Chapter 2: Dudleys Party

"Wha? Uhhhhhhhhhh, What are you doing here" he said, then saw her smiling face fall.

"I mean I'm glad to see you, but this is unexpected, how did you get here, it must have taken forever?"

"Harry shut up, you're babbling" Hermione said with a quick smirk. "Well are you going to just stand their and block the door way, or are you gonna invite me in?"

"Oh, of course, come in" he said brightly. As he watched her walk in, he noticed luggage. "Hermione why are all of your school things with you? Are, Are you staying here?"

"Well if your Aunt and Uncle don't mind I was hopin-" But Harry cut her off grinning at the idea of Hermione spending a few days with him alone.

"There away, you can stay as long as you want." Harry never got to spend any time with her alone, they were always surrounded by people, or with Ron, and for some reason (now especially) he wanted to be alone with her, though he wasn't sure why.

"Harry, where can I put my stuff?" she asked as he led her to his room.

After hours of talking about their summer vacation so far, and casual conversation Hermione's eyes settled on the letters on Harry's desk.

"So I see you got my letters, and opened them. Why haven't you responded? You had me worried."

Harry smiled, "I just started to write you a letter to apologize."

"Harry don't lie to me, I don't appreciate it," she said making a sour face.

He got up and walked over to her at the desk pulling out the parchment he had been writing her letter on, "Here." She just smiled up at him and she began to read the letter he wrote her.

They finally made their way back down the stairs only to see Dudley's "few" friends that were coming over had arrived. This was no small gathering, it seemed the whole town was here, including all of Dudley's thug friends.

Hermione glanced nervously at Harry, "Um, Harry, were you having a party, do you know all of these people?"

"No Hermione, this is all my cousins doing", Harry said watching his cousin do a keg stand in the middle of the living room floor.

As they descended the rest of the way down the stairs Harry heard Hermione gasp.

"OH MY!" Following her gaze he saw what had her in shock, 3 girls and 2 guys were half naked and playing a card game, one of the girls was in the process of taking off her last remaining garment.

"Well, Uhhhhhh, lets go into the kitchen Harry," Hermione grabbed his arm and pulled, as she realized that Harry was starring way too intently with his mouth hanging open.

In the kitchen was a wide array of junk food, and drinks. Hermione was pouring herself a glass of diet coke when- "Hey sweet thang, why don't you come sit right here", said Dudley while patting his lap.

Hermione looking horrified turned to Harry leaving her drink at the table. He was smiling. "WHAT?" He asked her.

"You find this amusing, your cousin drunkenly hits on me and you find it funny?"

"Well Hermione he is drunk, and he is Dudley, I wouldn't take to much offense." With that she grabbed a hand full of pretzels and went back to get her drink.

After about 20 minutes of fighting his way through the crowd from the bathroom, Harry found Hermione sitting on a stool in the kitchen humming to her self.

"Hey, you wouldn't believe what I had to go through to get into my own bathroom," he said to her.

"HARRY! I'm so happy to see you," she said as she fell off the stool. "Whoops, sorry buddy," she said as she fell onto the floor.

"Hermione, are you okay?"

"I FEEL GREAT! AND HOT, am I hot, do I look hot to you Harry, I feel hot Harry is it hot in here Harry? Harry…. Hehehe I like saying that name, Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry, Harr-."

"Hermione are you drunk? I have only been gone for 20 minutes." he asked her.

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, I only had a diet coke, This one right here to be prezzis, no preciz, no precise, there we go… oops."

Her hand had knocked right into the cup, and spilled out what was left in it. Picking up the red plastic cup Harry noticed something odd stuck to the bottom of it. It looked like crushed up pill remains.

"Hermione, I think you have been drugged!"
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"WHAT ARE YOUR BOYS CARRYING DUDLEY?" Harry now had him by the neck, Dudley was too drunk to fight back.

"I don't know what you're talking about, we just got beer" he laughed. Harry dropped his grip realizing that this was a loosing battle.

Desperately searching the crowd he found what he was looking for. There was a guy sitting in the center of all the other guys with jet black hair. Watching for a moment Harry saw a few of them take money out of their pockets and hand it to this guy with the black hair.

"Drug deal" Harry said to himself, and quietly walked over listening to the conversation. "Dude, slip this into their drinks, they wont know what hit 'um, you'll be able to do what ever you want to them, they wont remember a thing."

Harry over heard this, realizing that this party had to end before more people got drugged.

"Hermione how do I make all these people leave, fast?" asking her knowing he wouldn't get a proper answer.

"Damn Harry, there's no more pretzels, this party sucks my big fat as-."

"Hermione you're a genius" he said to her. Standing up on a chair Harry yelled at the top of his lungs

"Attention! ATTENTION! Yo, guys SHUT UP!" Every one quieted down looking at him strangely.

"Where out of beer, and food" he announced flatly. There was a loud groan from the crowd as everyone started to leave.

Grabbing Hermione, as only a few drunkenly passed out people remained in his house, he half carried half dragged her up the stairs.

As they reached his bed room door, she turned to him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "Harry Potter, you're my hero", she said and then pushed her lips against his.

Harry was trying to figure out whether to push her away, or let her kiss him. He realized after a few seconds that it would be wrong as she wouldn't remember in the morning.

"Hermione, No, you shouldn't, we shouldn't. But he felt her whole body go limp in his arms.

"Hermione? Hermione are you alright? Oh my god!" He lifted her up and put her down on his bed. She had passed out.

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