2004

The Comedy Of Errors…and Harry

Chapter 1

I know, I know, what's a guy to do? What's a guy to do when one of your best friends in the entire world is pregnant with your child? What's a guy to do when you know you drank too much fire whiskey at the Yule ball, and you're the one to blame for this whole fiasco? Well that's simple, keep the kid, get married, and live happily ever after! Right? Or so I thought at the time. But I'm getting ahead of myself; let me start from the beginning…

It was on the evening of one of the famous Yule balls. My seventh year, her seventh year. Oh right, did I forget again to mention my name? I'm Harry Potter by the way. The boy who lived, the boy with the scar, the boy who finally defeated the Dark Lord Volermort...etc…etc…etc. And her? Well, I'm taking it that you probably already know who I'm talking about. The woman who's been in my thoughts and dreams for far too long. The woman whom I'm madly in love with and have been for faaaaar tooooo long. Yes, madly. So cliché. Hermione Granger. She's the one I'm so in love with. But I'm sure you already figured that out…but anyways back to my story.

It was on the evening on the Yule Ball. I still don't really know why they held these dances. We weren't really celebrating anything particular but I guess we were celebrating the whole Christmas spirit thing…hence the name Yule. I had an annoying feeling though, that this was about my defeating of the dark lord the previous summer. Everybody kept congratulating me…quite annoying. It's done, it's over, move on please. I'm just going to keep hearing about in the common room from Hermione later. You know that thing about me "playing the hero" and shit. Or was that Ron? Anyways, I'm babbling on again when I'm supposed to be telling you how Hermione and me got together and…err…did naughty things. Not that I'm a big pervert and all but you know, I'm only human! Ron was the horny one of the trio. That's right, Ron Weasley my other best friend. The one who I could stay up late in the night and talk of quidditch and loads of other shit that we couldn't ever speak upon with a girl around. Including my favorite, Ron's reoccurring dream about a restaurant called "Circus Burger"…strange as it is. Anyways, I promise you this is the final time. I'll try and start this epic novel again so here goes…I'll shut up now…

It was our seventh year at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. The Yule ball had ended over an hour ago, and Hermione and me were walking around the lake. It was a fairly cool night. No snow yet. It was perfect. I was a little on the tipsy side and so was she.

"Herms wasn't the Mule ball bloody fucking fantastic???!!"

"Harry…it's…the…hahahaha Yule Ball!!" She says in between laughs

"Oh err…right then!" Now I'm laughing at myself. We sit down by the lake and stare at the sky for a moment. Hermione looks gorgeous with her hair all up in a neat bun, with two strands of hair that come down in the front. I remember this afternoon when she came back from a visit to Hogsmeade with her new dress. That was when she asked me to go with her. That's right, a girl asked a boy. Stop mocking me. We decided to go "as friends" but of course everyone thought we were always together. Which we weren't…yet.

"Harry, do you love me?" She almost seemed serious aside from the chronic giggles. Her eyes told me she was serious, but not the body language. It was definitely the firewhiskey kicking in. Of course me being equally drunk played along with her.

"Yes, with all my heart". She has more fits of laughter. I'm too drunk to care. "I love you sooo much Herms!" I stand up and scream from the top of my lungs.

"I LOVE HERMIONE GRANGER WITH ALL MY HEART!!!" She's rolling on the ground from laughter.

"Shhhh you'll wake up the entire castle!"

"No I won't!!

"I THINK I LOVE YOU!! SO WHAT AM I SO AFRAID OF? I'M AFRAID THAT I'M NOT SURE OF… A LOVE THAT HAS NO CURE FOR!!! I THINK I LOVE YOU ISN'T THAT WHAT LIFE IS MADE OF???!!! Oh god I'm singing the partridge family now. I collapse on the ground, and think for a second. She's still laughing hysterically. I get up again.

"NO NO Herms this one's for you. YOU CAN TELL EVERYBODY, THIS IS YOUR SONG. IT MAY BE QUITE SIMPLE BUT NOW THAT IT'S DONE. I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND…ERR WAIT! WHAT'S THE CATCH LINE?? HAHA. HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS WHILE YOUR IN THE WOOOOOOOOOORLD!!!!!!!!!"

I finally calm down a bit, and we just sit there for a moment.

"Harry you're silly."

" I know."

"Harry…"

"Yeah?"

"I think I love you!" she started to sing it again.

"So what am I so afraid of?" I sit closer to her staring at her eyes.

"I'm afraid that I'm not sure of…"

"A love that has no cure for…" I trail off. I capture her lips. Suddenly our kisses seem to get a little too rough and she pulls away.

"Not here."

"What?" She's pulling me to my feet and is proceeding to drag me all the way up to the seventh corridor. This isn't good? Or is it? Why is she taking me up here? She stops suddenly and we both look at a door that just appeared out of nowhere. Ahh, the room of requirement. She opens the door, and pulls me in…