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Chapter ten
Harry didn't know how he could have missed these feelings before, he felt like he could burst from happiness right now, that if he didn't have the girl in his arms for all time, he might just die.
Quite a long time later the young lovers pulled apart and fell back on his bed, both were glowing with happiness, they had very red swollen lips, and Hermiones hair was amazing tousled, God knows what I look like thought Harry.
They lay in companiable silence for a while, both thinking only of the other, Hermione felt totally comfortable with him, and totally safe, she knew he'd never let any one hurt her while he was by her side, because he'd rather die, she knew this with an utter certainty, because she felt the same. Except when it came down to it, she hoped that they were never in that situation, he was the stronger and his will would win.
He really could do with some new clothes she thought, a muggle-shopping trip would be a perfect end to this holiday. 'Hey Harry, lets go shopping in muggle London, I want to help you buy new clothes'.
'Yeah right Hermione, I wish, in case you forgot every time I leave these quarters someone watches me, they are all paranoid if I'm even seen to far away from the main entrance, somehow they won't like me going of to Oxford Street!'
'I suppose so', said Hermione reflecting on that problem
'I mean if you want we could just go anyway, escape to Hogsmeade via a passageway, and floo to Kings Cross' Harry joked. 'But do you really fancy ever coming back here if we did that, three more people would want to kill me, Sirius, Remus, and probably Dumbledore too!'
'Shut up you git, of course were not going to run away yet Potter, I'm not quite that dense' she teased in feigned anger, then laughed at the stupid 3 year old look that crossed Harrys face.
'No, we will just have to wait a while, until everyone's looking the other way, perhaps in the new term when the professors have all the other students to worry about, not just us'. Reflected Hermione.
'Erm, Herm, I don't quite get, do you mean we are going to run away, just when no one will notice us gone?'
'Exactly, I'd say that the next Hogsmeade weekend will be perfect, Ron can cover.'
'One slight problem, oh genius' Harry sneered. 'What now Potter'?
'Well unless my overprotective godfather is hanging onto my arm, I won't be allowed anywhere near the castle gates, let alone Hogsmeade'.
'Ok, no probs, he can escort us to Hogsmeade, then we will give him the slip, perhaps we can fawn over each other enough that he might let himself more than 3 metres away from him, then we can disappear'.
'But won't he think weve been kidnapped or something?' Harry said, disbelieving that Hermione would even suggest something this big, they could be expelled.
'That's the clever bit Potter, our best friends will cover our backs, Sirius will see were gone and oh so conviently bump into Ron, who will tell him where we are, I.e. . we just went into the pub, then perhaps Fred and George might send him to honey dukes, and someone else might send him to the post office. So we tell our friends were we are going, and then if we get into any trouble and don't return, they can fess up and Dumbledore will come save us' she finished with a very mischievous grin.
'Poor Sirius' he muttered, thinking of his godfather on a wild goose chase, realising he would realise something was up in a matter of minutes, none of his friends could lie that well, but that the time his friends managed to buy would guarantee him and Hermione a few peaceful hours alone in London. Then he thought of the very reason that shopping in London would be forbidden anyway. Voldemort.
'Herm what do we do if Voldie does show up at M and S'
'Oh, that will be fine Harry, we're not going to M and S, its hopelessly old fashion' she replied seriously, but then cracked a very broad smile at him, and said, 'but seriously Harry, Voldemort will think you are in Hogsmeade, if he shows up anywhere that weekend it will be the three broomsticks'.
'I suppose your right, and whatever I say we are going anyway?' he said with a look of playful exasperation.
'You got it Potter, it took long enough, but you seem to be learning to accept my authority. Of course if you planned to leave school without me I'd kill you, you know that right? You can't put yourself in danger without my permission!' she exclaimed in a strict voice, then burst out laughing again.
'Whatever Herm' said pushing her back on to his pillow and kissing her again, he had never dreamt that she would come up with a plan like this, he was still very unsure about the whole thing. Her argument had been almost flawless except for one thing, they would definitely caught.
In previous years Harry wouldn't of minded so much, but now that Sirius was his guardian, things were different. The only person he'd had to worry about before was Dumbledore, who would be very disappointed, but his godfather was different, he wouldn't only be disappointed, but very deeply hurt by Harry's action, and also angry beyond words, Harry might never see the light of day again.. But then..it might just be worth it, it would make Hermione infinitely happy, he could see that already, oh God what now?'
Hermione pulled away from his grip, 'what's up Harry, something's on your mind, I can tell?'
'That obvious?' he said depressed. She nodded.
'Ok, well I really want to go to London now, I almost want it too much' he started.
'So what's the problem then?' she said, not understanding.
'Sirius' he stated clearly, as if the name shed understanding on the matter, it didn't.
'What about him' Hermione shrugged.
'He'll find out' Harry stated calmly.
'How?'
'Well, he can spot lies a mile off, especially bad ones, he will see straight through Ron and within the hour have tortured Ron enough to make him spill the beans. This will buy us our time in London, yes, but when we get back. well were likely to be in very serious trouble with the school, not to mention the trouble I'll be in with Sirius and Remus. They'll be so hurt.' He finished sadly.
Hermione just looked a little saddened by his words, it was clear that she'd wanted to go. This strengthened his resolve.
'To hell with, I want to go and so do you, we'll do it!'
'Really Harry?' she exclaimed in glee, and at that moment she was like a little girl on Christmas morning. Harry wanted to hold her and never let go, it saddened him a little to realise that it would be a long time until they could enjoy such ordinary pleasures such as shopping trouble free.
'Yes of course darling, anything to make you happy, besides it might be the last chance we get to do something fun, brave, stupid and outlandishly reckless for a long time to come' he finished happily seeing the look in her eyes, he'd win Sirius around somehow.
'Lets go outside for a while, the weathers still nice, perhaps we could go flying' he mused as much to himself as to Hermione.
'Sure, I'll get my shoes, race you to Dumbledores office' she teased.
'Right' he smiled 'You asked for it' with that he lunged at her and started tickling her mercilessly, a lot of laughter could be heard from the headmasters corridor at that moment.
Once outside the pair had had a good time, and stayed out for hours, Harry took Hermione flying, actually on his broomstick together, good job they were both small. Hermione enjoyed this immensely, much better than flying on her own, she felt much safer than usual to clinging on to Harrys waist, he was an expert flier, they would not crash, and he would not let the broom spin out of control.
Back inside, it was reaching 11pm, the two lovers grabbed a quick dinner, kissed each other goodnight, and went into there separate room, to spend the night dreaming of the other.
The next three days went very cosily indeed, lots of laughter, lots of opportune kisses, they even did some work together, Hermione wanted to see if she could turn folks into roses too, of course it turned out that she could. She also insisted on the duel Harry had refused her earlier in the week.
'What's up Potter, you scared' she teased, and Harry retorted, 'yes darling, I'm very scared I might hurt you'.
'Sod off, this is gonna happen, remember what I said the other day about being in charge' she said with amusement, and stepped back for him, 'Right then Potter, when your ready, I believe we bow, you first'.
'Err, no dear we bow together, or else I'd be able to hex you while you were still bowing.'
'Whatever, the spell probably wouldn't work with you saying it anyhow, but as you like', and with this she looked him in the eyes and inclined her head, he very quickly did the same.
Then they both stood staring at each other, she sent an expelliarmus charm at him in an attempt to take his wand, for a second he considered letting her take it, but that wasn't what she wanted, so he deftly blocked it with a small movement of his wand. He decided that the forcio spell wouldn't do too much damage, so shot that, she managed to do a funny sort of half deflection, but some of the spell still hit her, she ended up sat on the floor laughing, but pointed at him saying the jelly legs curse, this time he deflected it with good aim, it hit her and she had to perform the counter curse on herself, Harry took the opportunity to turn her hair red and gold. As she stood up noticing this she pointed a wand at his shoes, they became three feet long and bright red. Then he decided this was really going to far, and he smiled wickedly at her before transfiguring her wand into a single red rose. She was now unarmed, so Harry quickly got his shoes back, and righted her hair, before scooping her up in his arms and kissing her, minding not crush the rose.
'Erm, this isn't over Potter aren't you supposed to completely disable your opponent.'
'That's what I'm doing darling' he said kissing her
'Oh' came the muffled response.
He transfigured her wand back when they broke apart.
'Perhaps it would have been safer not to give me this back Potter' she teased.
'Oh yeah, do I have to disable you again then?' he looked hopeful. She punched him playfully in the ribs, and they both laughed.
Three days before the end of the holidays, Sirius and Remus returned much to Harrys delight.
He found then both in the kitchen early one morning, getting breakfast, both looked well, Harry thought thankfully. Hermione was still in bed, he had woken early and peeked in but she had been fast asleep.
'Sirius' he exclaimed, as Sirius walked over and pulled his godson in to a hug.
'Hi Harry, I missed you, have you had a good time?'
'Sure, it was great while Ron was here, Dumbledore actually let us go outside, and look I'm not dead' he said teasingly.
'Very funny Potter' he drawled
Harry spotted Remus watching them in amusement and said 'Hey Remie, how's it going'.
'Very well thanks Potter, did you enjoy the fresh air?'
'Yes' said Harry puzzled by his question, but smiling nonetheless.
'Good' replied Remus, 'I doubt you'll be getting much more now your overprotective godfathers back'
Harry and Remus were almost on the floor with laughter, Sirius was trying, but rapidly failing to stay straight faced, he managed to say 'Oh, yes hilarious isn't it Potter, or at least it will be when you find out he's right'. Then he joined them in there amusement.
Harry was the first to recover, going very quiet when he remembered the enormous deception he and Hermione were planning. 'What's up Harry?' said Remus noticing the look on his face.
'Nothing for you to be concerned about' he lied calmly, 'Excuse me I have to find Hermione now'.
'Oh yes, your girlfriend Potter' he teased, 'how is she by the way'
'Sod of Remie' he said and walked out, cursing himself for almost giving the game away.
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Chapter ten
Harry didn't know how he could have missed these feelings before, he felt like he could burst from happiness right now, that if he didn't have the girl in his arms for all time, he might just die.
Quite a long time later the young lovers pulled apart and fell back on his bed, both were glowing with happiness, they had very red swollen lips, and Hermiones hair was amazing tousled, God knows what I look like thought Harry.
They lay in companiable silence for a while, both thinking only of the other, Hermione felt totally comfortable with him, and totally safe, she knew he'd never let any one hurt her while he was by her side, because he'd rather die, she knew this with an utter certainty, because she felt the same. Except when it came down to it, she hoped that they were never in that situation, he was the stronger and his will would win.
He really could do with some new clothes she thought, a muggle-shopping trip would be a perfect end to this holiday. 'Hey Harry, lets go shopping in muggle London, I want to help you buy new clothes'.
'Yeah right Hermione, I wish, in case you forgot every time I leave these quarters someone watches me, they are all paranoid if I'm even seen to far away from the main entrance, somehow they won't like me going of to Oxford Street!'
'I suppose so', said Hermione reflecting on that problem
'I mean if you want we could just go anyway, escape to Hogsmeade via a passageway, and floo to Kings Cross' Harry joked. 'But do you really fancy ever coming back here if we did that, three more people would want to kill me, Sirius, Remus, and probably Dumbledore too!'
'Shut up you git, of course were not going to run away yet Potter, I'm not quite that dense' she teased in feigned anger, then laughed at the stupid 3 year old look that crossed Harrys face.
'No, we will just have to wait a while, until everyone's looking the other way, perhaps in the new term when the professors have all the other students to worry about, not just us'. Reflected Hermione.
'Erm, Herm, I don't quite get, do you mean we are going to run away, just when no one will notice us gone?'
'Exactly, I'd say that the next Hogsmeade weekend will be perfect, Ron can cover.'
'One slight problem, oh genius' Harry sneered. 'What now Potter'?
'Well unless my overprotective godfather is hanging onto my arm, I won't be allowed anywhere near the castle gates, let alone Hogsmeade'.
'Ok, no probs, he can escort us to Hogsmeade, then we will give him the slip, perhaps we can fawn over each other enough that he might let himself more than 3 metres away from him, then we can disappear'.
'But won't he think weve been kidnapped or something?' Harry said, disbelieving that Hermione would even suggest something this big, they could be expelled.
'That's the clever bit Potter, our best friends will cover our backs, Sirius will see were gone and oh so conviently bump into Ron, who will tell him where we are, I.e. . we just went into the pub, then perhaps Fred and George might send him to honey dukes, and someone else might send him to the post office. So we tell our friends were we are going, and then if we get into any trouble and don't return, they can fess up and Dumbledore will come save us' she finished with a very mischievous grin.
'Poor Sirius' he muttered, thinking of his godfather on a wild goose chase, realising he would realise something was up in a matter of minutes, none of his friends could lie that well, but that the time his friends managed to buy would guarantee him and Hermione a few peaceful hours alone in London. Then he thought of the very reason that shopping in London would be forbidden anyway. Voldemort.
'Herm what do we do if Voldie does show up at M and S'
'Oh, that will be fine Harry, we're not going to M and S, its hopelessly old fashion' she replied seriously, but then cracked a very broad smile at him, and said, 'but seriously Harry, Voldemort will think you are in Hogsmeade, if he shows up anywhere that weekend it will be the three broomsticks'.
'I suppose your right, and whatever I say we are going anyway?' he said with a look of playful exasperation.
'You got it Potter, it took long enough, but you seem to be learning to accept my authority. Of course if you planned to leave school without me I'd kill you, you know that right? You can't put yourself in danger without my permission!' she exclaimed in a strict voice, then burst out laughing again.
'Whatever Herm' said pushing her back on to his pillow and kissing her again, he had never dreamt that she would come up with a plan like this, he was still very unsure about the whole thing. Her argument had been almost flawless except for one thing, they would definitely caught.
In previous years Harry wouldn't of minded so much, but now that Sirius was his guardian, things were different. The only person he'd had to worry about before was Dumbledore, who would be very disappointed, but his godfather was different, he wouldn't only be disappointed, but very deeply hurt by Harry's action, and also angry beyond words, Harry might never see the light of day again.. But then..it might just be worth it, it would make Hermione infinitely happy, he could see that already, oh God what now?'
Hermione pulled away from his grip, 'what's up Harry, something's on your mind, I can tell?'
'That obvious?' he said depressed. She nodded.
'Ok, well I really want to go to London now, I almost want it too much' he started.
'So what's the problem then?' she said, not understanding.
'Sirius' he stated clearly, as if the name shed understanding on the matter, it didn't.
'What about him' Hermione shrugged.
'He'll find out' Harry stated calmly.
'How?'
'Well, he can spot lies a mile off, especially bad ones, he will see straight through Ron and within the hour have tortured Ron enough to make him spill the beans. This will buy us our time in London, yes, but when we get back. well were likely to be in very serious trouble with the school, not to mention the trouble I'll be in with Sirius and Remus. They'll be so hurt.' He finished sadly.
Hermione just looked a little saddened by his words, it was clear that she'd wanted to go. This strengthened his resolve.
'To hell with, I want to go and so do you, we'll do it!'
'Really Harry?' she exclaimed in glee, and at that moment she was like a little girl on Christmas morning. Harry wanted to hold her and never let go, it saddened him a little to realise that it would be a long time until they could enjoy such ordinary pleasures such as shopping trouble free.
'Yes of course darling, anything to make you happy, besides it might be the last chance we get to do something fun, brave, stupid and outlandishly reckless for a long time to come' he finished happily seeing the look in her eyes, he'd win Sirius around somehow.
'Lets go outside for a while, the weathers still nice, perhaps we could go flying' he mused as much to himself as to Hermione.
'Sure, I'll get my shoes, race you to Dumbledores office' she teased.
'Right' he smiled 'You asked for it' with that he lunged at her and started tickling her mercilessly, a lot of laughter could be heard from the headmasters corridor at that moment.
Once outside the pair had had a good time, and stayed out for hours, Harry took Hermione flying, actually on his broomstick together, good job they were both small. Hermione enjoyed this immensely, much better than flying on her own, she felt much safer than usual to clinging on to Harrys waist, he was an expert flier, they would not crash, and he would not let the broom spin out of control.
Back inside, it was reaching 11pm, the two lovers grabbed a quick dinner, kissed each other goodnight, and went into there separate room, to spend the night dreaming of the other.
The next three days went very cosily indeed, lots of laughter, lots of opportune kisses, they even did some work together, Hermione wanted to see if she could turn folks into roses too, of course it turned out that she could. She also insisted on the duel Harry had refused her earlier in the week.
'What's up Potter, you scared' she teased, and Harry retorted, 'yes darling, I'm very scared I might hurt you'.
'Sod off, this is gonna happen, remember what I said the other day about being in charge' she said with amusement, and stepped back for him, 'Right then Potter, when your ready, I believe we bow, you first'.
'Err, no dear we bow together, or else I'd be able to hex you while you were still bowing.'
'Whatever, the spell probably wouldn't work with you saying it anyhow, but as you like', and with this she looked him in the eyes and inclined her head, he very quickly did the same.
Then they both stood staring at each other, she sent an expelliarmus charm at him in an attempt to take his wand, for a second he considered letting her take it, but that wasn't what she wanted, so he deftly blocked it with a small movement of his wand. He decided that the forcio spell wouldn't do too much damage, so shot that, she managed to do a funny sort of half deflection, but some of the spell still hit her, she ended up sat on the floor laughing, but pointed at him saying the jelly legs curse, this time he deflected it with good aim, it hit her and she had to perform the counter curse on herself, Harry took the opportunity to turn her hair red and gold. As she stood up noticing this she pointed a wand at his shoes, they became three feet long and bright red. Then he decided this was really going to far, and he smiled wickedly at her before transfiguring her wand into a single red rose. She was now unarmed, so Harry quickly got his shoes back, and righted her hair, before scooping her up in his arms and kissing her, minding not crush the rose.
'Erm, this isn't over Potter aren't you supposed to completely disable your opponent.'
'That's what I'm doing darling' he said kissing her
'Oh' came the muffled response.
He transfigured her wand back when they broke apart.
'Perhaps it would have been safer not to give me this back Potter' she teased.
'Oh yeah, do I have to disable you again then?' he looked hopeful. She punched him playfully in the ribs, and they both laughed.
Three days before the end of the holidays, Sirius and Remus returned much to Harrys delight.
He found then both in the kitchen early one morning, getting breakfast, both looked well, Harry thought thankfully. Hermione was still in bed, he had woken early and peeked in but she had been fast asleep.
'Sirius' he exclaimed, as Sirius walked over and pulled his godson in to a hug.
'Hi Harry, I missed you, have you had a good time?'
'Sure, it was great while Ron was here, Dumbledore actually let us go outside, and look I'm not dead' he said teasingly.
'Very funny Potter' he drawled
Harry spotted Remus watching them in amusement and said 'Hey Remie, how's it going'.
'Very well thanks Potter, did you enjoy the fresh air?'
'Yes' said Harry puzzled by his question, but smiling nonetheless.
'Good' replied Remus, 'I doubt you'll be getting much more now your overprotective godfathers back'
Harry and Remus were almost on the floor with laughter, Sirius was trying, but rapidly failing to stay straight faced, he managed to say 'Oh, yes hilarious isn't it Potter, or at least it will be when you find out he's right'. Then he joined them in there amusement.
Harry was the first to recover, going very quiet when he remembered the enormous deception he and Hermione were planning. 'What's up Harry?' said Remus noticing the look on his face.
'Nothing for you to be concerned about' he lied calmly, 'Excuse me I have to find Hermione now'.
'Oh yes, your girlfriend Potter' he teased, 'how is she by the way'
'Sod of Remie' he said and walked out, cursing himself for almost giving the game away.
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