Chapter 28
Viktor rubbed the tears of mirth from his eyes and waited a moment so that Hermione could calm herself down.
"Hermione, please tell me what is bothering you... I want too help but I can't fix something I don't know about." He asked softly, closing in on her one ear.
Hermione shuddered and shook her head in the negative and Viktor felt a little down himself. He could not bear to see the woman he loved in pain and he never realized how easy it was to spot. He nuzzled her neck for a brief moment before lifting his eyes to meet her own.
"Please Hermione, we are supposed to help each other threw this... I need you to tell me what is wrong. I can't be happy until you are free of this sadness." Viktor responded, rather poetically.
She felt tears well in her eyes and pushed her head against his chest once again but she did it this time to hide her tears from him and to pull some of his emotional strength from him. "Oh Viktor it is so silly. I just feel so useless... Everyone has a job or a reason to be here, to fight but I don't have anything, I am not special. Even when I try to help someone I do a terrible job and when I try to prove my worth I only do something that any of the other order members could have done. I am nothing in the grand picture and it makes me feel so small... I want to BE somebody and DO something important..." She answered, her speech muffled by his large chest. "And now every time something doesn't go the way I want I freak out. I get all emotional and... UGH! I am such a bother. I'm sorry..." She ended lamely.
Viktor felt his heart twist when he realized how much she actually believed her own statement. "No Hermione Jane Granger don't you ever say that again. Do you understand me? You are more important than most here and you are the most important to me. Hermione you are our glue. You keep us together and prepare us for the things to come. You are the most powerful witch I have ever met and you are the most overall amazing one I know I will ever meet. So don't you get all pitiful and sorry for yourself when you have no reason to. I love you and you know that but you also know that since I do, I would not tell you blatant lies so when I say your important I really, really mean it."
Hermione felt more tears rush down her face but they were tears of happiness and joy. Not many people ever assured her and even fewer would go as far as to treat her like one of the most important people on the planet. She felt small giggles grow in her tummy and they were soon falling from her lips. Viktor lifted her face to meet his and raised an eyebrow questionably at her. "Vhat?" He asked. "Nothing Viktor it's just that... How did I ever end up with prince charming?" She said sweetly before giving him a small kiss on the lips. "Prince Charming?" "Oh you wouldn't know about him would you? Well that is something we will have to remedy isn't it?" Hermione said with a twinkle in her eye. That twinkle informed Viktor that it was probably a book or in a book and he nodded eagerly, glad that she had a lightened mood.
"Are you naked?" Came the voice of Fred Weasley who had his eyes screwed shut.
"Yessssss!" Hermione sing-songed playfully. George ran to the door and peered eagerly into the library before slumping his shoulders sadly. "You lied..." He said in a childish voice before stomping off. Hermione laughed along with Viktor until their sides hurt and Fred informed them that if they did not get a move on lunch would be eaten before they arrived.
"Mizz Granger, if you would be so kind as to accompany me to the dinning room?" Viktor asked in a prim and proper voice. He jumped up and bowed before giving her his arm.
"Just like Prince Charming..." Was Hermione's only reply as she let him lead her to lunch.
Hermione had been right in assuming that everyone would know about the steamy little book session and by the looks they were getting from the dinner table she was also pretty sure that the story had been twisted from the steamy snog it really was.
"Hey Hermione how is the research going?" Ginny hushed to her when she passed, giving Hermione an all knowing look and winking before she set a large cauldron of soup on the table.
"Uhhh, fine I was just trying to find some low-level defense magic in a couple of the Black family library." Hermione replied, looking slightly confused at Ginny's antics.
"Uh huh, I bet that you got a little practical study in there too? You know the physical kind?" Was Ginny's pretty obvious little remark.
"You talked to Fred and George haven't you?" Hermione asked with a small sigh.
"Who hasn't?" The redhead answered, her clear eyes shining with the Weasley's well known wickedness.
Hermione prayed for patience and hoped for the help of the gods to get threw the day.
"Come on now, lunch is served!" Miss Weasley Hollered at the crowd. Mundungus, Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Bill Weasley had joined them for the day and sat down with the rest of the Weasley's, Hermione, Harry and Viktor. Idle chatter blossomed from different places at the table and Hermione actually thought that perhaps Ginny had been lying to twist her gears and no one but her knew about Viktor and herself having a little 'group session' in the library.
No sooner than she let her guard down did the little twin brats spill their gits in company of the whole table.
"Mum you will not believe what mine own eyes did see just a few moments ago." George said in a conversational tone. "It was quite an interesting little thing..." he added with a grin plastered to his face.
Miss Weasley caught the mischievous grin on her sons face and wondered if she really wanted to know what had happened. "Oh no, what did you blow up this time..." She asked in a deflated voice.
"No, no, no mother you will be utterly shocked to hear that someone did do something naughty but it was not me or Fred." George replied his voice emphasizing the word naughty.
"I don't believe that for a second dears but go on and tell me..." Miss Weasley said like a woman who just heard that her dog piddled on the floor, again.
"Well me and Fred were walking past the library on our way to pick wildflowers for you mum -" Miss Weasley snorted at this. "When we heard the strangest noises coming from the library."
"As you would understand we were genuinely curious and I opened the door." Fred said, his eyes going wide in innocence when his mother flashed him a disbelieving look. "I thought my eyes were going to burn from their sockets and my virgin eyes and ears will never be the same. Fred continued as he hid his face in his arms to look devastated when Hermione knew he was hiding a smirk.
Bill laughed aloud at the virgin statement and received a glare from Molly.
"They were all over each other and half naked. They were panting and speaking in tongues and sweaty and moaning and it was truly odd to see them." George said again acting as if this were another form of idle chatter.
Hermione's head was getting lower and lower and her face was becoming increasingly red.
"For god sake boys who was it?" Tonks asked with impatience.
"Well that is what stunned us we never thought Hermione would ever do something so forbidden in her sacred library." George answered with a staged whisper.
"The Horror Mum I thought I was going to die! Viktor promised me he would never..." Fred wailed piteously.
Fortunately for Viktor no one seemed too had paid attention to the last bit since they were all stuck on the fact that Hermione had been half naked and moaning in the library.
The gasp that went around the room was actually a little bit frightening in its intensity and Viktor felt bad for the tidal wave of commotion this was about to cause.
"Hermione how you could do something like that in the library, were anyone could walk in. You aren't even old enough to participate in such, such activities!" Miss Weasley said raising her voice and scolding her like a small child.
The rest of the room seemed happy to taunt her and make fun. She wanted the floor to open up and swallow her but she knew that it would not. She would just have to deal with this in good spirits and when they saw it made her uncomfortable they would stop.
Unfortunately her discomfort seemed to only make them try harder in their jokes and Viktor was not even there to finally tell them to stop when she wouldn't. He had to leave earlier with a rather angry looking Snape and Dumbledore for some business and Hermione didn't really care why at the moment.
She felt her anger bubble higher at each person's jibes and by the time supper had rolled around she had had quite enough.
"So Hermione I bet some friends that you got off on Hogwarts a history but Bill disagrees he thinks it was something by Gilderoy. Which is it?" Ron asked whilst snickering.
"Ronald Weasley Hermione made a mistake and we do not condone bad behavior nor do we bet upon it while I am within earshot." Miss Weasley yelled from the kitchen.
"Oh shut up the pair of you!" Hermione yelled. She had finally snapped and didn't care what she did anymore. "I was in the goddamn library because I was upset! Though NO one came too see if I was all right except Viktor. HE asked me what was wrong and when I wouldn't tell him he kissed me and made me feel better by telling me I was worth something! After what he had said we started KISSING and yeah there was a lot of tongue and yes we did use our hands a little! I was not having sex in the stupid library and Fred and George blew it way out of proportion! Of course you believed them without asking us and you sit there and pick at me all day for something that never happened! Even if we had had sex there is nothing you can say about it! You are neither my parents nor guardians and I have a right to do whatever the hell I want! SO I would like it if you could all shut the fuck up and leave me alone! I finally found someone who loves me and wants to be around me and all you can do is laugh at me! I don't even want to be here anymore!" Hermione raved and she pushed away her plate turned away from the gaping crowd and stomped of too her room where she began to pack.
The room was oddly still and silent and everyone felt bad for upsetting her. What she had said took a moment to sink in but when they did even Fred and George felt bad for what they had done.
