1Chapter 3- Shopping Spree
Hermione found a camisole and a hoodie that already fit and shrunk a pair of dark jeans to fit properly within five minutes. She silently crept into the steamy bathroom and undressed before climbing into the already occupied shower for round two. Half an hour later, Harry and Hermione exited the shower, both with smiles plastered on their faces. They didn't speak while they dried and dressed so that they could hold onto that post-orgasm euphoria just a little longer.
"You look nice," Harry finally said. "Not that you didn't, you're always gorgeous."
"Harry, stop blubbering. I get it. Now tell me what's on your mind, 'cause I know when you're thinking of something."
"Okay, I was thinking- don't give me that face, I've been known to use my brain from time to time," he said, noting the Oh, really? You don't say! look that Hermione was tossing him.
"And?" Hermione asked searchingly.
"I was thinking that since...he's looking for you, we should lay low. Stay around Muggles. He never got the hang of the Muggle lifestyle."
"Absolutely. But do you have any Muggle money?" she asked. Harry whipped out a shiny black credit card.
"I lay low a lot. And I have a plan to keep you safe. We'll get a cab to take us to the airport, then another to bring us to the hotel."
"But won't that make us look like we're there for only one reason?" Hermione pointed out. Harry pulled out two suitcases.
"Already covered. Now we look like we're on vacation," he said. Hermione nodded in understanding. "We'll fill them up with the stuff we grab at the mall."
"Very smart, Mr Potter. Twenty points to Gryffindor," she joked. Harry looked dejected.
"Only twenty points?" he asked, giving her the puppy dog face.
"Thirty. There's only one problem with your fabulous plan: my wand. He could track me down with it." Harry understood her concern, and quickly amended his plan.
"We're gonna Apparate to Gringotts and store your wand in my vault, then get you a new one at Ollivander's. On second thought, I'll go to Gringotts. I need gold anyway, and it keeps you outta sight. And I'll see how busy Ollivander's is."
"Don't take too long," she said, giving Harry her wand and enveloping him in a hug. When the hug ended, he Apparated away. Hermione paced the living room and huddled on the couch during the fifteen minutes of his absence.
"Ollivander's is empty," were the first words out of Harry's mouth when he returned. He grabbed Hermione's hand the next second and Apparated to outside of Ollivander's, where the old wizard stood alone behind the counter, checking out wands. Hermione quickly found a new wand, which Harry gladly paid for, and left as abruptly as they arrived.
"Harry, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she cried in between giving him kisses of appreciation. "I don't think I cold ever thank you enough! I'm safe, well, safer." Harry held her tight in his arms.
"Let's finish our shopping," Harry said. "And as long as I'm around, you're safe." Hermione smiled, and they went downstairs to the parking deck. The two of them got into a shiny silver Volvo and drove off to the local mall.
"I wasn't expecting you to drive a Volvo," Hermione said as they walked inside.
"It's my basic vehicle. I have a flashier one, but we agreed to lay low," Harry said, leading Hermione into the first store they found.
"Oh really?" she asked, her interest piqued, as she picked up a pair of jeans.
"A Porsche. It's yellow," he said, answering the inevitable question before it was asked. Hermione thought back to the car that was next to the Volvo and smiled.
"I liked it," she said, grabbing a few shirts before walking to the fitting rooms. "You better plan on taking me on a ride in it someday." Hermione spent little time trying on the clothes, only to put most of them back before ringing up.
"Is that all you want?" Harry asked as they left the store.
"We have a whole mall to search."
"What else do you need? Money is not an object." Hermione thought for a moment.
"More bottoms, tops, maybe a jacket or two, some hoodies, shoes, and bras and knickers and stuff like that."
"Oh, wow. The whole wardrobe. Let's get a move on," Harry said, going to the next store. For another two or three hours, they shopped, until they got hungry and went to the food court for lunch.
"So all we need to get is your personals," he said, taking a bite of his burger.
"Yeah. Unless you can think of anything else to buy, then we'll be good." They continued to eat their lunches, keeping up the small-talk.
"I need to go to the video store, so I'll do that while you're shopping," Harry said, sliding over the credit card. They finished their food and walked to the intimates store, which was only two stores down from the video store. Harry let Hermione go alone with the promise that she would get him when she was finished. Half an hour later, she found him holding a small stack of DVDs, a mix of new releases and Hermione's all-time favorites. They paid for the movies and returned to the flat.
"I had fun today," Harry said, helping Hermione fill the two suitcases. "Thank Merlin for Undetectable Expansion Charms."
"I had fun, too. Are you almost finished?" she asked as she closed one of the suitcases. Harry shut the other moments later.
"Yeah. Ready to go?" Hermione nodded and they went, hand in hand, outside to hail a cab.
A.N.: Well, there you go, chapter 3 for you. I know it's short, and I apologize. The chapters will got longer, because that's just how it happens. Things are progressing, slowly, but still progressing. I know that all you Twilight fans are freaking out with the references. It just came to me. Chapter 4 is coming sometime within the (hopefully) near future. I want to try for a weekly or bi-weekly update rate. It gives me time to type up/write the upcoming chapters, and those of you with tons of stories on your alerts list (guilty!) time to catch up and stay on top of things. It also gives me more time to come up with/type out other fanfic ideas, because I have a million songfic ideas in my head, almost all being Harmonian (yay Harmony!). I'd probably just put them in a one-shot or short story collection...but I digress. I also have a new story out, and the main pairing is not romantic, so don't worry. It's called Fate Has Other Plans in case you want to look for it.
In chapter 4 of this story, you figure out what exactly Harry and Hermione once shared. Though many of you could've guessed what it was already, you get some specifics. And because I'm in such a good mood (and am wishing dearly for everyone to forgive my epically slow update and long A.N.), I'm going to give you an excerpt! Yay, excerpts!
"It's not a big deal," Harry said. Hermione cocked an eyebrow, and they laughed for no apparent reason. "Mione, I was-"
"Did you just call me 'Mione'?" Harry nodded. "No one's called me that since...you last did."
"Yeah. I as thinking about us. You remember that, right?"
"Of course. How could I forget?" she said.
"Did you want to?"
