Chapter 5 – Royalty Lessons 101 Part 2
A/N: To be honest, I have no idea what lessons princes and princesses need to take to look proper for the public so I'm just making it up!
Witchysha: WOO so glad that it was all in first person! Thanks and keep reviewing
I think the hardest lesson today was ballroom dancing. Not just for me put for everyone. I kept on stepping on Hermione's feet which I feel really bad for and the adults just kept saying "No, No, No, No, NO!" left right and centre.
Honestly, when Mr Granger said Ballroom Dancing, I was eager to do it. I never really understood the concept of dancing but the fact that I could hold Hermione close for a long period of time was well worth it.
So the dancing in hell exercise started and classical music played
At first, Hermione and I just watched our parents do it slow and steadily. We memorized the movements which seemed easy at first. But when you're me, you fail at footwork. That's why I prefer Quidditch to football because I would fail desperately at it
I put my right hand lightly on her waist, she had her left hand on my shoulder and our other arms met. We were just getting the stance right and that took at least ten minutes
"No Hermione you're feet need to be close together!"
"Harry your legs need to be shoulder width apart!"
"Hold her waist more tightly Harry!"
"Bring her into you more!"
"Wrap your hand around his neck Hermione! You're not going to choke him!"
"Remember Harry that its right left right and repeat!"
"Don't look at us! Look at each other"
And look at each other was what we did. Just like the first time we met, I got lost into those honey eyes. They were filled with all the intelligence and knowledge that she gained from books and if you looked closely, you could see some golden specks in there as well
I did move closer to her, I bent my head down until our faces were only an inch apart. That was when I saw those golden specks. God, she's beautiful. I only have to move a little bit until I can just reach her li–
"Perfect!" That broke me out of my trance. I lifted my head a little from hers and looked at my mum
"What?"
"Your stance! Yours and Hermione's stances are perfect!"
Dammit, of course she didn't mean Hermione and me together. It was the bloody stances
"Alright are you ready kids?" asked Mr Granger from across the room. He was at the stereo and about to play the music
"We're ready dad!" replied Hermione
And the music started
And so did the clumsy me
And I just stared at my feet
" 3" I kept chanting
"Harry count it in your head!"
"It's a bit hard at this stage" I complained to my mum still staring at my feet
"Ouch!"
"Sorry Hermione" I apologized. I still didn't look up from my feet. I was way too busy concentrating
"Harry I don't think this is working"
I didn't hear Hermione. I just keep on dragging her long with me
" 3"
"Harry please, ouch! Let's stop and we can ask our parents what to do"
No answer from me
"OUCH!"
I let go of Hermione "Are you alright?" I asked
"Never better" she mumbled
She walked away from me to her parents. You could see a bit of a limp on her right leg and I felt really bad. It must've already been painful while she was were the high heeled shoes since7am or something and now that I've stepping on it three times, it's gonna hurt a lot like hell
She sat down, took her shoes off and started rubbing her toes. Her parents also sat down with her and her toes looked really bad. The right foot was a bit purple while the other was thankfully, normal coloured.
I walked over to my parents
"Hey mum, dad"
"Son" the both acknowledged
"I feel really bad"
"You should son, you didn't even listen to her the first time she said ouch" my father said
"I know dad. How do you become smooth at dancing?"
"Honey, your father was exactly like you but with practice, he eventually turned into the dancer that he is today"
"That's great…" I muttered "By the way, Hermione and I are going to the amusement park tomorrow"
"We know"
"How?"
"The book balancing bet" my mother replied
I laughed
"Harry break times over. Go to Hermione"
I slowly made my way to Hermione. I was dreading the thought of having her angry at me. But unfortunately, I got there
"Hermione"
"Hm?" She looked up but she was still rubbing her feet
"I'm really sorry" I sat down next to her "About your feet; I promise that I won't step on you… Well I'll try that's for sure" I winked at her
She laughed. Thank god. "It's alright Harry"
I moved in front of her and made a motion to put her legs straight
"What are you doing Har–"
"Just trust me Hermione. Stretch your legs out"
She finally did and this time, I massaged her legs because I felt bad about hurting her so a better way to apologize was to help her feel better
And she did. She laughed "Stop it Harry"
"But I'm just trying to make you feel better"
"I know, I know but you're tickling me" she said between the laughs
Then an idea came to me on how to make her feel even better. I kept tickling her at her feet and she laughed like crazy. Suddenly the whole hall was filled with out laughter "Stop it Harry!" she squealed and I finally stopped
"You feel any better?" I asked
"Heaps" she smiled back at me
Hermione got up first and then held her hand out. "Come on, let's get up. Don't want to disappoint the adults now"
I grabbed a hold of her hand and she pulled me up
"Can't disappoint them at all!" I winked back
I walked to the middle but Hermione came running after me "One second Harry, can you take your shoes off for the dancing? Please?"
"Why?"
"Because I think that if you stepped on my feet but without the shoes, it would be less painful on my behalf"
"Yeah sure" I took my shoes off and put them away in a corner
I made sure my posture was right and then the music started
" 3" I chanted
"Harry" Hermione whispered. This time I actually listened to her
"Yeah Hermione?"
"Guess what?"
"What"
"You stopped counting for around 15 seconds. You're doing a pretty good job at the moment" she smirked
No way! Hermione was making fun of me!
"Oh fair woman, how you wound me with your words"
"But kind sir, I was only stating the facts"
I love our cheeky weird talk
"Well, I guess I must be doing a really good then" I replied
"Yeah" she smiled back
We continued talking during our dance. Honestly, we were doing really well until my dad said "Now twirl her out!"
"What twirl?" I asked Hermione
"I think it's were you spin me but then you spin me back"
"Oh, I can't do that Hermione!"
"Why?"
"What if you fall over?"
"Then we'll try again Harry!"
"But what if I keep making you fall over?"
"That's why we're practicing! Practicing makes perfect!"
"No, I can't. I've already hurt you three times in the fo–"
"I trust you"
What?
"I beg your pardon?"
"I said, I trust you Harry James Potter"
"You do?"
"Yes I do"
Oh how I wished that it was my wedding day right there. Then she would've just become my wife. The new Mrs Potter. My Mrs Potter
"Now spin me Harry"
And I did that. I spun her out. I think I could hear everyone gasp and hold in their breath. And she came back in safely
THANK GOD
"That was brilliant Harry!" she squealed
I was completely ecstatic that I lift her off the ground. I wrapped my arms around her waist and she put her arms on my shoulder to support herself. And she laughed. Again the hall was filled with laughs and claps
And for once, I was proud of what I did or I appreciated what I did for someone I love
We kept dancing for another half an hour. It was 4:30pm by the time we finished. We were now tired of dancing and wanted a rest
"Alright children, you can do whatever you want for the rest of the day" my mum said
"YES!" we both yelled
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For the remainder of the day, Hermione and I just chilled. Since I had my own living room, the two of us just hung out there for the rest of the evening. We even had dinner in my living room! My parents never let me have that!
We played the Wii and the Xbox Kinect. She's the first girl that's ever liked video games – she's a keeper. After I got out all of my latest DVDs and went to the movie room
It's basically a room where we can watch whatever movie we want, including the ones that are currently in cinemas. It's also viewed like a cinema, big screen and the awesome sound system. We had an Iron Man movie marathon (A/N: I am obsessed with Iron Man. And I love Robert Downey Jr. Sorry)
Honestly, she's the first girl that I've genuinely liked. We're sitting in the movie room and I'm staring at her as she watches Iron Man. She is so pure and beautiful, we have some of the same likes but we'll find some dislikes soon. I don't want to let her go and I want to get to know her more. I want to be the one where when she cries, I can comfort her or be the shoulder that she leans on whenever she wants to
And now she is, leaning on my should as we watch Iron Man. All I can think is, this will be a fun loving journey that I hope will have a happy ending
A/N: So I had to like hurry and write this chapter because I might not update for a while since my long weekend is over and it will be study study study and all that. Or homework. Because I'm in Australia and there are no summer holidays! WAHH have fun reading and reviewing and I'll try to update ASAP whenever I can xx