Then they pulled away from each other. When they did they were
slightly out of breath. Oliver brushed a strand of hair off of Hermione's
face and tucked it behind her ear.
"Hermione, I need to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"Has anyone ever told you that you are beautiful?"
"Well my parents do and I tell myself 'cause back in elementary school I had low self-esteem. So my parents took me to this shrink and she said all I needed was a little self confidence. Then she made me do this exercise. So every morning before I do anything else I go and look in the mirror and tell myself that I'm beautiful."
"Okay I think you misunderstood the question. What I meant was has a guy ever told you that your beautiful?"
"No" she blushed slightly.
"In that case I think that you Hermione Granger are the most beautiful, charming and intelligent woman that I have ever met in my entire life. Well you and my Older sister and she comes in second."
You truly could hear the sincerity in his voice and se the honest gaze that he was looking at her with. Hermione looked like she was going to cry. Never before had someone outside her family had shown this much love for her. Even Harry and Ron who were her best friends hadn't shown this much compassion towards her.
But she wasn't concerned about them right now. Now she was to busy looking into Oliver's eyes. She had never noticed before but Oliver's eyes were the most interesting grey. Right now they were a stormy sea grey. When he was happy they seemed to turn greener almost an aqua marine. Then when he was sad like after they had lost the quiddich match. His eyes had been sort of a periwinkle violet color.
Right now their thoughts were very similar, but not completely. Even if she had tears in her eyes she was still smiling. S what if her front teeth were slightly bigger than most. He thought that it gave her smile originality. Besides there were quite a few celebrities who were famous for their imperfect smiles. For example there was that American pop legend. What was her name? Oh yeah… Madonna. Then there was that other woman who plays the guitar and writes her own songs. He thought her name was Ruby, Gem, or Pearl. No wait Jewel. That was it she was played a lot on the WWN (Wizard Wireless Network). She had a sort of flair in all of her songs. Well Hermione's smile made her radiate her happiness .He loved to see her when she was happy.
He loved it so much that last year when that bubble brained Lockheart had that Valentines Day surprise that he had sent her a card with a poem that he had written himself. Then he did a little charm on the card so that it would recite the poem when the card was opened. He had gotten the idea when He hade gone on Christmas Holiday and he went to London. He went to see this museum and in the gift shop there had been some cards that played a little tune. But the tune had been played by some sort of gizmo.
They had been looking at each other for a minute or two and then she got up out of her chair. Then she went over to Oliver and gave him a hug. It was a bit awkward at first but then he scooched her up on his lap and she lay her hear on his shoulder. Oliver held her there for a while but then tilted her chin up then planted a kiss upon her lips.
Hermione hadn't eaten since lunch and she was getting hungry. So she pulled away and held his head in her hands. Then she gave him a quick on the nose then hopped of his lap, gathered her books and whispered "Catch me if you can."
Oliver groaned in fun and grabbed his own thing and ran off after the woman he think he had fallen in love with. He caught a glimpse of her as she dashed between the aisles and out the library. He saw her again when he was racing down the stairs. He saw Fred and George and signaled to them to catch her.
Hermione chose just then to spin around and stick out her tongue at him. The twins helped their friend immediately. Fred went around one end of the table and George Got ready to surprise her. When Hermione was within a few meters of George He jumped out in front of her. She shrieked with laughter then spun around to run the other way. When she crashed into Fred. The captured her in a big bear hug until Oliver reached them.
"See what happens when you have good friends in clever places?" He said to Hermione who was still trying to catch her breath that Fred had knocked out of her.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever let me go I surrender" The twins let her go and she ran a few paces but before she could get any further Oliver pulled out his wand.
"Accio Hermione!" Suddenly Hermione had no choice her feet were going directly toward Oliver. When she finally reached him Oliver put her in a headlock and ruffled her hair.
"Oliver Wood! Stop it! After all you are SUPPOSED to be a positive role model!" She yelled all the while.
With this Oliver stopped. He knew that she was right. He let her go but ruffled her hair one last time before sitting down next to her at the table.
Oh great she thought, Here I am stuck between the guy I adore and the two biggest trouble makers in school. I didn't get better when Harry and Ron sat down across from her.
"Hermione, I need to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"Has anyone ever told you that you are beautiful?"
"Well my parents do and I tell myself 'cause back in elementary school I had low self-esteem. So my parents took me to this shrink and she said all I needed was a little self confidence. Then she made me do this exercise. So every morning before I do anything else I go and look in the mirror and tell myself that I'm beautiful."
"Okay I think you misunderstood the question. What I meant was has a guy ever told you that your beautiful?"
"No" she blushed slightly.
"In that case I think that you Hermione Granger are the most beautiful, charming and intelligent woman that I have ever met in my entire life. Well you and my Older sister and she comes in second."
You truly could hear the sincerity in his voice and se the honest gaze that he was looking at her with. Hermione looked like she was going to cry. Never before had someone outside her family had shown this much love for her. Even Harry and Ron who were her best friends hadn't shown this much compassion towards her.
But she wasn't concerned about them right now. Now she was to busy looking into Oliver's eyes. She had never noticed before but Oliver's eyes were the most interesting grey. Right now they were a stormy sea grey. When he was happy they seemed to turn greener almost an aqua marine. Then when he was sad like after they had lost the quiddich match. His eyes had been sort of a periwinkle violet color.
Right now their thoughts were very similar, but not completely. Even if she had tears in her eyes she was still smiling. S what if her front teeth were slightly bigger than most. He thought that it gave her smile originality. Besides there were quite a few celebrities who were famous for their imperfect smiles. For example there was that American pop legend. What was her name? Oh yeah… Madonna. Then there was that other woman who plays the guitar and writes her own songs. He thought her name was Ruby, Gem, or Pearl. No wait Jewel. That was it she was played a lot on the WWN (Wizard Wireless Network). She had a sort of flair in all of her songs. Well Hermione's smile made her radiate her happiness .He loved to see her when she was happy.
He loved it so much that last year when that bubble brained Lockheart had that Valentines Day surprise that he had sent her a card with a poem that he had written himself. Then he did a little charm on the card so that it would recite the poem when the card was opened. He had gotten the idea when He hade gone on Christmas Holiday and he went to London. He went to see this museum and in the gift shop there had been some cards that played a little tune. But the tune had been played by some sort of gizmo.
They had been looking at each other for a minute or two and then she got up out of her chair. Then she went over to Oliver and gave him a hug. It was a bit awkward at first but then he scooched her up on his lap and she lay her hear on his shoulder. Oliver held her there for a while but then tilted her chin up then planted a kiss upon her lips.
Hermione hadn't eaten since lunch and she was getting hungry. So she pulled away and held his head in her hands. Then she gave him a quick on the nose then hopped of his lap, gathered her books and whispered "Catch me if you can."
Oliver groaned in fun and grabbed his own thing and ran off after the woman he think he had fallen in love with. He caught a glimpse of her as she dashed between the aisles and out the library. He saw her again when he was racing down the stairs. He saw Fred and George and signaled to them to catch her.
Hermione chose just then to spin around and stick out her tongue at him. The twins helped their friend immediately. Fred went around one end of the table and George Got ready to surprise her. When Hermione was within a few meters of George He jumped out in front of her. She shrieked with laughter then spun around to run the other way. When she crashed into Fred. The captured her in a big bear hug until Oliver reached them.
"See what happens when you have good friends in clever places?" He said to Hermione who was still trying to catch her breath that Fred had knocked out of her.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever let me go I surrender" The twins let her go and she ran a few paces but before she could get any further Oliver pulled out his wand.
"Accio Hermione!" Suddenly Hermione had no choice her feet were going directly toward Oliver. When she finally reached him Oliver put her in a headlock and ruffled her hair.
"Oliver Wood! Stop it! After all you are SUPPOSED to be a positive role model!" She yelled all the while.
With this Oliver stopped. He knew that she was right. He let her go but ruffled her hair one last time before sitting down next to her at the table.
Oh great she thought, Here I am stuck between the guy I adore and the two biggest trouble makers in school. I didn't get better when Harry and Ron sat down across from her.
