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Hello, sorry about the stupidly long time it took to update, but I was a tad busy with school and all that annoying shizzle. But now, half term and all that, I had time to write this! So here you go!

Caitlin Potter and the Room of Requirements, Chapter 10:

The rest of the week was passing very slowly for Caitlin, who couldn't wait until Saturday, when she would take Hermione down to the lake and ask her to be her girlfriend. But for now, she had to survive another full hour of potions with ickle Snapiekins. 'Brilliant, what a way to spend my Friday afternoons.'

She was brought out of her musings by Snape telling at her again. "PAY ATTENTION YOU IDIOT CHILD!" he yelled "OR DO YOU TAKE PRIDE IN BEING THE ONLY ONE TO GO WRONG AND BLOW UP YOUR POTION?"

Caitlin spent the next ten minutes thinking of ways to kill Snape before they paired up to work. Caitlin was paired with Ron, which was never a good thing in any subject, let alone potions. How Ron had got into Sixth year potions was totally against her.

So, they set to work with their wolfsbane potion, which was nearly blown up at every step thanks to Ron's help. Unfortunately, when Caitlin had gone to the supple cupboard, Ron had added another ingredient, one that wasn't even in the potion. So, when Caitlin returned from the cupboard, she barely had time to register something was wrong before the cauldron exploded over her, while Ron had hidden under the desk.

"WHAT HAPPENED?" Snape yelled/asked when he stomped over at Caitlin's screams. "YOU LONGBOTTOM, EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AND YOU, GRANGER, TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL WING!"

Hermione quickly cast a stretcher charm on Caitlin before levitating her to the hospital wing/Madam Pomfrey's Torture Chamber, a name Caitlin had given it in second year. She had even gone to the extent as to transfiguring the sign above the door to its new name, something that had taken two weeks for Dumbledore to correct.

Half an hour later, Caitlin was lying on a hospital bed wanting to kill one Ronald Weasley. He had successfully managed to create a flesh eating potion, which had corroded the top few layers off her skin, leaving her very sore and tired. Pomfrey said that she would be in the bed for a week, something Caitlin hated almost as much.

Hermione was unhappy as well, for she had been banned from the hospital wing for two days to let Caitlin rest. 'Oh well' she thought 'Gives me time to complete all my homework'

Over the following week Caitlin learnt everything possible about Madam Pomfrey's Torture Chamber of Hell, and then some. At precisely 6:45 each morning Madam Pomfrey's alarm clock would go off, and it would take another five before she would get up. She would then eat bran flakes for breakfast before tending to her patients.

If she had time, she would then go and read a book from her private library before she went to collect her daily potion top-up from Snape, which would make her gone for about ten minutes.

After this, she would serve lunch before tending to her patients once again. At this point on a school day, she would go down to the Quidditch Pitch in case anyone got injured during quidditch practise, otherwise she would read again.

After dinner, she would tend to her patients again, before retiring for bed at around 10:30.

By Friday though, Caitlin had had enough. She had done all her homework for the next week, and all her classwork, and it wasn't even Friday afternoon yet. 'Hermione and Dad are in classes, and Mum's visiting the Longbottoms in St. Mungo's so there's no chance of a visit from them, and I'm the only one in here so there's nobody to talk to here, AAAARGH! WHYYYYYY?'

As Caitlin raged inside her head, Madam Pomfrey came in.

"Miss Potter" She said in her very professional voice "As long as you let me do a final check-up, you are free to go"

Caitlin went through her final check-up with the least fuss ever, before she ran out of the Chamber of Hell before you could say poof.

Two minutes later, Caitlin ran into the common room. She ran straight past all of her classmates, and ran up to her dorm. Inside, as she had hoped, was Hermione, who was sitting there on her bed reading as usual.

"Hermione!" Caitlin called and jumped at the girl. Hermione just had time to look up before she was smothered by the redhead girl.

"Hello to you too" she finally made out "I gather Pomfrey's released you"

"YES!" was Caitlin's enthusiastic reply

"Well in which case, I think it's time for lunch!" and the two girls untangled, and walked down for lunch.

That evening, after curfew, Caitlin went under her invisibility cloak and sneaked to her Parent's quarters, intent on talking to her mum.

"Mum" she called at the door "Are you there?"

"Come in Sweetie" she heard from the other side of the door, so she walked in.

She sat down next to her mum on the sofa, who embraced her in a one armed hug. "You alright?" Lily asked "Feeling better now?"

"Much better" was her reply "But that's not why I came to see you"

"You wanted to talk about Hermione didn't you" It was not a question, but Caitlin couldn't help but nod "You're worried about asking her out tomorrow aren't you" Again Caitlin nodded "That's to be expected, after all you could change your life tomorrow if you're lucky. But really, you should just go with your heart. I'm not saying I'm an expert at this, anything but, but I think that if your heart says go ask her, then do so. Ok?"

Caitlin sat there in silence for a few minutes, before nodding slowly. "Thanks Mum, that really helped" she said quietly before she covered herself in the cloak, and left.

The following day, being Saturday, meant that everyone got up later than usual. So it was almost 10 o'clock before Caitlin made her way down to breakfast

"Good morning sleepy" Hermione said, as she pushed over a coffee to the drowsy teenager "Sleep well?"

"Well enough, why didn't you wake me?"

"You kicked me when I tried, so I left you"

"Oh I'm sorry, did I hurt?" Caitlin was truly worried

"No, I'm fine, you aren't a good aim when you're sleepy"

The two chatted about this and that over their breakfast, and soon enough it was time for them to leave, hinted at by the rapid vanishing of the food and plates. So, the pair got up and, at Caitlin's suggestion, went for a walk around the lake.

As they walked around the lake, Caitlin felt an uneasy feeling building up in her stomach due to her nervousness. Eventually they stopped for a rest at the far end of the lake, when Caitlin finally brought up the courage to ask her.

"Hermione" she started "For the last few weeks, since the holidays actually, my feelings for you have, changed so that I now think of you as, well... more than just a friend. So, Hermione" She looked at her straight in the eye "Will you go out with me?"

As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she felt a huge weight off of her back, but that feeling left her unprepared for the loud "Of course!" from Hermione, as well as the shock from hitting the ground by her hug.

"I have to say Caitlin" Hermione said "I was hoping you would ask me out soon, I'm too shy to do so, but my feelings for you have changed since the holidays as well. I guess the tales of the princess falling for the brave knight are true then"

Caitlin giggled, but added "However, I think my princess is forgetting one crucial part of this story"

Hermione blushed, but locked eyes with her girlfriend, and kissed her.

Caitlin was in heaven as the pair experienced their first kiss together, and was disappointed that it would end so soon. As they pulled away, they blushed, before they pulled themselves towards each other to kiss the afternoon away

That evening, at dinner, Lily nudged her husband in the side. He looked up, and Lily did a small nod towards her daughter. James looked over, and saw the new couple eating quietly, with both of them taking sneaky glances at each other when they weren't looking.

James looked back at Lily with an inquisitive look on his face, to which Lily simply nodded. James understood: he now owed her 10 galleons.

As soon as the meal was over, James went to his office and flooed Sirius

"Hey Prongs!" Padfoot greeted him

"Hey paddy, I've got some news"

"Got together at last eh?"

"You got it"

"Your little girl's growing up Prongsie"

James frowned "Too soon"

"Cheer up, how about a trip to the Hogs Head?"

"Sounds good, see you in ten" and with that, he retreated from the fireplace.

Back in their dorms, Caitlin and Hermione broke from their goodnight kiss, before turning to get ready for bed, which they did with considerable amount of peeking from both parties, before they went to the bathroom. After brushing their teeth, they went to their beds. As they were climbeing in however, Hermione had a thought.

"Caitlin" she said "As we're, you know, going out, would you like to..." she trailed off, but she patted the space next to her suggestively.

"You sure?" was Caitlin's reply

"Of course!" and Caitlin scooted over and snuggled in next to her girlfriend

"Comfy?" Hermione asked. Caitlin nodded, before Hermione wrapped her arm around her stomach, and they fell asleep together.

That was harder to write than expected, and I'm not happy with it at all, but there you are. It's also quite short, but I can't think of anything else to write.

Also, to the anonymous reviewer, I was thinking of something along those lines, but you must remember that Caitlin is a metamorphmagus.

Any reviews are welcome, and I'll eventually write again, not sure when though

Chao!

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