DON'T PRETEND YOU LOVE ME
CHAPTER II THE VISITOR
Hermione and Ron had returned to the Gryffindor common room, they went inside the hole behind the Fat Lady after giving her the password, Hermione said goodbye to Ron and went to the girl's dormitory, when she entered her room, she saw Lavender and Parvati already asleep, it's a good thing they were, she didn't want to be bothered by anyone at the moment, she just wanted to lie down to her bed and go to sleep, so she went to change her clothes and finally went to sleep
Morning, everyone has arrived at the Great Hall, when Hermoine arrived accompanied with Parvati and Lavender, she saw Ron already eating at the Gryffindor table with Dean and Seamus, she strode to them leaving Parvati and Lavender slightly behind
"Hey Ron!" said Hermione
Ron looked up to Hermione and swallowed his mouthful of food with difficulty.
"Hey Hermione!" said Ron who is now gasping for air
Hermione sat down and turned to Lavender and Parvati who now caught up with her and took their seats opposite Dean and Seamus
Seamus glanced at Neville "Hey Neville, nice job yesterday at Professor Lupin's class, that was one big hole you made" praised Seamus
All attention in the area close to Neville was suddenly focused on him, Neville blushed, he wasn't used to this kind of attention, then he heard questions flying at him, suddenly an owl came swooping down the window above them. The owl was big and black, it stood broadly like a soldier, Hermione was shock when she saw the owl, she recognized it from somewhere before but just couldn't remember it, she saw a letter tied to it's left feet.
Hermione untied the letter and saw her name written in front of the letter, she took the letter and read it while the owl goes flying back out the window and the others got back to their meals, after reading the letter, Hermoine sigh with discomfort.
"Oh, no" Hermione whispered to herself
Suddenly, someone crept from behind her
"Who's the letter from?" he said
Hermione turned around and saw Harry smiling at her.
"Harry!" said Hermione surprised "Me and Ron were just going to pick you up after breakfast" said Hermione
Gryffindors near them greeted Harry and made him sit down to eat with them.
"How are you mate? Does your chest still hurt?" asked Dean Thomas who was sitting near Seamus and Ron
Harry sat down and grabbed himself with some bread and pumpkin juice "It's actually getting better Dean, thanks for asking" said Harry
Hermione pocketed her mail and faced Harry "Just remember about what Madam Pomfrey said, your not suppose to push yourself too hard' said Hermione
Harry snorted and looked at Hermione "Okay, okay. I won't" said Harry, he took a bite off his bread and turned again to Hermione "By the way, you didn't answered my question earlier, who's the letter from" Harry asked
She then leaned to Harry and whispered something in his ear "I need to ask you about something later, and don't tell Ron" whispered Hermione then Harry smirked then nodded at her with the look of agreement on his face, they both got back to their plates.
After breakfast, class was just dismissed in Transfiguration; Harry was walking down the corridor when he heard Hermione call him from a corner, there's no reason to think why, he knows it's about the thing she asked him earlier, so Harry came along to Hermione.
"So! What's it about? Asked Harry
Hermione was blushing while biting her lip "Well, I was about to ask you if you could..."
"I could be what?" Harry asked
"I was wondering if you could be my Boyfriend?" Hermione continued, still blushing
Harry's eyes widened, he can't believe what Hermione had asked him "What!!!" Harry shouted, "You want me to be your boyfriend?" asked Harry apparently choking
"We're just going to pretend you are Harry, Its my Uncle, he's going to visit to Hogwarts and he doesn't know I'm single again" Hermione added quickly
"BUT WHY?" Harry shouting slightly
"Well, after I broke up with Viktor, I told him that I was seeing someone else, someone better than him," said Hermione
"And who would that be?" asked Harry
"I told him I was with you?" Hermione replied
Harry was growing paler every minute, although he was still shock and speechless, he knew why Hermione told her uncle that he was her boyfriend, after all he is famous as the boy who lived and his reputation about him defeating the dark lord would bring attention to any wizard.
Harry walked a few steps away and leaned on the nearest wall to him "I think I'm going to have a headache" said Harry
"It's just one time Harry, we'll only have to pretend until he goes back to Brighton" said Hermione
Harry was silence for a while then sighed, he shook his head and now paced to Hermione "Okay, I'll go along with you're scam but only until he goes back" said Harry
Hermione's face brightened, her smile was giving Harry a smile as well, she leaped at Harry and gave him a hug.
"Oh thank you Harry, you'll never regret it, count on me to make it up to you after this whole thing is over" said Hermione cheerfully
Harry shrugged, and then he reminded Hermione that they would be late for Potions and who knows what Snape will do to them and they know that it would not be good.
"Well, well, it's nice of you to join us today" said Snape with a raised eyebrow as Harry and Hermione opened the door of potions classroom "Twenty points from Gryffindor" Snape turned from them and headed to his desk
Harry and Hermione went to their seats and placed their materials and equipment on their desk.
Ron leaned close to Harry while Harry was setting up his things "What took you two so long?" he asked
Harry smiled at him "It's nothing important' Harry said without looking at his friend
After all classes were over and after dinner, everyone headed back to their common rooms to do their homework and go to sleep.
Hermione was about to go up the stairs that leads to her room, when she felt someone grab her left hand, she turned around and she saw Harry holding her.
"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked
"I forgot to ask you something about our...scheme." Harry replied, he let go of Hermione's hand "I forgot to ask, when will your uncle arrive here?" asked Harry
"Tomorrow."
"WHAT?"
"He will be here in time for lunch" said Hermione
"It's so sudden!" said Harry
"I know Harry, but you have to remember, you have to be convincing"
"But if you want us to be convincing, then, that would mean us to"
"To........?" Hermione tilting her head
"Doing what couples do," said Harry going slightly red
Hermione began to blush, she avoided Harry's eyes which is what Harry also did "Well if..." she paused for a second then glanced at Harry "If it's necessary you have to do what ever it takes"
"We have to keep it a secret from the others and especially Ron Harry" Hermione interrupted "My uncle was a Ravenclaw here at Hogwarts back then, so we have to be convincing" said Hermione
"Why do we have to hide it from Ron?"
"You don't know my Uncle Harry, if he would stare at someone to long they would spill everything they got on them, and in Ron's condition he wouldn't last a minute, he has a horrible stare, come to think of it, I really don't know why" said Hermione now looking baffled
"Wait a minute, I forgot something" said Harry "How would you have a wizard for an uncle when your Muggleborn"
"Well I've never told you that my Grand Dad adopted him from an orphanage when he thought his wife isn't going to have a baby, two years before he could be admitted to Hogwarts my Grand Dad's sister decided it was best that they would take care of him since my Grand Mum gave birth to my Dad"
"Oh, So that explains one thing, but why don't you want to your uncle to find out about you being single again" said Harry now sounding apprehensive "I mean what's he going to do? Spank you?" he added teasingly
Hermione was starting to avoid Harry's eye, she was sure she was really embarrassing herself too much by now, as if she hasn't embarrass herself enough. Hermione was finally able take her eyes back to Harry who is still waiting for an answer
"If he finds out I'm single again he's going to set me up to anybody he thinks would qualify to his standards the first chance he gets, to his own strange mind he thinks he's doing me a favor" she answered
Suddenly they heard someone calling Harry's name, it was Ron, He probably didn't know where Harry went off to.
"I think you should go, you don't want to let Ron to keep looking for you," said Hermione
Harry nodded "Okay, so we'll see you tomorrow morning" he said before going to where Ron is
Saturday morning, everyone was eating at the Great hall, Harry and the others were at their usual sits at the Gryffindor table, they were discussing about things what Snape would do to get a girlfriend, when the main door opened, and they saw a male figure come in, He was an elegant looking Wizard with a slight similarity to Hagrid because of his beard and mustache, he was wearing a customized wizard fur coat, the man stopped in front of Harry and the others.
"Hello Hermione" the man said
Hermione stood up and went to him "Hello Uncle Waynard" greeted Hermione
Hermione's Uncle glanced at Harry and the others "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends" he said
"Oh I'm sorry Uncle" she said, "These are my friends, these are Harry, Ron, Neville, Parvati, Lavender, Dean, Seamus and Ginny, Ron's younger sister" said Hermione pointing at them one by one
"Oh, good to meet you all" he turned to Hermione then right back at them "So tell me, who among you is Hermione's boyfriend"
Except for Harry, all of them had almost puke their stomachs out in surprise, after controlling their selves they stood silent but sniggering, suddenly Harry slowly stood up raising his right hand
"That would be me sir, I'm her boyfriend," said Harry
Everyone's jaws dropped except for Ron who sprayed his pumpkin juice from his mouth
"WHAT DO YOU BLOODY MEAN YOU'RE HER BOYRIEND?!"
All the noises inside the Great Hall broke into silence after Ron shouted, all eyes were at the Gryffindor table looking at Harry and the others with curiosity, over at the Slytherin table Draco Malfoy was staring at them with a look of shock ay his face and a whole piece of bread hanging on his mouth
"Oh! So you mean you kept your relationship secret," said Waynard now turning back to Hermione
"Yes Uncle Waynard, we did, you see we didn't want to make much of a big deal about it" said Hermione sounding confident
"That's preposterous, you're a Granger, it should be a big deal" said Waynard pretentiously, he turned to Harry narrowing his eyes "So you're Harry Potter, my niece has written many great things about you, Quidditch Captain, famous and many others things"
Going back to the Slytherin table Draco turned to Crabbe and Goyle "Those are me, he's talking about me, I'm Quidditch Captain, I'm famous, I'm many other things, he's talking about my profile"
Harry cleared his throat, and before he could answer they heard someone's voice
"Ah! Waynard it has been a long time since you graduated from Hogwarts, I'm glad you were able to take the time to visit us"
Hermione's uncle turned around and found the Headmaster of the school Albus Dumbeldore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts, he was standing behind him with his usual pleasant smile, wearing his stars and moon printed elegant looking red robe
"Headmaster, why it's great to see you again too, it has been a long time" he greeted back
"Why don't you have a couple of drink with me in my office and we can talk about your trip from Brighton" asked the Headmaster
"I'd love to Headmaster" he said goodbye to Hermione and the others then followed Dumbledore to his office
"Harry went over to Hermione while wiping the sweat on his face "You're right, he does have a scary look in him"
"Eeeeeeehhhhh!"
Parvati and Lavender screamed and jumped off their sits and lunged Hermione to hug her
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"When did it all started?"
"How good of a kisser is he?"
"You need to tell us all the details"
"Have you guys done it yet?"
"I'll answer your questions later when we go to Hogsmeade" said Hermione ending Parvati and Lavenders questions "Harry I'll just catch up with you and Ron later
Harry nodded "Okay. Ron and me will meet you in front of Three Broomsticks later, right Ron? Harry turned around and saw his friend still gawking at him; he might have been like that since he yelled at them "Ron?" asked Harry again, then suddenly walked towards them
"Well, well, Potter and Granger what a surprise," all their attention was now on the blonde boy who's now glaring at Harry, it was Draco Malfoy with his cronies behind him
"What do you want Malfoy?" asked Harry returning the glare
"Nothing, I just want to say that you two are a perfect match, the Freak and the Mudblood, you know Granger, if you wanted to be famous you could have gone to me" said Draco with an evil grin on his face
Just as Hermione was about to slap Draco, someone's fist struck Draco's face, Draco would have had fallen down but Crabbe and Goyle caught him as he fell, when Draco managed to look up he saw Harry standing in front of him with his fist clenching, Crabbe and Goyle were about to attack him when they realized Hermione and the others pointing their wands at them, Draco stood up forcing to stop himself to charge at Harry, he looked at him one more time "This isn't over yet Potter, you haven't won yet" after that he turned around and stormed off
"Good for nothing git" said Ron who now seemed to be able to talk again while pocketing his wand as the others were
"Good thing Snape didn't see you, you would have gotten detention for sure" said Neville
All of a sudden, Snape came walking towards them with his hands behind his back "Potter! Detention! Tonight! Nine!" bellowed Snape as he passed by
Harry moaned heavily as a result
"Well at least he didn't take points this time," said Neville cheering Harry up
"Ten points from Gryffindor" shouted Snape reaching the door of the Great Hall
Harry moaned more louder
"Hermione, that's so sweet, your own personal Knight in shining armor" Lavender giggled
Hermione didn't respond, she just went back to what ever is left of her breakfast; Harry and the others did the same as she did
CHAPTER II THE VISITOR
Hermione and Ron had returned to the Gryffindor common room, they went inside the hole behind the Fat Lady after giving her the password, Hermione said goodbye to Ron and went to the girl's dormitory, when she entered her room, she saw Lavender and Parvati already asleep, it's a good thing they were, she didn't want to be bothered by anyone at the moment, she just wanted to lie down to her bed and go to sleep, so she went to change her clothes and finally went to sleep
Morning, everyone has arrived at the Great Hall, when Hermoine arrived accompanied with Parvati and Lavender, she saw Ron already eating at the Gryffindor table with Dean and Seamus, she strode to them leaving Parvati and Lavender slightly behind
"Hey Ron!" said Hermione
Ron looked up to Hermione and swallowed his mouthful of food with difficulty.
"Hey Hermione!" said Ron who is now gasping for air
Hermione sat down and turned to Lavender and Parvati who now caught up with her and took their seats opposite Dean and Seamus
Seamus glanced at Neville "Hey Neville, nice job yesterday at Professor Lupin's class, that was one big hole you made" praised Seamus
All attention in the area close to Neville was suddenly focused on him, Neville blushed, he wasn't used to this kind of attention, then he heard questions flying at him, suddenly an owl came swooping down the window above them. The owl was big and black, it stood broadly like a soldier, Hermione was shock when she saw the owl, she recognized it from somewhere before but just couldn't remember it, she saw a letter tied to it's left feet.
Hermione untied the letter and saw her name written in front of the letter, she took the letter and read it while the owl goes flying back out the window and the others got back to their meals, after reading the letter, Hermoine sigh with discomfort.
"Oh, no" Hermione whispered to herself
Suddenly, someone crept from behind her
"Who's the letter from?" he said
Hermione turned around and saw Harry smiling at her.
"Harry!" said Hermione surprised "Me and Ron were just going to pick you up after breakfast" said Hermione
Gryffindors near them greeted Harry and made him sit down to eat with them.
"How are you mate? Does your chest still hurt?" asked Dean Thomas who was sitting near Seamus and Ron
Harry sat down and grabbed himself with some bread and pumpkin juice "It's actually getting better Dean, thanks for asking" said Harry
Hermione pocketed her mail and faced Harry "Just remember about what Madam Pomfrey said, your not suppose to push yourself too hard' said Hermione
Harry snorted and looked at Hermione "Okay, okay. I won't" said Harry, he took a bite off his bread and turned again to Hermione "By the way, you didn't answered my question earlier, who's the letter from" Harry asked
She then leaned to Harry and whispered something in his ear "I need to ask you about something later, and don't tell Ron" whispered Hermione then Harry smirked then nodded at her with the look of agreement on his face, they both got back to their plates.
After breakfast, class was just dismissed in Transfiguration; Harry was walking down the corridor when he heard Hermione call him from a corner, there's no reason to think why, he knows it's about the thing she asked him earlier, so Harry came along to Hermione.
"So! What's it about? Asked Harry
Hermione was blushing while biting her lip "Well, I was about to ask you if you could..."
"I could be what?" Harry asked
"I was wondering if you could be my Boyfriend?" Hermione continued, still blushing
Harry's eyes widened, he can't believe what Hermione had asked him "What!!!" Harry shouted, "You want me to be your boyfriend?" asked Harry apparently choking
"We're just going to pretend you are Harry, Its my Uncle, he's going to visit to Hogwarts and he doesn't know I'm single again" Hermione added quickly
"BUT WHY?" Harry shouting slightly
"Well, after I broke up with Viktor, I told him that I was seeing someone else, someone better than him," said Hermione
"And who would that be?" asked Harry
"I told him I was with you?" Hermione replied
Harry was growing paler every minute, although he was still shock and speechless, he knew why Hermione told her uncle that he was her boyfriend, after all he is famous as the boy who lived and his reputation about him defeating the dark lord would bring attention to any wizard.
Harry walked a few steps away and leaned on the nearest wall to him "I think I'm going to have a headache" said Harry
"It's just one time Harry, we'll only have to pretend until he goes back to Brighton" said Hermione
Harry was silence for a while then sighed, he shook his head and now paced to Hermione "Okay, I'll go along with you're scam but only until he goes back" said Harry
Hermione's face brightened, her smile was giving Harry a smile as well, she leaped at Harry and gave him a hug.
"Oh thank you Harry, you'll never regret it, count on me to make it up to you after this whole thing is over" said Hermione cheerfully
Harry shrugged, and then he reminded Hermione that they would be late for Potions and who knows what Snape will do to them and they know that it would not be good.
"Well, well, it's nice of you to join us today" said Snape with a raised eyebrow as Harry and Hermione opened the door of potions classroom "Twenty points from Gryffindor" Snape turned from them and headed to his desk
Harry and Hermione went to their seats and placed their materials and equipment on their desk.
Ron leaned close to Harry while Harry was setting up his things "What took you two so long?" he asked
Harry smiled at him "It's nothing important' Harry said without looking at his friend
After all classes were over and after dinner, everyone headed back to their common rooms to do their homework and go to sleep.
Hermione was about to go up the stairs that leads to her room, when she felt someone grab her left hand, she turned around and she saw Harry holding her.
"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked
"I forgot to ask you something about our...scheme." Harry replied, he let go of Hermione's hand "I forgot to ask, when will your uncle arrive here?" asked Harry
"Tomorrow."
"WHAT?"
"He will be here in time for lunch" said Hermione
"It's so sudden!" said Harry
"I know Harry, but you have to remember, you have to be convincing"
"But if you want us to be convincing, then, that would mean us to"
"To........?" Hermione tilting her head
"Doing what couples do," said Harry going slightly red
Hermione began to blush, she avoided Harry's eyes which is what Harry also did "Well if..." she paused for a second then glanced at Harry "If it's necessary you have to do what ever it takes"
"We have to keep it a secret from the others and especially Ron Harry" Hermione interrupted "My uncle was a Ravenclaw here at Hogwarts back then, so we have to be convincing" said Hermione
"Why do we have to hide it from Ron?"
"You don't know my Uncle Harry, if he would stare at someone to long they would spill everything they got on them, and in Ron's condition he wouldn't last a minute, he has a horrible stare, come to think of it, I really don't know why" said Hermione now looking baffled
"Wait a minute, I forgot something" said Harry "How would you have a wizard for an uncle when your Muggleborn"
"Well I've never told you that my Grand Dad adopted him from an orphanage when he thought his wife isn't going to have a baby, two years before he could be admitted to Hogwarts my Grand Dad's sister decided it was best that they would take care of him since my Grand Mum gave birth to my Dad"
"Oh, So that explains one thing, but why don't you want to your uncle to find out about you being single again" said Harry now sounding apprehensive "I mean what's he going to do? Spank you?" he added teasingly
Hermione was starting to avoid Harry's eye, she was sure she was really embarrassing herself too much by now, as if she hasn't embarrass herself enough. Hermione was finally able take her eyes back to Harry who is still waiting for an answer
"If he finds out I'm single again he's going to set me up to anybody he thinks would qualify to his standards the first chance he gets, to his own strange mind he thinks he's doing me a favor" she answered
Suddenly they heard someone calling Harry's name, it was Ron, He probably didn't know where Harry went off to.
"I think you should go, you don't want to let Ron to keep looking for you," said Hermione
Harry nodded "Okay, so we'll see you tomorrow morning" he said before going to where Ron is
Saturday morning, everyone was eating at the Great hall, Harry and the others were at their usual sits at the Gryffindor table, they were discussing about things what Snape would do to get a girlfriend, when the main door opened, and they saw a male figure come in, He was an elegant looking Wizard with a slight similarity to Hagrid because of his beard and mustache, he was wearing a customized wizard fur coat, the man stopped in front of Harry and the others.
"Hello Hermione" the man said
Hermione stood up and went to him "Hello Uncle Waynard" greeted Hermione
Hermione's Uncle glanced at Harry and the others "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends" he said
"Oh I'm sorry Uncle" she said, "These are my friends, these are Harry, Ron, Neville, Parvati, Lavender, Dean, Seamus and Ginny, Ron's younger sister" said Hermione pointing at them one by one
"Oh, good to meet you all" he turned to Hermione then right back at them "So tell me, who among you is Hermione's boyfriend"
Except for Harry, all of them had almost puke their stomachs out in surprise, after controlling their selves they stood silent but sniggering, suddenly Harry slowly stood up raising his right hand
"That would be me sir, I'm her boyfriend," said Harry
Everyone's jaws dropped except for Ron who sprayed his pumpkin juice from his mouth
"WHAT DO YOU BLOODY MEAN YOU'RE HER BOYRIEND?!"
All the noises inside the Great Hall broke into silence after Ron shouted, all eyes were at the Gryffindor table looking at Harry and the others with curiosity, over at the Slytherin table Draco Malfoy was staring at them with a look of shock ay his face and a whole piece of bread hanging on his mouth
"Oh! So you mean you kept your relationship secret," said Waynard now turning back to Hermione
"Yes Uncle Waynard, we did, you see we didn't want to make much of a big deal about it" said Hermione sounding confident
"That's preposterous, you're a Granger, it should be a big deal" said Waynard pretentiously, he turned to Harry narrowing his eyes "So you're Harry Potter, my niece has written many great things about you, Quidditch Captain, famous and many others things"
Going back to the Slytherin table Draco turned to Crabbe and Goyle "Those are me, he's talking about me, I'm Quidditch Captain, I'm famous, I'm many other things, he's talking about my profile"
Harry cleared his throat, and before he could answer they heard someone's voice
"Ah! Waynard it has been a long time since you graduated from Hogwarts, I'm glad you were able to take the time to visit us"
Hermione's uncle turned around and found the Headmaster of the school Albus Dumbeldore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts, he was standing behind him with his usual pleasant smile, wearing his stars and moon printed elegant looking red robe
"Headmaster, why it's great to see you again too, it has been a long time" he greeted back
"Why don't you have a couple of drink with me in my office and we can talk about your trip from Brighton" asked the Headmaster
"I'd love to Headmaster" he said goodbye to Hermione and the others then followed Dumbledore to his office
"Harry went over to Hermione while wiping the sweat on his face "You're right, he does have a scary look in him"
"Eeeeeeehhhhh!"
Parvati and Lavender screamed and jumped off their sits and lunged Hermione to hug her
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"When did it all started?"
"How good of a kisser is he?"
"You need to tell us all the details"
"Have you guys done it yet?"
"I'll answer your questions later when we go to Hogsmeade" said Hermione ending Parvati and Lavenders questions "Harry I'll just catch up with you and Ron later
Harry nodded "Okay. Ron and me will meet you in front of Three Broomsticks later, right Ron? Harry turned around and saw his friend still gawking at him; he might have been like that since he yelled at them "Ron?" asked Harry again, then suddenly walked towards them
"Well, well, Potter and Granger what a surprise," all their attention was now on the blonde boy who's now glaring at Harry, it was Draco Malfoy with his cronies behind him
"What do you want Malfoy?" asked Harry returning the glare
"Nothing, I just want to say that you two are a perfect match, the Freak and the Mudblood, you know Granger, if you wanted to be famous you could have gone to me" said Draco with an evil grin on his face
Just as Hermione was about to slap Draco, someone's fist struck Draco's face, Draco would have had fallen down but Crabbe and Goyle caught him as he fell, when Draco managed to look up he saw Harry standing in front of him with his fist clenching, Crabbe and Goyle were about to attack him when they realized Hermione and the others pointing their wands at them, Draco stood up forcing to stop himself to charge at Harry, he looked at him one more time "This isn't over yet Potter, you haven't won yet" after that he turned around and stormed off
"Good for nothing git" said Ron who now seemed to be able to talk again while pocketing his wand as the others were
"Good thing Snape didn't see you, you would have gotten detention for sure" said Neville
All of a sudden, Snape came walking towards them with his hands behind his back "Potter! Detention! Tonight! Nine!" bellowed Snape as he passed by
Harry moaned heavily as a result
"Well at least he didn't take points this time," said Neville cheering Harry up
"Ten points from Gryffindor" shouted Snape reaching the door of the Great Hall
Harry moaned more louder
"Hermione, that's so sweet, your own personal Knight in shining armor" Lavender giggled
Hermione didn't respond, she just went back to what ever is left of her breakfast; Harry and the others did the same as she did