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I Want to Know You

Chapter 2

Monday

At Hermione's flat she was getting ready to go to work. Ron was still sleeping. Hermione preferred her office job as head of the department of Magical Creatures as opposed to Ron's hectic Quidditch schedule that had him coming and going at all hours and gone for days at a time for away games. As she sipped her tea and took a bite of her toast she heard a tapping at the kitchen window.

A smiled spread cross her face when she recognized the Great Grey owl from last week. She opened the window and he flew to her shoulder with the familiar red envelope in his beak. She fed him a treat from Pigwigeons bowl and whispered for him to meet her at her office. The bird took off out the window. Hermione thought it best not to have to explain to Ron about the second letter just yet. She took a final sip of her tea and flooed to the Ministry.

Once in the privacy of her own office Hermione took the letter from the owl sat at her desk took out her wand and performed the truth spell again. It checked out positive so she read it

Good Morning Beautiful

~ And the wicked desire escapes my lips ~

The owl is a gift for you if you choose to accept him. I will understand if you don't and it will not change anything. It occurred to me that you may have questions, actually being as intelligent as you are I'd be surprised if you didn't have questions. So with that in mind feel free to ask me your questions and I'll do my best to answer them.

I hope you choose to write back

Hermione thought for a moment then summoned a book to her desk. After flipping through it and finding the right information she sent it back to its place on her shelf. She patted the bird on its head and back.

"I'm going to call you Strix." She said to him, the owl gave a low hoot of approval. She took out a parchment and quill and began to write her response.

Hello

Thank you for the letters and for the owl, I have chosen to keep him, Crookshanks approves of him so I feel he's safe and I named him Strix. I know you won't tell me your name so I have also decided to call you Poe, after one of my favorite authors. The lines that start off your letters I cannot find. I thought they may hold a clue to your identity. Will you be giving me any clues? I will tell you now that I have a boyfriend whom I live with. When I showed him your first letter he was a bit angry and then tried to convince me that it was a joke. I did have the letter checked to see if you were writing the truth and it turns out that you are so I'm very pleased to know that. I do have questions. The obvious one is who are you? But Why me? also comes to mind. I look forward to your next letter.

So until next time

Hermione

Hermione looked it over placed it in an envelope and sealed it with a wax seal that Harry had bought her for her birthday. The seal was the Gryffindor crest with the initial 'G' in the corner. She held it out for Strix he clasped it in his beak and flew off

Wednesday

Ron was sleeping on the couch having gotten home earlier from an away game. When Hermione got home from work she nearly tripped and killed herself trying to navigate over and around all of Ron's Quidditch equipment. She finally managed to reach the still sleeping red head and lightly kissed him causing him to stir.

"When did you get home?" she asked him

"Round 10 this morning. We won. What's for dinner?" he smiled up at her

"That's great Ron." She sighs "I didn't go shopping but I'll see what we have." She turns from him and navigates herself back to the kitchen mumbling to herself about how ungrateful Ron really was.

Hermione served them some beef stew that Mrs. Weasley had sent over. Even though it was just her and Arthur at home she still cooked for enough for an army and then set the food to her 'troops'. They ate in silence, well all accept for the slurping noise Ron made while eating his stew. Hermione looked at him, searching for a sign that this relationship was not a waste of her time she received no such sign as he sat there slurping with his face buried in Quidditch Monthly. She decided to test him.

"Ron." She said

"Yeah babe?" he replied without looking up

"Ron look at me." She insisted

Ron put the magazine down and stares at her. She is holding a folded piece of red parchment

"What's that?" he asked with a mouthful of stew

Hermione takes a deep breath "this is the second letter I got from my mystery person."

Ron's face drops as she hands the letter across the table to him. He snaps it from her and as he read it his face grew redder, he slammed the letter down on the table making Hermione jump.

"Who the fuck is this? Have you written back? Why are you showing me this? What owl? He's sending you gifts now?" he yelled

"Ron please calm down, I don't know who it is. Yes I've written back, I'm showing you this because you are my boyfriend, he said I could keep the owl that was delivering the letters and I accepted it, and you have a right to know. Although if you keep acting like this I will stop showing you." She said calmly. In an instant Ron is next to her in her face and he is redder then she has ever seen him. He grabbed her tightly at the shoulders as he brought her face level to his own and shook her roughly. Hermione was shrinking back from him.

"I want to see every fucking letter you get AND everything you write back to him OR I'm going to hunt down that bloody owl and write to him myself and that will end this all very quickly." Ron was now breathing very hard and Hermione was trying not to look as terrified as she felt but feeling it was now or never she musters up her Gryffindor courage to reply.

"Ron I'm not showing you what I write back that's personal and just because we are together that doesn't entitle you to know everything. Do you show me EVERY fan letter you get or EVERY response you send back?"

Ron pushes her back and backed his way to his chair "Well that's different"

"Why?" she asked pointedly

"Because I'm famous"

"You can't honestly expect me to believe that out of all the letters you get not ONE of them is from a woman who's interested in you."

"Their fans" Ron defended

"Well now I have a fan too" she replied lightly

"No you have a psycho stalker"

"I've performed spells on it, there is no indication that this person will harm me"

"Wouldn't be a very good stalker if his first letter said 'hello Hermione I've been watching you and I've been trying to decide on the best way to kidnap and torture you…hugs and kisses your stalker" Hermione let out a little laugh as did Ron. His face changed to look more serious "Ok, Ok I don't want to fight with you. If you agree to take these letters to Harry and get his opinion I won't ask to see them. I'll also try to be more …attentive and work on our issues."

"Well that's all ….surprisingly reasonable Ron. I will take the letters to Harry and get his expert Auror opinion"

"Thank you" Ron gets up from his chair and embraces Hermione "I'm sorry for yelling. I love you and I'm jealous I'll admit that."

Hermione kisses him softly on the lips "I know you get jealous"

Ron breaks the kiss and takes her hands in his "how about this, after the Quidditch finals you and I will go out on the town, dinner, dancing…whatever you want. Does that sound like fun?"

"That sounds great Ron" she said in a less the excited tone

"See everything will be just fine" Ron pulls her back into his arms. Hermione hugs him back but her mind is miles away and longing for her next letter. It didn't matter now if it was a joke or not. She would continue to respond anything to distract her from Ron.

Friday

On Friday after work Hermione went to Gimmauld Place to speak with Harry about the letters. Luna greeted her with a warm embrace and informed her that Harry was finishing up a report and would be home shortly. Luna went into the kitchen and came back with a tray of tea. She sat down across from Hermione and poured her a cup of tea.

"It's so good to see you Hermione." Luna said in her light voice

"It's great to see you too and it seems strange to sit here in this house and not see four inches of grime on every thing and not to hear dear Mrs. Black screaming her head off every five minutes."

"Yes, well there is still a lot of work to be done most of the credit goes to Dobby and Kreacher they have done wonders."

"I must say they really have…It's all so clean" Replied Hermione as she looked around the clean bright house she could instantly see Luna's influence. The kitchen was now yellow with whimsical creatures painted on the walls similar to the kitchen in Luna's old home she shared with her father. From Most of what Hermione could see the whole house was painted brightly. It was refreshing and warm. Hermione was happy that Harry had Luna, she made him happy and less serious. Lost in her thought she didn't notice Harry come up behind her and grab her

"Hey Mione" he yelled and she jumped off the sofa clutching her chest and breathing heavy. Harry throws his hands up as a gesture of peace "easy, easy Mione its ok. I'm sorry." He pulls her into a hug and guides her back to the sofa before joining Luna on the opposite sofa. Luna hands him a cup of tea. Hermione leans over and slaps him playfully on the leg

"Harry James Potter you scared the hell out of me" Hermione said breathlessly

"I'm sorry Mione, thanks for the tea honey" he sips it and sits back in a more relaxed position. "So Hermione what can I do for you your not said it was important and private"

"Should I leave you two?" Luna asked

Hermione shook her head no with a smile

Hermione handed Harry the letters and explained to him and Luna what was going on with her and Ron. She told him how she had them checked for jinxes and dark magic. How Ron was acting about them and how Ron thought they were a joke but now thinks she has a stalker. After a very detailed and lengthy explanation Hermione stopped talking and waited for a response from Harry

"Well it seems you did most of the investigative work as far as testing the letters themselves. Have you made a list of people who might have had or currently have a romantic interest in you?" he asked

"Oh yes"

"Of course, what would Hermione Granger be without a list" he smiled as she rolled her eyes at him. She hands him a parchment and he and Luna read it over "um…Hermione this is quite a list" Harry said shakily

"Well I tried to make it easy for you so I divided it into sections" Hermione takes out a copy of her list for herself. "The first section is people I've kissed. Then the next section is people whom I've gone to first base with, the next section is second base. And so on. You get the idea."

"Yeah I get the idea" Harry said quickly still looking at the list making a face every couple of seconds. "Mione, anyone at Hogwarts NOT feel you up?" Harry asked pointedly

"Harry!" Luna yelped

"It's ok Luna I know the list is a bit …diverse. Harry do any of those names jump out at you as a possible suspect?" asked Hermione

"Well no but let me start my investigation" he turns to Luna "Luna dearest, have you been sending Hermione secret love letters full of poetry?" Harry said playfully

"No dear I haven't. Although she is quite a catch…" she leans over and points to the parchment "notice how many sections my name is in" Luna giggles and Hermione blushes

"Yes I see that" Harry trying to maintain control

"But none the less, as great as Hermione is it was nothing more then some good clean girl on girl fun" Luna announces proudly. Hermione is giggling now "or should I say more accurately girl on girl on guy on girl?"

Harry looked at Hermione and Luna with shock that quickly became a smirk he was going to open his mouth but met with a glare from Hermione as if she knew he was going to suggest the three of them go upstairs and have a shag.

"I'm a little creeped out and a bit aroused at the same time" Harry confessed

"Sorry Harry" Hermione said "Getting back on topic do you think you can help me?"

"I'll do my best, Mione. Do you really think Ron will change?" Harry was serious

"I don't know but I owe it to him to at least let him try, maybe I can fall in love with him again…maybe I can't. Maybe I'm asking too much of him."

"No you're not" Luna spoke up "But I can tell you one thing, the person that wrote these letters cares for you, possibly loves you and has for a long time. They are also using special parchment to disguise their handwriting. Which could mean that this person is familiar enough to you to recognize their handwriting so they altered it however there is no spell to revel the original script" Luna concluded and looked at the stunned faces of Harry and Hermione.

"Wow, are you sure of all that?" Harry asked

"Sure? No not 100% but I have a feeling" Luna said lightly

"I have to say her feelings are usually dead on" Harry said to Hermione

"I know and that makes me feel a bit safer. I just don't know what to do about Ron"

"Mione you are my best friend and the reason I am alive today. I only want to see you happy and if it's not with Ron then it's not with Ron. Keep in mind friend or not if he gets crazy on you again I'll knock his teeth out."

"I know you will Harry and I appreciate it"

"Can you stay for dinner Hermione?" Luna asked

"Um…sure that sounds great" Hermione replies as she placed the letters in her bag

"Great" said Harry standing up "we were gonna order some take out, what does everyone want?"

The food came and as they ate Hermione spoke more openly about Ron and there relationship. More then anything she wanted confirmation that she was not over reacting or being too over sensitive. Both Harry and Luna assured her that she was not being a bitch by wanting to spend time doing things with Ron other then Quidditch matches and sex.