A/N.- Phew! I finally managed to write that scene with Ron and Hermione (you will know what I'm talking about when you read), I just didn't know how to do that one, but I finally managed it. Here it is: Chapter 10, enjoy it.
Disclaimer: The only thing I own is the plot K?
Chapter 10.- Mistaken Sensations
Their dance lessons carried on; becoming sort of a game since that time they danced alone.
When Harry went to turn in the day before, he had pinned to the notice board the lyrics of a song and a note, which read.
"Hi, 'Mione.
I really enjoyed dancing with you in private, and would like to do it again, but I have a little challenge for you:
Here are the lyrics to a song, one of the few songs I listen to when we are not at Hogwarts, your task is find out what song is it, and take it to dance class.
In case you haven't found out how to take it, simply use Inanimatus Conjurus to conjure a music disc with that song (remember the phonogram uses LPs).
Harry"
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Hermione was coming down the stairs to the common room after her little get-even with Harry and her eyes flew to the notice board.
"OK, this is weird, there's usually nothing posted there" She thought and went to check the notice, just to find out Harry's note and lyrics pinned to the cork board. She read the note, frowning, but when she started reading the lyrics…she smiled, that was an easy one; she loved that song as well, and recognized it immediately. She slipped both, note and song to her pocket, and went darting to the library.
At the lesson time, she arrived 10 minutes before Harry, and conjured the LP with that night's song. The lesson passed, the two stayed longer and Hermione pointed her wand at the phonograph, which started playing the music: this time it was Iris, by Goo Goo Dolls.
"Wow, you got it right, should've expected nothing less from you, baby" Harry said, partly amused, partly proud.
"How wouldn't I, it is another old favorite of mine" She replied smiling
They said nothing more, danced the whole song, and at the end, Hermione this time, placed a soft kiss on Harry's lips.
Ginny Weasley happened to walk that corridor at that time, and when she heard music coming out of a class, and opened the door a little bit, just in time to see Hermione kiss Harry, HER Harry.
"Damn it, if it weren't for Ron, I'd kill her…" She cursed under her breath and left fuming to the Gryffindor common room, where she found Ron.
"Ronald Weasley, come here right now" She commanded, and Ron got up puzzled and went to where his younger sister was.
"What is it this time Ginny?"
"We have to administer the potion to them ASAP"
"Why?"
She told him about her discovery.
"Shit, shit, shit, SHIT! Mine still needs one more day" He said, cursing at the potion.
"I don't care; I'll give mine to Harry tomorrow."
"No Ginny, remember the plan: both at the same time, to avoid trouble"
"Damn, you're right. OK, then it will be the day after tomorrow…" Ginny gave in.
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Two more days passed, and two more songs they danced. Every dance lesson (or what came after it) became more and more perfect for both of them, since they had nailed the two new songs, one posted by Hermione, the other one by Harry. When they were leaving that last time, Ginny greeted them as if there had happened nothing between them and the Weasleys.
"Hey there guys" She greeted smiling.
"Uuhhh…hi?" Harry asked, surprised by Ginny's behavior.
"Hey, I come in peace. I brought a box for each of you from mum" She said, giving them the ones labeled with their names. "OK, see you" She said and left, with a huge smirk that would've given Malfoy a run for his money.
"Umm…D'you think it's safe to open those?" Hermione asked with a questioning look
"Dunno, but if they're from Mrs. Weasley, I guess they're innocuous" Harry replied.
"Yeah, well, but we dunno if they ARE from Mrs. Weasley"
Harry opened his box and found a note from Mrs. Weasley inside. He read it… "Hmmm…these seem to be from Mrs. Weasley alright"
"Ok, I guess we can eat them." Hermione said "But I'm not hungry though"
"No, neither am I" Harry agreed "I guess we can try them later, or tomorrow perhaps."
"Yeah, let's go back to the tower for a while, what d'you say?" She asked smiling.
(A/N.-I forgot to say…this class was around midday, gomen. Well, now you know)
"Yeah, I like the idea, c'mon"
They got to their little shelter (well not so little, since only two people use it they get to have a lot of space).
When they got there, Harry simply sat on the couch, and Hermione, without waiting for an invitation sat close to him, resting her head on his shoulder, letting Harry breath wafts of her scent, which mixed with the scent from the mistletoe…mistletoe…all of a sudden something hit Harry's mind.
"'Mione?"
"Hmm"
"Have you ever related the sweet scent of the mistletoe with something?"
"umm…at first I only related it to that crazy need to snog you, but…I dunno, I just perceive it more and more often, and it just…dunno, it's kind of weird, it makes me feel things I didn't feel before"
"Yeah, same here, well sort of…dunno…aaaah this shit confuses me a lot"
"Only when something confuses you huh?" She said standing up.
"Y-yeah, why?"
"Sorry, you know where I'm going"
"No need to think it for longer than a half second" Harry said teasingly.
"OK, see you later Harry."
Harry was left alone, thinking deeply about many things, which confused him even more, so he just decided to take a nap.
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When he woke up, he was a bit hungry, but lunchtime had already passed by, so he thought of asking Kreacher (remember he owns him) or Dobby (who seems to serve him out of own will) to bring him something, but then he saw Hermione's box, which contained chocolates, but some were missing. He remembered his own chocolate (most probably) box, so he went back to his bedroom, took the package, opened it, and started eating.
"OK, I'm starting to feel funny…bloody mistletoe…wait…not the mistletoe, 'Mione is not with me…and why do I call her that? And where's Ginny?…since when do I think about her like that?…who cares?...I'm going to look for her…she's the only one I want to be with right now…" He got up, went out of the tower and straight to Gryffindor tower where Ginny was, or at least that was what the Marauders' Map told him.
He went to the portrait of the Fat Lady who asked him the password, he gave it (since he was Head Boy he knew all of the four common room passwords). And surely, when he saw the common room, he saw her; her flaming red her and perfect figure were unmistakable.
He sneaked up behind her and covered her eyes with his hands. "Guess who?"
"Umm…Ron?" She asked; even when she knew the answer "Good, so he ate the chocolates" She smiled.
"Wrong"
"Dean?"
"Wrong again" He said smiling
"Harry?"
"Finally" He said, uncovering her eyes.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" She asked, not ceasing to smile. (How could she stop? Her plan had worked)
"Umm…well…If you really want to know…" Harry said, pretending shyness "I came here looking for you"
"Why?" She asked, pretending to be surprised
"I wanted to be with you" He said, kissing her in the cheek.
"Oh, Harry, stop…I thought you were dating Hermione"
"Hermione? Why would I? I don't love her" He said, but the little voice inside him was screaming "You don't love Ginny! You love Hermione!" But Harry wouldn't listen to it; the love potion was blocking it.
"Hey, why don't we go somewhere more…private?" Ginny asked, taking Harry by the hand.
"Sure" Harry responded, leading the way to the Room of Requirement.
Once inside, Harry locked the door, and headed to the opposite side of the room, where Ginny was waiting for him.
When he approached her, she closed all of the distance between them, and they started snogging heavily, with just some brakes to take in some air, before continuing, at some point, Ginny's hands reached for the buttons on Harry's shirt, and took it off. Harry did the same with her blouse and then just placed his hands on her hips. Ginny's hand looked for the button on Harry's jeans, but something made Harry snap out of it. He just got hold of Ginny's hand. She broke apart.
"What's wrong Harry?"
"Umm…don't you think we're taking this pretty fast?"
"Why do you say that? We've known each other for years, and it's not the first time I get to be your girlfriend."
"I know that, but, I dunno, I have a weird feeling, it tells me to stop before it's late."
"Come on, Harry, ignore it" She said
"I can't…it's just too strong"
"OK…I understand…sorry"
"Don't worry Ginny, perhaps sometime else" Harry said, sadly.
"Come on, let's go back to the common room" Ginny took his hand.
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That was what happened when Harry ate his box of chocolates…let's see what happened to Hermione when she ate hers.
She had been researching on potions books, since that new information had given her a small hint…if only she could remember what potion had those effects…at least she was sure it was a potion alright…
She had been working for some time now, and was hungry by now. She checked her wristwatch, it was lunchtime.
She decided to keep her research for sometime else, and headed towards the Great Hall. There she found almost no one, since she got there a bit late. She started eating, but when she was about to grab some dessert, it all vanished.
"Damn it" She cursed. She wanted to eat something sweet "Wait a minute…whatever Mrs. Weasley sent ought to be sweet, right?" She said to herself, getting up and heading towards the Head tower.
She got there, and found Harry sleeping in his bedroom. She smiled, kissed him and left for her own bedroom.
She quickly found the box and unwrapped. It was a box of chocolates. "Perfect, just what I wanted" She said and started eating…and feeling strange.
"Shit…maybe there IS something in these things…I should tell Harry…no he is sleeping…and why him? Why not Ron…Ron? Since when…doesn't matter…I'll just go see him, it's been long since I have properly spoken to him…"
She got up and went straight to the Gryffindor common room, expecting to see Ron there…but he wasn't. "Hmm…that's weird…maybe Ginny knows where he is"
"Hi Ginny!" She greeted
"Oh…hi Hermione" The other girl returned.
"Umm…Have you seen Ron?"
"Sure, he was here 'bout five minutes ago, I think he went to the grounds"
"Oh, thanks Ginny"
"See ya" The girl said smiling.
As soon as Hermione was gone, the fake smile turned into a real, malevolent one. "OK, now that the security is down, let's rob the bank" She said.
Hermione left the room and went to the Grounds, taking shortcuts her nighttime patrols had taught her (Deep inside she knew it had been Harry, but the potion was making her almost forget he existed) hoping she would come around him faster. "Why the hurry?" Her little inside voice asked.
"I need to find Ron"
"Why is that?"
"Dunno, I just want to be with him"
"Are you absolutely sure?"
"Yup"
Her inner voice tried to make her come to her senses, but the potion was really powerful.
Soon she found the red-haired boy sitting under the beech tree. She smiled and walked towards him.
"Hey Ron, why so lonely?"
"What? Oh…Hi Hermione" He said, coming out of his trance "It's nothing"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, of course" He said managing a smile.
"You know, you're not that good at lying, come on"
"It's nothing really"
"OK, don't tell me if you don't want to" She gave in "But at least come with me" She said, standing up and offering her hand.
He took it smiling "Good, it worked" and started walking with her, not letting go of her hand.
They headed for the Gryffindor Tower, but in midway Hermione hastily changed course.
"Hermione, where are we going?"
"sshh, you'll know soon" She said smiling
Her inner voice was screaming now "WAKE THE FUCK UP HERMIONE JANE GRANGER! THIS IS A PLOT OF THE WEASLEYS, YOU LOVE HARRY POTTER…that bloody mistletoe would be useful right now, if it is what I suspect"
Unfortunately, that mistletoe was floating above a guy who was waking up about now in the Head tower.
They arrived at a mirror that supposedly contained a blocked passage inside, she opened it with a flick of her wand, and oh surprise: the room was not blocked.
"Good, just as I expected it…it's just too spacious"
"Hmm…why did you want to come here?"
"Just so we could be alone…I guess there's only another person in this school who knows about this passage"
"Harry?"
"Well, I dunno" Hermione said, again manipulated by the potion. "But Remus does"
"WHAT?!"
"Don't worry I doubt he will come around, he thinks it's caved in"
"B-but Hermione! What if we get caught by him?!"
"Don't you ever shut up?"
"Well, I do but…"
Hermione sighed and silenced him with a kiss. He just shut up and responded the kiss.
They kept snogging there, until Hermione just started feeling like she was doing something wrong, that she should be doing that with someone else. She suddenly broke apart, with a guilty look on her face.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Ron asked concerned
"Umm…it's nothing…I just feel there's something wrong"
"What is it? You don't love me or what?"
"No…I do, but…"
"NO YOU DON'T!" The inner voice yelled "YOU LOVE HARRY!"
Hermione apparently wasn't hearing her inner voice.
"But what? Is this a bad moment or what's wrong?"
"I dunno, I guess there's something wrong with me or something, but sheesh, I'm such a partycrasher…"
"Hey, it's OK, you don't have to do this, and I won't force you"
"Thanks Ron, I really appreciate it" She said, with a grateful smile."
"It's the least I can do if I'm forcing you to love me" Ron thought, but said nothing. He just hugged her and let her go wherever she wanted to.
A/N.- Yup, that's it, liked it? didn't like it? Review and let me know...If you don't I'll make the Weasleys win (Evil grin). So, umm...hey, I just uploaded the prologue of a story that happened to come across my mind, please read it, It's called "Memories of a Lost Life", please read and review, the fate of that story depends on your comments. See ya then! Ibris out.