CHAPTER 15

"Alright, alright, I'll talk" Hermione said, with a look not too distant from the flustered one Professor McGonagall gave a short while ago.

"It was the first year summer holidays, and as you know I was going on a vacation to France." She began, but was interrupted.

"We know, we know.........start from the interesting bit!" Ron urged.

"Ok, well we got to our hotel, and I made a bee-line for the library the bellhop told me the hotel had. It was a lovely library, thousands of books, wonderful murals on the walls as well; there was one of a beautiful perception of the solar system........very beautiful........"She trailed off remembering. "Anyway, I had gotten that book I told you about before, and I climbed up onto one of the wooden lofts and sat down in a corner and started to read when I got the odd felling I was being watched. I looked around and saw a young boy spying on me from behind one of the magnificent bookcases, at least fifteen meters high........so I sat there and read, ignoring him thoroughly, you see I wasn't sure whether to be flattered or annoyed. So I just sat there." She paused for a few seconds as if trying to recollect her memories correctly.

"After about an hour, he walked up to me and sat down in the chair facing mine, unperturbed, but yet curious I looked up to find that he wasn't a young boy but actually a young man........" Hermione stared dreamily at the space right next to Harry's ear and he looked behind him to make sure that no teenage heartthrob was standing there and distracting Hermione from telling her story.

Ron was about to bark at Hermione to continue but Skye shushed him.

" 'Hello' he had said, in a lovely smooth as honey voice" She said suddenly. "It was like being hypnotized, then he said 'my name is Odin, may I ask what yours is?' "

The baffled expression on Ron's face had disintegrated and was now replaced with an ever so slight smirk. He knew this is something he could taunt his friend with for a long while yet, but he said nothing and let her continue.

" I told him my name, and he said it was lovely. He was lovely. And ever so handsome" She was beginning to blush again. "Anyway, he took my hand and told me he would love to take me out to dinner sometime. I told him that maybe he was a bit too old, you see I thought he was at least 20 or 21. He chuckled and told me he was only 15 turning 16 in two weeks. That made me very happy, but I explained to him that I wouldn't be staying in France long. He told me that neither would he, and then I noticed how extremely good looking he was........" She stopped.

Harry looked behind him and saw that Parvati and Lavender were standing behind him clearly entranced by what Hermione was telling them about her charming 'friend'.

"Do tell" Lavender urged.

"Yes, please continue, what was his name? What did he look like? Was he enchanting?" Parvati softly begged.

"His name was Odin, and was tall and dark skinned, with lovely hair and ravishing looks, his eyes were a deep brown, and you could almost get lost in them. He was very charming and greatly witty" She answered them. The three girls sighed, but Skye's face remained oddly vacant.

'This is disturbing' Ron mouthed to Harry, who quickly nodded. Silently they got up and walked away to the other side of the common room and sat down near the fire. After a few seconds Skye joined them. Genuinely surprised Harry asked, "Aren't you being enthralled by Odin's ravishing looks?" He nodded over to the corner where there were now a dozen girls staring starry eyed at Hermione's story.

"No way" She shuddered and sat down on the arm of Ron's chair. Pleased with himself for some reason and feeling a spurt of confidence Ron asked, "Why would that be?"

Skye looked at him silently laughing at something.

"Because he's my brother"