Secrets and Lies
Author:Rose-of-Red
Rating:PG-13 for some swearing and sexual tension
Summary: Hermione is discovering new things about herself and her past.Some alarm her more than others.
Hermione Leigh Granger lie on her bed,staring blankly at the ceiling. She could not believed what she had done the night before. It was bad enough that she had gotten drunk but what she had done after that scared the hell out of her. It wasn't so much the dancing that bothered her but when someone,she couldn't remember who, had dared her to kiss a very drunk Parvati Patil and she had done it. And what scared her the most was that she had enjoyed it. Very much. She was absolutely disgusted with herself.
Hermione rose from the bed,her hair mussed and frizzy. She studied the seventeen year old girl in the mirror. She wasn't beautiful but she was pretty. Well,she was when she didn't have circles under her eyes and frizzy hair. She picked her wand up from her bedside table and cast a quick charm on her hair. The circles under her eyes would have to be vanished with a different more complex charm.
She murmured the spell and the circles vanished.
With a sigh,Hermione pulled on her bathrobe and went downstairs. Another ordinary summer day of doing nothing except lounging by the pool. Her mother was up all ready and was making pancakes.
"Good morning,Hermione,"her mother said pleasantly.
"Good morning,Mum,"Hermione said,sitting down on a barstool.She surveyed the kitchen. Done in a cheerful blue and white, the kitchen radiated warmth.
"Is something wrong?"her mother asked,noting Hermione's expression.
"No,Mum,"Hermione said,running a hand through her hair.
"If you say so,sweetheart,"her mother said and turned back around to her sizzling pancake,"You want any breakfast?"
"No,"Hermione said,hopping off the barstool,"I think I'm going to go for a swim."
"Okay,"her mother said as Hermione retreated back to her bedroom.
Upstairs again,Hermione flung herself across her bed. She lay with her head buried in the pillow for awhile. Then she got up and dug her black bikini from the bottom of her clothes hamper. She yanked her nightgown over her head and pulled on the bikini. She grabbed her towel from the back of her desk chair and then walked back downstairs.Hermione slipped a pair of shoes on from beside the French doors and opened the doors. The sunlight streamed in, making the sunken living even more beautiful than what it was. Hermione stepped out into the glaring sunshine and padded up stained oak stairs to the deck that encirled the pool. The pool itself was gleaming a bright clear sparkling blue. She spread her towel out over the chaise lounge and then arranged herself on the lounge. With the sunshine beating down on her,she spread suntan lotion over her body.Then she stretched out on the lounge,enjoying the hot sun.
Hermione had lain there for half an hour when she heard a moving truck pull into the driveway of the house next to her.She sat up and squinted towrds the truck.Two men got out as she watched and began unloading furniture.Hermione stretched back out on the lounge, intending to catch some more rays. She had lain there for another thirty minutes when she heard a car pull up in the other house's driveway. She stood up and looked over. Hermione stood up and looked at the family climbing out of the tiny car. A small family,she noted. There was a mother and three daughters. Hermione studied the three daughters. She turned away and then did a double take. Hermione whipped around. The third daughter looked enough like Hermione to be Hermione's sister!
Author:Rose-of-Red
Rating:PG-13 for some swearing and sexual tension
Summary: Hermione is discovering new things about herself and her past.Some alarm her more than others.
Hermione Leigh Granger lie on her bed,staring blankly at the ceiling. She could not believed what she had done the night before. It was bad enough that she had gotten drunk but what she had done after that scared the hell out of her. It wasn't so much the dancing that bothered her but when someone,she couldn't remember who, had dared her to kiss a very drunk Parvati Patil and she had done it. And what scared her the most was that she had enjoyed it. Very much. She was absolutely disgusted with herself.
Hermione rose from the bed,her hair mussed and frizzy. She studied the seventeen year old girl in the mirror. She wasn't beautiful but she was pretty. Well,she was when she didn't have circles under her eyes and frizzy hair. She picked her wand up from her bedside table and cast a quick charm on her hair. The circles under her eyes would have to be vanished with a different more complex charm.
She murmured the spell and the circles vanished.
With a sigh,Hermione pulled on her bathrobe and went downstairs. Another ordinary summer day of doing nothing except lounging by the pool. Her mother was up all ready and was making pancakes.
"Good morning,Hermione,"her mother said pleasantly.
"Good morning,Mum,"Hermione said,sitting down on a barstool.She surveyed the kitchen. Done in a cheerful blue and white, the kitchen radiated warmth.
"Is something wrong?"her mother asked,noting Hermione's expression.
"No,Mum,"Hermione said,running a hand through her hair.
"If you say so,sweetheart,"her mother said and turned back around to her sizzling pancake,"You want any breakfast?"
"No,"Hermione said,hopping off the barstool,"I think I'm going to go for a swim."
"Okay,"her mother said as Hermione retreated back to her bedroom.
Upstairs again,Hermione flung herself across her bed. She lay with her head buried in the pillow for awhile. Then she got up and dug her black bikini from the bottom of her clothes hamper. She yanked her nightgown over her head and pulled on the bikini. She grabbed her towel from the back of her desk chair and then walked back downstairs.Hermione slipped a pair of shoes on from beside the French doors and opened the doors. The sunlight streamed in, making the sunken living even more beautiful than what it was. Hermione stepped out into the glaring sunshine and padded up stained oak stairs to the deck that encirled the pool. The pool itself was gleaming a bright clear sparkling blue. She spread her towel out over the chaise lounge and then arranged herself on the lounge. With the sunshine beating down on her,she spread suntan lotion over her body.Then she stretched out on the lounge,enjoying the hot sun.
Hermione had lain there for half an hour when she heard a moving truck pull into the driveway of the house next to her.She sat up and squinted towrds the truck.Two men got out as she watched and began unloading furniture.Hermione stretched back out on the lounge, intending to catch some more rays. She had lain there for another thirty minutes when she heard a car pull up in the other house's driveway. She stood up and looked over. Hermione stood up and looked at the family climbing out of the tiny car. A small family,she noted. There was a mother and three daughters. Hermione studied the three daughters. She turned away and then did a double take. Hermione whipped around. The third daughter looked enough like Hermione to be Hermione's sister!