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Chapter 15 Date # 10
Hermione went to her room. The first thing she did was place her bag on the bed and take out the dress. She went to her dresser and took out the black lace undies set and put them next to the dress. She grabbed the shoes she would be wearing and put them next to the rest and then she went and took a shower after she was done with her shower she put on the underwear set and then she put on her shoes. She put on her dress and then went and found the silver bone necklace she thought would go perfect with her ensemble. When she was dressed she went back to the bathroom to do something with her hair. She left it down and left it curly it looked good. She put on just a little bit of make up and walked out of the bathroom to go to the living room to wait on Harry.
6pm was one minute away Hermione was sitting on the couch wanting for that one minute to pass. Five minutes later and still there was no Harry. Another five minutes and Hermione was getting just a tad bit worried that he might have changed his mind. It was 6:10 when there was a knock on her door. She raced to the door and opened it and there stood Harry a little out of breath. Harry had on a black tux with a green shirt underneath it that brought out his eyes. "I'm sorry I'm late work ran over." said Harry handing over a dozen red roses. Hermione took the roses and put them on the table that was by the door and then looked at Harry and said, "It's fine and these are lovely. She then took Harry's hand and walked out on her doorstep. "Let's go ahead and go."
She know where she was at the moment she landed. She was in Spider Alley. "Harry, why are we here?" asked Hermione. "There's a grand opening tonight at a restaurant and I have us a place reserved." said Harry. "Oh." said Hermione. Harry took hold of her hand and walked them straight ahead. Hermione was spending her time looking around and really not paying attention to what was going on. So when Harry stopped she ended up running into him. "Sorry." said Hermione. "Are you OK?" asked Harry looking at her. Hermione smiled and said, "I'm fine." Harry smiled back at her and kissed her hand. Hermione blushed and moved right beside him.
The place was a two story building that was dark blue in color. They were standing in front of the door Harry opened it and they walked in. There was a Maitre d' standing off on the side with a podium right next to him. Harry walked up to the guy and said, "Two for Potter please." The guy who she saw had a name tag that said Mike walked them up the grand staircase. Their table was right on the edge of the floor right next to the stairs. The place was beautiful it gave the feel of being in the Gone With the Wind house. There was just no words to say how it felt. "Your waiter will be with you in just a few minutes. While you wait can I get you some wine." Harry looked at Harmione. She shook her head no and then Harry said, "No, thank you. "Very well here is your menu." They were still looking over the menu when the waiter came. They ordered their drinks, but both still were not sure what they wanted to eat. Hermione still was not sure what she wanted and her bladder was making it difficult to make a decision. "Harry can you please excuse me I have to go to the lady's room.
After she finished she went to the sink to wash her hands, when something sparkly caught her attention. There was a lady at the other sink washing her hands and she had on the most beautiful necklace she had ever seen. "I love your necklace. It's beautiful." said Hermione. The words just came out she didn't know why. "Thank you my husband gave it to me just tonight, it's our 2 year anniversary." The woman had on the biggest smile Hermione could see this woman loved her husband very much. Hermione smiled dried her hands and left. She was walking back when for the second time that night she ran into Harry. "Sorry." said Hermione. Harry looked at her and said, "I was coming to see if you might have got lost." Hermione smacked Harry on the arm and said, "I was not in there that long. They laughing on their way back to their table. When Hermione had to stop and do a double take. She was not sure, but at a table not to far from theirs was Daniel. "Harry there's Daniel let's go say hi." said Hermione. She did not give him time to say no but dragged him over there.
When they got over there Hermione watched Daniels face as surprise colored it and if she was not mistaken, panic. Why would panic be on his face? thought Hermione. She was just about to say hello. When the woman from the bathroom slipped into the chair in front of him. "Honey, why are there so many people at our table. I thought you said tonight would just be you and I." said the woman. Hermione was finding it hard to breath. "It is. It's just that they came over here to say hi. This is Hermione Granger shes the one I've been telling you about that won the dates." "Hermione this is my wife Amelia Banks." said Daniel with a smile. He would not look at her. He just kept staring at his wife. The woman that was in the bathroom was Daniel's wife. Daniel is married. It just keep coming it would not shut up. Hermione looked at the woman and said, "It's nice to meet you. We just came over to say Hi. Sorry to interrupt your dinner." While she was saying that she took hold of Harry's hand and squeezed it. "Well we said Hi. So we'll be leaving now. You two have a good dinner." said Harry moving Hermione away from the table and leading her back to their table.
When she got back to the table. The pain was becoming so unbearable that it was starting to show on the outside. She laid her head down on the table to try and calm herself. She was here on a date with Harry and she was suppose to be having fun. How was she to have fun when her heart was just ripped out and stomped on. The tears were falling on the table and she had just let out a quiet sob when she felt arms wrap around her. Harry was holding her and then he whispered something in her ear. "Come on Hermione let's leave here. I'll take you home. Hermione looked up at Harry and nodded her head. She moved the chair back and got up.
Harry had a pretty good hold on her. They began to walk down the stairs. When everything began to spin on her and the floor seem to just disappear from under her feet. Harry who could feel that Hermione was having problems walking felt when her legs went out lifted her up in a bridle style carry right before she passed out and carried her the rest of the way down the stairs.
He had just got down the stairs when he heard someone running down after them. He turned around and saw that it was Daniel. Harry did not give much thought to what he did next. He put Hermione down on the ground next to the stairs and raced up them. He met Daniel half way balled up his fist pull back and punched him right in the nose knocking Daniel back against the steps with a surprised look on his face as well as a bloody nose. It hurt like hell to hit him, but it was well worth it. He did not look back he went down and picked up Hermione and walked out with a satisfied smile on his face.
Hermione was very warm when she began to come through. She tried to move the covers off of her, but they would not move. The covers felt like they weighed a ton. She opened her eyes to see why they would not move. The sight the greeted her was a man's arm laying over her and his body on top of the covers. Harry was right by her and was out cold. She was just wondering why he was in her room when what happened came back at her with a vengeance. She tried to catch her breath and the tears started back up. She was sitting up when Harry opened his eyes. "It really happened. Didn't it?" asked Hermione with a sob.
Harry wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him. "Shh everything's going to be OK. Don't cry. He's not worth it. She laid her head down on his chest and just continued to cry. She didn't know how long she was like that on his chest until Harry said, "Hermione honey let's get you into the kitchen and get some food in you. She moved the covers and step out on the floor. The first thing that caught her attention was by her feet was a dark red mans tee shirt. She looked up and looked around and knew that she was not in her own room. "Harry, where are we?" asked Hermione. "My place." said Harry with a smile. Hermione moved next to him and asked, "Why?" "I thought it would be better for you then to take you to your place." said Harry walking out the bedroom door with Hermione following after him. It took her a second to understand what he meant. "Thank you." said Hermione.
They made it to the kitchen and she sat down at the table and looked out the window. She saw it was still night time and asked, "Harry, what time is it?" "It's just a little after 10pm." said Harry joining her at the table after putting on some water for tea. "Harry, I'm sorry we did not get to have a nice date." said Hermione with a sad look. "It's OK we pretty much know everything about each other anyways." said Harry getting up and taking the water off the stove. They drank the tea in silence. "Are you hungry?" asked Harry. "No, not really there is no way I will be able to eat right now." said Hermione as her eyes began to fill up with tears. She wiped her eyes trying to stop the tears from falling. "Come on Hermione let's go to the living room. I'll put on some music and you can find a book to read." said Harry taking her hand and walking them into the living room.
When they got in there Harry went and turned on some music while Hermione went to his bookcase. She did not see anything that she would want to read, but she grab a book anyways. She went to the couch to sit down. Harry was already there and she sat down next to him.
There would be times she was reading the book and then there were other times when she was thinking back to everything that had happened. How could she have let herself get to that point with him and not know that the jerk was married. He was the one who said that he wanted a change and that he would not play games. He was liar and very cruel. The tears were falling again but she didn't care. She was wiping them away once again when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
Harry had moved off the couch and was standing right in front of her. He took the book out of her hand and laid it down on the couch. He bent down and wiped away some of her tears and then took her hand. He pulled her off the couch and moved her to the middle of the room. He took her hand and wrapped it around his waist and then pulled her closer to him. She laid her head on his chest as he began to hum to the song that was playing. They began to sway side to side. She listened to the humming and the thoughts of Daniel were fading to the background and it was just her and Harry.
"Hermione, Hermione wake up. Hermione wake up." She opened her eyes and Harry was leaning over her dressed very nicely. "Hermione are you awake yet?" asked Harry. "Yes. , said Hermione in a sleepy voice. "I have to go to work now, but you can stay here as long as you want." said Harry place a kiss on her forehead. He then left out the door. She reached her hand up to the spot where he had place that kiss. It still felt a little warm. She curled back into the blankets tried to go back to sleep before the memory and the tears started up again.
She had to be dreaming to be back at this place again. She knew what was coming and she could do nothing to stop it. The pain was to much. Please make it stop. Hermione woke with tears in her eyes. She covered her face and just cried and cried some more. It felt to her that they were never going to stop. Time passed and the tears slowed down and then all together stopped.
She got up out of bed and found her way to the bathroom. She did not want to do it, but she looked in the mirror and saw that she was a mess. Her eyes were swollen and red from all the crying she had been doing. She took off her clothes turned on the shower and got in. She stayed in there until the water turned cold. She got out and then that was when it occurred to her that she was not at her flat. She had nothing to put on, but her dress again. It was dirty and she really did not want to put it back on so she went back into Harry's room and search his dresser. She knew he would not mind if she put on some of his clothes. The first drawer was where she found a tee shirt. It was in the second drawer that she found that Harry wore Boxer's. She grabbed a blue pair and slipped them on. There was one more drawer and even though she had found all she need she went ahead and looked in the third one.
The drawer was nothing but a junk drawer. She was just about to close it when something caught her eye. It was red and leather and she had not seen it in a long time. It was Harry's old photo album. She took it out and tossed it on the bed. She laid down on the bed and opened it up. The first page was of his parents dancing. You could see as they held each other that they were very much in love. She then turned the page and on this one was a photo of very young trio. She looked and could not believe that she was ever that small. The third page was one of them back in second year of school. They were in front of the castle just laughing and joking. It kind of sent a warm feeling to her heart as she watched. The third year picture was of them in the Great Hall. All she remembered of that year was feeling tired all the time. The next page was a night she would never forget. It was from the night of the yule ball. They were sitting at the table and someone asked to take their picture. Ron was sitting there with a sour look on his face. On her face in the picture you could see she was flushed from all the dancing she had been doing. It amazed her that love was so easy back then. Harry just look like Harry.
The memories were just what she needed to help her feel better. There was just two more pages before the end of the album. She turned the page and it was the last day at Hogwarts. They were standing in front of the castle again. Harry was holding Ginny's hand and smiling. That was also around the time that her and Ron had finally gotten together. You could see in her eyes that she was very much in love with Ron. Time had changed so much. It was the last page and it was Harry and Ginny. The picture was one of Harry sitting with Ginny on his lap and they was trying not to move to much. Harry however kept kissing Ginny on the cheek. It was very sweet. There was a newspaper clipping next to the picture. The clipping looked like it had been ripped up and then put back together. At the top of the clipping was the announcement about Harry Potter to wed Ginny Weasley.
Taking the trip down memory lane helped a lot. She put the album back where she found it and closed the drawer. There was still a lot of things she needed to talk about and get off her chest. She went to the living room and flooed Ginny.
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