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Chapter 2 – the first visitor
Hermione awoke to the wind howling and blowing around outside. She sat up and felt a cold shiver run down my back. She got up and walked over to the window and shut it, keeping the cold air outside. She walked back to her bed, feeling another cold shiver run down her spine. She saw something out of the corner of her eye. "Who's there?" she asked. No one answered so she settled back down into her bed. She started to drift off back to sleep when she felt another cold shiver run down her back again. She sat up and looked around and that's when she saw it. Standing over by the window was a little girl, perhaps a first year. She got up and walked over to the little girl, "Are you ok?" Hermione went to put a hand on the young girls shoulder when her hand went right through. The girl turned around and looked at Hermione. "Aaahh!" The girl was wearing a bloody white dress, skin pale, long black hair, and brown eyes. With a wound on her stomach where the blood was.
"You are the chosen Psychomanter,"said the girl.
From the background Hermione heard Harry yell, "Hermione!"
And with that the girl disappeared as she heard footsteps getting closer.
"Was that Hermione?" asked Ron. I just nodded and started taking off down the hall, Ron right on my heel.
"Hermione!" I shouted. I reached the hospital wing and threw the doors open. And ran over to a crying Hermione over by the window. I wrapped my arms around her as she wept. "Are you all right? What happened?" I asked.
"Nothing, I thought I saw something that wasn't there," she said not so convincing. I knew she was lying and I looked into her eyes reading she would explain to me later.
"Well you're all right now that you're in Harry's arms," said a grinning Ron. I just glared daggers at him, hopefully Hermione didn't notice. "We'll I was just checking and seeing if you're ok. Seeing is how you're fine, I'm going to go find Luna and hit the hay. Good night Harry, Hermione." And with that Ron retreated out of the hospital wing giving me one last encouraging nod.
I walked Hermione over to her bed and left her get under the covers and took the seat to the right of her, and grabbed her hand and gave her an encouraging squeeze. "You want to talk about it?"
"I don't know Harry, you will probably think I'm crazy after I tell you this," Hermione said with her voice quivering.
"I would never think you're crazy. But maybe I should tell you what I wanted to tell you earlier first?" I asked, and she nodded. Now or never Potter. I left out a sigh and I felt Hermione give my hand an encouraging squeeze. "Ok it's like this, some point over the last couple of years I started to have feelings for someone."
"Who?" she asked a little too fast.
"You Hermione, I fell in love with you. I love you Hermione and I would do anything for you. So you see I could never think you're crazy," I said. I can't believe I just said that. I must be the one going crazy.
"You love me?" asked Hermione in a little squeaky voice.
"Yes, you're the only one for me Hermione," I said. Then she did something I wasn't expecting. She sat up and slowly pressed her lips to mine. It was a little clumsy at first being the first time we ever kissed. But it started to grow with passion. I slid my tongue to touch her bottom lip, she opened up and our tongues started to battle. We slowly broke apart. "Wow," I mumbled out.
She just nodded, "Harry Potter you are a blind git at times."
Not the reaction I was suspecting, "What?"
"Harry, I was at you're side for the past two years and never dated. I always loved you Harry Potter," said Hermione as she brought her lips up to mine and we started to kiss again.
"So Hermione Granger, will you be my girl friend?" I asked smirking.
"Yes, a course. You don't know how long I waited for you to ask me that," said Hermione blushing slightly. And we went back to locking lips before we pulled apart.
"So Hermione what was it that you wanted to tell me?" I asked. I saw her bite her bottom lip thinking, dang did she look cute. "You can tell me Hermione, there is nothing in this world that would keep me away from you now."
"Ok, when I woke up after the killing curse being fired at me....." She went on to tell him all about Varda and the book, to the gift or curse, and finally to the little girl she just saw. "And the little girl called me the Psychomanter." She looked up to see me deep in thought about all this new information. Just when I thought all this was over, Hermione gets cursed. No matter what happenings I will be there for her every step of the way. "You don't believe do you?"
"No, I do believe you. And whatever happens I'm going to be with you every step of the way. Like I told you earlier, nothing in the world could keep me away from you now that were together. I love you Mione," I said.
"Mione?" she asked smirking.
"Well...I ...um..."
"Harry you're rambling and I don't mind it coming from you," she said as she brought her lips up to capture mine once again.
"We'll seeing as you could have a visitor, you're going to have to stay with me tonight," I said scooping her up into my arms.
"Ahh....my knight in shining armor," she said exaggerating.
"Shining armor? I thought I would have gold armor," I said laughing and running down the halls with her in my arms. God it felt great to finally have her in my arms. I waited for this day so long and now it is finally here.
"We have to do something about that big head or yours," she said giggling.
"Well when all the papers give you praise and you defeated the greatest threat the world has ever known, it can tend to get to you," I replied still laughing.
"I thought the press didn't matter to you?" she asked still giggling.
"It doesn't, the only thing that matters to me is you," I said giving her a charming smile.
"Quite the charmer our you?" she asked still giggling.
"It seems that you like the charm?" I asked.
"That's because Mr. Potter that I have been head over heels for you for the past couple of years," she replied.
"Well that's good because I am head over heels for you," I said lowering my head to capture her lips. She kept laughing as I ran the rest of the way to the portrait of the fat lady. "The man who conquered," I said to the portrait.
The portrait swung open and I ran in Hermione still in my arms. "Yep you do have a big head," said Hermione laughing.
"Actually that was Ron's idea," I said reaching the steps up to the perfects bedrooms. That's when I finally ran out of breath and started to huff and puff. "Hermione...you...are." I was broken off by Hermione.
"Don't you dare say fat," she said in mock anger.
"I was going to say light as a feather," I said given her another one of my charming smiles.
"Lucky save," she said laughing as we reached the portrait to the head boy and girls area. "Snuffles," she said to the portrait. And we walked in. And I started carrying her up to my room. "Harry you know that we can't stay in the same room, it's against the rules."
"Mione, I don't think Dumbledore will care since I just vanquished Voldemort from the world. And we only have a week of school left, I think we can afford to break a few more rules before we leave," I said giving her puppy eyes.
"Fine," she said. And then quickly added, "Only because of those eyes of yours." So I ran up the stairs to my room and kicked the door open and dropped her on the bed. And then collapsed next to her. We both got under the covers and I wrapped my arms around her waist bringing her close to me. "Harry tell me this is real and isn't a dream?"
"Hermione this is really happing and if you'll have me, I will be with you the rest of your life," I said in all seriousness.
"Good," she mumbled. "Good night love."
I kissed her softly on the forehead, "Good night Mione." And we slowly drifted off to sleep in each others arms.
I woke up to hear knocking on the door. "Harry shouldn't you get that?" Hermione asked.
"Its just Ron, he probably just got home from his meeting with the Cannons scout. Just leave him be for a few seconds and he will just go away," I replied while she just nodded and buried her head into my chest.
"Harry you better open this door or I will break in!" shouted Ron. It was a couple of seconds silence and I thought he gave up and left when the door flung open and Ron came flying in on top of me. "Blimy! I didn't think yous would do it on the first night."
"Ronald Weasly, what kind of women do you think I am?" asked Hermione.
"Well I'm sure Harry thought about it," said Ron smirking.
I just started coughing and starting daggers at Ron. "Harry did you?" asked Hermione in her sweat voice.
"Well...I mean....occasionally," I finally got out, looking up at her and noticing she was smiling.
"Its all right Harry, it will happen, just not yet," she said and I just nodded. Phew got off there rather easy.
"That's all fun and games," said Ron. "But Harry I need to talk to you about the Cannons meeting."
"Fine, can you meet me in the great hall for lunch in an hour?" I asked.
"Yea, I'll go tell Luna first. See you in an hour," said Ron as he left.
"We should go to the library after lunch and write our speeches and learn about this gift I received," Hermione said.
"Ok, sounds good. Seems strange that tomorrow will be our last week here at Hogwarts," I said sighing.
"Yea it will be weird, but we will be fine as long as we got each other," she replied capturing her lips with mine.
"I like being woken up by that," I said smirking. "Well I'm going to go shower and I'll meet you in the common room in thirty."
"Sounds good," she replied as we captured each others lips one last time before going our separate ways.