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-Chapter 5-Surprises and More Lies
"So Harry, you never told me where you were taking me," Hermione said as they drove down the street in Harry's car.
"It's a surprise," Harry replied.
"Oh no, it's a surprise from you? Take me home now before things go out of control," Hermione joked.
"Har har Hermione; I'll give you a hint; we're going to a restaurant not to far from here."
"Now I'm the one who's laughing. What type of hint is that Harry? Is it a Muggle place?"
"Nope," Harry said, keeping his eyes on the road.
"Well if it's not Muggle, then why are we driving? We could have Apparated or used the Floo Network to get there! And don't tell me it's the Leaky Cauldron or someplace like that?" asked Hermione, clearly frustrated.
"Because I felt like driving," shrugged Harry.
Hermione looked out the window and sighed. Harry could really get on her nerves sometimes. It was not like he was right now; she was just frustrated for the way he had been acting lately.
They drove on in silence through a very run-down part of the town and Hermione was starting to wonder where Harry was taking her.
"We're here," Harry said, finally coming to a stop and taking his keys out of the engine.
He got out of his car and rushed around to Hermione's side so he could open the door for her. Hermione smiled at him as she stepped out of Harry's vehicle.
"Oh my gosh! Harry! You got reservations for the Golden Wand? It's like impossible to get any for here!" Hermione said, as Harry led her to the restaurant's doors.
"Yeah, well, I'm Harry Potter, I was able to get them to pull a few strings for us," Harry said, leading her inside.
The Golden Wand was an expensive restaurant for wizards and witches that was located between two dirty looking Muggle buildings. Muggles walked by it everyday, not suspecting what lay behind it's walls, just writing it off as some empty building like every other place in that area.
"You didn't have to use your fame so we could get in here. I know you don't like to," Hermione said as they were promptly seated at their table.
"It was last minute and I figured I hadn't used the fame card in a long time, so why not?" replied Harry as they each looked at their menus.
"Well it's really nice of you Harry," Hermione smiled.
Harry grinned back. "Yeah well, I needed to make it up to you after the way I was acting and everything."
Hermione nodded slightly. Soon the waiter came back to take Harry and Hermione's orders. After the waiter had disappeared, Harry looked at the dance floor that was not located too far away from them before looking at Hermione in turn.
"Would you like to dance Ms. Granger?" asked Harry, holding his hand out to Hermione when he stood.
"I would like that Mr. Potter," Hermione replied, taking Harry's hand and heading to the dance floor that was in the middle of the restaurant.
Harry pulled Hermione closer to him as a new song started. It was by some band that was just starting its road down to fame in the wizarding world. Having a nice slow beat to it, Harry and Hermione just swayed on the spot, arms around each other, just listening to the music. Actually surprised that Hermione wanted to stay on the dance floor with that type of song, Harry grinned, it seemed like his plan was going according to plan already. Once a few songs were over with that same beat, Hermione pulled away from Harry.
"Our food's over at the table," Hermione said, nodding to their table.
Crestfallen that they would not be dancing so close together anymore, Harry put on a bright and fake smile before looping his arm with Hermione's and leading her back to their table. He pulled out her chair and let her sit down before he went to his own chair to sit. Hermione sighed contently as she looked at her plate.
"I just love eating here, the food always looks so great here!" said Hermione before starting to eat her food.
"Yeah," Harry replied.
"So what are we going to do when we're done here?"
Harry grinned, "It's another surprise."
Hermione rolled her eyes and smiled at Harry, their eyes locking for a minute before they both looked away.
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"Are we almost there yet Harry?" asked Hermione, gripping Harry's stomach tightly as they flew threw the air.
"Almost...and no peaking," Harry replied over his shoulder, seeing that Hermione was trying to look from under her blindfold.
"You know how much I hate flying...let alone with a blindfold!" shrieked Hermione as Harry swooped down with the broom.
"Well we're here now, so don't worry about it," Harry laughed, landing on the ground with the broom before helping Hermione off it.
"Can I take this blindfold off?"
Harry untied it for her in response.
"Oh Harry!" gasped Hermione as she looked down at the view.
They were staring off a mountain that looked down onto a field of forest with a river that lay just past the trees. It was a scenic view that Hermione had always loved to go see when they had been dating and even before. But neither had been up there in recent years since they broke things off.
"I can't believe you remembered this spot!" Hermione smiled, looking at Harry. Harry shrugged. "You don't come up here that often, do you?"
"No…not since we broke up. I couldn't bring myself to it. We always came up here together since we graduated," Harry replied, looking down at the view.
"I know what you mean." Hermione turned to Harry. "I'm glad that we're got to hang out like we did tonight. We haven't had that opportunity in years."
Harry's heart panged when she said that all they were doing was hanging out. He closed his eyes tightly as he sat down. He mumbled, "Yeah, I know what you mean."
Hermione sighed before sitting down beside Harry, her skirt flared out around her. She drew her knees up towards her chest. "Harry, did you mean what you said?"
"What are you talking about?"
"When you said...well, you know, that you loved me," Hermione said, blushing and looking away from Harry.
Harry looked at Hermione. "Of course I meant it!"
"I mean love-love, the feeling we held for each other so many years ago. The type I have for Wes."
Harry groaned. They had gone a whole night without her mentioning him. And it just proved to him that she did not really love him at all like he thought. But he was not going to give up just yet. He crawled over to Hermione because there had been a big gap between the two. Grabbing her arms, Harry looked deeply into her eyes. "Hermione, with every fiber in my being, I still love you."
"Oh Harry..." Hermione said, giving him a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry that we can't go back to how we were. I love Wes."
Harry stood up abruptly and walked over to the edge of the cliff, his arms on his hips.
"Harry..." Hermione started, getting up and walking to Harry, her arm outstretched.
Harry spun around to look at Hermione, hurt and anger flickering in his eyes. "Don't try and comfort me after you dealt me that blow."
"Look Harry, I'm sorry that I've moved on. I can't help how I feel."
Harry's mind turned off as his heart took over. "No, but I could play a part in that."
Before either of them knew what was happening, Harry had grabbed Hermione and pulled her into a kiss, shocking them both.
After a moment of pure bliss, or at least on Harry's part, Hermione pushed Harry away.
"What do you think you're doing?" she shrieked, turning away from Harry.
"I was trying to see if I could spark anything in you," Harry muttered, causing Hermione to spin around to glare at him. "I guess you felt nothing then."
"No I didn't. And I wouldn't want to because I have a fiancée," Hermione said, not looking Harry in the eyes.
"You're lying to me again."
"Are we going to go over this once more Harry?"
"Yes we are, and until you tell me the truth, that's all we're going to talk about." Normally Harry would have just dropped it and talked to Hermione about it later, but under the circumstances that she was getting married quite soon, Harry needed to get it over with as soon as he could. "Why won't you just tell me that you love me?"
"What's there to tell? I do not love you anymore Harry! I haven't for a while. Why can't you just accept that?" asked Hermione, her arms flailing around.
"Because it's not true! I can tell Hermione. I can tell what you're feeling. You've been my best friend since we were eleven, it would be crazy for me not to notice how you're feeling that's how well I know you."
"Maybe you don't know me all that well."
"Maybe I don't," Harry replied softly, his spirit sinking from the high peaks it had currently been sitting on. He grabbed his broom from where it had been lying; he knew he could not get Hermione to open up to him like she had done so many times in the past. "Let's go."
"Harry, I don't want you to be hurt by this," Hermione said gently, walking over to Harry.
"How could I not be hurt Hermione? You just broke my heart again! For the second time! What were you thinking when you thought I wouldn't be hurt? I thought you at least knew me better than I knew you!"
Hermione just shut her eyes and let a single tear escape them without answering him. "I thought we were leaving."
"We were going, get on," Harry said, sitting on his broom.
Quietly Hermione got on behind him and grabbed onto him tightly as he kicked off from the ground.
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On the way back to Hermione and Wes' flat, the car was perfectly soundless. Neither had wanted to talk about what had happened back on that mountain. Pulling up to the sidewalk next to Hermione's building, Harry and Hermione turned to each other.
"Thanks for dinner Harry, it was great. And I'm sorry," Hermione said, her hand resting on the handle.
"Don't worry about it Hermione, I'll forget that it even happened," Harry replied, quietly adding "like I know you will."
The two just sat there staring at each other a moment longer before Hermione started to open the door. She got out and closed the door causing Harry to roll down the window.
"Bye Harry. I'll talk to you later," she said.
"Bye Hermione. I hope your wedding goes well, seeing that I won't be there," Harry said.
Before Hermione could ask him what he meant, Harry sped up to get away from there.
A/N: OK...that was short and could have been better, but I wanted to end it off there. Hmm...and I'm starting to get bored with this, so I don't know how many more chapters I'll have or how often I'll update. Please Review anyways! Lol.