AN: well first of all thank all of you for reading the story so far. Also a big thanks to all the people who took time to write a review. I saw some of you guys were worried that the story might would become boring because I put Harry and Hermione together so early. Don't worry guys, I have still lots and lots in mind to write and to keep it interesting. Now I hope you enjoy this chapter and please review and let me know what you think.
On December the 23th Hermione and Harry both woke up early to start packing their stuff. They would leave to the Grangers this afternoon with the Hogwarts express. Of course they wouldn't bring all their stuff, but since they both waited with packing until this very morning both were a bit stressed.
After both teens had packed everything they needed they joined Neville and Lavender for breakfast. Hermione, Lavender and Neville all were super excited to see their families this afternoon, only Harry was a bit nervous since it would be the first time that he saw Hermione's parents. Harry really was interested on how both parents would react to the 12 year old boyfriend of their daughter.
"Don't worry Harry," Hermione said, reading his thoughts from his face. "Mum and dad will be happy to finally see you after all the times I mentioned you in my letters to them." "Or at least mum will be," Hermione thought to herself, knowing that her father might would dislike her boyfriend.
"You mentioned me in your letters to them?" Harry said with a bit of a nervous voice. "What did you tell them about me?"
"Well not nothing bad obviously," Hermione replied. "I said you were a real good friend that after a while became more than just a friend, I said you were really sweet to me, helped me with stuff, saved me from that troll, and so on."
Harry smiled nervously. "Don't you think it's a bit too much 'mione," he said after swallowing a piece of bacon. "I mean you made it sound like I'm some kind of hero."
"You are my hero Harry," Hermione said softly, causing both her and Harry to blush furiously. "I meant every word I wrote."
"And don't forget you're Harry Potter," Neville, who overheard the conversation, said with a smile. "Although they won't really care about that since they are muggles."
"Thanks Neville," Harry murmured. He really felt like he was going to be sick but tried his best to relax. "I'll just have to wait and see what happens I guess," he said, taking Hermione her hand and giving it a little squeak.
After breakfast all four of the teens went up to the common room to kill some time, playing chess and reading, before it finally was time to grab their stuff and go down. Outside the castle a few dozen carriages were waiting to take all the students that went home to Hogsmeade train station.
Once the teens were in the train and on their way to London, Harry felt slightly less nervous. Hermione, Neville and Lavender kept reassuring Harry that it probably wouldn't be as bad as he thought it would be. Harry relaxed more and more and after a bit he was almost as excited as the rest of his friends. He was especially glad that Malfoy didn't decide to come by and visit their train compartment.
Before the teens realized it, it was beginning to get dark outside. After another few hours the train finally started to slow down and as Harry looked outside he could see a pretty thick layer of snow laying on the ground outside. After the train stopped the teens took their luggage out of the compartment and slowly started to walk to the door.
Harry felt like his legs were massive stones. He said a quick goodbye to Neville and Lavender and continued to follow Hermione. Just before they reached the portal to the muggle train station, he felt her hand taking his. Together they walked through the wall and within two seconds they were standing on King's Cross Station.
"Over here Hermione!" Harry and Hermione heard as soon as they started walking. Hermione gave Harry a quick smile and together they walked over to Hermione's parents.
Hermione gave her mother and dad both a long an warm hug before she turned around to Harry.
"Well eh… this is Harry, I told you about him," Hermione said. "He and I are in the same year and classes and we're together since a few months."
Harry's head went as red as it possibly could be. He quickly gave both Hermione's mother (Jean) and her father (John) a hand and introduced himself.
"Well let's go home then," Hermione's mother said, sounding excited. She led Harry and Hermione to their car. Quickly all the luggage was placed in the car and they were on their way to the Granger's home.
After a hour long drive in the car they drove up on a huge driveway. Harry looked outside and saw the most beautiful house he had ever seen. It was huge and with the Christmas decorations everywhere it looked truly majestic to Harry.
They all went inside and sat in the living room, while Hermione's mother went to make a pot of tea in the kitchen. Harry still was nervous and wondered how long it would take before one of the parents would ask them about his relationship with their daughter.
"So Harry, tell us a bit about yourself if you don't mind," John said after his wife had sat down as well and gave everybody some tea. "I mean, we've heard somethings from Hermione but of course not that much."
Harry nodded and started to tell Hermione's mum and dad about himself. He did let out some details though, like the way his parents died, the troll encounter and of course his fights with Malfoy. After he was finished talking he had a slight blush on his face but he hoped it was enough for Hermione's dad.
John nodded and gave Harry a small smile. Then he turned to his wife for a second before turning back to Harry and his daughter.
"And tell me boy, how did you and Hermione got together?" Hermione's father continued. "I mean you are a bit young, don't you think?"
"Dad!" Hermione said loudly, sounding pretty upset that her father had said this. "Harry and I are very happy together!"
"I bet you are sweetie, but come on you're both way too young for seriously dating somebody," John replied, sounding a bit stressed. "I know you both don't like what I'm saying, but I think you two should put your eh… relationship on pause for now."
"Dad I cannot believe you are so mean right now!" Hermione shouted, tears streaming down her face. She got up from the couch she was sitting on and stormed out of the room.
Harry sat on the couch with his mouth hanging open. He knew that it maybe would be hard for Hermione's parents to understand how they felt for each other but he really had not thought her dad would react like this. He looked over to her parent just in time to see John storm out of the room on the other side. That left Harry sitting with Hermione's mother.
"I eh… I think I'm going to check on Hermione," Harry said nervously.
Jean Granger gave Harry a small nod, but didn't look to angry at Harry or Hermione. "I'm going to find my husband," she sighed. She got up and walked out of the living room.
Harry took a few deep breaths and got up as well. He decided to walk upstairs, assuming that Hermione probably would be there. Once upstairs he looked around and saw that Hermione her name was on one of the doors. He softly knocked on the door and walked in.
When he walked in he almost felt like he was going to cry, due to what he saw. Hermione was laying on her bed, completely curled up, with the sheets over her and he could hear soft sobs coming from her. He quietly sat down on the edge of her bed and placed a quick kiss on her head.
Hermione rolled over and placed her head in Harry's lap. She was so mad at her father for being so incredibly rude to Harry, only minutes after he got here. Hermione finally started to relax a bit because she felt Harry near her again.
Both teens stayed that way for a while, Hermione laying with her head in Harry's lap while he softly played with her hairs. It was almost three hours after 'the confrontation' that both Harry and Hermione finally were relaxed again. Hermione just wanted to ask Harry how he was holding up when there was a soft knock on the bedroom door.
Hermione's mom peeked her head in and gave both teens a quick smile before coming in. "I'm so sorry Harry for what happened earlier," Jean started as she leaned on Hermione's desk. "You both seem very happy together and to be honest I like you two being together."
Hermione and Harry both gave her a smile and were happy that she did not react the same as Hermione's father.
"Where is dad?" Hermione asked quietly after a short silence. "I'm pretty mad at him to be very honest."
"I know sweetie, I am too," Jean replied. "I don't know where you father is right now but he'll come home soon enough I assume. Once again, I'm so sorry you two, John was way out of line."
Harry gave Hermione's mother a quick smile again, not really knowing what he should say. He was upset about her father, but it really seemed that Hermione's mother didn't feel the same as her husband.
"Why don't you two unpack and change for now and I'll give you some money so you can go out for dinner," Hermione's mother said.
Both teens agreed to this and went downstairs to grab their luggage. Harry didn't really knew where he would sleep yet but when he saw Hermione put one of his bags in her room he just followed her.
"Are you sure I should sleep here?" Harry asked after he and Hermione had brought their stuff in to her room. "I don't want to cause any more problems I you know what I mean."
"First of all Harry, yes you are going to sleep here with me," Hermione said and gave Harry a kiss on his cheek. "And secondly, you are not the one causing problems here, I still can't believe my father said this to you."
Harry pulled Hermione in to his arms and for a moment both teens stayed like this. After a few moments they quickly changed in to new clothes and got ready to go out for dinner. It was going to be the first time for Harry to go out to a restaurant and he was pretty excited.
AN: thanks for reading the chapter! I chose the names of Hermione her parents myself, since there are no official first names for them in the HP world. Next chapter will be about Harry spending Christmas with the Grangers and will have a dramatic twist…. So stay tuned!