--Of Fire and Roses--
--Chapter 2: Harry's Rose--
--By: EvilEmmaEvans--
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After a long night of tossing and turning and getting about an hour of sleep, Harry finally got up and got dressed. As he was closing the door to the boy's dormitory, someone tapped him on the shoulder making him jump.
"Sorry Harry. I didn't mean to scare you." Lavender said with a small smile.
"It's okay… I just didn't realize that anyone else was up." Harry said with a sigh of relief.
"I couldn't sleep… so I've been up since about 12." Lavender said conjuring a mug of hot chocolate out of the air and offered it to him.
"Is Hermione up?" Harry asked as he sipped the steaming drink.
"Not yet… is Ron up?" Lavender asked and then looked down at the ground.
"No… but you can go in and sit on his bed until he wakes up." Harry said with a smirk as he imagined Ron waking up and seeing Lavender there.
"Okay… thanks for the idea." Lavender said with an even more evil smirk as she too imagined Ron's reaction when he woke up.
"Thanks for the hot chocolate." Harry said as he walked down the stairs and sat on the couch waiting for Hermione to wake up or waiting to hear Ron scream bloody murder when he woke up… waking every one else in Gryffindor up; whichever came first.
"BLOODY MURDER! LAVENDER WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" Ron yelled as he woke up.
"DON'T YELL AT ME! I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO WAKE UP!" Lavender yelled and Harry could vaguely see Ron's facial features, and Dean, Seamus, and Neville's reactions to Lavender being in the room.
"What the heck happened?" Ginny asked coming out of her dorm.
"Your brother woke up to Lavender sitting on his bed." Harry explained not turning around.
"HARRY!? What are you doing up this early?" Ginny asked walking toward the couch.
"I couldn't sleep… and I'm waiting for 'Mione." Harry said making Ginny stop.
"Oh… well, I'm going to try and go back to sleep." Ginny said and Harry smirked knowing that him dating Hermione was hurting Ginny.
"Morning Harry." Hermione said walking up behind him and kissing his cheek.
"Good morning my beautiful goddess." Harry said making Hermione giggle.
"Please don't call me that." Hermione said but was still smiling.
"Fine, but to me, you're as beautiful as a rose." Harry said getting up and giving her a hug.
"As long as I don't have thorns, I'm fine with being a rose." Hermione said with a smile.
"You don't have thorns… and neither does this." Harry said transfiguring the paper rose that was sitting on the table into a real one and sticking it behind Hermione's ear.
"Let's go get some breakfast." Hermione said taking Harry's hand and leading him toward the portrait hole.
"Anything to be with you." Harry said and walked out of the common room with her.
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--End Chapter 2--
(A/N: I hope you enjoyed the short story. Please click the little gray button and review. – Emma)
