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AN: Oh my goodness. I am high on Mountain Dew! Seriously…I just had like… -looks at cans in sink- Too many anyway. Hehee. And I just had a couple Lemon Drops. They were quite tasty. xD I can see why Dumbledore loves them so...
Chapter eight: He loved her
Hermione ate her corn chowder and half listened to the boy's conversation. She had a lot on her mind. One, the whole, having to get back to her time, two, her relationship with Sirius...and three, the necklace.
The time travel thing should be simple she could ask the guys, and Lily for help researching the topic...she could lie, and say it was a project for Dumbledore, or something.
Her relationship with Sirius had become rather...serious. She wondered if the future Sirius would still want her...she did love him...and she didn't want to leave him…again, there was the future Sirius…but, the age difference…that was a rather large gap…
And the necklace; it wouldn't come off…at all. She had tried everything she could imagine, and it still remained on her. And, she noted, that when it became warm, she started having ridiculous thoughts about someone who was not Sirius...
James pulled her from her deep thoughts, "…isn't that right Hermione?"
Hermione blinked a few times, "Err, sorry, what?"
"We were talking about the ball that's in a couple months- the Winter Ball. It's for 7th years only."
"Oh." She looked over at Sirius, and plainly stated, "You're going with me…rather, taking me."
Sirius laughed at the rather serious tone she used, "Of course."
James snickered and nudged Remus, "Well, we know who's going to be on top."
Remus spit out his pumpkin juice from laughing so hard, and replied as calmly as he could, "Yes James," he sounded like an animal reporter, "And today, we are going to see the more dominant side of the females." He stuck his wand out at James, acting as though it were a microphone, "Do you have anything to say on the matter?"
James laughed and took the wand, holding it close to his mouth, "Yes I do Mr. Lupin. It's going to be restless in the Gryffindor tower tonight."
Sirius leaned over and smacked both of them, "Shush you two." He said. Annoyance was evident in his voice.
Hermione snorted, "James you're just jealous Sirius kissed me and not you."
Remus fell back laughing, holding his ribcages, hoping he wouldn't explode.
James blushed immensely, "I- no, I'm not-no offense to the people who are- but I'm not-"
Sirius patted James on the back, "It's okay James...I know."
"…what…?"
Sirius fought off a laugh, "I know you love me, but can't you see? I love Hermione...not you." He patted James on the shoulder, "I'm so sorry Prongs."
James let his head fall onto the table. He spoke, rather irritated, "I'm never going to win am I?"
Remus got up, and sat back on the bench. He coughed and said, "No James. You aren't."
Sirius grinned, "That's right, never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever-"
James cut him off, "I get it."
"Ever."
The four laughed, and got up. It was time to relax. Free period.
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Sirius growled despite himself. He should've paid more attention to her. Asked her what her reams were like, or, why she never took off the necklace…
All of these things…they were hints to what was going to happen, and he hadn't done anything…Sirius felt as though he had let her leave…go out of his life…
Harry ran up to where Sirius was. Harry plopped himself down. "Sirius," he asked, "You seem kinda spacey lately…"
Sirius nodded and spoke just above a whisper, "I've been having memories about us…her."
Harry nodded, "You never answered my question."
Sirius looked over to him, "And what was that?" He asked.
"About how close you and the Hermione from your time was."
Sirius's eyes bored holes into Harry, "She was the only woman, I had ever loved…"
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The black snake slithered all around her body, it's cold scaly flesh numbing. She stroked its scales, and it slithered around her abdomen, tasting her flesh with his tongue. She moaned as it reached her neck. She felt her necklace burn her skin. The snake slowly lifted its head, and bite her neck; injecting it's deadly, addicting poison into her flesh...
Hermione woke up to Sirius's concerned face. She was covered in a cold sweat, and she felt tears slowly dripping down from her eyes.
She lunged forward and wrapped her arms around Sirius. He held, her, and whispered sweet things into her ears. He ran his fingers through her hair, trying to sooth her.
She leaned back, and wiped the tears that stained her face. Sirius looked very concerned. "Are you alright?" He asked.
She nodded, "Just a bad dream...where are James and Remus?"
"At the library...probably stalking Lily."
Hermione chuckled at this. She saw the door open, and in walked Remus and James.
They walked over; lines of confusion etched their faces.
"Are you alright?" They asked simultaneously.
Hermione nodded, "I just need a bit of fresh air." She looked at Sirius, "Alone."
She got up, but before she left, she turned around and asked the boys, "Could you possibly look up time travel for me? It's for a project."
The boys nodded. "Thanks," she said.
Hermione walked out the door, and walked down and empty corridor, unaware that her presence wasn't the only one…
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AN: Dundundun! Ew, short chapter, sorry. I didn't want to give away too much yet. …no lemon drops in this one…darn. xP Anyway, I plan to finish this story tonight; though it might lead into tomorrow…I'm not entirely sure.
…I'm going to be sad when it ends. I hate endings They always make me feel so…incomplete. After and maybe during the next chapter, there's going to be a bit of a time jump. Like I'll say that a couple weeks have passed, and whatnot.
Yes. This chapter made it to over 1,000 words.
Happy I am.
Heehee. Yoda.
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