Summary- Sometimes the answers of the future lie in the past, and once on a windy September evening, reminiscing about the past gave them the answers they'd been searching for their whole lives.
A/N- A two part Harmony story, that was inspired by a video. Hope you like it.
Disclaimer- The only thing I own is the plot! (Not a plot of land, but the plot of this story.)
Reminiscing
She was such a sucker for Harry Potter, thought Hermione Granger.
She should've been studying right now, writing that potions essay or reading for tomorrow's transfiguration. But instead she was here watching the Gryffindor team practice for the upcoming match. Why, you ask? Because Harry Potter had asked her to be here.
And when had Hermione Granger refused Harry Potter anything?
She sighed and waved back to Ron Weasely, who was proudly grinning, flying in front of the hoops, and saw his sister roll her eyes. Then she turned her eyes towards Harry, felt her heart flutter and wished for a quick death.
It would be better than dying of the embarrassment.
She didn't know how it had happened or when, all she knew was that among all their adventures and the six years of friendship she'd somewhere fallen in love with her best friend.
Not with the boy who lived, no, she'd fallen for the 11 year old who had saved her from a troll, for the 12 year old who had consoled her when people made fun of her, for the 13 year old who hadn't made fun of her fear of flying, the 14 year old who had been happy for her even when she'd been going out with his competition, the 15 year old who had gone along with her idea for The D.A even when she knew how much he hated it, the 16 year old who had held her as she cried. She had fallen for Harry, just Harry-
"Hey mione , where are you?" a voice screamed in her ears and she looked up to find Ron and Ginny standing in front of her , it looked like the practice had finally ended.
"Hey, sorry I was just... I was just thinking" she said, smiling at her friends .But like always her eyes searched for Harry, she saw him talking to the beaters.
Then she saw Dean Thomas and Lavender Brown walking towards them. Dean reached them soon and took Ginny's broom stick from her ,to hold it, "Good Practice " He said and she saw Ginny's eyes soften at the sight of him, Hermione was so happy that Ginny had finally found someone who was good for her .But just then Lavender reached them and threw her hands around Ron and said
"That was amazing , Won Won" Hermione barely controlled her laugh at the endearment but couldn't control the smile on her face that came when she saw Ron's cheeks turn the shade of his hair.
"Well, I'm hungry" said Ron when Lavender finally let him go. She saw Ginny roll her eyes again and say "You are always hungry Ron," Everyone except Ron laughed at that, he just shrugged.
The four of them started to walk towards the castle, when Ron saw that Hermione wasn't, he frowned and asked "Aren't you coming?"
"No, I am going to wait for Harry" she replied.
His expression cleared, he smiled and said "Okay, I'll see you both inside" then he walked away to catch up with everyone else
Hermione turned to wait for Harry, and saw him walking towards her. His hair looked wet and messier than usual , beads of sweat rolled down his face and as he got closer she realized that he had taken off his glasses and hi green eyes shone like emeralds without the barriers. Hermione sighed, how was she supposed to get over him if he looked that good?
"Hey Mione" he said , as he reached her and stopped walking . He looked even better close up.
"Hey , Harry. Great practice " she said, trying to appear normal as butterflies filled her stomach.
She saw him frown at the glasses in his hands and then tried to put them on, it was clear that they were broken. Harry realized that a second later and chuckled and took out her wand and pointed it at his face. He looked confused and maybe a little scared.
She smiled again as he tried to move away " Stop moving, I'll fix your glasses for you" she said,
"Oh" he said, and stopped moving
Hermione flicked her wand , said "Occulus Reparo" and the glasses were mended , she smiled and waved away his "Thank You"
"Come-on, let's get inside, I'm sure you are hungry "She turned away , because she couldn't let him see the effect his smile had on heard him laugh and turned to him , confused .
"What's so funny?"She asked, trying so hard to not sigh, god, the way his eyes sparkled when he laughed dimmed out stars.
"Remember the first time you mended my glasses?" he asked , with a huge grin on his face.
Memories of the first time she'd met Harry and Ron flooded through her brain and she smiled at the memory.
"I can't believe it's been six years, feels like yesterday." She said , and it did feel like nothing had changed since then , but of course, everything had changed.
"It does, doesn't it?" he said, "do you remember that troll? God what were we thinking, fighting it at eleven?" he said in disbelief.
"It was stupid, but tell me, would you have done it differently? " she asked
"No.I wouldn't " he said ,suddenly looking solemn "because it was that incident that made us real friends, and for a friend like you Hermione I would fight a hundred more trolls"
Hermione was touched, and did her best to control the water in her eyes but a stray tear rolled down her cheek
"Hey , there's no need to cry "he said, suddenly fidgeting ,she smiled at his obvious discomfort.
"I'm okay, "she said and brushed the tear away " Thank You , Harry ,for what you said"
"Hey, it wasn't just for you, Gryffindors are famous for their reckless ,and sometimes stupid , bravery, aren't we?"he said, and she laughed ,then smiled at his attempt to lighten the moment.
They started walking ,towards the castle, and after a few minutes of silence he said " Do you remember in second year, when you had such a crush of Professor Lockhart?'
Hermione felt heat rise up her face, and was about to protest, when the knowing look on Harry's face told her they weren't going to do any good.
"Okay, so I did" she admitted "but only because I thought all that he wrote in his books was true. And he was really handsome"
She was his grin change into a scowl and then said "I don't know why you thought that anyway"
The irritation in his voice startled her, but it was because he didn't like Lockhart, not because of what she thought, wasn't it?
In another attempt to lighten the moment, this time by her, she said "Do you remember in the third year ,Snape in a woman's clothes?" she asked, and saw him laugh. Relief flooded through her.
"Merlin, that was hilarious," he said between snorts, " And in the fourth year when McGonagall had asked Ron to dance with her" now Hermione was laughing out loud as well, Ron's mortified face still burned in her memory
"Do you remember our first divination class" Harry said , still laughing. Hermione couldn't stop herself from imitating Trewlaney in a high pitching voice "Broaden your minds, my dears, and allow your eyes to see past the mundane" Now Harry was literally howling with laughter, Hermione realised that she hadn't seen him laugh like that since Sirius's death. The thought sobered her down, wishing that her friend was finally healing.
"And do you remember last year when you said 'I'm sure Harry's kissing was more than satisfactory'" he said, laughing "God, that was funny, you were so sure. And the look on Ron's face, like, 'How would she know that?', still cracks me up"
It felt like someone had taken away the ground beneath her feet. If Harry found just the idea of them kissing so absurd, how would he react if he found out,that she'd sounded so certain because by then she'd imagined kissing Harry about a million times. The little hope that she'd held out for them burned out.
No matter what , Harry would always consider her like a friend and move on in his life to fall in love with somebody else, and she would just keep reminiscing.
A/n- Second part will be Harry's POV and will be taken off from the moment this one ended. Please please please review!
