Author's note: thanks for reading my second chapter!
A Beautiful Feeling
Chapter 2
When they reached de hospital wing, Harry was pleased to lay down on one of the stretchers while Hermione took some bandages out of the bed site table and stood still next to him. He immediately sat on the edge of the bed and they both looked at each other for a moment. He was overwhelmed. She looked even more beautiful that the last time he saw her. It was hard for him to believe that was possible.
"Well...?" she broke the silence.
"Well what?" he said confused, still loosing himself into her sweet eyes.
"Are you going to take your shirt off or I'll just have to do it myself?"
"Take it off? Oh yes of course, I'm sorry." he said a little embarrassed as he painfully removed his shirt.
"Harry..." was all she managed to say at the impression of Harry's back spread in blood."Come on... let me help you with that."
"It's really not as bad as it looks"
"What, are you kidding me? This is a pretty deep scratch, Mr. Potter." said Hermione cleaning the wound carefully. "However I don't think it leaves a scar."
"Good...Miss Granger" he said rather worried. "You're not...married, are you?" he asked awkwardly, slighting his frown.
She just laughed at his cute somehow uneasy expression "No Harry, you still can call me miss. As you said before, I'm way too busy for a relationship right now."
"Oh that's too bad" he said trying to hide his smile. They both laugh but then Hermione had a strange need for changing the subject of her love life. "So tell me, How did this happened?" she said referring to the open wound she was about to disinfect with a potion she knew would burn him.
"Well, I had orders to take two missing wizards to the minister of magic for an interrogatory. I asked them nicely to come with me when I found them hidden in the mountains, which they were not supposed to do since they had agreed to cooperate with an investigation...they refused to come though." said Harry calmly "Anyway they're under custody now."
"So you are an Auror now" said Hermione, not asking for any more details about his adventure. She had the feeling details would only make her worry more than she already was. "It's what you wanted, right? Must be exciting"
"Yeah, it is but it's also a hard job. I still don't finish the career. Actually they tell Dumbledore may finish my training and I just got the strangest owl from him telling me to come here at once. That man is something special, I tell you... Ouch! What was that?!"
"There you go, now it's clean!" she said proudly. "You can put your shirt back on if you want." Those last words she regretted. He was different now, she liked to see him bare chest. Harry had strong shoulders and a really well defined thorax. Physical skill must be required for an auror, she thought. But for some reason he wasn't moving, he just stared at her...
Harry didn't know exactly what he was doing, so he just let himself take the impulse. He took her from the waist and pulled her closer between his knees.
Wanting to do something he knew he shouldn't even be thinking of, he fought for self control, forcing himself to look at her as the little girl he met once on a train when they were only eleven. But that wasn't possible anymore, they were twenty-five, she wasn't that anymore, she was a woman now and a beautiful one too.
Harry took her hands in his own and seemed to wake from a trance just in time to say "thank you Hermione" with the most grateful smile he could offer. He looked down to the floor, reminding himself that they were friends, very dear and close ones to be sure, and that was exactly why their relationship should not change.
She just smiled at him "you're welcome" she said softly and lift a hand to stroke his cheek. She would have hugged him right there, she wanted to, but of course she wouldn't, not even with the strange sensation that they just had a special moment. No, she would never do such thing. Only thinking about it made her feel lost and confused. They were friends; friends who haven't see each other more than a few times since they left school. She put the thought away and said. "You need to rest now. I'll go and tell Dumbledore you are here. We can talk later"
Harry obeyed, he didn't want her to go but perhaps it was the best. He definitely needed to put his mind in order before getting close to her again. But one thing he was sure of; this couldn't get much longer. They had set things up and the sooner would be the better, for both of them.
Author's note: Thank you SO much for the reviews! I love them all. Thank u, thank u, thank u!!! My chapters may be a little short now but I will try to update every day. I know I haven't really started the plot yet, but in the next chapter you'll see where the story is leading to. So keep reading. I did plan an adventure for the characters and if you liked so far I would welcome a review (please).
A Beautiful Feeling
Chapter 2
When they reached de hospital wing, Harry was pleased to lay down on one of the stretchers while Hermione took some bandages out of the bed site table and stood still next to him. He immediately sat on the edge of the bed and they both looked at each other for a moment. He was overwhelmed. She looked even more beautiful that the last time he saw her. It was hard for him to believe that was possible.
"Well...?" she broke the silence.
"Well what?" he said confused, still loosing himself into her sweet eyes.
"Are you going to take your shirt off or I'll just have to do it myself?"
"Take it off? Oh yes of course, I'm sorry." he said a little embarrassed as he painfully removed his shirt.
"Harry..." was all she managed to say at the impression of Harry's back spread in blood."Come on... let me help you with that."
"It's really not as bad as it looks"
"What, are you kidding me? This is a pretty deep scratch, Mr. Potter." said Hermione cleaning the wound carefully. "However I don't think it leaves a scar."
"Good...Miss Granger" he said rather worried. "You're not...married, are you?" he asked awkwardly, slighting his frown.
She just laughed at his cute somehow uneasy expression "No Harry, you still can call me miss. As you said before, I'm way too busy for a relationship right now."
"Oh that's too bad" he said trying to hide his smile. They both laugh but then Hermione had a strange need for changing the subject of her love life. "So tell me, How did this happened?" she said referring to the open wound she was about to disinfect with a potion she knew would burn him.
"Well, I had orders to take two missing wizards to the minister of magic for an interrogatory. I asked them nicely to come with me when I found them hidden in the mountains, which they were not supposed to do since they had agreed to cooperate with an investigation...they refused to come though." said Harry calmly "Anyway they're under custody now."
"So you are an Auror now" said Hermione, not asking for any more details about his adventure. She had the feeling details would only make her worry more than she already was. "It's what you wanted, right? Must be exciting"
"Yeah, it is but it's also a hard job. I still don't finish the career. Actually they tell Dumbledore may finish my training and I just got the strangest owl from him telling me to come here at once. That man is something special, I tell you... Ouch! What was that?!"
"There you go, now it's clean!" she said proudly. "You can put your shirt back on if you want." Those last words she regretted. He was different now, she liked to see him bare chest. Harry had strong shoulders and a really well defined thorax. Physical skill must be required for an auror, she thought. But for some reason he wasn't moving, he just stared at her...
Harry didn't know exactly what he was doing, so he just let himself take the impulse. He took her from the waist and pulled her closer between his knees.
Wanting to do something he knew he shouldn't even be thinking of, he fought for self control, forcing himself to look at her as the little girl he met once on a train when they were only eleven. But that wasn't possible anymore, they were twenty-five, she wasn't that anymore, she was a woman now and a beautiful one too.
Harry took her hands in his own and seemed to wake from a trance just in time to say "thank you Hermione" with the most grateful smile he could offer. He looked down to the floor, reminding himself that they were friends, very dear and close ones to be sure, and that was exactly why their relationship should not change.
She just smiled at him "you're welcome" she said softly and lift a hand to stroke his cheek. She would have hugged him right there, she wanted to, but of course she wouldn't, not even with the strange sensation that they just had a special moment. No, she would never do such thing. Only thinking about it made her feel lost and confused. They were friends; friends who haven't see each other more than a few times since they left school. She put the thought away and said. "You need to rest now. I'll go and tell Dumbledore you are here. We can talk later"
Harry obeyed, he didn't want her to go but perhaps it was the best. He definitely needed to put his mind in order before getting close to her again. But one thing he was sure of; this couldn't get much longer. They had set things up and the sooner would be the better, for both of them.
Author's note: Thank you SO much for the reviews! I love them all. Thank u, thank u, thank u!!! My chapters may be a little short now but I will try to update every day. I know I haven't really started the plot yet, but in the next chapter you'll see where the story is leading to. So keep reading. I did plan an adventure for the characters and if you liked so far I would welcome a review (please).