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Harry Potter and the Year of the Baby

Chapter 12

It's been a month since the Hogsmeade trip and boy do I regret buying Adrian that kitten. It doesn't want to do anything I tell it; actually I think it loves not doing what I want it to. Just the other day Baby ripped up one of my only good scarves and I was so mad that I was chasing it around yelling, 'Baby come back' and all the guys thought that this was absolutely hilarious but I don't. Don't get me wrong I like the thing it's just that every once in a while it will just stare at me and it really kind of creeps me out.

"Daddy, Baby?" Adrian is always asking where his Baby is if he can't find her, it's really cute. All the girls think it's adorable, no one thinks it's as cute as Hermione though.

"I don't know little guy, maybe she's out playing with some friends." I wonder do cats who hang out with other cats call those cats' friends.

"Ok." I get a big grin that lights up his entire face. As Adrian gets older his blonde hair just seems to be getting messier and messier. Unlike mine that just looks messy his looks like it's deliberately that way. I sometimes I wish that I'd have his hair, but then again I don't think I'd look good with blonde hair.

"Hey Harry. Hey brat." Ron mumbles tiredly as he stumbles down the stairs.

"Morning Ron." I always find it very amusing how Ron can be so tired when he sleeps in so much.

"Brat!" Adrian yells when Ron comes in.

"I know you are a brat, you don't have to tell me." I can tell that Ron really does care about Adrian even though all he does is complain about him. Sometimes when he thinks I'm not looking I can see him making funny goofy faces at Adrian.

"Ok you two stop arguing right now." I say in a mock angry voice.

"Yes dad." Ron says also kidding.

"Don't make me turn this car around Ronald Weasley!"

"What car?" He looks around generally confused. "I really have no idea what you're talking about I don't see a car." I just start laughing at him like he's crazy and Adrian joins in just because he thinks laughing is fun. "Harry come on let me in on the joke."

"What in the world is going on down here?" Apparently she came down without any of us noticing her.

"Ron…car…hahahaha." I manage to stutter out in-between my laughing attack.

"What?" She asks with the most confused look on her face.

"Harry told me that he was going to pull this car over but there's no car and I don't know how he'd be able to pull it either." Ron has the funniest look on his face. After Hermione hears this she also starts to burst out into laughter. "Not you too."

When Hermione finally calms herself enough to explain what it really means Ron was just making himself more and more confused it was actually really funny. He looked like he'd been hit in the head with a book. I think that this little incident this morning has just made my week.

"Harry?" I look up to see that Hermione is trying to catch my attention and boy has she caught it. She looks o good today with her hair pulled up into a ponytail with a few of the beautifully curly pieces hanging down in front of her eyes. I think I'm the luckiest man alive to be able to say that this beautiful creature is my girlfriend.

"Yes." Wow I just said that really dreamily. I sounded like a fool, oh well at least Hermione is here.

"We need to get to breakfast so we're not late for our classes." Hermione says in scolding kind of way.

"Oh right breakfast." We all get up and head out of the common room to the Great Hall. Hermione carries Adrian the whole way, which is getting harder and harder because he now thinks he's old enough to walk all on his own, so he tires to get down and squirms a lot.

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"Harry please pass the salad." Neville asks me as he sits down with us for lunch.

"Oh hey Nev, here you go." I say as I pass him the salad he wanted.

"Thanks, so how's the little guy?" Neville has gotten really close to Adrian.

"He's good." I look over to Adrian and see that he's decided that his egg salad belonged all over his face and not his plate. Hermione is there scolding him about how he should be as good little boy and eat his food and not play with it.

"You love her don't you?" I look up to see Neville with a knowing look on his face.

"What?" I ask in a stutter.

"You love her."

"I don't know what you're talking about." I say while trying to avoid his eyes. Do I love her? That's the thing I don't know, I think I might but how does one truly know if their in love. Sure she's all I ever think about and I think she's the most beautiful person alive, and I could see myself with her till I'm old, if I eve make it that long, but I don't know if that's what love is. The worst thing would be if I love her and she doesn't love me, I don't think my heart could take that.

"Harry I can see the way you look at her, and that's a look filled with love." When did Neville get so observant?

"I know." I manage to whisper.

"If you love her tell her. I know this isn't something you want to hear but we are in a war and if you don't tell her what you feel she may never know." Neville's right I should tell her.

"Thanks Nev I think I might tell her how I feel."

"Good." Neville says with a big smile, and I can't help but smile back.

"Speaking of love we need to help you get ready for asking your dream girl out on a date." When I say this Neville gets kind of pale and his eyes get really wide.

"What?" He says sounding absolutely petrified.

"It's ok Neville you're not going to talk to her yet, your just going to get ready for talking to her." I say trying to calm him down.

"Ok." He says shakily. I decide to let it drop so that he doesn't get too freaked out too soon. All I know is that this girl would be a fool to turn down a great guy like Neville.

We get through lunch with a lot of jokes and laughter. Then I look at Hermione and I realize that Neville was right and that I have no time to waste and that I should just tell Hermione I love her, right now.

"Hey Ron can you watch Adrian, I want to talk to Hermione." I know that I must be pale and shaky just by the look that Ron gave me as I asked him this.

I turn towards Hermione and ask, "Can I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure Harry." She gives me the prettiest smile and I just know that I have to tell her this and I just got a big burst of confidence from that one amazing smile.

I walk with Hermione outside the Great Hall because I really don't want everyone to hear when I tell her I love her for the first time.

"Hermione this is really hard for me to say." Oh gosh this is going to sound so cliché, I know it will. She just looks at me in an encouraging way. "Well I just wanted to tell you that… I love you." Oh my gosh what if she hates me for this?

"Harry do you mean it?" She asks, I just nod my head while staring at the ground. That was the scariest thing I've ever done. "Oh Harry." She says as she pulls my face up away from staring at the ground and all I see is a giant smile on her face before she pulls me into a big kiss.

"I love you too Harry." She says as she pulls out of the kiss and lays her forehead on mine. Right now I feel as if I'm the happiest man alive and that I could walk on air.

TBC…

A/N: I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long, I've been insanely busy. I'm not going to go through the details but if you've stuck out the long wait for this and its horrible I'm sorry. Well anyways thanks for reading and please review. I'll also try to update sooner and answer any question if you have any.