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Chapter 10

The next two weeks at Hogwarts were pretty uneventful; unless you count Prof. Snape taking as many house points from Gryffindor as he possibly could eventful. Before they knew it was the night before the quidditch team tryouts. Harry and Ron sat discussing quidditch strategy and tactics. Hermione was sitting at a table with Ginny helping her with her Muggle Studies homework.

"You see Ginny," Hermione told her, "muggles don't have the floo network and they obviously can't apperate or use portkeys, when they travel over long distances that they wouldn't be able to drive they fly by airplane."

"I just don't understand how the plane can stay up in the air with out magic." Ginny said, her brow creased in frustration.

"It's because they're going at such a high speed and the air currents help to keep it in the air." Hermione explained.

"Oh, I think I understand it now. Thanks for the help 'Mione. Now I can finish this essay." Ginny replied. She set to work on her essay and Hermione headed over to where Harry and Ron were.

"I'm telling you mate, tomorrow at the tryout you know that Malfoy is going to stop at nothing to try and beat you. He'll probably just follow along behind you. If you just pull a Wronski Feint, and make him crash you're sure to make the team." Hermione heard Ron telling Harry.

"Ron, I'm not going to purposely try to take Malfoy out no matter how dirty he plays. I haven't let him get the snitch before me yet and I don't plan on starting now." Harry told him.

"Ron, I found a charm that will block out the Slytherins if they try to distract you with that awful song. All you have to do is say 'quietus foes' and tap yourself on both ears with your wand before you start. You'll still be able to hear the other players and Madam Hooch." Hermione told Ron. He had been worried because when Malfoy and his cronies got wind of the fact that Ron planned to try out for keeper they had started singing 'Weasley is Our King'.

"Thanks so much Hermione. That should help me a lot." Ron said gratefully. "Well I'll see you guys later, I have just enough time to meet Luna in the Library before curfew to study."

"So that's what you call it. I talked to Luna in Herbology today and she said you two were going to the Astronomy Tower to have a quick snog." Ginny told her brother, smirking. Ron turned red and started mumbling about not wanting to be late as he headed out the door. Harry, Hermione and Ginny cracked up at his obvious discomfort.

"I think you're getting as good as Fred and George in finding ways to embarrass him." Hermione told the other girl.

"Well they did teach me all they knew in exchange for me picking up where they left off." Ginny said. She had the same evil look in her eyes that the twins got when they were planning a prank. This worried Harry a little, who wanted Ron to be able to try out for the team the next day. Ginny left to go get some "studying" done with Dean.

"What do you say we get our own study time in? I've been so busy practicing with Ron that we haven't had much time for just us." Harry said.

"That is something that I have missed. I mean sure we sat together in classes and things but it's not the same as just being able to curl up next to you while I read a book like I got to do this summer. Why don't we go up to your dorm that way we can be alone?" Hermione asked.

Harry was a little surprised at Hermione's request. Although it wasn't against the rules having a person of the opposite sex into the dorm rooms was frowned upon. Prof. McGonagall might let it slide when Hermione would go wake up he or Ron when they over slept, she might not be as lenient if she caught them. He noticed Hermione couldn't quite look him in the eyes when she had asked, and he thought that was a little strange.

Harry shook those thoughts from his head as he grabbed Hermione's hand and led her up the stairs to the sixth-year boys' dorm. They sat down on Harry's bed and he noticed that she was looking a little nervous about something.

"What the matter 'Mione. You have the same look on your face you had when you were about to be sorted first-year." Harry asked her.

"Nothing, I'm just worried that Prof. McGonagall will catch us." Hermione replied. She closed the curtains around Harry's bed and cast a 'do-not-disturb' charm as well as a silencing spell. She looked over at Harry and saw a puzzled look on his face.

"I don't want any interruptions." She answered his questioning look. She then leaned over and pressed her lips to his. At first it was the lightest brush of lips but Hermione pressed her lips more firmly against his and started to bit at his bottom lip. Harry opened his mouth in surprise and Hermione deepened the kiss.

Harry was surprised by Hermione's actions. Usually it was he who was the more aggressive person but now Hermione was kissing him like there was no tomorrow. Harry rested his hands on the small of Hermione's back and was sending shivers up and down her spine when he raise her shirt just enough to come into contact with her bare skin.

Hermione had one hand playing with Harry's hair the other she placed on Harry's chest. She pushed him back until Harry lay with his head propped up on his pillow with Hermione settled firmly on top. After a few minutes Hermione could feel that Harry was really starting to enjoy this. She reached down and gently rubbed Harry growing erection through his pants. Harry hissed in pleasure and Hermione added a little more pressure.

When Harry grabbed her hand Hermione sat up and looked at him in confusion. "I thought you were enjoying that. Was I doing something wrong?" Hermione asked worried.

"No you weren't doing anything wrong. I was enjoying it, maybe a little too much. I was just a little surprised." Harry said. "I just don't want to go to fast and do something you might regret later."

"Actually, I've been seriously thinking about this ever since Mrs. Weasley caught us this summer." Hermione told him, her cheeks slightly pink. "I think I ready to go this far."

She leaned down and pulled his jumper over his head, soon to be followed by his tie and button down shirt. She gazed down at his bare chest and saw that while he wasn't really muscular, he had clearly defined abs and a firm chest from years of quidditch.

Harry groaned she trailed kissed down his jaw, his neck and to his chest. She traced the lines of his abs down to the top of his pants. She stopped and reached to undo the button of his pants when he stopped her.

"Are you really sure you want to do this?" he asked. 'Merlin, please say no.' Harry thought to himself. Instead of answering she started to draw his zipper down and slide his pants down over his hips. Harry lifted his legs slightly so that she could slide his pants down and drop them on the floor next to his bed.

(Missing scene- goes to smoky fade away like an old movie.)

Harry was lying with his arms around Hermione while tracing lazy circles on her hip with his finger tips. "I love you, Hermione. I wish we could lie like this forever." Harry said.

"Me too, I wish I could just sleep here tonight." Hermione mumbled into his chest.

"You could if you wanted. All you would have to do is use the cloak. Just go change and come back after everyone's in bed." Harry told her half joking.

"Maybe I will." Hermione said playing along.

"Well, if that's the case, the cloak is in my trunk under my Weasley sweaters." Harry replied.

Hermione sat up and got a serious look on her face. "Before I go back to my dorm, we need to do a contraceptive charm," she told him. She reached down and grabbed their wands and handed Harry his.

"Good thing you thought of that, since that completely slipped my mind. I want to have a family one day but I don't want to start it when I'm a sixth-year. How do you know what the charm is?" Harry asked.

"You don't think that spell for Ron was the only one that I looked up do you?" she replied.

"So you mean you've been planning this for a while?" he said.

"I looked it up a week ago and was just waiting for a day when all your dorm mates were off somewhere else so we could be alone." Hermione told him, smirking. "All you have to touch the tip of your wand to my lower stomach and say 'contraceptus'."

Harry cast the charm and when Hermione felt a tingling sensation in her abdomen she knew he had cast it right. She then sat up and cast a cleansing charm on first Harry then herself. While it didn't make up for a shower, it did make Hermione presentable enough to be able to walk back down to the Common Room and to her dorm with out everyone being suspicious.

Hermione gathered up her clothes and started dressing. She had to hurry since the other boys could be coming up to bed any minute. With one last parting kiss she left to go back to her dorm. She passed Ron on her way down and he smirked when he saw the mark on her neck. "Hermione you might want to check in the mirror when you get back to your room." He said cryptically. She was about to ask him what he had meant by that but he was already up the stairs.

(Hermione's POV)

Hermione walked up the stairs to her dorm with a huge smile on her face. Sleeping with Harry was even better than she had imagined it would be, although it did hurt at first. When she entered her dorm room she walked over to the mirror to see what it was that Ron was talking about. 'Oh no,' she thought when she saw the hickey on her neck. 'How am I going to cover this up when I don't know any make-up charms?'

At that moment Parvati and Lavender decided to grace her with their presence. They saw the hickey on Hermione's neck a gasped in surprise.

"Hermione Granger, is that a hickey on your neck?" Lavender asked as though she couldn't believe it.

"Don't mind her Hermione, she just surprised. If you want I can show you a charm to cover that up." Parvati said kindly. Although Hermione hadn't been all that close with her dorm-mates before, this year she was becoming closer to them. When they found out she was dating Harry they had gone out of their way to try to make friends with her. They thought that since Hermione was dating someone that meant that she was starting to become interested in some of the same things they were.

"That would be great. Thanks Parvati." Hermione said. Parvati showed her the simple incantation. It was almost like the disillusionment charm but instead of affecting the whole body it only affects a small part. "Well, I'm just going to go grab a shower. Good night."

"Night, Hermione." They both said.

Once Hermione had finished her shower she checked down in the common room to see if everyone had headed up to bed. While Harry was trying to find his tie Hermione had snuck his cloak out of his trunk. Seeing that the coast was clear she put the cloak on and tiptoed up to the sixth-year boys' dorm.

She slowly eased the door open so that it would make any noise. When she entered she saw that all the boys were asleep. 'Harry was right, Ron does snore terribly' she thought and was forced to stifle her giggles. She crept over to Harry bed and climbed in beside him. She put her hand over Harry mouth when he startled awake so that he wouldn't wake the others. Once she had closed the curtains and cast a silencing charm she removed her hand.

"What are you doing in here?" Harry asked.

"Well you did saw I could sleep in here. Unless you'd rather that I went back to my dorm." Hermione said innocently.

"No you can stay; I'm just surprised you took me seriously." he replied.

"Well, we should get to sleep; you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow. Good Night, Harry. I love you." Hermione said as she snuggled up to him.

"I love you too, 'Mione." Harry mumbled as they drifted off to sleep.

A/n Ok this is the last update until I get some reviews. I didn't get any reviews for chapter 9. If people just aren't interest I will stop updating. If you want me to keep writing then send me a review and tell me. Sorry this chapter is kind of short compared to the others. I've been really busy getting ready for college, but I wanted to get this chapter posted.