Disclaimer: you know the drill.. I don't own Harry Potter, or anything else related to Harry Potter. it all belongs to the wonderful J.K Rowling.
Hi everyone… so this is my first fic ever… im really nervous about it and I really hope that you like it. I plan on making this a long fic so I hope you are all ready. I have put a ton of thought into this story and I know you guys may think that you've read this story before but I really hope that you love it just as much as I do.
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Hermione Granger thought she had the perfect life. At 22, she was a head Healer at St. Mungo's and was sharing a flat with her two best friends, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter. She never thought that she would ever be this happy. That was all about to change very soon.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Hermione Granger quickly turned off her alarm clock and started getting ready for the day. Today was a very important day for Hermione. It was Harry's birthday. She had also specifically taken off work for the day so that she could go to Diagon Alley with Ginny to find him the perfect birthday present. Careful to not wake up her sleeping roommates, she quickly changed into a pair of jeans and a white t shirt. Looking at herself in the mirror she decided that trying to tame her wild hair was going to be impossible and just let her curls fall however they pleased. She then made a cup of tea and rang Ginny to make sure that she was ready to go when they got to Diagon Alley.
"Hurry up Ginny or all of the good gifts will be taken!" Hermione said as she grabbed Ginny's arm and drug her through the Leaky Cauldren. "OW! Hermione your hurting my arm!" Ginny exclaimed. "Why didn't you get Harry's gift sooner? This is really unlike you to leave something to the last minute."
"I didn't! I mean… not intentionally, I've been looking for the perfect present for 3 months but I haven't seen anything that has screamed Harry." Hermione said. Ginny just shook her head, "Leave it to you Hermione, to look for a present for Harry for 3 months and not find anything."
Their bickering ended when Hermione grabbed Ginny's hand and pushed her in the direction of Quality Quidditch Supplies. Seeing nothing in the story that Harry didn't already own or jumped out at her, they headed into the other stores in Diagon Alley.
Just as they were about to give up Hermione spotted a small store that she had never seen before. It was nestled quite snug between Olivlander's and Madame Malkin's. When she looked in the window of the store she knew she had found Harry's present. Resting on a pillow in the middle of the window display was a watch. The watch reminded Hermione of the grandfather clock at The Burrow. Instead of telling time, it had several hands on it with people's names written on it and where the times should be it had several places stating where that person was. Hermione thought that it was the perfect gift for Harry. She quickly ran inside and purchased the watch. She had her name, Ron's name put on the watch so that Harry would always know where they are if he needed them for anything.
Ginny followed the beaming Hermione out of the store and said. "Hermione, I don't think you could have picked a better present for Harry, though I almost think that watch would be perfect for you! You are constantly worrying over Harry and Ron." Hermione glared at her and Ginny but couldn't help but giggle. "Honestly Hermione, when are you ever going to tell Harry how you feel?"
By this time they had sat down in a secluded corner of the Leaky Cauldren for a quick lunch. After they finished ordering their meals Hermione looked over at Ginny and could tell the red head was still waiting for an answer. "I am not leaving this table without an answer am I Ginny?" "No", her best friend stated merrily.
Hermione immediately turned a very impressive shade of red and tried to form an answer. "Ginny, I have been in love with Harry since 7th year! How am I supposed to just say ' Hey Harry! Whats up? By the way, I love you.' Without making myself look like an idiot and a total fool. He's my best friend Ginny and I don't think I could take the heart break if he didn't have the same feelings that I do." Ginny thought for a moment before answering. "If you have loved him since 7th year than that is reason alone that you should tell him. You guys do everything together, I cant imagine Harry not returning your sentiments. "Hermione just lowered her eyes and shook her head. "I don't know Ginny, Have you seen the girls that he's been with? Cho, You, Ashley Drake a model! I cant compete with that. I have bad hair and I'm not beautiful or exotic like Cho or…." "Hold it right there Hermione,' Ginny said. "Have you looked in the mirror recently?" "I know, I know, I may not be all of those things' Hermione said. "But I have the one thing those girls don't. Harry Potter as a best friend." " Well then' Ginny said, 'we are going to have to do something about turning you from best friend to girlfriend in time for Harry's party tonight!"
With that being said they quickly finished their meals and headed in the direction of Ginny's flat.
Once Hermione entered Ginny's flat she was immediately pushed into Ginny's walk in closet. "Ginny!" Hermione exclaimed. " Where did you get a closet this big?" She couldn't believe all of the shoes and different colored clothes lined up in Ginny's closet. Ginny replied with a simple, "O you know, I found an old book hiding in mums closet and it had spells that enlarged rooms and things." She then looked Hermione over and said "Now I know we are almost exactly the same size so we can just adjust some things that don't fit." She immediately started pulling clothes off the racks and throwing them in Hermione's arms. Hermione just gave her a strange look "Why would I need any of your clothes Ginny? I have plenty of good clothes at my flat." Ginny just gave her a bewildered look and said "Hermione have you seen your clothes? They don't exactly scream 'notice me Harry.' Now be a good girl and go try on those outfits and don't bloody complain. I'm doing you a favor." Hermione just huffed and walked into the bathroom.
The first outfit that Hermione tried on was a black pleated skirt and a purple top. When she walked out of the bathroom Ginny immediately dismissed it and sent her back into the bathroom with a new outfit. This one was a pair of skinny jeans and a tube top. "You don't want to look too slutty." Ginny exclaimed exasperated and handed her yet another outfit. 2 hours later they finally found the perfect outfit. It was a black v-neck tank dress that accentuated Hermione's long legs, on her feet were a pair of black fringe sandals. "It's perfect!" Ginny squealed. "Now we just have to do your hair and makeup and we only have an hour before Harry's Party!" Hermione reluctantly let Ginny lead her into her bathroom. The finishing look was nothing but spectacular. Ginny had tamed Hermione's curly mess of hair so that it fell in smooth curls down her back. On her eyes she had gold eye shadow, brown eyeliner and black mascara. A swipe of blush on both cheeks and a little bit of pink lip gloss finished her look. "Hermione you are going to knock Harry off his feet when he sees you!" Ginny squealed. "Now let's go!"
"Are you ready Hermione?" Ginny asked gently as they stood outside the door to the trio's flat. Hermione just smiled at Ginny and said "Yes I'm fine Ginny, just nervous… what if Harry doesn't like me? What if he doesn't notice me? What if…" "Hermione stop right there." Ginny said. "Harry is going to be blown away by you tonight. When he sees you tonight he is no longer going to think of you as his best friend but the beautiful woman that I know that he sees and loves." "Now before you get all teary eyed at me, get your pretty arse in there and blow everyone away." "Alright" Hermione said. "Lets go in there and blow everyone away!" The girls laughed and opened the door to whatever awaited them on the other side.
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How do you like it so far.. I know this chapter was really slow but it will pick up next chapter… it will be NC-17 so im just warning you. I hope you liked this chapter and please Review! And give feedback!
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