Hermione managed to delay the moment she would tell all them until after dinner, since the four of them had the day full of classes and she didn't want to talk about it in such a public place as the Great Hall. When she walked through Joan of Arc's portrait she let out a sigh and sat on one of the armchairs, dropping her bag besides her on the ground. She was quite tired but really excited to see her friends' reactions to what she was about to tell.
"Wait for me! I have to check the common room…" Ginny said to Hermione from the entrance, kissing Harry after. She apparently decided to enter the common room through Fat Lady's access. The other two entered the room smiling knowingly and got comfortable. A few minutes later, a flushed Ginny came into the room by the Gryffindor's access. "Ok. I'm here." She said taking the empty seat next to Harry.
Hermione begun describing Saturday night as the most perfect of her life. She carefully told every bit of the night to them, glad they didn't interrupt her but giving her the reactions she actually expected from them. Well, from Ginny to be honest. As she was telling the night, her mind traveled back to then and she had a smile on her face the whole time. It was almost difficult to speak.
"Then I kissed her." She said as if it was the end of the story. Ginny and Luna squealed and Harry beamed at her.
"You seriously asked her if you are her mate before kissing her?" Ginny asked in an amused tone.
"For the lack of reaction from you, you already knew that…" The three of them nodded. "I guess I'll accept that you didn't say anything because it's quite personal…"
"I only got to know after you went to you date. Harry told me." Ginny said raising her hand as if she was trying to defend herself.
"I actually knew from the beginning…" Luna smiled.
"I actually had a brother talk with her…" Harry said blushing a little.
"WHAT?" She shouted making him flinch.
"In his defense, I believe it was better than when the twins cornered him after the last battle…" Ginny said. All of them went silence for a moment, remembering it. "Ok, you kissed her. Then what?" She asked excitedly, making the other two giggle and Hermione hide her face in her hands. "Ooooooh! That hot? I always had faith in her!" She drew a fist upwards. Harry looked at her with a raised brow. "Not always. But you know what I meant."
Hermione added the detail of seeing Fleur's veela eyes and went silent.
"Hey, it's not over! What about yesterday?" Ginny giggled her eyebrows.
Sighing, Hermione resumed telling the rest of the story. This time Ginny interrupted her to complain about not being able to eat Fleur's cooking. Blushing when she got to the part she fell asleep in Fleur's arms, she heard 'awns' from the girls. Harry stayed silent the whole time, simply smiling. When she finished retelling her day, she smiled and let go a happy sigh.
"So, that next date…" Harry trailed off, smiling and knowing his friend must already have a plan. Ginny nudged him. "Hey, if I didn't ask you would!"
"That's true…" The redhead smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
"I'll probably ask her again by Friday…"
"You won't talk to her before?" Ginny sounded dazzled.
"I don't want to bother her… She is working."
"Oh, my fucking merlin! Are you serious? She just told you about the mate thing…"
"That doesn't change the fact she is working."
Their bickering made Harry and Luna laugh. "She might be using the same excuse, though…" Harry said lowly so only Ginny was able to hear. The ginger laughed, making Hermione give her a questioning look. Ginny repeated what the boy had said, chuckling. The brunette blushed.
"It's true. It's not an excuse!" She stated, annoyed.
"If you say so…" Harry said, smiling at her.
With that, Luna decided to go. Biding everyone farewell, she exited the living room, but not before she congratulated Hermione. Following her lead, the other three retrieved to their rooms.
Hermione spent the week quite occupied but trying to find a motive to get in touch with Fleur. Multiple times she caught herself zooning out and thinking about the veela and Ginny teased her numerous moments as well as soon as she gazed an empty wall for a long time. "Thinking about your girlfriend?" She would ask her every time and she always answered saying they weren't. The first time she mentally added a 'yet' to the phrase, her eyes went wide and she blushed. It was Thursday night and she had been caught staring at quite a few walls by Ginny.
"What?" The redhead said, worriedly.
"Nothing…" She answered shakily. They were having dinner with Harry and Luna at the great hall. When he heard Hermione's answer, he watched her carefully. The boy had heard that bickering so many times during the week, he had begun to ignore them as soon as he heard Ginny ask her about the girlfriend thing. He smiled and chuckled, making the redhead turn to him.
"She just realized she wants to be her girlfriend." He stated knowingly. At that the ginger bounced on her seat, smiling. "I was wondering when she would figure that out…" Hermione looked at him shocked. "What? I do know you very well…"
"Right…" She trailed off, in deep though.
Should she ask her? Hermione unconsciously smiled at the thought of being able to call Fleur her girlfriend. That sight didn't make Ginny ease her teasing on her.
Friday right after lunch McGonagall strolled to them as they talked excitedly.
"Good afternoon, to you all." She said, smiling slightly. They greeted her and waited for her to say what she intended to. "I need you," she signed to Harry and Hermione, "in my office tomorrow. We have some important matters to discuss." Seeing the worried look on their faces and how Ginny turned to say something to her, she added: "It's a good thing. And yes, miss Weasley, you may come. Miss Lovegood too if she wants to." With that she exited the great hall.
"Any idea of what she might want?" Harry asked Hermione, who simply shook her head.
"I can only guess it's not urgent. Or she would have asked us to go today…"
"I don't know. She knows you have a meeting with your girlfriend today…" Ginny said, smirking.
Hermione ignored the teasing, too focused on what the professor had said. "Yes, but she could ask us to move the meeting to Saturday…" Ginny laughed, making the brunette snap from her train of thoughts.
"You didn't deny the girlfriend part." Hermione rolled her eyes and got up, annoyed.
They got to class, their most dreaded class. Seriously, such a boring class should never be the last one of the last day of the week. History of Magic was a subject that even Hermione hoped didn't exist. And apparently, she wouldn't be able to pay attention to it this year as it was just before the meeting with Fleur. The class was dismissed and they headed to the common room, more calmly this time. Harry, Ginny and Luna followed Hermione so they could greet Fleur and then head to dinner.
"Will you stay here of go to Fleur's?" Ginny asked as soon as they reached the portrait, not really knowing their plan.
"Probably we'll stay here. By the way, Lun and Harry, I'm sorry to ask you that, but our reports have to include the Manor…" She shot an apologetic look to Luna. "By now we have practically everything until the Manor. I think that we will go through that in two weeks if not earlier." Harry and Luna nodded, part of the joy the blonde usually emanated faded as she thought about that time. A silence fell in the room, none really knowing what to say. They were that way when Fleur's face appeared in the fireplace. Noticing their faces, she hurried into the room.
"Are you ok?" She asked right away. They nodded.
"I remembered I had to ask them to write the reports about the Malfoys…" Hermione said quietly. Ginny got up from where she was after kissing Harry's cheek and making sure he was fine and greeted the newcomer warmly.
"Thank you for worrying…" was the only thing she managed to say while hugging a very surprised Fleur.
"Ce n'est rien." (you are welcome.)
Hermione took a deep breath and shook her head to get rid of the bad memories. Then she noticed that Fleur had her eyes trained on her, trying to know if she was really okay. She gave her a small smile, trying to reassure her. In one fluid movement, Fleur got closer and hugged her, placing a kiss on her forehead. She felt herself relax and truly smile. She heard a chuckle from where Ginny was and glared at her.
"Before we all get the Granger Glare, let's go." Harry had enough time to recover from the memories and Luna seemed to be in a better mood too.
"Zee Granger Glare?"
"The one she is giving Harry." Luna answered, smiling. "And me, now…"
"And there goes my plan…" Harry sighted.
"You are late for dinner." Hermione said without looking at the time.
"We aren't. We still have twenty minutes before it starts." Ginny said, looking at the clock, with a smile. She noticed Hermione and Fleur were yet to pull back, the brunette leaning on the blonde's shoulder. "Let's get going. So they can greet each other properly, apparently they are shy." With that, Hermione looked into Fleur's eyes as if asking for her permission and kissed her. She heard a wolf whistle as soon as she leaned to kiss the blonde. "I knew it'd work!" Ginny trusted a fist in the air.
"Yeah, yeah. Now let's go. They still have to work." Harry said, smiling.
Hermione heard their movement and heard them geting out of the room. She didn't see anything, being focused on Fleur's eyes while they waved between blue and yellow. She smiled after taking notice they were alone, she didn't need to give Ginny more material to tease her.
"Hi." She said, the smile not leaving her face.
"'ello" Fleur smiled at her and placed a soft kiss on her lips. "Are you really okay? We don't really 'ave to work today eef you aren't…"
"Yes, it's just bad memories." Hermione looked at her thankfully and kissed her softly. "Thanks for the hug… It really helped…"
"You looked really distressed, I just did zee first zing zat came into my mind." Fleur said, earning yet other kiss. They heard their stomachs grumble and chuckled.
"We should eat." The brunette called Dobby and asked him to bring some food form them.
After eating, they sat by the table and resumed the work they were doing the previous Friday. A few moments into it, they moved to one of the couches so they could be more comfortable and resumed their reading. The first to yawn was Fleur. Seeing it, Hermione placed the report she was reading on the table next to them and looked at Fleur.
"Want to call it a night?" She asked. Fleur nodded, putting down the paper she was reading. "I'm sorry, I didn't even ask you how was your week…" Hermione said in a small voice.
"No problem. It was quite dull. We only 'ad paperwork and Tonks assumed the trainees zis week." Hermione nodded and snuggled closer to the blonde, hugging her and getting comfortable.
"I was going to ask you if you want to go out tomorrow, but apparently, the headmistress has something to discuss with us so I'll probably be occupied all afternoon. So, next week?" Hermione smiled.
"Oui. Where to?"
"Uhm, I was thinking Hogsmeade as you probably haven't seen it recently and neither have I." She placed a kiss on Fleur's cheek.
"Eet would be great." This time it was Hermione's time to yawn. "I should go."
After organizing everything, they kissed goodbye and the brunette stared at the flames until they vanished. As on cue, Ginny strolled into the room, Harry right after her.
"Ah, she's gone…"
"Yep." Hermione said tiredly.
"Well, good night." Ginny said, walking towards the stairs. "Heart eyes." She added as she reached its bottom. Harry followed her suit while Hermione rolled her eyes and the followed them.
The next day made Hermione worried sick. She knew they were supposed to meet the headmistress after lunch and that, according to her, it wasn't a bad thing. She decided that it was better for her own sanity to occupy her mind with something else, therefore she was now sitting by her favorite table on the library studying, obviously. That was something she was proud of herself, being able to focus on her studies and keep most of her worries from her mind. Well, her main worries actually made her study harder as soon as she noticed they would always be put in danger. The boys were always reckless and indeed she saved their lives many times. She realized she had been starring at the same page of her transfiguration book for a while and quickly shook her head so she could focus again on her reading. About an hour later the bell chimed and it was lunch time. As on cue an also worried-looking Harry strolled into the library. He had been practicing quidditch with Ginny to keep his mind off the meeting.
"Hey," He said quietly when he reached her. She raised her hand, gesturing for him to wait. As soon as she finished reading the paragraph she looked away from the book.
"Hi! Lunch?" He simply nodded. "Aren't you going to take a shower first?"
"Did it already. Gin told me to come fletch you or you would get late." He smiled and she rolled her eyes, but both knew it was true. She organized her papers and books quickly and placed everything on her bag.
"Let's go."
Luna and Ginny met them at the entrance of the great hall, both looking curious and worried. When they sat on their usual spot to eat, the headmistress went to talk to them.
"Take your time, as soon as you finish, go to my office. I'll be waiting." She smiled at them.
They exchanged worried looks as they started eating. About half an hour later they were seen walking towards the headmistress tower, rather anxious. As soon as they got to gargoyle, Ginny quickly said the password and they were heading up. Hesitantly stopping at the door, Hermione knocked and they heard McGonagall's voice telling them to get in.
"Please take a seat. I'll explain the reason I requested you to be here and then we can discuss what to do." They nodded silently as the four of them sat in front of her and waited for her to begin.
"For once they are not here because of something wrong nor life threatening." Snape's voice sounded from the wall, and Dumbledore's chuckling could be heard after. The four of them looked at both paintings surprised and McGonagall starred at the first, annoyed.
"Well, I have received a great number of requests and questions about the extracurricular activities. One of the most requested is the Dumbledore's Army to be allowed back into action." She smiled at them as they gasped. "I understand that three years ago the DA was founded so you could truly learn Defense Against Dark Arts since Dolores Umbridge and the ministry denied you that. It has come to my knowledge that some of the students that were listed to be on it, have developed greatly on that subject. Knowing that, I'd like to ask you if you are interested." She explained, when she saw Hermione and Harry exchange looks she added: "It's your organization. You founded it. Obviously, we will need at least one graduate to assist you, but that person doesn't have to be a teacher."
"That's awesome!" Ginny squealed.
"Gin, I'm not so sure. We are on our last year here." Harry said, quietly.
"And we have the N.E.W.T.s…"
"I know you two have been missing some action! And we are actively studying while we are at the DA!" Ginny stated excitedly.
"When you put it that way…" Hermione nodded and looked to Harry as he thought about the matter. "It's actually your decision…"
"Yeah, I think we could manage that." He smiled at the three others. "But I want to suggest you three to be teachers too." He smiled and the three girls nodded, knowing he wanted to acknowledge their achievements during the war.
"Great! Now we have some things to discuss. As to who would assist you…" McGonagall began.
"Could it be Fleur?" Harry interrupted her.
"If she has the time, yes. I had a feeling you would mention her name." The Headmistress smiled at Harry and then at Hermione, who instantly blushed.
They continued discussing for about two hours. They left the office and headed to the Gryffindor common room.
"We should celebrate." Harry stated, happily, as they reached the painting.
"I didn't know you missed the DA so badly, Harry…" Hermione said.
"Not that. Do you even know what day is today?" Ginny said, knowing what Harry had in mind.
"Not really…" Hermione said, trying to remember what they could possibly be celebrating.
"That's golden! The brains of the G.T. can't remember her own birthday!" Ginny teased as they entered the Gryffindor common room, leaving Hermione shocked. How could she forget her own birthday?
"We actually have it planned. Go change, we meet here in half an hour. We're heading to Hogsmeade." Harry smiled at her. Obviously, he noticed she didn't realize her birthday was so close.
A/N: Hey! Sorry, I had no time to upload it yesterday…
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