Something to Talk about
By: Bonnie Raitt
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' 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? I feel so foolish, i never noticed
You'd act so nervous, could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now i'm convinced i'm going under
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
Hoping that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it, darlin' Let's give them something to talk about
A little mystery to figure out
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love? 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, love, love, love?
"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked looking at the book in his lap.
"Hagrid gave me this after our first year." he said opening the book to the first page to a picture of him and his parents. He smiled down at the picture and looked up a Hermione.
She smiled at him and looked down at the picture. "Why are you showing me this?" she asked feeling her heart beat fast in her chest as she looked down at the pictures.
"I've never showed these to anyone. I wanted to keep them to my self, I guess its kind of silly to, but lately I've wanted to share them with someone." he said looking up at her. "The only person I could think to share it with was you."
Hermione smiled at him. She could feel the tears form in her eyes. "Thank you." she said and looked back down at the picture. It was now one of his parents, Lupin, and Sirius at the wedding. She laughed when she saw Sirius ruffle James's hair and then steal a kiss from Lily. Lupin then rolled his eyes and Sirius and laughed at something James said.
"They look happy don't they?" he asked running his fingers along the edge of the picture.
"They do." she said as he turned the page to a picture of Harry with his first birthday cake. She watched as he dug his hands into the cake and began throwing it at who she could only assume was James, Sirisu, and Lupin. Soon James walked into the frame and began cleaning his off. Lily then walked into the frame and gave Harry a kiss on the forehead and began wiping the cake off of James's glasses.
The two continued looking at the picture until they came to one of them. It was just before graduation.
"I remember this" Hermione said as she watched the two in the picture talk and laugh with each other.
"I just got back from defeating Voldemourt." he said
" You where just released from the hospital." she said leaning her head on his shoulder. " I was so happy when you walked into the great hall. I was so worried they wouldn't let you out to join us."
"Thats what I heard. When McGonagall came to get me she said that you wanted to bring the ceremony up to the hospital wing so I could be there."
"Well it was only right. If it wasn't for you and Ron most of the students would of died."
Harry shrugged his shoulder and turned the page "It really wasn't a big deal. I did what I was destined to do."
"I know, but we all owed you our lives." she said and gave his a quick kiss on the check.
Harry looked down and smiled at her. "Its what I do. Save people."
Hermione giggled. "Right. So who are you going to save next?"
"I don't know yet. Maybe myself."
"Your self? and how would you do that?"
"Well there is something that I need tell someone before I explode" he said looking at her.
Hermione heart began to pound faster and she could fell the heat rise in her face. "And what would that be?" she asked hoping that he was going to tell her how he felt. She knew he was going to do it, she heard him and Ron talking this morning. She been waiting pacitenly for him to do it, and she to was about to explode if she didn't let him know soon.
"Well the last month or so I've been feelings different towards someone." he said running his hand thorough his hair. " And I need to tell her, but I am a little scared that she won't return my feelings."
"What if you knew that she felt the same way? Would you tell her then?" she asked hoping he would understand that she did feel the same way.
Harry smiled. "It would" he said and entwined his hand in hers and gave it a slight squeeze. "Hermione these feelings I have are for you. I don't know when they started. I don't know what they mean exactly, but all I know is I have never felt this way about someone before. It scared me how much I feel for you, but like the feel it get when you are around." he said looking deep into her brown eyes that where now shinning with tears.
Hermione smiled up at him. "Its the same for me. When all these rumors started it got me thinking, then Luna talked to me and it finally sunk it. I had strong feelings for my best friend. It scared me. I didn't think you would ever think of me as more than a friend, but yesterday when Ron, Luna, and Ginny where talking out side the room while we where sleeping I heard them talking. I didn't know if it was true, I hoped it was. Then this morning when you were talking to Ron. I heard you say you had feelings for me and you where going to tell me. That was the happiest moment in my life Harry." she said fighting back her tears.
"Don't cry." she said and brushed a few away with his thumb. "You know I can't handle it when you do that."
"I'm sorry. I guess I am a little emotional. Its not everyday you confess your feelings to your best friend and all your dreams that you didn't know you had come true."
"I know." he said and slowly brought his lips to her and gently brushed them against hers. He pulled away and smiled. Hermione looked up at him and smiled as well.
"So what do we do know?" she asked laying her back on his shoulder.
"Well how about I make you some dinner and we can talk about it."
"mmmmm, only if you promise to cook more often."
" For you I will." he said and got up from the ground and pulled her up with him. The two walked in to the kitchen and began talking and making dinner.
Harry and Hermione spent the rest of the week together and soon it was Saturday. The day Cho was to make her public apology and the day Harry was going to tell the world that in fact he and Hermione where now together. All though Hermione did not know of this he didn't care. He didn't want to hide their relationship for a minute longer.
Of course they told Ron, Luna, Ginny, Dean, Hagrid, Hermione parents, and the rest of the Weasley. They were all excited and happy that they were finally together.
Harry couldn't be happier. For the first time in his life he felt whole. He smiled as he walked up the stairs to Hermione flat. He gently knocked on the door before entering. He was immediately greeted by Crookshanks. The cat's mood had lifted as soon as Harry and Hermione became a couple. It was almost as if the cat knew what was going on and was encouraging them to get together. Harry smiled at the cat and called for Hermione.
"Hermione? Are you ready? If we don't leave now we will be late."
Hermione poked her head out of the bathroom and smiled. "They can't start without us." and returned to the bathroom
Harry rolled his eyes and walked over to the bathroom hoping to encourage her to hurry up. "Come on Hermione. You look beautiful just the way you are, you don't need any of that stuff." he said pointing the the little bottles of creams and such she was applying to her face and hair.
"Harry we are going to be in front of half the wizarding world. I am not about to go out looking like a crazed banshee." she said as she attempted to flatten her hair.
Harry smiled at her as she fixed her hair. "I like you hair all wild."
Hermione rolled her eyes at him. " Just like I like you hair to stand up on its ends." she said with a smile and brought her hand up and ran it through his hair.
Harry took the moment and grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him.
"Lets go Hermione." he whispered in to her ear as he placed kissed along her neck.
Hermione giggled and pulled away. "Okay. Let me grab my cloak and we can go." she said and walked in to her room. Harry waiting near the door for her to return. Several minutes later Hermione returned and the two made there way to the front of the Quibbler.
"Its about time you two got here!" Ron said
"Sorry. Hermione was still getting ready when I arrived to pick her up." he said resting his arm on her shoulder.
Hermione pulled away slightly and gave him an apologetic look.
Harry smiled at her as Cho walked up to them.
"Harry. Hermione." she said to them. " I am sorry for what I did. I took it to far."
"You certainly did." Harry said standing slightly in front of Hermione.
"Lets just get this over with" Hermione said walking over the the steps of the office. "We have to be back at the shop by 2."
Harry, Cho, and Mr. Lovegood followed Hermione up to the steps and stopped in front of a large podium.
Mr. Lovegood stepped in front of it and began speaking. " We will make this as short as possible. I know Mr. Potter and Miss Granger have already suffered enough. Miss Chang will be speaking shortly. First I would like to say one thing. We all own Harry our lives and it is understandable that you all want to thank him, but there is no need to follow him around everywhere he goes. He is a person just like all of us and he deserves the same amount and privacy as us. I just ask you keep that in mind next time you see Mr. Potter." he said and stepped aside to let Cho speak.
" I am sure most of read my last article. The articles I published about Mr. Potter and Miss Granger were in fact false and I am truly sorry for all the pain I caused them." she said looking at both of them. " I don't deserve their forgiveness, but I hope some day they may. Also in my article I stated I was leaving the Daily Prophet, and that is true. I will be moving out of the country for the time being and hope that when I return all will be forgotten. I was out of line while writing the articles. I should of never started them, and followed the two around. They are just very good friends and that is all. Harry, Hermione we went to school together in our time there we got to know each other and I should of never said the things I said back then and now. I am truly sorry for all the pain I have caused." she said and stepped aside
Harry walked over to the podium and pulled Hermione with him. " I do not forgive what Cho has done to us. She crossed a lot of lines while doing that article." he paused and looked at Cho then at Hermione. "But during the article she made me realize something." he said and looked at Hermione again. He grabbed her hand and gave is a squeeze. "She made me realize that I was missing something in my life, something that has been in front of me for so long that I didn't see it. I would like to take the time to thank Cho for giving me what I was missing." he said and pulled Hermione close to him.
Hermione eyes grew wide. "Harry what are you doing?"
Harry smiled. " Giving them something to really talk about." he said and brought his lip to hers.
The End
Well thats its! I hope you all enjoyed it. Thank you again for all the reviews! I am going back to writting my other fic. Look for that update soon, I don't know when, but soon!
By: Bonnie Raitt
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' 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? I feel so foolish, i never noticed
You'd act so nervous, could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now i'm convinced i'm going under
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
Hoping that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it, darlin' Let's give them something to talk about
A little mystery to figure out
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love? 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, love, love, love?
"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked looking at the book in his lap.
"Hagrid gave me this after our first year." he said opening the book to the first page to a picture of him and his parents. He smiled down at the picture and looked up a Hermione.
She smiled at him and looked down at the picture. "Why are you showing me this?" she asked feeling her heart beat fast in her chest as she looked down at the pictures.
"I've never showed these to anyone. I wanted to keep them to my self, I guess its kind of silly to, but lately I've wanted to share them with someone." he said looking up at her. "The only person I could think to share it with was you."
Hermione smiled at him. She could feel the tears form in her eyes. "Thank you." she said and looked back down at the picture. It was now one of his parents, Lupin, and Sirius at the wedding. She laughed when she saw Sirius ruffle James's hair and then steal a kiss from Lily. Lupin then rolled his eyes and Sirius and laughed at something James said.
"They look happy don't they?" he asked running his fingers along the edge of the picture.
"They do." she said as he turned the page to a picture of Harry with his first birthday cake. She watched as he dug his hands into the cake and began throwing it at who she could only assume was James, Sirisu, and Lupin. Soon James walked into the frame and began cleaning his off. Lily then walked into the frame and gave Harry a kiss on the forehead and began wiping the cake off of James's glasses.
The two continued looking at the picture until they came to one of them. It was just before graduation.
"I remember this" Hermione said as she watched the two in the picture talk and laugh with each other.
"I just got back from defeating Voldemourt." he said
" You where just released from the hospital." she said leaning her head on his shoulder. " I was so happy when you walked into the great hall. I was so worried they wouldn't let you out to join us."
"Thats what I heard. When McGonagall came to get me she said that you wanted to bring the ceremony up to the hospital wing so I could be there."
"Well it was only right. If it wasn't for you and Ron most of the students would of died."
Harry shrugged his shoulder and turned the page "It really wasn't a big deal. I did what I was destined to do."
"I know, but we all owed you our lives." she said and gave his a quick kiss on the check.
Harry looked down and smiled at her. "Its what I do. Save people."
Hermione giggled. "Right. So who are you going to save next?"
"I don't know yet. Maybe myself."
"Your self? and how would you do that?"
"Well there is something that I need tell someone before I explode" he said looking at her.
Hermione heart began to pound faster and she could fell the heat rise in her face. "And what would that be?" she asked hoping that he was going to tell her how he felt. She knew he was going to do it, she heard him and Ron talking this morning. She been waiting pacitenly for him to do it, and she to was about to explode if she didn't let him know soon.
"Well the last month or so I've been feelings different towards someone." he said running his hand thorough his hair. " And I need to tell her, but I am a little scared that she won't return my feelings."
"What if you knew that she felt the same way? Would you tell her then?" she asked hoping he would understand that she did feel the same way.
Harry smiled. "It would" he said and entwined his hand in hers and gave it a slight squeeze. "Hermione these feelings I have are for you. I don't know when they started. I don't know what they mean exactly, but all I know is I have never felt this way about someone before. It scared me how much I feel for you, but like the feel it get when you are around." he said looking deep into her brown eyes that where now shinning with tears.
Hermione smiled up at him. "Its the same for me. When all these rumors started it got me thinking, then Luna talked to me and it finally sunk it. I had strong feelings for my best friend. It scared me. I didn't think you would ever think of me as more than a friend, but yesterday when Ron, Luna, and Ginny where talking out side the room while we where sleeping I heard them talking. I didn't know if it was true, I hoped it was. Then this morning when you were talking to Ron. I heard you say you had feelings for me and you where going to tell me. That was the happiest moment in my life Harry." she said fighting back her tears.
"Don't cry." she said and brushed a few away with his thumb. "You know I can't handle it when you do that."
"I'm sorry. I guess I am a little emotional. Its not everyday you confess your feelings to your best friend and all your dreams that you didn't know you had come true."
"I know." he said and slowly brought his lips to her and gently brushed them against hers. He pulled away and smiled. Hermione looked up at him and smiled as well.
"So what do we do know?" she asked laying her back on his shoulder.
"Well how about I make you some dinner and we can talk about it."
"mmmmm, only if you promise to cook more often."
" For you I will." he said and got up from the ground and pulled her up with him. The two walked in to the kitchen and began talking and making dinner.
Harry and Hermione spent the rest of the week together and soon it was Saturday. The day Cho was to make her public apology and the day Harry was going to tell the world that in fact he and Hermione where now together. All though Hermione did not know of this he didn't care. He didn't want to hide their relationship for a minute longer.
Of course they told Ron, Luna, Ginny, Dean, Hagrid, Hermione parents, and the rest of the Weasley. They were all excited and happy that they were finally together.
Harry couldn't be happier. For the first time in his life he felt whole. He smiled as he walked up the stairs to Hermione flat. He gently knocked on the door before entering. He was immediately greeted by Crookshanks. The cat's mood had lifted as soon as Harry and Hermione became a couple. It was almost as if the cat knew what was going on and was encouraging them to get together. Harry smiled at the cat and called for Hermione.
"Hermione? Are you ready? If we don't leave now we will be late."
Hermione poked her head out of the bathroom and smiled. "They can't start without us." and returned to the bathroom
Harry rolled his eyes and walked over to the bathroom hoping to encourage her to hurry up. "Come on Hermione. You look beautiful just the way you are, you don't need any of that stuff." he said pointing the the little bottles of creams and such she was applying to her face and hair.
"Harry we are going to be in front of half the wizarding world. I am not about to go out looking like a crazed banshee." she said as she attempted to flatten her hair.
Harry smiled at her as she fixed her hair. "I like you hair all wild."
Hermione rolled her eyes at him. " Just like I like you hair to stand up on its ends." she said with a smile and brought her hand up and ran it through his hair.
Harry took the moment and grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him.
"Lets go Hermione." he whispered in to her ear as he placed kissed along her neck.
Hermione giggled and pulled away. "Okay. Let me grab my cloak and we can go." she said and walked in to her room. Harry waiting near the door for her to return. Several minutes later Hermione returned and the two made there way to the front of the Quibbler.
"Its about time you two got here!" Ron said
"Sorry. Hermione was still getting ready when I arrived to pick her up." he said resting his arm on her shoulder.
Hermione pulled away slightly and gave him an apologetic look.
Harry smiled at her as Cho walked up to them.
"Harry. Hermione." she said to them. " I am sorry for what I did. I took it to far."
"You certainly did." Harry said standing slightly in front of Hermione.
"Lets just get this over with" Hermione said walking over the the steps of the office. "We have to be back at the shop by 2."
Harry, Cho, and Mr. Lovegood followed Hermione up to the steps and stopped in front of a large podium.
Mr. Lovegood stepped in front of it and began speaking. " We will make this as short as possible. I know Mr. Potter and Miss Granger have already suffered enough. Miss Chang will be speaking shortly. First I would like to say one thing. We all own Harry our lives and it is understandable that you all want to thank him, but there is no need to follow him around everywhere he goes. He is a person just like all of us and he deserves the same amount and privacy as us. I just ask you keep that in mind next time you see Mr. Potter." he said and stepped aside to let Cho speak.
" I am sure most of read my last article. The articles I published about Mr. Potter and Miss Granger were in fact false and I am truly sorry for all the pain I caused them." she said looking at both of them. " I don't deserve their forgiveness, but I hope some day they may. Also in my article I stated I was leaving the Daily Prophet, and that is true. I will be moving out of the country for the time being and hope that when I return all will be forgotten. I was out of line while writing the articles. I should of never started them, and followed the two around. They are just very good friends and that is all. Harry, Hermione we went to school together in our time there we got to know each other and I should of never said the things I said back then and now. I am truly sorry for all the pain I have caused." she said and stepped aside
Harry walked over to the podium and pulled Hermione with him. " I do not forgive what Cho has done to us. She crossed a lot of lines while doing that article." he paused and looked at Cho then at Hermione. "But during the article she made me realize something." he said and looked at Hermione again. He grabbed her hand and gave is a squeeze. "She made me realize that I was missing something in my life, something that has been in front of me for so long that I didn't see it. I would like to take the time to thank Cho for giving me what I was missing." he said and pulled Hermione close to him.
Hermione eyes grew wide. "Harry what are you doing?"
Harry smiled. " Giving them something to really talk about." he said and brought his lip to hers.
The End
Well thats its! I hope you all enjoyed it. Thank you again for all the reviews! I am going back to writting my other fic. Look for that update soon, I don't know when, but soon!