A/N: Hey, I'm back. Thanks for reviewing. I hope I didn't make you wait too long, but my parents have been bothering me a lot, so I couldn't really find the time to write. They're going to be away for couple of hours now, and I will use the precious time to write you a chapter. R/R please.
Chapter three: Returning home.
The two last days had passed terrible slow for the Hogwarts trio. They hadn't been able to communicate with one another in those two days and, as you all know, time doesn't want to speed up when you are waiting for something.
Finally, time was there, and the three of them were standing at platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross together with the Weasleys and part of the Order. Ron and Ginny said goodbye to their brothers and parents for another year, Harry to both the Weasleys and the Order and Hermione had left hers only minutes ago. Mrs. Weasley was getting sentimental again.
"Oh, we'll all miss you Harry, we'll miss you very much," she said, before taking him in a bone-crushing, warm, motherly hug.
After he had freed himself he responded: "I'll miss you too, you can't imagine."
They heard the signal telling them the train was about to leave and ran over to jump on it before it started moving.
"Take care," Mr. Weasley yelled.
"Sure dad," Ron and Ginny replied,
"I will," Hermione followed,
and "I'll take care of h.. them all," Harry finished, barely able to correct himself in time.
"What's happening to me?" he thought while running after his friends, "why can't I just behave normal anymore?"
His thoughts stopped when he stepped on the train and settled in the compartment Neville had kindly kept free for the six of the department of mysteries. Soon they were all busy talking and telling about their summers, and no one noticed Harry and Hermione shooting glances at eachother, not even Harry and Hermione themselves.
Soon the train slowed down and the six of them took their belongings and went for the carriages that would bring them to the castle. When they arrived they took their seats in the Great Hall and waited for the sorting ceremony to be finished, so they could have some food.
At last both Harry and Hermione stopped behaving weird. Maybe it was because they had settled back in their usual routine of being at Hogwarts, but probably it was just because they had had too much to think about today.
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The school year went on like the years before. Harry and Hermione kept schooting glances at eachother but that was it, nothing else happened.
It was obvious to the whole school that the two of them loved eachother and belonged together, but Harry and Hermione themselves, and Ron too, didn't get it.
This was until halfway through October, the morning before the first quidditch match of the year.
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All players of the quidditch team and their best friends had awoken early that morning and were now sitting in the great hall having some breakfast.
Most of the people sitting there were looking quite nervous and were just picking at their food. Of course Hermione had noticed this, and she decided to do something about it.
"Hey guys, no need to be stressed, Hufflepuff isn't that good, you can beat them easily!" she said.
"Thanks Mione," Harry told her, "how do you always know the right thing to say? It's really wonderful to have you around in times like this."
"Oh, it's nothing, I just said what I though, I'm glad I could help," she replied, "and now you all eat you're breakfast, otherwise you might even lose to Hufflepuff, no one can play with an empty stomach.
"At your orders my dear lady," she heard some of them mutter under their breath before eating their food.
A couple of minutes later, they finished their breakfast and were ready to leave for the Quidditch pitch.
"Good luck and take care," Hermione said to all of them. Then she turned to Harry: "And you Harry, be careful, I wouldn't know how to live my life without you," and gave him a peck on his cheek.
For a moment, everyone though she had better not done that, because he went in some kind of trance, but then he came back to normal and with a wide smile on his face and completely confident they would win, he announced:
"Come on guys, are you ready? Let's go kick their butts!"
With that they left the Great hall and went for the stadium.
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The weather was terrible again. None of the players really saw what he or she was doing, and because of that, nothing much had happened yet. The score was 40-30 to Hufflepuff.
After about half an hour Harry, who was determined to win, had had enough of the cloudy sight caused by the rain, so he flew to Hermione.
"Mione, what's the spell to make my glasses repel the rain?" he yelled.
"It's Impervious Harry, imPERvious, and just the swish and flick like with all simple spells."
"Thanks a lot Mione, now we'll win for sure!"
After a try or three, he succeeded the spell on his own glasses and then flew to the other Gryffindor players wearing glasses to tell them. When all of them were done things got better. In no time, the score was 100-50 to Gryffindor and the Hufflepuffs were getting desperate. Less than five minutes later, it was completely over. Harry Potter, youngest and best seeker in Hogwarts history had seen the snitch and went after it, Hufflepuff's seeker didn't stand a chance. The game ended 250 to 50 and all Gryffindors started celebrating their victory.
Harry didn't go down with the rest of the players to change, he flew straight to Hermione, tossed his Firebolt aside and took her in a bone-crushing hug.
"Thanks," he whispered, "without your help this could have been a though game."
"My pleasure Harry," she replied, "after all I'm a Gryffindor, I want our team to win too."
Together they walked back to the common room where they sat down in their favourite couch by the fire. The rest of their house was busy celebrating so they didn't see what came next.
No one ever knew where he got the courage, probably the victory had boosted his confidence, but suddenly he took her hand in his, looked in her beautiful brown eyes and said:
"Mione, I love you."
She didn't know what to say. "What?" she stammered.
"It's nothing, I should have known better, you could never love me back, how stupid of me," he said and moved to stand up.
"Wait," she said hastily, "It's not...I...that..." She didn't find the right words so instead she did the one thing she had dreamed about for years, she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him with all the passion she had inside her. A few moments later she pulled back and whispered:
"I love you too Harry, I have for years."
"Oh Mione, why didn't you tell me, I think I've always loved you, I just didn't realise," he told her.
"I don't know Harry, but we've found eachother now, don't we?"
They sat together for some time and then Harry said:
"Mione, let me go and take a shower, I'll be back in no time."
"Alright Harry, I'll be waiting."
He gave her a last small soft kiss and then left.
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A/N: I hope you liked it. Please review and tell me what you think of it. I'll try and write more soon, but my parents are really bugging me and I'm going away with my school for a few days beginning on Monday, so I don't know when I'll have another chapter up.
Greetz, Miss_Mione.
Chapter three: Returning home.
The two last days had passed terrible slow for the Hogwarts trio. They hadn't been able to communicate with one another in those two days and, as you all know, time doesn't want to speed up when you are waiting for something.
Finally, time was there, and the three of them were standing at platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross together with the Weasleys and part of the Order. Ron and Ginny said goodbye to their brothers and parents for another year, Harry to both the Weasleys and the Order and Hermione had left hers only minutes ago. Mrs. Weasley was getting sentimental again.
"Oh, we'll all miss you Harry, we'll miss you very much," she said, before taking him in a bone-crushing, warm, motherly hug.
After he had freed himself he responded: "I'll miss you too, you can't imagine."
They heard the signal telling them the train was about to leave and ran over to jump on it before it started moving.
"Take care," Mr. Weasley yelled.
"Sure dad," Ron and Ginny replied,
"I will," Hermione followed,
and "I'll take care of h.. them all," Harry finished, barely able to correct himself in time.
"What's happening to me?" he thought while running after his friends, "why can't I just behave normal anymore?"
His thoughts stopped when he stepped on the train and settled in the compartment Neville had kindly kept free for the six of the department of mysteries. Soon they were all busy talking and telling about their summers, and no one noticed Harry and Hermione shooting glances at eachother, not even Harry and Hermione themselves.
Soon the train slowed down and the six of them took their belongings and went for the carriages that would bring them to the castle. When they arrived they took their seats in the Great Hall and waited for the sorting ceremony to be finished, so they could have some food.
At last both Harry and Hermione stopped behaving weird. Maybe it was because they had settled back in their usual routine of being at Hogwarts, but probably it was just because they had had too much to think about today.
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The school year went on like the years before. Harry and Hermione kept schooting glances at eachother but that was it, nothing else happened.
It was obvious to the whole school that the two of them loved eachother and belonged together, but Harry and Hermione themselves, and Ron too, didn't get it.
This was until halfway through October, the morning before the first quidditch match of the year.
***********************************************************************
All players of the quidditch team and their best friends had awoken early that morning and were now sitting in the great hall having some breakfast.
Most of the people sitting there were looking quite nervous and were just picking at their food. Of course Hermione had noticed this, and she decided to do something about it.
"Hey guys, no need to be stressed, Hufflepuff isn't that good, you can beat them easily!" she said.
"Thanks Mione," Harry told her, "how do you always know the right thing to say? It's really wonderful to have you around in times like this."
"Oh, it's nothing, I just said what I though, I'm glad I could help," she replied, "and now you all eat you're breakfast, otherwise you might even lose to Hufflepuff, no one can play with an empty stomach.
"At your orders my dear lady," she heard some of them mutter under their breath before eating their food.
A couple of minutes later, they finished their breakfast and were ready to leave for the Quidditch pitch.
"Good luck and take care," Hermione said to all of them. Then she turned to Harry: "And you Harry, be careful, I wouldn't know how to live my life without you," and gave him a peck on his cheek.
For a moment, everyone though she had better not done that, because he went in some kind of trance, but then he came back to normal and with a wide smile on his face and completely confident they would win, he announced:
"Come on guys, are you ready? Let's go kick their butts!"
With that they left the Great hall and went for the stadium.
******************************************************************
The weather was terrible again. None of the players really saw what he or she was doing, and because of that, nothing much had happened yet. The score was 40-30 to Hufflepuff.
After about half an hour Harry, who was determined to win, had had enough of the cloudy sight caused by the rain, so he flew to Hermione.
"Mione, what's the spell to make my glasses repel the rain?" he yelled.
"It's Impervious Harry, imPERvious, and just the swish and flick like with all simple spells."
"Thanks a lot Mione, now we'll win for sure!"
After a try or three, he succeeded the spell on his own glasses and then flew to the other Gryffindor players wearing glasses to tell them. When all of them were done things got better. In no time, the score was 100-50 to Gryffindor and the Hufflepuffs were getting desperate. Less than five minutes later, it was completely over. Harry Potter, youngest and best seeker in Hogwarts history had seen the snitch and went after it, Hufflepuff's seeker didn't stand a chance. The game ended 250 to 50 and all Gryffindors started celebrating their victory.
Harry didn't go down with the rest of the players to change, he flew straight to Hermione, tossed his Firebolt aside and took her in a bone-crushing hug.
"Thanks," he whispered, "without your help this could have been a though game."
"My pleasure Harry," she replied, "after all I'm a Gryffindor, I want our team to win too."
Together they walked back to the common room where they sat down in their favourite couch by the fire. The rest of their house was busy celebrating so they didn't see what came next.
No one ever knew where he got the courage, probably the victory had boosted his confidence, but suddenly he took her hand in his, looked in her beautiful brown eyes and said:
"Mione, I love you."
She didn't know what to say. "What?" she stammered.
"It's nothing, I should have known better, you could never love me back, how stupid of me," he said and moved to stand up.
"Wait," she said hastily, "It's not...I...that..." She didn't find the right words so instead she did the one thing she had dreamed about for years, she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him with all the passion she had inside her. A few moments later she pulled back and whispered:
"I love you too Harry, I have for years."
"Oh Mione, why didn't you tell me, I think I've always loved you, I just didn't realise," he told her.
"I don't know Harry, but we've found eachother now, don't we?"
They sat together for some time and then Harry said:
"Mione, let me go and take a shower, I'll be back in no time."
"Alright Harry, I'll be waiting."
He gave her a last small soft kiss and then left.
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A/N: I hope you liked it. Please review and tell me what you think of it. I'll try and write more soon, but my parents are really bugging me and I'm going away with my school for a few days beginning on Monday, so I don't know when I'll have another chapter up.
Greetz, Miss_Mione.