Chapter 7: A Trip
I walked to the front of the school and waited there (I decided to get there a few minutes early, just to be safe). I sat on a bench and waited for the clock to strike a quarter till six.
In the distance I saw him approaching and my heart gave a jerk. He did show up and it wasn't a joke, hehe. Now I'm getting all giggly, great!
"Hey Hermione," he said casually.
"Hey Blasie, what's up?"
"Not much and you?"
"Me either... So..."
"Are you ready to go?"
"Sure, where are we going?"
"You'll see."
He already had my curiosity and we hadn't even started walking yet. I wondered where we were going.
We walked kind of close, but I couldn't help but enjoy it. We walked a ways then; he grabbed my hand and pulled me off to the side.
"Hermione, you're going to have to trust me."
"Umm...O.K., but why?"
"Because I want to lead you there."
"Still, I can see where I'm going."
"That's the thing; I want you to close your eyes, because it's a surprise."
"O.K. then, what can it possibly hurt."
I closed my eyes and let him lead the way. I was very nervous, because I didn't know what he was going to do.
We walked a good distance when we finally stopped.
"Be careful, but take a step," he said as he helped me up the step. "Are your eyes still closed?"
"Yes they are."
"Good, but now you can open them."
I opened my eyes and all I saw was water. I clenched him and he held me close to him. I was on a boat...I had never been on a boat before and he knew that. It wasn't a very big boat, but it wasn't incredibly small either. It was white and had a white mask and sail. I gawked at the water around us and very slowly stepped forward. The boat moved slightly and I started to fall, but he caught me.
"Wow, how did you get this boat?"
"I saved up my money so that I could rent it."
"I can't believe that you remembered that I had never been on a boat before."
He led me to a blanket that was placed at the front of the boat. There was a picnic basket already there. I sat on the blanket and just sat there. I'm sorry, but I had never been on a boat before so leave me alone!
"Stay right there, I'll be back."
I walked towards the blanket (very slowly) and sat down. I stared at the water as he walked behind me, and then something loud and bright went off in front of me. It was fireworks, hehe, I love fireworks! I was mesmerized by them when Blasie came and sat down behind me. My back was against his chest and I sat back and watched the fireworks in front of us. He also seemed mesmerized by them, I don't know, I was too absorbed myself.
"Having fun Hermione?"
"Yes I am as a matter of fact. I still just can't believe that you remembered that I had never been on a boat before."
"I didn't forget a single thing about you Hermione."
"If I were you then I would have."
"Why?"
"Because if you had kissed another girl while we were going out then I would have broken it off, then have tried to forget everything about you."
Silence, not good!
"What if the kiss had been forced and not by will?"
"Then that would have changed everything."
"Why?"
"Why are you asking me all of these questions?"
"Because I want to know."
"Why? It's history. It's done, over, there's nothing left. I didn't want it to happen but it did and I would change that if I could!"
"Maybe I wouldn't have reacted the way that I did had I known what had really happened."
"How do you know what really happened?"
"Because Hermione, I watched Draco hit you. You were explaining the whole thing to him and I finally understood what really happened. And like I said before, had I known the whole truth then I wouldn't have reacted the way that I did."
"Had you not reacted the way you did then we probably wouldn't be on this boat like we are."
"Oh yes we would, it just would have been sooner than this."
I gave him a confused look, because I didn't really understand. Did that mean that he was going to do this why were going out? Awww...isn't that sweet. He was going to do this earlier, had Malfoy not gone and screwed everything up like he did.
He did interpret my confused look and went and elaborated on it.
"I was going to do this while we were going out, but something happened, and you know what I'm talking about."
I was right, ha, I knew it. I didn't say anything though. I felt something. It was his hands wrapped around my stomach and he pulled me closer to him. I went with the flow, but was enjoying ever minute of it. So, I sat back, watched the fireworks, and in his arms.
I walked to the front of the school and waited there (I decided to get there a few minutes early, just to be safe). I sat on a bench and waited for the clock to strike a quarter till six.
In the distance I saw him approaching and my heart gave a jerk. He did show up and it wasn't a joke, hehe. Now I'm getting all giggly, great!
"Hey Hermione," he said casually.
"Hey Blasie, what's up?"
"Not much and you?"
"Me either... So..."
"Are you ready to go?"
"Sure, where are we going?"
"You'll see."
He already had my curiosity and we hadn't even started walking yet. I wondered where we were going.
We walked kind of close, but I couldn't help but enjoy it. We walked a ways then; he grabbed my hand and pulled me off to the side.
"Hermione, you're going to have to trust me."
"Umm...O.K., but why?"
"Because I want to lead you there."
"Still, I can see where I'm going."
"That's the thing; I want you to close your eyes, because it's a surprise."
"O.K. then, what can it possibly hurt."
I closed my eyes and let him lead the way. I was very nervous, because I didn't know what he was going to do.
We walked a good distance when we finally stopped.
"Be careful, but take a step," he said as he helped me up the step. "Are your eyes still closed?"
"Yes they are."
"Good, but now you can open them."
I opened my eyes and all I saw was water. I clenched him and he held me close to him. I was on a boat...I had never been on a boat before and he knew that. It wasn't a very big boat, but it wasn't incredibly small either. It was white and had a white mask and sail. I gawked at the water around us and very slowly stepped forward. The boat moved slightly and I started to fall, but he caught me.
"Wow, how did you get this boat?"
"I saved up my money so that I could rent it."
"I can't believe that you remembered that I had never been on a boat before."
He led me to a blanket that was placed at the front of the boat. There was a picnic basket already there. I sat on the blanket and just sat there. I'm sorry, but I had never been on a boat before so leave me alone!
"Stay right there, I'll be back."
I walked towards the blanket (very slowly) and sat down. I stared at the water as he walked behind me, and then something loud and bright went off in front of me. It was fireworks, hehe, I love fireworks! I was mesmerized by them when Blasie came and sat down behind me. My back was against his chest and I sat back and watched the fireworks in front of us. He also seemed mesmerized by them, I don't know, I was too absorbed myself.
"Having fun Hermione?"
"Yes I am as a matter of fact. I still just can't believe that you remembered that I had never been on a boat before."
"I didn't forget a single thing about you Hermione."
"If I were you then I would have."
"Why?"
"Because if you had kissed another girl while we were going out then I would have broken it off, then have tried to forget everything about you."
Silence, not good!
"What if the kiss had been forced and not by will?"
"Then that would have changed everything."
"Why?"
"Why are you asking me all of these questions?"
"Because I want to know."
"Why? It's history. It's done, over, there's nothing left. I didn't want it to happen but it did and I would change that if I could!"
"Maybe I wouldn't have reacted the way that I did had I known what had really happened."
"How do you know what really happened?"
"Because Hermione, I watched Draco hit you. You were explaining the whole thing to him and I finally understood what really happened. And like I said before, had I known the whole truth then I wouldn't have reacted the way that I did."
"Had you not reacted the way you did then we probably wouldn't be on this boat like we are."
"Oh yes we would, it just would have been sooner than this."
I gave him a confused look, because I didn't really understand. Did that mean that he was going to do this why were going out? Awww...isn't that sweet. He was going to do this earlier, had Malfoy not gone and screwed everything up like he did.
He did interpret my confused look and went and elaborated on it.
"I was going to do this while we were going out, but something happened, and you know what I'm talking about."
I was right, ha, I knew it. I didn't say anything though. I felt something. It was his hands wrapped around my stomach and he pulled me closer to him. I went with the flow, but was enjoying ever minute of it. So, I sat back, watched the fireworks, and in his arms.