Love's Fight (Pt. 2)
Back at Hogwarts:
Everyone was preparing for the upcoming Christmas holiday McGonagall passed around the list for who would be staying for the Christmas break Ron decided he was staying cause Lavender was going to be staying, That and the fact that the Weasleys wanted to be alone with Ginny and see if they could figure out what was going on with her. Hermione was staying cause her and her father weren't getting along she wanted to go home for her mom but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Harry of course was staying cause he didn't have anywhere else to go regardless. Two weeks before the break Dumbledore had a break through in Harry's problem.
"Hermione Harry come with me to Dumbledore's office." Lupin said pulling them out of transfiguration
"Professor what's going on?" Harry asked as he followed Lupin
"You'll find everything out when we get to the office." He said they reached the gargoyle statue and proceeded to the office. Dumbledore was sitting behind the desk and he had a grin on his face. That made Harry and Hermione feel much more comfortable. It meant there wasn't going to be any bad news.
"Mr. Potter Miss. Granger I'm glad to see that you two have managed to get along even though you've lost your memory. It shows that what you had was more powerful then even I realized." Dumbledore said as he got up out of behind his desk. Harry and Hermione were watching his every move.
"Well Headmaster I still wish I could remember even though I've grown to care for Hermione a great deal without the memories." Harry said feeling a little bit uncomfortable talking about his feelings. Hermione smiled at him she could tell he wasn't comfortable talking he never really was.
"Well you wont have to worry about that much longer because we've found a potion to bring your memory back." Dumbledore said smiling at them. Hermione ran and gave Harry a huge hug he returned it. He was just as pleased as everyone else and couldn't wait to be able to remember everything he had lost.
"That's great when can Harry take the potion when will it be ready." Hermione said practically jumping up and down.
"Well Miss Granger the potion will be ready right after the new years." Dumbledore said knowing that they were going to comment on the time length. Hermione had a feeling of small disappointment and so did Harry.
"Why will it take so long?" Harry asked
"Well because of the difficulty to get the ingredients for the potion and the amount of time it takes to brew; but at least you get the start of the New Year with your memory back." Dumbledore said. Harry grinned and agreed that he could stand to wait just a bit longer. Harry and Hermione gave each other a quiet passionate hug.
" I am so happy that your getting your memory back this is going to mean so many great things." Hermione said in his ear
"Excuse there's one other thing Miss Granger I've spoken to your parents and they told me that they want you to come home for the holidays." Dumbledore said
"Headmaster I definitely don't want to sound rude or anything but the last thing I intend to do is go home this break." Hermione said
Dumbledore sat back down behind his desk and Lupin who had been sitting in the back of the room walked over to Hermione.
"Hermione I know right now your mad at your father; I know he said some pretty awful things to you. But right now they're miserable. Do you really want to leave them alone for Christmas?" Lupin asked her Hermione looked at him in the eyes
"Professor my father crossed the line, and I know if I go home my whole trip will be him bad mouthing Harry. Fact is if I go home now I know that it'll make the situation worst, and I don't think that's what my mom needs to see." Hermione said as she got out her seat and started looking at stuff on Dumbledore's shelves. Everyone could tell that thinking about the situation was upsetting her. Harry walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder she turned around and began crying on his shoulder. Lupin and Dumbledore sat down silently and gave her a moment to regain composure.
"Professor I'm sorry I know they want me to come home but I really just can't do it." She said apologetically.
"Ok Miss Granger." Dumbledore said
Lupin got up and walked to the door.
"Well I'm going to go and help Snape with the potion. I'll talk to you all later have a good afternoon." He said as he walked out the office with a grin on his face. He was glad to see that Hermione and Harry were doing so good together. And that things were starting to really look up for them. Harry and Hermione left Dumbledore's office a little bit after Lupin, and they decided to head straight to there private common room since there classes were about to end for the day anyway. Hermione was still pretty upset about the whole going home thing that she just sat on the couch and cried; Harry tried comforting her but she was just depressed. Harry decided to get Lavender and see if she could talk to Hermione. He headed to Gryffindor tower to get Lavender.
"Lavender can you talk to Mione fore me." He said explaining the situation
"Well I'll try but if you couldn't help her I doubt that she'll be any better off with me." She said walking to their private tower through the passageway.
"Ron she was fine Dumbledore gave us all this good news about my memory coming back. But then when he mentioned her going home for break she kind of fell apart." Harry said Ron just looked at him not really knowing what to do.
"Well Harry honestly the only thing I can say is her issues with her father are a lot deeper then we thought. And I'm sure she feels guilty about not going home even though she is mad at him. I mean she's torn because she loves him; but at the same time is furious because he's disrespecting you." Ron said
"Well I mean she shouldn't let his anger toward me affect their relationship." Harry said to him as he headed to go back to Hermione. Ron grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back over.
"That's much easier said. I mean when someone disrespects her don't you get jumpy?" Ron asked
"Well yeah; But I mean I guess when it's your parents you just have to accept there opinions." Harry said with a face that you could tell he wasn't too sure.
"Yeah you wish you could just swallow it but when someone's in love as much as Hermione is with you. To just swallow it is almost impossible and I know she's probably afraid that she'll go over there and they'll have a huge fight. I think she wants to go home but is to afraid of the consequences." Ron said knowing that he probably just hit it on the nose.
"You know what you might just be on to something; and I think it's time I find out for sure what's up." Harry said this time walking to their common room, and interrupting Lavender. Who wasn't really making any progress anyway! Lavender walked away and Harry sat down on the couch; Taking Hermione's hand.
"Mione tell me the truth ok. Do you want to go home for break?" He asked pulling her face so she was looking right in his eyes.
"Well yeah I do I mean my mom is hurt with everything going on, and I mean I know my dad is hurting. And it would be nice to be close to them they are my parents. But I know no matter what the second I get home me and my father will be at each other's throats. I just can't go through that I'm tired of that; Plus I want to be with you your what I need right now." She said as Harry wiped a tear from her eye and gave her a tender kiss on the cheek.
"Ok I just want you to be sure about your decision cause you still have time to make plans to go back home, and I'll always be here when you get back." Harry said pulling her into a hug
"No I'm sure I want to stay here with you and everyone I want to keep my mind off things back at home at least while I can." She said kissing him on the lips he kissed her back.
"Ohhh you two are so cute." Lavender said
"You two need to go to a room; or not cause you could get into way to much trouble." Ron said as he headed back to Gryffindor tower. Harry and Hermione turned around looking rather embarrassed; Lavender giggled at them and turned to follow Ron.
"See you guys over there don't forget we have a big test tomorrow in potions." She said as she disappeared down the corridor.
"Yeah guess we might as well since people around here are keeping an eye on us." Hermione said as she took her bag and headed to Gryffindor tower; Harry agreed and followed her.