What happens when Harry and Hermione's relationship begins to suffer right before he leaves for holidays and Hermione is left at Hogwarts with a lot to think about. It will be M, so leave if you don't enjoy. Harry and Hermione in the beginning but this story is for Ron and Hermione all the way.
Disclaimer I own nothing. All J.K.'s.
Ron, Harry and Hermione all sat in the Griffyndor common room after another long day of classes. It was the day before the majority of the wizards and witches in training departed on holidays. Ron was distracted by some second years making a mess while Harry and Hermione spoke to each other.
Harry glanced over to his girlfriend "are you sure you're going to be alright staying here for Christmas Hermione? I can always stay behind from my trip with Sirius if you need me to" he stated sincerely.
Hermione appreciated her boyfriends concern and almost took him on it before realizing how selfish she would be being. "As much as I'd love for you to stay and keep me warm this Christmas" she smiled coyly before she straightened her toned "I can't let you leave Sirius to do it all alone. And I know you were looking forward to spending time with him. So go, don't worry about me I'll manage just fine." She smiled hoping to convince Harry that him leaving her for three weeks wasn't the closest thing to torture she can imagine.
Harry smiled he loved that she cared about his mission as stupid as it was, she always cared about the little things. He stood up from the couch he was sitting on and stepped towards the chair Hermione was in, "Just message me and I'll be back as soon as I can be" he said as held his hand out for her to take. He pulled her a little closer to him and placing a chaste but soft kiss on her lips, he grinned. "For any reason" he said implying he'd come home for "that" as well.
Hermione smiled playfully and kissed him again, this time a little bit longer but just as soft as all of their kisses are. Harry pulled back as soon as it got a little passionate as he always did. He hated dramatic public displays of affection, he didn't like the feeling of everybody watching him and he could to nothing to stop it.
Hermione hated this, she loved getting lost in the moment and see how far it could go but with Harry he always stopped for some reason or another. He rarely ever risked them being alone and his fear of pda always cut good things short. Even though they had spent many evenings "studying" late in the library, it was usually the only time they were alone and even Hermione felt weird doing anything less than innocent in front of her favorite books. They spent most of the time talking with only a few occasions of short lived snogging. But today she wanted to see if she could change that up a little bit. After all he was leaving her in less than 12 hours, not to be seen again till after the New Year.
As Harry pulled back Hermione reached out for one of his hands, as she caught it she started toward the portrait and an exit quickly followed. It took Harry a few seconds to question what was going on.
"Hermione?" he asked surprised. "where are we going?" this time there was excitement in his question.
Hermione turned and smile before sharply pulling in the opposite direction to catch a shifting staircase. The two ran up the stairs to a hall entrance that was new to Harry but Hermione seemed to have been here before. About ten steps into the new hallway, away from direct light of the stairwell, Harry felt himself being pulling once again but this time he watched as Hermione backed herself slowly against a dark wall, pulling him towards her. She had pulled Harry to within inches of their bodies touching. Harry finally had a little bit of smile on his face. It was Hermione who finally spoke. "I'm waiting" she whispered, all of sudden feeling a tinge of self consciousness.
She didn't have to wait much longer though, as Harry quickly covered her mouth with his. Hermione's hands softly rested on Harry's chest. Harry's hands began to wander down her sides and back up. He leaned in to deepen the kiss and pressed his body against her slightly. Her mind was racing she couldn't believe that he was finally taking things a step further, Hermione was now in shock this was officially the furthest he'd ever taken it. Her hands moved from his chest to wrap around his neck and pull him closer.
Hermione felt Harry start to pull away but was relieved when his mouth moved to place kisses on her neck, he had never done this to her before and Hermione let out a gasp and attempted to pull him even closer. It was then that Harry pulled away again, this time for good. He was breathing a little heavier than normal, Hermione let out a disappointed sigh as she let her head leaned back against the wall. Her hands dropped from his neck but Harry's stayed on her sides.
Hermione was frustrated "Harry why do you always do this?" she said quietly but loud enough for both of them to hear. She looked back towards the entrance to the hallway willing herself to start walking.
Harry looked confused for a moment. "What's wrong?" he asked with worry.
Hermione's eyes shot back to his, she thought that there was no way he didn't realized what he was doing. She shook her head, arguing with herself about whether she should bring it up or just let it go. She didn't want to have him leave for the holidays with them in a fight. Hermione chose to drop the subject as much as it killed her to do it.
She forced a smile "nothing, don't worry about it". She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
Harry looked at her for a moment, placed a kiss on her forehead and smiled. "You know you can tell me anything" he said. She for the first time didn't believe she could. Faking another smile she replied. "I know, really it's nothing".
"You sure?" he asked. She nodded yes. "Ok, we should be getting back. I'm sure someone noticed our absence." His hands finally left her sides and grabbed a hand to head back. Hermione silently followed.
It's just a start but it's going places I promise. Reviews are welcomed.