Chapter 14

But seeing Hermione laughing with Remus, Sirius, and Harry reminded him of Lily and the Marauder's. She was just like Lily; smart, brave, and beautiful but stupid to hang out with Potter and the other idiots. However, Snape noticed something different about Lupin and Black, the way they act around Granger. He smiled and chuckled a little. He is definitely going to love Hogwarts this year.

After dinner, everyone was packing their stuff for Winter Break. Harry, Hermione, Remus, and the Weasley's were going to spend the break at Number 12. They all brought their stuff downstairs and found Hermione and Ginny laughing.

"Where are you two going to spend the break at?" asked Hermione.

"At my house." Sammy said. "It's going to be a blast."

Hermione laughed at his joke.

"Me and Sammy have something for you." Rafael said.

Each of them took out two bags and handed them to Hermione. They told her that she has to open their presents on Christmas Day. After Harry and his friends, found their rooms at Number 12, Harry went to find Hermione.

KNOCK!!

"Come in." said a female voice.

Harry enters Ginny and Hermione's room and found Hermione lying on her bed staring at the ceiling. Hermione's face turned to face Harry.

"Harry? What is it?" she asked.

"Nothing. Just got bored while watching Ron play chess with Fred." Harry shrugged.

Hermione smiled, "Come here and lay with me." Hermione said as she moved to the left side.

Harry lay next to her and could smell her perfume on the sheets. It got quiet after a while and Harry thought he was hearing things but heard Hermione humming a song. He also noticed Hermione holding a music box and saw a woman and a man dancing during the song.

"Hermione, what are you humming?" Harry asked.

"Huh? Oh, it's a lullaby my grandma sang it to me whenever she visits for Christmas." Hermione smiled at Harry. "I use to play it before I go to sleep."

"Can I hear you sing?" asked Harry

Hermione turned to Harry with a shock expression. She thought he was joking but his expression….it was not a joking matter. She nodded her head. She opened the music box and started singing.

On the wind, cross the sea,

Hear this song and remember,

Soon you'll be home with me

Once upon a December

The people in the music box stopped dancing as Hermione stopped singing. Harry was staring at Hermione, just like he did at the Yule Ball when he saw her walking down the stairs as a beauty, he was speechless. He never knew that Hermione had a beautiful voice. He never knew she could sing!

"Why didn't you tell me?" he whispered.

"I didn't know if I was good at singing. So even if I did suck, I didn't want Ron to make jokes about it." Hermione sighed, "You know, how Ron acts."

"I think you sing like angel." Harry purred in her ear.

Hermione started to giggle, "Harry, that tickles!" she yelled as she pushed him away.

Harry pretends that he didn't hear her and continued on purring in her ear. Hermione kept pushing him away, but he was very strong and Hermione was weak. While she kept pushing, she didn't realize that she would fall off the bed soon. Hermione felt that she was going to fall, so when her body was flown out off the bed; she pulled Harry's shirt towards her.

THUMP!!!

Hermione and Harry started laughing like a bunch of little children in a park. The laughter stopped as Harry noticed that Hermione was top of him. They stared at each other's eyes and didn't move a muscle.

"Her face is… so close…." Harry thought

"His lips are….." Hermione thought

Harry didn't know what he was doing but noticed that his hand was traveling around Hermione's cheek. Her skin felt so smooth and silky. Hermione never noticed how handsome Harry was. Harry lifted his head and his lips touched her's. Their lips moved slowly and started to kiss passionately until they heard a knock on the door.

"Harry? Hermione?" asked a voice.

Remus came in and found Harry and Hermione facing each other's back. Remus looked at Harry and Hermione back and forth. He raised an eyebrow at the two.

"It's time to eat." He said.

Harry and Hermione walked behind Remus and trying not to look at each other. Remus looked behind his shoulder and looked at Hermione; who's cheeks were a little pink. "Did they kiss?" he thought. He didn't know why but he felt his fist hardened.

At dinner, Harry and Hermione were sitting across from each other, while Remus was sitting next to Hermione and Sirius sitting next to Harry. Sirius looked at Harry and noticed that he was staring at his food, not even touching it. Sirius raised an eyebrow and looked at his best friend.

"What is going on with these two?" he mouthed.

"I dunno." Remus mouthed back.

While Remus and Sirius were talking quietly, Harry was thinking of what just happened. What had he just done? He had kissed his best friend! He liked kissing her…he wanted to kiss her again. Hermione's image popped into his mind, and he forced himself to think about Cho Chang, the girl he had a crush on forever, however that only worked for about 30 seconds. Then it slowly changed back to Hermione.

Harry thought it was a good thing that she was in his head, she's really something, he thought, so strong…..so smart….. likes that about her.

Hermione was trying to concentrate the conservation she was having with Ginny, but couldn't. She couldn't get the feelings of Harry's lips on hers out of her mind. It didn't help that every time she glanced at him, she would discover that he watching her.

Both minds said the same thing, "What am I going to do?"

Song: "Once Upon A Decemeber" from the Disney movie, Anastasia.