Bonnie Rait: Something to talk about:
People are talkin, talking 'bout people I hear them whisper, you won't believe it They think we're lovers kept under covers I just ignore it, but they keep saying We laugh just a little too loud We stand just a little too close We stare just a little too long Maybe they're seeing, something we don't, darlin' Chorus Let's give them something to talk about Let's give them something to talk about Let's give them something to talk about How about love?
20 year old Hermione Granger sat peacefully in her flat drinking her morning tea and reading the Daily Prophet. She was engrossed in the recent article about magical creature rights, the reporter; Lavender Brown was supportive of them getting the fair treatment they deserved.
" I guess all those years of hearing me rant about it paid off." she out loud to herself. She smiled and turned the to the next pages and gasped. There were several small pictures of them eating lunch in a cafe in muggle London, on of them leaving Fred and George's shop in Diagon Alley, and one large picture of the two friends hugging outside of her book store.
" When will these people learn that we are just friends!" she yelled and began reading the short article about them.
The boy-who-lived or as we call him now The-man-who-defeated-he-who-must-not-be-named was stopped outside with his long time friend and recently new girlfriend Hermione Granger. We stopped the couple having a romantic lunch in muggle London and then the two sharing a quick embraces before Miss Granger returned to her bookstore 'BookWorm'. We could not get a statement from the couple but a reliable source told us the two have just recently expressed their feelings to each other after years of denying it.
- Cho Chang.
Hermione slammed the paper on to her table and quickly left her flat for work. She knew it was going to be a busy day after this paper and she couldn't leave Ginny there alone.
" Chang! I so sick of her!" Harry yelled. " I can't believe she would write that!"
" I know mate." Ron said watching his best friend and roommate pacing in front of him. " I guess she is still upset about everything that has happen between the two of you."
" That was over five years ago! I didn't know what I was doing! How can she still think Hermione and I are more than friends?"
" I don't know. Most people can't accept that out friendship with Hermione is totally platonic."
" Thats ridiculous! They don't make a big deal about you and Hermione being friends."
" I'm not the boy-who-lived." Ron said walking in the kitchen for something to eat. " Or the man-who-defeated-you-know-who."
Harry followed his friend into the kitchen and sat at the table " If you weren't there that night I wouldn't of defeated him."
Ron smiled at him friend and began foraging through there empty cupboards for some food. " I know mate." he said pulling out a bag of slate chips and sitting across from Harry. " Don't let it bother you. They are just getting desperate now that there aren't any more attacks and quidditch season is over."
Harry sighed and looked at the pictures again. " I wish they would just leave me alone. It looks like I will have to disguise myself again."
Ron looked at his friend. He felt bad for him and for once was happy he didn't have the fame. He was mad at himself for being so jealous of him during school. It wasn't Harry's fault he was famous. Ron can still remember all the times Hermione yelled at him for being a jealous prat, it took him seven year to understand that, but once he did there friendship was almost as good as Harry and Hermione's. He knew they would never be that close, and he was fine with that. No one could break there bond, and he knew that they both cared deeply for each other. He just wished they would admit they did have feelings for each other so the rumors about them wouldn't upset them as much.
" I was going to see Ginny at work today. Do you want to come? You may be able to sneak up and talk to Hermione about the article."
"I don't know. I should talk to her, but I don't want people to see me there, it will just start more rumors."
" Harry why do you always forget you have an invisibility cloak?"
Harry laughed at his friend. " I haven't used it since seventh year."
" Well I think its time you pulled it out of retirement."
Harry nodded his head and ran to him room to grab his father's old cloak and Ron and Harry made there way to Diagon Alley to visit Ginny and Hermione.
Hermione ran down the stairs of her flat and entered the back room of her shop.
" Ginny?" she yelled. " Are you here yet?"
" Hermione? I though it was your day off." Ginny asked
" It is. Did you by chance catch Cho Chang's latest article?"
" No. I stopped reading the paper when they though that I was dating Snape." Ginny said with a shiver.
Hermione smiled. " I remember that. At your graduation you fell off the platform and he caught you. Someone from the prophet was there and took the picture the next day it was front page news. 'Teacher Student Relations at Hogwarts.'" Hermione said.
" Please don't remind me! I still get people coming in here asking me how he is. Its absolutely revolting!" She said as she began to restock a pile of books. " So what did the wonderful Miss. Chang say today?"
Hermione rolled her eyes and handed Ginny that article. Ginny quickly scanned the article and began to giggle.
" You to look so cute!"
"GINNY!" Hermione yelled putting her hands on her hips.
" Relax Hermione." she said putting down the article and returned to replacing books. " Its not a big deal. This isn't the first article about the two of you."
" I know." Hermione said helping Ginny placed some books on the shelf. " I just wish they would leave Harry alone."
Ginny raised an eyebrow at her friend and sighed. " They never will."
" I know. Its just not fair. Hes been through so much he deserved to lead a normal life."
Ginny smiled. " We all wish he could have one, but you know that impossible." She said putting down the pile of books and walking towards the door. " Now lets just forget about the article and get ready for one hell of a day." She said turning the closed sigh to open and unlocking the door.
" Your right. At least we got some free publicity." Hermione said and took her place behind the counter.
After several hours of non-stop customers Hermione managed to take a 10 minute break away from the questions everyone was asking her.
" How long have the two of you been together? Why hid your love? Is he a goo kisser? When are you two going to get married? How many kids do you want? What do you parents think about him? Is he good in bed?"
Hermione's head was pounding. Never in her life has she been ask so many questions and not have the answer for it. Hermione made her way up to her flat and find something for the head ache. She walked straight into her small bathroom and rummaged throug some bottles until she found her headache medicine. She quickly swallowed the chalky tasting medicine and instantly felt the pressure being relieved from her head. She walked back into the living room and instantly felt the hair on the back of her neck rise. She wasn't alone and she knew who it was.
" I know you are here Harry." she said turning around trying to locate him.
" I could never pull one by you." he said pulling the cloak off of him.
Hermione smiled. "Never can and never will." she said sitting down on her couch next to him.
" Hermione I'm sorry about the article." he said placing his arm around her shoulder.
" Don't be. Its not a big deal Harry."
" Your not upset?"
" I am very upset, but I can't let it bother me and you shouldn't either. We know its not true."
" I know." he said with a half smile. "I just wish they would leave me alone."
" I wish they would too, but they won't." she said laying her head on his shoulder.
Harry smiled. He loved the way Hermione felt in his arms. She was so warm and comforting. He always felt safer when she was around, she could always make all the bad stuff go away.
" I should get back down there and help Ginny. Did you see everyone down there? All asking about our relationship. Honestly some of those girls asked in craziest questions!"
" I can only imagine." he said with a smile. " Would it be okay if I stayed up here until you closed the shop? I don't want to weave my way through all those people again, and I though we could go to the Burrow together. That is if you are still going to dinner.
"Of course I am. Molly wouldn't let me miss one." she said as she got up form the couch. "Make your self at home." she said as she left Harry alone in her flat.
Harry streched out on her couch and smiled. He always did feel at home when Hermione was around.
A/N: This chapter was not read by my beta! Sorry!! I got the idea while at work today and I couldn't let it go. For these was are reading my other sorty 'ture identity' and i am not abaondoing it. I am waiting for my beta to send me the next chapter. I didn't attend to submit any ctories until that one was done, but I am. I hope you all enjoy it. This one will not be as long as my other, just a few chapters-i hope.
People are talkin, talking 'bout people I hear them whisper, you won't believe it They think we're lovers kept under covers I just ignore it, but they keep saying We laugh just a little too loud We stand just a little too close We stare just a little too long Maybe they're seeing, something we don't, darlin' Chorus Let's give them something to talk about Let's give them something to talk about Let's give them something to talk about How about love?
20 year old Hermione Granger sat peacefully in her flat drinking her morning tea and reading the Daily Prophet. She was engrossed in the recent article about magical creature rights, the reporter; Lavender Brown was supportive of them getting the fair treatment they deserved.
" I guess all those years of hearing me rant about it paid off." she out loud to herself. She smiled and turned the to the next pages and gasped. There were several small pictures of them eating lunch in a cafe in muggle London, on of them leaving Fred and George's shop in Diagon Alley, and one large picture of the two friends hugging outside of her book store.
" When will these people learn that we are just friends!" she yelled and began reading the short article about them.
The boy-who-lived or as we call him now The-man-who-defeated-he-who-must-not-be-named was stopped outside with his long time friend and recently new girlfriend Hermione Granger. We stopped the couple having a romantic lunch in muggle London and then the two sharing a quick embraces before Miss Granger returned to her bookstore 'BookWorm'. We could not get a statement from the couple but a reliable source told us the two have just recently expressed their feelings to each other after years of denying it.
- Cho Chang.
Hermione slammed the paper on to her table and quickly left her flat for work. She knew it was going to be a busy day after this paper and she couldn't leave Ginny there alone.
" Chang! I so sick of her!" Harry yelled. " I can't believe she would write that!"
" I know mate." Ron said watching his best friend and roommate pacing in front of him. " I guess she is still upset about everything that has happen between the two of you."
" That was over five years ago! I didn't know what I was doing! How can she still think Hermione and I are more than friends?"
" I don't know. Most people can't accept that out friendship with Hermione is totally platonic."
" Thats ridiculous! They don't make a big deal about you and Hermione being friends."
" I'm not the boy-who-lived." Ron said walking in the kitchen for something to eat. " Or the man-who-defeated-you-know-who."
Harry followed his friend into the kitchen and sat at the table " If you weren't there that night I wouldn't of defeated him."
Ron smiled at him friend and began foraging through there empty cupboards for some food. " I know mate." he said pulling out a bag of slate chips and sitting across from Harry. " Don't let it bother you. They are just getting desperate now that there aren't any more attacks and quidditch season is over."
Harry sighed and looked at the pictures again. " I wish they would just leave me alone. It looks like I will have to disguise myself again."
Ron looked at his friend. He felt bad for him and for once was happy he didn't have the fame. He was mad at himself for being so jealous of him during school. It wasn't Harry's fault he was famous. Ron can still remember all the times Hermione yelled at him for being a jealous prat, it took him seven year to understand that, but once he did there friendship was almost as good as Harry and Hermione's. He knew they would never be that close, and he was fine with that. No one could break there bond, and he knew that they both cared deeply for each other. He just wished they would admit they did have feelings for each other so the rumors about them wouldn't upset them as much.
" I was going to see Ginny at work today. Do you want to come? You may be able to sneak up and talk to Hermione about the article."
"I don't know. I should talk to her, but I don't want people to see me there, it will just start more rumors."
" Harry why do you always forget you have an invisibility cloak?"
Harry laughed at his friend. " I haven't used it since seventh year."
" Well I think its time you pulled it out of retirement."
Harry nodded his head and ran to him room to grab his father's old cloak and Ron and Harry made there way to Diagon Alley to visit Ginny and Hermione.
Hermione ran down the stairs of her flat and entered the back room of her shop.
" Ginny?" she yelled. " Are you here yet?"
" Hermione? I though it was your day off." Ginny asked
" It is. Did you by chance catch Cho Chang's latest article?"
" No. I stopped reading the paper when they though that I was dating Snape." Ginny said with a shiver.
Hermione smiled. " I remember that. At your graduation you fell off the platform and he caught you. Someone from the prophet was there and took the picture the next day it was front page news. 'Teacher Student Relations at Hogwarts.'" Hermione said.
" Please don't remind me! I still get people coming in here asking me how he is. Its absolutely revolting!" She said as she began to restock a pile of books. " So what did the wonderful Miss. Chang say today?"
Hermione rolled her eyes and handed Ginny that article. Ginny quickly scanned the article and began to giggle.
" You to look so cute!"
"GINNY!" Hermione yelled putting her hands on her hips.
" Relax Hermione." she said putting down the article and returned to replacing books. " Its not a big deal. This isn't the first article about the two of you."
" I know." Hermione said helping Ginny placed some books on the shelf. " I just wish they would leave Harry alone."
Ginny raised an eyebrow at her friend and sighed. " They never will."
" I know. Its just not fair. Hes been through so much he deserved to lead a normal life."
Ginny smiled. " We all wish he could have one, but you know that impossible." She said putting down the pile of books and walking towards the door. " Now lets just forget about the article and get ready for one hell of a day." She said turning the closed sigh to open and unlocking the door.
" Your right. At least we got some free publicity." Hermione said and took her place behind the counter.
After several hours of non-stop customers Hermione managed to take a 10 minute break away from the questions everyone was asking her.
" How long have the two of you been together? Why hid your love? Is he a goo kisser? When are you two going to get married? How many kids do you want? What do you parents think about him? Is he good in bed?"
Hermione's head was pounding. Never in her life has she been ask so many questions and not have the answer for it. Hermione made her way up to her flat and find something for the head ache. She walked straight into her small bathroom and rummaged throug some bottles until she found her headache medicine. She quickly swallowed the chalky tasting medicine and instantly felt the pressure being relieved from her head. She walked back into the living room and instantly felt the hair on the back of her neck rise. She wasn't alone and she knew who it was.
" I know you are here Harry." she said turning around trying to locate him.
" I could never pull one by you." he said pulling the cloak off of him.
Hermione smiled. "Never can and never will." she said sitting down on her couch next to him.
" Hermione I'm sorry about the article." he said placing his arm around her shoulder.
" Don't be. Its not a big deal Harry."
" Your not upset?"
" I am very upset, but I can't let it bother me and you shouldn't either. We know its not true."
" I know." he said with a half smile. "I just wish they would leave me alone."
" I wish they would too, but they won't." she said laying her head on his shoulder.
Harry smiled. He loved the way Hermione felt in his arms. She was so warm and comforting. He always felt safer when she was around, she could always make all the bad stuff go away.
" I should get back down there and help Ginny. Did you see everyone down there? All asking about our relationship. Honestly some of those girls asked in craziest questions!"
" I can only imagine." he said with a smile. " Would it be okay if I stayed up here until you closed the shop? I don't want to weave my way through all those people again, and I though we could go to the Burrow together. That is if you are still going to dinner.
"Of course I am. Molly wouldn't let me miss one." she said as she got up form the couch. "Make your self at home." she said as she left Harry alone in her flat.
Harry streched out on her couch and smiled. He always did feel at home when Hermione was around.
A/N: This chapter was not read by my beta! Sorry!! I got the idea while at work today and I couldn't let it go. For these was are reading my other sorty 'ture identity' and i am not abaondoing it. I am waiting for my beta to send me the next chapter. I didn't attend to submit any ctories until that one was done, but I am. I hope you all enjoy it. This one will not be as long as my other, just a few chapters-i hope.