Chapter Two: First Date

Hermione walked down into the Gryffindor Common room on a Wednesday morning. She was heading down to breakfast, when a brightly colored sign on the notice board caught her eye.

Sick of being single still?

Come to the table in the back of the Great Hall during Breakfast on Wednesday. Our (Headmaster approved) blind date service will help you find your 'someone' in our school.

Hermione looked at it like it was some kind of joke, but figured she would try it out anyway. Nothing could really happen if it didn't work out, but it would be something to do.

She made her way down to the Great Hall stopped at the table in the back. There were already a few people standing by the table when she arrived. From what Hermione could see it was a few of the 7th years that were running the whole thing.

"Now, just fill out these forms and return it to us by dinner." One of the girls was saying. Hermione took one of the forms and headed to the Gryffindor table. She read the top as she walked back to the table.

We know you want to find that 'someone' that you dream of. Well, we're here to help you. Just fill out the below and return to us. We'll inform you of your date with that special someone as soon as we find your match.

What would consider the most important thing about that someone?

How would you describe their personality?

Which house would you not like them to be in?

Hermione took her seat next to Harry as she kept reading.

"You're not seriously going to do that, are you?" Ron said looking over at her

"I don't see why not. I have nothing to lose, beside I think it might be funny to see who they think is my perfect someone." She said laughing at the last few words.

By dinnertime she had filled the form out and returned it to the back table. She endured more snide comments from Ron about how it was a waste of time. Hermione had finally had enough and headed back to the Common room after throwing Ron a last glare.

By breakfast the next morning an owl landed in front of her. She took the letter, and before she could repay the owl it took off. Hermione opened the letter a read what it said.

Thank you for trying out our blind date service. We have found you a person that we find you will fit with perfectly. Your date with # 329 will be tomorrow night at 7 o'clock in the Room of Requirements.

We ask, to go with our blind dating, that you dress nicely and try to hide your true identity as well as you can. We recommend a few changes like skin color, eyes, and hair. All of which are very simple spells you can cast on yourself. We ask that you attach the number to your outfit so that your date will know who you are, by number.

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow night. If your date goes well, more instructions will be given to you tomorrow night. Have a great day.

The Blind Date Sevice

Hermione gave a small smile. So she thought I'm not to know who this guy is during our date. Still smiling to herself she headed off to her first class.

Thursday and Friday classes went by so slow. It seemed like an eternity before dinner on Friday night. During dinner Ron was still making comments at her.

"So, who is this guy they set you up with?" he asked as he ate his food.

"329." Hermione said without looking up at Ron. Ron almost spit the food out of his mouth.

"You're going out with a number?" he spat

"No! Sometimes you are so slow Ronald. We don't know who the person is, we only know their number." Hermione said in a matter of fact tone.

She gave them all a last good-bye and headed up to her dorm to get ready. Lavender was also going on a blind date tonight, so Hermione wasn't the only person getting ready in the dorm that night. Hermione decided to make her hair a little wavy and pinned it strategically on top of her head, with a few strands falling down here and there. She made her eyes a light green color, even though she loved her eyes she figured it was hit her true self a little more. She made her nose a little larger then normal, but not to much.

Once Hermione was done with her changes she put on her dress. It was a floor length, one-inch strap, dress. It was a very slimming light green, about a kiwi color, dress. She had silver; opened toed, thin strapped, high heals that added about two inches to her height. Hermione looked at herself in the mirror and decided to change her skin tone to a bit lighter. It matched perfectly with her dress. She pinned her number 275 on her dress and with one last small sigh, headed down into the common room.

Ron and Harry sat in the corner playing a game of wizard chess. With the sound of light clicks from her shoes, she walked toward them. Before she reached them, they both looked over at her. Both, Harry and Ron's, mouths dropped open. She gave a small giggle and spun around.

"So," she asked looking down at them, "what do you think?"

"You look amazing." Harry said after he had snapped his mouth shut.

"Wow!" Ron said. Harry reached over and hit his jaw closed. Ron blushed so bright that is matched his hair.

"Well thank you, but can you really tell that it's me?" she said.

"We know you to well Hermione, you can't hide from us. But, to someone who doesn't know you to well, I don't think so." Harry said still looking at her.

"Good, well enjoy your game of wizard chess. I'll see you two later." And with that she turned and headed out the portrait hole. She walked to the Room of Requirements and saw quite a few people there. The room had been changed into a very fancy dinning area. The tables had candles and were set for two. There were already a few people around talking to their partners.

"Welcome Hermione." A 7th year girl said. Hermione suddenly thought that she hadn't hidden her identity well enough. The 7th year girl laughed. "Don't worry I didn't know it was you, but we have everyone's name and number, so we know." The girl said. Hermione sighed and was glad she was hidden.

"Your date is not here yet so well just take you to a table and you will have to wait." The girl said leading her to a table in the back half of the room.

Hermione took her seat and looked around at all the other people. She had no idea who anyone was. She looked down at the candle that was burning on her table. After about five minutes a boy came over to her.

"Sorry about being late, I took a nap after dinner and lost track of time." She said sitting down across from her.

"Oh, that's okay." She said and smiled at him.

He looked like no one she knew. He had slightly messed up black hair; his eyes were a light blue, which made her heart melt. He wore a white dress shirt and black dress pants. His skin, for what she could see, was slightly tan. He smiled at her and looked into her light green eyes, which matched with her dress.

One of the 7th year boys running the whole thing came over to them. "May I get either for you a drink? We have Butterbeer, tea, and pumpkin juice." He said.

"Tea, please" Hermione said.

"I'll take a Butterbeer." The boy she was with said. The 7th year nodded and walked away.

The boy she was with looked back at her. "Well, what year are you in?" he asked.

"Sixth, you?" Hermione asked.

"Same." After a slight pause he added. "Is it safe to assume that you are in Slytherin?" he asked looking into her eyes.

"What makes you say that?" she asked looking into his blue eyes.

"Your dress and your eyes, which by the way look amazing." He said.

"Thank you, but no, I'm not." Hermione answered. She sat straight back in her chair and looked around. He was leaning against the table and also looking around. The 7th year came back with their drinks.

After about an hour of talking about random things with each other one of the 7th years in charge stood up on a chair and called to everyone.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry to interrupt all of you, but I need to make an announcement. Unfortunatly, our time has been to drawn to a close, there is just one last thing to do. If you and your date have enjoyed your time here tonight, we ask that you talk about a place to met tomorrow night. Sometime during your night tomorrow, you may revile who you are to each other. If your date tonight ended badly, which I'm sorry if some did, you may revile yourself to your partner tonight. Thank you so much for trying our service. If you would like to try again for a new date please come and see us, and we'll find you someone else." The 7th year stepped down from the chair. There were a few people who reviled themselves and then got up and left.

Hermione turned back to the sixth year in front of her as he was speaking to her.

"So, would you like to meet tomorrow?" he asked her.

"Sure."

"Well do you like to fly?"

"As long as it's not really fast." Hermione answered with a smile.

"How about you met me tomorrow by the lake at 6. Does that work." He asked smiling at her.

"Perfect." She said. They both stood up. Along with everyone else they both headed out the door. Once outside, Hermione was about to head back to the common room when the boy she was with grabbed her arm.

"Would you like to walk with me?" he asked.

She nodded and they headed off. They walked around the castle for quite sometime, just talking about anything and everything they could. After a few hours he looked down at his watched an almost flipped out. It was quarter to midnight, as they hadn't crossed a single teacher to tell them off for being out.

"Well," she said turning to the boy. They had stopped somewhere on the third floor. "We should probably head back to our common rooms before we end up in trouble."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. It wouldn't be to good to get in trouble, now would it."

"No, not at all. Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow by the lake." Hermione said and went to turn to head back to the common room. For the second time that night while she tried to leave he grabbed her arm and spun her around to face him. She looked into his bright blue eyes. She smiled at him, as he looked down into her, at least for right now, green eyes.

Before she knew what happening he leaned down and kissed her. She returned the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. You didn't have to ask Hermione twice, she was in heaven. She was completely falling for this boy that was kissing her. She lifted her foot up so it was bent at the knee (aka foot pop) and pointed her toes.

He pulled away from her looked into eyes. He had a smile across her face that made her heart melt. "Goodnight" he said.

"Night" she said. He let her ago and walked away from her.

With a smile across her face she headed back to the common room. With a few groans from the Fat Lady she walked into the room. It was completely empty except for Harry and Ron who sat in the corner still playing wizard chess.

"What took you so long? Everyone else was back hours ago." Ron said looking at her.

Hermione walked over to the couch and sat on the armrest. She fell backwards so she was lying on the couch with her feet over the edge of it. A huge smile was across her face. She was thinking about the kiss, his eyes, and his smile. All of which made her heart melt. Harry walked over to her and looked down on her.

"I take it, it went well." He said.

"I think I finally found that 'someone' I've been looking for." Hermione said still smiling.

"Who is he?" Ron asked.

"I don't know." The boys looked at her. "We are having another date tomorrow night, then I'll find out who he is." With that she left the boys and headed back up to the dorm and went to bed smiling.

Hermione gave a small smile through her tears as she thought of the first kiss they had shared. She didn't even know that it was him, but she had been falling for her then, and she missed him dearly.