Chapter 6 – The Amusement Park
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"Morning sleepyhead"
"Mmmmmmmmmm?" I mumbled
Someone poked me
"What?" I asked
"Its amusement park day!" someone squealed in my ear
"ARGHHH!" I immediately got out of bed and heard a girly laughter. I can recognise it anywhere. Hermione
"Your… reaction!" Hermione said while laughing
"Oh ha ha ha" I mocked
"Well now that you're up, go get changed" and she walked out of my room
I got my glasses and checked my clock. It read 7:30am. I ran out to the corridor and just saw Hermione about to enter her room
"BUT IT'S ONLY 7:30AM!" I shouted to her
"YOU CAN NEVER START TO EARLY!" she yelled back and laughed in her room
"Bloody hell" I whispered
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I got dressed in maroon colour shorts that reached to my knees and a blue tie-dyed buttoned up shirt. My white ray bans were on my head as I was checking my phone. I also wasn't sure if I was supposed to have breakfast or not but I decided not to. I had a camera around my neck to take some photos. I could always use my phone but I wanted good quality photos for today
Hermione came around 5 minutes later dressed in denim short shorts and a green sleeveless blouse which showed her tank top underneath. She had some simple bracelets on her arm, holding a white clutch and some black ray bans on her head as well. Her hair was just hung out in soft luscious brown curls but she also had a straw hat on her head
Dammit. She also looks good in plain clothes
"Hey" I greeted
"Morning"
"Did you want to have breakfast here or – "
"We can have breakfast out. I hardly eat breakfast out because it's 'un-royal-like'" she said with quotation marks and a dopey face
I laughed quite a bit
"True it is 'un-royal-like'" I also did with quotation marks "But we are royal"
"So? I wish to be plain Hermione for a day"
"And I'll be plain Harry for you today as well" I replied
"By the way, I was planning that we'd be out for the whole day"
"Sure, I don't have anything in mind"
And we got our shoes and left the house at 8:15am
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"Hermione!" I shouted. The breeze was basically attacking us. I wanted to cover the roof of my car but Hermione liked to feel the breeze in her hair so I left it. But her hair was everywhere and it also didn't help that it attacked my driving
"What is it?!" she yelled back
"Are you sure we can't cover the car roof?"
"No way Harry!" she squealed. Her hat was about to fly off but luckily Hermione caught it and placed her hand on top of the hat
"Why?"
"I told you why!"
"Fine. Where are we going for brekkie?"
She thought about that for a while. "I know a really nice café around here. Just turn left at the next street and then a right. It's called the Blues Jules"
"Alright"
We got there in another 5 minutes. I ordered an All Day Breakfast with orange juice and Hermione ordered a bacon and egg roll with a large cappuccino. We sat outside the shop to eat until after a while, the shop manager Jules came out and greeted Hermione. I felt really awkward especially when people socialise and it feels like I'm not there
"Oh and who's this?" she asked. I looked at her. She had long blonde hair and blue eyes. I would suggest that she was around mid-40s and had an apron that said "Chef in the House"
"This is Harry Potter"
"The Prince of Gryffindor!" she exclaimed and immediately bowed down "Jules is sorry that she didn't greet Prince Harry first! I am sorry if your breakfast isn't to your liking, shall I make another one?"
I was about to reply when "No Jules, geez. You weren't even like this when I was here and announced myself as Hermione Granger"
"Yeah Hermione but Harry is the Prince of Gryffindor. We are in Gryffindor and I need to be respectful to our rulers" Jules said all that with her head bowed down
"It's Jules right?" I asked
"Yes sir"
"Jules stand up. You don't need to do this. Just treat me like you treat Hermione and the breakfast is fine. In fact, it's quite a lovely breakfast don't you agree Hermione?"
"Exactly" Hermione smiled at me
Dang
"Thank you Prince Harry. I will attend to my kitchen staff now. If you'll excuse me" and she bowed out
"I always get so tired of this behaviour from our citizens!" Hermione exclaimed
"You got that right" I said. We didn't have a conversation afterwards but kept eating our breakfast and drank our drinks. I stacked our plates and gave them to Jules. Hermione offered to pay a huge tip but Jules refused. That was expected though
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We got back into my car and started driving to the amusement park. "Hey Harry"
"What is it?"
"Which amusement park are we going to?"
"The best" I offered
"Of the best?"
"The best of the best in Gryffindor" and I didn't offer any more information. Hermione kept on bugging me of course but I couldn't tell her! No way because that would ruin the special surprise that I had for her
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I have blindfolded Hermione with a tie that I had in the car. We walked for a bit and Hermione kept questioning where we were. With every step closer to the entrance, there were more squeals
"Come on Harry! Take it off!" she pleaded once again
"Alright" I said. We had reached the opening gates anyway. I took my tie off and it read
DISNEYLAND
"AHHHHHH!" Hermione screamed. She jumped up and down which was a good thing I think. It means that she's happy right?
"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH HARRY!"
She hugged me and squealed in my ear. If only I could make her that happy every day and see that beautiful smile on her face, except the fact that she nearly burst my eardrums because of her happiness. I wrapped my arms around her to calm her down. "Let's line up first" I said trying to pry her off me. God she has one strong grip
She finally let go off me and we went to line up. I could tell that she was super hyper about today because she was talking really fast which sounded like gibberish to me but I still nodded and smiled to look like I knew what she was talking about and she was also bouncing a bit on her toes
"And Harry I'm so – "I silenced her with my hands
"You're going to need you ticket dear" I said
She stared at me like I was a weirdo. Then she nodded "Right! But wait a minute… I DON'T HAVE A TICKET!"
I laughed at her. She lightly shoved me "Harry! It's not funny! We don't have tickets and there's a really big line already and I don't want to line up again! Oh my gosh Harry!" she started pacing back and forth which irritated some people around us. I held her still in front of me and I bent my head down so we were only an inch away again
"Don't worry Mione –"
"Whoa… what did you just call me?"
Shit. Oh well, I always wanted that to be her nickname. No one else called her that, well not from when I heard from Luna, Seamus or Anthony
"Hermione?"
"No…"
"Yes"
"No"
"Yes"
"No"
"Just make up your minds!" some stranger said to us
"Yeah sorry" I apologized but they looked really annoyed. Well sue me for bickering with a stubborn person why don't you?
"No, now tell me what you called me" she said
"Fine, I said Mione okay?"
"Mione?"
"Mione" I said reconfirming the name
"Mione" she repeated
"Mi...on...e..." she said slower like she was seeing if the syllables sounded good together or not
"Mione" I said really fast
"I like it" and smiled at me
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Good"
"So what were you going to tell me?"
"What were we talking about before?" I asked. I had completely forgotten
"TICKETS!" she exclaimed "Oh no…"
"Oh yes!"
"Oh yes wha-!" I got the tickets from my pocket. There was a Mickey Mouse and a Minnie Mouse on each ticket. She squealed again, fuck. Now strangers looked at us really annoyed and pissed off
"Sorry, she's never been here" I whispered. They all nodded in agreement because their kids were doing the same thing as Hermione
"You have tickets!" she said like it was the most fascinating thing she had ever seen
"Yes I have tickets" and she hugged me again. Gotta love her hugs
Then the gates opened. More chattering started and people were pushing and shoving to get into Disneyland
"Hey Harry" Hermione said in my ear
"Yeah?"
"Thanks again"
"No worries"
"And can we just pretend to be normal Gryffindor's for the day? No princess this or prince that and if anyone thinks that we are royal, we'll just say that we're mistaken. Please?" She put her cute puppy dog face on again
"Sure, at least this way, we won't be interrupted with our day of fun" I said back and we had finally entered Disneyland
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I never knew Hermione would be such a daredevil. Honestly, she was really outgoing but I didn't think she would go on every single ride!
But she did. And she dragged me only. Shoot
First, we took some pictures with some of the Disney characters. I brought my pro camera just so the pictures would have a better quality. Funny faces were pulled and kisses on the cheeks were also made. Of course I wouldn't get jealous of a costume kissing Hermione on the cheek!
After a while, the lines for Disney characters were long so Hermione decided to go on the rides. Sure 5 or 6 rides were okay for me but I needed a break after that.
Unfortunately, Hermione didn't agree with the same idea that I had. We went on rollercoasters; sky diving rides, spinning tea cups and we kept going and going. There was literally no stopping her
We walked along a street which was full of souvenir shops. "Hey Mione"
"What?" she asked me
"Come on" I dragged her to a souvenir shop and she kept complaining
"Harry! These going to be a huge line at the Buzz Light-year car travelly thing!" she complained
"I know, that's why we should buy some time and go later. Just come look at this with me"
And she did. Thankfully
My stomach growled after 5 minutes. We both checked our watches. It read 2pm
"Looks like we delayed lunch for quite a bit" she laughed at me
"Ha-ha-ha" I laughed back
She grabbed my hand and said "Come on mister hungry, let's go eat something to eat"
"Yes ma'am!" I saluted back and we just laughed. I was pretty content with the fact that she grabbed my hand first. She just kept on chatting as we made our way to the lunch area but all I did was look at her and think that she was the greatest, most outgoing person that I had ever meet. And with that thought, I held her hand just a little bit tighter
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I ordered a Thai lunch special while Hermione got roast duck with rice and we just sat down and ate. We didn't need to communicate since we were both hungry as hell
After lunch, we walked around and whenever we found a free character, we would always nab a shot because we didn't want to be there when there was a big line
The lines on the rides were a bit shorter since some people had already been on the rides. Hermione kept dragging me to rides and I kept complaining
"Scaredy cat" she poked her tongue out
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Fine well go on the water slippy slide thing. Happy?"
"Very" she smiled back at me
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The line was enormous. The sign read 10 minute line. Oh hell to that! I was never a patient person
"Do we have to go on this Hermione?" I asked
"Not scared are you? You want to back out now? Huh Huh?"
"No but the wait!" Maybe because I was a prince, I was just used to getting what I wanted whenever I needed it
"Harry be patient! It's only 10 minutes!"
"I know" I moaned. I was about to get my royal Gryffindor badge which declared me as the Prince of Gryffindor until Hermione realised what I was doing. She put her hand on mine and our eyes looked to each other
"Uh uh" she shook her head "Harry we made a deal that we wouldn't be royal for the day!"
"I know Hermione but 10 minutes?!"
"Don't be such a baby" she scolded at me.
Dammit
"Fine"
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After 10 bloody minutes, it was finally our turn
"Finally!" I exclaimed
Hermione just laughed at me. She climbed at the front first and I sat behind her
"I've never been on this ride you know" I whispered
"Good, there's a first for the both of us" and face the front
"We're ready" she said smiling at a Disneyland worker and we set off to the top of the mountain thing
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"Mione, mione, mione, mione, mione" I kept bugging her
"What Harry?"
"We're at the top" she slowly opened her eyes and gripped the side of the log shaped cart tightly
"Oh my gosh it's so high!"
"Don't tell me you're scared of heights yet you made me go on this?"
"Um…" Hermione gulped "It didn't look this high on the ground?" she laughed shakily
"It's going to be alright, we'll be down any minute now"
And we dropped
"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Hermione screamed. Shit! My eardrums! Well at least if someone tries to rape her, that will be a failed attempt for sure
"MY EARDRUMS!" I yelled
A huge splash was made when we reached the bottom. Waves of water splashed up to the both of us. I'm betting that Hermione got the majority of the water. My pants were a bit wet and my hair as well. Hermione got helped up by a worker while I had to clamber up slow and steadily
As soon as I got back up, they were still chatting "Alright well we're about down here now, let's go" I immediately grabbed her and basically dragged her out "Bye D!" she waved back and the worker also waved back
"Hey!" she exclaimed as soon as I let go of her
"What was that for Harry?"
"What do you think?"
"I don't know! I was just having a conversation with Damien!
"And do you know who Damien is?"
"Yes!"
"How well do you know him?"
"We went to summer camp together for 5 years in a row! I lost contact with him because he got a new phone and didn't want to visit the Ravenclaw castle and for some reason, he ended up in Gryffindor and I just needed that time to catch up with my friend. All I did was get his number and ask how he was until you" poke "dragged" poke "me" poke "away" and she jabbed her finger into my chest
Fuck. Now I feel bad
She turned the other way and crossed her arms
"Come on Hermione, I'm sorry I didn't know" I pleaded
"I know Harry" she turned and faced me "But why did you drag me away?"
Uh oh
"Because I wanted to buy honeyed popcorn?" I pointed to a popcorn stand
"Harry you suck at lying"
"Fine, I was jealous and I thought he was flirting with you. Happy now?"
"Very"
"We need to get you a new shirt" I said pointing at her shirt. I was basically drenched and it clung to her and her curves. As much as I loved them, I didn't need every male in Disneyland to ogle at her
"Oh sure" she agreed and we walked off to another souvenir shop
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I bought her a white t-shirt with Minnie on it and Hermione decided that she wanted to match up with me and bought me the same but with Mickey on it instead. At the back of Hermione's, it read He's Mine with a Mickey Mouse hand pointing to me and mine read She's Mine also with a Mickey mouse hand pointing to her
"They're so cute!" she exclaimed as we walked out of the shop with our new t-shirts
We both laughed and it felt like we were a real couple going on a real date. Technically, this was a date! YES
We sat at this roundabout thing that was in the middle because we were getting ready to see the parade at 3:30pm. We sat on a bench and ate our popcorn. Yes we got the popcorn but this time she wanted it
And finally the parade arrived
Loud music was playing and Hermione and I sung to it. We took some photos and waved at all of the characters while the dancers danced around their float thing. There were bubbles blowing in every direction or roses were handed out to people. A rose got handed to me and the girl winked at me. There was a sticker attached to it that read Call Me 0328581941. I looked that the other males who got handed a rose and some of the got their phones out. Sickos
Hermione didn't notice the rose as she kept on clapping and singing to the music. She was truly adorable like this. I ripped the sticker of and gave it to her
"What's this for?"
"Nothing but a male must always get a female something on their first date" I winked
She blinked in realisation for our first date and burst out laughing "Thanks Harry" and kissed me on the cheek. She resumed clapping and laughing and I stared at her in wonder, how could someone this perfect fall down to Earth?
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The parade ended at 4pm and we stayed for a while to finish our popcorn. We walked around for a bit and enjoyed our small talk. We reached Cinderella's castle and got someone to help take the picture for us. I wrapped my arm around her waist and we smiled. That seemed like the perfect moment
We looked at our map and the timetable for what was happening around Disneyland. There was a show for the Lion King at 4:15pm so we quickly went to the venue and watch it. It was of people re-enacting the Lion King, quite like a musical. It was quite amazing I must say
As we walked out, we got stopped by an elderly couple
"Aren't you the Prince of Gryffindor and the Princess of Ravenclaw?"
"No we're not" Hermione replied without hesitation "But we get that a lot"
"Oh well, I hope you have a good day. I'm with my family and grandkids but I hope you end up together. You look very good together" The old man winked at me
"Ha-ha will try sir" and we walked in different directions
"Well that was –""Awkward I must say" I said as I completed her sentence
"Yeah"
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We also saw some more shows which went for about 15 minutes each. During the time when there wasn't a show, we would line up for the rides that we hadn't gone on yet.
Night came and it was 7pm. We were hungry so we ordered some food and kept eating. Honestly, I was starving and I think Hermione was as well because all she's doing now is eating
We walked back together, hand in hand, to Cinderella's castle and sat on the same bench that we sat on in the afternoon. The firework so was at 8:30pm so we had half an hour to spare. Her phone rang and Hermione stepped away to talk to someone. I also got my phone out and saw a message from Ron
R: How's Disneyland treating you?
H: Haha good. It's Disneyland! It's awesome
R: Because of a certain someone?
H: Could be. But still, it's Disneyland
R: Alright. I need to go now. Ginny's calling me for something
H: Okay, have a good night Ron
R: You too Harry
Hermione came walking back and sat down
"Who called you?" I asked
"Just my mother, she didn't know what time we were going to be back but I reassured her saying that the both of us were okay so yeah"
"Alright, you're just in time for the fireworks"
And the fireworks came. Loud noises came from the fireworks but it was beautiful with different colours in the sky and it made Cinderella's castle look more magnificent than it was already. I looked over at Hermione and her face with lit with happiness and her eyes reflected the firework colours. She looked at me and we both smiled. At that moment, I wanted to kiss her but Damien interrupted
"Sorry but do you mind if I grab Hermione here?"
"No, no problem mate" I nodded and he took Hermione's hand
The made their way to the centre and there were already other workers dancing with other people. They probably tried to encourage people to stand up and dance. There was soft music from the loud speakers and everything seemed great at that moment. Other than the fact that I wasn't the one dancing with her
I was jealous so I stood up and made my way to Hermione and Damien as the song ended. I told a Disney worker to take some photos of me when I would be dancing with Hermione. I showed him my Gryffindor badge and of course, he didn't object. That was the only time I used my badge the whole day I swear
"May I have this dance?" I asked Hermione. She laughed and said "Sure"
Damien smiled at Hermione and he danced with someone else
"Hi"
"Hi" I replied back. I wrapped my arms around her and her put her hands around my neck. Her head rested on my shoulder
The song ended on a very long moment and at that moment, we stared at each other. I realised that this was going to be the perfect moment to kiss her. So right there and then, I did what my instincts told me to do
I kissed her
God, her lips were soft as and she tasted like honey from the popcorn that we ate. Yes we had bought a second packet of them. She slowly responded to me and our lips moved in sync. I felt like I was in heaven. I didn't feel like using my tongue because with Cho, it was also a snog but with Hermione now, just a light kiss with her would seem perfect
We broke apart to breathe and she looked at me and smiled. I can't even begin to explain what to call that moment. Perfect didn't seem like a good word to fit. Perfect seemed too overused by everyone.
"Super-cal-i-frig-il-istic"
"Ex-pi-al-id-o-shus" she completed
And we both laughed. That was the best word to describe that moment and it made it even better that she completed it for me
A/N: KANOGUAHWIOGHAWOIHG sorry but that ending was really cute! AONFAOIHJOAISHFAOS hope you all like it so far!
I'm making a change so that only Draco and Ginny will interfere with them not Ron and Cho as well. Please review and make me happy! I think if I get up to 35 – 40 reviews then I'll upload the next chapter! But first I need to start writing!
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