Chapter Two:
The Hogwarts Express came to a stop shortly after Harry had left Alysious alone with Draco. Harry wandered back to the compartment he was sharing with Ron and Hermione and was thinking about what Alysious had said.
He opened the door to his compartment and found Ron and Hermione kissing passionately. Ron had his hand in Hermione's hair and was clutching it ravenously. It was a few seconds before either of them noticed Harry was back.
"Well, we're here... I guess we should get going..." Harry mumbled at the two of them. Hermione, blushing furiously, jumped up and started walking out of the compartment with him. Ron stayed seated.
"Ron? Come on, you don't want to go back home do you?" Hermione teased him.
"Umm... give me a few seconds..." he put his hands nervously in his lap.
"Ronald, don't be silly. I don't think we should get separated, come on or I'll never find you in Great Hall." Hermione was starting to get testy.
Harry caught on to what was happening. They had looked pretty intense while they were kissing. "Come on Hermione, leave him alone, he'll join us soon enough." Harry grabbed her arm and pulled her along. Ron gave him an appreciative smile and closed the door.
Harry and Hermione started walking to where the carriages waited. They waved to numerous friends who they hadn't seen all summer long. Suddenly, Harry's stomach lurched. There was Alysious- and she was with Malfoy. They were laughing about something and Malfoy rested a hand on her shoulder casually. Alysious noticed and gently touched his hand with her own for a split second while they shared a private smile.
"Fuck..." Harry muttered quietly. Hermione gave him a quizzical look.
"Um, fuck what?" she asked him. He gave her a silent reply. "Hey- Harry, come on, what's the matter with you?" Hermione's brow furrowed in worry as she tried to lure her friend into talking about his troubles.
"It's nothing…hey, there's Hagrid. We better go say hello before we lose our chance…" Harry wandered over to Hagrid, keeping a close eye on Malfoy and Alysious.
Before Harry and Hermione had an opportunity to greet Hagrid, Ron came panting up behind them and rushed them off to an empty carriage. They were just about to start their journey towards the castle when they heard a familiar voice.
"Wait! Please don't leave!" Alysious was sprinting towards them apparently Malfoy-free. Harry got up hurriedly from his seat to help her into the carriage. He offered her his hand, which she took, and was gently hoisted into the tall carriage.
Alysious grinned at everybody. "Hermione, I really need to talk to you…" she started.
Harry grunted and looked away. Everyone gave him suspicious glances.
"Is something wrong, Harry?" Ron asked. Harry turned and looked at him.
"No, everything is great." Harry spat, crossing his arms and kicking his feet up onto the seat across from him. He purposefully avoided Alysious' eyes.
The rest of the trip to the castle was unavoidably awkward and uncomfortable for everyone. Alysious and Hermione sat on one side of the carriage, while Harry and Ron sat on the other. The girls spoke in whispers, and the boys sat in silence. Alysious told Hermione every little detail about what happened on the train ride, and Hermione was extremely excited, yet unsure.
After departing from the carriages, the girls headed to the Great Hall, while the boys walked behind. Harry took this opportunity to tell Ron everything he had witnessed in the train compartment.
"Well, no offense mate, but other than the fact that the guy is Malfoy, I can't believe you are so upset about this. I mean, you never went after Alysious. You can't expect her to wait around forever for you…" Ron started.
"No, no, no! I don't care if she is interested in some guy… I don't think… It's just the fact that it is Malfoy! Of all the fucking possibilities!" Harry raged.
"Well they're not a couple… they were just talking from what you said. That's not so bad…"
"Ron, don't be stupid. Any guy knows that is where it ALL begins. You talk to the girl." Harry exclaimed.
"I think you're over exaggerating the situation, mate. It was innocent." Ron was getting tired of arguing this point with Harry. It was obvious to him that Harry was becoming jealous now that Alysious finally branched out to another guy.
After the feast, the gang started the walk to Gryffindor Tower. Harry decided to try and talk to Alysious.
He saw her walking arm-in-arm with Hermione and talking about something. Harry walked up behind her and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Hey… can I talk to you for a bit?" Harry tried to sound casual. Alysious stopped in surprise and smiled at him. Her face felt flush and she felt very uncoordinated.
"Sure, do you want to go right now?" Alysious asked. Harry nodded, and they broke apart from the crowd to walk up to the Astronomy tower.
Hermione had be selected Head Girl for the year, so she and Ron ascended the spiraling staircase up to the portrait for the Head Rooms.
"Butter pecan." Hermione said to the portrait. The door swung open, and they walked up to Hermione's new room.
"Wow…" was all Ron could say in response to her room.
There were honey colored walls, along with massive drapes in scarlet and gold. Her bed was a four-post mahogany frame with sheer, off-white, lace fabric hanging down over and around it. The windows were large and gothic style; one was open letting the cool breeze float through the room. It was a private room, only a bathroom she would have to share with the Head Boy.
Hermione unzipped her jacket and draped it across a chair tucked into a big desk pushed up against one of the walls. She walked silkily over to Ron with vixen eyes. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she kissed him fully. Ron held her hips tight against him for a few seconds, but slowly began to let them wander. Hermione sighed contently as his hands moved down and clasped onto her buttocks. He lifted her up and carried her over to her bed, where he softly laid her down. He pulled his shirt off in one swift motion, showing his flexed muscles and cream-colored skin.
Hermione drug her nails softly into his skin, down his chest and to his abdomen, where she traced every muscle. Ron could feel himself becoming increasingly excited and groaned with pleasure. Aroused by his arousal, Hermione slowly unbuttoned a few of the top buttons of her blouse to reveal fleshy, soft breasts concealed by her white lace bra. Ron cupped his hands around her breasts and massaged them gently, while Hermione let out a soft moan.
She started unbuckling his belt to relieve the pressure building, while he let go of her breasts to unbutton the rest of her shirt.
"God, I want to fuck you so bad…" Ron whispered hoarsely into her ear.
Soon, they were naked together and Hermione pulled him on top of her and held on to his strong shoulders. Ron traced around her nipple with his tongue and kissed her from her collarbone all the way up to her ear. Hermione squealed.
Ron ran his hand down farther past her belly button, and felt a familiar wetness caress his fingers. He sucked in air sharply at this nice discovery, and proceeded to enter her.
Hermione closed her eyes and whispered his name. "Ron…"
He started slow, thrusting gently, in and out, in and out. The tension was already starting to build and Hermione was whimpering for more. Ron pushed harder and faster, wanting to make her scream in pleasure. Hermione's body was heated with passion and excitement, bubbling into a sensation of ecstasy…
Harry and Alysious made their way up to the Astronomy tower in an awkward silence. Once they were out in the open and seating, Harry decided to start first.
"I'm not really sure what went wrong today, but I think something did…" he started, very unsure of this territory. Alysious faltered.
"Harry… when you said that I was like family to you- like a sister- I think I just over-reacted a little bit. You see, it is not a bad thing for you to think of me like that, it's just not the kind of relationship I was hoping for us to have." Alysious couldn't believe how brave she felt.
"But it's true that I do care for you like family… I mean, I love you, in a sense." Harry was very confused on what the right thing to say right now was.
"I guess some things just don't work out the way we plan." Alysious shrugged, trying to hold back tears. "We'll still be great friends no doubt."
"Yeah… great friends…" Harry repeated her. Suddenly, Harry was pierced by a thought. Did he want to be 'just friends' with Alysious? She was smart, beautiful, funny… everything he hoped to find in a girl. Why hadn't he seen it before?
"Well…" Alysious tried to fill the silent gap. "Would you like to go back to the Common Room?"
"Yeah, sure, I will…um… make us some drinks?" Harry glanced over at her and caught a glimpse of her stunning smile.
"Drinks would be great, thanks, Harry…" Alysious was glad for a reason to stop the awkwardness. "By the way-" she caught his arm, "I am sorry for making such a fuss earlier today. That was not fair to you and I shouldn't have acted so foolish."
"I'll forgive you if you let me give you a hug." Harry opened his arms. Alysious fell into them happily. She looked up into his bright green eyes and they stared at each other for a bit. Harry kissed her forehead and their embrace broke apart.
The next day, Alysious woke up and flounced out of bed. She had a good feeling about today. Walking to the bathroom to shower, she hummed a song and skipped playfully.
After breakfast, Alysious and Hermione were going to go lay out in the sunshine, but Draco approached her.
"Hey," he said, flashing her a smile. Alysious smiled back.
"Hi, what are you up to?" she asked him casually.
"Oh, I was thinking of asking you to go walk around the grounds with me, maybe steal a kiss from you if I play my cards right…" Draco dug his hands into his pockets nervously.
"Hmm… stealing is not a good habit to get involved with. It is better to ask than to steal. Or, better yet, to give is a million times better than stealing." Alysious wrapped her hand in his, and they walked off together.
Harry watched all of this and jealously boiled inside him.
"I hate him." He spat to no one in particular. Ron stopped eating and gave Harry a bewildered look.
"Are you talking to me then?" Tiny food projectiles launched out of Ron's mouth while he spoke. Harry sighed in frustration, resisting the urge to slam his fist into the table.
"No. I was just talking to myself I guess…" Ron looked even more nervous.
"Were you talking about… yourself?"
"No, Ron…" Harry was not in the mood to discuss this matter, but he knew Ron would just ask more and more stupid questions until Harry finally gave up and told him what was going on. "Alysious just walked off holding hands with…"
"Malfoy?" The boys turned around to see Hermione behind them, her hands on her hips. "Really, Harry, you should have taken your chance while you had it. Besides, Draco is different now…"
"I beg to differ. He's putting up a show… he never even noticed her until this year!" Harry exclaimed.
"Well, don't be upset, be neither did you." Hermione gave her friend a stern look, but quickly warmed by the helpless look on his face.
