Title: Harry Potter and the Year of Realizations
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Harry had a rough fifth year, will his sixth be any better? Harry has a feeling it will be, but he's a little confused about the way Hermione's been acting.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling. (Although sometimes I wish I owned Harry, j/k (strike the 'sometimes'))
This chapter was especially hard to write. Please review, I have some good ideas for the next chaper. R&R please!
Chapter Eleven: The Reveal
PREVIOUSLY:
"Do either of you have any questions?" Hermione did, obviously. "What about classes and dorms at school?" Hermione was really quite worried about everything. "Your classes can be arranged, and as for dorms it won't be a problem." Harry and Hermione looked at him confused. "But they're in different ro.." Hermione was cut off. Dumbledor had pulled out two letters and handed one to Harry and one to Hermione. "Congratulations, you two are the new head boy and head girl." Harry and Hermione looked at each other and then to Dumbledor. He put his hand in the air and snapped. He was gone. Harry and Hermione looked at each other, very embarrassed about the whole thing.
Harry walked over to Hermione and sat beside her. Hesitating a brief second he put his arm around her. Hermione turned to Harry and looked scared, and sad. She buried her face in Harrys' chest. "Harry, I'm so scared." Harry looked down at her. "Why?" Hermione looked at him with scared eyes. "What happens if we are apart for too long?" Harry looked down at here again. "Well, we'll just have to avoid being apart." Hermione smiled.
Back inside everyone was still very worried. They had waited for a long time for Harry and Hermione to walk in and tell them what the hell was going on.
Hermione was thinking out loud. "What are we going to tell Ron?" Harry just said simply, "the truth".
Harry and Hermione were very nervous about telling everyone what happened. When they walked up to the door they heard everyone inside talking. They opened the door and the second they did everyone fell silent, even Ron.
Hermione was the first to speak. "Everyone, Harry and I have something we need to tell you." Harry looked at her hesitantly. "When Dumbledor asked you to leave, he told Harry and I that he and I were magically bonded because, well, If you kiss your soulmate before you turn 16 then your souls unite and you have to be near each other or well, you'll back out and run the risk of your heart stopping. Apparently Harry and I are soulmates, hence the blacking out and nosebleeds."
Hermione finished looking over at Harry who was blushing so much he looked like the opposite of Draco (who's paler than a snow owl). She squeezed his hand with reassurance. "Well, Harry and I have a lot of talking to do, so we're going to be up in his room. Just come and ask us if you have a question, okay?" Everyone nodded. Harry and Hermione walked upstairs, leaving a group of VERY confused people.
Hermione led Harry up to Ron's room. She opened the door and sat on the edge of the bed. Harry followed her and sat beside her. "Harry?" Harry looked at her. "Yeah?" Hermione continued, "Don't you think this a bit much?" Harry looked at her, understanding exactly what she was talking about. "Yes, it is, but I couldn't be happier." This time is was Hermione's turn to be look confused. Harry continued, "Hermione, this summer I realized I was falling in love with you, I kept reassuring myself that it was just a crush, and that I couldn't possibly be in love with my best friend. I didn't figure it out and actually accept it until I saw you, up in the tree, crying. I care so much about you, and I couldn't be happier about spending my year at Hogwarts by your side."
Hermione looked at him. 'Is he really telling the truth?' 'I feel exactly the same way'. Hermione started to speak. "Harry, I felt the same way, It's just when I got here, I left early just to be with you longer, you told Ron that you were going out with Cho. Over the years I realized how much it bothered me when you talked about her. We can't do this now, even if we are soulmates, you're going out with Cho."
Hermione leaned back on the bed feeling very frustrated. "No I'm not." Hermione sat back up. "What, you were right before I went up in the tree." Harry shrugged, "I'm not anymore, I rewrote that letter, I told her I was in love with somebody else, you." Hermione looked at him confused, "Yeah, but you said that you didn't know until you saw me in the tree. "Well, yes, but I bought this journal that makes you write down your true feelings, even if you don't really know. I couldn't find any paper, so I used it. What I thought I was writing wasn't actually what I was writing. I reread it and decided if that's what I really felt then great. So I sent it to Cho and told her I was in love with you."
Hermione was astonished. She never imagined the Harry Potter having the same feelings for her as she did him. He leaned in to kiss her, but she put her hand up to her mouth. As much as she wanted him to kiss her, she didn't want to take this too fast. Harry pulled out. '?'. She knew exactly what he was thinking. "Harry, I just want to take this slow, I mean, we don't know what's going to happen." Harry nodded in agreement. "Shake on it? Best friends until it comes naturally." Hermione asked. Harry knew this was the way it should be. He smiled at her and shook on it.
Ginny walked upstairs, having a few questions she wanted answered. She knocked on the door. Hermione opened it and Ginny walked in. She really didn't understand this. "What's going on?" Hermione looked at her, confused. "We've already told you." Ginny looked at her. "Tell me again."
"Well, Hermione and I are bonded, soulmates, whatever you want to call it." Harry tried to explain, but was failing miserably. "Hermione, is there any way I could talk to you, I don't know, alone?" Hermione said, 'yeah'. She started to walk out the door but Ginny stopped her. "You can't" Hermione just said, "oh, yeah." She walked over to her things that Ginny had kindly brought to Ron's room, She dug around for a minute and found just what she was looking for.
Hermione walked over to Harry and handed him a CD player. He looked at her, confused. She just pointed to the window seat and said, "Ginny wants to talk to me alone, could you just listen to this for awhile. I promise it won't be too long. Harry took the CD player and walked to the window seat and put the headphones on.
Hermione walked over to the other side of the room and sat behind Ron's bed. Ginny sat down opposite her. "Okay, so what do you want to know?" Hermione asked. Ginny shifted. "Ummm" Ginny blushed. "What, you can tell me." Hermione persuaded. "What was it like kissing Harry?" Ginny smiled. Hermione just leaned forward and said, "He's a great kisser." They went on like this for awhile, but the batteries in Hermione's CD player were going dead.
Harry looked at the CD player as it stopped. He was about to go ask Hermione for more batteries when his curiosity got the better of him. He took the headphones off of one ear. He always wondered what girls talked about when there weren't any guys listening.
"We agreed on just being best friends until it comes naturally." Harry heard Hermione say with a bit of sadness in her voice. "Well, I can tell that's not what you really want." Hermione looked over towards Harry, who turned his head quickly before Hermione saw. "I know, but it's the right thing, it would just be too fast." Ginny looked at her sympathetically.
Harry walked over to Hermione and Ginny. "It ran out of batteries." Hermione looked at him, horrified. "How long ago?" Harry looked at his watch. "About two seconds." He lied. Hermione washed over with relief. She just hugged him tightly and said, "We're done anyway." Ginny nodded and walked out of the room.
"Harry?" Harry looked at her. "You're okay with all of this?" Harry looked down, wishing his mouth would let him lie. "No." Hermione looked at him. "Well, I'm completely in love with you, Hermione. I can't just ignore that, trust me, I've tried." Hermione looked down. "Harry, I'm in love with you too, but, I just want to take this slow, I'm just so scared about all of this." Harry hugged her and looked her in the eye. "It's going to be just fine, okay? I promise."
Hermione looked up at him. She loved him so much. She wasn't so much worried about herself as she was worried about him. This was all just too much for her. All of the sudden she didn't care about taking it slow. She stood on her tip toes and kissed him. Not hard, just sweet. "What about.." Harry started to say. But Hermione put her finger up to his lips. She leaned in and kissed him again.
Ron walked in and saw them. They didn't even notice him come in. He walked over to Harry and flicked him in the head. Harry turned around and said, 'hey!'. Ron just laughed. "If you guys are going to do that all the time, you're not sleeping in MY room." Ron laughed again and Harry and Hermione walked out the door. This time it was Harrys' turn to be the responsible one. "As much as I want to kiss you, I know that we DO have to take it slow. Maybe just as my girlfriend." Harry stepped back. "Hermione Granger, will you be my girl?" Hermione smiled. "Of course, I wouldn't have it any other way."
They walked downstairs and Mrs. Weasley walked over to them. she had the biggest grin on her face and just smiled at them insanely and walked away. Fred and George walked in the room. Fred was the first to speak up. "Harry, are you going out with Hermione?" Harry nodded. Fred turned to George and said, 'HA!' George handed Fred a galleon. "What was that?" Hermione asked. "Oh, well, we bet" "On how long it'd take" "until you two finally" "confessed to each other" "that you liked" "each other". Fred and George said back and forth, finishing ach others sentences. George walked away, head hanging. "just three more days!" He muttered to himself.
Harry and Hermione shrugged and sat down for dinner. Ron came back downstairs and sat across from them. "So, how are guys going to take showers and go to the bathroom?" Ron asked with a smirk on his face.
Like? It's really hard to keep them apart right now, it's like some higher power wants me to get them together now, but I want them to still be awkward too. So I showed it through them. The whole 'take it slow' thing was very difficult. R&R please.
!!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! POLL ALERT !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!
TOO SAPPY? JUST LET ME KNOW, THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE DARKER AND HARRY AND HERMIONE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS.
Thanks for your reviews:
Andrea: I'm glad you like it, there will be a plot to this story and my hope is to get them to Hogwarts soon. I hope you like.
Fire Wings 1: Sorry for not thanking you before, but sometimes I forget. Yes, I know only 7th years can make Head Boy and Head girl, but since they can't go into separate rooms, he made an exception, I hope you like this chapter. I'm really getting into this story.
Suhaila: Wow! That's a great compliment. Thank you. I really hope you like this chapter.
I hope you all like it, please review, I'll probably get the next chapter up in a day. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review! I'll give you a cookie. XOXO
3 Michelle 3
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Harry had a rough fifth year, will his sixth be any better? Harry has a feeling it will be, but he's a little confused about the way Hermione's been acting.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling. (Although sometimes I wish I owned Harry, j/k (strike the 'sometimes'))
This chapter was especially hard to write. Please review, I have some good ideas for the next chaper. R&R please!
Chapter Eleven: The Reveal
PREVIOUSLY:
"Do either of you have any questions?" Hermione did, obviously. "What about classes and dorms at school?" Hermione was really quite worried about everything. "Your classes can be arranged, and as for dorms it won't be a problem." Harry and Hermione looked at him confused. "But they're in different ro.." Hermione was cut off. Dumbledor had pulled out two letters and handed one to Harry and one to Hermione. "Congratulations, you two are the new head boy and head girl." Harry and Hermione looked at each other and then to Dumbledor. He put his hand in the air and snapped. He was gone. Harry and Hermione looked at each other, very embarrassed about the whole thing.
Harry walked over to Hermione and sat beside her. Hesitating a brief second he put his arm around her. Hermione turned to Harry and looked scared, and sad. She buried her face in Harrys' chest. "Harry, I'm so scared." Harry looked down at her. "Why?" Hermione looked at him with scared eyes. "What happens if we are apart for too long?" Harry looked down at here again. "Well, we'll just have to avoid being apart." Hermione smiled.
Back inside everyone was still very worried. They had waited for a long time for Harry and Hermione to walk in and tell them what the hell was going on.
Hermione was thinking out loud. "What are we going to tell Ron?" Harry just said simply, "the truth".
Harry and Hermione were very nervous about telling everyone what happened. When they walked up to the door they heard everyone inside talking. They opened the door and the second they did everyone fell silent, even Ron.
Hermione was the first to speak. "Everyone, Harry and I have something we need to tell you." Harry looked at her hesitantly. "When Dumbledor asked you to leave, he told Harry and I that he and I were magically bonded because, well, If you kiss your soulmate before you turn 16 then your souls unite and you have to be near each other or well, you'll back out and run the risk of your heart stopping. Apparently Harry and I are soulmates, hence the blacking out and nosebleeds."
Hermione finished looking over at Harry who was blushing so much he looked like the opposite of Draco (who's paler than a snow owl). She squeezed his hand with reassurance. "Well, Harry and I have a lot of talking to do, so we're going to be up in his room. Just come and ask us if you have a question, okay?" Everyone nodded. Harry and Hermione walked upstairs, leaving a group of VERY confused people.
Hermione led Harry up to Ron's room. She opened the door and sat on the edge of the bed. Harry followed her and sat beside her. "Harry?" Harry looked at her. "Yeah?" Hermione continued, "Don't you think this a bit much?" Harry looked at her, understanding exactly what she was talking about. "Yes, it is, but I couldn't be happier." This time is was Hermione's turn to be look confused. Harry continued, "Hermione, this summer I realized I was falling in love with you, I kept reassuring myself that it was just a crush, and that I couldn't possibly be in love with my best friend. I didn't figure it out and actually accept it until I saw you, up in the tree, crying. I care so much about you, and I couldn't be happier about spending my year at Hogwarts by your side."
Hermione looked at him. 'Is he really telling the truth?' 'I feel exactly the same way'. Hermione started to speak. "Harry, I felt the same way, It's just when I got here, I left early just to be with you longer, you told Ron that you were going out with Cho. Over the years I realized how much it bothered me when you talked about her. We can't do this now, even if we are soulmates, you're going out with Cho."
Hermione leaned back on the bed feeling very frustrated. "No I'm not." Hermione sat back up. "What, you were right before I went up in the tree." Harry shrugged, "I'm not anymore, I rewrote that letter, I told her I was in love with somebody else, you." Hermione looked at him confused, "Yeah, but you said that you didn't know until you saw me in the tree. "Well, yes, but I bought this journal that makes you write down your true feelings, even if you don't really know. I couldn't find any paper, so I used it. What I thought I was writing wasn't actually what I was writing. I reread it and decided if that's what I really felt then great. So I sent it to Cho and told her I was in love with you."
Hermione was astonished. She never imagined the Harry Potter having the same feelings for her as she did him. He leaned in to kiss her, but she put her hand up to her mouth. As much as she wanted him to kiss her, she didn't want to take this too fast. Harry pulled out. '?'. She knew exactly what he was thinking. "Harry, I just want to take this slow, I mean, we don't know what's going to happen." Harry nodded in agreement. "Shake on it? Best friends until it comes naturally." Hermione asked. Harry knew this was the way it should be. He smiled at her and shook on it.
Ginny walked upstairs, having a few questions she wanted answered. She knocked on the door. Hermione opened it and Ginny walked in. She really didn't understand this. "What's going on?" Hermione looked at her, confused. "We've already told you." Ginny looked at her. "Tell me again."
"Well, Hermione and I are bonded, soulmates, whatever you want to call it." Harry tried to explain, but was failing miserably. "Hermione, is there any way I could talk to you, I don't know, alone?" Hermione said, 'yeah'. She started to walk out the door but Ginny stopped her. "You can't" Hermione just said, "oh, yeah." She walked over to her things that Ginny had kindly brought to Ron's room, She dug around for a minute and found just what she was looking for.
Hermione walked over to Harry and handed him a CD player. He looked at her, confused. She just pointed to the window seat and said, "Ginny wants to talk to me alone, could you just listen to this for awhile. I promise it won't be too long. Harry took the CD player and walked to the window seat and put the headphones on.
Hermione walked over to the other side of the room and sat behind Ron's bed. Ginny sat down opposite her. "Okay, so what do you want to know?" Hermione asked. Ginny shifted. "Ummm" Ginny blushed. "What, you can tell me." Hermione persuaded. "What was it like kissing Harry?" Ginny smiled. Hermione just leaned forward and said, "He's a great kisser." They went on like this for awhile, but the batteries in Hermione's CD player were going dead.
Harry looked at the CD player as it stopped. He was about to go ask Hermione for more batteries when his curiosity got the better of him. He took the headphones off of one ear. He always wondered what girls talked about when there weren't any guys listening.
"We agreed on just being best friends until it comes naturally." Harry heard Hermione say with a bit of sadness in her voice. "Well, I can tell that's not what you really want." Hermione looked over towards Harry, who turned his head quickly before Hermione saw. "I know, but it's the right thing, it would just be too fast." Ginny looked at her sympathetically.
Harry walked over to Hermione and Ginny. "It ran out of batteries." Hermione looked at him, horrified. "How long ago?" Harry looked at his watch. "About two seconds." He lied. Hermione washed over with relief. She just hugged him tightly and said, "We're done anyway." Ginny nodded and walked out of the room.
"Harry?" Harry looked at her. "You're okay with all of this?" Harry looked down, wishing his mouth would let him lie. "No." Hermione looked at him. "Well, I'm completely in love with you, Hermione. I can't just ignore that, trust me, I've tried." Hermione looked down. "Harry, I'm in love with you too, but, I just want to take this slow, I'm just so scared about all of this." Harry hugged her and looked her in the eye. "It's going to be just fine, okay? I promise."
Hermione looked up at him. She loved him so much. She wasn't so much worried about herself as she was worried about him. This was all just too much for her. All of the sudden she didn't care about taking it slow. She stood on her tip toes and kissed him. Not hard, just sweet. "What about.." Harry started to say. But Hermione put her finger up to his lips. She leaned in and kissed him again.
Ron walked in and saw them. They didn't even notice him come in. He walked over to Harry and flicked him in the head. Harry turned around and said, 'hey!'. Ron just laughed. "If you guys are going to do that all the time, you're not sleeping in MY room." Ron laughed again and Harry and Hermione walked out the door. This time it was Harrys' turn to be the responsible one. "As much as I want to kiss you, I know that we DO have to take it slow. Maybe just as my girlfriend." Harry stepped back. "Hermione Granger, will you be my girl?" Hermione smiled. "Of course, I wouldn't have it any other way."
They walked downstairs and Mrs. Weasley walked over to them. she had the biggest grin on her face and just smiled at them insanely and walked away. Fred and George walked in the room. Fred was the first to speak up. "Harry, are you going out with Hermione?" Harry nodded. Fred turned to George and said, 'HA!' George handed Fred a galleon. "What was that?" Hermione asked. "Oh, well, we bet" "On how long it'd take" "until you two finally" "confessed to each other" "that you liked" "each other". Fred and George said back and forth, finishing ach others sentences. George walked away, head hanging. "just three more days!" He muttered to himself.
Harry and Hermione shrugged and sat down for dinner. Ron came back downstairs and sat across from them. "So, how are guys going to take showers and go to the bathroom?" Ron asked with a smirk on his face.
Like? It's really hard to keep them apart right now, it's like some higher power wants me to get them together now, but I want them to still be awkward too. So I showed it through them. The whole 'take it slow' thing was very difficult. R&R please.
!!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! POLL ALERT !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!
TOO SAPPY? JUST LET ME KNOW, THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE DARKER AND HARRY AND HERMIONE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS.
Thanks for your reviews:
Andrea: I'm glad you like it, there will be a plot to this story and my hope is to get them to Hogwarts soon. I hope you like.
Fire Wings 1: Sorry for not thanking you before, but sometimes I forget. Yes, I know only 7th years can make Head Boy and Head girl, but since they can't go into separate rooms, he made an exception, I hope you like this chapter. I'm really getting into this story.
Suhaila: Wow! That's a great compliment. Thank you. I really hope you like this chapter.
I hope you all like it, please review, I'll probably get the next chapter up in a day. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review! I'll give you a cookie. XOXO
3 Michelle 3