Hermione was walking quietly through the corridors. She cursed herself for not asking Harry about lending his cloak to her. She knew she would have had to answer awkward questions of why she wanted to borrow it. But trying to get out of the castle unnoticed was not as easy as she remembered. It was nearly midnight already and Hermione was getting rather anxious. She was about in the half-way out when something heavy landed on her shoulder.

"Hedwig! What...?"

Hedwig dropped a note and Harry's cloak in Hermione's lap and flew away out of an open window. Hermione read the note written in Harry's unmistakeable handwriting. Snape is blocking your way ahead. Hermione put on the cloak and continued her way out of the castle. Snape did indeed strut ahead, would have blocked her way badly if she wasn't wearing the cloak. She got pass him and headed out to the grounds. She didn't need to run this time so she took her time and walked. When she reached the rock, she noticed the absence of her companion. She figured she was just a little bit too early and took off the cloak and settled herself, sitting on the ground. She tilted her head back to see the stars.

Ten minutes passed until Hermione could hear any sign of movement anywhere, besides the quiet bird-singing coming from the woods. Distant footsteps were coming closer. She felt the familiar tingling feeling in her stomach and in a spur of a moment she put the cloak back on. Hermione saw Fleur coming behind the rock. Fleur quickly glanced at the area where Hermione was sitting; expecting to see someone there and got disappointed when Hermione hadn't arrived yet. Hermione resisted an urge of revealing herself to the girl who was now pouting in front of her. The next moment Fleur sat down, landing herself perfectly on top of Hermione who then shouted some cursing words before bursting into laugh. Fleur backed off a little, fumbled her hand towards the source of laughter, grabbed a hold of the cloak and pulled it off.

"You almost gave me a 'eartattack, 'ermione!"

"Sorry!" Hermione was still shaking with laughter. Her laughs faded however when Fleur sat on her feet, facing her face.

"Zis was more comfortable seat anyway," she said, smile spreading across her face.

Hermione blushed. Their eyes met and neither one was keen on breaking the connection. As Fleur started to trace random patterns lightly on the other girl's cheek, Hermione was beginning to feel really nervous. Nervousness she had felt during the day was nothing to be compared with. There was an unfamiliar tingly feeling coursing through her veins. She remembered having a similar feeling when she had sat on her leg for too long, but still nothing to be compared with as this feeling filled her whole body. This feeling was new, anticipation she hadn't felt before mixed with extreme nervousness. If she liked the feeling, she couldn't decide. Not wanting the moment to stop, still she wanted something more, something to happen. Fleur moved some locks of curly hair from the side of Hermione's head, broke the eye-connection the couple was having and bent down. She gave a tiny, soft kiss on the exposed skin of Hermione's neck. Hermione felt too nervous to move, unable to breathe. She could feel everyinch of the soft lips pressing against her neck. The softness was overwhelming, filling her body with a warm rush of blood. She had to close her eyes, trying to keep her breathing as steady as possible when the trail of light kisses found their way higher. She tilted her head subconciously a bit to give a better access. Fleur dragged her head along the side of Hermione's, cheeks softly touching each other until the girls were face to face again. Hermione could feel the silky soft lips pressing against hers, she parted her lips, gently kissing Fleur back. The nervuos feeling was gone, released and she was melting into the kiss. She slowly placed her hand behind Fleur's neck, pulling her head slightly closer. She tasted a faint taste of something sweet on the French girl's lips. The kiss continued until they startled at a small cracking sound coming nearby. The pulled back from each other, Hermione took the cloak and threw it on both of them. Neither one moved, silently listening to any signs of the intruder. Fleur jumped a bit when something furry walked towards them from the dark shadows.

"Crookshanks! It's ok Fleur, it's just my cat," Hermione stated, feeling rather angry that the cat had interrupted them.

Fleur took the cloak off. She turned around, re-positioned herself and cuddled under Hermione's arm. There was a moment of silence, soon broken by Fleur.

"I always wonder if zere is someone living in ze stars, ze other galaxies or if one day we could travel to ze stars. I would like to live right zere," Fleur said, pointing up in the sky.

"I like to think there is something, society like ours, sort of a mirror dimension. When I look up there, another me is staring back at me. And I've had this habit of naming the stars after friends and family since I was little. All of my friends have their own stars," Hermione said, gazing at the stars.

"Can I 'ave a star of my own as well?"

"Of course, uhm... that one is yours." Hermione took a moment to decide, then pointed at the brightest star she could find.

"Merci, 'ermione"

"You're welcome. So how do you like Hogwarts so far?"

"I don't. Ze weather is too cold, ze castle is dark and also too cold, and I 'ave to admit zat ze only interesting thing 'ere is you, 'ermione"

"You... you think I am interesting?" Hermione asked in awe. She never could have thought someone would actually find her interesting.

"You're different, in a good way, of course. You should see ze girls of my school, so superficial and always talking about ze boys," Fleur sighed, "well, some of zem are like me, but still no difference to ze others, zey just talk about girls and boys."

"Oh yeah, it's just the same here. I guess that's why I'm always hanging around Harry and Ron. Or that is just what makes me so different 'cause I do so."

"Maybe so, 'ermione. I 'ate to say zis but I should be sleeping. I 'ave to wake up early tomorrow. I 'ope we can sleep together later," Fleur said rather apologetically, turning to face Hermione. Seeing the expression on the other girl's face, she corrected herself, "I mean, sleeping next to you, pardon my english. You understand what I mean, non?"

"Yes, of course. I'm a bit tired myself. What comes to the sleeping arrangements, we'll think about it later, ok?"

Hermione felt a nervous tinge in her stomach. She hadn't really thought how far this would actually go. Fleur stood up, offering her hand to Hermione to pull her up. When they were standing, facing each other and hands still locked together, Fleur leaned in to give a good-night kiss. She broke the kiss after a while and stared into Hermione's eyes.

"Good night, 'ermione"

"Good night, Fleur. See you tomorrow then," Hermione said, smiling widely. They started to leave, Hermione grabbed the cloak off the ground and started walking with Fleur, hands holding each other until they had to part and Fleur walked off to different direction. Hermione pulled on the cloak and headed towards the castle. She took her time, walking slowly and a smile still spread on her face as she was thinking of Fleur.

She was halfway up the stairs to the front doors when she stopped and thought of her options for a second. She turned around and headed back, towards the Beauxbatons carriage.

TBC

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