Harry and Hermione: A Coincidental Love

Chapter 9: No More Questions, Tears, or Confusion

Harry's POV

Well, the rest of the day was tough, since everyone kept staring at Hermione and I. But, we made it through. It was tough, considering now we had only two other students who believed us: Fred and George. And they happened to be getting into more and more trouble lately, probably because of depression due to their younger sibling's deaths.

I sighed as we walked back from lunch. No one followed us; no one was in the Common Room. For once, it was quiet and peaceful in it. We sat down on the couch together, and she leaned against me. "Harry?" she began. "Yeah?" I asked. "I am sorry for the way I've been acting," she said. "It is okay, anyone would be," I said. "Not you. You kept your cool about all of this." "True, because I want to be strong for you, Hermione." "I didn't need you to do that." "Yeah you did."

Hermione hugged me around the waist. "I'm such an idiot," she said. "Now, why do you say that?" I asked, confused. "Well, I've been ignoring… my, uh, feelings for a while…" she began, trailing off. "What feelings, and towards who?" I asked, interested. "I knew it wouldn't work with Ron. We were just well, TOO different. The first time I met you, I can remember the… excitement I had. Not just because you were famous, either." "That's good to know… I don't think I had that feeling at first. It was more of a curious feeling." "Curiosity? That's interesting…" "I guess I wanted to get to know you better, but the way Ron kept going on about how much of a know-it-all you were…" I began, with lack of words. "I know," she whispered as she lent against me.

"Harry?" she asked once again. "Yes…" I asked. "I am making a vow, right now," she said. "What's that?" I asked, interested. "I vow not to cry again over Ron. I am rather lucky, I think, to have you. I mean, if he didn't die—not that I am glad he's dead, mind you—things wouldn't have worked out like this, you know? Ron would have broken up with me at Christmas, and you would have gotten married to Ginny. I might have ended up with maybe Neville or someone like that, and I like this better." I smiled at her, and pulled her into a deep kiss. Suddenly the door opened, and in came a few Gryffindors.

"Ah… so Harry and Hermione DO have something going. I can't believe you two would get together so soon after the death of your boyfriend, and your girlfriend," said an unfamiliar voice. "Shut up, I don't care," said Hermione, pulling me closer. My eyes widened for a minute, and then I just smiled.

"Come on… I think we should get to classes," said Hermione after a minute, pulling away. "Do we have to?" I asked. "Yes," said Hermione with her no nonsense voice. I smirked and followed her to get to the rest of the classes. We held hands all the way to Herbology.

Hermione's POV

After classes and dinner, which were pretty much the same, except I ignored everyone (besides Harry), we went back up to the Common Room. We sat down in the four chairs on the right side of the Common Room together… the place we used to sit when Ron and Ginny were still alive, and when we all just wanted to talk together. We started on homework, but I couldn't concentrate, and neither could Harry. I could tell because he was almost constantly chewing on his quill, which had no ink on it at all.

"Harry… I need to tell you something," I said. He suddenly looked up, as if just out of a trance, and smirked. "I love you… more than anyone I have ever met," I said. He smiled, and sat on the arm of my chair. He hugged me, and whispered into my ear," I love you more than life itself." Tears of happiness formed in my eyes, and I hugged him back. I kissed him, and he pulled me closer, deepening the kiss.

We heard footsteps approaching, but we barely comprehended them. "Get a room you two!" cried the voice of Fred… or George; they both sound so much alike. We looked up to see Fred, George, and Lee. Harry smirked while I blushed. "I'm not surprised," said Lee, leaning back in the chair that was farthest from us. "What does that mean?" I asked, thinking cynically.

"Well, I always had the feeling you two might end up together. See… Ron and you were just too different, while Ginny was more of a free spirit. I wasn't sure how much longer she was going to stay with you, Harry. I really doubted she would have actually gotten married. She was more of the heartbreaker type, you know," explained Lee, totally relaxed and not offended by my question.

There was a silence for a minute. "Actually… he has a point," said one of the twins. "Maybe… just maybe," said Harry leaning back in the chair, looking at me, studying my expression intently. "So, are you two an official couple?" asked the other twin. "Yes," said me and Harry and the same time, though we hadn't discussed that. "Good… better to move to the future than to dwell in the past," said the next twin. "Agreed," I said.

Fred, George, and Lee left us sitting in the chair. We looked at each other, staring into each other's eyes. "Lee was absolutely right," I said finally. "Yes, he was," said Harry with a nod. "And so was George… Fred… Whichever one of them it was," I said with a smirk. "In which sentence?" "Better to move to the future than to dwell in the past," I said, leaning into him for another kiss.

THE END

Hope you liked it! ) I will continue writing Redemption for a while, and maybe mid-way in that series, I'll write another Harry Potter series. XD Later, all.