Christmas present
by: sera lunaria
disclaimer: obviously this if fanfiction so therefore I own nothing.
author's note: excuse me for not knowing every detail of the known world but you know what? again i say... it's fanfiction. and i can put mid terms in their if i care to do so. plus.... i meant mid terms in the 6th YEAR meaning , they are taking NEWTS classes right? well they wont take their FINAL EXIT exams till 7th year. i am not a dimwit i know the books. as i have read them over five times each. so the nect time you feel like you know the whole story behind WHY i wrote what i did then you should simply ask a NICE question.... thank you and good bye. (( to people who dont know WHY i'm ranting, dont worry i'm not PMSing i'm just peeved off becasue some reviwer likes to think she/he knows everything in my head.thanks again bye!))
Chapter 2: Jonas Gravey
"took you long enough" Hermione complained as he ran down the stairs. He growled a bit to himself as he saw her outfit pick of the day. A tight fitting pale yellow long sleeve , boat neck shirt with a snitch design across her chest. Ultra low rise midnight tinted jeans. The black boots he had bought her for her birthday and the gryffindor scarf around her neck. She was actually pulling on her black bolero jacket.
Harry looked her up and down with a growing pain under his belt line. "um... hey mate lets go!" ron said pulling on his black bomber jacket and placing some flaming red hair behind his right ear. "what are you gawking at harry, come on!" Hermione said pulling him by his hand. He slipped into his identical black bomber jacket that Fred and George had sent as an early Christmas present for him and Ron. Harry closed his fingers over Hermione's hand and without notice to her, he interlocked his fingers with hers.
"damn it's cold out here" Ron said shivering in the carraige. Harry was sitting next to hermione , her hand still in his. Hermione had fallen asleep on his shoulder and left the two boys talking. "she looks so damn cute when she's sleeping" ron said softly. "you still like her ron?" harry asked. "no, I'm going to ask out luna today, she had to go with Neville though in his carriage becasue he was sick... and anyway I think she likes someone else" ron said softly. "not that I care or anything, she's more of a sister now" Ron said shrugging.
"you think she likes someone?" harry asked him looking sideways towards Hermione and noticed his fingers still interlocked with hers, he quickly took them away. " yeah.... Luna was telling me that she had been tlaking about this guy she likes... apparently it's someone we know" ron said looking out of the window. "oh? What else did luna manage to get out of Hermione?" harry said absent mildly stroking Hermione's knee.
"well luna said that Hermione said she's liked him for a while now, almost three years but just realized it herself... which is a bit said because she and I went out you know, last year and the summer before last...." ron said looking back at harry. "luna also said that Hermione knows him very well, and is always helping out..." ron said looking at hermione and then looking out the window. "what is it's Neville?" harry asked scared and going pale. "well.. That did cross my mind, but then... I realized something... the only guy that Hermione has ever cared about other than me.... was you harry" ron said looking back at harry with a hint of a smile playing on his lips. "oh honestly, Ron don't say that, she doesnt like me... of course not... no..." harry said denying even the thought that he really wanted to think was true.
"well mate, that's my bet. Even when we were going out she always talked about hos worry she was of you..." ron smirked. "but she's always said I'm her brother" harry said defensively. "well brothers.... my dear friend... don't have dreams of their sisters" ron smirked and looked out of the window. "what?!" harry said almost leaping out his seat. This out burst however woke hermione up and made it impossible for him to investigate ron. He gave ron a menacing look and looked back down at hermione.
"what happened you guys?" she asked yawning a bit while covering her mouth. "nothing Hermione" Ron piped and then continued to look out of the window. "harry?" Hermione asked him. "nothing" harry said. She just shock her head and adjusted herself back on his shoulder and fell asleep. " you have a thing for her too don't you" ron said grinning from ear to ear. "I do not have a thing for her" harry sneered. " then why did you space out by looking at her in potions test?" ron snickered and looked back out the window. Harry could not say anything.... ron was right he had spaced out.
"oh harry it's so pretty!" cho chang smiled brightly as harry gave her a dove pin enchanted to chrip for christmas. They had been friends since the year before, so they werent sore with one another. Hermione stuck up her nose slightly and walked towards the magical menagerie to get some healing formula for crookshanks injured paw. Ron looked at harry when she left and harry knew what the look was about .... ' one point for me! Zero for you'. Harry soooo wanted to throw snow up Ron's nose at the moment but just settled for a peck on the cheek form cho Chang.
"Well I'll see you later cho, thanks for the gift you gave me too" harry grinned and put away the pocket foeglass he had received from her. She smiled and bowed slightly and walked off with her friend. Harry then turned his attention to ron. "you bastard... you shouldnt have let her leave, and that was NOT a point for you! That proves absolutely nothing" harry growled under a low breath. Ron chuckled and shrugged. "lets get hedwig some owl treats" he offered as an excuse to go into the magical menagerie. Harry just followed him into the store. Hermione was looking at the small gecko lizards and the snakes interigued. A boy cam over to her, he looked to be in the 7th year. Tall and in ravenclaw.
He spoke to her for a few moments making her laugh. Harry peered at them from the corner of his eye and grew hot with unknown jealousy. The boy conjured up a white rose behind his back and swiftly gave it to Hermione. Hermione stared at the rose and then up at the boy and smiled her most beautiful smile and took it. Harry's ears turned red hot. The boy leaned down and pecked her on the cheek and then nodded a good bye and left the store with a bag of owl treats. Hermione then looked around and shortened the rose stem and put it into her pocket. Looking around again she spotted ron and harry.
She came over with a big smile planted on her face that made harry melt a bit but still made him more the enraged boy. "Jonas Gravey from the Ravenclaw quidditch team; chaser just asked me out..." Hermione giggled. "I never saw him on the field, at school neither..." harry said red hot rage dripping from his every word. Hermione didn't hear it though and smiled at harry.
"well it's not odd as he started the quidditch team last month and he also stays mostly to himself when not in class, I'm in arrhythmic NEWTS and ancient rune studies with him" she smiled. "oh" ron said filling in the words that harry's mouth could no longer speak.
"he's asked me to meet him at the angelic café, that parlor with the sweet cherubs all year round taking your orders?" Hermione said softly. "oh okay well will we see you afterwards?" Ron asked. "um.... well I dont know" Hermione said thinking. "well good for you Hermione and have fun" harry said gulping down a bit tomuch saliva. He then prompty left the shop and headed down to the three broomsticks. After a minute or two Ron left the shop to catch up with him.
End chapter 2