Chapter 3 – Fun times at the beach
A/N: Hi guys. It was my birthday party 2 days ago and it was absolutely brilliant! Though it's not my birthday til the 12th… can I get a Happy Birthday? HAHA anyway, thanks for the reviews even if it's only one! I really don't care but thank you for reviewing!
I also have to say that in this fanfic, everyone has magic and Hermione attended Beauxbatons with Ginny, Cho, Luna, Lavender and Parvarti while Harry attended Durmstrang with Ron, Draco, Seamus and Anthony Goldstein (Seamus is in Ravenclaw!). They all know how to use muggle technology as well
The lands are all very close together, like really small states but next to each other! AND ON WITH THE STORYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
A million thoughts ran through my head
'Holy shit she's so pretty'
'Her voice is so beautiful'
'Does she like me?'
'The dress looks really good on her'
'She's absolutely amazing'
'Do I look stupid just staring at her like this?'
At that last thought, I snapped out of my reverie
She was shaking hands with my parents and after mum, it would be me! I discreetly wiped my hands on my pants. I didn't need her to think that I was nervous!
"Hi"
And now she was in front of me. With that beautiful smile on her face. And her hand was out ready to shake mine
"Hey" I replied back shaking her hand
"I'm Hermione Granger"
"Harry, Harry Potter" I gave my trademark smirk and she just rolled her eyes. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!
She took her hand out of my hand and put them by her sides
"So how are you?"
"Good. You?"
"I'm good as well. Just a question, how do you think this will turn out?" her finger pointed between me and her. 'Oh god. I can't just blurt out that I want to be with her'
"Okay I hope. My parents want us to be together. What are your thoughts?"
"It's the same with my parents but honestly, I want to find true love, not just through what a family has. I want someone that I know will cherish me and not because they were forced to you know?"
She whispered all that in my ears and I couldn't move. I was paralysed with her warm breath near my ear, her body slightly pressed to me and her holding onto my biceps
"Anyway, we better get going. Our parents are going into the castle now" and she left
I still stood there. Well for a first encounter, that was definitely something… different
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It was dinner time and the seats were arranged so that Dan and James were sitting at the ends of the tables, Lily and Helen sitting on one side chatting while Harry and Hermione were together on the other side. It was all small chat while the house elves prepared their dinner
I wanted to find out more about Hermione Granger. So far, I knew that her favourite colour was sky blue on a good day; she loves cats and has one named Crookshanks. She even brought him here in case he would be lonely in the Ravenclaw castle! She likes to wear dresses but prefers to wear baggy clothing or more modern day outfits. She's different from other princesses in that way because they usually wear ugly dresses or look really slutty to impress me
Hermione loves to read books, her favourite being The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare because it contained her name in it and it includes more things about women than other books. She is intelligent in every way possible, she knows about everything! Except Quidditch, she really hates that sport! I don't know why though! It's absolutely amazing! Though she says that it's the best way to get a concussion. Not likely
She loves snap backs and modern day clothing. She hates slutty outfits or the girls who wear big ugly dresses. "There's really no point in wearing that! Honestly we are in the 21st century!" – Her words not mine, but I completely agree. She loves going to the movies and is a big comparer between the books and the movies. But that's all I know about her. I want to know her deepest darkest secret though I need to get to know her and befriend her so she can trust me
We received our dinner and that chattering stopped. Maybe it was because we were hungry but I'm not bothered. It was spaghetti Bolognese and it looked like she really enjoyed it. I finished faster than Hermione, not that I wanted to of course but I am a fast eater. I had nothing to do so I just watched her eat. She even eats perfectly! 'Well at least she chews with her mouth closed or without sauce all over her mouth' I thought
I could tell that she was weirded out by my staring because she scooted a little away from me. God, I really need to learn the art of subtlety! After everyone was finished dinner, we all walked to the living room to digest our dinner and again there was small talk.
"Hermione" I asked her along the way
"Hm?"
"How long are you staying here for?" I hoped that she would stay for some time
"I'm not sure myself actually. Hey mum" she tapped her mums shoulder
"Yes dear?"
"Harry asked how long we were staying for"
"Oh" she turned to face Harry "Dan and I will be staying for a week and we will be leaving to visit the Malfoys in Slytherin because we haven't seen them in a while! Hermione will be staying her for two weeks with you though…" she winked "And then she will also come to Slytherin"
"That's great Mrs Granger" I replied back. It was great news for me; 'I get to spend more time with Hermione' I thought while looking at her but she was looking straight ahead
We watched some TV later and it was getting late. Hermione and I headed up to the east wing while my mum, dad and the Grangers went to the north wing. We walked for what seemed like a long time because we had nothing to talk about until we got to the 3rd floor and walked to her room
"So this is your room" I announced and opened the doors. The room was pure white marble flooring and a beige coloured wall. It was a queen sized bed and her trunks were already place near the dressing table. There was a window that viewed the back garden with a seat as well. The door next to the bed led to a decent sized bathroom. All in all, it was quite a clean guest room
"This is nice" Hermione smiled at me
She made her way to the window seat and sat down. I also sat down with her. She looked out to the garden and was mesmerised by all of the flora and fauna while I was mesmerised by her face. 'She looks so beautiful just looking out like that… God I've fallen hard!' I thought. I hit myself and Hermione looked at me
"Er… What's wrong Harry?"
"Uh nothing! Nothing's wrong Hermione. Good night and I'll see you tomorrow!" I hurried out of the room and I didn't even hear her goodbye! I banged my head on the wall and said "Stupid" under my breath.
Hermione opened the door to see me banging my head. "Oh my gosh Harry stop it! Stop banging your head on the wall!" she cried and pulled me away from the wall where my head clashed onto hers
"Hermione!" She looked a bit dizzy 'Did I really bang my head that hard' I thought. I held her waist just in case she was going to fall. 'God her curves!' She slowly rubbed her head and laughed. Her laugh was absolutely amazing. And I couldn't help it, I laughed with her as well
We finally stopped laughing and realised our closeness and she walked out from my hands. "Are you alright Harry?" she asked. God it seemed so genuine, and I've only known her for half a day!
"Yeah I'm fine" I replied
"Alright night Harry" she smiled and walked back to her room
"Wait Hermione!"
"What is it" she said while holding the door
"If anything happens, come to my room. It's next to you on the left" I said pointing to my room
"Thanks for the heads up" she chuckled "And really Harry, goodnight because I am tired now"
"Alright night" She closed the door and I ran back to my room. I brushed my teeth, got changed into my pyjamas and jumped into bed. My last thought was 'I've fallen way too hard for her already'
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I woke up at 7:15am and checked my phone. It said 'One New Message from Draco'. The message said
D: How's the princess?
H: Good. She's alright
I replied like that because I didn't want him stealing my princesses again. Geez, when I texted him about Cho, he immediately came here and fricking flirted with her! WHAT THE HELL
D: Hope everything's going alright for you then. I'm off to breakfast. Later
H: Bye
Unfortunately, now I had nothing to do other than lay in my bed. But that was also boring so I sneaked to Hermione's room but she wasn't there. I checked the bathroom but only Crookshanks or Whatshisname was there. "Dammit" I cursed
I searched through all of the bedrooms on the 3rd floor but she wasn't in any of them so I had to think. This was something that I wasn't so good at. But I had to do something. I thought about what she liked and instantly came to the conclusion of books. THAT'S IT! The library
I rushed to the library and opened the double doors quietly and there she was. Sitting on a sofa with her legs curled beneath her and reading a book was Hermione Granger. I sneaked up behind her and pinched her neck
"AH!" she squeaked and turned around to face me. I was silently laughing at her reaction. "Shut up Harry Potter!" and she pinched me back on the arm
I immediately stopped laughing and suddenly, we had a pinching fight. I think she got more pinches on my but it turned into laughs at the end. We were now lying on the ground, just staring at the ceiling
"Hey" I said
"Hi" she replied back
"How was your sleep?"
"Good, nothing unusual happened. How about you?"
"Same"
There was a pause and I felt the need to continue it
"Do you have any plans today?"
"None whatsoever. Do you?" she turned her head in my direction and I stared into the honey coloured orbs while she looked into my emerald eyes
"None whatsoever as well" I whispered
"Wanna make a plan?"
"Sure. Do you have any ideas?"
"Why not the beach? I haven't been there in ages! Plus we could call our friends as well!" she smiled. God I can't refuse anything to that smile!
"Sure. We'll meet them at 9am?" I smiled back
"Yeah okay" she got out her phone and texted some people
"Alright, my friends are available today. I'll see you later, I'm off to breakfast!" She picked up her book and put it away on a shelf and skipped out of the room. I also got my phone out and texted Ron, Draco, and Cho. I still missed Cho but not in a lover way. I decided to text Ginny as well otherwise she'll tag along with her brother so I might as well make her feel included. They all responded that they could which was great. I also walked to the dining room to eat some breakfast with Hermione. I didn't want to miss a moment where we could be alone together
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Hermione and I told our parents what we were doing today and they totally agreed to it, no arguments at all. I saw the glint in their eyes when they heard of our plans which made me nervous just because of that glint. I immediately went upstairs while Hermione was calmly walking up the stairs
I got changed into my board shorts and a plain white t-shirt. I made sure that it showed off some off my muscles, I needed to impress Hermione! I also grabbed some sunglasses and left my room. It was 8:30am when I was finished with everything and went downstairs to the front door. I waited patiently for Hermione. To be honest, I was really hoping that Hermione wasn't dumb enough to wear make up at the beach! That would look terrible, no offence of course!
And Hermione finally came down the stairs
WHY DOES SHE LOOK GOOD IN EVERYTHING OMG
She was wearing a top that didn't cover her belly and showed that she had a belly button ring, short shorts, sunglasses and a snapback
"Where's your swimwear?" I asked
"I'm wearing it. It's just a bikini" she smiled back
God, she will be the death of me. I just know it
"Great" I replied
I was about to lock the door until Hermione said "Hold on, don't we need towels?"
'I didn't think of that'
"Right, Dobby!" I called out. Dobby came straight away "Yes sir Harry?"
"Get us some towels" He got some towels and I grunted. It was just a way of saying leave
As Dobby was about to leave, Hermione called out "Wait Dobby"
"Yes Miss Hermione?"
"Just hold on for a second Dobby" She turned to face me and said "Say thank you to Dobby"
"No"
"Yes"
"No"
"Yes"
"No"
"Please?" She had her best puppy dog face on. Dammit
"Fine" I faced Dobby and said "Thank you Dobby. You may leave now" with a flick of my hand
Dobby looked like he was about to cry. Maybe I was really impolite towards him. But he was a house elf anyways
"Thank you sir Harry" he turned to Hermione "And thank you Miss Hermione!" and he apparated away
"Honestly Harry, I think I'm going to have to teach you some manners!" and with that comment, we had our bickering while we were walking to my car but to be honest with you, I was a bit disappointed that she didn't stare at my body like how I stared at hers
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We arrived at the beach and there were two groups of teenagers playing on the beach
Hermione got out of the car first and waved to someone "LUNA!" she shouted out. Some people stopped talking to look at who said that. There were some wolf whistles from some males on the beach but I felt this disgusting emotion. God who does that?! She ran to someone and hugged them. 'She must be her best friend' I thought. She started chatting to two other guys but some other teenagers were also coming up to her
"Dammit" I cursed silently. I walked up to Ron and Draco where we bear hugged each other. We honestly haven't seen each other in ages! Ginny was there but that's okay. The unfortunate part of her appearance was that she must've contacted Lavender and Parvarti because they turned up squealing at me. They were looking at my shirt that showed my muscles. I cursed again. Cho also showed up which was good.
"Dang who's that chick over there?" Draco asked
We all looked at the direction that he was pointing at and it was Hermione
"Hermione Granger"
"The princess?" everyone asked
"Yeah"
"Boy you are so lucky!" said Ron as he slapped me on the back
Hermione was talking to the other boys that joined her group and they tagged along with her. She came up to us and said "Hey! I'm Hermione Granger, Princess of Ravenclaw. This is my best friend Luna Lovegood and the boys are Seamus Finnigan and Anthony Goldstein" Each of them said hi until someone interrupted and said "What about us?"
"Right, well I just met them but they seem nice… so far" she smirked
"Come on Hermione!" one of them said
"Alright this one is Dean Thomas, Cormac McLaggen and Viktor Krum"
We all except Hermione gawked at Viktor and Cormac. "The Viktor Krum? The Cormac Mclaggen? WOW" They are known to be the youngest seeker and the youngest keeper! God I look up to Viktor Krum!
"Yeah, the one and only" smiled Cormac. All of the girls giggled but he only had eyes for Hermione
That disgusting ball of feeling came again at the bottom of my stomach
"So how about some swimming?" asked Hermione. She didn't wait for an answer but stripped off her t-shirt and her shorts. All the boys including me were gawking at her until she started running away and said "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!"
That was when I snapped out of my ogling zone stripped off my shirt as well and started chasing her. This made everyone also snap out of their zone and they all stripped but I knew I was going to get to Hermione first. I picked her up and spun her around while she was squealing, laughing and kicking her legs "PUT ME DOWN HARRY!" and I did just that. She was dropped down into the water and we started having a water fight
It was just between the two of us until everyone joined in
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Our event ended at around 6pm but we built a bonfire. Hermione volunteered to buy marshmallows and sausages and she elected Anthony to go with her. Well the fiery ball of hatred came back.
They came back with 3 bags of marshmallows and some sausages, chips and coke bottles to drink from. She sat next to me which was great because I had her next to me but on the other side of me was Ginny. I wanted to talk to Hermione but she was busy catching up with Luna so it was no use but talking to Ginny, Lavender and Parvarti. I could feel that Lavender and Parvarti were giving up on grabbing my attention which was good but Ginny still wasn't giving up! ARGH
We played games around the fire, ate and shared ghost stories. Our bonfire ended at 10pm when everyone needed to get home safely. All of the boys wanted to get Hermione's number, even Ron and Draco! Geez, but being Hermione, of course she gave them her number! I can love her personality but she has to realise that they only want to get into her pants!
I drove back to the Potter Mansion while Hermione was humming to some songs that were playing on the radio. Her voice was nice, but I really wanted to hear her sing. I knew that she'd have to be more comfortable with me to sing. I have two weeks anyway!
We arrived back at my house at 10:15pm and Hermione looked could in her clothes. I gave her a jacket that I found in my car
"Seriously Harry?" she smiled playfully at me
"What? What's wrong with my jacket?"
"Nothing, I'm just saying that we are about to go into your house which is only about 10 steps away and now you give me your jacket?"
Dammit. That was so retarded
"Well you could get a cold if I didn't give you my jacket. Those 10 steps of coldness could be very fatal to you you know" I replied back cheekily
She just laughed and I absolutely loved the sound of it
"Alright, well thank you for your kindness sir Harry"
"It was a pleasure Princess" and I kissed her hand
We both laughed this time, it was too hard to hold it in though I didn't let go of her hand as we were walking back up to the mansion
I unlocked the door, put our thongs away and walked all the way up to the 3rd floor. We stopped in front of Hermione's room
"Wait Harry" she called as I was about to leave
She ran to me and stood on her tippy toes and kissed me. No, not on the mouth unfortunately but on my cheek. My heart started doing flip flops and I could feel her cheeks heat up near my cheek which meant that she was blushing "Thank you Harry, for today"
"But I didn't do anything"
"Yes you did, you let me see my friends again. They've been busy every time I tried to see them but this time, it was lucky that they were available. So thank you Harry" she whispered
She ran back to her room and closed the door
I also got back to my room and fell on the bed. I loudly shouted "HELL YES!" and I forgot that everyone else was sleeping. I covered my mouth with my hands and heard Hermione laugh. This was the greatest moment of my life, and I hope all of my great moments are with her because I think I'm just a little bit in love
A/N: Hope you like a fast update! God this was 9 pages! Read and review! Thanks :)