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Here is chapter 2 ;) I know that James/Hermione fics aren't that popular, but I love them and I wish there would be more out there ^^
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Chapter 2
"It's fake. Please!" Hermione cried.
"Hermione, wake up!" Lily tried to wake her friend, but Hermione didn't wake up.
"We found it. It's fake! PLEAAAASEEE!"
Lily began to cry. Her friend was clearly in pain and she had no idea how to wake her up. She quickly ran outside and up to the boy's dormitory. She didn't stop to knock, she just ran in there and woke the boys.
"Lily, what's wrong? What happened?" James asked.
"Please, you have to come. Something is wrong with Hermione." Lily said frantically.
Remus, Sirius and James were out of their beds in a second, Peter had some difficulties, but managed a few seconds later.
"NOOOOOO!" Hermione cried again, as the boys entered the room. Sirius and Remus didn't know what to do, they stood there, stony, with open mouths. Peter and Lily came after them and stood beside them, Lily still cried.
James, however didn't hesitate and crawled into Hermione's bed and put his arms tightly around her.
"Shhhh, Hermione. You are save. Come on, Hermione. I know you can do it, wake up, please. Shhh…nobody's going to hurt you. Wake up." James whispered.
Hermione slowly calmed down and relaxed into James embrace.
"That's right, Hermione. You are save."
She didn't wake up, but had a peaceful sleep again. James stroked her hair out of her face before he slowly got out of her bed again. He stopped in front of his girlfriend, who watched him with wide eyes.
"Get some sleep too, okay?"
She nodded and he brushed his lips over her forehead before indicating to the others to follow him.
Once the door was closed behind them the questioning started.
"Mate, what was that?" Sirius tried to whisper, but failed miserably.
"What was what?"
"That with Hermione. You knew exactly what to do…." Remus said.
"I didn't know what to do, but better that than just watching her having that nightmare."
"But-" Peter started.
"Sorry, but I'm exhausted, I'm going back to bed. Good night." James said and left his friends standing in the hallway.
Hermione entered the great hall for breakfast, she was later than usual. Even though she went to bed early she wasn't well rested at all. She looked around the hall to find her friends and spotted them almost immediately.
"Hey, why didn't you wake me up?" she asked them, as she stopped in front of them. Their conversation stopped instantly.
"Morning Hermione! Sorry, we thought you needed the rest." Lily answered and the boys nodded enthusiastically.
Hermione was confused, why did they act so strange?
"Is something wrong?" she asked them as she sat down and grabbed only a dry piece of toast and some pumpkin juice.
"NO!" everyone exclaimed.
"Okay, now I know that something is wrong!" Hermione muttered and took a bite from her toast.
"It's nothing, don't worry about it." Remus said.
"Right. I left something upstairs. Bye." Hermione said and walked away. She knew that something was up, but what?
"Hermione, wait!" she heard from behind and stopped to look back. It was James.
"I'm sorry we acted so stupid." he said as soon as he caught up with her.
"Would you please just tell me what's going on?"
James ran his hand through his shaggy dark hair, but nodded "It's nothing bad, we just didn't want you to feel bad about it or something. You had a nightmare last night and it was intense and well you calmed down after a while."
Hermione's eyes widened. She forgot the silencing charm!
"Everyone saw that?" Hermione asked in a small voice.
"Lily of course, Sirius, Remus, Peter and I…."
"I'm so sorry I woke you all up!"
"Hey, don't apologize! I'm glad we were there, Hermione. And it helped, you calmed down." he told her.
Hermione frowned "How exactly did you manage that? Normally, nobody can manage that and after a while I wake up by myself…"
James cheeks reddened "Well, I held you until you calmed down."
Hermione looked surprised "You did that?"
"Of course, but it was no big deal. Come on, class starts in a few minutes."
"Thank you anyway. Ok, let's go."
Later that day at lunch, Hermione sat on the big house table surrounded by the Marauders and Lily.
"I'm sorry for waking you guys up last night." she finally said, still embarrassed about the situation.
"You don't need to apologize, Hermione!" Lily exclaimed "You shouldn't go through something like that on your own. It seemed really bad and if you ever want to talk about it, you know where you can find us." she continued, smiling softly.
"Thank you – all of you. I don't want to talk about it at the moment, but I keep it in mind. Thank you."
"Don't mention it, sweetheart. You can wake me up anytime." Sirius said, winking. The boys chuckled and rolled their eyes. Lily, however, hit him with her potions book.
"Ouch, woman, what's wrong with you?!" he exclaimed.
The next few weeks passed uneventful. Hermione was extra careful to place the necessary spells around her bed at night, because she didn't want a repeat of last time.
Hermione couldn't tell why but she grew closer to James as the weeks passed. That was one of the reasons why she had a very bad conscience as Lily and James told them one evening that they decided to end their relationship.
"What? No, you can't give up like that! You are perfect for each other!" she exclaimed, shocking the others a little bit.
"Hermione, it's okay. We made this decision together and we both realized that we are really good friends, but nothing more." Lily said, smiling.
"But-" Hermione tried, near tears. Remus put his hand on Hermione's shoulder and squeezed. She looked at all of them one more time before running out of the common room.
"Can someone tell me what happened right there?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know for sure…but I think she just thought that Lily and James were perfect for each other." Remus said.
"I'm going to search for her. See what's going on, okay?" James said.
Agreeing, they watched their friend walk out of the common room.
"Is it weird when I say that I think James and Hermione would be a great couple?!" Lily asked, smiling.
"Just a little bit?!" Peter said shyly. Sirius chuckled.
"Well, I have the strong feeling, that Hermione won't let anyone near her in that way that easily." Remus commented.
"This can't be happening. Everything should go according to plan. Not like this." Hermione thought, as she gazed at the lake.
"There you are. I was looking for you." A voice behind her said. She quickly turned around and saw James standing there.
"Go back inside, James. I'm okay."
"No, you're not." he simply stated and sat down beside her.
"I'm sorry, I reacted the way I did. Are you really okay about the break up?"
James wrapped one arm around Hermione's shoulders and answered "Don't apologize Hermione. Yes, I'm really okay. I chased the idea of me and Lily all those years but in the end I have to admit that we are just really good friends, nothing more. It felt strange to be with her in a romantic way. Why are you so sad about our break up?"
Hermione sighed. She couldn't tell him the real reason, but she decided to tell him something that she still believed "You know, there are really bad times ahead of us and I just saw you and Lily as a reminder, that even though we live in a war, there is still something positive about it, there is still a chance for love…you know?!"
"Don't you think it's still positive that even though we realized that a relationship isn't something for us, we are still friends?"
She smiled a small smile and bumped his shoulder.
Hermione decided to talk to Professor Dumbledore about the changes and he practically told her not to worry about it because that was to be expected.
"The universe just found some other people that are better suited for Miss Evans and Mr. Potter. Not everything is set in stone, Miss Granger." he told her with a twinkle in his eye.
"Live your life, Miss Granger. Don't worry about how the future should be and don't worry about Voldemort and the Horcruxes. I will do my best and if I need help, I'll tell you. You are young, don't let all of this destroy you. I know what I'm talking about."
She just had to trust Dumbledore on this, even though she was freaking out about all of it. If Harry and Ron where here right now they would roll their eyes and tell Hermione to relax.
Hermione sighed. It was still hard to think about Harry and Ron, but Hermione finally accepted that she couldn't go back.
Graduation was coming nearer and Hermione thought a lot about telling her friends about her real identity, but she was afraid. Afraid of losing them, afraid of them hating her or not understanding.
And then there was Peter's part in the story. She didn't even know if he was a Death Eater this time too. She tried her best to watch him more closely from time to time, but she couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. Yes, he was shy and had troubles when it came to speaking up, but you could see how much his friends meant to him.
Hermione didn't treat him any different, she knew that that would have been the wrong thing to do. He needed friends and she tried to help him with his confidence problem as much as she could.
And adding to all of that, her friendship with James confused her. It wasn't like her friendship with Harry or Ron. She couldn't tell what it was exactly, it just felt entirely different.
"Can you believe it, guys? Graduation is only a month away." Sirius said, excited.
"Have you made any plans yet?" Lily asked them.
"Auror training here we come!" James and Sirius shouted.
"I don't know yet…it won't be easy finding a job where you don't have to explain why you can't come to work once a month…" Remus sighed. Hermione squeezed his shoulder.
"We'll find something." She told him, her eyes determined. The other's nodded, agreeing with her.
"Hermione, do you want to move in with me?" Lily asked.
"What?" Hermione asked, perplexed.
"I mean, it would be great, wouldn't it? You and me, living together. My parents brought me a flat, kind of as a graduation gift and there are two room, so you don't even have to pay rent and yeah, but you don't have to, if you don't want to…" Lily rambled.
Hermione laughed, interrupting Lily's rambling with it "Slow down, Lily. I would love to move in with you, but I want to talk about that 'not paying rent-thing'."
Lily hugged Hermione tightly "Oh, that's great! We can talk about it. Wow, I'm so excited." Lily said.
"Well guys, how about moving in together?" Sirius asked the other guys. The girls just laughed as the eyes of the boys sparkled in excitement.