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Hermione P.O.V
C'mon, I'll walk you back to your room." He said and grabbed a few of my books.
"Are you sure?" I asked and wiped my eyes.
"Absolutely. Let's go lady." He chuckled and we walked out.
Clear air between us both.
Smiles on our faces.
"Hey 'Mione?" I turned my head towards him as we continued walking through the crisp air.
"Yeah?" I saw him turn a little pink and smile.
"Meet me at the Quidditch field after dinner?" He sheepishly said and turned completely red. We got to my room and he set the books down on my table.
"Um…you know what. Yeah. Sounds great." I smiled at him and watched his eyes light up.
"Well alright! Can't wait." He beamed and smiled the widest I've seen him smile all year.
"See you then." He rubbed the back of his neck and walked out, that huge boyish grin still on his face. I smiled to myself and bit my lip.
I couldn't believe it.
I felt all excited inside.
I don't know if it's right or wrong to feel like this, but I could really care less at this moment.
Sighing, I undid my hair and let it fall around my shoulders. It felt so good to let it loose like that. I looked around my room and decided a shower would be best.
After my quick shower I opened my trunk and pulled out a pair of blue jeans, a white v-neck shirt, and white sneakers. I can honestly say that it felt tremendous to be dressed so loosely after such a long day.
"Ms. Granger?" I walked over to my door and slowly opened it to reveal Selena standing there.
"Selena? Dinner starts in a bit what are you doing here?" I ushered her inside and watched her take a seat on the couch, her head was hung low.
"What's wrong?" I pulled up a chair and sat across from her.
"I'm…I'm confused." She finally lifted her head up and met my gaze. Her tone was a tad nervous, and she was fidgeting quite a bit.
"About?" I asked more curiously.
"Richard. He…he asked me to like walk with him after dinner. I know it's probably not allowed and I don't know what to do. I'm nervous and I'm kind of scared." She finished and looked into my eyes, waiting for an answer.
"Well, do you have feelings for him?" I questioned and noticed how it took her longer to answer this question.
"Yeah, I hate the kid." I smiled and couldn't help but feel a little excited for her.
"If you hated him, you wouldn't feel nervous and scared. You like him don't you?" I smirked and watched her turn red.
"No way! I couldn't! I-I mean…he's a Slytherin, and I'm a Gryffindor! It just-it doesn't make sense!" She nervously exclaimed and my smile grew wider.
"It doesn't matter what he is. If you like him, go for it, and see where it leads. He's not that bad of a kid, you two are just annoying together in class." She laughed at the end of my sentence and stood up.
"Thanks Ms. Granger." She smiled and gave me a hug, which I gladly returned.
"Anytime. Now let's get to dinner, I don't know about you but I'm getting hungry." We both laughed and made our way to the Great Hall. I was indeed hungry, but the nervous feeling in my stomach was difficult to ignore.
I made my way over to my seat to find that Ron still wasn't there. I wasn't surprised as much as I was confused. It's not like him to be this late. Even I was a little late but he was nowhere to be found. I shrugged it off and filled up my plate with the food in front of me. After about ten minutes, I felt someone sit down next to me.
"Sorry I'm late, I had some things to take care of." He quickly said and piled on as much food as possible onto his plate.
"If you put anymore food on that plate it's going to snap in half." I watched him turn his head towards me with a mouth full of food. I laughed and finished off my plate.
"Are you done?" I heard him ask and saw he had finished everything.
Damn.
"Yeah., but dinner's not over." I replied and watched him wipe his mouth with his napkin.
"Who bloody cares? C'mon." He grabbed my hand and we swiftly made our way out of the hall. Once we were outside he let go and we started walking down to the Quidditch field, the night sky dark but the full moon cast a beautiful silver glow down on us.
"Care to tell me what you've got planned?" I asked as we got closer.
"You'll see." He told me and I could faintly make out the slightest smile on his face.
"Stay here." He looked at me and quickly walked out of sight. His eyes were excited, I could see it even in the dark.
"Do you trust me?" I turned around to find him behind me, sitting on…was that a broom?
"You can't be serious. You know I don't like flying!" I quickly spat out and watched him roll his eyes.
"Answer my question 'Mione. Do you trust me?" I stared at him and immediately knew my answer. Undoubtedly.
"Yes." I quietly said and watched him stick his hand out.
"I promise you'll be fine." I stared at him for a good minute and took a deep breath.
"Alright." I took his hand and watched his smile return.
"You get in front. Don't worry, I'll be right behind you the whole time." His voice made me feel more at ease, and I gripped the broomstick as I felt the ground under my feet start to fade.
"C'mon, you can start going forward." I heard him from behind me. He was so close it made me nervous. I started to go around the Quidditch field at a slow pace and heard him sigh.
"What?" I asked, still gripping onto the broomstick extremely tight.
"You flew on a broom during the war. Honestly Hermione it's not that bad. Here, let me show you." He put his hands over mind and we were all the way in the air. I looked down and we were hovering above the field. His hands were so warm and soft, my breathing became a little quicker.
I smiled however as I felt us start to go faster, and I eased my grip on the broom.
"I told you. It's great isn't it?" I felt his hands relax as well, but he kept them on top of mine.
"It's really fantastic Ron. Woo hoo!" I shouted and heard him laugh. We slowly went back down to the field and as soon as my foot touched the ground, I missed the weightlessness of the sky.
"I knew you'd enjoy that. I'll go put this back." He quickly grabbed the broom and jogged over back into the darkness. As I was waiting for him, I heard voices in the distance.
"It's really nice outside isn't it?" It was a boys voice. I could faintly make out two silhouettes in the dark night.
"Yeah. I-I didn't think we could get out without getting caught." Another voice answered, it was a girl's voice.
"It's worth it, spending time alone with you is always nice." I heard nervousness in the boy's voice as he said that.
The girl had to be blushing at that.
"I've never seen this side of you." She told him.
"I'm supposed to be a dirty Slytherin. I'm not a vile person, but I wouldn't make my family any proud if I was constantly nice. Especially since my brother-in-law is a Malfoy." A Malfoy? Was it…no way.
"A Malfoy? Wow you're kidding. It's understandable then." I heard the surprise in her voice.
"Yeah, I mean he's not a bad guy at all. He's actually pretty cool, but he told me about his time here at Hogwarts and how he was always a jerk and all that. He said that Slytherin's weren't particularly approachable people." Could it possibly be Draco?
"Hermione, what are you doing?" I heard Ron whisper behind me.
"Shush Ronald. I'm listening." I watched the two people sit on the grass and look up at the sky. I dragged Ron and myself behind a rock to make sure we wouldn't be spotted.
"Wow." Was all the girl said and silence took over for a few minutes.
"Yeah, he also told me how he knew Harry Potter. How he worked for the Dark Lord through his Hogwarts career and tried to kill Harry. He said he knew Mr. Weasley and Ms. Granger. When I told him I had Ms. Granger as a teacher, he said that even though she wasn't a pure-blood, I should take in everything she has to teach me, because apparently during Hogwarts she was tabbed as the 'greatest witch of our age.' It's pretty believable, I mean she's a remarkable teacher." He finished and I felt good and happy inside. I smiled and turned towards Ron, who had a smile on his face.
"Ron, his brother-in-law is Draco." I whispered and he looked at me.
"I figured." He whispered back and continued to listen.
"Yeah, she's awesome." I heard the girl say. At this point I just figured it was Richard and Selena.
"Hey umm…are you going to that ball thing?" Richard nervously got out.
"I don't really have anyone to go with." Selena answered, hope in her voice.
"Will you um…go with me?" He asked as composed as I think it was gonna come out.
"Y-Yeah. I'd love to." I smiled and watched her lean on his shoulder.
"We should probably get back." She said and slowly started to get up.
"Wait, before we go." She turned towards him and he kissed her.
"Ron!" I whispered and became all giddy like a schoolgirl.
"That's so cute!" I made sure to keep my voice to a minimum as I saw him grab her hand and watched them make their way back up to the castle. As soon as they were out of earshot I jumped up.
"That was so cute!" I exclaimed and watched him laugh.
"You're acting like your twelve 'Mione."
"Oh who fucking cares? I'm enjoying it!" I laughed and we started to make our way to my room.
"Hey, speaking of that ball. Are you chaperoning?" I heard him ask as we approached my room.
"Yeah, I am. Are you?" I asked as we go to my door.
"Yeah, me too. I think their gonna teach the boys how to dance tomorrow." We both laughed and I hugged him.
"Thank you for tonight Ron. It was amazing, I needed it." I felt him hug back and we just stood there for a good minute.
After I pulled back, we were both smiling.
"Anytime 'Mione. But I better get going, it's getting late. Night."
"Night Ron." We both kept eye contact until I shut my door.
This had to be the most magical night at Hogwarts I've had in a long time.
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-Talar