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The L-magic

Chapter 2: Let's do this

Their lips slowly parted. Hermione opened her eyes, though she didn't even remember closing them. She looked up at Ginny. Ginny looked as confused as she felt.

"Hermione, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have done that - I don't know where that came from."

Hermione didn't reply for a while. She kept wondering why she felt that strange tickle in her stomach that made her feel like she was with Ron, wondering why the kiss felt so good.

"Hermione, please, talk to me," said Ginny, the desperation clear in her voice.

"Sorry, Ginny," Hermione said as she stood up, looking very confused, and walked away.

"Sorry for what, Hermione? You don't have anything to feel guilty about. Please come back, Hermione!" Ginny shouted as Hermione ran towards the caste gates. Ginny stood there wondering what the hell had just happened. Suddenly, tears came streaming down her face, whether from joy or sadness, she didn't know. When she saw Hermione entering the castle, she dried her tears and followed, slowly at first, not knowing what to say, but steadily going faster? She had to talk to Hermione about what had just happened.

Hermione finally reached the Gryffindor common room and quickly stepped towards the girls' dormitory. Her eyes were red from crying; everything seemed a blur. She didn't notice anyone sitting in the common room, until suddenly she heard a voice.

"Hermione, I'm sorry."

She turned to face Ron.

"I shouldn't have asked you to..." he said, looking at the tips of his shoes.

"No Ron, you shouldn't have," she interrupted him. She just couldn't face him at the moment; she needed to be alone. She could use some time to think about what had just happened. As she was walking up the stairs, she heard Ginny calling her name. Hermione just opened the fifth years' dormitory and closed the door behind her. She needed to think.

Ron stood there shamefaced, still feeling very guilty about asking Hermione to let him copy her homework. But still, he couldn't help wondering if she hadn't over reacted. Okay, he should've done it himself, but did she really need to ignore him like this? Or maybe she was just sick and tired of him always asking her to do his work. He didn't know what to do now. His thoughts were interrupted when he saw Ginny standing at the bottom of the stairs.

Ginny stood morosely at the bottom of the stairs, having just entered the common room with red eyes and blushing cheeks from running in the cold weather. She was looking up at the door of the fifth years' sleeping quarters, avoiding meeting the eyes of anyone else in the room.

"Ginny, are you alright?" Ron asked hesitantly, but concerned.

"Don't, Ron. Just don't," she said angrily as she ran up the stairs. She wrenched open the door of her bedroom and threw herself unto her bed. Why had she ever kissed Hermione? And why it had felt so good?

Downstairs Ron turned to Harry. "Girls," he said with a sigh of exasperation.

"Yeah, mate, girls," Harry said with a smile thinking about Cho. He was falling in love with her and they had just kissed. But the kiss was - well how could he put it? - weird. Deciding not to dwell on it for the moment, he picked up the book he had been trying to read - Quidditch Through the Ages - and went towards his bed.

The next morning, Hermione woke with a headache like a throbbing toothache of the mind. Slowly it faded away as the memories of the evening before returned. She still couldn't quite grasp the idea that Ginny had kissed her, let alone that she liked it. Why? Why did it feel so good? How did Ginny feel at this moment, did she feel the same as she herself did right now? What were they going to do? Hermione knew she had to talk to Ginny about this so she stood up, got dressed and went to the Great Hall to get breakfast.

When she went through the doors that led to the Great Hall she saw Harry and Ron sitting there. Not feeling up to dealing with Ron at the moment, she settled next to Lise from her arithmancy class.

Ginny jumped out of bed that same morning feeling very happy. Not knowing why she was so happy, she walked towards her trunk to get her clothes out of it. When she opened it, she caught sight of a picture of here and Hermione holding hands. The picture was taken last year at the lake, she saw snowflakes falling down on here and Hermione. She remembered kissing Hermione the night before.

"What was I thinking, kissing her just like that," she thought, throwing the photo from her hands back into her trunk. She snatched some clothes from the top of the pile, got dressed and dashed towards the Great Hall. She had to find Hermione and apologize for what had happened the previous night.

Ginny entered the Great Hall, looking everywhere for the bush of hair that belonged to Hermione. She saw Hermione sitting at the Gryffindor table with some other girls. Finding it a bit strange, but deciding not to think about, she was determined to talk Hermione for the moment.

Hermione saw Ginny approaching in the corner of her eye. She really did need to talk to her, but she couldn't do it here, not in front of all these people. She tried to ignore Ginny, her silence indicating that they would talk later.

"Hermione, I really need to talk to you!" Ginny's voice clearly stated she was very nervous.

"Not here, Ginny," hissed Hermione underneath her breath. "Meet me at the far end of the lake like last night, same time."

"Okay," said Ginny unable to control the happiness in her voice. She went to sit with some boys of her grade to have some breakfast. As she was eating she couldn't help but to look at Hermione. When Hermione looked back she quickly turned her head and turned red.

"Ginny, why are you blushing" Thomas teased.

Ginny always knew Thomas had a thing for her. She never returned his feelings, because she was in love with Harry. But now none of that seemed to matter. It seemed that since the kiss she had shared with Hermione none of this seemed to matter, even her feelings for Harry starting to slowly fade away without her even realizing it.

"Yeah, can't really help it, sorry." She was glad that she finished her breakfast. Well, the bit that she could get in her stomach at least. She said goodbye to the rest of the gang, and walked towards her first lesson.

That day seemed to last forever and Ginny couldn't wait for it to end. She was looking forward to meeting Hermione that evening, although she didn't know what she was going to say to her. She wished she could explain what had happened, but she couldn't even explain to herself. Why had it felt so good kissing Hermione?

When the final bell rang, Hermione couldn't remember the last time she was this glad classes were finally over. The day had seemed to drag on forever. Every moment of the day her mind wandered off to previous night and to the meeting she was going to have with Ginny later. Why was it that she hadn't been able to keep her mind in the lesson? She knew it had to be something to do with the fact that the more she thought about it, the more the kiss with Ginny felt right. Why was that? She never had thought about the fact that she might like girls. But this, this felt right, and the more she thought about it, the more she accepted it. Although she still had her doubts about what she was going to say in a couple of hours.

The next couple of hours seemed to go by in a blur for both Ginny and Hermione. Neither wanted to talk to Ron, although he tried very hard to do just that. Harry, on the other hand, didn't say a word to both of them, seeming very dreamy. Ginny was kind of relieved that he didn't, as it gave her more time to think about what she was going to say later on.

Hermione, on the other hand, was very concerned about her friend. She tried to talk to him about it, but all she learned was that his first kiss with Cho was weird. She wished that she had more time to talk to him but she saw it was time for her talk with Ginny.

Ginny was already waiting by the tree when she heard the steps of Hermione approaching.

"Hi, Ginny," Hermione said in a tone that Ginny could tell was glad. She found that a bit odd, but she really needed to get this off her chest.

"Look Hermione, I..." she cut of her sentence, took a deep breath, and started again. "You don't need to sound happy for me; I understand that you're angry with me."

"Ginny, I'm not mad at you," she said this in a soft voice, and she sat down. "I'm sure whatever has happened yesterday, neither of us saw it coming."

"That's true." Relief was evident in Ginny's voice. She sat down next to Hermione as she continued. "I'm just glad you're not mad at me. Yesterday everything seemed a blur, I'm so confused."

They both sat very nervously, waiting for the conversation they knew they had to have.

"About what?" Hermione couldn't help but ask. "Are you confused about me not being mad at you? Ginny, I swear to you I'm not mad at you."

"No, it's not that," Ginny said as she played with her hair and looked at her feet. This last one seemed to be a Weasly tick.

"Then what is it?" Hermione asked very persistently.

"It's about the kiss," Ginny blurted out, avoiding making eye contact with Hermione.

"What is it about the kiss?" Hermione asked her friend, encouraging her to explain.

"I can't figure out why it felt so good." Ginny didn't realize what she just had said. "Oh, bugger! I shouldn't have said that."

"Ginny, it's alright. I understand why you're so confused, I, I..." Hermione stuttered.

"You what, Hermione? You can tell me," Ginny said with the hope that Hermione felt as confused as she did.

"I'm just as confused as you are," Hermione finally said.

"Are you wondering why the kiss yesterday felt so good too?"

"All day," said Hermione in a very soft voice.

"I always knew you were a good friend, my best friend even, but I never felt this."

"Neither have I," Hermione said laughing.

"So then, what do we do?"

"I don't know," said Hermione in all honesty.

"All, I know is that I don't want to lose you, Hermione."

Ginny reached out and wrapped her in a tender hug.

"You won't, you won't," said Hermione in a soft, loving voice. "No matter what, we've always had this, and had each other, and nothing's going to change that. I'll always be here for you no matter what."

"Oh, Hermione!" Ginny looked up at Hermione and pressed her lips onto hers, very slowly.

Hermione couldn't resist and kissed lovingly back. She slowly opened her mouth a bit and let her tongue stroke Ginny's lips. As soon as she felt that, Ginny opened lips and let her tongue meet Hermione's. When their mouths finally let go of each other, they looked straight into each others' eyes.

"So, I guess this means the feeling mutual," Ginny said curiously.

"I don't know," said Hermione "I've always been sure about what I should do. I've never doubted as much as I do now. But if feels so good."

"I know what you mean, Hermione. I always thought I loved Harry, but kissing you yesterday," Ginny started to explain, "and our kiss just now… I don't know, it just felt right."

"So then, what are we going to do?"

"I don't know Hermione," Ginny said sadly, not meeting Hermione's eyes.

"Well I don't know about you, Ginny but I want to research further what these feelings mean," Hermione said this in a voice that was all to academic.

"So we're going to do this? We're going to see what these feelings mean?"

"I guess we will," Hermione said, surprised at how easy this sounded.

"Let's do this!" said Ginny excitedly.

They kissed again, loving each second of it.

As soon as their lips touched each other it started snowing. The leaves of the tree they were sitting under were covered in it, bit by bit. The lake was a bit frozen, but not enough to stop the squid from sticking its tentacles out. The light of the castle windows made it look like a Christmas Tree, all covered in pretty lights.

Afterword:

Well sorry for the delay but I've had a bit of a problem with beta-readers, but I have just sent chapter 3 and 4 to my current beta-reader so I hope to update a bit faster this time. This Is also a great opportunity to thank my beta-reader Rachel Gibson, thank you for all your help.

In this chapter there are 2 bits hidden taken from Green Day video's kuddo's to those who find them and tell me from what videos they are. I'll add a note in the next chapter wich part and from witch video.

Also I would like to thank my reviewers: USAFAgal, StageManagerGod, Angel From Above Is Here, realized and wasu. Thank you for reading and please revies

My notes

Well I've just changed one bit I think, the part with the headache. I changed it back into a headache like a throbbing toothache of the mind. I think after you've sent this chapter back I'll be able to post it. Is it also possible to check the afterword on typo's, thank you.