Don't Forget to Floss

By RowlingIdol (a.k.a. Lauren G.)


"Harry, I'm not going to punch you in the mouth." Sirius said. "What happened at the dentist office. Muggles don't like the dentist, so why should we?"
"Just do it!" Harry said.
"No. I won't punch you."
"Then I'll get Ron to do it." Harry headed back out the door. "He'll hit me."
"Harry! What is wrong?" Sirius said sternly, grabbing his arm. Harry sighed and turned around.
"Well... The dentist I went to..."
"Yes?" Sirius pressed.
"Well............ Hermione was there. It's the dentist office her family owns. She was working there as a hygienist."
"Ah...." Sirius said. He smirked.
"Don't give me that look!" Harry said.
"I see what you're trying to do. You want to see her again, don't you?" Harry started pacing in the kitchen throwing open cabinets.
"When was the last time you saw her?" Sirius asked.
"At the Malfoy's Christmas dinner. Ron invited us, remember?"
"How long has it been since?"
"Bloody hell, I don't know!" Harry took out a can of soup and severed it open with his wand. He turned around and used his wand to light the stove.
"I think........ almost a 6 months." Harry said, pouring the soup into a pot.
"Has she written you?"
"No."
"Have you written her."
"Once. After Christmas. I had started my Ministry job then. She had said she wanted to work at the Ministry, so I asked her if she was going to be working there in the letter."
"So now she's working at her parent's dentist office."
"Yes."
"Well, why don't you just go to the dentist office again to see her?"
"I don't want to be obvious. Like, just go in there and stand there and wait for her to come out into the waiting room."
"Bring something. Flowers maybe."
"Sirius! Her mom is the receptionist!"
"Then you could ask her to see her!"
"Her parents probably don't remember me."
"Okay Harry. Pretend I'm James. What would your father tell you to do."
"I never really knew them." Harry softly said.
"Just pretend." Sirius urged. Harry sighed.
"Er..... Go to my room while he tells my mom and she'll start crying and he'll give me the 'birds and the bees' talk. But that's kind of pointless because Hermione and I already...... Oops."
"What?????????????????????" Sirius yelled. Harry shrank back.
"You did 'that'? When?"
"Spring break, 7th year." Harry said, wringing his hands behind his back.
"When you were supposed to be visiting me?"
"Well, we did it AFTER I met up with you." Harry turned his back to Sirius and stirred his soup. Sirius sighed loudly.
"I have failed in my duties of a godparent." Sirius said to the ceiling.
"Come on Sirius, give me a break. I need advice!"
"All right, all right. Are there any shops across the street from the office?"
"I think there's a small café." Harry said.
"Good. Go there for lunch and keep an eye out for her. She has to have a break. So pay attention to what time she goes on break for like, 2 days, and then....."
"Then what?" Harry pressed.
"Well, you can wait for her to go on break, and talk to her then."
"Sirius! You're a genius!" Harry said.
"Thank you. Now, about this Spring Break deal....."
"No comment." Harry said, going red.

*************

"THAT'S your BOYFRIEND?" Sarah said. "I didn't know you had a boyfriend! Dr. and Mrs. Granger never said anything."
"Well, they know we're friends from school."
"What school?" Mary asked.
"Uh..... Steeplechase Academy near Bristol." Hermione said. "It's a highly private school."
"Oh. So..... how long have you been going out?"
"Um......... Almost 2 years."
"Two??????" Lucinda squealed. "You could get married!"
"I guess...." Hermione looked at her hands.
"What's wrong?" Sarah asked
"Well, we haven't really kept in touch. I'm not sure what to do."
"If you break up, I'll have him." Lucinda volunteered.
"That's the problem. I don't know if I should. After school ended we never saw each other. I want to keep seeing him, but its too hard. We've moved apart."
"Well. I've only had 18 boyfriends, so I'm of no help." Mary said, sitting down in a wheelie chair.
"I think we need to hold a pity party." Lucinda suggested.
"You're not helping." Sarah said.
"Thanks." Hermione said to Sarah. "Do you think I should try to get a hold of him?"
"I think you should." Sarah said.
"Well, I did lose my virginity to him...."
"HERMIONE ANNE GRANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hermione turned around. Her mother was standing in the doorway.
"Oops." Hermione said.

*********

"Hey Ron, what are you doing for lunch?" Harry asked Ron, leaning in the doorway to Ron's office.
"I brought my lunch." Ron said, holding up a paper bag that his girlfriend Leila had written 'Ronnie' on it. Harry took the lunch and threw it in the trash.
"What did you do that for?" Ron shrieked.
"We're going to lunch." Harry said.
"I don't like the sound of this..." Ron replied.
"Just grab your coat."

Harry and Ron drove down to the Imperial Café, the café that was across from the Granger's dentist office.
"Why are we here?" Ron asked.
"I'll tell you later. Get a window seat." Harry went up to the counter and ordered for them. Harry came back with their food.
"You know I don't like corned beef, Harry." Ron said, looking inside his sandwich.
"It's roast." Harry said. He shoved half his deli sandwich in his mouth and stared intently out the window.
"Why did we have to go here?" Ron whined.
"Hmmm? Did you say something?" Harry asked Ron, still staring out the window.
"Nevermind." Ron rolled his eyes. Harry set his sandwich down, still looking out the window and felt around for his drink, eyes glued to the outside. Annoyed, Ron moved Harry's drink farther away from him.
"Ron, can you hand me my drink?" Harry asked, reaching for his sandwich instead. Ron dragged the sandwich in its napkin away from Harry.
"Get them yourself." Ron said. Harry frowned and took his eyes the window. He slid his food back towards him. His eyes focused on the outside once more. Ron sighed and took a drink.
"I'm going to get some more napkins." Ron said, getting up.
"Uh... Sure sure, that's fine." Harry said, waving his hand. Ron rolled his eyes and went to get napkins. The bell on the door tinkled as someone came in. Ron came back.
"Those hygienists sure look cute." Ron said, sitting down.
"You have a girlfriend Ron.... Wait. Did you say hygienists?"
"Yeah. There's a dentist office across the street." Harry's head snapped towards the counter. 2 girls were ordering their food. One had her hair tied back in a thick ponytail; the other had her hair lying around her shoulders.
"I can still look, can't I?" Ron said. "I like the blonde one." Harry stared at the girls. They went around to the other side of the condiments table after pausing to get straws and napkins. Harry strained to see where they were planning to sit. The blonde one pointed to a table near them. Behind the table where Harry and Ron were sitting. Harry was trying to drink from his drink, but his straw was dangerously close to going up his nose.
"Harry. Pay attention to what you're doing." Ron said.
"Sorry. Harry lowered his drink. He had butterflies in his stomach. He didn't dare to turn around. What if the girl with the ponytail was Hermione? He didn't dare to turn around. The bell over the door tinkled again. Harry had his eyes squeezed shut, hands clutched.
"Hey! We saved you a spot!" One of the hygienists said to the girl that had just entered the café.
"Thanks." There was the noise of a chair sliding back, and sliding back in.
"You okay Harry?" Ron asked.
"I'm..... I'm fine." Harry opened his eyes. He reached out a shaky hand for his drink.
"I'm going to get my food." Said the girl that had just come in after a moment of greeting her friends. There was a rustle of movement. The girl began to walk towards the counter.
"Hey Harry. That girl looks a lot like....." Suddenly Ron knew. Ron stared at Harry. Harry stared back with pleading eyes. Ron looked up at the girl.
"Her.. Her... Hermione?" Ron slowly said.
The girl stopped at the sound of her voice. She turned around
"Ron?" The other hygienists turned around.
"I remember you!" The blonde one said to Harry. It was Sarah.
"What are you guys doing here?" Hermione asked, extremely surprised.
"We're eating lunch here. We uh.... Come here all the time, don't we Harry?" Harry swallowed hard and nodded.
"Oh." Hermione said, not believing what Ron said about the 'eating there all the time' part.
"I just love their sandwiches." Ron falsely grinned.
"Riiiiiiiiiiight." Hermione said. Hermione stole a glance at Harry. He was ripping the lettuce from his sandwich into tiny pieces of green.
"Well, um.... I'm just............ I'm going to get... some food." Hermione backed away from the table.
"Hand me that napkin dispenser." Harry said to Ron.
"Sure. Wait, why?" But Harry had already taken the metal napkin dispenser from Ron and started beating his head with it.


Note: Sorry about the EXTREMELY long wait. But at least its beginning to progress!!!!