Kiss
By Siriusly Amused

You've got a lure i can't deny,
But you've had your chance so say goodbye

'Nothing Better' by The Postal Service

"I hate the Weasleys!"

Harry Potter looked up from his hunched over position on the floor to see who dared to disturb his sulking and wasn't surprised to find Hermione angrily pacing back and forth, leaving footprints in the dust that had gathered over the years in the Weasley's attic. Harry raised a skeptical eyebrow at her comment but didn't say anything. He was moody, dammit! Couldn't she see that?

"Well, not all of them," Hermione went on, her shoulders sagging as her eyes rolled to look up at the rafters. "Just one in particular."

"Ron?" Harry asked, cursing himself for talking. If he would have just kept his mouth shut, she may have given up with venting her frustrations to him.

"Who else would it be?" Hermione asked with a sigh, sitting down gloomily next to Harry. "So what's wrong with you?" she asked suddenly, glancing over at Harry's surly figure. "You've been up here sulking all morning."

"Ginny spurned me."

"You're the one who dumped her."

"Yeah, well, I want to get back together now and she acted all huffy. As if she doesn't want to snog me senseless."

"Which you know she does," Hermione added with a smirk. "She can be so much like her brothers sometimes."

"Yeah, they're all a bunch of idiots. I'd be much better off with you," Harry sighed and leaned his head back to rest on the wall behind him.

"Yeah, you would," Hermione replied softly.

There was a tense pause after Hermione spoke as the two friends stared at one another. Harry wasn't sure who leaned in first, but the next thing he knew, Hermione's lips were on his own. At first that's all it was. Her lips on his, not moving, not doing anything. Then she pulled back a mere inch, tilted her head the other way and kissed him again, this time moving slowly, alternating between his upper and lower lip.

Harry's mind was shouting protests at him. Hermione was his friend--a friend he couldn't stand to lose. Ron was his friend. Ron would kill him with his bare hands if he knew that Harry was kissing Hermione at that moment. But Harry couldn't break the kiss. Instead, he found his hand threading through Hermione's hair as she deepened the kiss.

Minutes had passed when the ghoul finally decided to break the teenagers apart by clanging loudly on an old trunk. Hermione pulled back from Harry, smiling slightly over what had just happened. Harry wasn't sure what to say or do. It seemed as though someone had tied his windpipe into a knot.

"Well…thanks for that," Harry said awkwardly, his voice cracking.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "You and Ron have got to be the least romantic men on the face of the planet!"

"We're…uh…not going to tell anyone about this, are we?" Harry asked, ignoring her comment.

"No," Hermione replied, standing and brushing the dust off of her jeans. "No one would believe us anyway."

"True."

Hermione smiled and headed toward the attic door as Harry stood. "Hey, Hermione!" Harry called, walking over to her.

"Hmm?" she asked, turning around, her hand on the door knob.

"Who taught you to do that thing with your tongue?"

Hermione smirked. "You really want to know?"

"Er…" Did he want to know?

"I learned it from a book!" she replied happily.

Harry actually laughed. "I didn't realize you read those kinds of books."

"Ginny does," Hermione answered with an evil grin.

Harry's stomach seemed to do a back flip. "I'm going to have to snog that woman senseless tonight," Harry stated quite seriously. Hermione smiled.

"Want me to distract Ron for you then?" she offered, holding the door open for her friend.

"That would be lovely," Harry replied, and together, Harry and Hermione walked down the stairs, their arms slung across one another's shoulders.

End Author's Note: Well, there it is. My pathetic attempt at Harry/Hermione. I apologize to the devoted Harry/Hermione fans who were hoping for a chapter that's as long and as well-written as the Ron/Hermione one...but...Harry/Hermione doesn't really compute in my mind. I can write other ships just fine, but this one... Anywho, I want to thank those of you who reviewed for my last chapter. Your reviews mean the world to me. Some pairings that you guys have suggested are Remus/Tonks, Luna/Harry, Neville/Luna, and Draco/Hermione. Feel free to add more ships to my ever growing list, even if it's something weird like Ron/Giant Squid. I you all!