Author's Note: I told you there would be more coming! This chapter is what Harry is doing while Hermione is listening to music. It's his side of the coin. The end is similar to the first chapter, but there are differences so please read it.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter characters or the song. The characters belong to JK Rowling and the song is performed by Joey Fatone in the movie On the Line.
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Harry Potter sat in his room at Godric's Hollow listening to the music filter up from downstairs. Whatever it was that Hermione was listening to seemed sad, and it was bothering him, the thought of her being sad. He didn't know when it was he developed romantic feelings for her, he just knew that it had been killing him the entire time she and Ron had been seeing each other. The feeling had only been magnified by their close quarters they were in on the hunt for Horcruxes. He was getting ready to get up and check on her when a song he recognized began to play.
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I get a feeling
I can't explain
Whenever your eyes meet mine
My heart spins in circles
And I lose all space and time
And now that we're standing face to face
Somethin' tells me
It's gonna be okay
And I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Ready to hold my heart open wide
I can't promise forever but baby I'll try
Yes, I'm ready to fall in love tonight
I know you've been watching
Choosin' your moment
I've been dreaming of that day
No one before you has gotten to me this way
And now that we're standing face to face
There's something that I need to say
And I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Ready to hold my heart open wide
I can't promise forever but baby I'll try
Yes, I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Nothing is certain, this I know
Wherever we're headed I'm ready to go
I can't promise forever but baby I'll try
Yes I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Yes I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Yes, I'm ready to fall in love tonight
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As the song ended he shook his head as if coming out of a trance. It was a rather apt description of his feelings for Hermione. Every time he looked in her eyes his heart swelled and he felt the need to look away before he lost himself. He knew he should tell her, but she was with Ron, and he wouldn't be that guy. He sighed and stood up to go check on her. Before he could leave Ron stepped into the room.
"Hey mate, can I talk to you?"
"Yeah," Harry said. They sat down and Ron ran a hand through his hair.
"Hermione and I broke up."
"Well, that's quite the bomb to drop," he said, all the while he was doing cartwheels inside. "Why did you break up?"
"There's this other guy. She's always thinking about him, and I think they're made for each other. I'm pretty sure he's always felt the same."
Harry's heart plummeted to the ground and shattered.
"I'm sorry mate," he said, struggling through the pain.
"It's alright. It wasn't meant to be. Well, I thought you ought to know."
Harry nodded and watched as his friend left the room. He sat there for a long while before finally composing himself enough to go check on Hermione.
She was just finishing writing something down when he came up behind her.
"Mione?" Harry asked quietly.
"Yeah."
Harry could hear something off in her voice. "Oh. I heard the music and I just wanted to see if you were okay. A lot of what you were listening to seems pretty sad," he said.
"I suppose a lot of it was. But I'm okay, just in a funny mood."
"Okay. If you're sure." He sighed and began to walk away. He stopped abruptly when he heard her voice again.
"No, Harry I'm not okay."
He turned back to face her and saw the tears. Immediately he was consumed by concern. "Mione? What's wrong?"
She took a deep breath. " Harry, I have to tell you something that may make you uncomfortable, but I really need to get it off my chest okay?" He nodded. "I can't think of a good way to say this. I'm sure you know by now that Ron and I broke up. He broke up with me because he knew that I wanted someone else, and that someone… well that someone is you."
Harry's pulse jumped, his breathing grew shallow, and his heart soared. He went to say something but she stopped him.
"No. Let me finish. I've felt this way for a long time, and I need to get this all off of my chest. Harry Potter, I am completely, head over heels in love with you. Maybe I always have been. That's how I feel."
He didn't know what to say, so he remained silent for several seconds, thinking what he could say or do to counter that kind of a declaration.
"Please say something!"
Harry knew that no words could come close to rivaling what she had just told him, so he chose to act. HE closed the distance, gathered her in his arms, and kissed her. As soon as their lips met, Harry knew it was right. She fit perfectly against him, and it felt like coming home. They pulled away and she leaned against him.
"Okay, that was…"
"Yeah," Harry replied. He brought his hand to her chin and raised her face to look at him. "Why did you wait so long to tell me?"
"You have so much going on in your life. I figured you didn't need a crazy girl confessing her undying love for you to add to the pile."
He smiled and in that moment decided that repeating her speech would be the best way to get his point across. "Well. Hermione, I feel there's something I have to tell you. I've never had a relationship last because there's always been another girl in the back of my mind. That other girl is you." Hermione laughed at his repetition of her speech. "Hermione Granger, I am completely, head over heels in love with you. And
I always have been."
He saw the tears spring to her eyes an instant later she was hugging him tight. He returned the gesture with all of his might.
"That's quite the declaration Mr. Potter. Thank Merlin for it."
He looked down into her eyes, smiled, and said what he had been waiting years to say. "I love you Hermione."
"And I love you Harry Potter."
Ron stuck his head down the stairs. "About bloody time."