Previous (HPOV): "We'll figure something ou—" but before I could finish a giant bus was suddenly in front of my house

Previous (HPOV): "We'll figure something ou—" but before I could finish a giant bus was suddenly in front of my house. The doors opened and out stepped Stan Shunpike.

"Well if it itn't 'Arry Potter!"

HRPOV

Harry and I smiled at Stan, it had been a while since we had seen Stan, the last time was when he was trying to impress the veela at the World Cup.

"Nice to see you again too Stan" Harry said walking up and shaking the Knight Bus attendant's hand.

"An' 'ello, 'ello, to you as well Miss 'Ermione" He said grinning at me.

"Hello Stan, have you been okay?" I asked dragging my trunk to the bus.

"Oh, I've been well enough, makin' a livin', an' what not—Oi! An' what do you think you're doin'?" Stan called to Harry who was trying to take is trunk and load it. Stan shooed him from the trunk, "don' tell me you don' remember, I take care of all of the luggage an' whatnot. Been 'at way since the beginnin', you're tickets were placed through by one Mister Albus Dumbledore, so you two are all set, 'op on the bus and get comfy, London 'ere we come!" Stan took our trunks and Harry and I boarded the bus, choosing two beds that were close to each other, Stan gave us our tickets and put our trunks at the foot of the beds.

Stan couldn't talk with us the duration of the bus ride; he had to tend to a group of elderly women who were causing a racket the floor above. Harry and I sat together on his bed while the bus zoomed to Grimmauld Place. I was on his lap again, he had his arms around me and we were holding hands, I was very comfortable.

"Harry, what are we going to tell Ron and Ginny? I know that keeping this a secret is out of the question, it's just not something that I think that I can hide. I feel horrible, Ginny has had a crush on you forever, she just dates random boys just to catch your eye, and now I've gone and fallen in love with you and she'll kill me when she finds out that now I'm dating you." I shook my head. Ginny was going to murder me, plain and simple, I had one killing curse with my name on it for sure.

"Yeah, I know what you mean, I feel bad for Ron, I know that he likes you, but he won't own up to it, and I've never told him that I've been in love with you for the last 5 years. So, I smell a fight. Ginny…Ginny will live, and I know for a fact that Neville has a crush on her, ever since he took her to the Yule Ball fourth year—"

"—Yeah, and I heard that Luna has a thing for Ron, Pavarti was talking to Padma, who's in Ravenclaw and they were talking about Luna and apparently Luna mentioned something about Ron when they were discussing the ba—" I noticed Harry staring at me weird. "—What, do I have something on my face?" I asked touching my cheek, he had a sly smile.

"Actually yeah. Hold still I get it off" He said, I froze, wondering how long I had something stuck on my face and was wondering why Harry didn't say anything sooner. Then he leaned in a kiss my lips, lingering every so slightly, my eyes slid shut and he pulled back. "Got it," he whispered into my ear, I giggled. "Actually I was just staring at you because you were starting to sound like one of those typical girls, who talk about gossip and what not…" He said, I started laughing.

"Oh I hear plenty. Girl news travels fast, and when it's between Pavarti and Lavender then it travels faster." I said simply. He gaped at me for a moment and then started laughing uncontrollably. I rolled my eyes and waited for him to control himself.

"That actually might come in handy someday you know," He said squeezing my hand. I smiled.

TPPOV

Harry and Hermione waited the remainder of their bus ride in silence, both pondering the wrath that the two were going to receive from two sibling redheads. Hermione fussed over what she was going to explain to Ginny and whether Mrs. Weasley would hate her, again. Harry on the other hand, was trying to think of a smooth way to easily break it to Ron, he thought that he could maybe mention something about Luna first.

Meanwhileat Grimmauld Place

"I know that there is something going on between them, ooh, I know" Sirius mused to himself. Sirius had spent the last 5 hours after asking Dumbledore to arrange some tickets for his godson and friend trying to figure out what was going on with Harry and Hermione. He secretly hoped that they had finally paired up. Sirius was very fond of Hermione and he knew that Harry fancied her too, so naturally, he wanted something to happen between Hermione and his godson. Sirius stalked off upstairs to the bedroom that Harry and Ron had shared when they last stayed there when Harry was on trial. The room was in order, he nodded and then went to the other bedrooms, the house had seven bedrooms, this parent's, his brother's, his own, and then four spares, and he knew that one spare was occupied by Buckbeak, and then one was filled with boxes currently. So he only had to worry about aimlessly filling one room, he was plotting a devious plan, he could feel the deviousness in his bones, like the good old days he thought to himself. Sirius sighed; he missed his best friend more than ever, especially when his godson was around. James was Sirius's surrogate brother, they were the best of friends, and Sirius never forgave himself for letting that scum of a person be the Secret Keeper of the Potter family, Wormtail, Sirius spat, Sirius was so sure that his plan was full proof, but that pathetic spineless little brown nosing Pettigrew cracked. Sirius threw the vase that he was carrying against the wall, where is shattered into thousands of pieces, then reformed on the table below the wall that he had thrown it at, stupid vase, Sirius muttered. He was extremely elated that Harry had asked to stay, and was even more pleased that Harry was bringing Hermione, Sirius wasn't allowed to leave his house…ever, so the chance to meddle in a relationship was like a trip to Diagon Alley. Sirius continued to fill the room with objects until he felt the mirror in his pocket shake slightly; he quickly ducked out of the room and then held it up to his face. Harry and Hermione's reflections were looking back at him.

"Hey Si—" Harry glanced around,"—er, Snuffles we're here," Harry said, wrapping an arm around Hermione, Sirius smiled.

"Okay, you know what to do, I'm going to cast a concealment charm around the house, so that no one but the two of you can see the house, just a moment—" Sirius muttered a charm and paused for it to take effect, "—okay, you can come in now" Sirius pocketed the mirror and nearly skipped down the stairs to meet Harry and Hermione. He arrived down stairs just as the two of them were walking into the house, Sirius ran to hug Harry.

"Sirius!" Harry shouted. "It's good to see you; thank you for letting us stay!"

"Of course you were more than welcome to come here Harry! —" Sirius looked to Hermione, and then hugged her, "—as are you Hermione"

"Thank you Sirius, we really appreciate it," Hermione said, walking to Harry's side. Harry put an arm around Hermoine's waist

"I'll show you two to your room" Sirius said charming the luggage to float up behind them as they climbed the stairs.

"Room?" Hermione said, confused.

"Oh, yes, I forgot to mention, all of the spare rooms but one are occupied. I've had to store some things in there, so, I hope you don't mind, you and Harry will be in the room that Harry and Ron stayed in. It's got two beds and two dressers, I'm sorry for the inconvenience Hermione." Sirius said hopefully.

"Oh, it's no inconvenience, I was just wondering." Hermione said, taking Harry's hand. Harry winked at her, the two of them were actually very happy they got a room together. Sirius sent the trunks into the room and then set them in front of their respective beds.

"Well, I'll leave you two to unpack, I'm famished so I'll have Kreacher fix us something…uh, edible." Sirius walked out of the room and quietly closed the door. I am so good, he thought to himself as he walked down the stairs.

Harry and Hermione looked at each other and smiled.

"Well this worked out nicely, do you think that we should tell Sirius, about you and I? Or should we just let him figure it out?" Harry asked as he opened his trunk.

"Oh, he'll figure it out sooner or later." Hermione devilishly chuckled. Harry walked over and kissed Hermione.

"Yeah, I guess he will" He laughed.

The two finished unpacking and headed downstairs to find Sirius. They found him in the kitchen, slicing up pieces of bread and cheese for some sandwiches. He had managed to find some various sandwich meats, which were on the table along with some pumpkin juice.

"Hey, you two, sorry if its not a gourmet meal like Molly makes, but, it's not poison either." Sirius laughed.

"Oh we don't mind, actually if you have the ingredients, I might try my hand at making a cake," Hermione said thoughtfully. Harry laughed. She slapped his arm.

"Hey! I was just laughing because I've never seen you make cereal, much less a cake—not that you couldn't" Harry added quickly when he saw Hermione's death glare. The three of them sat down and made their sandwiches, eating in silence.

"So…Hermione, how did you end up at my godson's house during the summer?" Sirius asked, trying to break the silence.

Hermione and Harry began to tell Sirius of Hermione's arrival and her situation with her parents. They explained about how the Dursley's locked Hermione in Harry's room with him on accident. They left out the gory details, like finding out that they loved each other. Sirius listened quietly. When they finally finished he thought for a moment.

"Harry, you really should consider coming to live with me next year, I'm going to have to have a word with that uncle of yours, locking you in your room, that's ridiculous. —" He looked to Hermione, "—We are going to find out what's wrong with your parents Hermione, and I'll talk to the Order about getting the two of them to Mungo's, until then, my home is open to you as well."

Hermione had tears in her eyes, "Oh thank you Sirius, so much, this means more than you know to me." Hermione checked her watch, "I think I'm going to go to bed, it's been a long day." Hermione stood up and smiled at Sirius, then leaned down and kissed Harry, lingering just a moment, then she straightened up and said, "Goodnight."

Sirius and Harry watched Hermione exit the room and climb the stairs, Harry glanced at Sirius and blushed. Sirius grinned.

"So. You and Hermione eh?" He said smiling bigger.

"Yeah, finally. —" Harry glanced toward the stairs, "—I really love her Sirius, a lot." Harry said looking back at his godfather. Sirius slapped him on the back.

"Well, I'm happy for you Harry, I was hoping you two would finally get together. Good going son." Sirius smiled. Harry grinned back, and then glanced again at the stairs, "Well what are you waiting for, go on, I bet she's waiting for you. —" Sirius said winking, "—I'm gonna hit the sack as well, see you in the morning." Sirius said as Harry walked towards the staircase, he tiptoed around the curtain that concealed the painting of Mrs. Black and then he found their bedroom door. He slowly cracked the door open and silently walked in. Hermione was sitting under the covers in one of the beds. Harry quickly changed into his pajamas and Hermione patted the bed beside her as she scooted over. He grinned and gladly joined her under the warm covers. Harry slid his arms around Hermione scooted closer into his chest.

Harry kissed Hermione lightly and whispered, "I love you." She looked at him and smiled.

"I love you too."

The two of them laid there for a few minutes before drifting off to sleep in each other's arms.