Chapter Two:
Gasped
Harry walked up the stairs, remembering Molly saying to knock first. He rounded the first flight of stairs with a creek on each step. He tried his best to move as silently as possible. He was readjusting his contact lens for a moment; it had fallen out of place, and continued walking.
Step after step he made a different guess of what the surprise would be. He was hoping it wasn't chocolate, she sent that a lot, and hoped it was something he could like or at least learn to like.
He was three steps from the top, counting down with each creek in the stair. He hastily raked his hair with his fingers so his hair would cover his scar completely. Something told him it was a person, but he hated everyone knowing him just by his scar on his forehead.
He had reached the hallway, counting the doors to see which one it was. He hadn't understood why Molly had told him the second door on the left because there were no doors on the right. He thought it was just Molly's simple way of getting confused. He didn't think much of it though.
He approached the second door, took a deep breath and knocked three times lightly. Nothing answered or anything, so he brought his hand up to the door again and knocked once more, even harder this time.
"Coming," Someone said from inside. It sounded most like a women. Harry didn't recognize this voice though; he was most confused by then.
She opened the door, Harry's mouth had dropped. She was gorgeous. She has long golden brown hair that reached down to her rear. She wore sunglasses on her head that pulled her bangs back, like a headband. What really got Harry's attention though, was her outfit. She wore a short tube dress that was only the finest white color. He closed his mouth.
"I-I-I-I" He stuttered, he slapped himself briefly to stop him. "Sorry, I must have the wrong door." He said with embarrassment.
"I don't think you do sir, Molly had said that someone would be coming by. She was most oddly happy." She said confused. "But I don't seem to think I know you." He asked analyzing him.
"Oh my apologies miss, I'm Harry Potter." He said holding out his hand but the girl's mouth fell open. Harry pulled his hand down and took a step back.
"Harry... Oh my god! It's great to see you!" She smiled the biggest smile and hugged him tightly. Harry looked confused as to why she just jumped on him.
"Sorry... I don't recall that I know you." He said tightly, he could barely breathe from her grasp.
"Oh sorry, Harry." She let go. "It's me, Hermione." She said brightly.
"Oh Hermione, uhh hello." He said but Hermione could see right through him.
"You have no idea who I am." She said crossing her arms. "I never though Harry Potter would forget his friends." She said sadly with a sigh.
"Friends... but I don't. My friends work with me." He said rather confused.
"What about your friends from Hogwarts... surly you haven't forgotten them." She said tearfully and Harry still looked confused.
"You went to Hogwarts?" He asked. "But you don't look like anyone I've ever met." He said still thinking about all the people at Hogwarts.
"That's because I dyed my hair and straightened it." She said and Harry just gave her another confused look. "I'll give you a clue... in our first year I helped you recover the sorcerer's stone. In our second year, I was petrified but my clues helped you with the Chamber of Secretes issue. In our third year, my time turner helped you out by going back in time and helping you to save your own life and the life of your godfather."
"Sirius," Harry said and Hermione nodded.
"Then in our forth year we had the Triwizarding Tournament, I helped you learn the summoning spell. You got your firebolt with it and beat the Hungarian Horntail. Then later that year I invented S.P.E.W and tried assisting the house elves into freedom. You probably remember that I went to the Yule Ball with Viktor Krum, you went with Parvati Patil, and Ronald had gone with Padma Patil." She would have gone on but Harry had stopped her.
"Granger, Hermione Granger." He smiled and she jumped most excitedly.
"That's right." She smiled giving him another hug.
"Oh my, I'm sorry Hermione. I got in an accident two years ago. It's taking me a while to regain all my memory." He hugged her back.
"It's alright Harry, but now that you know who I am I guess I can tell you that you look great." She laughed; Harry now knew exactly who she was. His best friend, next to Ron, he shared all his Hogwarts years with.
"You look well, beautiful Hermione." He said with a slight blush.
"Always flattering people," She laughed and he shrugged. "So what's your big job now? Ronald wouldn't tell me."
"You're still in contact with Ron?" He asked and she nodded.
"I asked him to tell me who was visiting today but he said that he couldn't tell me. He also said that Molly knew what was going on but didn't want to say." She said with a sigh.
"Like mother like son." Harry said and they laughed. "Well I am head of the Auror department actually. I work in a section with Ron and Neville." He said with a smile.
"Oh Neville, how is he?" She wondered.
"Alright, but Ron keeps trying to get me to fire him." Harry rolled his eyes.
"That's Ronald for you." Hermione said with a laugh. "I am currently one of the top best Healers at St. Mungo's." She smiled.
"That's great." Harry said with a smile. "Out of all things, I didn't expect for you to be a Healer." She laughed.
"Me either." She said with another smile. "Oh, would you like to come in... you're making me feel bad that you're standing outside my door." She said with a laugh.
She moved to the side and Harry entered. She shut the door behind them. Harry sat on a small chair in the corner that was in the shape of a butterfly. It was very comfortable. He sat there, staring at Hermione while she sat on the bed.
"So do you keep in contact from anyone from Hogwarts?" Hermione asked and Harry sighed.
"Only Ron and Neville but I do occasionally see some of Ginny's friends." He sighed. "I'd like to keep in touch with you more though, now that I've understood who you are. I'm terribly sorry that I forgot you." He said, and he truly looked it too.
"Harry's its fine... Ronald told me about your accident. He actually told me you had forgotten who Cho was." Hermione said with a laugh.
"Who is she?" He asked confused. "Why does everyone keep asking me if I remember her... was she a friend of mine?" He asked.
"More like a girlfriend for a short amount of time." Hermione said with a smile. "You got sick of her because she always wanted to talk about Cedric and would cry constantly." Hermione sighed.
"Her... I remember her now." He sighed. "She was annoying." He laughed.
"She works with me at St. Mungo's. She is one of the low class Healers though." Hermione smiled.
"That doesn't surprise me." He laughed. "If you work there, then you must work with Lavender and Parvati." Harry said. "They are Healers too."
"Yes that's true... but they don't know who I am." She smiled devilishly. "Here this might work for you." She smiled and handed him a book.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Well I took a picture of everyone that we were friends with, our enemies and everyone that we would talk to occasionally." She smiled. "I wanted to remember everything from Hogwarts."
Harry opened the book and stared at the pictures inside. Everything came to his mind, he remembered everyone. He flipped through the book, and said the name of everyone. His full memory had returned to him, and the piece of his life that was missing was now found.
"Oh my... Luna, Colin, and Dennis." Harry started. "Even... Malfoy?" he asked astounded.
"Yeah well, I had a secret friendship with him." She said guiltily.
"What... with Malfoy?" He wondered
"Yeah, but nothing happened. I only liked one person in Hogwarts. I never really like Krum that much. He could never say my name. But my heart always stayed with one person." She sighed heavily.
"Who was that?" He wondered after he flipped a page and saw his own picture. He smiled at it. "Who was the one you liked?" he wondered.
"Well since we're adults now, there's no harm in telling you." She blushed merely. "I liked you, Harry. You were the only one who accepted me. Ronald was there sometimes but we always fought." She said blushing. Harry blushed too.
"Hermione, I never knew." He said regretfully.
"I know, and I didn't want you to." She sighed. "Teenage embarrassment." She laughed.
"I know what you mean, I thought I found the love of my life, but I happen to have broken up with her about an hour ago." Harry said with a laugh.
"I'm sorry." She said sadly but Harry patted her on the shoulder.
"Why would you be sorry? It wasn't you're fault. It had nothing to do with you." He smiled soothingly. She only sighed again.
"I mean, I'm sorry I liked you. Ginny knew I was going to be here today." She said sadly.
"Well you are here and I'm here so I have a question for you." He said smiling.
"What?" She looked up.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" He asked quickly and she shook her head with a laugh.
"Come on, Harry that was Ancient History." She smiled but Harry looked rather sad. "But no, I don't have a boyfriend." She smiled.
"Be right back." He said with a smile. Hermione nodded and waited. She watched him disapparate.
"He looks even better then he did in Hogwarts." She sighed heavily "And he practically asked me out." She fell back on the bed with a smile.
It was only about ten minutes later that Hermione had sat up and saw Harry's return. Hermione sat and watched him pour wine into two small, crystal, wine glasses. It was red wine, one of Hermione's favorites. He handed her a glass that was part way full.
"Cheers to all the years of Hogwarts." He smiled and Hermione nodded. They hit their glasses together that made a nice 'ting' sound.
"It was really great to see you Harry." She smiled soothingly after taking a sip.
"It was great to see you too, what a transformation you have made." He laughed and Hermione smiled innocently.
"Well I wanted to make a few changes." She noticed the way Harry was looking at her, she though he was about to drool. "Harry, I know I told you that once I liked you, but I'm not in love with you anymore, I just wanted you to know that." She lied, she did love him, but she wanted him to stop drooling all over himself.
Harry nodded and knocked himself out of his daydream. He shrugged, giving in. He didn't care if she liked him anymore, he was just amazed about how she could change that much. He still looked at her, but softer. She felt much more comfortable.
"Well, I should probably be going. Ginny already summoned all her stuff over so I know that we're definitely over with." He said with a smile "I was actually getting sick of her." he said guiltily.
"Well I'll see you around." Hermione said with a smile.
"Yeah, if you ever need me then here:" He gave her a small piece of paper with his address scribbled on it. "Apparate there and I'll be welcome to talk to you at anytime." He said with a comforting smile.
"Thanks." She smiled; her golden eyes were pressed into his green ones.
"Unless you want a ride there." He said quickly before walking out the door.
"He drives?" She whispered to herself once he was clear out of the room. "Maybe I should go, I'm sure no one would mind. I do want to know what it looks like." She thought.
She put a wide smile on her face and closed her door. She walked out a moment later wearing a tight, hot pink, tube top and a pair of long flared bell jeans. She curled the ends of her hair quickly with her wand and put a sash around her waist. She hurried downstairs.
"Oh Dear, careful, you could fall." Mrs. Weasley told her as she jumped hastily down the stairs.
"Molly, did Harry leave yet?" Hermione asked quickly and she nodded.
"He left only a minute ago with that excellent car of his." She smiled.
"I'm going to apparate into his car... I need to tell him something." She said with an excited voice on her.
"Oh alright dear, are you going to be long?" She wondered.
"I don't know Molly, I am actually looking forward to seeing his house." She said guiltily.
"It's magnificent." Hermione heard Ginny say from the other room but Hermione ignored her. She wasn't friends with Ginny anymore, she actually hated her. But Ginny thought otherwise.
"Well hurry up dear; he might be out of range in a few minutes." She pointed out. Hermione nodded.
She slipped on her black, thong sandals that were decorated with rhinestones along the sides. She said her last goodbyes and was gone with a slight pop.
Harry wasn't out of range but he was talking to himself all the way back. He kept asking himself questions. He then looked to his side and there sat Hermione, his car tilted a bit and then caught its flight again.
"God, don't scare me like that." Harry laughed and Hermione smiled.
"Surprise," She laughed. "Why are you driving when you can just apparate?" Hermione asked and Harry laughed.
"Ginny never passed her test." Both of them snorted with laughter. "But why are you here... you hate heights." He said looking back and forth from Hermione to his vision of the skyline.
"Yeah well... you said I could have a ride." She smiled innocently, her light brown hair waved in the wind.
"I didn't mean it literally." He said with a serious tone.
"Oh, fine I'll be going then." She said sadly. She cast up her hands, ready to disapparate, but Harry stopped her.
"I was joking." He said with a laugh "You shouldn't believe everything someone says." He smiled and she smiled innocently.
"Something tells me I saw that coming." She said and they both laughed.
Hermione felt uneasy when Harry told her to close her eyes. He was coming close to his home, and he didn't want Hermione to see his backyard until he got inside. When she felt the jolt that told they had landed, he turned to her with a smile.
"You can open your eyes now." He smiled, Hermione's eyes fluttered open.
"Oh my god..." she was speechless; this house was absolutely, magnificent.
"You like it... don't you?" He wondered and she only nodded. "Well there is more to see, come on now." He smiled getting out of the car and rounding to her side.
He opened her door and took her by the hand, helping her out. Her eyes were still on the house but she was amazed at how much Harry had turned into such a gentlemen. She walked up the steps, her fingers entwined with his and not even noticing. She followed him to the door with the most beautiful smile he had ever seen on her.
She walked inside the most beautiful house she had ever seen. Mirrors were aligned on the walls and everywhere you turned. Pictures of different kinds of art sat nicely on each wall. She looked at Harry for a brief second and then looked away.
'This is Harry's house?' she thought to herself, 'this looks nothing like Harry's taste in things, something tells me Ginny made this house.' She didn't believe it, not one bit.
"So what do you think?" Harry wondered, and she turned to him.
"I think this is beautiful." She said breathlessly.
"You haven't seen the best part." He said with a mysterious grin. She looked at him deeply.
"There's more?" She asked, fidgeting with her tube top.
"Wait here." He smiled, disappearing behind the corner.
She looked up and admired a painting of a waterfall. She could tell that Harry enchanted it so it looked like the waves were really moving. She turned her head, Harry had returned. She looked at him with her golden eyes.
"Come with me." He spoke silently, and she obeyed. "Don't freak out." He warned her as he set his hands cupped over her eyes.
She was being pushed firmly by his body so she knew the way out. She could feel the wind hit her; she knew instantly that she was outside. She could hear a smooth flow of water, but she didn't pay too much attention to it.
"Ready?" He asked and she smiled.
"Yes," She said breathlessly again.
It was the moment, he felt her heart race. She smiled brightly as she waited. Harry waited for a brief second and she knew what was about to happen. He removed his hands from her eyes and she looked over the balcony, she gasped.
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