Have you ever?

By Felicia (aka CurlyCutie)

Chapter 1: Dancing the night away and remembering

The slow melodic music filled the Great Hall as Harry and Hermione slowly danced together at the last Ball they'd share together at Hogwarts. Hermione had been resting her head on Harry's shoulder but then lifted it so she could get lost in his emerald green eyes again.

"Harry...I know you know this but can I say it again?" Hermione softly asked.

"What was that?" Harry replied before spinning her gently around, so her long silky hair and celestial blue robes with silver stars, flared around her before falling softly again.

Hermione giggled softly at being spun then her smile became sincere, "I love you".

Harry's eyes sparked like green fire as he gazed back into her honey brown eyes. "you can say that as many times as you like as long as you let me do the same", was his reply before bending down and brushing his lips across hers.

Hermione sighed and then rested her head on Harry's shoulder. She closed her eyes and began to drift away into though about all that had happened between them since the start of their 7th year.

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She had just come back from a late night study session in the library and discovered her boyfriend Ron Weasly in a dangerously fierce liplock on the couch of the Gryffindor common room with her friend Lavender Brown.

Hermione had gasped in shock, her eyes widened. She couldn't believe it, after all those years of Ron liking her and then the summer holidays they'd been together he was snogging Lavender Brown!

She couldn't speak, she was too angry, "Ron Weasly funny I was study Transfiguration a few minutes ago and I come back and your studying the back of Lavender's tonsils." Hermione wasn't sure if she had yelled this or said it in a tone like ice, whatever the tone Ron looked up wide eyed horrified.

"Mione its not what it looks like."

"Don't you dare tell me that, I don't ever want to hear or speak to you again, I hate you, and don't even think about calling me Mione again!"

With that said Hermione left in a flurry of hair and robes rushed out of the Gryffindor Tower, sped along the halls of Hogwarts and out through the main doors down to the lake.

She ran to an old tree that was at the lake's edge, she flopped down at it's base, curling her knees up to her chest. 'I won't cry, I'll never cry for him, he won't have my tears' she thought angrily to herself. But then the events came back to her and played over and over again in her head, she cracked. At first she'd been looking at the moon that was full and bright, lighting up the whole lake. Then the moon started to waver then it blurred as tears began to fall. Finally the moon disappeared as Hermione buried her face into her hands and wept.