"Excuse me, young lady, but you'll need to come with me," the guard commanded.

Hermione was taken off guard, but as she struggled to come up with a response, Lockhart suddenly grabbed her hand and started running away, dragging her with him. They ran for what seemed like hours but was probably only a few minutes. They began to hear the security guard, shouting curses at them from behind, getting further and further away. Hermione was still worried that the guard would find them if they stopped running, but Lockhart suddenly steered her into a dome shaped building. They mixed in with the crowd, panting and catching their breath, sweating all over. A moment later Lockhart and Hermione appeared in a large auditorium. The seats were all in a circle under a half-sphere, but in the center there was nothing. Lockhart took a seat near the exit, and pulled Hermione down to sit next to him. Hermione realized she was still holding Lockhart's hand and immediately pulled her hand away.

All the lights dimmed all of sudden, and Hermione was startled to see stars and planets appearing on the domed ceiling all around her. Each star shone like a jewel, and there were circular clouds depicting galaxies. The animation was so beautiful it was surreal. Hermione couldn't help but feel a little awe at the level of detail the imagery showed. Even wizards with their magic didn't observe the heavens with this level of detail. She understood television, and even computers, because her family had bought one, so she knew a lot of money must have been invested to create the 360 display around her. It had also been a decade since she last saw a tv or computer, and they weren't on the level she saw here, so there must have been significant advances. There was deep male voice echoing from around the dome, starting to explain space and the solar system. Hermione listened for a little while, until an inexplicable feeling of someone staring at her crept up.

In the darkness, the room was flickering in twilight, only lit by the simulated galaxies and stars from the ceiling. Hermione could see that Lockhart's attention was entirely focused on her and not on the presentation. Their eye's met, and Hermione immediately looked away, suddenly feeling uncomfortable. She had totally forgotten herself and let herself get caught up in the moment, enjoying the planetarium! Even though Hermione knew that it was by complete chance that they had come in here, she still couldn't shake the feeling that it wasn't Ron, but Lockhart that brought her here. Hermione still wanted to leave and go home, but deep inside she was also glad to have seen the planetarium, and was already making a mental note to bring Ron here to show him the advances muggles have made.

Hermione whispered, "You've had your fun. Can I go home now?"

Lockhart whispered back, "No. I promise you can go when this is over."

Someone sitting in front of Lockhart and Hermione turned around and gave an angry, "Shhh!", clearly annoyed by their whispering.

Hermione fell silent and focused on the commentary again. At this point, the two of them had been sitting a while, and the air conditioning was very strong. The sweat soaked tank-top she was wearing had cooled, chilling her. She felt a shiver, but Lockhart suddenly draped his right arm around her, holding her right elbow. Lockhart's arm was warm against her bare shoulders and neck. She had sweated a lot but Lockhart didn't seem to mind, and even though Lockhart's arm was sticky with sweat, but somehow at the moment she wasn't repulsed by the sweat. Hermione felt heat rising to her cheeks and she wanted Lockhart to take his arm away but couldn't say anything too loudly in the quiet auditorium.

Lockhart suddenly leaned over and tried to kiss Hermione. Before when Lockhart kissed her, Hermione felt nothing but this time they were in public and her heart jumped. Hermione immediately felt nervous. Hermione turned her face away, dodging the kiss, and tried to lean away from Lockhart. Lockhart wasn't able to kiss her lips but was kissing her sweaty cheek and neck, his face on her shoulder. Hermione wanted to look around and make sure no one saw them but that would mean turning her head towards Lockhart.

Lockhart's left arm reached over, but Hermione noticed, and tried to grab it with her own left arm. Hermione wasn't as strong as Lockhart and couldn't stop his hand from sliding down the front of her jeans, undoing the button, and moving inside in jeans to touch her. Lockhart was starting to massage her pussy through the panties she was wearing, right in front of everyone. Hermione's heart was pounding wildly, as she flicked her eyes around the room, afraid that someone might be seeing what was happening. But everybody's attention was on the dome display above them, and Lockhart's movements were quiet, so no one had looked their way.

Hermione could feel the pressure on her pussy lips, the pressure from Lockhart's hand through the cloth. She then felt Lockhart maneuver his hand so the tips of his fingers pressed against her clit, rubbing and rubbing. Somehow, her nervousness and the rush of adrenaline was only heightening the sensations, and before long her panties were soaked. Even though Hermione's eyes were half-open and staring at the planetarium display, they didn't see anything, and she couldn't hear a single word of the commentary. All Hermione could hear was her own shuddering breaths, and all she could feel was her engorged pussy tight against her panties, and the shifting pressure on her clit. Even though her mind wanted him to stop, Lockhart had brought her so close that her body was aching for release.

"Stop…" Hermione whispered huskily, clutching Lockhart's wrist with her hand.

Hermione could never believe what Lockhart did next. He stopped. Lockhart then withdrew his hand and brought his fingers to his lips. Hermione could see him slowly suck each one, licking off her own juices.

A minute later the presentation ended, and the lights flicked back on. To everyone else, Hermione and Lockhart looked like any normal couple in each other's arms, simply enjoying the show. It slowly dawned on Hermione that the show was over and she hastily buttoned up the front of her jeans. She stood up to leave. Lockhart stood too, and with one arm around her waist led her out of the planetarium.

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Hermione threw Lockhart's arm off as they exited the building, walking out into a dusky, early-autumn evening. The sun was still up, its light giving the scattered, dark clouds a golden yellow-orange tinge. Hermione couldn't believe what had happened in the planetarium, Lockhart was just too much! And the worst thing was, if she didn't ask him to stop she probably would have eventually orgasmed right there, in front of everyone. Even Ron didn't do things like that to her in public. Hermione drew out her wand but there were too many people around to apparate.

As they waited by the planetarium exit for the crowd to disperse, Hermione noticed Lockhart was looking at her with a strange gaze, but tried to ignore him.

Finally, when the crowd was gone, Lockhart said softly, "You can go home."

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