The two girls on stage would be circling each other if they had space, but the so called stage was a very long table, to be honest. Harry never really understood the reason behind that specific tradition, sure the dueling clubs were a great distraction and a way to improve but, really? over a long table? Harry stared at Hermione. He knew her and had trained with her for what felt like forever, therefore he knew exactly how the wise girl functioned. Hermione was analyzing the blonde, how she moved and trying to get a grip on a move that could give away her attacks. She had thrown a few spells towards her to understand how she would respond and waited for Fleur's attacks. Obviously, he was aware that this was how the best warriors should behave and, looking at the blonde, he guessed that was exactly what she was doing too. But he knew Hermione was aware of her give aways and looking at her, he noticed she was preventing herself from doing it. After a little while, both decided it was time to really get into the duel and as on cue they stepped closer to each other, just one step, and silently cast strong spells at each other. Having almost no time to repel it, both dived into the ground earning a collective gasp. Fleur was the first to stand, the stress apparently had already made her veela surface and sent another spell. Hermione managed to deflect it, making the bubble shield the headmistress had conjured around the stage absorb it. Harry saw the brunette raise a brow at her girlfriend.

"Really, babe?" She said, earning only a smirk from the blonde.

Ginny shuffled at Harry's side. "That was low…" She said in a small voice.

The man smiled at his girlfriend and shook his head. "She knew 'Mione would be able to deflect it." He said, giving the redhead a knowing smile. "Fleur wants to win, obviously but by now she is just making sure to show off 'Mione's full capacity. So is Hermione, in case you haven't noticed." Ginny nodded, now paying full attention to the battling women.

They quickly fell into a rhythm, almost an elegant dance. They were both in good form. Fleur mainly because of her job and Hermione because, well she wanted to. Harry knew the lioness enough to know that she was just making sure she would be prepared in case they ran into trouble again. About two hours later and after both of them got hit at the same time more than they would like to admit, Harry started to take notice that they were getting tired. Hermione sighed but kept going and so did Fleur. The rhythm fell a bit but only after half an hour one of them managed to win. Hermione had managed to dodge a particularly strong spell, barely falling from the stage, but got quickly on her feet. Fleur smiled at her as they stood still in front of each other. In half a second they were both on the floor again but this time they were both hit.

"Damn! They are good. It's been at least two and a half hours. Merlin!" Ginny said, shaking her head. Harry simply nodded.

They both squinted, in concentration. Hermione was the first to move this time. Harry saw the smile on Fleur face. She deflected the spell Hermione sent her and dodged the second one, sending a spell at the same time. Apparently, the brunette predicted it and easily deflected. What she wasn't waiting for was the second one. Fleur had cast it immediately after the first. Harry identified it as her signature move, from what he had learned from her files on the ministry. Getting hit by the second spell made Hermione fly backward and lose grip on her wand, which flew to the veela's waiting hand. Every one cheered. Harry heard Hermione groan and Fleur help her get up, smirking. After making sure the brunette was fine, she smiled broadly.


"Are you okay, dear?" Fleur approached her, it was obvious to Hermione that the older woman was trying to fight a triumphant smile. She wouldn't discuss the fact that the blonde was concerned but she was still quite proud of herself. The lioness considered making that hidden smile fade by faking a bruise. She groaned, who was she kidding? She loved that smile.

"Yes." She grunted and allowed the veela help her stand.

Fleur beamed at her making impossible for her to be mad about losing the duel. She fought the urge to roll her eyes. They thanked everyone and waited for the other to climb the stairs and join them. Hermione saw Harry look at the clock on the wall facing them, he looked at her silently questioning her.

"Harry wants to know if he can schedule the second meeting for next Saturday." She said to Fleur in a whisper, not needing to really ask him what he wanted. "It's late and we didn't manage to do what we wanted…"

Fleur nodded. "Eet won't be a training day…"

She looked at her friend and silently nodded, knowing he had already asked Luna and his girlfriend. He took a step forward and smiled. He thanked everyone and announced the next gathering. Hermione saw everyone go out of the room, flooding the corridors and smiled. She snaked a hand around Fleur so she was now holding the blonde next to her by the hip. The headmistress congratulated all of them but especially her and Fleur for the duels and said she would make sure their dinner would be served in their common room.

Arriving at the Gryffindor tower Ginny and Harry excused themselves to Ginny's room, promising they would be right back as they wanted to change and refresh themselves. Luna smiled and asked them if she could use Harry's bathroom, wanting to do the same. Ron sat on an armchair basically to wait for Luna to come down so he could change too. Hermione kissed Fleur's cheek and smiled, the silent question made as she squeezed the blonde's hand she was holding. Fleur nodded, smiling slightly. They followed the younger blonde upstairs hearing Ron grunt.

Fleur entered her room after her, having held the door for her. Before the blonde could properly close the door, she kind of pressed the veela against the door. That obviously took the woman by surprise and made the door slam closed. Hermione smiled, feeling the blonde's body so close to her's and kissed her deeply which elicited a moan from Fleur. Hearing it, the lioness held her head by the neck and let her fingers play with the blonde's hair, earning another moan and Fleur's arms around her, holding her even closer. She smiled against the veela's mouth. Her dominance on the kiss persisted a little more but Fleur flipped them and soon her back was pressed against the wall. She moaned as the blonde carefully bit her lower lip and lowered her hands to Fleur's hips to push her closer as she felt Fleur move one of hers to her hair. After a while, they pulled back, panting. Fleur didn't move away, simply joined their foreheads and smiled. Hermione mirrored her, looking into her orange orbs. She loved the way they shun just as much as she loved her blue eyes.

"Hi" She managed to say, still panting.

"'i" Fleur murmured.

"You really look good in my clothes," Hermione said, justifying her acts. The blonde chuckled. "better when you are fighting." She placed a firm kiss on the veela.

"You look beautiful when you are fighting too." Fleur stepped forward pressing Hermione against the wall once again, smiling. The lioness smiled as their noses touched, and quickly melting into Fleur's lips as soon as the veela kissed her deeply. She pulled back, making Hermione whine a little missing her lips on hers. "We should change…" The brunette interrupted her with a kiss. "Or Ginny will come 'ere and knock down zee door…" She completed after pulling back again.

"Ginny wouldn't dare. But, sadly, you are right." She made Fleur enter the bathroom first and started figuring out what they could wear. Cursing, she decided to ask Dobby to bring fresh clothes to Fleur. Obviously, she failed to ask him to bring a shirt. In a moment, he was back with what she asked. She picked some clothes for her and a shirt she was sure would fit the blonde and her style. "I asked Dobby to bring you some fresh clothes." She said, against the bathroom door.

"Merci!" After a while, Fleur stepped out of the bathroom wearing Hermione's bathrobe. She made a mental note to buy another as soon as she could. Maybe a blue one, not that the blonde didn't look good in red and gold. The lioness entered the other room carrying her clean clothes after lightly kissing the older woman.


Fleur dressed up and smiled as she noted the shirt wasn't hers. "I see you really like seeing me on your clothes…" She said as soon as she heard the brunette step back into the room.

"Well…" She interrupted the lioness with a quick kiss.

"I like wearing zem." She said, smiling and making Hermione beam. "Now, I believe eet's dinner time and zee Weasleys must be 'ungry" Hermione nodded and opened the door for her.

"Congratulations on your victory, by the way. That move is quite clever." Hermione said as they began descending the stairs. The lioness placed a light kiss on her clothed shoulder but didn't fail to make her shudder a little. She stopped and turned to the brunette before they got into the other's view.

"Merci." She kissed her lightly.

"We can hear you two!" Ginny shouted from the first floor, making them chuckle.

"Yeah, I can hear you every night, Gin!" Hermione shouted back, as Fleur turned back and continued her way to the common room. Ron groaned loudly. "Sorry, Ron!" She added, laughing.

They were greeted by a flustered Harry, an annoyed Ron and the two other women laughing loudly. Fleur gave a small smile to both men, knowing they heard quite more than they wanted to.

"Yeah yeah…" Ginny said as she calmed down.

"Speaking of hearing you two…" Hermione smirked. Fleur looked at her, knowing she wouldn't stop until she made her ginger friend blush a little. "Fleur heard your little bet." The brunette pointed Harry and Ginny. The man simply sat down and did his best not to let his face become a tomato and Ginny at first became mute and then her face became red after she looked at Fleur's knowing smile.

"What was it?" Luna promptly asked, obviously curious.

"It was nothing." Ginny managed to answer. She glared at Hermione daring her to say otherwise.

"I don't really know. Fleur didn't say." Hermione smiled at Luna.

"Oh…" Luna said, Fleur noticed her looking at both (Harry and Ginny) and making an understanding face "I see…" she added, with a smirk.

"Speaking of bets…" Ginny recovered quickly. "What was yours with Fleur?"

"Yeah, we saw her blush..." Harry added, smiling but still quite red.

"Zee blush was me remembering what Ginny said to you, 'arry. She basically started zee same way Ginny did." Harry blushed deeper if that was even possible.

"And the bet, it's just who would pay for the next three dates," Hermione said bluntly. She obviously didn't like losing but Fleur couldn't help but smile.

"Seriously?" Ginny seemed incredulous. But Harry laughed.

"It figures!" The black haired men said. "Shit! We will hear her complain for weeks!" That remark made everyone laugh, except for Ron, who was still quite disgruntled about his sister.

A moment later, the food appeared on the table along with plates for the six of them. Instead of drinking the juice the elves had sent, they drank the wine Hermione offered them. She now had three bottles, but she knew somehow two of them should be exclusive for her and Fleur. About three hours passed and Ron excused himself and left. The five left in the room continued chatting as none of them had plans for the next day. They had moved from the table to the couches about an hour after the dinner. Fleur had sat on a couch with Hermione and now the younger woman was laying down with her head on Fleur's lap. Her best friend was in the exact same position except her legs were on Luna's lap. The younger blonde was happily chatting with them. They were all a little drunk and at some point Ginny and Harry excused themselves.

"I should go too," Fleur whispered to Hermione after Luna simply transfigured the couch she was seated in a bed. The brunette whined a little, making Fleur melt.

"Or you could sleep here again…" The lioness said, with pleading eyes.

Fleur obviously hadn't really wanted to leave so she ceded. "Let's go zen…"

"Good night you two… See you tomorrow." Luna smiled at them before disappearing inside the guest restroom to change into her pajamas. Fleur wondered why she had these clothes there.

"She has been sleeping here sometimes so she figured she could keep some of her things here." Hermione provided, apparently reading her curiosity quite well. Fleur nodded.

After entering Hermione's room, the lioness mumbled something about a sober-up potion and opened a drawer taking two flasks from there, giving one to Fleur. None of them was really drunk but the potion would keep them from headaches. After drinking it, Fleur found the pajamas the brunette had lent to her in the same spot she had left them, neatly folded. She waited for the girl to leave the bathroom and entered to change and prepare herself to sleep. As she got back into the room, she saw a sleepy Hermione sitting on the bed.

"Hey…" The younger woman said, smiling.

"'ey…" Fleur always turned into pudding when she saw the lioness smile and often lost her words. Hermione got up slowly and walked towards her, the smile never fading. She folded her arms around her as she got closer and placed her hands over the blonde's neck. They stayed that way, simply staring at each other's eyes, smiling. Then Fleur bent down and kissed Hermione. Right after she pulled away Hermione yawned and they chuckled because Fleur couldn't help but yawn too.

"Sleep." The brunette mumbled, burying her face in Fleur's neck.

"Oui." Without a warning, she lifted Hermione from the ground, which elicited a frightened gasp from her, and carried the younger woman to the bed they would share. She made her lay down and smiled at her, proud of herself.


"Yeah, you are pretty strong," Hermione said without opening her eyes as if she was reading her mind. "Now, lay down. I want to cuddle." The lioness opened one eye and looked to Fleur as the blonde didn't move. She saw a pouting veela standing near the bed and chuckled. "My hero!" She smiled and reached for Fleur's hand. "Cuddle!" She whined when she saw that the French didn't move. Kneeling on the bed, she hugged the blonde and dragged her into the bed. They landed with a grunt on the bed, Hermione over Fleur. The brunette was chuckling a little when the blonde kissed her deeply, locking her over her. They moved around the bed after pulling back and fell asleep holding each other.

Hermione woke up in the same position she had slept, holding her girlfriend. But Fleur had turned in her arms and was now facing the room instead of her. She smiled and snuggled closer to her, being careful not to wake her up. She sank her head into the blonde's hair and lightly kissed her neck. Fleur mumbled something she failed to understand and curled up against her. They drifted again, both too sleepy to really wake up. After a while, she stirred a little but didn't really want to open her eyes. She smiled, sensing Fleur's body against hers and hummed as she breathed in the scent of the blonde's hair. Hermione couldn't help and began to place small kisses on her neck and shoulders. The veela started to stir and she felt her sigh.

"Good morning, babe…" She whispered against Fleur's neck. The blonde turned in her arms to look at her.

"Bonjour, mon chér…" Fleur said, sleepily. Hermione kissed her nose and smiled at her. She moved closer to Hermione and buried her face in her mane. "Sleep." She smiled, remembering she said the same word the night before. They both chuckled when Fleur's laziness was interrupted by her stomach, growling.

"I guess you are hungry…" Hermione smiled. "Get up." She said, after kissing her lips.

Fleur groaned but got up anyway and held a hand to help Hermione up. She went to the bathroom and Hermione after her and then they went downstairs. They found Harry sitting in his favorite armchair in his pajamas, a cup of coffee in his hands.

"Morning…" He whispered. Only then they took notice of a sleeping Luna. He looked at her worriedly. "We should have gone to Ginny's and left mine for her to sleep…"

"There was no need, Harry." Luna turned on her bed so she could face them. "I slept just fine here." She smiled at him as he nodded.

"Oh, Dobby brought hot drinks…" Harry waved to the table.

Hermione looked into the mugs and realized each one had a different steamy liquid. She hummed as she took notice of their smells. Taking two specific mugs, she offered one to Fleur and took a sip of hers, sighing happily. She then forced her mind to remember which of the left ones should be Luna's.

"It's the Chai," Harry said, smiling at her. "the Irish is Ginny's." Hermione took the mug containing Luna's drink and looked at her friend with a raised brow. He shrugged and smiled at her.

"Morning," Ginny grunted as she stepped into the room. She smiled as Harry pointed her the last mug. "Merlin, Dobby knows everything!" She beamed as she tried the drink. She smiled at Luna and then noticed the girl had actually slept in the common room. "Merlin, we should have gone to my room, babe…" She said to Harry, who simply nodded.

"Nonsense." Luna waved at Ginny. "I slept just fine, as I have already told Harry."

Hermione made a mental note to start observing how the three of them behaved with each other. She knew they would like to make sure any friend of theirs was comfortable in their house but everyone knew that these transfigured beds were basically the same as the ones they had upstairs. Harry looked overly worried, just like Ginny. The brunette cocked her head at their exchange.


Fleur saw the slightly confused look on the lioness face and smiled. She was completely adorable! Taking advantage of her cocked head, she approached the brunette and kissed her neck, chuckling at the woman's reaction.

"Hey… What do you want to do today?" The lioness asked giving her full attention, apparently dismissing any thoughts she had before.

"Whatever you want, 'ermione…" They sat on the nearest couch.

"I don't really know, but I guess we could simply stay and talk…" She nodded.


AN: Hey! Sorry I really had no time to update this Saturday. Deeply sorry. Yes, I know I suck. Well, I hope you liked this chapter! What do you think is happening about Lun? give me your thoughts!

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I'm thinking about writing a side story with the duels but clearly, I have to study spells and all so it might take a while... (no promises about that.)

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