Looking up from the brad I was baking, I smiled softly at the eyes in the window. It was the first time I had smiled in weeks, at least since Draco left me for another woman. But now I was gazing into the beautiful green eyes of her childhood, the ones that should have belonged to a cat, sleek and graceful. She hadn't talked to Harry since the fall of the Dark Lord. Their graduation. It hurt to remember, so painful it was. Ron dying to save me, Cho leaving Harry with one last loving kiss before Voldemort took her, too. Leaving us only with each other. I frowned, only vaguely recollecting the next few hours. Harry had sat with me for hours, and questioning life. I had just begun to understand his thoughts when he left me. After all, if God took your Mother, Father, best friend, and first love from you by the time you were 18, would you see the point in life? Harry showed me how to believe with all my heart that it would all be ok in the end. And now he was here, again.
"Hey, Herms, you going to open the door, or should I stand here all night?" His farmiliar silky voice drifted through the air towards me, and I suddenly couldn't wait another moment. I needed to see his face, and feel his arms around me.
Throwing open the door, a cold burst of air hit me and I gasped. He was drop-dread gorgous. Recovering quickly, I threw my floured arms around him, leaving white rings on his black shirt.
"Oh Harry, I missed you!" I could barely find the words to express it to him. I needed him to complete me, especially with Ron gone. Draco had just been someone to pass the time with. A lust-filled relationship destined to end before any love was kindled. But Harry was the other part of my soul, my missing piece. "Why did you come back, after all this time?"
Harry cocked an eyebrow. "Should I have stayed away? I read in The Daily Prophet that my childhood friend won an award, A Newberry, if I'm not mistaken. I thought I should come and congradulate you, but if you think I should leave..."
He turned and began inching towards the door, knowing he wouldn't make it far.
"Harry, you jerk, come here!" Hermione tugged softly on his sleeve and gazed into his soulful eyes once he had turned back to her. " I missed you too much to have you leave me again." She smiled up at him, and brushed his lips lightly with hers. He tasted of lemon drops and smelled of the sea.
"Hey, Herms, you going to open the door, or should I stand here all night?" His farmiliar silky voice drifted through the air towards me, and I suddenly couldn't wait another moment. I needed to see his face, and feel his arms around me.
Throwing open the door, a cold burst of air hit me and I gasped. He was drop-dread gorgous. Recovering quickly, I threw my floured arms around him, leaving white rings on his black shirt.
"Oh Harry, I missed you!" I could barely find the words to express it to him. I needed him to complete me, especially with Ron gone. Draco had just been someone to pass the time with. A lust-filled relationship destined to end before any love was kindled. But Harry was the other part of my soul, my missing piece. "Why did you come back, after all this time?"
Harry cocked an eyebrow. "Should I have stayed away? I read in The Daily Prophet that my childhood friend won an award, A Newberry, if I'm not mistaken. I thought I should come and congradulate you, but if you think I should leave..."
He turned and began inching towards the door, knowing he wouldn't make it far.
"Harry, you jerk, come here!" Hermione tugged softly on his sleeve and gazed into his soulful eyes once he had turned back to her. " I missed you too much to have you leave me again." She smiled up at him, and brushed his lips lightly with hers. He tasted of lemon drops and smelled of the sea.