Viktor bounced slightly on the balls of his feet as he looked around the pumpkin patch. He had been waiting for a few minutes. He wondered momentarily if she had gotten lost. He shook his head knowing that was impossible seeing as it was her school. He frowned when a more realistic thought popped into his head. He wondered if maybe she had decided not to come. His eyes darted around and looked with desperation. He didn't know what he would do if she didn't show. He wouldn't give up that was for sure, he would send her thousands of roses if that's what it took to win her heart. He smiled when he saw something off in the distance.

"She came…" he whispered.

Hermione tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as she moved down the hill easily. She knew if it had been her first time trying to do it she would have tripped. She was truly grateful that she Harry and Ron had spent so many afternoons going down the hill to see their dear friend. Hermione smiled as she looked forward her eyes searching for the Bulgarian who had asked her out. Her eyes moved quickly, she couldn't see him. A dreadful thought entered her mind as she wondered if he maybe had chose not to come.

"Her-my-nanee." She looked up as she reached the bottom of the hill to see Viktor moving towards her a big smile on his face while something very unfriendly was clutched in his hand. "You came." He said moving his Firebolt to his other hand.

"As did you." Hermione said with a small smile. Viktor looked the girl up and down for a moment. She was wearing a v neck pink sweater low rider jeans, and a olive green velvet coat that went down to her knees. Her long hair was no longer in the usual messy bun but lay out around her in soft waves.

She looks Beautiful…

"I wasn't so sure you would…" Hermione said.

"I would never leaf such pretty girl standing by self." He said with a smile before putting his broom out. It hovered in the air as if supported by some invisible force. He climbed on with a smile and put his hand out. "Ready?" when her hand never came he looked to her. Hermione was looking at the broom with a strange look. "Is not okay?"

"I uh…" she looked up at Viktor whose warm eyes stared at her with worry. "Well…" how was she going to tell one of the biggest Quidditch stars in the world (according to everyone) that she was afraid of flying. "No… No nothing is wrong…" she said trying to push her fears aside. She went to get on only to have Viktor get off.

"Somefing is wrong." He said knowingly.

"No no..." she said looking at the still hovering broom.

"Tell me what is wrong." He said.

"Nothing really." She was still staring at the broom. It was one of the oddest expressions he had ever seen. He looked from his Firebolt to Hermione and back to the Firebolt.

"You can't fly?" he asked. She looked up at him quickly.

"No no I can fly." She said. "Just not well… Brooms and me really don't get along."

"Brooms get along with everyone; it is people who don't get along with brooms." He said. "At least this is what my grandfather once said."

"I'd venture to say he's right." Hermione said with a small smile.

"Will you not fly?" he asked.

"No I'll fly… Just promise not to drop me."

"I never would." Viktor said moving his hand out in front of him to emphasize. "And I promise to keep low to ground as well."

"Alright…" Hermione said moving forward with him. Viktor climbed onto the broom and made room in front for her to sit. Hermione blushed to see how close she would have to sit to Viktor to be able to fit on the broom. She got on a small distance being placed between herself and Viktor. She felt him wrap an arm around her waist bringing her closer to his body. Viktor smiled when he heard her give a small gasp and shiver against him.

"We haf to get closer for broom to go…" Viktor said. It was a lie but he needed a reason to hold her close. "Besides you don't vant to fall off."

"No no I really don't." she said with a small smile as he pulled her closer and slowly raised up into the air. She closed her eyes as she felt them move further and further up into the air. When she opened her eyes she gasped to see they were flying over the water of the lake. She gasped as her eyes shut tighter. Viktor sped up slightly feeling Hermione start to shake against him. He didn't want to scare her on their first date, he didn't want to scare her period.

"We'll take short cut."

"Please do…" she said her eyes shut closed.

"We are almost there." He said resting his head on her shoulder as his body moved forward to make the broom go ever so faster. Hermione felt his cheek against hers and blushed heavily. She didn't know why she was having such a reaction; the man was just making the broom go faster. Her mind snapped, the broom was going faster. The smallest of whimpers escaped her, heights she could deal with but when speed was thrown into the mix it was a deadly combination in her mind. "It's okay… We're almost there." He said softly. His low voice immediately put her at ease as she relaxed into his body and closed her eyes to enjoy the rest of the ride. After a few minutes she felt the broom come to a slow halt and opened her eyes to see they were in a clearing of sorts where a small pound was located. Viktor got off the broom first and then lifted Hermione up off it and placed her onto her feet. "Was bad?" he asked.

"No no, after I got used to it, it was much better." She said with a small blush. "The ride back will be better. I promise." She said highly embarrassed of her fear. "So uhm… Where are we exactly?"

"I spotted this while flying a day ago, thought it would be perfect for us." He said. "I haf fun time planned." He said. Hermione watched Viktor walk over to one of the many trees surrounding the area. He pulled out a basket and carried it over to them. "But before fun, I noticed that you didn't eat tonight so I brought desert for us. Is okay?"

"Very much." She said with a smile. He pulled out small cloth and placed it on the ground. He pointed his wand at it, it extended into a huge blanket. Viktor smiled as they both sat down on it. Hermione curled her legs underneath her as she placed her hands in her lap. Viktor pulled out a few different dishes and placed them out.

"I did not know what you like, so I brought you one of everything."

"That was very sweet of you." Hermione said. "Hmm…" she looked around at the different dishes. "What looks good to you?"

"I had bit of pudding it is good but jiggles." He said scrunching his nose at the plate. Hermione laughed softly as she looked to the dessert.

"To be honest I'm not a pudding person." She said. "Every time I go to take a bite and it moves I think its living and suddenly I feel guilty about eating pudding." He laughed.

"This is what I think too!" he said. "So no pudding what of chocolate cake every girl likes chocolate cake."

"It is tempting…" Hermione said. "Let's have that." He smiled as he un wrapped the dish and placed it between them. He handed Hermione a fork and waited.

"You first want to make sure it's not poisoned." He said chuckling.

"Very funny." She said as she took a small bite.

"Is good?"

"Amazing." she said with a small heavenly smile. Viktor took a bite and smiled.

"Is best." He said pointing to it.

"The best cake ever? I don't think so you clearly have never had the pleasure of eating one of mine." She said.

"You cook?" he asked.

"I love to cook." She said with a smile. "but pastries are my thing…" she said. "Inherited the skills from my grandmother she was a very successful Baker."

"Really?" he asked.

"Mhm she had a Bakery called Hazels cakes." She said with a proud look.

"Had? It is not open anymore?" he asked.

"Oh no it closed soon after she died." She said. "When I was about nine right before I left for Hogwarts actually." She said thinking about it.

"Your grandmother is dead how old was she?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"She was sixty." She said. His eyes grew wide.

"My grandmother is nearing one hundred and twelve." He said.

"Remember my grandmother was a muggle… They don't live as long." he nodded.

"I forget these things am very sorry." He said instantly feeling embarrassed not only about forgetting she was muggle born but also brining up her grandmothers death. "I should haf not brought up."

"Oh hey no worries." she said. "It was a very long time ago. So tell me about your parents what are they like?"

"They are proud people." He said with a small smile. "My mother is sweet woman I love her very much is important person in my life."

"What does she do?" she asked.

"She used to be a potion creator." He said. "Retired when my older brother was born to be mother."

"That's really something to be admired." She said making him look to her. "What about your father, what does he do?"

"Spell inventor for ministry, though he doesn't have to work we are from…" he searched for word. "Old money?"

"Ah I know how that goes." She said nodding with a smile.

"You do?"

"Well it isn't old old money, but my grandfather invented some sort of cosmetic formula that made him a lot of money, and continues to do so."

"Interesting work he made makeup?" he asked.

"Well no actually… He was just a scientist who stumbled upon a formula that made makeup water resistant." She said shrugging. "He never let the money go to his head though he continued to work until he retired at 75."

"What about your mother and father do they work or do they live off the money?" he asked very interested.

"Oh No they work."

"What do they do exactly?"

"Both my parents are dentists." She said with a bright smile. He could instantly tell she was very proud of the work they did.

"I'm… Unfamiliar with this word dendist..." He said. "What does this mean?"

"Oh they uhm…" she looked up in thought. "How to explain… Well they tend to peoples teeth." She said.

"Teeth?" he asked.

"Yes like if someone has a cavity instead of taking a tonic like you and I would they would go see my parents who wou extract the decaying tooth and put a metal or gold piece in instead…" he smiled.

"I understand now. I have to ask, Is that dangerous job?"

"Well a few kids have bit my dad." She said with a small laugh Viktor laughed along with her. He could only imagine a child grabbing at some ones hand and biting it.

"Mother works though as well? She doesn't stay home to take care of children?" he asked.

"Oh no, there's only me so you know there's no need, and she never did anyways." She said.

"You are only child?" he asked.

"Yes. Just me…" she said looking down at the cake before glancing at him. "What about you?" she asked.

"I have five brothers me being sixth." He said with a smile.

"Five brothers that's a big family." She said with a laugh. "Merlin that's a big family.

"Not so big in wizarding world." He said with a smile. "You are friends with veasley you know how it is."

"True very true." She said with a nod. "You can imagine me being an only child it seems very big…"

"No I understand." He said.

"It's strange. Even though I spend more of my time in the magical world then the muggle one I still forget so many things about it… It's a little embarrassing in fact…"

"No do not be embarrassed. It is hard for one to forget…" he searched for a word. "Roots." She smiled.

"Yeah I guess it is…" she said with a soft smile as they finished the cake.

"Ready for fun?" he asked.

"Well I already was having fun." She said making him smile.

"Get ready for much more." he said getting up and walking over to the lake. Hermione watched as he dipped his wand into the water and muttered something under his breath. Instantly the pond turned from moving water to solid ice. He then rushed back with a big smile on his face as he reached into the basket and pulled out two pairs of skates.

"We aren't." she said with a bright smile.

"We are." He said.

"This is… This is so great." She said with a laugh as she took her pair and slipped them on.

"Do they fit?" he asked.

"Very snuggly." She said with a smile.

"Good I guessed right size." He said. "If not I could haf just made them smaller or bigger but wanted to be right." He said as he laced his up and stood. Hermione did as well as they waddled over to the edge of the now frozen lake. "It is a little dark…" he said as he took out his wand.

"Oh I don't know the moon is pretty bright out."

"I don't want you to not be able to see and end up falling…" he said as he waved his wand. Bright lights zoomed out of the wand and scattered over the like. They were the tiniest of lights but glowed brilliantly over the ice causing everything to be lit up in a dim glow. Hermione smiled softly as she felt Viktor squeeze her hand and pull her out on the ice. "It's nice night." He said as they moved around slowly in a circle to test out the ice.

"It's a perfect night." She said smiling at him.

"You are a very good skater her-my-na-nee." He instantly wanted to kick himself once again he had failed to state her name. he looked to her to see she was smiling.

"Well I should be after all those lessons." She said.

"You skate all the time?" he asked glad she wasn't upset he had messed up her name.

"I used to." She said. "Want to see a trick?" she asked.

"Very much so." She smiled, her hand moving out from his as she started to skate backwards around the ice. He watched as she slowly bent down and jumped up into the air twirling tightly in a circle before landing on one foot with her arms spread wide like a bird.

"Tah da!" she said in a sing song voice before skating towards him.

"Dah! Very Amazing!" he clapped as she reached him.

"Didn't know I still had that one in me." She said with a small laugh.

"You are Beautiful skater." He said.

"Well thank you you're not so bad yourself."

"Well thank you my lady." He said before bowing while taking her hand in his. "Will you do me the honor of a dance?"

"Of course." She curtsied easily on the ice. Viktor knew if it had been any one else they would have just fallen. They moved around easily together, Viktor even twirling her at some points. "You know I never got a chance to congratulate you." She said.

"On what?" he asked.

"Becoming your schools champion." She said with a soft expression.

"I thought you would be mad."

"Mad? Why would I be mad?" she asked.

"Well when you saw me in the goblet of fire chambers and witnessed me putting in name you gave two looks… First being of anger I think."

"Not anger Viktor…"

"Then what?" he inquired. She looked thoughtful for a moment before sighing softly.

"Worry…" He slowly nodded.

"I misread look… Maybe I misread other one." He said looking down at her with a soft smile.

"What did you think you saw in the other one?"

"Invatuation?" he asked making her laugh.

"Oh I'm sorry." She said covering her mouth with a blush.

"You do not like me Her-My-nanee?" He said feigning hurt from her sudden laugh.

"No no, I like you very much Viktor." She said with a smile. "Your choice of word was funny."

"Why is funny?"

"Well infatuation to me means a fleeting feeling towards someone. It's strong and intense but it only last for a little while. My feelings towards you are in no way fleeting."

"You mean to say you like me?" he asked trying to suppress a loud cry of victory.

"I have admitted no such thing… Besides the night is young." She said with a small laugh as she broke from his grasp and moved backwards. He smiled as he moved forward slowly.

"How can I make you mine?" he asked.

"You want me to be yours?" She asked her eyes dancing mischievously.

"I have admitted no such things. Night is young." She laughed at his use of her own words. "But if I wished for you to be mine, how would this happen?"

"Well I hear that if you want a girl, you have to catch her." she said her eyes dancing with mischief.

"Catch? I am good at catching things." He said.

"No you're a seeker, you seek, catchers catch… Do you have any catchers that go to your school?" she asked being playful. Viktor smiled with a small chuckle.

"Seekers catch the snitch." He said.

"But I am no snitch sir." She said making him laugh again.

"I could catch you still." He said moving towards her only to see she moved back a small smile playing her lips.

"Could you now? What makes you so sure?"

"I am fastest seeker in world." He said with a proud look.

"But what if I don't want a fast man?" she asked.

"I vould go slow for you…" he said.

"But then you might not catch me."

"I would eventually." He said with a smile. Hermione placed her hands behind her back and twirled in a small circle before looking to him with a bright smile.

"Prove it."

"Alright then." He said with a chuckle and with one quick movement he was racing towards her. Hermione laughed loudly before jumping slightly and speeding off around the pond.

She looked over her shoulder to see he was hot on her heels a laugh of his own being heard. She turned to look where she was going and heard a loud pop only to see a second later Viktor had his arms out right in front of her. She tried to stop quickly only to have herself fall forward at an alarming speed. Viktor smiled as she crashed into him and he fell back onto the soft sand like ground of the shore. Hermione slowly opened her eyes to see Viktor smiling underneath her like a fool.

"Caught you." She smiled before laughing lightly.

"You could have been killed." She said.

"You were not going so fast." He said.

"Hey I was flying." She said.

"No I fly you skate little circles around pond." He said chuckling.

"Is this what you call charming?" she asked with another laugh.

"It is." He said as they sat up.

"Well it's not working not even a bit." She said as she tried to move away only to have Viktors hands move around her waist and secure her in his lap.

"Are you sure?" he asked as his fingers moved through her hair slowly.

"Not so sure now…" she said softly. Viktor leaned his forehead against hers before mustering all the courage he possessed.

"You are beautiful Hermione…" he said softly. Hermione blushed deeply as he moved forward and brushed his lips against hers. It had been one of the softest most powerful sensations she had ever experienced. Hermione opened her eyes, not remembering when they had exactly closed to stare into the dark eyes of a smiling Viktor.

"You…" she took a breath to steady herself. "You said my name." he laughed softly.

"I kiss you and you're more impressed with fact I said name."

"No it's just… It sounded wonderful…" he smiled before kissing her once more. When he pulled away he leaned his forehead against hers.

"Her-my-knee." They both chuckled. "Maybe vwas onetime thing." He said laughing. "I vill work at It." she smiled up at him while he pushed a strand of curly hair behind her ear. "I'm glad you said yes to tonight."

"I am too, it's been… Magical." He smiled.

"I hope you vill come out with me again? Maybe Saturday night?"

"Saturday night?" she looked up in thought to see if she had anything to do other then homework."That's… Perfect." She said.

"Same meeting time same meeting place?" he asked.

"That's good with me. Though you know I don't know how you're going to top this date because it was pretty amazing."

"I'm glad you enjoyed It." he said. "I worked very hard for you to have fun time." He said as he slowly got up and pulled her to her feet.

"How long do we have until we have to head back?" she asked.

"Mmm… Twenty minutes." He said looking down at his pocket watch. He saw her smile fade slightly and chuckled. "You are very cute when pouting." He said. "Makes me want to kiss you."

"Well by all means." She said with a blush. Viktor bent his head down and captured her lips once more. As he kissed her he noticed something, out of the other women he had been with no kisses had ever been quite like this. Whenever their lips met he could feel a small spark erupt between them sending a shiver through his whole body. She smiled against his lips as she pulled back and took his hands in hers. "Will you skate with me one last time?" she asked.

"This vill not be last time; whenever you want to go we go." He said with a smile.

"Be careful I may hold you to that." She said as she pulled him out onto the ice. He smiled as they moved side by side together, talking about this and that until a small chime rang in his coat pocket.

"It's not time already is it?" Hermione said.

"Indeed it is." He said. She frowned as they made it to the shore line and waddled across the ground to the blanket. Hermione slowly began taking the skates off and replacing them with her old shoes while Viktor did the same and got everything packed up. When he was done he shrunk the basket to a small size and placed it in his coat pocket. Hermione smiled as Viktor pulled her onto her feet.

"Oh…" she fell forward and into his arms. "Sorry my legs seem to think I'm still in skates." He laughed.

"Mine too." He said. Hermione jumped around a bit and shook out her legs before smiling at Viktor. "You ready?" he asked.

"Mmm not really but I suppose we have to go." He smiled as he bent down and picked up his fire bolt and put it out in front of him, once more it levitated easily. He climbed on and looked to Hermione who didn't look as afraid as she did before, but still had the strange expression as she looked to it.

"I have idea, will keep you very safe." he said as she approached him.

"Alright what's the plan?" his arm swooped down and wrapped around her waist before easily picked her up and setting her in his lap.

"This is safer?" she asked seeing how both her legs were hanging off one side.

"It is." He leaned forward and placed his hands onto the broom. "You cannot fall off either side because my arms are here and you can hold onto my coat to keep balance, is easy and safe."

"Alright… I trust you…" she said softly. He didn't know why but he felt great warmth fill him from those words.

"Alright we go now…" he said as they rose up into the air. He instantly felt her hands tighten on his lapel as she buried her head into his chest. He didn't so much mind the closeness or how she felt pressed against him but he didn't like how afraid she was. "I vill not let you fall…." He said softly as he kissed the top of her head. "I swear." Hermione smiled to herself before slowly opening her eyes to see the beautiful view they had of the Hogwarts grounds.

"Thank you for the wonderful night Viktor…" Hermione whispered.

"It was my deepest pleasure…"

"Can we go a little higher?" he looked down at her to see her eyes were bright as she stared out at the scenery around them.

"Of course…" he said smiling as he felt her ease back into him with comfort. Viktor took the longest way he could to the front doors of the castle before finally landing.

"I don't think I so much mind flying now…" Hermione said as he walked her up to the front gates. "Will you take me up again?"

"It would be honorful to do so." He said bowing as he took her hand and kissed it.

"Thank you again for the amazing date."

"It was no… Troubles." He said. "We haf even better one Saturday." She smiled.

"Well..." she looked around quickly before standing on her tip toes and giving him a quick kiss. "Good night Viktor…" she said softly a deep blush adorning her cheeks before heading off into the castle. Viktor smiled as he touched his lips with his fingers.

"Good night… Hermione…"