CHAPTER 3: IT STARTED OUT WITH A KISS
After a very enjoyable game of fetch which envolved Sirius jumping into a large puddle of mud, the three made their way back.
Once arriving at the house they were greeted by a very angry looking Petunia.
"That filthy animal is not coming inside!" she screeched, observing the mud covered dog.
Harry was about to retort when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
He turned to see Hermione. she smiled at him before turning to Petunia.
"We'll take care of it" She told the older woman before turning back to Harry.
"Got a hose?"
"Sirius keep still!" Hermione laughed as Sirius once again shook, making bits of foam land on her.
"Sirius I'm getting wet!" she laughed, wiping the foamy bits from her face.
The black dog cocked his head to the side innocently before shaking again.
Hermione pushed him playfully before rubbing more shampoo (Yes proper shampoo, after all he's more man then dog) into his fur.
Soon Harry emerged from the side of the house with a hose.
He waited until Sirius turned to face him before pointing the house at the dog.
When Harry removed the hose from the dog he couldn't help but laugh.
Sirius had the must annoyed expression he could muster in his dog form on, it didn't change as Harry laughed harder.
"You.Should.See.The.Look.On.Your.Face!" Harry said in between laughter.
Sirius growled playfully before wandering over to Harry and shaking all of the water he had just been soaked with onto Harry.
Harry ceased laughing at once and turned the hose onto Sirius again.
Hermione laughed at the two as they tried to make eachother as wet as possible.
"Oh, you think it's funny do you?" Harry asked, before pointing the hose at Hermione.
"Harry!" Hermione screamed, putting her hands in front of her to try and block the water.
"ARE YOU FINISHED WASHING THAT BLASTED DOG?" They heard Vernon roar.
"Yes!" Harry yelled back angrily.
He turned the hose off and walked around the side of the house to put it away.
When he returned he was bombarded with water.
"Hermione!" he laughed seeing her standing there holding a now empty bucket.
"What?" she asked with the cutest face she could muster.
Harry grinned, narrowing his eyes at her.
They all entered the house dripping wet, much to Petunia's protests.
Once at the top of the stairs they went separate ways, Hermione to Harry's room, and Harry and Sirius to the bathroom for some towels.
As Hermione entered Harry's room she grabbed a few bertie botts every flavoured beans and through thm into her mouth.
"Coconut, celery and orange, not bad, but not meant to be eaten together" She murmured.
Peering out the door she found the hall to be empty meaning Harry and Sirius were still in the bathroom.
She pushed the door across and made her way over to her trunk.
Digging through the contents she finally found a pair of black tracky pants and a yellow singlet top she'd be comfortable in.
She pulled off her soaked shirt and threw it down by her trunk.
She began to reach for her singlet when Harry and Sirius wandered in without thinking.
"Ok, we've got towe-" Harry began but stopped when he saw Hermione wearing only her jeans and an incredibly simple black bra.
Hermione stood there, suppressing laughter, wondering which one was going to look away in embarrassment first.
'Don't know what's so embarrassing about it' Hermione thought, 'They wouldn't care so much if it were a bikini, and what's really the difference?'
Her thought's were suddenly interrupted by shouting downstairs.
"Vernon go tell Harry and his...friend that dinner is ready please!" Petunia said.
"We'll do it mum!" Dudley answered.
All 3 snapped out of whatever thoughts they had been having.
"Time for dinner already?" Sirius said, checking his watch as if he needed evidence of this.
"Dudley is actually offering to do something...?" Harry said, completely shocked.
"Harry, please play along with what I'm about to do" Hermione pleaded.
"what are you about to do?" Harry asked suspiciously.
Hermione was about to reply but she heard Dudley coming up the stairs.
"They're probably doing nothing"
"There is no way she would like Potter"
"I know what you mean Big D"
Hermione saw Harry's fists ball in rage.
"If you want something to rub in his overly large face then play along, and Sirius, you'd better transform in a dog" Hermione said, watching as the man became a dog.
Hermione waiting until Dudley and his friends were almost in view before claiming Harry's lips with hers.
At first Harry was so suprised that he didn't do anything, but soon he became aware that this was what Hermione had been talking about so he deepened the kiss and fell back on the bed with her on him.
As he moved one hand to the back of her head and the other to her back he didn't hear the several gasps come from the door.
Slowly Hermione moved her hands so they went under his wet shirt and rested on his chest.
"They're gone" Sirius growled, now back in his human form.
Hermione and Harry didn't hear him.
"THEY ARE GONE!" He shouted right next to them.
They pulled apart, but they still looked into eachother's eyes.
"Hermione..." Harry breathed.
"AHEM!"
They turned to look at Sirius,both blushing furiously.
Neither noticed the angry look on his face as they were both lost in their thoughts.
Hermione had already planned to kiss him, but she hadn't planned on deeping the kiss, getting lost in it, it was only supposed to be a simple snog!
"Happy where you are?" Sirius asked her.
Hermione blushed even more and hopped off Harry.
She quickly slipped the singlet over her head and changed into the tracky pants.
Hermione sat at the top of the stairs drying her hair with a towel while Harry and Sirius got changed.
At last they emerged from the bedroom, Sirius in his animagus form.
"I'll just take that to the laundry" Harry said, taking the towel from her and wandering up the hall.
Hermione looked over at Sirius, "Sorry about before" she said, referring to the kiss, "Well actually I'm not sorry, but I am..." She said.
Sirius just stared at her.
"Ok well, let's just head down to dinner" Harry said, returning from the laundry.
Hermione nodded shyly and then began to walk down the stairs.
Sirius walked behind the two, watching their every move.
He growled slightly when he saw Harry's hand reach over and take Hermione's.
Hermione looked down at there entwined hands, then up into Harry's eyes where she smiled.
As they entered the dining room everyone except Vernon and Petunia looked at them, but Hermione could have sworn that she'd seen Petunia's eyes flick momentarily to her and Harry's entwined hands.
Sitting down at the table they let go of the others hand and started to eat the food laid out before them.
As she ate it she started to wish she were at Hogwarts or at the Weasley's home, Petunia's food tasted like crap. Harry seemed to think the same thing as he were passing some of the food to Sirius under the table.
"MUM!" Dudley suddenly yelled making everyone jump, "HARRY IS PASSING FOOD TO THAT STUPID DOG AGAIN!"
Petunia turned to Harry with a livid look on her face.
"Do NOT feed thatuseless muttat the table!" she said.
"Why not? You feed Dudley at the table" Harry retorted.
Hermione stifled a laugh.
Petunia's face turned a purple good enough to match Vernon's natural colour.
Harry knew what this meant already and grabbing Hermione's hand he bolted up the stairs after Sirius who had started running before Harry was even standing.
Upon entering the room Harry shut and locked the door.
Hermione looked questioningly between the two.
"She turned that colour about two weeks ago, Harry just stood there and nearly got his head blown off" Sirius said, laughing slightly.
Hermione smiled and laughed along.
"I'll have you that it wasn't very funny!" Harry said.
"Whatever" Sirius said in a mock bored voice.
Harry glared at his godfather for a moment before thinking of something.
"You know what Sirius, since I nearly got my head blown of for the second time in two weeks, I think it's only fair that I get that birthday present that you've kept from me all day" he said.
"Oh yeah!" Sirius said, digging through a bag.
From it he produced two parcels.
"Happy Birthday" Sirius grinned.
Harry thanked him and started to open one of the parcels.
"Um, Harry I think you should open that one second" Sirius said.
Harry shrugged and unwrapped the other one instead.
He produced a framed photograph.
Hermione sat next to him on the bed and looked at the photo.
It looked perfect. It was of Sirius, Remus and Harry's parents when they were at school. They were having a snowball fight and Harry's mum was winning. Sirius had stopped and was looking questioningly towards the camera, he then laughed before a snowball coming from somewhere behind the camera hit him square in the face making him cough and splutter.
"It's beautiful" Hermione gasped.
"Isn't it?" Sirius said, staring at her, before turning back to Harry who was opening his second parcel a bit more slowly then the first.
He produced a velvet box from this one.
Opening it a piece of parchment fell out.
Harry picked it up and unfolded it.
Dear Harry,
If you are reading this then it is your 17th birthday and we are not there to share it with you, just like we haven't been there to share many of your birthdays.
We want you to know that we are proud of you and we love you very much.
As much as I hate to make this a short letter I don't think all the words in the world will tell you how much we love you, but our gift might.
With all the love our hearts can hold
Mum and Dad.
Harry put the now tear-stained letter down and picked up the velvet box.
Lifting it as gently has he could he found it to contain...
"Nothing?"
"Look to your right" Sirius said.
Harry did so.
A small golden ball with wings was flitting around his bedroom.
As soon as it came near him Harry grabbed it.
Turning it over in his hands he saw the words 'Harry James Potter' engraved into it.
"Your dad used to play with this snitch down by the lake" Sirius said, looking at the snitch fondly.
Harry nodded his head, still looking at the tiny golden ball.
Hermione smiled and lay back on the bed to go to sleep. She thought it best that she left Sirius and Harry talk about the man and women that had been not only Harry's parents but Sirius's best friends. She didn't want to intrude in a conversation that wasn't any of her business.
YAY! ANOTHER CHAPTER! Ok, so this had some Hermione/Harry action, something I'm not fond of, but I dont mind it in this case cuz the story isn't about Harry and Hermione:D As you can see Sirius was starting to get a little protective of Hermione. And what did you think of the idea of an engraved snitch as a present?
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