A/N: so I had to go to extremes to get 14 reviews huh?! In any case, I'd like to thank you guys for posting reviews and I appreciate it, although I didn't like the fact that I threatened to close my story down. I'm really sorry about that it's just that author's don't get much credit and stuff and their only pay is love from their readers! Anyway, here's chapter five… it's been a long time I know but between school and exams I try to cramp in some time… I try my best, I really do! Enjoy!
Chapter Five
On his way back from detention with McGonogall, Harry decided that he should chance a final conversation with Hermione and clean the air between them. Shoving his hands in his pockets he started to walk towards the library in a casual walk yet his heart felt like it was doing the marathon. A wide, mahogany double door stood opposite him that shook him out of his train of thought. With one last sigh he slightly pushed the door open and took a peek. There were only a few students in the library at that time yet only one made his heart skip a beat. Next to a window sat Hermione. The silver light from the moon made her face look like an angelic creature in deep concentration as her eyes darted from the colossal book onto a written parchment. Deciding that it was now or never Harry plucked up all of his courage and with two giant steps he reached his angel.
"Mione?" he tentatively asked hoping Merlin that she wouldn't refuse him. Hermione needn't have looked up to see who it was but she did it anyway, not wanting to let him now that she knew him so well that she predicted he would come to talk to her sooner or later. 'Show time,' she thought to herself as the bossy mask was worn once again.
"Yes Harry? Do you need help with your homework?" she inquired with a crisp tone. Harry let out a scowl and dragged a chair under him and sat.
"Listen Hermione we have to talk. No don't interrupt me just let me say this," he ran a hand through his hair and let out a sigh through gritted teeth, "we can't continue like this, we have to clean the air. It's like we are mere acquaintances rather than best friends!" he told her desperately wanting to say instead of a couple, however he kept his calm. "All I'm asking is that you and I talk to settle this thing. Please…" he trailed off and she couldn't help but feel even worse.
"Harry I can't-" she started but he bumped her,
"Bollocks Mione we have to talk! Now I don't care if it's here on in the common room or at the grounds!" After letting out a gasp of surprise, she narrowed her eyes to slits and gave him a cold glare. Getting up from her seat she went to leave when she felt a hand on her wrist turning her an one-hundred-eighty degrees and her lips crashed onto his. The initial shock wearing off she couldn't help but miss the way his lips felt. She snaked her hands around his neck playing with a loose strand at the back of his neck while he pulled her closer and guided his hands to her hips.
"Mione…" hearing him moaning her name snapped her back to reality .
"We can't , I'm sorry but…" she said but Harry wouldn't let her continue,
"Ofcourse we can! If you didn't love me then you look at me in the eyes and tell me that!" When she kept her gaze onto the floor he took her by the shoulders and shook her hard, "Look me in the eyes damn it!!" he shouted causing the few students that were there to stare back in shock. No-one had ever heard Harry Potter shout as he was known for keeping his cool. 'If that's what he wants then so be it,' Hermione thought but just as she was about to tell him Madam Pince rounded the corner.
"Just what in the name of Merlin is going on here?" she shrieked. "I will not tolerate this behaviour in my library! Now I want both of you, yes you too Miss Granger, to get out of here before I change my mind and put you both in detention!" tisking at them she turned on her heels she left them alone muttering under her breath. Before Hermione had any time to react Harry grabbed hold of her wrist and didn't let go until they reached the common room which was by that time deserted. Finally letting go of her, Hermione stood arms akimbo and with a look that could've killed she waiting impatiently for what he had to say.
"Listen I'm sorry for how I behavied. It wasn't like me." He let out a sigh. "Mione, right now all I want is one last kiss. Just listen, if in this kiss you don't feel anything and don't respond then I won't bother you again I swear." He said in a rush glad that it was now off his chest. When he locked eyes with her he could practically hear the heart pounding away inside his chest, waiting for her answer. Everything around him felt like it was going in slow motion and he couldn't hear anything beside the deep and slow breathing of the person in front of him.
Being astonished was underestimating the feeling she was having! 'a kiss?' she thought, 'how am I going to get out of this? Oh Merlin give me strength to say no. If I kiss him there's no way that I'll be able to- no wait, I have worked too hard to let everything fall to pieces now. I'm doing this for Harry. Maybe one day but not now. Alright,' she thought with a new resolve, 'one last kiss to push him away. Away from my life…' she considered bitterly.
"Alright Harry…One last kiss to prove that our love meant nothing," she told him and was dumbfounded when in a matter of seconds he shot her his brilliant smile and with the light of speed he closed the gap that separated their lips. One thought that plagued both their minds was,
'It has been too long…'
A/N: right well hope you guys liked it! Will Hermione allow Harry back in her life or will she not give everything she has in this kiss? Some people say that 'Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough!' you'll just have to see now won't you? Ah well, please review and put in your two cents, thanks a lot!
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