Let's Meet Potters

Christmas day had been very hectic for Hermione and her family. Rest of her family members had started arriving from the noon time. Granger family had been a pretty larger family. Many of them lived outside Europe, so it was not possible for them to attend the dinner party every year. But those who lived near London attended the party every year.

Hermione's mom was Jane Thompson before marriage. So in dinner party both Granger and Thompson family always joined together as one to celebrate. But it was always called as Grangers' Gathering as Grangers were always more than Thompsons in the party.

Hermione had lots of aunts and uncles, from her dad and mom sides' family. She also had many cousins. But her favorite person was her Granny ( her mom's mom). She adored her grandmother a lot. And she was favorite grandchild of her grandmother. Her grandparents from her dad's side were on vacation in Caribbean, so they were not able to attend dinner party.

Hermione got a necklace from her Granny and Grandpa (her mom's father), as a gift for Christmas. Even Hermione who didn't have much idea about jewelry could see that it was a beautiful piece of work. Her grandfather had gifted that necklace to her Granny on her first birthday after marriage.

"Oh God Granny, it's beautiful." Hermione said in awe.

"Of course it is dear. Your Grandpa gifted me on my first birthday after our marriage." She said lovingly. Hermione's family had a history or say unintentional tradition of love marriages including her mom and dad. But to Hermione it seem like she was going to break the tradition.

Finally around 6 in the evening whole family were in backyard of the house where everything was setup. House was not enough for so many people. Tables were set up all around the backyard. Foods and drinks were there on different tables. It was a self service party. Everyone was enjoying in their own way. They were talking, drinking, dancing and eating. Fires were set up so as to keep warm.


It was 6:30 when bell rang.

"I'll see. It must be Potters." Jane said and went to open the door.

Hermione suddenly got nervous in the anticipation of seeing famous Harry Potter. She hadn't seen him before but had heard that he was quite gorgeous. He was the captain of Hogwarts football team and played as one of the striker on the team.

'I don't know why I am feeling nervous. It's just Harry Potter. Yeah Harry potter, famous, gorgeous most appealing Harry Potter. Arggghh….stop it Hermione, you will only make a fool out of yourself...' Hermione started pondering.

She looked over to Romilda. From her look Hermione could tell that Romilda also had heard about Harry Potter. She was trying to fix herself unnecessarily. The way Romilda was dressed was more suitable for a club party than a Christmas dinner party. She was wearing a stylish small brown dress. Hermione out of the blue became uncomfortable about her dress. She was wearing a simple light blue color knee length dress in A-line shape with V neck and skirt line. Her mom had given it to her as a gift for her 16th birthday. Hermione didn't want to wear a dress. And her hairs were flowing down to her waist in curls and which were like bush, according to Hermione. She was more comfortable wearing a t-shirt and jeans. But she wore the dress because her mom wanted.

Jane came back to the backyard followed by a man and a woman. Man was wearing round spectacles. He had messy hair which actually looked nice on him. His eyes were light brown and had a warm look in them. Woman was strikingly beautiful. She had waist length shining red hair. Her eyes were beautiful emerald green. She had a warm smile on her face. They both looked very nice together.

Jane introduced them to everyone.

"Grangers and Thompsons, today we have a new joining in our Christmas dinner party." Jane said gesturing towards new man and woman. Everyone's attention was now on Jane and the strangers she was gesturing to.

"They are James and Lily Potter, our new friends." Jane said. Everyone applauded for new comers to welcome them. Both James and Lily smiled nervously at this.

"Merry Christmas everyone." James said.

Hermione's parents were sitting with Potters and talking with them. Hermione was sitting on another table listening to her 8 year old cousin Tracy who was telling Hermione about one of her school project in which Hermione had helped her. Hermione was half listening to her and half lost in her own thoughts about Potters or say one Potter in particular.

'Harry Potter is not here. Strange. Must be with one of his many girlfriends. But why am I thinking about this? I even don't know him. Hell! I haven't seen him even.'


Hermione saw her mom gesturing her to come to their table. She excused herself from Tracy and made her way towards her mom. Suddenly she felt anxious. She was going to meet Potters. She wasn't sure what they would think of her.

"Yeah mom." Hermione said as she reached near the table. Jane took Hermione's and pulled her to an empty seat next to hers.

"James, Lily. It's Hermione our only daughter." Jane said with proud.

"Hello Hermione dear. Merry Christmas." said Lily who was sitting across to Hermione, with a warm smile.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Potter. Merry Christmas to you as well." Hermione answered politely.

"It's really nice meeting you Hermione." James said.

"Same here Mr. Potter" replied Hermione.

"We have heard a lot about you from Robert and Jane. It's really nice to have a face to all conversations we had about you. You are very good in academics, I heard." Lily mentioned. Hermione was getting uncomfortable with the praise. She wasn't praised much by others except her family.

"Erm…thanks. But they are my parents and are bound to praise Me." mumbled Hermione "I am not that good."

"You know Hermione; you should not let others demean you. You are as good as you think of yourself." James said nicely.

"I try sir." Hermione replied smiling a bit.

"Where's Harry?" Robert asked seeing that her daughter was getting a bit uncomfortable. Hermione was just like her father when it came to handling appreciation from others.

"He'll join us shortly. He was with his friends. I just hope he gets here on time." said Lily. Just then James's cell phone started to ring. He excused himself from the table and went a bit away from the table to talk. After speaking he joined the group back.

"It was Harry." He said at Lily's questioning glance. Then James looked at Robert and spoke

"Robert, Harry is at nearby square, but don't know how to come here. I will just go and bring him here." He said.

"Oh don't worry. It's not too far from here. Hermione, love, would you go there and bring him here?" Robert asked Hermione. Hermione was speechless at her father's query.

'I just don't believe dad, he's asking me to go and bring Harry Potter to the house.' She thought.

"Sure dad. I will even take Romilda with me. Mr. Potter, can you tell him to wait for us at the florist shop which is near the square? It would be easy to find him." Hermione said calmly trying to hide her annoyance.

"Sure I'll just call him." James said and went to call his son.

Hermione got up from her seat and waved Romilda to join her. Romilda made her way towards Hermione who was still standing near the table where her parents were sitting.

"What is it?" Romilda asked irritatingly.

"Mr. and Mrs. Potter, meet my cousin Romilda." Hermione introduced.

"Hello Romilda." James said.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Potter, it's really nice to meet you." Romilda replied in her best possible polite tone.

'Must be trying to impress them.' Hermione thought.

"Romilda I am going to the square to bring Harry Potter here at home. Would you like to join me? It's not too far from here. Just 10 minutes walk." Hermione said in a very sweet or say too sweet tone. She caught Lily's eyes who just winked at her and turned to talk to Jane.

Hermione was sure that Cho would have told Romilda about hr dating stories Potter boy. And Romilda's expression had told her everything when she mentioned Harry Potter.

"Yeah sure, why not?" Romilda said in her sugar coated voice.


Hermione wore her boots as roads were full of snow. She took her jacket from the stand and waited for Romilda to join her. Romilda had gone to washroom to right her appearance. Finally after 10 minutes Romilda came out.

"Wear your boots. Snow is thick outside." Hermione said to Romilda.

"I am not going to wear the boots. It will spoil my whole look." Romilda said.

"Ok then, wait here till I go and bring Harry Potter here." Hermione said intentionally emphasizing on Harry Potter.

Romilda glared at Hermione."Ok give me a sec." Romilda said and with that she wore her boots and jacket and they both left the house.

They reached to the square in 10 minutes. It was pretty cold out there and was getting a bit dark. They reached to the florist shop. But there was no one except the shop keeper.

"Hello Madam Rosmerta. Merry Christmas. How are you?" Hermione said to the shop owner.

"Oh! Hello Hermione dear. Merry Christmas. I am fine. What are you doing here?" Rosmerta replied smiling at her.

"Have you seen somebody here? A boy, he must be waiting here for us." Hermione said.

"No dear, no one has come yet." Rosmerta replied. Hermione just nodded and came out of shop.

"What happened?" Romilda asked who was waiting outside for Hermione.

"No one has come yet. Where is he?" Hermione said in an irritated voice.

"We should wait here for some time. He'll be here. Is this the only florist shop here?" Romilda asked calmly. Hermione was surprised at her attitude. "Yeah" she replied.


'She can wait for the precious Potter, but I can't. We are freezing here and that boy…' Hermione was lost in her thoughts when BMW M3 convertible stopped in front of her and Romilda. Two boys were sitting in the car. Boy who was driving the car was wearing round spectacles and had messy hair just like James Potter and his eyes were bright emerald green, just like Lily Potter. He looked the same age, as of Hermione and Romilda, though taller than them.

'He must be Harry Potter but who's this other guy.' Hermione thought. Other guy had gangly look. He was having flaming red hair, blue eyes and freckles but overall was quite good looking.

"Miss Granger?" Boy with emerald eyes asked them.

"Yes. You Mr. Potter?" Romilda said.

Boy got out of his car. "Harry Potter" he said extending his hand. Romilda shook his hand and smiled at him "Romilda Vane." She said. Harry looked confused at this "Romilda? You are not Hermione Granger?" he asked.

Before Romilda could reply, Hermione decided to step in the conversation.

"I am Hermione Granger." She said.

Harry looked at her and nodded. He stared at her for some time. Hermione started to feel a bit uncomfortable under his gaze.

"Shall we leave?" Romilda said a bit irritatingly.

"Yeah." Harry said. He motioned them to sit on the back seat of his car. Romilda quickly seated herself in the car. Hermione was a bit reluctant to sit in his car. Looking at her hesitation Harry raised his eyebrows at her. Hermione just shook her head and sat next to Romilda. Harry sat back in his car and started it.

"So where to?" he asked Hermione.

Hermione just rolled her eyes and gave him directions to reach her house.

"Hi" other red haired boy said "I am Ronald Weasley. You can call me Ron." He said

"Hello, I am Hermione Granger and my cousin Romilda Vane." Hermione said.

"So you are from Beauxbatons?" Harry asked conversationally while looking at the road.

"Yeah. And you both are from Hogwarts?" Romilda said giving him her smile she thought made her look beautiful.

'Yeah."Harry said.

Hermione didn't bother to join the conversation. She kept her eyes at sideways on the road.

"We are here." Hermione said when they were near her house. Harry stopped the car in front of her house. Hermione got out of the car and didn't bother about inviting boys in the house, she was sure Romilda would do the job very nicely. She made her way inside where a surprise was waiting for her.

She could feel others coming behind her but didn't look back. She rang the bell and after sometime Jane opened the door.

"Hey mom, they are here." Hermione said. Jane smiled. "Somebody is waiting for you in the backyard Hermione." Jane said. Hermione was intrigued by her mom's tone. She removed her boots and jacket and went to the backyard.

She was pleasantly surprised to see Luna there."Luna" Hermione said excitedly.

Luna looked at her smiled brilliantly and moved towards her and hugged her tightly. "Merry Christmas Hermione." She said

"Merry Christmas Luna. How come you are here?" Hermione asked with wonder.

"Well I thought you could use some other company when you have only your dear cousin here." Luna said dreamily. Hermione just laughed at her tone.

"I sure cold use your company Luna. I missed you. And you have no idea who's there today." Hermione said.

"Really. Who?" Luna asked curiously.

"See it yourself." Hermione said gesturing towards the door of the house which opened in the backyard. Harry, Ron, Romilda and Jane were coming through the door in the backyard.

Luna 's eyes widened in surprise "Harry Potter" she said.


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