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Strawberries and Cream

Chapter Two: Matchmaking Part Two

As soon as Hermione was in the corridor she saw Harry leaning up against the wall, busy sniffing the meat pies. She smiled and crossed her arms.

"Just exactly what are you doing?" she asked, startling him and almost making him drop the pies.

"Hermione! Don't do that!" he said indignantly.

She raised an eyebrow and said, "You didn't answer my question."

"I was just smelling them," he said defiantly. "I haven't eaten anything."

"Alright," Hermione said smiling. "Come on. Let's go back to our rooms."

Harry draped the cloak around them both and they slowly made their way back up to their dorms silently. By the time they had arrived back into their dorms it was a quarter past eleven and Hermione was getting very tired.

"Harry," she said, yawning widely. "I think I'm gonna go to bed," she said, smiling sleepily at him and beginning to make her way towards her room.

"No!" he said quickly, grabbing her hand.

Again, she felt the tingles in her arm as he touched her and she stiffened slightly. "What is it?" she asked, turning around to look at him.

"Well, you know I can't eat all this food on my own," he said with a cheeky grin. "I'll need to have you next to me helping me."

She laughed weakly and said, "No Harry, I'm tired and I should go to bed."

"Well, why don't we take the food into my room and you can sleep there tonight?" Harry asked.

"Uh … in your bed?" she asked incredulously.

"Well, yeah," he said shrugging. "I mean, it's not as if I'll do anything you don't want me to."

'Oh, I want you to do what you're thinking Harry,' Hermione thought, a very vivid image entering her head. She giggled softly and said, "Harry, I'm not worried about that."

"Alright. So, what's the problem then?"

"Well, I guess there is no problem," she said shrugging.

"Okay. So you'll come and eat with me in my bed?" he asked, giving her the puppy dog eyes.

She laughed again and said, "Oh fine."

He grinned and said, "Okay, go and change into your pyjamas and come into my room."

"Alright," she said, turning her back on him and walking into her room. 'Stupid Hermione. You'll do something, and you know you will.' "Oh shut up," Hermione muttered, pulling her pyjamas out from under her pillow. "I am not going to do anything because I have control over myself." 'Yeah, yeah. Whatever you think.' "Oh shut up! Wait …" Hermione thought for a moment, "why am I arguing with myself?" 'Because you're stupid.' "I am not! Gah! Stop!" There was no reply to this in her head so she began to change into her pyjamas. "I'm getting as bad as Ron."

She quickly changed into her pyjamas (a pink tank top and matching long pink pants) and left her room to walk into Harry's. As soon as she entered the room she found Harry in long blue pyjama pants with no shirt and sitting on his bed, a pie in his lap and the lollies and the other pie on the bed next to him. He looked up and grinned.

"Come on Mione. The pies are still warm."

She quickly recovered from seeing him half naked and walked over to sit on the bed next to him.

"Here," he said, picking the other pie up and handing it to her. "These look good, eh," he said, grinning and licking his lips.

Hermione laughed and said, "They sure do," while looking at Harry's still wet lips.

They began to eat together, just talking. It was nice, Hermione concluded. Just to be able to sit there with her best friend eating and talking about, well, almost everything.

When they had finished their pies Hermione took the sweets away from Harry, saying, "No, you'll get sick Harry."

He pouted and said, "Alright. Let's go to sleep then."

"You sure you want me in your bed?" she asked, chewing on her bottom lip uncertainly.

He smiled reassuringly and stood up. "Unless you don't want to sleep with me Hermione."

'He just had to say that,' she thought, closing her eyes for a second. She opened them and smiled. "That can be taken in a couple of ways Harry," she said.

He blushed and said, "Well, you know what I mean."

"Alright Harry, I'll sleep in your bed tonight," Hermione said, standing up and pulling the covers back.

Harry grinned and climbed into the bed with her. "Night Mione," he whispered, facing her and patting her hip.

"Night Harry," she whispered back, placing a hand on his and rubbing it softly with her fingers.

He smiled and the last thing Hermione remembered was watching his green eyes slowly close.

About halfway through the night Hermione jumped as she felt something kick her. She turned around in the bed to see Harry thrashing and moaning something in his sleep.

"No! Not her! Don't!" he moaned, clenching his teeth in his sleep and kicking out. He woke up suddenly and looked around wildly. "Mione," he whispered, seeing Hermione sitting up and watching him with concern written all over her face. He broke down into tears and whispered her name again.

"I know," she whispered back, moving over to hug him tightly. "It's okay Harry," she whispered to his ear.

He sniffled and hugged her tight, pulling her right over so she was straddling his waist. She stiffened and pulled back immediately. "Sorry," he said, looking down at his hands.

Hermione sighed and took his hands in hers. "Don't ever be sorry for this Harry. It was another nightmare, wasn't it?"

He nodded and looked up at her. "They just don't go away, even though he's gone," he whispered, his voice breaking.

"I know," she said, leaning down and hugging him again. "You'll get through it Harry. These dreams will pass with time." She paused and then said, "Do you want to tell me what happened?"

He sniffed again and said, "He was torturing you again."

"Oh Harry," she murmured, hugging him tightly. "It was just a dream sweetie," she said soothingly.

He nodded and murmured to her ear, "Thankyou Hermione. Without you I wouldn't survive."

She laughed softly and said, "Of course you would."

"No, I would have failed all my subjects by now and been thrown out of school," he said, smiling now.

She laughed again and said, "You're such an idiot sometimes."

"And that's why you're my friend," he said, pulling back and grinning up at her.

She smiled and said, "Should we go back to sleep then?"

He nodded and she crawled off him. "But," he said, slipping an arm around her waist as she lay down, her back to him, "can I just hug you until I fall asleep?"

She smiled and said, "Sure."

"Thankyou Hermione. For everything," he whispered, kissing her bare shoulder lightly and snuggling up to her from behind.

"Anytime," she murmured back, her hand finding its way down to his and squeezing it.

The next morning Hermione woke up to find Harry's arm draped around her waist and one of his legs in between hers. She opened her eyes sleepily and stared around, not knowing where she was. As soon as she realised who was hugging her from behind, her heart skipped a couple of beats.

'Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god,' she thought very quickly, looking under the covers at Harry's arm, tight around her waist.

She felt him shift slightly behind her and heard him sigh. He removed his leg from in between hers but still kept his arm around her waist. She, thinking he was asleep, shifted her body around so she was facing him to see a pair of green eyes looking back at her with amusement.

He smiled and said, "Had a good sleep?"

She smiled back sleepily and said, "Yes. You have a very comfortable bed Harry."

"I know," he said, finally removing his arm from her waist. "Listen, Hermione, thanks for last night …"

Hermione smiled and placed a finger on his lips. "Harry, there's no need to thank me."

"But I like thanking you," he said, grinning at her. "I like letting you know how much I appreciate you."

Hermione was in major danger, once again, of melting into a huge puddle of goo when he said this, but she managed not to blurt her feelings out at the last second. "Well, thanks Harry. But we should get up now. Breakfast will be in about an hour."

"Mione it's the weekend," Harry whined as she sat up and rubbed her eyes. "And it's a Hogsmead weekend!" he said excitedly, sitting up and grabbing his glasses.

Hermione laughed softly and said, "Who are you going with this time Harry?"

"Well, I was thinking I could go with you," he said, blushing slightly. "You know, it'll just be us two because Ron will be with Luna all day."

'HE'S ASKING YOU OUT!' her mind screamed at her. She managed to shut that stupid, annoying voice out and said, "Sure Harry. Sounds like fun."

"Great!" he said, grinning broadly at her.

"Alright. Well, I'll go and get changed now," she said, adjusting her tank top and standing up.

"Don't be too long!" he called after her. "I'll wait for you in the common room!"

"Okay Harry," she said, leaving the room and almost skipping over to her room. She closed the door behind her and cast a silencing charm on the room before jumping up and down and squealing with joy.

She quickly stopped, knowing she looked stupid and knowing what she'd think if she saw herself doing it. She looked over at the mirror on the wall and grinned broadly.

'I'm going with Harry to Hogsmead!' she thought happily, walking over to her dresser and opening it. She quickly changed into her tight dark blue jeans, a white pinstripe shirt with a thin black jumper over the top of it and her sneakers. She brushed her hair and for a moment debated with herself on whether or not to put it up. She decided against it and grabbed her cloak and walked out into the common room.

Harry was waiting for her, leaning against the couch. As she entered the room he stood up and she saw that he was wearing a pair of black jeans and a white 'v' neck sweater with a white shirt underneath. He grinned and held out an arm as she approached him.

"Ready for breakfast milady?" he said grinning at her.

She giggled at him and said, "Oh come on Harry." She took his arm anyway and the pair walked out of the common room and down towards the Great Hall. They sat down at the Gryffindor table and began to eat their breakfast.

"Hey guys!" Ron said happily, walking over to them and sitting down opposite them.

"Hey Ron," Harry said, smiling at him. "You're going with Luna today, right?"

"Yep," Ron said grinning. "We're gonna go shopping probably first and then we'll just walk around."

"Sounds like fun," Hermione said smiling at him.

"Yeah. So, what are you two doing today?" Ron asked, beginning to eat his breakfast.

Harry shrugged and said, "We'll end up wandering around. We might see you guys."

"Cool. Well, I'd best be going," Ron said grinning as he finished off his breakfast in record time. "I'll talk to you two later."

"Bye Ron," Hermione said smiling knowingly.

"Have a good time mate," Harry said, winking at him.

"Oh, I will," Ron said smirking at them.

"Okay, so do we need anything from our dorms?" Hermione asked, having finished her breakfast off and facing Harry.

Harry thought for a moment and said, "No, I don't think so. Do you need anything?"

"Nope. So, we going then?" she asked, standing up.

"Yep!" Harry said, before following her out of the Great Hall and out into the windy grounds. "Looks like it's gonna rain," Harry said, looking up at the dark clouds around the sky.

"Oh well. We'll just have to go into a shop when it starts," Hermione said, drawing her cloak around her tightly.

Harry smiled and slipped an arm around her shoulders. "Then we'd better hurry. It looks like it's gonna come down any moment."

Hermione ignored the jumping feeling in her stomach as he didn't remove his arm from her shoulder and quickened her pace to keep up with him. They strode up through the grounds and up towards Hogsmead.

As they entered the village the first drops of rain were beginning to drop. "The Three Broomsticks!" Hermione said quickly, grabbing Harry's hand and leading him over to it, through the crowd of wizards trying to get out of the rain.

Harry and Hermione quickly ran into the Three Broomsticks and took off their drenched cloaks. "Damn rain," Harry muttered.

"Give it to me," Hermione said, pulling her wand out.

"Thank Mione. Well, I see a booth up the back there. You go sit down and I'll get us some butterbeers," Harry said, placing a hand on the small of her back and talking to her ear, so she could hear above the noise of the many Hogwarts students.

Hermione nodded and made her way through the crowd to the booth and sat down in it. She quickly dried both her and Harry's cloaks with her wand and sat back, waiting for Harry to come back.

He came back, holding two huge glasses filled to the brim with butterbeer and set one down in front of her. "Uh Harry, I don't think I can drink all of this," Hermione said uncertainly.

He smiled and said, "Course you can Mione. We'll just sit here talking until you're done."

"We'll be here all day," Hermione warned him.

"Just as long as I'm here with you," he said smiling and reaching out to squeeze her hand which was on the table.

Hermione smiled back, took her hand back from his and sipped her drink, almost, for the third time in two days, melting into a very large puddle of goo.

They sat there for half the day, talking and laughing. It was a very long time after they had both finished their butterbeers that they decided to walk around the shops. Hermione handed Harry his cloak and he put it on. He then took hers from her hands and gestured for her to turn around. She did so and he slipped it on her shoulders.

Her cheeks tinged light pink as he took her hand in his and led her out of the Three Broomsticks. It was still raining outside so Harry drew Hermione close and put his arm around her shoulders.

"Where do you want to go first?" Harry said to her ear, his warm breath making her tingle all over.

"I suppose you'd want to go to Zonko's," she replied, looking up at his eyes.

He smiled and said, "You want to get that out of the way, eh?"

She nodded and said, "Then we can go to Honeydukes."

Harry grinned at her and kept his arm around her as they walked towards Zonko's.

'Can't hurt to put my arm around his waist,' Hermione thought, walking slowly with Harry, through the rain. She slowly snaked an arm around his waist and she felt him pull her closer. She smiled and thought, 'This is nice.'

They entered Zonko's and only spent about five minutes in there, since it was so crowded; which meant that neither of them bought anything.

Harry grabbed Hermione's elbow and whispered to her ear, "Let's get out of here."

She nodded and he took her hand again and they left the shop and went back out into the pouring rain. Harry put his arm around Hermione again and she slipped her arm around his waist as they made their way up towards Honeydukes.

They entered the sweet shop and found Ron and Luna after about five minutes of shuffling around the room.

"Hey guys," Ron said his hand clasped tight within Luna's.

"Hey! Having fun?" Harry asked smiling.

"Yes!" Luna said, looking up at Ron and smiling at him.

"What are you two doing?" Ron asked.

"Just wandering around," Hermione said smiling.

"Okay. Well, we're just going over to the Three Broomsticks so I'll see you later on at dinner," Ron said, beginning to lead Luna over towards the exit.

"Alright. See you," Harry said, smiling knowingly and winking at Hermione.

She smiled and said, "They're having fun, eh."

"Yes they are. Now, Miss Granger, what would you like to eat?" Harry asked smirking at her and gesturing around the shop.

She laughed and allowed him to pull her around the shop before finally deciding on buying some chocolate frogs, a few bags of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans and some of Honeydukes' finest chocolate.

"Do you want to go back to the castle now?" Harry asked after they had paid for their sweets.

Hermione smiled and said, "Sure. Come on."

They slid their arms around each other as they stepped back out into the rain. They walked down the path back towards Hogwarts in silence, just happy to be so close to each other.

As they passed through the entrance to the grounds they heard someone running behind them and then suddenly, their cloaks and jumpers disappeared and they were left standing there in the rain.

They immediately stopped walking and looked at each other. "What the hell just happened?" Harry asked, feeling his upper body for his sweater and making his shirt stick to his well defined chest and abs in the process, making Hermione feel weak at the knees.

"We should get out of the rain!" Hermione said quickly, noticing her shirt was quickly becoming transparent and revealing her red, lacy bra.

"Yeah, okay," Harry said, raising his eyes to look at her.

They widened as they saw her shirt sticking to her torso, almost completely transparent. He looked back up at her face and stepped forward to pull her towards him. She placed her arms around his neck instinctively and looked up at him, frowning slightly. He placed his arms around her waist, resting his hands on the small of her back.

Hermione's last coherent thoughts before he kissed her were, 'Oh my god what the hell is he doing!'

He lowered his mouth to hers and kissed her, expelling all thoughts from her mind. She moaned softly and kissed him back, feeling his tongue run along her bottom lip, asking for entrance. She opened her mouth and felt his tongue delve deep into it, entwining with her tongue, both of them savouring the taste of each other's mouth.

The kiss ended and Hermione opened her eyes to look up at Harry. She bit her bottom lip and broke away from him and began to run up towards the castle. Harry stared after her, a surprised look on his face, watching her run through the rain and into the castle. He frowned and touched his lips with one finger. She kissed him back. So why did she run off?

He sighed and thought, 'Maybe this wasn't the right time to do it.' He began to trudge through the rain and up to the castle, the temporary fire within him that had lit up as he kissed Hermione, completely extinguished.

"Professor Dumbledore sir, here are their clothes," Dobby said grinning as he scurried over towards Dumbledore with the wet jumpers and cloaks in his arms.

"Ah, thankyou Dobby. Could you quickly dry them and then return them to their owners?" Dumbledore asked, his blue eyes twinkling down at Dobby.

"Yes sir!" Dobby said, running off towards the kitchens.

"Come on Harry and Hermione," Dumbledore muttered, staring out at the grounds.

A/N: GASP! Why did Hermione run off? GASP! Lol… oh dear… seems Miss Granger got cold feet… hehe. Aren't I evil? (evil grin) lol. Well, I hope u liked it and plz review:D:D:D if I get a whole heap I'll update 2moz guys:D

Alex