Not seeing Eric anywhere, Hermione sat on the bench where they had almost kissed hours before. Seven o'clock came and went. It was five past when she felt two hands press across her eyes from behind.
When she removed the hands from her face, she turned around and smiled when she saw Eric.
He came and sat beside her and put his arm around her. She cuddled into him and he whispered in her ear, his breath tickling her skin, sending a warm shiver across her body.
'I've waited so long to see you. I've missed you so much.'
'So have I.' She whispered back. 'I haven't stopped thinking about you in ages.'
Their faces grew closer and closer, and with no spontaneous shout from a friend, their lips touched.
Hermione savoured the innocence and gentleness of the kiss. They broke apart for a breath and then their lips reunited once again. This time Hermione opened her mouth, allowing Eric's tongue full access.
They sat there kissing for quite a while, but were later found to be cuddling each other on the bench contentedly. Together, they sat, enjoying the warmth and comfort of the other, until, with a jump, Hermione realized that it was nearly 9:00.
'We've been here two hours. It only felt like 10 minutes.' She complained.
'Would you like me to walk you home?' asked Eric, who stood up and offered his hand to Hermione. She took it and followed him out of the park. They walked hand in hand down the streets to Hermione's house. When they reached it, Eric gave her a passionate goodnight kiss.
'Have you still got the same phone number?' he asked her. She nodded.
'I'll ring you tomorrow then?'
'Okay.' She answered.
'Hermione,' he started, looking slightly nervous. 'I've been wanting to ask you this for quite a while.' And with an encouraging look from Hermione, he continued. 'Will you be my girlfriend?'
'Of course!' said Hermione, grinning from ear to ear. She wrapped her arms around his neck and engaged him in another passionate kiss.
'K, well, I'll talk to you tomorrow, then.' Eric said when they broke apart. Neither of them could stop smiling.
'Bye.' He said to her. He kissed her hand and walked off.
Hermione skipped inside, assuming her parents had gone to bed; she went upstairs to her own room. Still smiling, she got ready for bed and fell asleep with a large grin plastered on her face.
Hermione woke up mid-morning the next day. She washed and dressed and was heading down to breakfast when the phone rang. Hermione jumped and ran to answer it.
'Hello.'
'Hi. Hermione?'
'Uh, huh. Eric?'
'Listen, Hermione, how 'bout I come and pick you up in half an hour. We'll go and meet Jeff, Daf and Bel at Jeff's house and hang out there for a while. You in?'
'Sure, see you I half an hour.'
'Until then. Bye.'
'Bye.'
Hermione smiled and went to have breakfast. She was ready when Eric came to pick her up thirty minutes later in the car his parents had rented for their stay.
They arrived at Jeffrey's house a short while later and were walking hand in hand up the path when Daphne called from behind them.
'Hey, guys.' They paused and waited for her to catch up.
'Hey.'
Daphne saw their joined hands and shot them a curious look, which they both ignored. They reached the door and Eric knocked. It opened several seconds later, revealing Isabel, her long blonde hair wildly out. She greeted them happily and didn't notice the extremely small distance between Eric and Hermione. Daphne let herself in and went straight to the living room. Hermione and Eric followed Isabel, who had turned around and was heading to the direction where Daphne had disappeared.
They entered to find Jeffrey lazily sitting in the middle of a spacious cream couch in the centre of the tastefully decorated living room, he was staring up at the ceiling, clearly half asleep. Daphne was sitting on his left, hugging a cushion and was currently channel surfing. Isabel sat down on Jeffrey's other side and turned her attention to the T.V. Hermione and Eric were both standing in the doorway of the lounge, Eric's arm around Hermione's shoulders. Then he took matters into his own hands and cleared his throat. The other three turned and looked at the pair still standing.
'Ahem. Well, we have a little announcement.' He glanced at Hermione, who nodded. They had decided to tell their friends of their new relationship in the car on the way over. 'We, that is to say, Hermione and I, are going out.' Jeffrey grinned knowingly at his newly coupled friends. Isabel let out a shriek of excitement, jumped up and down, and hugged the pair. Daphne hadn't moved and was wearing a look that plainly said 'great, now I'm a fifth wheel!'
After Eric's announcement, Hermione had one of her own.
'Hey, guys.' she started as she sat down with Eric on the large armchair to the left of the couch. 'My friend, Harry, is going to stay with me for a while. He'll arrive on the 12th and leave with me on the 18th to go to our other friend, Ron's, house. So please, when he gets here, be nice to him.' They all nodded to show they understood.
'So you're leaving on the 18th?' Eric whispered in her ear. She snuggled closer to him and whispered back in a disappointed tone.
'Yeah.'
'Well, I guess I'll just have to make the most of you being here.'
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