Hey I was actually going to update this chapter a couple of days early but ff wouldn't let me. it said something about an error in my document, anyways here's the new chapter. enjoy!
I woke up the next morning and the memories of the night before came rushing back to me. I looked down beside me and saw a sleeping Hermione, I knew that I shouldn't be staring at her like this because anyone can come in and catch me but I didn't care at the moment.
"What are you staring at Ginny? Do I have something on my face?" Hermione asked sitting up suddenly, and rushing to the bathroom.
"Since when have you been this self-conscious?" I asked after hearing the faucet running. I walked into the bathroom to see her exfoliating her face.
"Since I started sleeping in the same bed as my girlfriend," she said washing of the face cleanser.
"Girlfriend, that has a nice ring to it," I said leaning against the door frame.
"Ginny breakfasts ready!" I heard my mom say from the other side of my bedroom door. Hermione dried her face with a towel and pulled me out of the bathroom.
"Gin we can't let anyone know about us," she said taking off her shirt and putting on a clean one.
"Ginny did you hear me?" I heard my mom ask.
"Yes mom!" I yelled back becoming annoyed by her constant nagging.
"Come on gin we have to go!" Hermione said pulling me towards the door. "People are going to be wondering what's taking so long,"
Breakfast was relatively calm. Hermione and I would glance at each other occasionally but we didn't speak.
"Hermione can I talk to you after your done please?" Ron said picking up his dishes and putting them in the sink for washing. This worried me because Ron was only ever polite when he wanted to get something he wanted.
"Sure Ron, what about?" Hermione asked looking up from her breakfast. Making everyone else look up from there breakfasts as well.
"Um it's about the final battle," he answered knowing no one would further question him about such a sensitive subject, but I knew that he just wanted to hit on her.
"Hermione, do you still want to go to Diagon Ally later?" I asked knowing it would make Ron jealous, in turn making him turn back to his pratish self. I loved my brother but there was no way I was going to let him take the girl I loved away from me so early in the game. In reality there was no trip planned to Diagon ally but Ron didn't know that.
"You're going to Diagon ally?" Ron asked stupidly, looking at Hermione.
"Yes," I answered for her "and you're not invited," normally I wouldn't be so mean to my brother but I wasn't just about to let him try to steal my girlfriend away from me, or hit on her for that matter.
"Ginny mind your brother," my mom said looking angrily at me. My mom had always wanted Hermione and Ron to get together; it was like a dream for her. Without me noticing Hermione put her dish in the sink and walked over to Ron
"Well everyone I'm off to work," My dad said getting up and apperating.
"I should probably go to the store and buy some groceries," my mom said standing up and grabbing her bag. "Ginny would you like to come with me?" my mom asked trying to not so subtly get me out of the house so Ron could charm Hermione into going on a date with him.
"No thanks mom Hermione and I where almost leaving anyway," my mom apperated away as well but not before she gave me a dirty look. That just left Hermione, Ron, and me.
"So what is it that you wanted to talk about?" Hermione asked leading him into the other room for some privacy. She probably had no idea what he was planning
"Actually I was wondering if you'd like to go on a date with me, I mean Kingsleys holding a ball at the ministry on Friday; maybe we can go there together," I heard Ron say from the living room
"I can't, I'm sorry Ron but...there's someone else, and well I'm not even going to the ball"
"Wait, there's someone else? Who?" he asked angrily. I wanted to go to the living room and give Ron a piece of my mind but I knew that if I did it would make Ron suspicious about my relationship with Hermione, and I wasn't sure if I was ready for people to know about us yet.
"That's none of your business Ronald!"
"The hell it is! We kissed!" Ron shouted. The moment he said this my stomach dropped.
"Oh god Ron it was a kiss, a 'hey I'm about to die' kind of thing, don't blow it out of proportion. Stop acting like a child about this!"
"Don't change the subject Hermione, tell me who he is," Ron shouted after I heard a crash.
I couldn't take it anymore I stood up from my seat and stormed into the living room pulling my wand out and pointing it at Ron. "She doesn't have to tell you anything Ron, stop being such a bloody prat and except the fact that she's not interested,"
"This isn't any of your business Ginny!" he said taking out his own wand "Get out of my way!" he shouted pushing me to the side. I fell backwards, breaking a vase and falling on my butt. I saw Hermione pull out her wand taking aim at Ron; you could see her magic radiating off of her. Her eyes had darkened looking murderous.
"You'll regret that Ron, expeliamus!" Ron's wand flew from his hand and Hermione walked slowly towards him. He cowered back scrambling for his wand.
"Hermione no!" I said running and standing in front of my brother. I couldn't let her hurt him no matter how much he deserved it. "Let's just go, and get some supplies so we can find your parents," I said noticing that Ron had gotten his wand and apperated away.
"Ginny you haven't even told your parents that we're leaving,"
"I don't need to I'm of age," I said defiantly
"Ginny we can't just leave without telling your parents, they'll be worried,"
"Then I'll leave a note, please! I can't stand hiding you anymore and once we're gone we can be together openly,"
"Fine let's go upstairs and get our things ready,"
After packing everything we had in Hermione beaded bag, Hermione apperated us to a secluded ally in London.
"What are we doing here?" I asked
"Isn't it obvious? You fell right into my trap," Hermione said darkly, walking towards me. I was scared shitless. I had no idea what to do, all I knew is that I had to make a run for it. "Ha-ha Ginny you fell for it! God you should have seen the look on your face,"
"What?"
"God Gin we're just here because can't apperate in the middle of a busy street, just relax babe," she said kissing me. I didn't want to admit it to myself but I liked this bold Hermione a lot.
"So why are we in muggle London?"
"You need muggle clothes Ginny, and I only have so many clothes you can borrow," she said leading me out of the ally.
I was overwhelmed by the amount of people. "Come on babe," Hermione said putting an arm around my waist and leading me to the curb.
"Hermione someone might see us," I whispered panicking slightly.
"So? Ginny no one knows us, you said yourself before we left. We're nobodies here," she said reassuringly. "Taxi!" she yelled putting her arm up in the air.
"Hermione what are you doing?"
"Just follow my lead Ginny," she said as a small black car pulled up next to us. She quickly opened the car door and motioned me to get in. I did so reluctantly and sat down stiffly very nervous not knowing what was going on.
"Where to miss?" the old man who was driving the car asked not looking back.
"Uh-"
"Westfield shopping centre please," Hermione said sitting next to me. "Hey, come on babe relax," she said putting a hand on my upper thigh and kissing my neck. She whispered something that sounded suspiciously like a silencing spell. My breathing started to quicken, and I wasn't sure what was going on. Where had this bold new Hermione come from? She stated biting my neck softly making me shudder.
"Hermione, what are you doi-" but I was cut off by her lips. Her hand started to move up under my shirt. I looked into her eyes and here once light hazel eyes were almost black. I tensed after I felt her hand move higher.
"God, I love you Ginny, so much," she whispered in my ear after breaking the kiss. "Why have you been so tense lately Hun?" she asked
"I'm just-"
"We're here Miss," the man in the front said.
"Fuck," Hermione whispered. "How much will it be?" she asked reaching into her pocket.
"Just twelve seventy-five" the old man answered.
"Here you go," she said handing him what looked like a crumpled piece of paper. "Keep the change"
"Ma'am this is fifty pounds!"
"You want more, here's another fifty," she said giving him another note. "Come on lets go," she said getting out of the car. She led me to a large building with glass doors.
"So where do we go?" I asked in awe as we stepped inside. The 'shopping centre' as Hermione had called it earlier was huge and filled with stores and I was pretty sure I could smell food.
"Where ever you want babe," she said holding my hand lacing our fingers together.
"Isn't it weird for muggles to see us holding hands? I mean we are women after all," I asked looking around for any signs of staring.
"Most people in the muggle world are okay with homosexuals," she answered pulling me in to a clothing's store.
"Wow, this is interesting," I said holding up a pair of underwear that looked like something you could floss with. "Do people actually wear this or are these it just to take off?"
"I wouldn't mind taking some of those off of you," Hermione said smirking, making me blush. After buying an unseemly amount of clothes that she insisted on paying for...and carrying we headed for the food court.
"What do you want to eat babe?" Hermione asked, but I almost didn't hear her. I was too busy smelling every delicious smell that could possibly be smelled at once. "How about I get us a pizza? Or maybe a hotdog?"
"How about that?" I said pointing to a stand.
"You want a cheeseburger then, okay stay here," she said putting the bags of clothes on the table. "Make sure no one takes our seats," she said leaving
I drummed my fingers on the table as I watched her go. "Hey you know Granger?" I heard a voice say from behind me.
"Hello," I said looking at the attractive blonde in front of me. She had straight hair, green eyes and a nice body, she came with a couple of friends.
"Hello I'm so rude my name is Sandra Walkers, what's your name?" she asked taking a seat.
"My name's Ginny Weasley," I answered not sure where this conversation was going.
"So where did you meet Hermione, I met her in primary school," she said looking back to see if Hermione was coming. I wasn't sure but I was pretty certain that this wasn't a friend of Hermione's more like a frenimy.
"I met her in school; she was a friend of my older brother,"
"Oh so you met her at that boarding school she went too what was the name again,"
"Sandra what are you doing here?" I heard Hermione's voice from behind me, clearly angry.
"Oh just talking to your friend here Hermione, she was just telling us where you guys met,"
"We both know that's not why your here, now what do you want?" she said putting paper bags of food down on the table.
"Aw come on Hermy don't be like that," Sandra said wrapping her arms around Hermione's neck.
"Don't call me that!" Hermione said angrily trying to pull away.
"Um excuse me could you not put your arms around my girlfriend," I said staring at her angrily. Sandra let go of Hermione like she was infected with some sort of plague.
"Oh my god you're a lesbo, I knew it, you always did have a crush on me didn't you?"
"No Sandra I don't tend to like girls that I find physically repulsive," Hermione said trying to control her anger.
"Whats wrong Granger can't control your anger, you were always a freak you know that. The teachers would be afraid of you. Making things disappear, making bad things happen to people that got you angry, go on granger do something,"
Hermione looked away with a pensive look on her face. I put my hand on hers reassuringly trying to let her know it was okay.
"Come on Granger cat got your tongue?"
"Maybe her girlfriend's got it" one of Sandra's friends said. The way she said it made her and her group have an uncanny resemblance to Malfoy's goons.
"Don't you dare talk about Ginny!" Hermione shouted making one of the chairs topple over by itself.
"Oh Grangers mad," Sandra taunted
"I think you should leave" I said standing up
"How about you make me leave Weasel," she said shoving me back. At this point I was pretty sure she was related to Malfoy.
"Come on lets go Hermione," I said grabbing the bags off the table, but Hermione wasn't moving, She looked like she was concentrating on something.
"Run along Granger listen to your girlfriend," she said as Hermione snapped out of her trance and grabbed the bags of food. We left not looking back at Sandra and her goons.
"What did you do to her?" I asked once we were out of hearing distance, knowing she had cast some sort of spell on them.
"Let's just say Sandra and her gang are going to wake up tomorrow to find themselves completely bald," she said smirking.
"So where are we going now?" I asked knowing that we couldn't go back to the burrow.
"We are going to go to the leaky cauldron and rent a room there, we'll eat these when we get there," she said as we left the shopping centre.
"So who were those girls back there why did they hate you so much?" I asked hoping I wouldn't upset her with my question.
"I honestly don't know they've always hated me though so it's nothing new. Anyways thank you," she said leading me to an ally so we could apperate away.
"For what?"
"For helping me not lose my cool I thought I was going to snap for a second there," she said holding my hand so we could apperate. "You need to tack your aperation test soon, I mean you're already of age,"
"Yea it's just no one's been able to take me you know,"
"I'll take you when we get back from Australia," she said
"Thanks Hermione,"
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