Are We There Yet?

Part The Ninth:

"Dammit!"

Sirius, Remus, and Harry looked up from their chess game when they heard Hermione shriek from the bathroom.

"Everything okay in there?" Sirius asked, grinning to the others. Hermione's head popped out of the lavatory, her face blotched with utter rage.

"Does this look okay?" she spat, pulling the towel off of the top of her head, revealing a scalp-full of sea-green, wildly bushy hair. Remus, Sirius, and Harry gasped.

"What the hell happened?" Remus asked, hesitantly. Hermione plopped down on the bed where her three friends were sitting. She heaved a giant sigh and put her head in her hands.

"I was trying to die my hair blonde."

"Why?" Sirius asked, curiously, quite enjoying the image of a blonde Hermione. She looked at him.

"Because. Moody said I should change my appearance for this mission. So I was trying to. And now my hair is green. That's like the worst color ever."

"Green's a lovely color, 'Mione." Harry said kindly, patting her back lightly. Hermione glared at him.

"No. No it isn't."

"Sure it is, love." Sirius said, putting a hand on her knee. "There's lots of great things in the world that happen to be green."

"Yeah? Like what?" she asked coldly. The three men looked at each other. Harry glanced nervously at Hermione.

"Uh, trees are green. People love trees." he said slowly. Hermione seemed to ponder this. Sirius nodded over-enthusiastically.

"Yeah! Trees! And key lime pie. No one doesn't like key lime pie." he agreed. Hermione looked at Remus expectantly.

"Well, there's always asparagus." he offered. Hermione, a sad look on her face.

"Oh my goodness." she said, shaking her head, and walking back into the bathroom, slamming the door. Sirius looked at his friend scathingly.

"Really, Moony? Asparagus? Out of all of the green things in the world, you had to say asparagus? No one likes asparagus!"

"I like asparagus!" Remus said, defensively. Harry rolled his eyes.

"Remus, you should learn to be more tactful." he said, nodding. Remus gaped at his two comrades.

"Wha-fine. Should I go apologize? he asked, shrugging. Sirius grinned.

"Yes. What are you going to say?"

"'Hermione, I'm sorry that I compared your new hair to asparagus.'?" Harry asked, imitating his ex-professor. Sirius laughed at the distressed look on Remus' face.

"Don't worry, mate. Just apologize, and everything'll be fine."

"But...she has such a bad temper." Remus mumbled. Harry rolled his eyes.

"Her hair's just turned green. Wouldn't you be in a bad temper?"

"Fine." Remus said, dragging himself off of the bed. Right when he was about to open the bathroom door, Hermione stepped out, her green hair flowing down her back. She smiled wryly at the werewolf.

"Don't even apologize." she said, kissing his cheek. He looked pleased with himself. Harry fingered a lock of her new hair thoughtfully.

"You're okay with green hair?" he asked. Hermione sighed.

"No. But I can't really do anything about it. It's the muggle stuff, and it said you had to wait a certain amount of time before dying over it, or taking the color out."

"Well, quite personally, it's growing on me." Sirius said, winking at her. She grinned.

"That means so much." she said sarcastically. He stuck his tongue out at her. Remus watched the two with a twinkle in his eye. He looked over at Harry, who looked like he was about to vomit.

"So, Harry, did you sleep well last night?" Remus asked casually.

"Yeah...why?" he answered, suspicious. Remus smirked, and nodded over towards Hermione and Sirius.

"Oh, no reason. I just kept hearing things that go bump in the night." he said. Hermione looked at him, horrified, her face scarlet. Sirius on the other hand, looked at his lover with smoldering passion.

"Sorry, mates. couldn't resist her." he said. Hermione glared at him.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Sirius. Or you, Remus."

"What?" Sirius asked, laughing at her unbelievingly.

"We heard you two, Hermione." Remus added. Hermione simply shook her head.

"No."

"You're denying it?" Sirius asked, hurt. Harry frowned.

"Come on, 'Mione. Everyone already knows that you and Sirius tend to wind up having sex." he said, disgusted. Hermione looked at her feet.

"It it that obvious?" she asked quietly.

"Yes!" Harry and Remus chorused.

"We hear you!" Moony said.

"We see you." Harry mumbled.

"Heard us?" Hermione asked. Remus smirked at Sirius.

"Well, when one hears the words, 'Christ, 'Mione, you're so wet.', and 'Oh, Jesus, Sirius, I need you.', you kind of put two and two together." he said, clearing his throat. Sirius laughed loudly. Hermione looked mortified.

"But-bu-I didn't think we were that loud." she whispered, immediately slapping a hand over her mouth. Harry gasped.

"You know what, guys, I'm going to go throw up a little bit." he announced, fleeing the room. Remus looked at his two remaining friends with a knowing smile.

"I'm going to go see how Harry's holding up, you two." he said, backing out the door. "Have fun." The door slammed. Hermione jumped up.

"I told you you needed to be more quiet!" she spat. Sirius stood up as well.

"Me? You're the one who can't control her moans!"

"I can't help it! It's involuntary." she said prissily. Sirius snorted.

"Alright, but you're louder than me." he assured her. She rolled her eyes.

"And now they think that we're just some pervy, over-sexed couple who can't get enough of each other." she ranted. Sirius looked at her, his mouth wide open. She paused. "What's your problem?"

"You just said couple." he said simply. Now it was her turn to gape. His mouth rose into a pleased grin.

"No-wait...did I?" she asked, playing with the hem on her shirt. He nodded, his smile growing wider and wider.

"Yes. Yes you did." he said, continuing to nod his head. She acted as if she was going to speak, but shut her mouth, thinking.

"Do you...do you want to be a couple?" she asked quietly. Sirius shrugged.

"Only if you do." he said, meeting her eyes. She gulped.

"I mean...how do we know that we could be a couple?" she asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean," she said, taking a deep breath. "What if it's just for the sex? What if we actually don't really like each other outside of the bedroom?"

"Good point." Sirius agreed. They sat there awkwardly, both sneaking looks at the other. Finally Sirius turned to face her.

"You know what? This is ridiculous." he cried. He grabbed her shoulders. "Do you want to be with me?"

"I-yes." she squeaked. He nodded, and promptly kissed her. He pulled back, noting her stunned face.

"Good. Because I think your green hair is extremely sexy, and I need you now."

"So I don't look like a piece of asparagus?" she asked, smirking. Sirius laughed.

"Best looking piece of asparagus I've ever seen."

A/N: Well, Kay has gotten a bad grade. My retarded teachers and their stupidity. So, technically, I'm grounded. But that can't stop me from sneaking onto the computer to put a chapter on. Just for you, my dear readers.

Chapter back story time! My good friend, (i.e. Marcie) naturally has really bright red hair, which she recently dyed this extremely gorgeous brown-ish color. Marcie has tried out for the part of Alice in our local playhouse's production of Alice In Wonderland. For the part, she got this el-cheap-o temporary blonde hair color that lasts for like two weeks tops. So, I was at her house helping her color it, and...it turned green. Long story short, she didn't get the part because of her new hair, and she is really mad. Hah. Hah. Never purchase hair product from Great Clips.

Anyways, I also mentioned asparagus, because...it came with my steak at a restaurant and I tried it and it was disgusting.

So, thanks for the reviews! And the alerts! I love you guys! and thanks for waiting patiently waiting for me to pick up writing. You can blame my mother for my lag.

KAY(:

P.S. Hey, guys, is it getting too long? How many more chapters should I go? I was thinking one more, to make it an even 10. Let me know in a review (hint hint) if you want more chapters! I'll write for as long as you guys want me too! (: