Here's the next chapter in Ginny's POV! I hope you guys find this to meet your expectations. I've never actually been to Europe so forgive me if things are a little vague.
Disclaimer: I don't own HP
Ginny groaned as she rolled over on her back. I'm so tired… what did I even do yesterday anyways. She looked up at the hotel room ceiling, thinking she was still back at the wizard inn. She turned her face only to see a mass of bushy hair next to her and then she remembered.
With a huge grin, Ginny fondly watched the older girl sleeping peacefully. She's my girlfriend! She reached out and gently brushed Hermione's hair with her hand. And I have a date today! Elated she eased out from under the covers, trying not to wake Hermione. She wanted to get ready and look good today.
She took out a carefully chosen shirt she had packed when she left the Burrow. It was just a plain t-shirt that was somewhat low cut. Ginny had not wanted to seem like she had planned to ask her out when in fact, she was hoping that it would happen. The shirt was form fitting and looked good on Ginny. She pulled on some jeans and went into the bathroom to get ready.
I hope today goes well! She began to brush her long and straight hair, pulling out the tangles. Wait… I have no idea what a date is like in the muggle world! Oh no…. She paused and looked worriedly in the mirror, thinking. Maybe I'll ask Hermione what to do... we can watch the TV thing… and go shopping I guess. I'll ask her about it. Ginny resumed brushing. She'll understand. With that decided; she finished up and put just some really light touches of makeup on. You couldn't really tell and that's all Ginny wanted. She had never really been a makeup kind of girl anyways.
Quietly she went back into the room and saw that Hermione was still sleeping peacefully. With a smile Ginny sat at the bed and patiently waited for Hermione to get up. She glanced at the clock and realized it was only 9am. They had the whole day ahead of them so Hermione could sleep a little longer.
It wasn't long till she felt Hermione stirring and she glanced over at her. Hermione rubbed her eyes and brushed her hair out of her face. With a yawn, she stretched and groggily opened her eyes. She's so cute when she wakes up. Ginny smiled when Hermione glanced around the room and saw her. She froze up for a minute as if confused. She prolly didn't remember I was here. I forgot it myself earlier too.
"Hey," Ginny said with a grin. "Good morning."
"Oh!" Hermione sat up straight, hand going to her hair, frantically trying to tame it. "Um, you're here and already up and..."
Ginny laughed, "calm down, I haven't been up long." She stood. "And stop messing with your hair, I've seen you like this before, remember?"
Hermione smiled sheepishly. "That's true, but…" She trailed off. "What happened yesterday was real, right?" She looked over at Ginny. With a soft smile, Ginny nodded. She could just see happiness dancing around in Hermione's eyes.
"You should probably go get ready for our date then, right?" Ginny winked at Hermione.
She blushed. "Yea, I'll just go do that then." She pushed off the covers and almost dashed to the bathroom. "I'll be just a minute!"
Ginny smiled. She's too funny. To think she's embarrassed to let me see her when she just wakes up. I mean, I've seen it dozens of times before when she slept over. I guess it's a little different when we're actually dating though. I'm gonna make this the best date she's ever gonna have.
Not long after, the bathroom door creaked open and Hermione came out, looking refreshed and awake. She was in jeans, a t-shirt, and a light jacket that was zipped up halfway.
"So where are we going?" She asks curiously. Ginny immediately looked embarrassed.
"Well..." She started. "I'm not really familiar with the muggle world but I was thinking of going out and watching TV or something and go shopping or whatever muggle's do on dates…" She trailed off, feeling a little awkward.
Hermione just laughed. "It's okay, I know what to do!" Ginny locked eyes with her.
"Sorry about this… I know I was the one that asked you out." Hermione blushed at the thought of actually going on a date with the person of her dreams.
Hermione looked down at the ground shyly, "at least we're going on one," she said softly. Ginny grinned and walked over to her. Boldly, she takes Hermione's hand in her own and intertwines their fingers. She felt Hermione's hesitance.
"Don't worry. I don't care what everyone else is going to think. I just want to be close to you." As if that reassured Hermione, she gave a brisk nod and they set off.
Hermione brought Ginny back to the mall that they were at. Guess I'll get to see more of this place. Last time I was here, I was only looking for her anyways. Ginny was eager to see all the different muggle items that she would find. Hermione seemed to have the same train of thought so the first store she brought Ginny into was the Apple store.
Ginny thought she was in another universe. All the phones and computers and tablets were just too much. They were all so different. Hermione went around to each one, picking them up and showing Ginny how they worked. She was amazed. It's as if these computer thingys are smarter than us, you can find everything on there I feel. Hermione showed her what an iPod was and some muggle music as well. Ginny thought they were pretty catchy.
By noontime, Hermione seemed to be comfortable whenever Ginny reached for her hands. They had gotten sandwiches at a nearby shop and were now sitting next to each other under a tree in a park. Their hands were intertwined as they ate.
"Did you have fun?" Ginny asked Hermione, hoping that she had fun even though all she had been doing was showing her around. Ginny drew circles on Hermione's hand with her thumb.
Hermione's breathing seemed to speed up. "Of course. I love spending time with you."
"Okay, good. I was a little worried that showing me around was boring for you..." Ginny trailed off.
"Don't be silly," Hermione replied with a laugh, "It was fun." She looked at Ginny and smiled. They finished off the last of the sandwich. "Well, I was thinking of going to watch a movie."
What the heck is that? Hermione must have seen the confusion written on Ginny's face because she began to explain herself.
"It's something you go out and watch on a really big TV like thing. It's something muggles do for entertainment or dates. The one I want to watch starts in about half an hour so we should head over now."
"Okay, let's do that then. But first, let me do something real quick." Hermione nodded, curious. Ginny smiled at her and leaned in before she had any time to respond and planted a quick kiss on her lips.
"Gin..." Ginny broke off whatever Hermione was about to say with a deeper kiss. She marveled at how well their lips fit together. She felt Hermione relax beneath her and knew that she most likely forgot what she was going to say. Ginny begged for entrance with her tongue and finally, Hermione almost hesitantly opened it, allowing Ginny to explore the cavern of her mouth.
After a couple minutes, Hermione decided to break away. Did she not like it? Ginny took in her flushed face, her blush, and her hard breathing. No... She seemed to have enjoyed it just as much as I did.
"Um, we should prolly be going," Hermione said, not looking at Ginny. Why is she doing that? Ginny nodded and followed Hermione as she began to walk to the movie theaters. I'll just ask her later. She caught up to Hermione and intertwined her fingers with hers. In silence, they walked to the theaters, both wrapped in their own thoughts.
"Two tickets for the Underworld: Awakening, please," Hermione told the guy at the booth. She took out a card and gave it to the man. She had explained to Ginny that it was a credit card, something that kept track of how much money you spent and at the end of the month, you would pay however much you spent. It was a way of not needing to carry around so much cash. Ginny didn't really understand it but she nodded as if she did.
Hermione tugged on Ginny's hand gently to tell her that they were all done and Ginny followed Hermione into the theater. Quickly, they found seats near the back and settled down. "I think you'll like this one, Ginny." Hermione said. "It has werewolves and vampires in it."
"Vampires?" Ginny asked. But muggles don't know about werewolves, do they?
"You'll find out soon enough." Hermione replied. "Hang on; let me go get some popcorn." She got up and began to walk out of the theater. "Wait here," she threw back at Ginny.
This should be interesting; I wonder what the muggles think werewolves are like. It wasn't long before Hermione came back carrying a large popcorn and two drinks. She set the popcorn in between them and handed a drink to Ginny. With a quick "thanks", the two fell silent as the movie started
Ginny couldn't believe it when the movie was over. The things that muggles come up with! They exited the theater and Ginny couldn't help but talk about how those werewolves were so unrealistic and ask how in the world muggles come up with things like vampires.
Hermione just laughed lightly at Ginny's comments. "They have wild imaginations. That's the only explanation I can come up with." They threw away their trash and walked outside. To Ginny's amazement, the sun was already setting. They movie was a lot longer than she had thought. "To be honest," Hermione continued, "I used to imagine all these things too. Of course… that was until I found out I was a witch and began to find that things are crazier than I've ever imagined it to be. I feel like my life is the movies that muggles come up with." She laughed. "Who knew all this was sorta true!"
Ginny smiled tenderly at Hermione. She's so cute when she talks about all this. I'm so glad I got to spend today with her. She looked around and realized that they weren't headed back to the hotel.
"Hey, Hermione?" Hermione looked over. "Where are we going?"
"Oh, there's one last place I want to take you. I think you'll really like this since you enjoy flying." Hermione smiled and squeezed Ginny's hand affectionately. What do the muggles have that is similar to flying?
It wasn't long before Hermione brought her to the place. "That's it," Hermione said, pointing at the massive object. It was a huge metallic circle that rose high into the night. Cages seemed to hang off of the circle at equal intervals. Looks like people go into these cages or something. The thing lit up and began to spin slowly.
"What is that?" Ginny asked, awed.
"It's a Ferris Wheel. We sit in there and it'll rotate us up to the top and you'll be able to see all of Paris from up there." Hermione walked to where there was a small line. "Come on!"
Ginny felt excitement build up in her. When they got to the front of the line though, she felt nervous. While flying, she had total control over where she went and how fast she was going but now she had to trust muggle inventions to take her up there.
Hermione sensed her discomfort and laid her hand on Ginny's arm. "Don't worry. It'll be fun. I promise." Ginny nodded and mustered up her courage and stepped into the cage with Hermione right behind her. The cage wasn't very large but it had a bench on either side. Hermione sat down next to Ginny. Ginny tensed when it started to turn but soon relaxed. This isn't too bad. It doesn't go very fast.
It wasn't till she was completely relaxed did she realize Hermione had been rubbing her back, trying to make her less tense. Ginny chuckled. "I guess I was more scared that I let myself believe."
Hermione laughed as she removed her hands. "Yea, you hardly noticed me."
"I could never not notice you, Hermione. I've always been aware of you even since before all this crazy stuff happened." Hermione's smile seemed a bit uncertain. "What's wrong?" Ginny asked, worried.
"Nothing," Hermione said, "I just felt like you never really truly noticed me before… At least not the way I noticed you."
Ginny's heart ached at the pain that Hermione seemed to feel. She put her arm around Hermione and pulled her against herself. "I didn't realize that I had been aware of you until I went to Luna and she helped me see." Ginny explained. "After that, I realized that I had always been aware of what you were doing. Back then, I just thought it natural because I thought that was what friends did. But then Luna talked to me and then I realized that you were the only one I was aware of. I wasn't even aware of Harry who was also my friend."
Hermione nodded and seemed to be more convinced. With a creak the Ferris wheel stopped and Ginny looked out. They were at the very top. Omgosh! This is so pretty! She could see all across town. The town was lit up because it was nighttime. She had never seen anything like this.
"Omgosh… This is amazing, Hermione!" Ginny looked out, trying to capture this image and ingrain it into her memory. This was a perfect view and she had a perfect girl next to her.
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Hermione said.
"I just wish I could keep this image right here forever," Ginny replied wistfully.
Hermione chuckled a little. "I think I can help you out."
"Really?" Ginny asked, excited. "How?"
"I'll take a picture, silly." Hermione pulled an object out of her pocket.
"What's that?"
"It's a cell phone." Hermione got the camera app and snapped a picture. "There. We'll go develop it and you can look back at it if you ever forget what this looked like."
Ginny pulled Hermione close. "I'll look at it and remember it as the perfect ending to a perfect day." She leaned into Hermione and began to kiss her slow, long, and deep. Hermione moaned into her mouth making Ginny's lips curl up into a slight smile.
Man… This day went great. I'm so happy right now!
AAnnnddd… that's the conclusion of their first date. I hope you guys enjoyed it. If you caught the real subtle hints of Hermione doubts, you'll find out why later! Tell me what you guys think.