A/N – sorry, that was mistletoe that they were under. ;)

Christmas Love – Chapter 4

After about two minutes, they pulled apart. "Wow," breathed Luna.

"That just about sums it up, yeah." Ron was fighting for breath.

"Hmmm, two minutes. Not bad for what I'm assuming to be a first kiss," Matthew snickered. "Okay, Harry, Hermione, you're up."

"We're last!" Harry and Hermione screamed in unison.

Matthew flushed. He looked at Ginny, who smiled sincerely at him, and then walked up to him until their lips brushed. They pulled back at first because of excitement, yet slowly but surely, they were going closer and closer until, suddenly, Ginny just looked up and pressed her lips against his.

They pulled apart after a minute or two, trying to draw breath after what they thought was the kiss of life.

"Aw, come on. That was only a minute." Ron was mimicking Matthew after what he did to him.

"Okay, now you guys are up." Matthew breathed. He was a little red in the face, but still looking like he had just had the time of his life.

Harry looked at Hermione. She looked at him. Harry smiled a bit, and Hermione promptly took her hands and put them around his neck. She leaned in and kissed him. The explosion that Harry felt was incredible. He was worried about harming the others around him because of all the fireworks going off in his head, and, if he could block out the fireworks, there were also wedding bells going off. Hermione felt the same.

After about five minutes or so, they broke apart when they heard a familiar drawling voice behind them. "Well, well, well. Looks like the mudblood and Potty finally got together. Hey, Potter; let me see your lips. Are warts growing on them?"

Harry was so bottled up with rage that he yelled the spell, "RICTUSEMPRA!" (A/N ~ spelling?)

Malfoy was blasted off of his feet and into the wall.

"TANGELLARA!" Harry screamed.

Malfoy's feet started doing a complicated tap-dance. He lost his balance and fell.

"WADDAWASI!" Hermione shouted.

Some gum from a nearby keyhole went whizzing right up Malfoy's right nostril.

"Ow, ow, ow!" he whimpered as Harry muttered the counter curse. His feet stopped tapping and he started running.

"That was fun." Hermione admitted.

"What? Beating up Malfoy? Of course that was fun." Harry said.

"No I think that she meant..." Matthew trailed off, looking at Harry. "Harry, do you like Hermione?"

"Of course I like her. She's my best friend."

"You know what I mean." Matthew interrupted.

Harry flushed when he looked around. Hermione just smiled at him. Then Harry promptly fainted.

It took a while to get Harry back around. When they did, Hermione looked at him. "Well, you never answered the question."

Harry looked at her and grinned. "Well, Hermione. Before I answer that, I have a question for you."

Hermione nodded. "Go on."

Harry sighed and looked as if he were gathering his strength to ask this question: "Hermione? Will you be my girlfriend?"

She just stared at him while she tried to work it all out.

"Hermione?" Harry waved a hand in front of her face.

She grabbed his hand and said, "Yes, and will you be my boyfriend?"

Harry grinned and kissed her. "You got it."

Ron walked into the room that they were in. "Hey, um, Hermione? I need to ask you some advice."

"Okay." Hermione said uncertainly. "What kind of advice?"

"Um, advice on girls." Ron turned a little red.

"Okay. First what you have to do is –"Hermione was cut off when Ron put a hand over her mouth.

"No, what I mean is I said something to Luna that made her upset at me, and she just left."

"Way to go, Romeo." Hermione muttered.

"What?" Ron asked. "What did you say?"

"Nothing." Hermione laughed on the inside now that Harry was officially her boyfriend. What she actually did was kiss Harry goodbye and explained to Ron what happened while Harry dozed off.

thank you all my reviewers!!! There's going to be some quidditch in the next chapter!!! Stay tuned!!!