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Chapter Twenty- eight.
The next day: Hermione's birthday
Hermione..." Lily said softly "Hermione... Wake up..."
Hermione rolled over in bed and yawned, opening her eyes "What time is it?"
"Half past five." Lily said simply, sitting up in bed.
"Half five! Why are we up this early?"
"Sh!" She whispered "Because we are. Now get out of bed and put your dressing gown on. We're going downstairs."
Hermione mumbled something inaudible, swinging her legs out of bed and standing.
Lily smiled and handed her her dressing gown, tugging her down the steps and to the Common Room.
"Ready?" Sirius said to James and Remus, a large box in his arms.
"Ready." rRemus nodded.
"Ready," James yawned "Why did we have to get up this early?"
"Because we did." Sirius said, walking down the stairs.
When downstairs, he carefully placed the box on the table, brushing dust that wasn't there from the top of the holy lid.
"Cake..." He murmured, looking around "Ah-ha!" He said, walking over to a cupboard. He opened it and pulled out a medium-sized parcel. He placed that, too, on the table and pulled back the wrappings to show a chocolate cake with writing on it.
"Lighter." James supplied, handing him a cigarette lighter as he inserted a purple candle in the rich chocolate icing.
"Perfect." He said softly, stepping back and looking at it.
"She's coming..." Remus murmured, seeing a light flick on from the girls' dormitory.
Sirius looked up and took another step back from the table.
Quiet voices were heard from upstairs, as were footsteps.
"I don't understand why we're up so early." Hermione murmured as they walked into the doorway.
"Happy birthday." Lily whispered, grinning, from behind her.
"Oh, my..." she said softly, looking around.
The room had a soft glow, only the candle and some small lamps were alight. There was a purple table-cloth on the table that held the cake, and a small pile of purple presents were just beside it. The large box, however, had gone.
Hermione walked down from the stairs "Wow..." She said quietly.
Lily grinned at the boys, who grinned back.
"We couldn't not celebrate your birthday, could we?" Remus smiled.
Hermione smiled at the boys and then at Lily "You really didn't have to."
"But we did," Lily smiled "Come on then, open your presents." She ushered her towards the sofa and handed her one of the parcels.
"This one's from me." She smiled, sitting beside her as James sat next to her and Remus and Sirius sat on an armchair each.
Hermione carefully pulled back the purple paper. After she had opened it, she beamed. Lily had given her two books- a Muggle fairy tale book and The Tales Of Beedle The Bard.
"Thank you." She smiled, wrapping her arms around her.
"You're welcome." She grinned.
She pulled back and was handed another gift, handed to her from James "From me and Moony." He said.
She opened the present, to be revealed to chocolate, Honeyduke's finest, to be exact.
"Thank you." She smiled at the two of them before putting it to one side with the books.
"And this one's from all of us." Lily smiled, handing her a small parcel.
Hermione eyed it before, pulling apart the wrappings.
Lying in the deep purple paper was a necklace. It was a light chain with a small pendant at the end, containing a purple gemstone.
"Th-Thank you." She said quietly, gazing down at the necklace.
"Here," Sirius said, standing "I'll put it on." He walked over to her and took the necklace from her lap. He walked behind her and brushed her hair to one shoulder; he placed the chain around her neck and fastened it loosely before straightening up.
She put a hand to the back of her neck as Sirius walked away and traced the silver around to her collar-bone "You really didn't have t-"
"No thanking yet, Hermione, you've still got another present." Remus said, smirking.
She looked up as Sirius brought over a large, brown box with a purple bow tied around the top. He carried it over to her and sat on the sofa, where Lily had previously been sitting.
"This one's from me. Happy birthday." He smiled, placing it on her lap.
She looked from him to the box and back again, confused.
"Open it," he urged "It shouldn't bite."
She slowly pulled apart the bow and let it fall to her sides as she opened the flaps of the box.
She gasped.
Sirius grinned.
Inside the box, on a small cushion, lay a small, fluffy-haired kitten, peacefully sleeping, pink nose quivering slightly as her tongue snuck out and moistened it.
"Oh my gosh..." She whispered, looking into the box with adoration.
"Is it ok?" Sirius asked softly, watching her.
"It's... It's amazing..." She murmured.
He beamed at her.
She carefully dipped her hands in and scooped the now awake kitten and onto her lap.
Sirius moved the box and placed it on the floor, allowing the cat to perch on her lap.
She scratched the cat behind the ear as it meowed up at her.
"Thank you." She smiled at Sirius.
"You're welcome," he smiled "Couldn't not celebrate your birthday, could we?"
"You really did have to." She said, as the kitten crawled up her.
He chuckled softly "But I did." 'Because it was you.' He added in his mind
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