of shelves with more pictures and knick-knack type things, some posters, and some of her art work. She was actually quite good.

"Well I know now why you have the word 'creativity' tattooed on you..." Hermione said with a smile.

Jordan laughed. "Art is my passion. And boys."

They laughed and started unpacking Hermione's things.

"Speaking of boys..... Tell me about your love life." said Jordan.

"Well", said Hermione, "there isn't much of one right now. I have lots of guys in my life but they're my best friends." Hermione went on to tell Jordan all about Harry, Ron, and Draco. Ginny was mentioned here and there because she and Hermione had become pretty close over the years.

"So let me get this straight- Your best friend Harry, is Harry Potter- THE Harry Potter?!"

"Yes."

"And Ron and Ginny are brother and sister, and they have five other brothers who already graduated from school?"

"Yes."

"And your worst enemy, the one who did all of those terrible things you just told me, to you, Harry, Ron and Ginny, for five years, is now you four's best friend after he helped Harry fight Voldemort last year, and saved Harry's life?"

"Yes."

"And his name is Draco?"

"Yeah."

"That's a pretty sexy name!"

Hermione laughed. "He's actually really sexy looking too, girls have thrown themselves at him since he was eleven."

"Really? Wow. And Harry is really hot too?"

"Actually, yeah, he is. He used to be all skinny and little, but he's really tall, and very muscular from all of the Quidditch playing. Actually all three of them are."

"Oh wow. How in the hell have you managed to keep your hands off of them this whole time?!"

"Well, we're all just best friends....."

"Have you ever had a crush on one of them?"

"Well, Harry and I kissed once last year, but we realized it was a mistake. We just don't like each other that way. As for crushes- I've recently fallen for Ron."

"Really?! Oh shit! Have you guys kissed or anything?"

"No! He doesn't even know I like him that way! And besides, he probably doesn't feel the same way."

"Hermione, you don't know that! He may have had feeling for you for years! How would you even know?!"

"Well, I don't...."

"Exactly! You need to be all flirty! Give him the idea that you like him!"

"I'd be way too embarrassed!"

"Then you're in luck because this is my department! I could teach you how!"

"I'm not so sure."

"Look, we could get you some hot American clothes, maybe do something new with your hair, pierce your ears or something, anything you want! You would be so HOT he wouldn't be able to take his eyes off of you! And while you're seducing him, I'll flirt my ass off with Harry Potter!!!!!"

Both girls burst out laughing and continued to un-pack Hermione's things. Hermione thought for a couple of minutes about the whole 'new look' thing, and started liking the idea.

"You know what Jordan? You're on!"

"Seriously?!"

"Yes. I'm positive. And I think after we get me new clothes and change my hair and stuff, I not only want my ears pierced, but I want my belly button done too!"

"Alright, cool."

"And I think I want a tattoo as well..."

"You can think that one over while we do the rest..."

"Why would I need to think it over? They look awesome and..."

"And they're permanent. So just think about it a little longer. If you still want to, then we will."

"Okay deal."

"Cool. We start tomorrow."

***