Harry and Hermione Chapter III
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"Harry!"
Harry mumbled and turned his head into the pillow.
"Harry! Wake up! It's me!"
He numbly opened his eyes and looked into the beaming face of Hermione Granger. His stomach did a flip. Even in the morning, she's still beautiful, he thought.
"Uuugh..Hey Her-*yawn*-mione, what-what time is it?" he said, very groggily.
"You lazy git, it's almost 11! I got here at about 9, did you get here okay?"
"Yeah..mm..fine. What'd you do this morning?" he yawned again, sitting up.
"Well, I settled in for a bit-I don't know how long we're going to be here. Probably till Ron gets back from Romania. Tonks and I made breakfast about 15 minutes ago. There's still some left. Oh, by the way, Buckbeak is in my room-he's been really anxious for Sirius--" Hermione paused, looking for some reaction from Harry, "-to come home. He doesn't understand that he's not.coming back."
Harry yawned yet again to cover up the tears welling in his eyes. He got out of his bed and realized he was only wearing his boxers. Hermione blushed and turned her head. He looks good, she thought, not so much the skinny boy from a couple years ago. "I think I'll wait for you downstairs, Harry."
"Yeah, I'll be down there in about 10 minutes." Hermione, still flushed, walked quickly out the door.
Harry busied himself getting dressed, and attempted to brush his hair, however, in spite of everything he did to it, it stuck up in the back as always. He had a fleeting image of his father, sitting under a tree, looking at the girls, messing up his hair, playing with the snitch. He felt a little ashamed once more.
Harry decided to look around in the drawers, since Lupin had said to feel free to. Hesitantly he slid open a drawer, unaware of what he might find. It look safe, now that he had opened it all the way. To his astonishment and grief, he found the other two-way mirror. He went to his trunk and took out the one Sirius had given him. Looking at both, tears sprang to his eyes. If only-if only Sirius had had the mirror when he..died. Harry could be talking to him right now.
Why couldn't he have become a ghost? Nearly Headless Nick had told him that only people who were afraid of death left a reflection of who they were after their death. He remember what Hagrid had said. That in a duel was the way Sirius had wanted to go, how he had said he didn't want to go at all.he couldn't accept the fact that Sirius was not coming back. Was Harry going to be like Buckbeak? Waiting restlessly for his godfather to return? Hopelessly he left the mirrors on the dresser, and proceeded downstairs. He passed the portrait of Sirius's mum, who was still heartily screeching, "Mudbloods! Filthy half-breeds! Children of dirt!! Soiling the house of my ancestors!!"
Hermione, Tonks, Lupin and Moody were all sitting at the kitchen table. Hermione leapt up and embraced Harry in a fierce hug, now that he was clothed. "Oh Harry! I've missed you so much! Was it horrible at your Uncle's? I'm so glad you could come!"
Tonks couldn't take it. Her face broke into a huge, perceptive smile. Lupin had more control, but the corners of his mouth were twitching very suspiciously. Even Moody winked at Harry with his normal eye over Hermione's shoulder. "Thanks, Hermione. I missed you too." Lupin lost control of his poker face. They all knew something was going to happen with these two over the summer. Hermione, suddenly feeling bold, gave Harry a little peck on the cheek and sat down. Of course, Harry reddened, but his heart was racing.
On the table was a large mound of pancakes-Tonks and Hermione's. It was not hard to tell which ones were made by Tonks-hers were misshapen and still batter-y. Harry had not eaten a breakfast like this since he was at Hogwarts.
"Harry, did you sleep well? Find anything iffy in Sirius' room?"
"Yeah, I slept fine. I found the second two-way mirror to the one he had given me," Harry said, looking down at his plate.
"Oh. Did you ever use yours to reach him?" Lupin asked tentatively.
"No."
That seemed to mean it was the end of discussion for that topic. Everyone quietly ate their pancakes after that.
"So, Harry, what do you want to do today?" Hermione asked.
"I dunno. Whatever you want to do."
"Outside it's so sunny and warm.I wish we could go swimming. Is there a pool around here?"
Tonks seized her opportunity. She pointed her wand out the window at the barren yard. "Now there is," she said happily.
Hermione looked happy, so she said, "Have you ever swam before, Harry?"
"Yeah, I had to swim at the Triwizard Tournament during the second task, remember? And when I went into the prefect's bathroom with the golden egg, and then there was that time when the Dursleys hoped I'd drown."
"Great! How about we change and then go swimming?"
"Sure. That'd be fun." Harry got up from the table.
"TAKE THAT WAND OUT OF YOUR BACK POCKET, BOY!" Moody roared. (who else? lol)
"Oh! Sorry." Harry guiltily looked at Moody, who had started to go on about Elementary Wand Safety, and losing buttocks when you had your wand in your back pocket. Tonks was still persistently asking Moody who he knew that had lost a buttock, Hermione was trying to contain her laughter, and Lupin was smiling, very amused.
"Well, we'll go change, then," said Hermione, taking Harry's hand and leading him up the stairs.
"Do have any swim trunks?" asked Hermione, walking up the stairs.
"Er..no. I could just wear a pair of my boxers.. Do you have a swim suit?"
"Yep! I'm always prepared. Maybe you could borrow Lupin's.if he has trunks."
"Yeah, I'll go ask him. You go ahead, I'll be right up." Harry went back downstairs to ask Lupin.
Lupin was the only one at the table this time.
"Where're Tonks and Moody?" Harry asked, taking a seat.
"Tonks has gone to her room to write a letter, and Moody is-well, I honestly don't know. So, you and Hermione are going for a swim?"
"Yeah, I wanted to ask you, do you have a pair of swim trunks I could use?"
"Sure. Come with me," Remus said, taking Harry upstairs once more. "Your father and Sirius and I used to swim in the lake at Hogwarts all the time. We did get caught a few times, but it was all in good fun. The teachers had never seen such a mischievous trio before, but they knew we were like brothers."
They had finally come to Lupin's room. Remus walked over to the dresser and took out a pair of trunks. To Harry's surprise, they were fairly modern.
"Thanks, er, Remus," said Harry, uncertain of what to call his former professor.
"Remus is fine, Harry. I'm sure they'll fit you, I haven't worn these since my sixth year, but I was a skinny teenager.good memories."
"Right, so.thanks again!" said Harry, starting down the hallway.
"Have a good swim!" Lupin called. "This summer is going to be interesting." he said softly, and smiled.
"Hermione, I'm ready!" yelled Harry.
"There you are! Let me see," Hermione came out of her room, and- Harry stared-she looked gorgeous. She was wearing a bikini that flattered her small figure. Her wavy auburn hair was cascading down her back.
"Wow," he breathed.
"I'll take that as a compliment," she laughed, showing her pearly whites.
"Well, let's go! C'mon!"
This time it was Harry who took her hand. They went downstairs and out the back door. The pool Tonks had made was small, yet luxurious. Hermione ran to the edge and jumped right in.
"Oh, Harry, it's so warm! Come in!" she called energetically. He jumped in with a graceful dive. "Guess it just comes naturally," he grinned.
He showed off by doing handstands and flips underwater. Hermione swam around, using different strokes. They swam for about half and hour, joking around. Suddenly Harry had a rather bold idea-he would chase Hermione around the pool, and if he caught her.
"Hey Mione! How about if I chase you?" he exclaimed hopefully.
"All right..what happens if you catch me?" she said, blushing a little.
"Well, you have to kiss me."
Hermione started swimming as fast as she could, Harry pursuing her. She laughed and went underwater, he kicked his legs as rapidly as he could.
Lupin and Tonks were watching from the window, chuckling. "James and Lily used to do stuff like that.did you know that they were voted 'Most Promising Couple' in the yearbook? James and Sirius were voted 'Longest Friendship', I was voted 'Most Studious' and the four of us-James, Sirius, Peter and I-we 'Most Mischievous'. Sirius, James, and Lily..Wormtail and I are the only Marauders left.."
Hermione was slowing down, and Harry was catching up quickly. As she came up for a breath, Harry managed to get his arms around her tiny waist. "Gotcha," he whispered. She gasped and turned to face him...
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Cliffhanger.kinda.
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I'm starting Chapter 4 right away.
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.Remus.
And remember-REMUS AND SIRIUS ARE SEXY
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"Give her hell from us, Peeves."
YAY!! It's here! I'm so happy I have so many reviews!!! (well, 15 is a lot to me!!) I'm glad you all like the story so far! Hope you like this chappy.it's the longest one yet! Includes more romance from this point on. Thanx all of you fer bein so patient.-(`v')-
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"Harry!"
Harry mumbled and turned his head into the pillow.
"Harry! Wake up! It's me!"
He numbly opened his eyes and looked into the beaming face of Hermione Granger. His stomach did a flip. Even in the morning, she's still beautiful, he thought.
"Uuugh..Hey Her-*yawn*-mione, what-what time is it?" he said, very groggily.
"You lazy git, it's almost 11! I got here at about 9, did you get here okay?"
"Yeah..mm..fine. What'd you do this morning?" he yawned again, sitting up.
"Well, I settled in for a bit-I don't know how long we're going to be here. Probably till Ron gets back from Romania. Tonks and I made breakfast about 15 minutes ago. There's still some left. Oh, by the way, Buckbeak is in my room-he's been really anxious for Sirius--" Hermione paused, looking for some reaction from Harry, "-to come home. He doesn't understand that he's not.coming back."
Harry yawned yet again to cover up the tears welling in his eyes. He got out of his bed and realized he was only wearing his boxers. Hermione blushed and turned her head. He looks good, she thought, not so much the skinny boy from a couple years ago. "I think I'll wait for you downstairs, Harry."
"Yeah, I'll be down there in about 10 minutes." Hermione, still flushed, walked quickly out the door.
Harry busied himself getting dressed, and attempted to brush his hair, however, in spite of everything he did to it, it stuck up in the back as always. He had a fleeting image of his father, sitting under a tree, looking at the girls, messing up his hair, playing with the snitch. He felt a little ashamed once more.
Harry decided to look around in the drawers, since Lupin had said to feel free to. Hesitantly he slid open a drawer, unaware of what he might find. It look safe, now that he had opened it all the way. To his astonishment and grief, he found the other two-way mirror. He went to his trunk and took out the one Sirius had given him. Looking at both, tears sprang to his eyes. If only-if only Sirius had had the mirror when he..died. Harry could be talking to him right now.
Why couldn't he have become a ghost? Nearly Headless Nick had told him that only people who were afraid of death left a reflection of who they were after their death. He remember what Hagrid had said. That in a duel was the way Sirius had wanted to go, how he had said he didn't want to go at all.he couldn't accept the fact that Sirius was not coming back. Was Harry going to be like Buckbeak? Waiting restlessly for his godfather to return? Hopelessly he left the mirrors on the dresser, and proceeded downstairs. He passed the portrait of Sirius's mum, who was still heartily screeching, "Mudbloods! Filthy half-breeds! Children of dirt!! Soiling the house of my ancestors!!"
Hermione, Tonks, Lupin and Moody were all sitting at the kitchen table. Hermione leapt up and embraced Harry in a fierce hug, now that he was clothed. "Oh Harry! I've missed you so much! Was it horrible at your Uncle's? I'm so glad you could come!"
Tonks couldn't take it. Her face broke into a huge, perceptive smile. Lupin had more control, but the corners of his mouth were twitching very suspiciously. Even Moody winked at Harry with his normal eye over Hermione's shoulder. "Thanks, Hermione. I missed you too." Lupin lost control of his poker face. They all knew something was going to happen with these two over the summer. Hermione, suddenly feeling bold, gave Harry a little peck on the cheek and sat down. Of course, Harry reddened, but his heart was racing.
On the table was a large mound of pancakes-Tonks and Hermione's. It was not hard to tell which ones were made by Tonks-hers were misshapen and still batter-y. Harry had not eaten a breakfast like this since he was at Hogwarts.
"Harry, did you sleep well? Find anything iffy in Sirius' room?"
"Yeah, I slept fine. I found the second two-way mirror to the one he had given me," Harry said, looking down at his plate.
"Oh. Did you ever use yours to reach him?" Lupin asked tentatively.
"No."
That seemed to mean it was the end of discussion for that topic. Everyone quietly ate their pancakes after that.
"So, Harry, what do you want to do today?" Hermione asked.
"I dunno. Whatever you want to do."
"Outside it's so sunny and warm.I wish we could go swimming. Is there a pool around here?"
Tonks seized her opportunity. She pointed her wand out the window at the barren yard. "Now there is," she said happily.
Hermione looked happy, so she said, "Have you ever swam before, Harry?"
"Yeah, I had to swim at the Triwizard Tournament during the second task, remember? And when I went into the prefect's bathroom with the golden egg, and then there was that time when the Dursleys hoped I'd drown."
"Great! How about we change and then go swimming?"
"Sure. That'd be fun." Harry got up from the table.
"TAKE THAT WAND OUT OF YOUR BACK POCKET, BOY!" Moody roared. (who else? lol)
"Oh! Sorry." Harry guiltily looked at Moody, who had started to go on about Elementary Wand Safety, and losing buttocks when you had your wand in your back pocket. Tonks was still persistently asking Moody who he knew that had lost a buttock, Hermione was trying to contain her laughter, and Lupin was smiling, very amused.
"Well, we'll go change, then," said Hermione, taking Harry's hand and leading him up the stairs.
"Do have any swim trunks?" asked Hermione, walking up the stairs.
"Er..no. I could just wear a pair of my boxers.. Do you have a swim suit?"
"Yep! I'm always prepared. Maybe you could borrow Lupin's.if he has trunks."
"Yeah, I'll go ask him. You go ahead, I'll be right up." Harry went back downstairs to ask Lupin.
Lupin was the only one at the table this time.
"Where're Tonks and Moody?" Harry asked, taking a seat.
"Tonks has gone to her room to write a letter, and Moody is-well, I honestly don't know. So, you and Hermione are going for a swim?"
"Yeah, I wanted to ask you, do you have a pair of swim trunks I could use?"
"Sure. Come with me," Remus said, taking Harry upstairs once more. "Your father and Sirius and I used to swim in the lake at Hogwarts all the time. We did get caught a few times, but it was all in good fun. The teachers had never seen such a mischievous trio before, but they knew we were like brothers."
They had finally come to Lupin's room. Remus walked over to the dresser and took out a pair of trunks. To Harry's surprise, they were fairly modern.
"Thanks, er, Remus," said Harry, uncertain of what to call his former professor.
"Remus is fine, Harry. I'm sure they'll fit you, I haven't worn these since my sixth year, but I was a skinny teenager.good memories."
"Right, so.thanks again!" said Harry, starting down the hallway.
"Have a good swim!" Lupin called. "This summer is going to be interesting." he said softly, and smiled.
"Hermione, I'm ready!" yelled Harry.
"There you are! Let me see," Hermione came out of her room, and- Harry stared-she looked gorgeous. She was wearing a bikini that flattered her small figure. Her wavy auburn hair was cascading down her back.
"Wow," he breathed.
"I'll take that as a compliment," she laughed, showing her pearly whites.
"Well, let's go! C'mon!"
This time it was Harry who took her hand. They went downstairs and out the back door. The pool Tonks had made was small, yet luxurious. Hermione ran to the edge and jumped right in.
"Oh, Harry, it's so warm! Come in!" she called energetically. He jumped in with a graceful dive. "Guess it just comes naturally," he grinned.
He showed off by doing handstands and flips underwater. Hermione swam around, using different strokes. They swam for about half and hour, joking around. Suddenly Harry had a rather bold idea-he would chase Hermione around the pool, and if he caught her.
"Hey Mione! How about if I chase you?" he exclaimed hopefully.
"All right..what happens if you catch me?" she said, blushing a little.
"Well, you have to kiss me."
Hermione started swimming as fast as she could, Harry pursuing her. She laughed and went underwater, he kicked his legs as rapidly as he could.
Lupin and Tonks were watching from the window, chuckling. "James and Lily used to do stuff like that.did you know that they were voted 'Most Promising Couple' in the yearbook? James and Sirius were voted 'Longest Friendship', I was voted 'Most Studious' and the four of us-James, Sirius, Peter and I-we 'Most Mischievous'. Sirius, James, and Lily..Wormtail and I are the only Marauders left.."
Hermione was slowing down, and Harry was catching up quickly. As she came up for a breath, Harry managed to get his arms around her tiny waist. "Gotcha," he whispered. She gasped and turned to face him...
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MUAHAHA-
Cliffhanger.kinda.
How was it?
I'm starting Chapter 4 right away.
Please R+R!!
.Remus.
And remember-REMUS AND SIRIUS ARE SEXY
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"Give her hell from us, Peeves."
