Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter just the plot is mine
A/N: This is an Hermione/Ginny little story so if you don't like then don't read it. Just a little something for the Christmas season told from Hermione's point of view.
Just before I start this next chapter, I just wanted to say thank you to all that have reviewed. It gave me the warm fuzzes to know that people like what I have written. I'm thinking there will be 4 more chapters and hopefully it will be complete in time for Christmas (England time). Hope you are all enjoying the festive season : )
Now on with the story…
It's been three days since the party and I saw Ginny all over Colin, I've been avoiding her ever since. Not that she cares…I doubt that she has even noticed. She has probably been spending all of her time with her new boyfriend. Well I hope she is happy…I don't care. I'll get over it…I just need some space and my stupid little crush will just disappear. Hmmm the only problem with that is we break up for Christmas break in a week and four days and I just have to go to the Burrow…which means I will be stuck sharing a room with her…just great!
Hermione was walking back towards the Gryffindor common room after yet another study session in the library. She had been there so much in the last three days that she might as well have sat up a bed in the back and slept there, which Hermione had actually entertained the idea of.
Hermione was surprised as an arm reached out and grabbed her, spinning around Hermione came face to face with the one person she really didn't want to see.
"Ginny! What the hell! You scared me"
"Well hi to you too Mione" Ginny muttered
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in the common room with your boyfriend?" Hermione spat
"My boyfriend? Mione I don't have a boyfriend" Ginny replied, shocked at Hermione's tone.
"Yeah Colin. Or are people not supposed to know about you two yet?" Hermione asked, her voice dripping with suppressed anger.
Ginny looked at Hermione as though she had grown a second head and then promptly burst into a fit of giggles.
"What's so funny?" Hermione asked in confusion
"Oh come on Mione, you really think that me and Colin are…" Ginny laughed again
"What's the joke Gin?" Hermione asked getting annoyed at Ginny's reaction.
Has she lost her mind or something? What the hell could be so funny?
"Mione I'm not going out with Colin! What gave you that idea? We are just friends" Ginny answered when she had finally managed to suppress her giggles.
She isn't going out with him? But what about…
"You aren't going out with Colin" Hermione asked unsurely
"Merlin no! like I said, we are just friends. Is that why you have been avoiding me?" Ginny asked.
So maybe she has noticed…how do I get out of this one?
"I don't know what you are talking about Gin, I haven't been you" Hermione argued.
Trying to avoid any more questions, Hermione turned on her heel and tried to make her way back to the common room. Before she could get very far, however Ginny grabbed Hermione's arm and pulled her back.
"You are avoiding me…what have I done?" Ginny asked looking hurt at Hermione's reactions.
"Nothing…just let me go, we have to get back to the common room" Hermione pleaded trying to make Ginny release her arm.
"Not until you tell me why you have been avoiding me"
"Ginny!" Hermione was getting annoyed at the feeling of being trapped and wanted to escape quickly.
Why won't she let me go? Merlin's beard I will hex her if I have to.
Hermione tried to free her arm but this only caused Ginny to become annoyed and pull Hermione closer to her .
"You are not going anywhere until you tell me what the hell has been going on with you lately. You have been acting weird for a week now and I have a feeling it has something to do with me…now what is it?" Ginny demanded.
What you going to do now Hermione?
Seeing that Hermione wasn't going to say anything, and not wanting to cause a scene in the corridor just in case any one saw, Ginny pulled Hermione by the arm and forced her into a near by empty class room. Just as the class room door slammed shut Ginny rounded on Hermione again.
"Ok now talk Hermione!" Ginny ordered
Hermione stuttered but apart from incoherent sounds, nothing else was forthcoming so she gave up and looked to the ground.
I wonder if I don't say anything, she will just give up and leave me alone. Its better that she is upset with me then for her to find out the truth.
Ginny stepped closer to Hermione trapping her against the door, she gave a heavy sigh and asked gently "Hermione please tell me. If I haven't done anything wrong then at least let me help you with whatever the problem is"
"I can't Ginny" Hermione said in a broken whisper.
Ginny shook her head and sighed, she tried to move away to let Hermione leave but found herself stock in position.
"What the hell?" Ginny muttered to herself.
Hermione looked at Ginny curiously wondering what she could be muttering about. She watched as Ginny looked up and then groaned.
What's wrong with her…Oh crap.
As Hermione looked up she saw what Ginny was staring at. Someone had put mistletoe above the door, but it wasn't like muggle mistletoe. This was magical mistletoe which stops the two people from moving from where they stood until they had kissed.
Oh great…how wonderful…fan-bloody-tastic…now what am I going to do?
"Er Mione, we seem to be stuck under the…er…well mistletoe" Ginny said with a nervousness that Hermione had never heard from the young Weasley before.
"Yeah I guess we are" Hermione replied softly. She bit her bottom lip and looked back to the ground finding a table leg very fascinating.
To her surprise she noticed that Ginny was leaning towards her.
She isn't is she? Oh bloody hell! She is…Ginny's going to kiss me! What am I going to do? I can't run, I can't bloody move! My heart is beating so fast I think I'm about to have a heart attack…or pass out.
Hermione's thoughts were stopped when she felt Ginny's hand touch her cheek softly, with her other hand, she brushed a stray hair from Hermione's face and tilted her head up whilst continually moving towards her. Hermione looked up and tried to breath as the anticipation was driving her crazy.
After what seemed like hours, Hermione felt Ginny's lips brush lightly against her own. Ginny must have felt Hermione's hesitation as she moved closer, trapping Hermione against the door and kissed her a little harder. Hermione felt euphoria spread throughout her body and with courage she never realised she had before, Hermione kissed back. She heard a moan but couldn't tell if it came from Ginny or herself and encouraged, Hermione's hands reached up and took hold of Ginny's shoulders and pulled the girl closer to her. Hermione felt Ginny place her hands tentatively on her hips, Hermione gasped when she felt Ginny run her tongue along her bottom lip and she willingly opened her mouth to allow the kiss to deepen.
Ginny is kissing me! She is actually kissing me!...oh no I'm kissing Ginny…no, no, no, I have to stop this! No matter how good it feels…I can't do this…it's wrong! We can't do this.
With that thought in mind Hermione pulled away but found herself trapped between the door and Ginny.
"Stop Gin…we can't" Hermione pushed Ginny back to give herself more room. Her face was flushed and she was breathing heavily, as though she had just run a marathon.
Ginny tried to say something whilst trying to catch her breath but Hermione didn't want to stick around to see Ginny looking at her with disgust or hear Ginny trying to let her down by saying that she would never like her in that way.
"I have to go" Hermione spun around and with a shaking hand, she opened the door and ran from the class room.
"Hermione wait!" she heard Ginny calling after her but she kept on going with her legs shaking, heart pounding in her ears and tears streaming down her face.
She hates me…I hate me…what am I going to do now? I can't believe that I did that! You stupid, stupid girl!
Hermione ran into the common room and straight up to the sixth year girls dorm and collapsed onto her bed crying her eyes out.