Title: Right Place, Right Time
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Hermione

"Mistletoe," said Luna dreamily, pointing at a large clump of white berries placed almost over Harry's head. He jumped out from under it. "Good thinking," said Luna seriously. "It's often infested with nargles."

Harry was bounding down the corridor en route to the library. He had left Ron back in the common room and told him he was going for some fresh air. Good thing Ron was distracted enough that he didn't noticed him grab his school bag and exit the portrait hole.

He didn't like to lie to his mate like that, but he wanted to accomplish something today rather than let it pile up to the last day of break. And he figured Hermione got enough done between the three of them in the library that maybe it would rub off on his task of completing Slughorn's Potions essay and McGonagall's Transfiguration assignment.

He rounded the corner and entered the library. He made sure the door behind him closed and was about to make his way over to the nearest empty table, but not before plowing into an unsuspecting Luna.

"Luna! I'm so sorry! Didn't see you there! Are you alright?" he asked concerned.

"Oh, hi there. Yeah, I'm fine. I was just leaving and was equally distracted." she said, holding up the latest issue of The Quibbler.

Harry stifled his laughter, feeling the need to not insult her after running into her. "Oh, I can see why!" he said, feigning enthusiasm. "Why are you down here in the library though when you could be reading from the comfort of your room?" he asked genuinely.

"Just adding some festivity is all. "Mistletoe," said Luna dreamily, pointing at a large clump of white berries placed almost over Harry's head. He jumped out from under it. "Good thinking," said Luna seriously. "It's often infested with nargles." He took a quick glance around to see there were at least 4 or 5 in just this room alone.

"I'll be seeing you around, Harry." And with that, she pranced from the library, leaving him there with more questions than he had when he arrived.

"Okay then…" He made his way to a secluded spot in the back. Setting down his bag on his chair, he found the aisle he needed and began perusing the titles. "Tracing.. Tracking… Tragedies… Here we go, Transfiguration and Shape-Shifting." Just as he was turning to return to his seat, he just about ran into another innocent student; this time, they were holding about 10 textbooks.

"Here, let me help you…" He removed the top half to lighten the load to discover Hermione holding the tower of books.

"Hermione! What are you… oh wait, never mind." He already knew that this was as good as her second home in the castle and that she was no doubt doing the same thing he was.

"Am I dreaming? Is Harry James Potter actually in the library with the intent of doing his homework?" She placed her hand over her mouth to cover her mouth, which was one of a mock surprise.

"Very funny… just promise you won't tell Ron." he asked sincerely.

"Of course not, Harry. I'm proud to see that you're finally taking your school work seriously rather than relying on me to bail you and Ron out all the time." She flashed a brilliant smile before walking back to her table.

"With that said… do you maybe wanna work together?"

She let out a light chuckle. "Can't change everything, I guess."

She threw her bag over her shoulder before following Harry to his respective table. She made her way to sit down to find Harry pulling out her chair for her.

"Well, aren't you just a gentleman?" She started scooting back toward the table with a push from him.

She cracked open the book she had just retrieved and noticed Harry hadn't taken his seat.

"Something wrong, Har…" she felt him still standing behind him, so she merely tilted her head up and found what had distracted him.

"I suspect Luna's been here…" Harry said in a hushed tone.

"Seems so…"

His eyes seemed to dart from her chocolate eyes to her tempting lips.

"I mean, it is traditional to…" Harry reasoned.

"Yeah, and who are we to argue…" Hermione agreed.

"Yeah, probably keeps the nargles away, too…" Harry added.

They both stifled laughs before closing the remaining distance separating their lips. He expected an upside-down kiss to be somewhat awkward but on the contrary; he hadn't had too much experience in kissing but he could easily say this was the best kiss he had ever had.

Once it was obvious they needed air, they pulled apart and studied each other's reaction.

After a few moments of silence, Harry strode over to his seat and flipped open his Transfiguration book.

"So that wasn't so bad, was it?" He asked humorously. She gave a slight smirk before saying, "Not at all. In fact, I could enjoy doing that a few more times."

"Maybe we could try to squeeze in a few more at Slughorn's party this Saturday?" He scrawled his name on the top of the parchment.

She didn't know how exactly it went from homework to a kiss to now a date this weekend, but she wasn't complaining.

"I suppose we could… but only if we get this homework done!" she said in her usual manner.

"Deal… Oh, and make sure I thank Luna later, would you?"