A/N
I watched HBP on the day it was out and it was brilliant, bloody brilliant. I thought that in the movie, Cormac was quite nice looking, especially when he gave that smile to Hermione during the dinner I believe. And the way he licked his fingers was quite funny xD He had been extremely cute, I actually screamed!! Keep in mind that I'm using Cormac from the movie (Freddie Stroma) but with the wiry hair.
My first Hermione/Cormac!!!
Wish me luck xD
This one will probably end up A/U by the way.
First Chapter has no Cormac yet. He's out in the third one.
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Summer holiday before sixth year
Hermione's POV
Her home
"When is he coming again, dear?" Hermione's mother asked her, poking her head into her room.
Hermione placed the book she was perusing down and lifted her head up to look at her mother. "Viktor?"
She nodded then walked into her room and sat down on her study table.
Hermione looked at her muggle clock for a moment. "In five minutes,"
Her mother looked horrified and her jaw dropped for a moment, revealing her perfect white teeth. "Hermione?! Get dressed properly!"
"Why?" Hermione asked, looking down at her shorts and tank top.
"Because! - You know!"
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Mum, I don't care how I look or what I dress like. Viktor doesn't care either, he likes the way I am, he's the only guy who ever has."
Her mother looked at her worriedly for a moment then sighed knowing that there was no way you could win an argument against her daughter. "Oh alright."
They smiled at each other for a moment.
"How long is he going to stay here?" she asked.
"Until I'm off to school." Hermione replied, starting to read again.
"Remind me why he's coming again?"
Hermione looked at her mother. "I declined his invitation to visit him in Bulgaria back in fourth year and I felt well... bad about it. So I decided to invite him over-" Hermione looked her mother in the eyes. "I thought we went through this already?"
Her mother smiled. "Oh look at the time- At least put some make up on,"
Hermione shook her head and took her wand out and quickly fixed her hair up although it wasn't as wild as it had been before. "He's going to be here now... I'm going downstairs..."
Her mother nodded after giving her daughter a look.
Hermione gave her a quick smile and Apparated down, surprising her mother as she never Apparated at home before.
...
The door bell rang and the noise echoed around the house in a gleeful tone.
"That must be him," her mother said, curiously. "I wonder how he looks like... Handsome?"
Hermione suddenly felt nervous and started to fret with the hem of her shorts. Does mum expect him to be handsome? Hm...
She wondered when the last time was when she was this nervous... The Yule Ball... Oh Viktor.
She opened the door and found her facing a tall young man with the same dark eyes she had seen and remembered two years ago. He wasn't quite as she had pictured him though, he had changed. He didn't have the same pale skin anymore, he was tanned perfectly which helped reveal the muscle he had which had grown quite a lot as his height had. He had grown his hair to, he had a side fringe. And there was one more thing that had changed... He was hot. "Hi, Viktor," she said breathlessly.
"Hello, Hermione," he greeted back, bowing down like the perfect gentleman he was. He lifted up her hand gently and placed a kiss on the back of her hand chastely. "I haff missed you, it has been a vhile, hasn't it?"
Hermione put a hand to her mouth for a moment, surprised. The last time she had been treated like a lady was... The Yule Ball. "Yes, yes it has," she managed to stammer through her current emotionally filled state. "I have missed you to. It's been... ages. Eons. Too long."
The two looked at each other in the eyes and Hermione quickly reminisced their time together back in fourth year... They had been in a relationship back then and it had been good. She had been treated more like a girl then ever and had had her first kiss too. Now, they were merely close friends, platonically.
"Ahem," her mother coughed. "Hello there..."
"It is Krum, Mrs. Granger," Viktor said, also giving her a bow in greeting. "Viktor Krum."
Her mother smiled at him and gave a quick wink to Hermione who blushed. "It is nice to finally meet you Viktor. Hermione has talked about you quite frequently back in her fourth year. Thank you for taking her to The Yule Ball."
"It was my pleasure to take her," Viktor said, smiling slightly. "She was beautiful- is beautiful."
Her mother smiled even more then looked at what appeared to be a watch she was supposedly wearing. "Oh well look at the time... I'm very busy. I'll catch up with you two later. Goodbye."
When her mother left, the two continued to look at each other, awkwardly.
"So..." Hermione said. "Would you like to go to my room?"
Hermione suddenly looked at him frantically, her jaws dropping. Her words had come out terribly wrong, she hadn't meant it that way really... literally.. What would he think of her?
"Sure. Okay." he said, looking at her curiously because of her sudden reaction. "Hermione? Is something vrong?"
Hermione shook her head quickly. "No, no. No. I just though you might have taken me wrongly... You know.. Misinterpret-" She looked at him in the eyes for a moment. "- Viktor! Your English has gotten better!"
He smiled proudly. "Great right?" he said as they both walked up the stairs, him behind her. "I actually started taking lessons after I left Hogwarts." He blushed for a moment. "I actually studied English some more for you you know? Stupid right?"
Hermione was flattered that he had studied her language for her and blushed with him. "Thank you. And no, it wasn't stupid.. It was very..."
She gave him a hug when they reached the top of the stairs.
"So which one's your room?" he asked, when they stopped hugging.
Hermione led him to her room. "It isn't much. I bet your's is huge."
He smiled at her. "No. I like your room. It's simple and very comforting to be in. Mine is alvays cold. I don't think you'll like it there."
Two weeks later
Viktor had his arm around Hermione's shoulder as they watched the muggle television together which he found fascinating. She lay her head on his shoulder and sighed as they watched Romeo and Juliet, the newer version with Leonardo DiCaprio in it. Juliet had just shot herself, surprising Viktor who had never seen a gun before. "You know Viktor. I don't like this piece by Shakespeare. It's stupid."
"Vhy?" he asked, turning to look at her.
"They're just so stupid, the both of them. I mean... Juliet was only fifteen when she met Romeo who was way older than her. Not only that, she killed herself because he died... that's just-"
"-Vasn't that the same vith us vhen ve met?" he said. "Actually, I think you vere in the tvilight of fourteen vhen I first met you."
Hermione blushed furiously, seeing his point. Still, it was stupid to kill yourself because of love... "Oh right."
Viktor let his arm off of her and stood up. "I'll be right back. I vant to go for a quick fly about."
"Make sure the muggles don't see you." Hermione said, stretching.
He nodded and Apparated off.
Hermione sighed and turned the television off just as her mother came in with a small smile on her face.
"Are you sure you two aren't dating?" she asked, looking at her straight in the eyes. "You two are always sitting so closely together and I just saw his arm around you a while ago. You two werequitecomfortable."
Hermione rolled her eyes. "No. Mum I told you. We're not dating. He's like my older brother as I am like his younger sister. It's something we both don't have..."
Her mother continued to look at her 'accusingly'.
"Mum! I'm being serious," Hermione said. "I tell him everything about me... I told him who I like too and he's perfectly fine with it. He figured it out back in fourth year anyway when we were together... That's why he broke up with me in the end of the year..."
Her mother frowned. "Was that why you were so teary eyed when you got home? By the way, I was only joking. I know that you two aren't dating. I can tell from your eyes and his... Just platonic right?"
Hermione nodded. "Of course."
"May I know who this guy is?" she asked, sitting down next to her. "The guy you like. Do I know him? Is he handsome? Is it Harry?"
"Ew mum!" Hermione said, laughing. "Not Harry! He's with Cho I think. They might have broken up though not sure... Not my type anyway-" She let out a sigh. "Don't laugh okay?"
"I promise."
"It's... It's..." Hermione took in a deep breath and thought about him. It caused her to blush furiously. She could see him in front of her, the many freckles, the stupid grin, the scent of toothpaste, the red hair. "Ron."
A week later
Hermione was out walking with Viktor who was walking quite close to her. They were out shopping for clothes for Hermione. She hadn't been shopping in ages. "Can you help me pick, Viktor?" she asked. "I'm dreadful at picking clothes."
He raised an eyebrow at her and smiled mischievously. "No vay! I think you look quite hot already. You always had been. I don't vant you to change really... Please don't go slutty!"
Hermione punched him in the arm playfully but pulled her hand back immediately as his muscles were like a brick wall. "Oww!" she moaned, slapping his back. "Of course I won't go slutty! Oww!"
Viktor looked slightly panicked as he looked at her. "Oh! I'm sorry!"
He lifted her hand up and gave it a quick kiss. "Better?" he asked.
Hermione laughed. "What was that for?"
"I hurt you." he said, confused.
"Oh my God? Is that you Hermione?" a girly voice said behind them.
Hermione turned around and found herself facing her old classmates from primary school. "Elisabeth? Alexandra? Mary?" Hermione said, looking at them surprised. They had changed quite a lot since she had last met them. Elisabeth had longer sandy hair and had gotten quite curvy. Alexandra had curled her hair looking very much like Hermione's but blonde. Mary was just the same old brunette she remembered except taller. She could see three boys behind them you appeared to be their boyfriends. They had an athletic build but were no where near fitter than Viktor.
"It's been so long!" Elisabeth said. "I haven't seen you in like, six years!"
Hermione didn't know what to say as the three started throwing questions at her. "One at a time please! I can't make out what you girls are all saying! And yes! I've missed you all too!"
The four formed a group hug for a couple of minutes before finally letting go.
"Which school did you go to?" Mary asked curiously, red faced from the heat.
"Oh, I went abroad, far from England. Came back for the holidays." she said.
"Who's that handsome guy behind you?" Alexandra asked, eying him flirtatiously. "He's so tall and fit! Look at those muscles! Yummy... I wish David was like that." She eyed David for a moment with a disappointed look on her face and sighed. "He's captain of our school's cricket team but he's no where as fit as yours. Does he play sport?"
Hermione thought for moment. What to say... "He plays football," Hermione said. "No he's not my boyfriend-"
"Can I have him then?" Alexandra asked, already adjusting her skirt up and fixing her blonde hair.
"What about your boyfriend?" Hermione said, looking at the red haired young man behind her by a few meters. He looked very much like Harry to her surprise but with Ron's red hair.
"Never mind him. He is not my boyfriend really..." She said immediately, rolling her eyes. Her comment had caused Elizabeth and Mary to look at her in shock, but she ignored them. "What's his name?"
Viktor came up to Hermione and put an arm around her waist and whispered into her ear. "God. Vho is that girl in front of you? She looks like a vhore."
Hermione laughed and slapped him lightly on the chest. "She's interested in you you know."
"Tell her no thanks." He whispered back. "I'd rather go celibate."
Alexandra suddenly dragged Hermione to her side. "I thought you said he wasn't taken! That you weren't dating him!" she hissed. "He had his hands all over you! He literally grabbed your ass!"
"Excuse me?" Hermione said, caught completely off guard. Had Viktor grabbed her ass?
She couldn't believe Alexandra had changed so much in the past six years. It used to be Mary who went all crazy about boys although not as much as Alexandra. Elisabeth had stayed the same but had gotten prettier.
"Are you really not dating him?" she asked, desperately.
Hermione smacked Alexandra's hand off of hers and looked at her with a disappointed and hurt look. "Alex, I don't know you anymore. You've changed. I'm sorry."
She looked at Elisabeth and Mary. "I'm sorry girls. I'll catch up with you two some other time... I've got to go. Me and my 'boyfriend' have some things to do."
Viktor scowled at the three girls as he took Hermione's hand in his. "Are you alright? Did they hurt you?"
"No, I'm fine." She said, as they walked away from them. "I'm fine."
Two days later
Hermione's room
"Hermione?" Viktor said as he lay supine on her bed with his hands under his head in a relaxed position.
"What?" she said. She was laying prone next to him and reading a book.
"I think ve haff a change of plans."
Hermione turned to look at him curiously. "What do you mean?"
"It's transfer season... Quidditch-" He looked at her uneasily, knowing that she didn't like the topic. "And vell. My team is selling me to this other team and I need to leaff. My agent wants to haff me over at the meeting vith him."
Hermione sighed. "Oh-" She gave him her best puppy dog look. "-Do you have to?"
Viktor nodded, slipping his arm around her waist. He was laying on his side now. "I'll leaff you off vhen you are leaffing to school though. I'll make sure I'm free then."
Hermione nodded. "Sucks you haven't met my father yet. He's a nice guy you know."
"I knov... I mean, I knov that it vill suck because I love your mother already," He said. "Not literally though," he added, after seeing Hermione give him a look.
Hermione put her book away and sat herself up and looked at Viktor who had now gotten off of the bed to do something. He took his shirt off and Hermione blushed as she saw his fit body. "Viktor-"
The door suddenly opened and in walked her mother. "Oh-"
Viktor quickly put his Quidditch shirt on and walked awkwardly in his duck foot gait towards Hermione's study table and sat.
"What were you two doing?" Her mother asked, noticing that her daughter was on her bed.
Hermione looked at her mother, surprised. "Mum! We didn't do anything! Just because I'm on a bed-"
Her mother looked at her. "I didn't say anything about a bed."
"I'm being honest mum!" Hermione said starting to blush.
Her mother laughed. "I know, I know. Just kidding with you... Teenagers these days don't like to joke..."
Her mother gave Viktor two cups of water and left the room.
Hermione sighed and looked at Viktor who looked relieved to see her mother leave.
"I'll use magic next time vhen I change," he mumbled. "I got used to the muggle vay, living vith you."
Hermione smiled. "It's nice though, isn't it? At least you're not lazy!"
"True," he said.
He walked back to Hermione and sat down next to her.
"Before you go, can I do something?" Hermione asked, looking at her feet which looked too small next to his.
"Anything you vant. You're my sister." he said, warmly.
She looked at him straight in the eyes. "I want to make it official in a way."
He looked alarmed as his eyes had gotten wider. "Vhat?"
"Not that!" Hermione said, smacking his arm, giggling. "I want to make it real. I want you to be my brother... my blood brother."
He looked at her curiously before reaching his hand out to put a stray curl of her hair behind her ear. "You are saying that you can do this?" he asked, barely audible.
Hermione nodded. "There's this spell. I just read it in this book... It's higher than N.E.W.T spells.. I hope that I can achieve it... Do it."
"If you do it vrong, vill something happen?" he asked, frowning. He then looked at her brightly. "No. You can't do it vrong. You're the brightest witch of our age. Hermione can do no vrong, right?"
Hermione smiled at him and opened the book again and reread the chapter quickly to make sure that she would get it right. "No... Only problems that will occur if there were to be a mistake- severe headaches." she said.
"I can live vith that," he said. "Quidditch got me used to it. Bludgers, you knov hov they are."
Hermione took her wand out, stood up and sighed. "Ready?" she asked.
"Yes-No" he said, also standing up. "Hov exactly does this vork?"
Hermione picked up her book and reread it again. "According to the book. Our blood will mix... You'll have my blood as I'll have yours. That's all as far as I knov"
"Vill it hurt?" he asked. "Not that I'd care- I'm just vorried about you. I don't vant you to hurt for it."
Hermione smiled at him. Always worried about me... "I'll be okay."
He nodded and held her hand in his.
Hermione quickly said the spell in her mind whilst closing her eyes, concentrating. You can do this, Hermione... Flesh of my flesh... blood of my blood... my brother... She opened her eyes and took in a deep breath. "Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood, my brother. That's the spell... Carnis meae caro, sanguis sanguinis mei, frater meus."
Her wand went bright all of a sudden and she was blinded from the light that blasted out of her wand. She could hear Viktor screaming... in pain, serious pain. "Viktor! Are you alright?" she asked, suddenly screaming.
"I'm- I'm... My heart feels like its... tearing itself apart... I think I'm... bleeding... I... Oh Merlin! Blood! " he said, breathing heavily.
Hermione couldn't see him, the light was too bright, she couldn't even see his silhouette. Why am I not hurting? SHIT! What did I do wrong? Why is he hurting!? The light suddenly went away and she found Viktor smiling at her, confusing her. Where was the blood he was talking about?
"Scared you?" he asked with twinkling eyes.
Hermione glared at him and slapped his face. "You scared me!"
He started to laugh which caused Hermione to follow him suit. He could be incredibly cute in the most weirdest situations... He looked at her for a moment. "Do you feel different?" he asked. "Because I do."
Hermione thought for a moment and stopped moving, as if to feel something. There was something different... Looking at Viktor felt different... Everything felt different in a way... Like she had a brother... "Yes, I do feel different."
He smiled at her. "Vell, I better go now," he said. "Moyata malka sestra."
He gave her a quick brotherly kiss on the cheek before walking out of the room to say goodbye to her mother.
"Goodbye."
After a few minutes, he suddenly Apparated in front of her. "I've said goodbye to your mother but I forgot something."
"What?"
He took something out of his pocket, but his big hands hid it well. "Turn around." he said.
Hermione did she was told to and felt something cold on her neck.
"Go to the mirror and have a look."
Hermione walked over to her vanity and found a beautiful necklace on her neck. "Wow, it's beautiful."
He smiled at her. "I've got matching ones... it will change colour at times to show how I'm feeling and how you are. I can see how you feel and you can see how I do.. So if you're hurt, I'll know."
He gave her a quick hug and Apparated.
A/N
That's the first chapter! How was it? Next one is Hermione over at The Burrow with... Ron.
Review xD